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Sane on the bench again? When are we going to launch a bid! Jeez the one time we should have weakened the opposition

airmark:
Someone who destroyed a bayern legend, world cup winner like that, should be leading his team to the mundial. Iceland appeared, why couldn't Hungary?

Apoche cra cra. Ngbo person marry you with clear eye? You sure say no be blackmail or kidnap. Wonders shall never end

Lool Mendy to Kimmich? Mendy ko Otamendi ni!

I digue for Ribery and Robben jazzman. If their oso siddon for your matter walahi e don finish for your destiny

Nihilstjnr:
Omo that city sports centre is next level o.

Good God.

I don't get Aguero and David Silva- the clearly don't speak English, but Pep is only ever really shown speaking English.

How is Silva still not able to speak English tori Olorun? Since 2010!!

chic2pimp:
All the same welcome back .

What more do you reckon AJ should have done to push for the fight? Imo it is simply about money. AJ knows that He is the bigger draw so He is pushing for a large chunk of the purse. The Wilder Camp on the other hand feel that He is as big a draw and therefore are not willing to go any lower. Can't say I blame them as it's every man for himself. I however feel that If Wilder does manage to defeat the Gypsy King, the pressure on both camps would be so much a compromise would have to be reached somehow.

You may be right about the fight coming a bit too early. Personally I would have waited til next year as He is still working His way back. However I guess His camp knows best. Also what a way to announce His return back to Big Time Boxing. As regards to His knock out power, I feel that it would be enough to Knock down Wilder should one of His punches connect. This is Wilder we are talking about not Marvelous Marvin or Vitali. Fury will definitely have those knees rocking.

I'm also leaning towards Wilder only because I don't know where Fury is at fitness wise. Give it one more year and I would have firmly been in the Gypsy King's Camp. Whyte's chance will come again. No need worry.

Grazie!

Not AJ but Eddie Hearn. I know AJ wants the fight. We would never really know what went down but its a bit baffling that Wilder and Fury were able to agree to a fight so quickly, assuming this is not an elaborate ruse anyway to make it look like Hearn and his camp were merely ducking since we still don't have a date for this fight. The Wilder fight would have to be held at some point. Its what the world wants to see, I even heard the Povetkin numbers haven't been so good

Naaa this Fury can't knockdown Wilder. He doesn't hit as hard as King Kong and for his size doesn't hit as hard as he should. He's better served relying on his jab and staying on his bike while hoping Deontay gases out. He will not survive a slugfest with Wilder so he is best served relying on his superior technique

Unlimited22:
Guys I just saw some clips of John Arne Riise.
Man, how that guy didn't end up breaking a goalpost still beats me.
Jesu!!!!

The Nordic Taye Taiwo

Lol shyte is real. Mandem don dey port already

chic2pimp:
Brooooskiiii!

September bawo?..No dey take annual leave like that jare. Even airmark sef miss you small

Whilst I admit it doesn't look good, I also have to factor into account AJ is the biggest draw of the three of them so whatever agreement they come up with has to suit Him.

Moving on,the bout itself is an intriguing one. Unlike AJ, Wilder will find it hard knocking out Fury as the Gypsy King is one tough SOB. This Fight could easily go the full distance depending on Wilder's Chin and Fury's stamina. Having said all of that, I have a niggling feeling one of them is bound to pull out at the last moment because of an Injury of some sort. Hope I am wrong though�

Lol it was very much needed my gee.

The poosie footing on both sides was annoying to watch but you still feel AJ could have done more to push for the fight.

I think Fury is picking this fight a little too early. Plus I've always felt Fury for his size is somewhat lacking in KO power which he would likely need to rock Deontay. That 2 year hiatus was the worst thing that could possibly happen to Fury. I'm leaning towards Wilder unless Fury pulls an upset because based on these last two elerans wey Fury recently fight I no dey impressed at all

That injury you brought up na another anguuu. I feel bad for Bodysnatcher, he is due a title shot

A40:
United what's your adendidy?

What's your adendidy?

United what's your adendidy?

Roland17:
@A40,

Can M. Cuban and your Mavs just stop already? How on earth would you offer Y. Ferrell 2/$5.2 million? Dude was like one of your best players last year. I am happy he has backed out from the deal. I think he will get better somewhere else.

Bizarre penny pinching but tbh Ferrell is not a guy who would move the needle anyway plus DSJ is a significant upgrade on him

aliondo:
Melo traded for Schroeder.....hmmmmm

To be honest,i didnt watch much of Schroeder last season,so i cant really analyse this trade....Guys in the house,you can help out...

One of the smarter pickups this offseason. Solid playmaker and a guy that would ease the burden on Russ plus he can score in buckets too. I like the move

chic2pimp:
Where is my Nigg A40 abeg?

Na this Wilder and Fury fight shorten my break. Na September I been wan comeback. This kinda makes AJ and Hearn look like poosies! Not a good look tbh

Ol boy that yesterday game ehn. As I saw Robben and Ribery for starting lineup I just moved on to other things! I'm wondering why we brought back Gnabry and how long Coman will chill before speaking out on these guys who are presently holding us to ransom and are the reason why we can't purchase any decent wing forwards

Lool we know una nau, na when Hamilton dey ontop una go show face

Basilona:
Bros bless you for the detailed comparisons.

Only Lebron can match the might and impact of CP3 and Harden combined. (And I love these 2 guys). All you guys who undermine Lebron's greatness claiming he had a free ride in a weaker east conferences will have to shut up this season when he takes that team of journeymen Lakers to the WCF.

Lol una don start again. The same CP3 and Harden that were a hamstring away from knocking Golden State out vs LeNomad who got swept?

Na wetin dey always tire me with Lebron fans, They go on about winning a 73 win team as if Kyrie did not outscore and outplay Steph the best player on the Warriors as well. When Lebron wins he did it by himself but when he loses "He Had No Help"


We go dey here when the Lakers are strugglin to beat the likes of Portland, OKC and Utah. WCF ko HCF ni

Roland17:
@A40

Bro, I hope you are okay? I have not read from you in a while. Just checking.

I dey on my annual NL vacation oh! Na this Fury and Wilder news drag me come

airmark:
What nonsense is this? Zidane and co won 1998 world cup, that didn't stop him from trying hard to win it in 2006. In fact he was the best player in the world cup. Not forgeting the likes of De lima and Cafu, who won world cup more than once.

This akindanidani40, was it german fa that asked all burthisleaguedown attackers to start dancing shakushaku and not to outscore John Stones, because Germany won it in 2014? Ajakaja40.

Asinwin why did you skip Korea/Japan? Did they cancel the World Cup in 2002? Oponu how many games did De Lima play in 94?.

Stewpid old phool! People get wiser as the get older but you get more and more phoolish each passing day! Didn't we see a World Cup were the highest goalscorers of the French, English and Italian league played for one team and failed to score a goal!

Apoche cra cra I put it to you that you're a decrepit cyber-nuisance! A boil on the scrotum of humanity

diadem10:
Economical with the truth once again. Lemar had his debut in 2016 but how many games did he play, let alone start for France? He has only started only 6 games, scoring 3goals for France. So much for harping on his debut year. Lol. Your foolish self should already know you can't dribble me with your stupidity.

Deschamps knows his worth, hence the reason he was included in his worldcup squad. Heck, Atletico knows his worth and would rather go for him than Balde/Lopes stat padders. Yeye dey smell.

So why were you bragging about Lemar being ahead in the pecking order and other vomitus drooling out of your gangrenous mouth

Of course Deschamps knows his worth that is why his seat was heated with seat-belt to keep him warm and safe while his mates were on the pitch

diadem10:
France had 3 friendly matches prior to their Worldcup campaign and guess what? The trio of griez, Dembele and Mbappe without Giroud started in 2 of these matches except the last one. What more? Their first important worldcup match also had the same starting lineups without Giroud against Australia. But an eediot like yourself kept on making baseless assertion saying Deschamps was a Giroud's loyalist. If France didn't look abject against a poor Australia, scrambling to a 2-1 win, Deschamps wouldn't have changed the setup to include Giroud. Only a blind fool would state otherwise.

Shey dem take lie swear for you? The only friendly Giroud didn't start was the game against Italy! Why is this Philistine lying with such serpentine ease?

If the Griezmann-Mbappe-Dembele attack was Deschamps go to plan he wouldn't drop it after one game! What part of this does this Silverback ape not understand? Even sans Griezmann against Denmark Giroud played! You just open your mouth instead of your eyes and face the direction of the screen that is why you keep analysing footie like a ret@rd

Who starts a striker 6 straight games without a shot on target without loyalty. Phool

diadem10:
And Like I don't know what a SS role entails? Lol. Was I not the one defending Hazard's lack of creativity based on the fact that he's a SS?

You know zilch that is why you expect all SS to possess a similar style

diadem10:
The fact is it's either Greizmann makes sure he forces issue with his flairs and pace to create space for others to exploit like Neymar, Hazard, Messi et al does in that SS role or create chances like Fab, Debruyne or Ozil does in centre, he has no business masquerading in that role. Barcelona wanted him? Well he isn't the first player Barca would get link to, only for the player to look abject in the side. They brought in Fabregas, Sanchez etc and it didn't work out for them in the end. In fact, Griezmann knew he would fail at Barca because there's no way he was going to be considered above Messi in that SS role. The wing role where he often look abject would be his camp and eventually, a better house would be built on the bench for him. It's no wonder he agreed to stay back at a club that would condone his excesses.

Did Griezmann tell you he was a flair player? I don't know which mental institution allowed you access to the internet. It is stewpid cretins like you that think there is only one way to play! Dominate and hog possession finish. Expecting Griezmann to be like KDB, Hazard, Oezil, Neymar. Why can't he just be Griezmann? Is he delivering? Is he winning trophies with his style? If the answer is yes then why should he change to satisfy an obdurate w@nker like yourself!

Why should Griezmann a King at Atleti who knocked out Barca and Bayern in the CL go to Barca and be Messi's porch monkey? You need deliverance.

diadem10:
Anyway, your brain is still failing to grasp the fact that Lemar is no midfielder to be competing with Matuidi for that wide midfield role. As a matter of fact, I should have no business with that kind of airbrain. Yeye.

Ohh shut up! Lemar's rubbish form kept him out of the squad. Go and pray he rediscovers it at Atleti and stop dropping silly excuses. Wasteman

diadem10:
Pogba wasn't recognised? Lol. When compared to Modric, Pogba hardly dominated midfields in the tournament but as an integral part of the French team? He was every inch of it. Kante on the other hand, could be said to have been the best defensive engine in the worldcup. Kante has no competition in his role whereas Pogba has Modric to compete with. Get that sunk in.
And I repeat, Pogba's long passes to Mbappe in acres of space on the wing was an integral part of France play.

My friend go and sleep! Mbappe dominated defenses without Pogba's assistance! Pogba had a decent tournament but to claim he was the catalyst for the French attack is asinine on your part! Pogba is not competing with Modric because he wasn't even France's best midfielder .

diadem10:
On Rooney, the question is has he ever been Manutd's best player in any of our title win. Never mind him dominating the league ahead of Aguero, Ronaldo, Suarez, Rvp, Costa? Abeg. The only time he almost rivalled Ronaldo was in his youth. Likewise Muller. Two players who could have mastered their crafts as out and out strikers due to their lovely movement, quickness of thought and quick feet but they thought otherwise, choosing to believe in their quickness and pace to rival the best forwards out there while failing to realise their limited skill and in the end, they became underarchievers. Mbappe is on that same path.

You went from United never winning a spoon to whether he won the league title. Why are you jumping like a cat on a hot tin roof? Nobody alluded to Rooney or Mueller being the greatest anything but neither of their teams could have achieved any success without their contribution

Claiming Rooney and Mueller underachieved has to be the dumbest statement in the history of this forum. Every team needs a Rooney, Griezmann or a Mueller an offensive Swiss army knife that the opposition simply cannot strategize for. You're too much of a simpleton to understand this

diadem10:
Lol. Mbappe also aided Lemar's reputation when he was the best French player on the pitch against Holland, capping it with two beautiful goals? Your brain dey pain you wella.

Btw, Lemar didn't play for a team with a midfield as good as Ribery's Bayern, remember? Anyway, no one is comparing Ribery to Lemar. I brought up Ribery and Muller comparism to show how stupid you were to have compared Lemar's productivity with Lopes' and Balde's. Well, guess what? Atletico doesn't think so.

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You are a m0ron! One good game against Holland is what this excuse merchant is holding on to since he entered the squad in 2016! You're a crying disgrace

Don't bring up that phoolish comparison! Lemar's woeful performance is below any reasonable metric.

Even if he had Joel Obi and Ogenyi Onazi in the midfield never mind technicians like Fabinho and Joao Moutinho no self respecting AM/LW should be dropping 2 goals and 8 assists! Ewok

diadem10:
Lemar was busying dropping deep to supplement the midfield and compensate for Bernando Silva's loss for Monaco (his many passes affirmed it) whereas Lopes and Balde played as forwards. I'm sure your stupid brain is still finding it difficult to process this, same way it failed to differentiate roles from positions.

Whatever you say, the good thing is Atletico scouts don't have such brain.

Just shut up you excuse giving kakpipe. There were several games Lemar lined up opposite Lopes especially were they used Moutinho, Fabinho and Tielemans

Your Lemar is a decent player but terribly overrated by you and your refusal to accept he is solely responsible for his shyte season just makes you an excuse giving w@nker

Deschamps knows this too and that is why he only had 1 appearance at the World cup

Look at this country dumb imbec!le that was just now asking if a natural LW is left footed telling me I can't differentiate between roles and position. Aja go chop your mouth! Asinwin

airmark:
Why didn't they avoid the qualifiers, if this your stupid excuse was the reason none of burthisleaguedown attackers could outscore John stones in Russia?

No wonder they idolised Chicharito in Germany. Useless shakushaku burnthisleaguedown attackers.

Man stop buggin me you stewpid old ekpan fly. Bundesliga players have paid their dues destroying the last World cup in Brazil

Ewu! The same Chicharito that never finished in the top 3 scorers list and even went 3 months without a goal? Lmaoo

Berbatov came to your useless league with shaku shaku defenders, became a Jagaban and won the Golden Boot. A feat he never attained in Germany

Roland17:
Remember when I asked you what the Raptors should do after the horrible post season? I remember suggesting breaking this team and I am glad they listened.
Maybe, Masai should have given the current core of the Raptors another chance in a Lebronless eastern conference but again, I personally don’t have a problem with the trade. Neither Demar or Lowry have shown up when it mattered most for the Raps. I will not keep both players on max knowing they lack the killer instinct to dominate during the post season. Kawhi gives them a different perspective, style and cap space they may need in the future.
Demar was tooooo comfortable in Toronto and that has been his undoing and the reason why I had no problems with the Raptors letting D.Casey leave. Demar’s talent stagnated last season and I believe he needs a successful and no nonsense coach like Popovic to get him humble and hungry again.
The Spurs looks good especially with the Aldridge/ Demar combination but I think this was the best decision for the Raptors.

Not by losing their most steady and reliable performer bruh in return for a guy who might not even extend!! Their biggest problem has left the conference and going into the season they had a puncher's chance of coming out of it.

Demar's issue was mostly mental because he had improved on his shooting, facilitating and even on defense. Bear in mind DeRozan was on a $27.3m deal which in today's market is a bargain and after this incoming year Lowry had one more year to run

Kawhi alone is not going to put these Raptors over Boston, and that's with the assumption he has made a full on court recovery. This for me is the biggest issue for Toronto with this trade. I would have waited another year to see if Kawhi even makes a full recovery.

If I'm San Antone I'm dancing with glee! I don't have to pay a malcontent who might still be hurt max and I'm getting an inferior but still a franchise player and all-star for a fantastic contract, offlloading Danny Green's money and getting a pick plus a solid young forward

diadem10:
You're a bayern fan, right? Bayern won the treble in 2013 and the consensus was Ribery was Bayern's best player. Why don't we compare Ribery's stat with Muller's, seeing that some foolish mofos as yourself often think it's all about stats.

Ribery was directly involved in 11 goals/16 assists compared to Muller's 23 goals/13 assists during Bayern's League/CL run. If all we cared about was stats, we would say Muller had a better season, similar to your stupid assertion that Lopes with his 16 goals/6 assists had a better season than Lemar's 2 goals/8 assists.

You're a swine for comparing Ribery who was directly involved in 34 goals that year including both CL Final goals to Thomas Lemar. What an slowpoke

When attacking players are involved it is the height of stewpidity to divorce offensive contribution by way of stats! When your teammates are doubling your production then only basic phools like you with your skull deeply buried in Lemar's rectum would fail to ask questions

diadem10:
Just like Ribery, Lemar constantly dropped deep and made more passes which means he was more involved in the play, and created more chances (had more keypasses btw) than any of Lopes or Balde for Monaco. Mofos as yourself should tell us how Ribery was his team's best player if Muller had better stats, never mind the combination of Muller's and Robben's stats? Did you think you can dribble me with your bullshite? Yeye.

Shut up! If we check for the difference between Lemar's key passes and Lopes's it only amounts to decimals so phuck outta here

Thunder fire you for making such phoolish comparisons

Ribery 11 goals and 23 assists.
Mueller 23 goals 17 assists

vs Lemar
2 goals and 8 assists

You're a lunatic

diadem10:
Just like Ribery, Lemar constantly dropped d
Did you even think Lemar would have made France worldcup squad if he had a poor season like your foolish sef kept implying? We know he didn't have it good like the previous season because Monaco team was depleted. In fact, Mendy and Bernando who did Lemar's job of dropping deep into the midfield in the previous season were a huge loss for Monaco as well as Yoko's energetic display in midfield. Mbappe who was also integral was sold off and you dare say Monaco wasn't depleted.

Is Lemar the first player that would make the World cup squad despite poor club form? Did Ousmane Dembele have a good season? Your brain is so poorly formed it defies science. I don't think Lemar is a terrible player but only a troglodyte like you would blame everybody else except Lemar himself for his poor showing last year.

Even the new signings that one would have expected to struggle all came and outperformed Lemar yet this excuse merchant keeps dribbling vomitus out of his lying lips.

diadem10:
Just like Ribery, Lemar constantly dropped d
In fact, why don't you tell us the latest Monaco's hottest player that every big club wants to have except Lemar and Fabinho who have gone to Atletico and Liverpool respectively? Didn't these clubs see Lopes and Balde, abi wetin you dey call these two slugs sef? Yeye dey smell.

There is nothing similar with Ribery and Lemar's performance. There's nothing hot about Lemar who is merely living on his Mbappe aided reputation. 1 season without him and we start seeing 2 goals and 8 assists numbers

Unlimited22:
A40 and diadem 10, e Don do na. Haba.

Lemme drop last one for the Lemar fangirl

diadem10:
Lemar's assist stats/key passes also surpassed that of Lopes and Balde. Are you even listening to your bullshite?

Eediot! How would his assists not surpass theirs when they were the ones converting their chances while he was dropping 2 goals in a season

You're a charlatan!

diadem10:
Or maybe it had to do with Atletico bidding for him. Everyone knows Atletico club isn't a galactico club hence Monaco had to reconsider their evaluation. The question is why didn't Atletico bid for Lopes and Balde? Shior.

Atletico are not the only club in Europe. Why is a player who supposedly played well getting only one real bid at half his valuation from the previous season? The transfer isn't confirmed yet
Even Monaco would be wishing they cashed him on him last year

Lopes and Balde outplayed Lemar that's what matters. Mr 2 goals and 8 assists. Oshi o da nile pako

diadem10:
Who dey talk about Griezman's assist stats? I'm talking of the chances created comparable to that of De bruyne, Fab, Messi, Ozil etc, you're talking of those 'tap in' assists of Griezman. Stats asslicking mofo.

Many French fans even affirmed that the reason Giroud played was because he suits Griezman's style of play, similar to how they both complemented each other at the Euros. You need to watch France Euros campaign because it's obvious you didn't. What nonsense.

And you know what? get back to me when you can differentiate between roles and position 'cos Matuidi may have played in Lemar's position, his role was quite different from that of Lemar. Btw, Lemar isn't only the natural LW player, Martial played on the LW also, maybe you meant left footed. A lot of bullshite you keep spouting.

Wait lemme get this straight you expect the likes of Griezmann, Mueller to create the same type of chances and assists to the likes of KDB, Oezil, Fab, Xavi despite playing much closer to goal and not possessing the same skillset? There is something dangerously wrong with your brain! And this stewpid post of yours is the smoking gun!

Shut up you confused tw@t. Did Giroud not perform at the Euros? He was there on his own merit you obtuse mountain goat, besides I have told you since Day 1 that Griezmann functions best with a striker pairing or him playing just off a striker so its pointless for you to keep telling me what I already know. You m0ronically claimed Deschamps tried to drop Giroud and I provided evidence to the contrary. Deschamps is a pragmatic coach who values a worker over flair especially when that flair is of the unproductive flavor

Ogheneme please come and deliver me from this dense! I called somebody a natural LW and you're still asking me if I meant left-footed. All these placebo analysts sef. Matuidi playing that position was down to the average performances of Dembele and Lemar. The idea was to maintain midfield solidity since the likes of our 2 goals and 8 assists friend could not justify his place in the lineup

If I call you a ret@rd don't regard it as an insult but more like an informed observation

diadem10:
What more than that are you talking about? Majority of football analysts have lauded Pogba's understanding with Mbappe's quick move on the wing which was the main catapult for French sucess yet you still dey kabach for here? Abegi, lose me with this bullshite of yours.

Ozuo! No be only catapault na somersault! Pogba is not even recognized as France's best central midfielder at the WC but this kakpipe wants us to believe Pogba was responsible for Mbappe! You need to pass that weed you're smoking to the left hand side

diadem10:
As for Rooney, we've always had someone better than him in every title won, just like Muller. That's the bone of contention. These two's better years were during their early youth careers. Hence we can't say what Mbappe's trajection would be, seeing that he rely heavily on his pace like Rooney did and has dificulty functioning in a possesion based team as Muller. And yeah, Muller once had pace and was quick, not as blistering as a young Rooney nor Walcott but he got it. Only an eediot would say otherwise.

You're a ret@rd!! The argument was if Rooney could lead the line and the answer is a resounding YES! He did and scored 34 goals by April! So don't come here and stewpidly tell me there were better players than Rooney because I never claimed he was the best.

Ditto for Mueller who with limited skillset and without exceptional speed have maximized their potential. Historically players that peak early Raul, Ronaldo, Rooney, Owen, Henry tend to flame out by their late 20's regardless of the system you play so don't come here to phoolishly tell us what we already know.

Mueller was not slow but claiming Mueller was pacy is ignorance of the highest order. Suggesting this imaginary loss of pace is responsible for his dip in form is even more ridiculous

airmark:
So burnthisleaguedown attackers came to Russia to dance shakushaku, becaue Germany won the cup 4 years ago.

It was coefficient excuse for ucl, now german league players, even those playing for different countries, failed to contribute to goals, because Germany won it in 2014. I pray you don't carry gun last last.

Bundesliga provided the most goals at the 2014 World cup so we're entitled some time to dance shakushaku.

Even IBB no rule for ever, after sometime he stepped aside for Abacha to take over

diadem10:
You dey mind him? Better still, he should beg Bayern board to bid for Lopes and Balde. Yeye.

Mugu! Come and tell us why Lemar's valuation has declined so sharply if he had such a good season as you claimed

monerozi5590:
I like this.. Football is not all about statistics sometimes. A40 come and answer the above questions biko. One of which is Why was Ribery said to be Bayern best player whereas Muller had a better statistics than him in 2012 /2013 season. Just wanna hear your view.

The irony is if you asked around some people would tell you Ribery was not even Bayern's best player. However Ribery provided the most assists for Bayern in the league and the Champions League. That's the issue with individual awards! There would always be dispute

Where Mueller surpassed him was with goals