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Nihilist:
I for choose Nike...until I saw 'Boa-tank'

Olurun Maje.

Lool how can Nike win with Ikedia in their squad?

Only 3 CL and WC winners in that Nike team. Boa-TANK is one of them. Pay homage niqqah

Hummels is the only non CL winner on Adidas and has a WC. To be fair I think Adidas has the stronger lineup

Really hard to know who to believe. Less than a week ago he was talking about winning a 4th straight BuLi title something must have sparked a 180 so quickly

Its not like I didn't expect Schweini to leave at some point but he's merely 31. The body language suggests Pep was not a fan, its possible that certain factors hastened his exit. There's more than enough time to experience a new culture by the time he reaches his mid-30's

The way I see it I just hope we don't get the DeAndre treatment from Pep after all this. We have a bunch of 30 year olds but it seems we have offloaded the wrong one

Onijekuje lomo Fabregas yen.

cao:
Never watched Silicon Valley or Entourage. Although, this is not the first time I've seen your description for Ballers, this appears to be the general consensus online.

Lool wow you are missing! Honestly!

Try to see any one of them if you can. You might get addicted

I see you have Season 7 of Burn Notice. Seen some episodes, very intense

I'm enjoying Ballers anyway. I'm on my second episode

I saw this somewhere. I didn't see Mueller on their list. I was so peeved I decided to do something about it.

Adidas vs Nike. Who you with?

Still can't believe you guys are about to land Schweinsteiger

I'm still in denial mode. Why can't we just give him a two-year extension? He's only 31

Why is Pep trying so hard to destroy this team?

I saw this somewhere. I didn't see Mueller on their list. I was so peeved I decided to do something about it.

Adidas vs Nike. Who you with?

I saw this somewhere. I didn't see Mueller on their list. I was so peeved I decided to do something about it.

Adidas vs Nike. Who you with?

I saw this somewhere. I didn't see Mueller on their list. I was so peeved I decided to do something about it.

Adidas vs Nike. Who you with?

cao:
It is good, it's a dramedy (drama & comedy), Dwayne Johnson gives a rather believable performance as an ex-NFLer turned financial manager.

Sounds like my kind of show, sort of like the sports version of Entourage (best series ever IMO) Just downloaded two episodes anyway, will get to watching

Have you seen Silicon Valley?

SIRcumalot:
Na me And West brom would be idiots If they don't grab evans for that price.

So if you were West Brom GM you would pay £10m for Jonny Evans? #Facepalm

This DeAndre is a b@stard oo! From a basketball standpoint he must have realized no awoof lob dunks for him and from a business standpoint the Clips could offer the most money, its a no-brainer

Which begs the question, why did he say he was leaving and agreed to a deal with the Mavs in the first place? Then he wasn't even man enough to tell the organization he had changed his mind and went behind to contact the Clippers. The worst part was he waited till the last possible minute when every decent center had been yanked off the market to pull such a classless maneuver

For someone so tall he is quite the mental midget and if there is any justice in the world he would shred the ACL in both his knees on opening night

Cuban should have gotten a fall-back option so he also has himself to blame. Its unlikely Chandler does a 180 and so its back to square 1. Not that DeAndre would be enough to get past Golden State, Spurs or even a healthy OKC but at least defence for improve

cao:
Ballers.

Its that good huh? Everyone telling me I need to see it

SIRcumalot:
@A40
Duncan,aldridge and diaw can split minutes in the Cener position even west sef in small ball setups.

If Deandre changes his mind I'll lose respect for him why announce if he wasn't certain ?
Whichever way these goes Mavs vs Clippers na must watch.

Yeah I forgot they still have Diaw

DeAndre is just a crazeman! Anyway its not his fault I blame it on the dearth of Centers in the League

Roland17:
Getting Aldridge definitely improves the Spurs offense with some youth, energy and experience all in one but same can not be said about his defense, despite his length, size and wing span Aldridge is one of the worst low post defenders for his position in the league, i expect his numbers to fall because of the style of offense the Spurs play, or should I say the Spurs don't necessarily need him to score tons to win games, there are no primary scorers in that team compared to his previous team the Blazers.

Good thing he is playing for arguably the best coach in the league, his persona fits the Spurs ideology and he can learn a lot from Pop and the three hall of famers in that roaster.

I think they can hide LaMarcus in that defence, the Spurs are not quite the best anymore on defence anyway. They actually rely more on their offence.
So on nights Tim Duncan is struggling on that end he will be more than able to step up, that's assuming he is not the focal point of the offence already. The thing is Kawhi showed he is not quite ready to be a consistent volume scorer just yet so playing for Aldridge was a no-brainer

I wonder how they handle their Center position, Aldridge was pretty clear he doesn't want to play Center so you have to wonder if 39 year old Duncan has to start there next year


In other news KG extends, now to play in his 21st season. first player to play in his teens, twenties, thirties and potentially forties

David Lulz

The OG greats 41 years ago. Breitner, Maier, Mueller, Beckenbauer

will007:
No word on kevin durant's fitness

He will be back next season

Interesting drama building up between the Mavs and Clippers for DeAndre, it seems he might stay in L.A afterall. Cuban shoulda gone for Hibbert jeje

Legend of all Legends
25 years ago

afrodoc2:
It always amuses me when you and Dayo hype German players but every British player mentioned was over-hyped according to you.

We are mentioning all time greats and Dayo wanted to drop Best and Charlton from the list and put Littbarski .

Another time he was trivializing Italian defensive acumen as a precursor to hyping German defenders

The fact that i am a United fan doesn't mean i haven't followed German football for decades(from the days of Football Made in Germany), and i give German greats like Franz, Der Bomber and Der Afro credit. I have seen tapes of Netzer, Overath e.t.c

Funny thing is i have never even supported the British national teams, i have always been pro-Dutch cos of Cryuff except for the Zidane years when i was pro-French.

I don't hype without anything to backup Chale. And secondly a country whose footballers have not made the Finals of a major national tournament in 49 years deserve every discredit it can get

I don't know about your Best/Charlton/Littbarski business and for the umpteenth time direct your complaint to Raumdeuter

There are numerous German greats and they have produced triple the players that have come out of the British Isles.

raumdeuter:
I was going to mention that particular game but I felt not many would remember those scenes. He wrecked havoc on Man Utd


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXkU0bfv80U

It always amuses me when Afrodoc thinks men just dey hype German players for hyping sake! If I hype a German player best believe I can back it up.

Injuries were not kind on Mehmet, Btw 99-01 you could make an argument that he was the best AM in all of Europe. He was a genius

SailorXY:
sometimes a man need discipline. its really not always about how much cash you were able to gather in life ~ reference Mike Tyson ~

I even know a family friend who rose to the position of an MD in Mobil Producing - now ExxonMobil - & maintained the post for 9 years. he was throw out of his rented VGC apartment just 11 years after retirement.

it is shameful!

Its crazy braah! Had a friend from school who worked offshore. Nigga was collecting major funds. Na ABTI, Babcock and Lekki/Ajah olosho girls finish this phoolish guy money. Dude got thrown off the rig after a workplace incident and didn't have 200k to his name.

A lot of these guys usually have no savings whatsoever, as the money comes na so dem dey blow am

chic2pimp:
I'm sure you know the reason why I asked right? Not every German Football player is greater than their english counterpart. It's not possible.

With regards to Ballack vs Lampard, I agree it's a close one. Lampard had the better club career whilst Ballack has the international scene locked down. It's a toss up really. What maybe shades it in Lampard's favour is that He was actually at one point the 2nd best player in the world. Now with the Scholls vs Scholes angle, I think you and I know scholes was the better player of the two. Scholls POTENTIALLY could have been the better player but we know potential counts for nothing. It's all down to how you utilize that potential.

I do agree however that some german players are underrated. Lothar For example bossed the 99 CL final at ripe old age of 38 i think. That says a lot about the man.

I don't care for FIFA or Balon D'Or megedefegede. An award that had David Beckham as the 2nd best player in the world? Twice! You gotta be shitting me

Michael Ballack is one unlucky muthapucka! This guy has to be the unluckiest man in the history of football. If he were born just 5 years later we are talking of probably someone that would have been a World and European Champion. If not for the high premium I place on titles no way can Lampard be better than Ballack

Now for Scholes and Mehmet simple question I would ask you, how many times did you see Mehmet play? Go and watch Bayern vs Man U both legs in 2001 CL Q/Finals where Mehmet Scholl and Effe took Scholes to church. Abi is it the semis vs Madrid? Do we go back to the previous year and check how Scholl destroyed Madrid in the 2nd group stage both legs?

Scholes has encountered Scholl on numerous occasions with Mehmet more often than not emerging the better player. I don't agree that Scholes was the better player as far as I'm concerned if not for injuries Mehmet Scholl would have finished head and shoulders ahead of Scholes. England and English players tend to overhype their own and it has a rub-on effect. I've seen too much Scholl and he was an awesome player. Definitely as good as Scholes and I dare say but for injury would have been better

Lol the DailyFail

It seems the English have been cursed with mediocrity. Even their journalism is asinine

Shebi I was telling Sircumalot. The Lakers not being able to get players has nothing to do with Kobe. If they could compete for a title players would join regardless

chic2pimp:
A40

If i asked who was the greater of these two sets of players, what would your answer be?

Lampard vs Ballack
Scholes vs Scholls

I know your answer to this question already. If you are asked I bet you will pick Lampard and Scholes

Lampard and Ballack are just about equals, Ballack was unfortunate to come up in an era where he Oliver Kahn and Miroslav Klose were the only decent German players around even for club he played when Bayern were not an elite team in Europe. Lampard has the slight edge but only because Ballack was unlucky to retire without a major international tournament

Scholes and Scholl is also a tie for me. And that is because I like Scholes, I watched both of them play and injuries did not let Scholli really reach his potential. German players never really get their due credit that's why people can do a list of players from the 90's and not include Lothar Matthaus. A lot of other German players (Kohler, Sammer, Andy Moeller, Klinsmann) never get their just dues. A draw for me

StarBoard:
They tend to downplay those greats because they didn't see them.
I didn't see Pele except on old betamax tapes, but I saw enough to agree that he is among football's finest.
When you think that ther e were no subs back in the day and red cards were first used at a world cup in 1970 i think (Pele's last world cup), you have to wonder how football today got soft.

I wasn't born when Pele started either but I watch tapes. So long as its a sport I like (whether Basketball, Boxing, F1, NFL, Tennis) I always go down the archives so I at least have an informed opinion of the past greats.

Football back then was very hard. Not for diving sissies at all.

Just to defend Messi people have gone to extreme lengths to discredit football from that era but some of us know better. They said Pele never played in Europe but little did they know the South American League was at par or even stronger than European Leagues in his time with teams like Penarol, Nacional from Uruguay. Independiente, Boca from Argentina. Santos, Cruzeiro etc from Brazil

Left to them they would scrap International football just to show that Messi is the greatest. How can anyone tell me a player yet to score a goal in the knockout stage of a World Cup is the greatest with a team as talented as the Argentines? If you even say greatest club player I won't argue

Even if he can't win a major tournament at least be dominant in any of them, not scoring against Bosnia, Iran and Nigeria

The greatest always deliver in the clutch. This is Messi's 3rd Final nothing to show for it.

afrodoc2:
My list was about the 60s, a decade during which George Best was one of the prominent wide midfielders and in which he won the European Player of the Year and he led Man Utd to a European Cup.
You can name another wide midfielder from the 60s to replace him but i am sure it will be hard to find. The fact that you joined the debate in support of someone who wanted to shunt Rummenigge in by force from the 80s shows how fair you are in your analysis.

Chale you are swinging wildly now. At what point did I argue about any list? The only person's list I questioned was Nihilist.
Why would I put Rummenigge and Littbarski in a list of players from the 60's? Even the likes of Beckenbauer and Mueller didn't start dominating till the 70's so tell me why I would argue that Rummenigge should be in a 60's list? I don't even understand.
All I said was George Best was overrated. What does this have to do with arguing in favor of anybody tori Olorun?

And if its strictly for argument purpose then yes Rummenigge is better than your George Best. Here's hoping you don't assume I'm putting him in a 60's list again

elampiro:
Messi has nothing to prove but he used his mouth to say he is unfulfilled. He was already ecstatic thinking he would win the copa America.

Boateng has a world cup yes. oshea , Mereires (is that the spelling), have CL trophy.

The world cup is the highest honour. Maradona was not a passenger in his team. He won it for his country. The reason he is a god in Argentina and Messi is not.

Please no dey include the Boa-TANK with sankwas like O'Shea and Meireles. When he was shutting down Messi at the last World Cup Final people no talk

He doesn't just have a world cup, he formed the spine of a defence that conceded just 4 goals in 7 games. 2 of them came in garbage time

He was also a starter for a treble-winning team

Key player for the best National team in the world and one of the best 4 clubs in Europe no be sere kambia

elampiro:
Hmmm
I supported Argentina since I was their fan from Mexico '86. May be my judgement was biased then. But why should a ref give a red card in a world cup final so easily. It takes away the beauty. Imagine if Webb had sent players off in 2010 final.

That was one of the worst performances of a ref in a World Cup Final. Within 25minutes he had completely lost control of the match. Not a good example at all

elampiro:
Dayo and A40 must find a way to dilute achievement of others until German players come top in the discussion.

They have paid the cost to be the boss! We are only giving credit where its due. If we don't hype players who have been multiple World and European Champions then who should we hype?

afrodoc2:
That is why Littbarski is better than George Best and Rummenigge will make 1st team of Pele's era abi?
True the British have never produced any world class player, only Germany produces world class players....and the best defenders in history ( Italians are only lucky because of the league they play in).

George Best was overrated biko! Same way Beckham was overrated doesn't mean they were not good players

I don't recall typing anything about Littbarski, jowo direct your complaint through the appropriate channel

Rummenigge and Pele are obviously not in the same era

The rest na you take your mouth talk am

raumdeuter:
To be honest. Na Cameroun teach those Argentines. If you see the kicks Cannigia and Maradona suffered on that day?
Benjamin Massing kicked Cannigia so tey his boot lost. Ref had to tell him to go look for his boot before the red card. Or na Kana Biyik red card you wan talk?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeRlJJbtdHc

That is typical Cameroon. Shebi na how them dey always chance us that year be that

Overall though Argentina no try. The contrast between the Argentine team of 86 and 90 was just too ghastly

raumdeuter:
Maybe he meant Eric Moore in Surulere and Best Ogedengbe

The British with their oun ta ni la n gbe l'aroge syndrome. All their players are world-class.

Them go call Beckenbauer, Brits go wan use Bobby Moore compare
People go call Gerd Mueller them go wan use George Best compare

leggo:
there is a reason it was such a controversial event. what kind of sport would encourage such play??
let's be realistic and not resort to picking standout assaults as a pillar of argument

It is controversial now but then it was hardly an issue, he even went on to play the Final. Germany were given a freekick

Back then there were no consequences for playing rough. Absolutely none!

It was at Italia 90 that Argentina reintroduced thuggery to football and unfortunately for them that was when FIFA decided to take player safety serious

Nihilist:
For a 90s Worldup winners flavour,

I'll go


..........................................TAFFARELL............................................

.......CAFU........MALDINI..........NESTA......ROBERTO CARLOS.......

....................................DUNGA...................................

.......PIRES..............ZIDANE.......................RIVALDO........

.........................RONALDO.........ROMARIO................................

The only weak(ish) link there to me is Pires...

This your list has kwashiokor oo! How will you put Dunga and Pires in any all-time list and leave out one of the greatest libero/sweeper of all-time Lotthar Matthaus?

Pires?? Kwekee oo!

raumdeuter:
Moore Charlton Best?
You are taking a piss

More like Yinka Best. Ko gbe oge wa ko le gbe oge lo