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Donlittle:
do you pay deandre jordon almost max contract or you use thst money to get a better bench? i think thats the question

I don't think DeAndre deserves a max contract. He relies a lot on his athleticism and the brilliance of Chris Paul. He has no post moves and is a well-known liability on the line. They badly need to upgrade their bench as they can't keep relying on Jamal who is already way past 30

He deserves a raise but if they want to compete in the West handing DeAndre max money without upgrading their bench will be fatal

Debroslink:
And goal.com is ur basis for player's performance? Even complete sports can bring out their team of the season.

Let's see if Hazard Ikedia will make fifa 11 during Fifa gala night for ballon d'or

Brazzers.com has more credibility than goal when it comes to football

bigkesh:
Y bayern and bayern arent fighting over hazard is beyond me mehn............

If the fee is around £100, we should sell.......
Bigger recognition with barca, bayern or Madrid....


But as per Nairaland community, i dnt want hazard - bayern..... For obvious reasons

Wetin we wan take your local champion do? We will bid for him when he scores more than 5 goals and 3 assists in 3 seasons of Elite European competition

Roland17:
Honestly no particular team comes to mind in the East...but if he were to stay in the western conference, the best team would definitely be the Rockets, ooo man, the Rockets can make do with a very dominant PG but we all know cap space and salaries would make that virtually impossible but if I was to suggest a team in the west it would be the Rockets.

but wait...how about the Pacers? they desperately need an experienced and dominant point guard..Paul George stays healthy, they keep Hibbert and West..then strengthen the bench with some sharp shooters..u can never tell.

Very interesting suggestion. They are just like the Bulls theiir anemic offense would never let them get to the promise land. I don't know if he would be willing to leave the bright lights of LA for a relatively smaller market town like Naptown.

I don't know if Harden and Paul can co-exist

nonsoroyalty:
This is why I said most madrid fans are kids the same mourinho they are supporting is the same one who started saying shit about laliga when he ran back to epl he even took shot @ ronaldo

@usbcable why not bring ur cable lemme show u a proof mourinho was booed by madrid fans in 2013 lol

Reaction of Madrid fans when Mou left

Yesterday marked the 10th year anniversary of the opening of the World's most fabulous arena.

Its brought us a lot of highs and a few lows as well but

6 BuLis
4 Pokals
1 UCL
1 Club World Cup
1 Uefa Supercup

Not a shabby return

Nice game from Wolfsburg. Dooming Klopp and Kehl to a crushing defeat in their last match for Dortmund put a big smile on my face.

Would also be nice to see us face a different team for a change

They have work to do in the summer though, I was quite disappointed at how easily they were taken apart by Napoli. They need to upgrade that backline of Vierinha, Naldo and Klose. Perisic and Caliguri might not cut it in the wings either and Schuerrle who was supposed to help seems to have been infected with EPL mediocrity. They also have to upgrade on Bas Dost and Lord Bendtner

nonsoroyalty:
Wow a good bayern or so
I was trying to explain to the burthurt how can a manager win 2 or 3 trophies in 3 seasons be successful in laliga when pep won 14 in 4 seasons not to forget he got thrashed 5-0 by peps barca

Its only in a small time team like Chelsea and a small time footballing nation like England that a court jester like Mourinho will be granted audience. When he went to Italy and Spain (respectable football nations) his antics where always frowned upon. Little wonder he ran back to England after failing so woefully at Madrid

The reaction of Madrid fans and players after Carlo left compared to after Mourinho left says it all

Where do you suggest he goes?

FBS:
W-ere Bladder reelected. Now let's see if Michelle a.k.a Uefa will withdraw from the WC.

Michel-e lacks the balls to challenge Blatter. He won't do zilch

FBS:
He was not disgraced by any means. He won trophies every where and broke the power of BArca. EOD>

by the way, is Pepsi taking another sabbatical?

1 Copa Del Rey
1 La Liga

In 3 years out of 9 possible trophies he only won two. That is FAILURE! Lol emotional ninja said he wanted to go back to where he is loved

Don't worry about Pep. He is finishing his contract at Bayern

Just last year I was telling yall Mueller is 10 times better than Rooney. Some were arguing

Time is a beautiful thing

Krasid:
Don't mind the arrogant mourinho.He was singing a different tune when he was in la liga.I see la liga teams dominating next season's UCL.We might even have 3 la liga teams in the semi finals of the UCL next season.

No mind that loquacious elenu that was disgraced out of Spain

OohMpa:
[color=#808000]Better defensive players have squared up against him: The Brow, Allen most especially
It didn't slow him down from knocking a clutch three pointer in game 3 first round...
It didn't stop him in game 6 in the second round and certainly Lebron won't stop him
The best Cavs tactic is to slow his pace and try not to give him space for those jumpers. Let him work by attacking the paint or spread play to other players. Shumpert might be the best on him.
Ooh Mpa wants to see a game 7, to any of them really. These 2 players have been the most outstanding this post season and surely deserve the ring. Ooh Mpa will most likely go with the Dubs. 40 years is a long wait, mate[/color]

My point exactly. I don't think Lebron can actually guard Steph. Maybe a guy like Shumpert can but Steph's style is difficult to guard. He shoots the 3, you can't foul him cos he would kill you on the free throw line, he's quick and elusive

It all depends on how much help Lebron can get from guys like J.R, Kyrie and co.

Klay Thompson also had a concussion. He should be ready by June 4 anyway.

Lots of X-Factor guys as well like Barnes, Dellavedova, Draymond Green, Thompson, Mozgov and even Iguodala off the bench you have to wonder if he can slow down Lebron

Mynd44:
I think the finals is going to be about who shoots more....free flow and not much defense.

If this happens, the Cavs might take it cos you need to shut down LeBron.

I don't think they need to shut down Lebron. What they need to do is limit his efficiency. He usually gets his numbers but if he needs 6 TO's to get 9 assists and 27 shots to score 35pts then it plays into the Warriors hands

James Harden. 13 turnovers. Lolololololol that's a playoff record

The Rockets did start well but once the Warriors picked up on offense the Rockets couldn't cope. They really need to work on their defence if they want to contend for anything.
James Harden can't keep yoyo-ing from great to awful either needs to be a bit more consistent

Overall GSW were simply the better team, no shame in that

Steph Curry: 26pts 8rebs 6asts 5stls

If you are still asking why he's MVP then you need your head examined.

birdman:
Im thinking warriors. They have a ridiculously deep team, and lots of energy guys that can match up against vallevadova, thomas and the other scrubs. Kyrie wont be healthy enough so I dont see him doing much to slow Curry.

Kyrie can't stop a nosebleed. I suspect they would switch Lebron on Curry and try to see if his size would throw him off balance. Not sure that's going to work anyway

I'm leaning towards the Warriors but stranger things have happened

omar22:
Am not saying they sabotage Lewis, am just saying they dont know how to react to changes during a race, Merc wants only one strategist, one strategy for both drivers they dont want a driver to have any advantage over the other! its working now but when it becomes a level playing fields they will find themselves winning zilt

You make a good point. I still feel the Mercs made a honest mistake. Hamilton's tires were losing grip and they probably felt they could get away with that stop

Ribery-Griezmann-Robben

Griezmann-Lewandowski-Robben

Griezmann-Mueller-Robben

Griezmann-Lewandowski-Mueller

That attack go bloody gaan

We can even go retro and play a 3-4-1-2

Biko nyem Griezmann

They can have Dante. For free sef

birdman:
Looks like it. The cavs are playing loose cuz they are up 3-0 and the hawks are second guessing their shots. Which is why scrub players on the cavs are looking like all stars Funny thing is how Lebron is feeling bold because there is no pressure . Im rooting for the warriors next round - i dont want thomas and vallevadova getting a ring. dudes are already feeling too cocky

Whoaa! And there I was thinking you liked Lebron.

Anyway you have to wonder if the Cavs are so good or the Hawks are so bad. I think the truth is somewhere in the middle. Whatever happens if the Cavs keep getting solid contributions from guys like Smith, Thompson, Dellavedova and Mozgov they definitely have a chance

The Warriors would do well to finish off the Rockets tonight. The last thing they need is to drag this series longer than necessary and having to deal with a Cavs team riding high on confidence

This day 2 years and roughly 23 hours ago

raumdeuter:
The problem with replacing Robbery especially Ribery is the lack of players who can play against deep sitting teams

Nowadays even top teams like Madrid would sit deep when playing us never mind inferior ones like Chelsea Arsenal etc, so we need to get players who can unlock deep defences which Ribery could do when he was fit and in form

Many forwards are great when playing in a counter attack system where they have acres of open space in front of them to run into Like Reus, Bale Griezmann, even Shaqiri looks great for Switzerland because he plays in a counter attack system.

When you play against deep-seating teams sometimes you need someone to simply put the ball in the back of the net. Its when your strikers fail to do that that people hail the brilliance of your defense (example 2012 CL Final)

I think whatever system you choose to deploy its essential to have some balance. No one kind of player guarantees you success all the time

Even Barca now rely on quick counters and long balls and not just tiki taka these days.

You would struggle with deep seated defenses from time to time even with Messi in your fold. You have to bait and switch at some point and find another way. Last year vs Madrid even with Robbery you saw how static and predictable we looked. We really need to be a bit more tactically flexible not just with lineups and formations but with simple things like how we transition from defence to attack, especially in the big games

raumdeuter:
Check out Bale when he got to Madrid and had to face teams who sit deep and wait for you. No space to run into, he is either forced to shoot or cross since he has limited dribbling skills

I really think Madrid's problem goes beyond Bale. Too much blame is being heaped on the lad and they are ignoring their real problems, of course he was the biggest culprit in their loss to Juve for instance but it was his finishing and not dribbling that let them down.
And then our friend was giving his usual sideways pass and pregnant woman back pass to the keeper instead of trying to actually unlock the defence

raumdeuter:
Now getting a dribbler who can play at the top level is the main issue now. The options in the market are untested at the top level, Sterling, Felipe Anderson, Brahimi, Tielemans. You know at Bayern you wont have any bedding time, you must start delivering immediately

I don't know if we can afford to gamble on prospects right now. I don't see much difference between Sterling and the likes of Walcott, Chamberlain, Barkley, Lennon, Zaha etc

If not for his young age and the faint hope that he might improve by playing under Pep I would have been 100% against the transfer

I would even prefer we take a risk on Draxler if not that injury wan finish him life

raumdeuter:
Today I was thinking maybe 2yrs ago we should have gone balls deep for Suarez with the money spent on Gotze. That guy is the perfect attacking player who can play any pattern

2 years ago Goetze was the best u-21 player in all of Europe. Who knows what might have happened had he played that Final. Suarez would have cost almost double what Goetze did and with his idiosyncracies who knows?

While Goetze can do much better than he is doing now I'm massively disappointed at the lack of belief Guardiola has shown in Goetze. If he could move Alaba and Lahm the best fullbacks in the world at the time out of position to accommodate average to ok players like Rafinha and Bernat in the Starting XI then I wonder what it would cost him to play Goetze at AM and try to play to his strengths instead of yanking him off the pitch at the first sign of trouble

raumdeuter:
According to Kicker magazine
-Firstly and most importantly, a big time guy for the attack is being searched for
-Sterling is a great player, but at 1m72 and 70kg, he is missing the body strength for the big CL challenges
-Brahimi does not fulfill the criteria. Are not searching for an inefficient ball magician(not sure what to call it in English, like a ball trickster or something)
-Pizarro won't be renewed nor will he be replaced. Müller will assume that position.
-Extension with Weiser still possible, talks are suppose to happen still
-In the plans, Lahm plays a role as a RB
-Højbjerg is returning from Augsburg. A lot of interest from BL teams such as Leverkusen and Dortmund. Future unknown.
-Verratti is unobtainable

Hopefully someone that can strike and play on the wings and not just a target man, Lewandowski needs competition and that competition isn't Mueller

Brahimi isn't Bayern quality and I don't see any upside in him.

Sterling I'd take if he won't cost more than £25m but he probably will so I'd pass.

We have to extend Weiser, he is 100 times better than Rafinha going forward

Bring back Hojbjerg

Verratti fouls a lot and his passing range is suspect. If Thiago and Javi (assuming Pep still sees him as a mid) are healthy we have absolutely zero use for him

I don't know what Pep has planned but I'd like for us to offload Dante and Pizarro, extend Weiser perhaps steal Rudiger from whoever wants to buy him and recall Hojbjerg from loan. Anything but the nightmare of Alonso-Schweini and Lahm midfield

Speaking of Schweini its been awfully quiet from his side. I know he is injury prone lately and he's racked up a lot of mileage but he isn't even 31 yet. We ought to give him a two year deal at the very minimum

There's talk of Guendogan but I don't know if I want us to pick up another Dortmund player. Plus the midfield really looks crowded IMO, we had no backup for Robbery and it cost us big time

Personally I'd rather we go for Griezmann I don't quite get the infatuation with getting a Ribery prototype but we need to appreciate players for their individuality. There would never be another Robbery same way as there was never another Effe, Scholl, Toni, Elber, Sami or Makaay

Emphasis should be on who gets the job done and not whose style closely mirrors Robbery the most

That was quite the shootout! 37 3-pts made from both sides

Good to see Steph Curry was able to recover from that nasty fall.

Statement game by James Harden. His shot selection was much better and he made the 3pters too

If the Rockets can shoot 17 3's every night maybe they would have a shot at making history but going back to the Bay they need to find another way to beat the Warriors. The crowd at Oracle Arena alone would make the task daunting

I see the Cavs completing the sweep tonight. That Game 3 loss was just too crushing a blow

Hala Madrid
Or Hala-or-ee-aay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r72hlVCOQ7Q

birdman:
bros, you watched the game now. can you point to anything the cavs have done well in the last 3 games that makes them win 3 in a row against the hawks? Nothing! its literally lebron playing superman. and in my own mind, there is no way one dude can play well and win 3 in a row for his team, talk less 4. Anybody that says they saw the cavs up 3-0 at this point is lying. I will still be very surprised if the cavs win this 4-0 or even 4-1. it is possible but i would not bet on it. I am a Lebron fan but there is no way he is that good. The Hawks need to suck it up and play their game. tha cavs have no business being in the finals

Well the Hawks have arguably been worse! Its really not rocket science. The Cavs have been the better team thus far, they are getting more contributions from their role players and for the first two games at least shot the ball better than they ever did the entire playoffs

Of course no one saw the Cavs going 3-0 up but since the Hawks have failed to play like a #1 seed you can't blame the Cavs for handling bidness

Roland17:
The argument of LBJ being the greatest of all time is massively flawed, let it go.... he might make it after the top 5 for some but definitely not on my top 7 list, Top 10 I can't even vouch for, a lot of factors go into consideration , he is playing in a hyped era where social media does not even help issues.

Lool haba e go dey top 10 nau. I do think he has benefited massively from playing in a weaker conference hence why he's played in so many Finals

Birdman just winding us. How can you say the Cavs were going to drop this series after going 2-up on the road

birdman:
Even Jordan is watching Lebron right now. Best believe Kobe is watching Lebron right now. Becasue no superstar in recent memory has been able to dominate without a partner. The cavs have no business being in the playoffs with no kyrie, no love. Yet they are in ECF after beating a tough Bulls team. The Hawks are like the Warriors, Spurs clones. And teams that are well coached and disciplined dont go down like that.

Here i what I expect. Hawks will bounce back and eventually win this series. I can put money on it! But if somehow (impossible imo) Lebron manages to win this series, the GOAT crown is his. Simples

He's had Kyrie for the first two series. Love has zero playoff experience no biggie about that

The koko is can Lebron beat the Spurs, Clippers, Grizzlies, Rockets or Warriors without Kyrie and Love? If he beats the Warriors in the NBA Finals then we can talk about his greatness

Korver is out, Demare Carroll isn't a 100% I'd advice you don't put money on a Hawks revival

birdman:
by the way, before the anti lbj crowd shows up, you need to show me your GOAT winning all the way to ECF or WCF without sidekicks. Winning with a team that is more like NBDL than NBA

He is winning because his conference is WEAK!! There's a reason he is 2-3 vs the West in the Finals. Even with 3 HOF as teammates he suffered a gentleman sweep.

birdman:
I am not surprised the warriors are up 3. People keep underestimating these guys because you see all the pretty shots Curry takes. Watch their rotations guys. They play almost like the spurs. Houston doesnt have its x's and o's down yet. As the series goes on, they learn more of rockets tendencies. Harden and co will find out game 4 will be even harder to win. I will watch the massacre though...cant abandon my boys as the ship goes down

Lol the Clippers would have made it a tougher series. The Rockets are 0-7 vs the Warriors and its not by accident

Credit to Alvin Gentry too he is the mastermind behind that offense. Enough is also not said about their defense. Its rare to see a team where the entire starting 5 are capable defenders

birdman:
As for Lebron, the dude is flat out the best player in the league, and probably to ever play the game. The Hawks are the most disciplined and technical team in the East, and he made them look like the 8th seed. I said earlier this season that the basketball gods have a surprise for him. In spite of all the injuries to star players and missed time, Lebron is winning against the ball gods. I throway salute!

No disrespect to Lebron but atm Steph Curry is the best player in the game. Best ever not even close but then again you have a right to your opinion

The Hawks barely squeaked past the Wizards who were missing their best player and struggled horribly vs the Nets, even the Bulls flattered to deceive

I know it sounds like we are salty and you can only beat what's in front of you but you and I know these Cavs are not getting past the 2nd round in the West. They won a series with Lebron shooting below 40% against the 3rd seed! Not happening with the West

omar22:
They have one strategist for both drivers whereas most teams have a strategist for each driver, just like Malaysia, Hungary, Spa and Germany Merc have shown that they cant think on their feet.

Well nothing wrong with Ham requesting for a strategist for himself. With Vettel on their tails I don't think the Mercs stand to gain anything from sabotaging Hamilton. These things happen