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What's all the ruckus about?

Are you guys kidding me? is Savannah back for real?  

Po Deep:
Rotflmao!
@Dr Kit, No mind dem jor. At least for once in the last 3 months, we will finally see someone who can actually dance makossa alongside Eboue! Cos Bendtner & Arsh23 are so poor at it? Damn! They've been making me miss the Henry/Ade collabo days, that their victory dance was untouchable!

White boys can't dance so what do you expect?

Goodluck to you but me i know he is not all that a lot of other average joes make the Pro-Bowl so kini big deal?

Forget the defence did he not choke as well? do you know how many INT's he threw in those 4 games?

Here's shocking news the Giants are done with Plaxico 

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-giants-burress&prov=ap&type=lgns

That's disgusting  i don't even want to know if they look real jeez on them chinko flat asses for that matter

HNIC:
Why can't Eboue start?
Hopefully, he will score again and shouts of E-E-B-B-O-O-O-O-U-U-U-E-E-E will ring round the emirates
His dancing partner is back(Ade)
We will be treated to another weird dance

Lol i was just saying but hey he might as well start its obvious the booing has done him a world of good and if thats what it takes to make slacking players sit up then so be it.They should stop this makossa thing or as Debosky calls it Mofossa!! they can dance that all they want when we win titles

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=244427.msg3685102#msg3685102 date=1238779328]ALL Berbatov's 41 international goals couldn't have been against shit countries. Large % of those goals were scored against giants of Europe.
Arsenal will have the chance to choose all their French players. Did u not say Henry was surrounded by Zidane, Trezeguet and Ribery and that was why Henry couldn't monopolise all the goals in France?? Wenger will get to choose Pires, Wiltord and Vieira.
I can stake me balls on it. The Arsenal side of 2003/4 woulda beaten France 10-0(home and away).[/quote]Could you by any means list yours? i would happily list mine Czech Republic,Denmark,Portugal,Germany,Italy tell me when to stop man going away from Europe i forgot to mention the Baba of World Football "BRAZIL"

No problemo you would simply end up as an eunuch no team could beat the World and European Champions that ruled with an Iron fist between 1998 and 2000 when they where at the peak of their powers

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=244427.msg3685102#msg3685102 date=1238779328]This don't mean shit. . . . . . . .It took Henry 2-3 seasons to justify his price-tag at Arsenal.
Ruud ripped it on his debut and he never looked back till he was sold off to Madrid.
Age shouldn't be used as an excuse to justify Henry's mediocrity in em early days?? How old was Anelka when he was at Arsenal??[/quote]He never looked back indeed yet he only managed to outscore Henry once in the league how ill is that?It was under his nose that he won the European Golden boot 2 times back to back abi?
He was obviously not at his peak as he was being converted from a winger to a striker jeez and i thought you knew footie can you compare Anelka's achievement's to Henry's as of now? slow and steady wins the race

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=244427.msg3685102#msg3685102 date=1238779328]0.08 is monumental as far as goal ratio is concerned.
That means Ruud is 8% better than Henry.[/quote]8% is a very thick straw clutch it as hard as you can you see it as 8 % i see it as 0.08

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=244427.msg3685102#msg3685102 date=1238779328]Ronaldo is the only striker i know with no flaws.
In his prime, there's no striker in the world better than him.[/quote]If you don't regard aerial strength as an attribute of a good striker then yeah he might have no flaw but don't let Batistuta,Klose or Bierhoff hear you

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=247928.msg3684610#msg3684610 date=1238773961]Ronaldo is better in a central attacking position than any of our strikers bar Rooney.
Against Barcelona last season, he gave Marquez and Puyol the battering of their lives.
In all honesty, Ferguson shoulda converted Ronaldo to a striker. Bring Nani up to speed and play Park/Hargreaves/Fletcher on the right wing.
Ronaldo scored 42 goals last season from the central attacking position.[/quote]I beg to differ!! he only shone for 10-15 mins and vanished into thin air. Ronaldo did not score 42 goals from a central attacking position jeez where would he get the space to roam and hit shots from outside the box? how about starting and finishing counter-attacks and all that
Bloody hell some of the worst games i have ever seen Ronaldo play in his Utd career where games he was deployed as a central forward he simply becomes a Rent-A-Ghost in those scenarios
Playing Ronaldo as a striker would be one Fergie would regret on that day.Quote me

Ibime:
OMG!!!

The young shall grow!

This is blasphemy. There is a very strong case for young Ronaldo being the greatest player that ever lived. He is the greatest player of my generation. Dude turned up weighing 100kg at WC, having not played for 3 years and still smashed 8 goals, a return not seen since Gerd Muller in 1970 when football was more open.

Im dumbfounded.

Ronaldo had flaws he could not jump se!! Don't get me wrong i still feel Ronaldo was the best but all i am saying is he was not good in the air that was his flaw

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=244427.msg3684848#msg3684848 date=1238776730]Bulgaria did not qualify for the last Euros/World Cup. . . . . .He cannot play in a competition his country did not qualify for.
Henry cannot monopolize goal-scoring in France but he could monopolize it with Arsenal with the likes of Pires, Vieria, Wiltord and Dennis Bergkamp??
Arsenal's best 11 in 2003/4 will beat France bluish-blackish. Do u agree with that??[/quote]Which is why you should recognize the importance of Henry's goals as some where scored in bigger competitions so don't compare Berbatov's stats to Henry when you know they are not on a level playing field
Pires and Wiltord where not starters for the French team anyway so you can't exactly compare especially when they had guys like Zidane,Djorkaeff and Trezeguet repping for Les Bleus
How would Arsenal's first eleven square off against France's? who would Henry and Vieira play for? besides Pires,Bergkamp and Wiltord chipped in their fair share of goals

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=244427.msg3684848#msg3684848 date=1238776730]Ruud won the EPL battle. . . . . . .
He had a quicker impact. He won the PFA award in his debut season.
How many players have achieved that in this league?? In his 2nd season, he won the golden boot.
At Man Utd, he won the UCL golden boot THRICE in 5 seasons. . . . . . .Henry is not even known in the Champions League.[/quote]# PFA Players' Player of the Year: 2002–03, 2003–04
# European Golden Boot: 2004, 2005
# Premier League top scorer: 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06.
PFA Team of the Year: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

Those are Henry's stats so i don't know what battle you are talking about who was voted best foreigner to ever play in the league? by the way that's your take home assignment  .Henry came to the league when he turned 22 Van Nistelrooy was 25 when he came into the league who would be more likely to have a better debut season?

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=244427.msg3684848#msg3684848 date=1238776730]The difference between Henry/RVN in international goals ain't minute. . . . .It is monumental.
48 goals in 111 appearances for Henry(0.43)
33 goals in 64 appearances for Ruud(0.51)[/quote]You call a 0.08 differential monumental.Boi you need Jesus!! i want to see your Maths teacher

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=244427.msg3684848#msg3684848 date=1238776730]How is Ronaldo aerially deficient when Brazil play 98% of their football on the ground??
The best strike partnership in Brazil was Ronaldo + Romario in 96 & 97.
None of em could head the ball but the amount of goals they scored for Brazil in those years were humongous.
Luiz Ronaldo is the most complete striker planet Earth has ever produced.[/quote]He was aerially deficient abeg you said what flaw did he have and i gave it to you i don't care if they scored a gazillion goals bottomline Ronaldo was poor in the air and that is why his game suffered and he became prone to injury because defenders got tired of seeing him breeze past them

Y'all are drawing or losing to Newcastle either Martins or Lovenkrands would do the magic.I have warned y'all

Bamsyle:
Exactly the reason for my opinion . . .

They went pop with "Ms Jackson", "Hey Ya" and all the stuff that followed . . . from that moment, I couldn't think about them without remembering Black Eyed Peas . . . can you seriously compare their pop sound with Dr Dre's style

Seconded . . . but Dr Dre still outshines a serious-sounding Andre IMO.

I don't know if Dr Dre writes his raps but if he does then he definitely has to be one of the greatest MC's of all time i can categorically say i have not heard Dr Dre spit a weak verse.Go and listen to "Symphony in X Major" on Xzibit's Man vs Machine (one of my fave rap albums that was Xzibit at his fiercest) and see Dre cremate the Mic

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=244427.msg3684497#msg3684497 date=1238772580]Berbatov scored 80% of his goals playing in the qualifiers for the Euros or the world cup.
He was scoring against the same teams Henry musta scored against as well.
Therefore, 1 Dimitar goal = 1 Henry goal. A school of thought will even go as far as saying 1 Dimitar goal = 3 Henry goals as Henry played with world class players like Zidane, Makelele, Vieira and Ribery.  Berbatov is all alone for Bulgaria.[/quote]How many goals has Berbatov scored in major tournaments like the World Cup or Euro's? this is where Henry shades it obviously your arithmetic can't work simply because unlike Bulgaria Henry cannot monopolize goal-scoring when the likes of Zidane,Trezeguet and Ribery are around so simple logic would tell you it would be impossible for Henry to match Berbatov's numbers since he is not the proverbial one-eyed King leading the blind

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=244427.msg3684497#msg3684497 date=1238772580]We have trashed this debate on Nairaland.
Henry's prolific record in the Premiership didn't manifest in other competitions. Take Henry out of the PREM and he is average.
Ruud won the Pichichi in his first season at Real Madrid. Henry cannot win it this season(his sophomore).[/quote]In the World Cup,Euro's and other major competitions Henry has a good scoring record the difference between him and RVN is very minute besides he was deployed as a winger for God sake now tell me how his productivity would not wane how many 30 year old's play on the flank? Do you agree though that Henry won the EPL battle against Ruud?

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=244427.msg3684497#msg3684497 date=1238772580]Ronaldo had no flaws in his prime. He was only unlucky with injuries and playing for the odd clubs.
Had he crossed to a Prem side like Arsenal/Man Utd who haven't failed yet to qualify for the UCL in the past decade, he woulda scored plenty.[/quote]Ronaldo did have flaws my friend he was aerially deficient he could not lift his butt off the ground  .He would have flopped in the Prem jare please show me how many Brazilians have succeeded in the league don't let his hat-trick against your team fool ya Ronaldo would have struggled in the Prem

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=247928.msg3684535#msg3684535 date=1238773111]Play Giggs n Ronaldo in the attack.
I am sure Tevez woulda arrived in the early hours of today.
Tevez n Ron can start in the attack.
Play Nani and JS Park on the wing and let Carrick n Fletcher sit in the midfield.[/quote]Giggs and Ronaldo in attack   i smell a loss or a draw.Ronaldo cannot thrive in a central attacking position y'all should better get Manucho back from Hull or just throw the dice and start Wellbeck  

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=210069.msg3684519#msg3684519 date=1238772885]Both of em are dope!!![/quote]I know but Andre is better!!

F your X - Sway D'Asafo

I don't know about Big Boi but when Andre decides not to be weird there are very few rappers out there that are better than him and truth is Outkast where one of the founding fathers of rap in the South

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=257033.msg3680404#msg3680404 date=1238693310]Arsenal 0-2 Man City.

Bellamy is back, Robinho is back. . . . .
I pity the GAYnners. [/quote]Pity yourself!! You would be missing Vida,Wazza and Scholesy heck they could not even save you in your last couple of games i have a feeling Fort Knox Lost would be breached again you would be lucky to eek out a draw

With Adebayor reloading on his Togolese voodoo and Captain Cesc and Theo back it would be a joy to watch seeing Arshavin and Cesc rip City's shaky defence to shreds we have to decapitate them and send them to a funeral home with bullets in their domes the 3-0 loss at the City of Manchester stadium has to be avenged

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=257033.msg3680549#msg3680549 date=1238695195]Bellamy has been playing for Wales.
He will feature on saturday. . . . . .Robinho was magical for Brazil last night.
If he leaves Brazil quick enough, he would start against the Arses.
With Robinho, SWP and Bellamy leading the attack, i see bucket of tears at the Emirates.


Look who's talking about 'uglyness'??
U look like the cross of a tasmanian devil and an Arabian donkey.
Your face reminds me of Lucifer(when he's forcing his shit). [/quote]Haba! how can you say a human being that the Good Lord created looks like this?
How do you know how Lucifer looks like? are you his butler?

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=244427.msg3684342#msg3684342 date=1238770263]Being the highest goal scorer for France means shyte. It only shows France has dire strikers in their history.
Berbatov is not the highest goal scorer for Bulgaria and he has scored more international goals than Henry.
Hossam Hassan has scored more international goals than Henry, does that make him better??[/quote]Did Hossam Hasan play in the World Cup or Euros? how many World class Internationals did he feature in? with Berbatov its similar would you compare the kind of games and tourneys Henry would score to the likes Berbatov would score? 2 Berbatov goals = 1 Henry goal
You where talking of Hall of Fame awards and that is why i brought Henry's international record to prove to you that he has killed two birds with one stone and hence would be mentioned before Pippo

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=244427.msg3684342#msg3684342 date=1238770263]Ronaldo de Lima did not play enough Champions League games as Henry.
If his team was qualifying every season plus if he had stayed off injury, he woulda scored plenty.[/quote]That's too bad i don't care!! is he not supposed to be the phenomenon? why couldn't he lead PSV,Barca or Real to consistent UCL performance and hey i am not saying Ronaldo is not one of the greatest i am just saying that every player has their flaws

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=244427.msg3684342#msg3684342 date=1238770263]Henry is the better player, Ruud is the better STRIKER.[/quote]Co-signed,Debatable

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=244427.msg3684342#msg3684342 date=1238770263]Bottomline, Ruud is a far better STRIKER than Thierry Henry.[/quote]Debatable again!

I had a wedding to go to on that day and i thank God i didn't miss that wedding.I wonder what the team sheet would look like but i would love to see Theo and Arshavin on the flanks or maybe Eboue play in the first half and Theo come in 2nd half and wait before y'all crucify me for starting Eboue over Walcott remember we have a tough UCL game in Spain this week

The Grind - Sway D'Asafo

JeSoul:
The wizards have some solid young players from what i saw last night. I think the problem is they are not consistent in hustle and don't bring the same effort every night. Cleveland is their #1 rival _{in heart not record} and they always play tough against them.

and Cleveland self, they showed that if you get physical with them down low and keep them out the paint, turning them into a jump-shooting team you can beat them.

He is a decent Center still young and definitely more productive than the wimp we have in our roster i agree with ya on their inconsistency but all Oklahoma have sef is Kevin Durant and they still have a better record they would look pretty good when Arenas gets into full swing next season and if they get a top draft pick who knows they might actually be a contender in the East within a couple of seasons

They should please give us Andray Blatche so we could get rid of that Dampier bum!! the worst team in the East beat the best team in the East and their perennial playoff conquerors i guess they where tired of making Obama upset at them its a mystery how a team with Antawn Jamison and Caron Butler happen to be so poor this season

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=244427.msg3684020#msg3684020 date=1238766138]Does it matter how a player scores his goals??
Filippo Inzaghi is the master of tap-ins and pundits will still rate him ahead of Henry in the hall of fame as far as European legends are concerned.
Henry was a local champion. . . . . .He never won UEFA Champions League golden boot throughout his stay at Arsenal.

Meanwhile, Ruud has won the golden boot award in Holland, England and Spain.
Whatz more?? Ruud won 3 UCL golden boot awards THRICE in his 5 seasons at Man Utd.
Ruud is the better striker. . . . . . . .[/quote]I thought you said Pippo was shyte not too long ago when we where juxtaposing him with Berba-dog anything to put an ex-Gunner down right? Henry is the more accomplished player like it or not he has been a success at club and International level highest goal scorer of all-time for France
Local champion indeed there are a lot of players that never won the UCL golden boot Ronaldo de Lima was one of them but would that dull his shine or Henry's? Nope

Ruud might be the better striker in the UCL but that's up for debate they played in the same league for 5 seasons or more and Van Horseface only topped him once

Bottomline Henry is a far better all round player than Van Horseface and that's not debatable

He has short-term memory don't mind him i wonder how many playoff appearances he managed to lead the Bronco's into besides last year's capitulation was inexcusable and he had a big hand in them losing 4 straight and probably throwing away one of the biggest regular season advantages in regular season history

[quote author=Ebony-Silk link=topic=255236.msg3682223#msg3682223 date=1238729700] [/quote]I wish i knew why you where suprised

ofokasibe:
A40, sauron and chamotex and the rest of u guys , am happy that yall came in here. i used to think grime was wack until one nairaland girl recommended kano ''feel free''---it took me just one listen to get interested in grime . so i want yall especially A40, brash and sauron to list out specific grime songs which are worth listening to for a grime beginner ,just give me the name of the artist and the title . i want to download them str8 away . thanks yall.
the name and title should be in this format

kano-feel free
dizzie rascal-mash etc , thanks yall am waiting of ur grime suggestions

Did you see the songs i listed? Pow! and Fire by Lethal Bizzle? or P's and Q's and Lemme hold you by Kano or Saturday Night Hustle by Sway ft Lemar F ur X,Still on my own by Sway again

Lady in red - Elton John (Yeah right. . we all know he meant Dude in red )

Ibime:
If their sojourn in Spain should prove anything, that would be that Henry is no match for Van the Man as a striker. Van did it everywhere, Henry could only do it at a club where he was put on a pedestal. Flopped at Juve, partially-flopping at Barca. Van the Man was the King of Madrid up until his injury.

Bad belle! i did not say Van was not the man i was talking about their range of goals i asked if he can sincerely sit down and watch a DVD of Van Nistelrooy's tap-in's besides if he is so good why is he never in the running for any major individual awards? make i hear word jare he flopped at Juve indeed how old was he when he joined Juve?

The first one is "Its me Snitches" by Swizz-Beatz i would check for the rest in a few

eldee:
Erm Dayo
Have you seen Fab4 or Carrick in action?
They'll run when they need to and send that long pass once VP or Tevez needs the ball.

But this Utaka dude is a winger, He needs to run and cross.
If he can't do that, an Eboue will take his place.

Simple logic that Dayokanu is finding rather tedious to understand.Comparing box to box midfielders to playmakers it doesn't get any more biased than this

dayokanu:
A40,

What happened to the form of Henry Camara, Salif Diao, Papa Diop, El Hadji Diouf when they got to the premiership

the truth is EPL does not develop you to be a technically sound player If you can run then you are ok.

Check the celebrated youngster in EPL Lennon, Young, Agbonlahor and Wallcot what do they have in common?

90% speed 10% common sense. I bet Tijani and Ikedia would have become legends in the EPL.

A Player like Zidane, Riquelme, Xavi with their skill and vision would never cut it there

Mr Dayo that Senegalese team was a fluke!! what part of that don't you understand what have they achieved since the 02 world cup? Like you don't know how complacent a lot of Africans get when they taste success

azum:
Are you really sure about the bold part. Yes it is a growing field just as it is anywhere in the world. Yes the experience matters. But believe me these two are not limited to Nigeria alone. But i dont quite think it is right to say there are not many DBA jobs in Nigeria. I know for sure that 5 of the following banks: GTB, First Bank, Union Bank, UBA, Intercontinental, Oceanic and Zenith run various versions of Oracle RDBMS server. Many of the second tier banks do. Infact i used to work for one of them before i left Nigeria in the late 1990s. Even as at then many other banks run Oracle environments.
I also know for a fact that all the major Oil companies including most of the local ones have complex Oracle environments requiring DBAs. Not to talk of most of the major companies in Nigeria. These i know for a fact. Then quite a number of State Govts have various ERPs running on the Oracle Database. Then there are various software houses all undertaking one Oracle project or the other.
Also note Oracle Corporation has a Nigerian office since 2001/2002: Oracle Corporation that i know of will not have an office in Nigeria unless it is revenue generating.
So definitely there are Oracle DBA jobs out there but the key thing is the experience. And then the issue of these banks and companies wanting to recruit Nigerians living abroad to come and work for them.

Yeah i know but what i simply mean is there is quite a bit of a gulf when you compare the jobs available to the number of prospective DBA's around that's simply what i meant and the experience is a big issue especially for some of us just rounding up with university they all seem to demand for work experience when the new and upcoming DBA's don't even have any work to gain that experience from in the first place