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Tval:
You expect us[black skin fans] to be pained with this assertion?

But he is a racist naa! He was even disgraced out of the National team for this. Whether e pain una or not wetin be my concern?

AirborneLacer:
No one is drawing up comparisons here, I'm only using your shallow claim against you.

You are using it wrong. Pedro a passenger and sometimes benchwarmer vs Boateng a starter and key member of the squad

I think its a little ironic he was sacked in a year where he wasn't at fault for the failure of his team. Westbrook, Durant and Ibaka his best 3 players all suffered lengthy injuries in the West you just can't survive that many setbacks

They should have fired him much earlier and in previous seasons

Yustash001:
the truth is..if a player haven't tasted EPL...he'll never realize that EPL isn't as easy as any other league....

Pique was 21 and Jerome 22 when they were in your league. Its an age where defenders aren't in their prime. If Kompany, Garri Cahill and Fonte can dominate your league then your league is sweet

Bimffo:
You still don't get.. The EPL now has the financial power to keep their players.. The likes of Stoke and Sunderland can buy Pedro, Montoya, Busquet Etc without any stress now.. The EPL will stop been a hunting ground for Spain big clubs as from next season.. Unless we wanna sell..

Money isn't why players run from your league. You guys have always had money. You think Ronaldo left Man U because of money?

Bundesligabest:
Boatengis a lucky recipient of the works of Kroos, Schweini, Muller and co. He ain't play no pivotal fücking role like say Cannavaro in 2006.

Na so Pique was lauded the best defender back in 2009-2011, motherfücker a lucky recipient of the work of Xavi, Iniesta and Mes

IBoatengbetter than Terry? Spits on ground.

Is it the Schweinsteiger that is hardly fit or Kroos that nearly handed the Final over to Argentina?

The greatest striker in your overhyped league history tagged Boa-TANK as the man of the match. Go and watch how the TANK destroyed and delivered a virtuoso performance on the biggest stage of all. A stage your racist Terry could never sniff

AirborneLacer:
Pedro is also better than Ronaldo.

His trophy count and the roles he played in them speaks volumes.

Afara logic.

Lol so Terry is Ronaldo and Boa-TANK Pedro? I laugh in Tambuwal. You better stop taking Tramadol

Bimffo:
When A.Cole was at his prime, he was better than both..

Ashley Cole ko Wande Coal ni. This is why the EPL is so overhyped! Local champion Ashley Cole can never be compared to the best fullback of his generation

Bimffo:
Have you forgotten that Boateng was also cleaning his team mates' boot at ManCity, moved to Bayern and became Dayo, A40 best defender.

Let's even ignore the fact that he was 22 when he came and was oft-injured Boa-TANK was a starter at Man City despite being played out of position. If Kompany can destroy your league how much more Boa-TANK

raumdeuter:
In Terry's football career he never played a World cup or a Euro finals

Chelsea played 2 CL Finals. The first one it was Terry who ruined it for his team. The 2nd one Chelsea won because Terry was suspended

Boatank 2 CL finals, won 1, 1 world cup final won it

Boatank Beasted in major finals, Terry an absolute disgrace in finals

Are you suprised? You no dey here when they said 8 Chelsea players would walk into Bayern's team. When they said Ashley Cole is better than Alaba and even Phillip Lahm. Lol na today?

Dakun jowo that is not a chance I'm willing to take. Let's all hope Javi and Benatia recover quickly. Dante can come on in garbage time or if the game is safe

Good to see Sinan Kurt play. The boy is quick! Still very raw but has quite a bit of pace

Boa-TANK is better than Terry. Eni to ba wu ko be

His trophy count and the roles he played in them speaks volumes.

Schweinsteiger delivering the winner on his return.

People let's embark on awe funfun for Dante not to play any role in the semis vs Barcelona. If he does we are definitely phucked

Weiser looks like potential I don't know why we shouldn't be extending him

Roland17:
Bro, I don't want you construing my argument, Rondo has been very poor with the Mavs I must admit, in fact his last 2 seasons with the Celtics were questionable but so many issues factored in, his torn ACL has obviously slowed him down too but the Mavs have been horrible, regular season play was not encouraging either ways, the players have not shown up, injury has also not been kind to the roaster but heaping all of it on Rondo who the coach obviously despises is not a fair argument.

At least admit at the very least that his play has also affected the team. They were the best offence in the league till he came along. What does a torn ACL have to do with his abysmal FT shooting? Why is he not willing to improve his jump shot!

Injuries might have hampered here and there but that goes for pretty much every team in the league.

The coach hates Rondo? Lool! He traded for him! He thought he might be his Jason Kidd but a shitty attitude and locker room cancer is all he has gotten. Rondo has done enough to be despised by his teammates and his coach. He quit on his team and he will always be remembered for that

Roland17:
The kid joined the team after the All Star, he had sat down for virtually 2 years injured, it was a new team already dealing with aging stars, an injury ravaged roaster and a shallow bench struggling with chemistry and consistency.

let the argument be fair about the performance of the Mavs.

If Rondo is a kid then I'm an infant. Kwekee! 29 year old man na him you dey call kid? Is it because of babyface. He's been in the league since 2006. He's a vet!

I have never seen such display of petulance and unprofessionalism in a long time.

The team played better before they got Rondo. FACT

Zzzzzzzzzzzzz


Dante can absolutely not play against Barcelona. We might as well use Matthias Sammer

XI vs Hertha

Neuer
Dante
Lewandowski
Gaudino
Boa-TANK
Goetze
Rode
Lahm
Mueller
Weiser
Schweinsteiger

Reina, Thiago, Pizarro, Alonso, Kurt, JAVI MARTINEZ,

Rondo needed 16 shots to score 15 points. That is not efficiency.

He played less than 10 minutes. Why did that happen?

Ok we agree Rondo is not at fault. Please tell us what Rondo did to help the team that pretty much mortgaged its future for him?

birdman:
you cant blame Dallas for taking a chance with Rondo. Houston did the same thing with Josh Smith. Without him, we likely die in the second round. Same for Dallas. That deal is too tantalizing to pass up. I dont think Rondo is egotistical.. The standoffish exterior is a way to hid the fact that he cares. You should have seen him looking lost in the locker room after game 2. In other words, he still is basically a child. sometimes you make a deal and hit the jackpot, other times...well you just have to suck it up

Basically a child? At 29!! This is his 10th year in the league

Decale:
Cry me a river. Did you guys still win?

If you're whining because you didn't win in Houston with Rondo even if he only played 9 mins in game 2, what then happened in Dallas without him? What did Harris and Felton play?

Silly excuses

He was committing silly fouls and being an absolute liability that's why he played 9 minutes. How reckless can you be to commit 4 fouls in that little space of time?

John Wall thoroughly outplaying Kyle Lowry. The Wizards look like they would sweep the Raptors. Though I had the Wizards winning this series I didn't expect a potential sweep. Maybe Paul Pierce was right when he said they didn't have 'it' lol the clown even said he doesn't want to go back through customs in Toronto and they have to sweep

Kawhi Leonard! That guy reminds me of Thomas Mueller just his efficiency and it looks like even he doesn't know how good he can still be. The Spurs are looking good

Donlittle:
rondo is a cancer, dang, my dallas lost out in the first round, certainly thought we would compete deep when the season first started, but after the traders, jameer, jae, wright and a first round pick everything went downhill. I have to say, danny ainge played cuban on that one. Rondo is a stat stuffer, but he has been exposed after those injury. You have no business being dominant with the ball in your hands if you shoot 40% from the free throw line. That is abnormal. Wth. Dude is an egoistical asshole.

Did anyone watch the game today? dallas played better than they have played since after the rondo trade. I hated that trade and questioned it from the very beginning. Monta played his best ball also after the trade, even dirk somewhat, Aminu. I cant believe it.

Dont think rondo would get another job anymore. You have no business being the PG if you shoot 40% free throw. He gets fouled and cant make his shot at all, or defenders back off him and defend other players and dare him to shoot which he never makes. Patrick Beverly is a better shooter than this dude. Unbelievable.

I am pissed

Lol nobody even guards Rondo so its impossible to space the floor. Cuban obviously went chasing waterfalls

The absence of Parsons gives the Mavs no chance! But that doesn't change the fact that Rondo was the biggest disappointment and did nothing to help the team

bigkesh:
i disagree, fabregas have been of colour this year... This is the most crucial stage of the season and Hazard has really been there, during the first half of the season everyone was on fire,willian, matic, iva and of cos Hazard tho he was kinda quiet for a player of his calibre.... But since january he has been d man...most cfc players choose eden, u cant say fabregas is cfc best player when hazard is the big favourite for Poty

Shuo! Ol boy which one you dey? He asked me who I think is your best player and I said its Fabregas. What is my business with whoever you or Chelsea players pick

Roland17:
That also boils down to Monty Williams as he did not rotate his roaster to match the Warriors, he went small when the Warriors went small, hoping to match their pace during transition forgetting Green is also dominant under the rim.

Allowing 7 offensive rebounds in an entire game is an anomaly but in half a quarter is a disaster. You have no business winning a ball game with that type of display. I'd not hold Monty entirely responsible the players on the floor lacked effort

Our next 6 fixtures. Whoa

Hertha
Dortmund
Leverkusen (away)
Barcelona (away
Augsburg
Barcelona

I heard Rafinha picked up a knock too. Opportunity for Weiser to start. I heard they are going to let his contract run out. Not a good move if you ask me

Roland17:
It was very saddening but you could feel the insecurity despite the lead, this is what happens when your best player is a rookie (post season), AD is the future of this league, he has had an awesome post season, Monty Williams was also disappointing, he could have slowed the game down in the fourth quarter, make sure the shot clock was exhausted when calling plays, I expected every play to end up with AD under the paint. So he could post Bogut and pick up some free throws or kick out when a double team came.

There was no player to calm the nerves of the Pelicans and ask the team to relax and take their time in setting plays.

They rebounded poorly! You can't give your opponent that many second shots

philfearon:
With the away sh*t u guys are playing this season,be ready to receive a mauling..
We have played teams with better attacking threats,yet we have conceded less...

What a beautiful way to analyze. I hope the players and coaches are also thinking like you do. Better attacking threat indeed. That was how you guys bragged then till you got the beating of your lives

philfearon:
Your defence is porous,and remember that when u guys mauled us with 7-0 final scoreline, we didn't have:
Suarez
Neymar
Rakitic
Ter Stegen....and Pique was a mess..All that have changed now!!
All the relatively bigger teams u played this season have messed u guys up..Don't expect less from Barca!!

Our defence might be porous but the truth is so is yours. Your goalkeeper has kept 5 clean sheets and so have ours. There are no stats that show your defence is better. None!

We've added:
Lewandowski
Thiago
Goetze

Whoever we have lost to in the past has no effect on what happens in the future. You beat Madrid at home and away last season but you still ended up with nothing when it mattered most. So because you beat Ibrahimovic (a well known big game ghost and Cavani who would not hit water even if you throw him off a boat) you think you have won the Champions League

Nothing is a given and either team can win

bykebyke:
Guardiola:" FC Barcelona is the best team in the world at the moment."

Franz Beckenbauer: "Barca are the favourites for me, It's not that Bayern do not stand a chance, but they are not the favourites."





May never reach sef mind games don start.

We don't mind being the underdogs. We were the last time

philfearon:
With the exception of Lewy,Shey all of them were fit when Madrid hammered you guys last season(whilst you were busy coasting home with relatively easy draws along)?
Against Shaktar and Porto,you guys were shit in Ur away matches..In your return leg,u guys needed a much contemptuous red card in order to come to life against Shaktar..
And then u guys used 26 minutes to score 5 goals against a silly Porto team(which Uefa should look into cuz those goals are all suspicious, considering that u guys couldn't score them earlier in the first leg),and all of a sudden u think u guys are favorites?
Keep dreaming ...

Hahaha this is like night of a thousand laughs. Madrid are not Barcelona so this your comparison na offside. All I know is we beat this Barcelona team by 7 goals which was a more severe and devastating beatdown

We might have been shyte against Porto and Shakhtar away but that is the beauty of the Champions League your home-ties are there to correct them. Didn't you get beat by an ageing Milan at the San Siro as well? Even in your treble-winning season your away record has always been poor.

Contentious red card indeed. When Demichelis fouled Messi outside the box last year and he got a red card and Barca a penalty you didn't chat this megedefegede

Its a bit rich talking about conspiracies when you are a fan of a club popularly known as Uefalona.

Neither team are favorites. If you choose to beat your chest like a Silverback on Nairaland be my guest. However remember no amount of braggadocio would influence the results on the pitch

raumdeuter:
Injuries have decimated our squad this season

Badstuber, ALaba and Ribery out for the semi, Martinez, Robben Benatia Schweini are still doubt and match rusty

Sad as Badstuber injury is I had never placed any hopes on him as it would be unrealistic to place hopes on someone who has shredded his ACL twice.

Alaba is the biggest miss for me. The dynamism he gives us on both sides of the ball would be difficult to replace

Martinez, Robben, Benatia and Schweini need to be managed carefully. I'd start Schweini against Hertha just to get him in game shape but with him and Alonso potentially fit you have to wonder who Pep goes for, I'd also put Robben on the bench say in the last 10-15 mins. They are vets so they need just enough playing time but not too much.

I heard Benatia resumes training on Monday! This is really good news. Hopefully he would be able to play next weekend

My worry is the DFB Pokal game less than a week from the semis. I fear we might expend too much energy there

raumdeuter:
Ideal lineup for this Barca game would have been

----Benatia---Boateng--Alaba
-Lahm--Schweini--Thiago--Bernat
--Robben---Lewandoski-- Ribery

but with what we have right now

I hope we can field

---Benatia--Alonso--Boateng
-Lahm--Schweini--Thiago--Bernat
----Robben--Lewy--Muller

I like our chances against Barca barring no other key injuries

---------Neuer--------

---Rafinha---Benatia---Boa-TANK---Bernat

----Schweinsteiger---Lahm----

-------Alcantara------

Robben/Mueller----Lewandowski----Goetze/Robben

I'd want Lahm at RB in an ideal world but its almost like Lahm himself doesn't want to play there.

Dani Alves is suspect at RB we would do well to overload that wing when we can.

Johnpaul88:
MSN would prove to be the ultimate difference. Your quaking and trembling defence will have no where to hide.

MSN ko Gmail ni! we have Mueller, Robben, Goetze and Lewandowski.

Lewandowski the only man to score 4 goals against Real Madrid in one match! even your Messi in over 20 games has never achieved that.

Goetze the man who destroyed Messi's pipedream of becoming World Champion

And your defence is perfect? The one with Alves, Alba and Pique in it? You mean the same guys Robben and Mueller destroyed? I laugh in Catalan

Johnpaul88:
I hear Badstuber is out for the season and that it would be Dante all the way! I can almost hear Suarez licking his lips. You saw us against Valencia? But we won! You guyz will soon know again what it means to face a fully fit Messi and Neymar. This is not a 50-50 tie but a 65-35 tie in Barca favour. So much have changed since last we met. I'm sure Messi and co would do anything to set the record straight ones and for all. Guardiola would never assemble the same team as he did in Barca

Dude Badstuber has not even played 20 games this season so why you are rejoicing I don't know.

Of course you won but you and I know you cannot try that with Bayern.

Lol Messi wasn't fit the last time? Excuses! When he was fit nko? He still got shut down!

You have Neymar we have Mueller. Ain't nobody afraid of your Neymar

No be only change na APC. If you like give the tie 100-0 in favor of Barca you still have to show and prove on the pitch

Bundesligabest:
Muller is one of my top 5 players in the world. An absolute beast.

Ninjas don't like players who don't play sexy football with fancy flicks and tricks, but I say those ninjas are inexperienced in football,

He reminds me of Lampard. Some myopic ninjas may say they see nothing special but they can't measure footie intelligence. The ninja will be assisting and scoring bucketloads while shortsighted niggas will be wondering how he does it.

You dey observe gaan! There are similarities. I always say it takes someone with a high IQ to understand what Mueller does on the pitch. The guy na like Spetsnaz for pitch. Its unfortunate that people don't appreciate efficiency that's why he will always be underrated. Most people see him merely as an opportunist playing on good teams ignoring the fact that he is a big reason why the teams are good.

Some EPL fans even argued with me on Twitter that he was not a key player in Bayern and Germany's title runs na that one scatter my dada finally. That's why when raumdeuter dey yab EPL fans e go be like say him dey arrogant but a lot of truth is said in jest. I make bold to say only Ronaldo and Messi have a better C.V than he does atm

JigsawKillah:
A40
To you, who's been the best player for Chelsea thus far?

There are lots of candidates but I would pick Cesc Fabregas, everyone is shouting Hazard now but Hazard is only a beneficiary of what Fabregas did in the first half of the season. He has stabilized your midfield which was in tatters last season and his numbers playing largely as a DM or CM are remarkable.

Lol who came up with such a weak name? The Pelicans. Da fuq?

They blew a 17pt lead with 6 minutes left!!

Looks like we are going to see a record number of sweeps this year. The way I see it only the Clippers vs Spurs series might go the distance

Johnpaul88:
Bayern are getting the ultimate beating of their life come 5th. MSN will show no mercy. I have watched this Bayern side often, I can't see how we can't beat them blue.

Hahaha even you! Some things would never change

I like and I'm equally amused at the overconfidence on display here. More mouth was made the last time out. While we might not have MSN but we have Robben, Mueller, Goetze and Lewandowski barring any injuries we also have Phillip Lahm, Alcantara in the midfield also Schweinsteiger who has Messi's pincode.

Not forgetting your former coach who would want to prove a point. Its a 50-50 tie with both teams equally matched, you might argue Bayern has weaknesses but you guys do too! guys are talking about the Porto first leg but I saw the Valencia game and even the second leg vs PSG all I'd say is if una try that one with Bayern Eni duro wo tan. Its a toss-up and neither team is a clear favorite

coded01:
Really!

You no even shame...

No bi u dey talk about Pep like say na e fault if una no qualify...

I believe Pep will deliver n he did it in flying colors...

Na who I for blame? Abeg carry mat go sleep! He has achieved the barest minimum. The real battle starts on the 5th

A40:
No gainsaying everyone wants Juve tomorrow

I personally want Madrid just to settle the scores. I'm sure Pep feels the same way too

However something tells me we are getting Barca just for Platini to keep his El Clasico Final dream alive and the storyline and sheer coverage a Barca vs Bayern semi would attract

My predictions are:
Bayern vs Barca
Real vs Juve

Too easy. Why do they even insult our intelligence with these draws?

First leg at Camp Nou. We absolutely have to bring our A-game and hope Omo-oro Fussballgott Schweinsteiger oko iya Messi is fit and ready to go. Would be interesting to see what tactics Pep deploys