airmark: By November 29, 2014, Diego Costa had scored 11 goals in 11 epl matches. There's a reason I hailed the decision of your family to send you to that God- forsaken country that you were ashamed to mention.
Nigeria should be cleansed of idiots like you, who are too dull to contribute anything sensible in any field.
Now that you are told that Costa scored 11 in 11 matches before December 2014, and was on his way to scoring more goals but for injuries, can you now see that all the rubbish you typed could only be liked by retards like you?
When will you stop disgracing yourself, while trying to attack my views?
You are the biggest fucktardious cretin to ever grace this forum.
Costa by December 1 2014 was on 11 goals and 0 assists
Alvaro Morata by December 1 2017 was on 10 goals and 4 assists.
So ask yourself who has been the more productive player you blathering eediot!
Only a phoolish ingrate like you would be here questioning every bad game from Morata conveniently forgetting that but for his equalizer at the Metropolitano you could have been playing against Ostersunds not Barcelona next February
Anu ofia. I'm sure that orita meta ebo in your skull would not remind you that Diego Costa did not score a single goal in the Champions League that season
I beg you in the name of God to join a monastery as no child deserves such a genetically disadvantaged start to their lives. Unfortunate beast of burden
Great pass by Boateng, flicked header Muller and lewy tap in
Lol thank God for ball-playing Center backs. Sule completed 118 passes at a 98% clip
I'd take another clean sheet because Cologne has been scoring quite a few goals lately. The puzzling thing for me is still the lack of offensive fluidity with Tolisso-Rudy-Vidal. That is not a midfield trio I pray to see anytime soon
Looking forward to the Pokal game vs Dortmund. We would need to bring our A-game because we are also witnesses to what a new coach can do in a team
raumdeuter: The time other players should be using to gell and get used to the team, Ribery will be taking it up and when its time to deliver in the crucial CL ties Baba will either be injured or just be running upandan the field
It's pretty clear Ribery has some backing by the Ogas at the top plus I'm sure he is also in the good books of Don Jupp. If he is injured by the CL ties so be it but I do hope it's not the case (he's been a good servant to the club to be fair to him. Just that he is suffering from Mugabe's Syndrome) I hope Jupp can somehow convince him to be a super-sub when the latter CL stages come around
Roland17: The Celtics have traditionally been a defensive team. As for this current team, intensity! intensity and wing span is the secret. When Brad started building this roster, his focus was on drafting and acquiring players with huge wing span, players who can disrupt passing lanes, intense enough to force turnovers and guard multiple positions because of their wing span.
You take a look at Brown, Tatum whom the Celtics were already going to pick considering J. Jackson blew it (It explains why Brad did not have a problem agreeing with Ainge to trade IT and trade the number 1 overall pick for Tatum), Big AL, D. Theis, Baynes, Ojeleye either have wing span or intensity and sometimes a combination of both. M. Morris fits in easily considering he is intense on defense, particularly the perimeter. There is a reason why I am convinced Brad is a very special coach who is head above many of his peers.
Since Kyrie arrived the TD garden, his defensive stats has a witnessed significant jump. He is ranked 17, last year he was not even top 100. The same goes for Big AL and Morris. It's all about coaching and having players buy into it.
The Celtics are the quintessential example of how to rebuild a franchise without tanking for a decade.
As for your Bumble Bees, I will make up my mind after your game with Brady and the Patriots next week.
Brad pound for pound is arguably the best young coach in the league. This I think he has proven beyond reasonable doubt.
Ainge made a huge gamble on guys like Rozier and Smart stepping up to limit the loss of not just IT but Avery Bradley as well, swapping Fultz who looked like an instant replacement for Tatum was also a Riverboat move which has paid off thus far. All this without Marcus Morris doing much is quite commendable.
The test would come by the playoffs time but aside the Cavs I would still fancy Boston against any other Eastern conference team. Next season would be the key because at some point dethroning the Cavs (if Lebron stays) has to be the ultimate determinant of success
Lol as for the Mighty Steelers I am quietly optimistic that this is the year we topple New England and clinch the AFC. We need a statement W and that's why I'm so pained by the Shazier injury. He is by far our most dynamic linebacker
With Big Ben , Brown , Bell and Juju Smith we would have to rely on offense to get that home field advantage which I think we would need because it's become pretty clear we can't beat New England in Foxboro
raumdeuter: Now Ribery is back, He will be started, I almost wished his injury didnt heal so fast
I have no qualms with Ribery starting for now. Any contributions we can get from him would be welcome. When we face the big boys and he is still starting is when problem go dey. I don't want anything to tamper with Coman's growth at all
airmark: Ajakaja, costa no dey miss big chances and no dey fall up and down like morata, so gtfoh.
I don't need to post any stats, only idiots like you would still be asking for that, when sensible people with eyes have seen that morata has not filled the spot left by Costa and the effect has left us chasing the Manchester teams and losing the title in December.
Post peps acquisition since he arrived epl.
You are dyslexic! How many goals did Costa score in his debut season in England? Show us Costa's conversion rate you are stammering like a village eediot
The stats are there to always counter emotional mofos like you that watch the game with their feelings and not their intelligence.
Omugo. How many goals had Diego Costa scored by December 2014? How won't you chase a team who has won 15 league matches in a row? Do you have brains at all?
airmark: Conte came just like him last season, without exhausting the coffers and won the title.
Your apari colleague had to spend crazily to smell it.
What concerns me with what lukakau did yesterday? If you get shame left in you, you wouldn't come here to reply, after antagonising my views on morata earlier.
Almost all what I feared for, is what most fans are now complaining about morata.
I just hope he brings his ucl experience into those barca fixtures and we knock them out. Tired of him falling and misfiring up and down.
Shut up jare. Which striker no dey miss chance? If you were intelligent you should be posting up stats of his CC instead of propagating megedefegede all over the forum
chic2pimp: Unfortunately it is up to the prosecuting team to prove "Beyond a Reasonable doubt" that He did infact commit the crime. All the Defence has to do is create an element of doubt in the minds of the jurors and bam He is out. And ofcourse He can't be re-tried again. They'll want to be sure they can secure a conviction of some sort before going to trial.
E just be like EFCC for here wey go first arrest you begin dey find evidence. Lots of slam dunk cases are lost cos the prosecutors don't do a good enough job to score a conviction. Also painful because there were no witnesses in Bawo's case
raumdeuter: I go with your selection, Based on current our current form. Besiktas Roma Liverpool and Spurs
At the moment, City looks better than us, but in the next 3 months with the type of progress we have been making I am not sure the gap will be this wide, I am certain Pep wouldn't want to meet us.
We are far more dangerous than any team he has faced till date. Our offense of Robben, Coman Lewy Muller James is better than anything he has faced. their full backs wont want to be isolated with Robben and Coman while Lewy would get the better of Otamendi and Stones. Our midfield of Vidal Martinez, Toorliso wont get bossed around by KDB Silva and Fernandinho like the EPL teams.
That said, I will prefer not to meet City and Barcelona for now. Give me Besiktas or Roma.
Toorliso Coman really impressed me. Juups work on Coman is beginning to show and make him more dangerous. That split second to look up makes all the difference. Rudy was very sloppy, Lewy should have done better with some shots and Ribery though tried but at this level he cant cope anymore.
Defence needs to tighten up since we would be needing them in games to come. Let Boa Hummels Sule Kimmich, Alaba with Martinez in DM have special sessions in the winter breaks. Do defensive drills and watch videos.
That Mbappe goal, I don't get why Hummels had to leave that position to go double team Cavani when Alaba seemed to have him covered. Rudy also fell asleep and allowed him to ghost in just like the equalizer conceded vs Wolfsburg
How I wish Juup was younger and staying or a few more seasons
I no wan too talk about Hummels because the overall performance was too good for me to tackle anybody. Contrary to what airmark might think I don't go into every match hoping Hummels makes such mistakes. We easily should have won 5-1 but in hindsight settling for second seems to have paid off
The good thing is with the winter break there would be ample time for lots of the guys to heal and for Jupp to perfect whatever strategy he plans on deploying. I still feel like the midfield is the strong point and one which we must exploit to the fullest
We have a relatively soft landing in Besiktas so my hope is we keep improving gradually. Something tells me the likes of PSG and maybe even City might have peaked too soon.
If City play Fabian Delph against us it would be a bloodbath. I am pretty sure of that!
We just need to hope and pray we are lucky with injuries. Sven Ulreich is also injured now so we are stuck with Tom Starke
I don't know how the Celtics do it yo. That defence they play is something else!! They make you play at their pace and bend your pattern to theirs. The worst part is if you hold down Kyrie the likes of Marcus Smart, Tatum and even Terry Rozier would find a way to contribute. Marcus Morris didn't even play and you had guys like Baynes, Theis making key contributions. I don't know how the team would look with Hayward but what the Celts are showing us is there is simply no room for excuses
Shoutout to the Steelers and my boy Ryan Shazier. We are getting that Lombardi for you boy
raumdeuter: Me I support death penalty instead of just crowding the prisons. Though this guys case seems it hasnt been proven beyond doubt
I agree. Depending on the nature of the crime. Someone like this who can still be assaulting females while in the bing doesn't deserve any form of mercy sha IMO. If he ever gets out he would probably do worse because he knows the worst that can happen is to get another life sentence
airmark: On a trip, didn't watch the match. Did morata miss empty net again?
Thunder must fire lordfalcao, raumdeuter, a40 and all morata fan boys, that kept mentioning me anytime morata scored in the past.
I mean effective multiple thunder !!!
Ogbeni gbenu rirun e sohun jare. Shey Morata don do half of wetin Lukaku do yesterday ni? Where was your useless Hidden Ikebe (World Best) to save the day?
Olorun kuku ti mu yin. They have paired y'all with Barcelona so let us see what Hidden can do
Kharma keep catching up to that eediot that murdered Bawomolo - Nelon Drake. He's still fighting that murder charge and goes on to rape a female while in lockup. Them go troway key on that guy.
I don't know why the guy didn't just get the lethal injection treatment. The concept of using tax-payers monies to feed this beast of sorrow makes me nauseous
At some point you have to realize some people are simply beyond redemption
Nihilist: Matching the man city strikers isn't enough though if the volume of chance creation is not the same
Look at it this way.
Aguero has converted 8 big chances for City this season
Gabriel Jesus has also converted 8 big chances
Morata has converted 7
On the face of It, Morata can be said to be matching the output of the each of the city strikers, but here's the kicker.
City have converted 16 of their big chances through Aguero and Jesus alone
Chelsea have only converted 7 through Morata.
So not only are City creating more chances, their combined strikeforce is scoring more goals.
We create half as many chances as City, and their strikers combined have scored twice as many goals as our only striker.
It's not a stretch to conclude that Morata has to up his efficiency in front of goal. It's not enough to match strikers who see double the big chances you do and can afford to be a little profligate.
You have to maximise the opportunities that come your way because they are fewer and less frequent than the competition gets.
You want Morata to do the job of two forwards? Only Ororo of Madeira has the capacity to do that and still win trophies. Your other forwards need to start doing their jobs.
I really wasn't expecting that W last night. Jupp is really performing American wonder with that squad. Even Ulreich is looking like a stud
I would give special mention to Kingsley Coman who outclassed Mbappe yesterday. What can be said about Tolisso with two goals as well! It's like every time one criticizes these guys here they step up in the next series of games
Overall let's just hope for some luck on the injury front because it seems Robben and Coman picked up injuries again.
According to Sport1, Serge Gnabry does not want to return to Bayern next summer, and never wanted to join the club in the first place. Bayern only signed him thanks to a clause he had in his Werder Bremen contract giving the club first option on his signing
Gnabry communicated his frustration to his friends and to the bosses at Säbener Strasse after Bayern triggered his release clause, he was not given a shirt number and never appeared as Bayern player. Hoffenheim hope they can extend Gnabry's loan for one more season
Let's use him as makeweight for the Sandro Wagner deal biko. I was never a fan of that Oritsefemi with German passport
I gotta say Mueller looked really sharp on Saturday. For tomorrow's game I just want to see how we would look vs PSG. Obviously we can't top the group but a win would be a big psychological boost. Still think their fullbacks are very suspect and if Coman wants to prove himself that's a very good starting point.
Shoutout to Arturo Vidal too. Since we started criticizing him he has significantly stepped up his game
VargasVee: I think the people we really have to watch out for is Iceland.
The way they played the Croatians like bunch of amateurs, Maaan.
I can't even place a finger on their style of play. I only hope their lack of experience at World Cup level would be their Waterloo. However we are talking about a team that fought Portugal to a standstill and beat England.
olabode89: Boss! Hope you are watching? I responded to your post and got banned by antispam bot
Did you see the vicious KO by Ngannou?
Chimoo. I saw somewhere that his punch power was recorded and it was the heaviest in UFC history. I fancied Overeem (of blessed memory) because of his experience but I forgot that there's no experience that can prepare you for that type of uppercut.
That move be like Shoryuken. Overeem needs to seriously start considering retirement
jhorjhor: Euros was over a year ago...Croatia are close to shit now..they needed a miracle to qualify...had to even sack their former coach before their last qualifying game.
Close to shit cos they finished 2nd in a group that had Iceland? Same Iceland who knocked out England? Sha beware of Finboggason and Siggurdson