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donlittle25:
Let us also not forget Kobe Bryant took smush Parker, Luke Walton and Kwame brown to the playoffs. Let us not forget.


My bad not delonte west, I meant luke Walton.

The Kobe disrespect by LeNomad fanboys is very serious. When I saw so-called 'Lakers' fans dissing Kobe that was when I knew water don pass garri.

Playing in the LEastern Conference really enhanced LeNomad's legacy. Seeing Kobe dragging a much worse roster to the playoffs and this Lakers team shutting everything down even with 18 games left has made me have a higher appreciation of Kobe's greatness.

I can never put LeNomad ahead of Kobe.

Tundesam923:
How is that bell contract to the jets? I felt he should have taken more money

Taken more? No one would pay him! From what I heard only the Jets were interested

No competitive team is paying someone who willingly sat out a whole year especially not after watching what James Conner did in his absence. He's very lucky the Jets came to spare his blushes, his agent did a terrible job advising him. If he picked up that $14.5m and balled out, both contenders and struggle teams alike would be rushing to get him.

Didn't Earl Thomas get injured? Didn't he still get paid? His agent advised him horribly

KGD10:
Lemar hasn't played as a forward for months. So stop the ranting.

I'm more interested in Mbappe constantly falling on his ass under no pressure against manutd.

Even Casemiro at DM is not making such excuses. @ me when Lemar scores a goal or provides an assist

2 goals 2 assists for €70m. Worst flop in Europe

KGD10:
Well, Lemar hasn't been playing as a forward for months now, he's been playing as a touchline winger for Atletico. So stop comparing his output with a forward output. Rather, let's compare Mbappe's ball control to that of Lemar.

Lemar didn't cost Atletico against juventus because the whole Atletico team was bad and he didn't have the chances Mbappe had against manutd but the true fact is Mbappe cost PSG advance into the next stage. Fact!

I swear the next time Lemar scores or assists I will give testimony in Church and upload the video on this thread.

We're not judging forwards by goals and assists again it's now ball control. Orisirisi

afrodoc2:
Na you get plenty time to dey argue back and forth with that guy.
Immediately anybody makes that kind Lemar is better than Mbappe statement you suppose don japa.

Na boredom been dey do me but I don see say this one don pass be careful. I used to rate Lemar like 3 seasons ago but I quick kana say the boy na scam with very low ceiling

airmark:
Why was Boathand benched for him? The coach must be a racist.

From your church mind does that coach look like someone that knows what he is doing?

KGD10:
Griezman was a wing forward until his move to Atletico. Lemar is a wing forward but at he's at his best as a SS. He's Simeone's best bet to replace Griezman.

Griezman, Atletico's main man did nothing against juventus as well but one fact is Lemar wouldn't fall on his ass if he had the chances Mbappe had against manutd. Fact!

My friend just alert me when Lemar adds to his meagre 2 goals and 1 assist per season numbers. I don't have time for endless back and forth over a barren forward or whatever role you claim he plays

raumdeuter:
A lot of changes need to be made. Before we dey complain say na only semi final pep dey carry us reach now we no dey even see the semi final anymore na second round like best of Arsenal

No expectations no disappointment. When season start I don't think any Bayern fan in their hearts of hearts expected Bayern to do anything in Europe this season. If you recall Liverpool was labeled the worst possible draw. Barring the standard fan braggadocio I think we all agreed we didn't want Liverpool

raumdeuter:
There need to be a massive clearout Hummels Boateng, James, Robben Ribery Renato Rafinha even Coman with his injury problems all need to leave and we have to splash money. Even Neuer we need to start looking for a replacement

I think as important as a clear out is deciding if Kovac is the guy. This team might have been deficient in a lot of areas but 1 shot on target at the Allianz is totally unacceptable. My own fear is if Kovac is way in over his head. I'm still not seeing any coherent tactics from this coach

raumdeuter:
I never see Nicolas Pepe before but do you think he is a good prospect? or should we be looking at Dries Mertens?

How we act in the market will determine a lot

I remain a proud Bayern fan and today I am still rocking my trikot proudly

Pepe is decent. I won't say great but probably the cheapest upgrade option based on current transfer market level

Mertens is like 30-31 already. Completely out of the question

Hahaha I dig the Polos more. Really fresh and far more functional

KGD10:
Lmao. Lemar off the Ball movement is on point. That's his best attribute. On his full debut for France, he scored two good goals. That he has been playing in a team that has little creativity nor require the wingforward to drift inside doesn't negate Lemar off the ball movement. Atletico's coach doesn't probably want competition for Griezman centre role like Mbappe competed with him at the world cup hence tthe reason why he instructed the wing forwards to always keep the width instead of drifting inside.

With Lemar, PSG would have proceeded to the next stage whereas Mbappe couldn't even control a simple ball.

Its a crying pity nobody agrees with you. Not Simeone, not Deschamps and not Jardim. Why is everyone denying Lemar like the neighborhood olosho?

How do you sleep at night defending such a barren and unproductive player?

Same Lemar that did zilch against Juve both home and away?

KGD10:
Torres was just coming out of a severe injured lay off and needed enough creativity behind him to uplift his confidence which Chelsea couldn't offer him. Take Rooney for example, Rooney always take months before he could get back to his form after a long injury lay off. Torres wasn't afforded such at Chelsea. There was little creativity and he was even benched as soon as he wasn't scoring. As a result, his confidence sank. Maybe in another team, it would have gone well for him. Suffice to say some players destroy their career after making wrong career move. For example, Sahin move to Madrid.

Torres was already dipping in form even before leaving Liverpool. It was easy to bench Torres because aside his goal drought he was adding little to no value to the team. You don't expect a team trying to win games to continue coping with Shola Ameobi level production.

Anyway you're just addicted to excuses

KGD10:
[s]Saul is a defensive midfielder like Khedira, Kante, Ramirez, Vidal. He's not the kind to dictate play like Modric does. He's not a creative either. It's even stupid to argue this. Well, I know you have a brain of a 2years old, so I will indulge your stupidity.[/s]

Listing Saul in the same mold as donkeys like Ramirez, Khedira, Vidal is laughable and shows how little you know about the game. Saul does not have Özil level creativity but suggesting he lacks creativity or tekkers is a dangerously ignorant claim. Have you watched him play for Spain at all?

How many players in World football can dictate play like Modric does? Why make such far flung comparisons. Smh

KGD10:
Lmao. Why didn't Griezman work on the wing for Atletico after all, he's a pacy forward like Mbappe? You're a roaming lunatic if you can't see that Atletico set up doesn't fit a wing forward.

Stop being so emotional mate. Take palmwine and calm down

Why isn't Griezmann working on the wings for France? Those of us that know Griezmann know he was not a natural winger.

KGD10:
You are probably blind to not have seen so many chances that Barca and Bayern wasted agianst Chelsea. Why did you think Di Matteo was sacked despite the CL win? This was a team who struggled to occupy 6th in the premier League table. You really have a lot of catching up to do.

You really need palmwine to calm your nerves.

Football is a make or miss sport. There are no trophies awarded for missed chances else 82 Brazil would have won the World cup

Whether they sacked Di Matteo is immaterial. He was never Chelsea's choice for starters plus Chelsea is a notoriously fickle club. Didn't they sack Mourinho after winning a league and cup double in 2007? Is this not Chelsea we're talking about here

KGD10:
Pogba was excellent to France style play, which is releasing the wing forwards in acres of space on the wing. Pogba was rested in the match Lemar played hence Lemar had to do with the least he could have. He was still France's best forward in that match. One fact is Mbappe was provided chances by the midfield while at Monaco, PSG and even at France. If Lemar was given such opportunities, he wouldn't fall on his ass like Mbappe was doing against manunited.

So Lemar can't function without Pogba? I laugh in Wolof

Best forward in a game that ended goalless? You're so desperate it's hilarious. Deschamps knew Lemar was useless to the French cause and that's why he never saw another minute at the World Cup. Common sense should dictate that an exceptional display should get him at least one more minute in the remaining 4 games of the competition.

No wonder the only game Lemar played in is the only game France failed to score. Barrenness following him up and down like a guided missile. How can an Attacking midfielder muster 2 goals and 2 assists by March!!! His goals against Girona and some team from the 4th division!! Jesus Christ!!!

Lewandowski criticizing Kovac's tactics. Hmmmm

Only one shot on target. Hard to disagree! I don't know if Kovac is the man for the job sef but this team needs to be completely revamped especially in attack. The board need to decide if Kovac is the man and back him or hire another coach and back him as well. I don't recall ever seeing a more blunt Bayern Munich side in the Knockout stages. The frustrating thing was watching and knowing the goal wasn't just going to come from anywhere

KGD10:
If Lemar was given the chances Mbappe had against manunited, he would bury them home without falling on his ass every damn time.

Lemar does not have the football intelligence to get in those positions to begin with so he can never get the chances

Sha keep this energy when Lemar joins Yannick Carrasco in Changchun Yatai. The rest you're yarning na story

Khanben:
The Giants bad choices so far, might make Saquon into another player that would spend most of his prime playing for a bad team.

That's why they need to trade him. I don't know how you say you're rebuilding with Eli Manning as your starting Quarterback. They are tanking in plain sight if you ask me

airmark:
He was too poor to make the first 11. It would have been 1-7, with him on the pitch.

I missed him.

All of Bayern and Germany's disgraceful outings lately has mostly included Mats Hummels leading the defense. He will likely retire without a CL unlike Boateng who has won it all and has nothing left to prove

afrodoc2:
Lol which kain straw be this?

Kai, see as Rubbishliga make A40 gentle and humble like 2face.

Some kind loss you just take with a coke and a smile. Nothing to say

Khanben:
Dude thats deep , personally I will give up at most a 6 especially if I have someone who I believe is a franchise caliber QB, who is not yet ready to to run a team. Eli's experience can help such a young stud

Eli was finished since 2016 at least. I would not trade a 7th round pick for Eli Manning I'm not even joking. Have you seen his numbers without Odell? I don't quite get what the Giants are actually trying to do

I feel bad for Saquon. They should have traded him too and not waste his good years

KGD10:
Lemar has two goals and two assists already at Atletico. Tell us when Mbappe would stop falling on his ass under no pressure?

Hahahaha. Oju o ti e.

2 goals and 2 assists in 2000 mins for €70m?

That's 1 goal 1 assist every 17 hours of football. Damn Lemar has flopped even beyond my worst predictions! Even I didn't think he would be this bad

KGD10:
Torres had a severe injury and was already going downhill before his move to Chelsea. Besides, Chelsea was known to be a team whose style was centered around drogba's physique due to their love for making floating passes. We all know lampard was known for his goal scoring, not creativity. Most of lampard passes that led to goals were either crosses, simple passes whereas Liverpool had Gerard splitting passes which constantly released Torres at Liverpool.

You're repeating my point which is Torres was washed. You can argue about how Chelsea utilized him or not but it's clear to any objective person that Torres could not be saved by any playing style. Even when he had MAZACAR.

Torres did not even have the acceleration to beat his markers anymore and the few times he did lacked the confidence to simply finish. He was cooked. We had that debate ad nauseum on the Chelsea thread that year

KGD10:
Like I stated earlier, Morata's holdup playing style suits Atletico team than Costa. It's like you always fail to comprehend simple English. If Atletico wants to get the best out of Costa, he should be deployed in Griezman's position behind Morata like he was playing as a SS before his move to Chelsea. Or he should be deployed as the main striker without another forward like Griezman behind him.

What is this Dothraki you're chatting? Morata and hold up play in the same sentence? This is a bad joke. Since he got to Atletico how many goals has he scored due to his "hold up play"

Costa's breakout season (2013/2014) he was the target man with Adrian and Villa backing him from time to time.

I don't know if you're just addicted to excuses

KGD10:
Did you just say Saul isn't a DM? What are you? Are you 2 yrs old? That's why I said you should go learn more on football roles. Saul is a defensive box-box midfielder such like Ramirez, Khedira, Kante etc. Defensive midfield role can be either a defensive no 6 like we have Busquet, De Rossi, Declan Rice of Westham or a defensive box-box midfielder such as Kante, Khedira.

You seem to confuse your ability to type verbose megedefegede as an indicator of football knowledge

Saul is a CM and barring a defensive crisis no right thinking coach would move him to a defensive role. Same way Modric, Gerrard,

KGD10:
[s]For an effective display coaches should always deploy a midfielder to complement whichever kind of defensive midfielder they employ in the midfield.

For example, Pirlo, a playmaking no 6 complemented a box-box defensive midfielder like Vidal. Busquet who is a defensive no 6 complemented Xavi, a box-box playmaker and so-on. While some coaches prefers to employ two playmakers who are defensively solid Like Ancelotti had Alonso, a playmaking no 6 to complement Modric, a playmaking no 8 in his midfield because if one was to be manmarked, the other would take over.[/s]

Stop typing Captain Obvious things mate.

KGD10:
You are really a neophyte when it comes to football roles. Position doesn't necessarily describe a player's role in a team. That was why I kept on hammering into you how Mathuidi was operating as a withdrawn midfielder on the wing for France at the world cup.

More Captain Obvious nonsense. If Lemar or Dembele had proven to be competent offensive weapons perhaps Deschamps does not resort to deploying Matuidi at that position.

KGD10:
Anyway, the problem with Atletico is the coach who tends to deploys two defensive midfielders in the team. Rodri is a defensive no 6 as well as Saul who is a defensive box-box midfielder. There's no creative midfielder to release the wingers on the wing like we had Pogba with Mbappe at the world cup. Or like Scholes did with Giggs, Valencia and Nani for us. Not only this, Atletico don't have a ball playing defenders to help advance play like Rio Ferdinand did for us.

Saul is not a DM same way a Schweinsteiger, Koke, Pogba, Scholes are not DM's. You're doing a tedious and annoying job of mistaking his defensive competence as proof that he's a DM. Unlike your acclaimed Lemar he is actually a true victim of his own versatility. That's why Simeone has him playing left back at times

Koke and Saul are capable of creativity but unfortunately they have no pace merchants to unleash at defenses.

KGD10:
The Atletico's team is simply a one dimension pragmatic team that isn't flexible. If Mbappe played in such team, he would be a nonentity.

Mbappe would be the difference maker in Atletico Madrid. If they ever want to conquer Europe he is exactly the type of player they need. I'm sure Simeone thought he was potentially getting that in Thomas Lemar else I don't see why he paid that much for him. Unfortunately that was a terrible judgement call.

Smart managers knew Lemar was a fraud quickly and stayed away so I'm surprised a whole Simeone could fall mugu

KGD10:
Lol. Chelsea was Useless that season regardless of their lucky CL triumph. They were 6th that very season for crying out loud. Everyone and his dog knew Chelsea was there for the taking. Abeg goan siddon.

They beat Bayern and Barcelona in their respective buildings. Give them some credit! They knew they were out of the league running and devoted their energy to the CL like Milan and Liverpool did in the past

KGD10:
That's where you got it wrong. Lemar played at the world cup unfortunately, the France team had no Pogba to release him with his long ball.

Lmaooooo. I thought Lemar was the master magician that could create without being fed by anybody. @ me when he scores or assists. We're in March no goals no assist. Flop of the season

No Boateng to blame. At least there's that

KGD10:
If Griezman, Atletico's main man was a no show, why dwell on Lemar's performance?

See your worldie below. Mbappe couldn't even control a Ball.

https://mobile.twitter.com/1103699287966392320/status/1103699287966392320

My friend @ me when Lemar scores a goal and provides an assist in any competition. Even Principal's Cup. Is there a law banning Lemar from stepping up when Griezmann has a bad game? €70m flop

Hardetayour:
He said he wants the max. I doubt the warriors would give him tho.

Another mugu team might give him sha. Who knows

You guys have the floor. Enjoy

Valar Morghulis

It's a crying disgrace that Ribery is still playing for Bayern in 2019

Hardetayour:
I'm sure it's the antics. Now he's signed with Klutch Sports. I have a feeling if he pushes the boundary, Golden State might not offer him a contract

Unless Green is down for a paycut the Warriors would be crazy to give him any type of max

Well. 1-1. Hope still dey

Neuer ti ta match oo mo daaran

Khaytunechi:
Messi has 8 UCL hat tricks. Ronaldo has 8 UCL hat tricks. Hazard has 8 UCL GOALS

How dare you slander the Sultan of Shakushaku? We will not take this

Roland17:
Make I see whether dem go pay am next year when he becomes a free agent.

Lmaooo. I might even let him walk. Green does not look like a guy that will age well. This is why the Patriots are so great, they usually know when a player is past it and let them go

Ibaka needs to leave the NBA and join the UFC. This is his 4th fight in how many seasons now

Hardetayour:
Steve Kerr said he's tired of Draymond Green after the loss to the Suns

Can you blame him? He's shooting 25% from three, averaging 7pts per game and isn't holding it down on the defensive end anymore so his antics would definitely start to annoy you

Khanben:
Nobody will give more than a 4th or 5th round pick for Eli as it stands.

I would not give a Seventh round pick for Eli Manning