nateevs:


What the hell do you mean by lower tier of greats? Have I stumbled on the wrong argument? I could have sworn this whole thing came from a logic used to describe Boateng. Is Boateng a great now?

You don't know there are levels to greatness?

Boateng is a great now, the average EPL and Chelsea fan consider Gianfranco Zola of all people a great how much more a treble and World Cup winner like the Boa-TANK

nateevs:

Help me here. So Dennis Bergkamp, Ballon d'Or 3rd place and 2nd place back to back years cannot be considered in this discussion because he hasn't won a major international title but Boateng can?

I am out mate. I have little time for NL these days and cannot be spending it on arguments like these.

Balon D'Or counts for little. Andrea Pirlo has never finished in the top 2. Beckham has done so twice! Mueller has never finished in the top 2 or 3 but he is certainly better than Bergkamp. And yes in the pantheon of greatness Bergkamp's lack of an international title would always see him rank just below.

No need for announcement.

Berahino not named in the 18.

So it's Lambert and maybe Rondon up top.

Not a lot of pace in that Westbrom squad. Maybe just McClean and Gnabry(If he plays)

I'm feeling very confident today of a clean sheet at least. I'm just concerned that Tony would have taken notice of what happened v City and play 11 men in the box

I just hope we pick 3 points today with this line up.

Seems baba Rahman's last game was a 120 minutes game last week..

Mourinholic:

Counter attack will be orgasmic.......
Mourinho didn't want to let Iva feel dejected, that's why he didn't bench him for a newbie......
But of course who cares about Ramirez feelings

Na so my broda, U know what, I just hope Eden my man, Oluomo of England will come out great today and make Pedro feel like he's playing alongside god-Leo with his direct, skillful dribbling, take ons and orgasmic long passes.

He has done it in the past, he CAN do it again

Watching Pedro warm up is giving me goose-bumps already

Arsene Wenger: "Alexis Sanchez and Luis Suarez are at the same level." He better be taking about Angry Birds & not footballing ablity.

Sam Allardyce

hensben:
so who are you in football world to know better.
You come here dey argue baseless argument. England national team as a whole have been poor in tournament, how is that Terry's fault huh. Football is a team sport not federa vs nadal. Ferdnand, scholes, Neville couldn't do jack as well. Why I will agree with you about Henry's average performance for country is that France national team won trophies then and Henry didn't do much in them but still he was a world class player.

hensben:
any Wilson can score hat trick in WC final remember this is football.

hensben:
He bossed the final yet he wasn't named man if the match, he was not named among player of the tournament. Only ignorant and sentimental people rate boateng above terry but thank God majority of this people are Nigerians, same reason their country is backward after trillions of naira gotten from oil over the years, a country that operate with hatred, sentiment and nepotism. Team win trophies while players win individual award to distinguish their individual brilliance in a competition. In 2006, England as a team failed to lift the trophy but JT's individual brilliance was recognized .

So what has been Terry's career highlight up till now. He is aready 35 yrs. WHich top game can he point to. Boateng at 27 can point to a world cup and CL finals

BTW Hope you know you have an option of skipping my posts if it doesnt suit you. How I am responsible for Nigerias problems because I told you Terry is inferior to Boateng is beyond me

Chelseafan1:
Watching Pedro warm up is giving me goose-bumps already

o boy my mind just dey race ni sha, it been long since i felt like this.
we musnt lose o

Na wa oh... from terry and boateng to nigeria's oil

chic2pimp:


He has not just been Fortunate, He was a key component of those defences. I know you see individual awards as nothing more than popularists opinions(i do at times) but you also should consider the fact that these said nominees must have done/or be doing something right to have their names mentioned in the first place.


Regarding my Henry/Terry analogy, have a good look at Nateev's post. He explains it fully. Also FA cup is a major international competition abeg. It might not be one here on NL, but around the world, it is still highly rated and watched.

FA cup is an international tournament on the level of Copa Italia, DFB Pokal and Copa Del Rey. If you are a grwat and FA cup is what you want to point to then you must be a joke

dopeJemi:
Na wa oh... from terry and boateng to nigeria's oil

No be Shekpe fans? The lack of common sense is always evident. Na because I say Boateng is better than Terry na him make dem dey steal oil money from Nigeria

I have never seen a more insane argument

Zouma is looking a bit shaky there

Penarity

Waa sere Courtois....

nice one courtois

Ibime:
Does Franco Baresi have the pace to play highline in modern day football?

Jerome Boateng must be better than Franco Baresi. QED.

You play in your time. The wingers of the 1950 might not be able to cope with nowadays football. In his time Baresi was a top center back of his time. bossing several top games, In Terrys career we have never seen him dominate any top game

Cortouis savings accant.

All that preseason work still showing. Matic be kyafool

raumdeuter:


No be Shekpe fans? The lack of common sense is always evident. Na because I say Boateng is better than Terry na him make dem dey steal oil money from Nigeria

I have never seen a more insane argument

The thing surprise me oh my brother, abeg just end the argument with them

pamcode:
o boy my mind just dey race ni sha, it been long since i felt like this.
we musnt lose o

Hehehe.....ds yeye team beat us 3-0 last season o .

These boys don't look happy

All these guys dickriding.

chic2pimp:


Yes David was runner up in 99 and imo It was fully deserved. His performances during united's treble winning season that year were outstanding. You know how you love to bang on about "What were his contribution in the final"? Guess what? He created both of Utd's goal that night.

Stop making up stories. The only player that got any sort of hype in that list of yours was Joe Cole. If those players were as lowly rated as you claim, pray tell why was JT in the team of the tournament? And don't use the same ol' excuse of media hype again. It's stale now.

If performances in worldcup finals were the only way to judge players, then Casillas is 3 times the player Ollie Khan was.

Its simply media hype that got Terry or any ENglish player into any TOTT.

Casillas delivered in World cup finals and CL finals. Madrid wont get to the 2000 CL final nor win the 2002 CL finals if it wasnt Casilass

Did you see Kahns performance in the 2001 CL finals? And his performance at the whoe world cup from group stages till the final. Kahn has been the only keeper in recent times to be named player of the tournament

SHow us a memorable top game Terry played in his career.

Kahn would point to the 2001 CL final and the 2002 WOrld cup, Casillas would point to the 2002 CL finals and 2010 World cup

WHat would Terry point to in his 14yr career

Back to the match. These boys are still sleeping on the bicycle.

Pedrooooooo

Pedro!!!!!

Wooo.. Pedro

Ahahahahaha

pedro tins on point

Another La Liga reject sodomising EPL great defenders 20mins into his debut. Yet some idiotss were asking if Messi can do it

Wailing Wailers must be wailing tears of blood