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lalaboi: A40 abeg lo ko ara e joko sibi kan jor.

Rambo had Yaya on saturday. shikena. no need for long talks

Not by much. Factoid is you guys didn't outplay City

nateevs: Abeg leave the dude. Make him dey yarn megede fegede.

Na Joe Hart I kuku blame I nor blame you! Yall were outplayed and basically got lucky! The stats are there to prove it

FBS: how long oga? Ramires completely owned Yaya and he reduced him to nothing. That's your proof.
Last season? how does that translate to the current one?

Say you be lecturer if student get 1/5 which grade you go give am?
My point is Yaya is still Boss to Ramires a one-off game cannot disprove that just yet notice I'm not arguing that he didn't marginally outplay Yaya for the first time in history

AjanleKoko: ^^^

Robert might win it. But he sure ain't the best player in the world, and will never be. He was the best player in the best team.

Ballon D'or is an individual award anyway. Not a team prize.

Surely it is not Penaldo or Messi who got missing when it mattered most

I always say it there's an award for the highest goal scorer let Messi and Penaldo duke it out for that one but their goals are useless if they didn't influence any major game last season

Lordave: Xavi Henandez is not supposed to be in that list too. Fifa is shît.
Underachievers like Mourinho, Bosque and Wenger even made the list? France Football experts sucks!

Lool not much options from the coaching side so not much to argue about.
You do have a point though about Xavi and even Iniesta on that list! They are there on past achievements alone! Its a massive disgrace that Dante,Gotze and Woodyinho are not on that list

debosky: One more comment for the 'big test' parrots - Dortmund was not a 'big test' either. There I said it again.

The key of the group stage of the CL is to qualify, not to win 'big tests' or any other nonsense.

If we qualify for the knockout phase, losing to Dortmund will be meaningless - if we don't then we've failed the big test of not getting out of the group. Simples.

Story story! Its this kind of mentality that would doom Arsenal to their 9th season without a trophy (why am I even saying it as if the trophylessness no sure already) Had you at least picked up a draw you would not need to go to the Signal Iduna needing a result defeat at Dortmund and you are automatically at the mercy of Napoli

debosky: Facing Chelski in the COC isn't a big test or a sign of anything - there I said it. We almost always lose to them in this competition so nothing new to see there.

It only tells us what we already know - Chelski's squad is better than ours.

But you know Arsenal is a psychologically fragile team! Not winning this match would have a domino effect and allow us play more music here I'm sure El Pistolero is already shining his pistol.

Losing at home to Chelsea and Dortmund clearly shows that this team aint legit!

BTW I wish a nigga would come talk shyte about Bayern! Isn't this the same Chelsea we turned to Stoke City?

FBS: How many points won for last season are credited to teams for this season? a nsoro eniy, eyin nsoro ana.
If you like blame citeh for sacking mancini. Fact is we beat Citeh and Ramires had Yaya for lunch.

I'm saying Ramires still has a long way to go! 4 times played last season and 1 draw with 3 losses. Yaya Toure na still Ramires and una midfield husband till proven otherwise

Jencejyde: Una don play music finish?
Anyways back to footie, apart from jenks bad clearance (basics of defending# always head to the side not to goal) and poor positonal awareness from jack (mata had too much time and space for the shot). Chelsea really just stuck to the mou way. Soak pressure and counter.

Its no brainer why I always rate arteta cos positionally, he is sound and sooner or later the younger players grow into that.

Well done to chelsea but again i share the sentiments of a fan who believes its better for arsenal to keep getting back to playing good football and of course add quality personnel in key areas rather than just hoping to win a trophy cos we bought a single player.

Back to the league and a good result against Liverpool would be the best response.

Two big tests so far for una and the result na big fat Fatai (F9) yall couldn't even muster a draw at home! Looks like another trophyless season is assured

BTW I'm suprised you didn't tackle Walcott in your post. Your uncanny ability to reference him even in matches he didn't play has been missing lately

For my Francophone people. From the Coupe Decale originator

Saga Cite - Douk Saga


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FIFA Balon D'or 23 man list

Men’s shortlists for FIFA Ballon d’Or 2013 revealed


Four days after announcing the names of the candidates for the FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year and the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women’s Football for 2013 awards, FIFA and France Football have today revealed the names for the men’s awards.

The candidates for the FIFA Ballon d’Or and for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men’s Football awards have been unveiled (see below). The final decisions will be made by the captains and head coaches of the men’s national teams as well as by international media representatives selected by France Football.

The winners of all of the awards will be revealed at the FIFA Ballon d’Or as part of a televised show at the Zurich Kongresshaus on 13 January 2014, during which the FIFA FIFPro World XI, the FIFA Puskás Award – for the most beautiful goal of the year – the FIFA Presidential Award and the FIFA Fair Play Award will also be presented.

The list of 23 male candidates has been drawn up by football experts from the FIFA Football Committee and by a group of experts from France Football. The list of ten coaches has been drawn up by the Committee for Women’s Football and FIFA Women’s World Cup and by the FIFA Football Committee, as well as by a group of experts from France Football.

In early December 2013, FIFA and France Football will announce the names of the three men and three women, as well as the three coaches for women’s football and three coaches for men’s football, who have received the most votes (without unveiling the winners). The three nominees for the FIFA Puskás Award and the FIFA FIFPro World XI shortlist for the best forwards, goalkeepers, defenders and midfielders will also be unveiled in early December.

Men’s shortlists for the FIFA Ballon d’Or 2013

The following 23 men (in alphabetical order) are in contention for the FIFA Ballon d’Or 2013:

Gareth Bale (Wales), Edinson Cavani (Uruguay), Radamel Falcao (Colombia), Eden Hazard (Belgium), Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden), Andrés Iniesta (Spain), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Robert Lewandowski (Poland), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Thomas Müller (Germany), Manuel Neuer (Germany), Neymar (Brazil), Mesut Özil (Germany), Andrea Pirlo (Italy), Franck Ribéry (France), Arjen Robben (Netherlands), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany), Luis Suárez (Uruguay), Thiago Silva (Brazil), Yaya Touré (Côte d’Ivoire), Robin Van Persie (Netherlands), Xavi (Spain).

The following ten coaches (in alphabetical order, first nationality and then team) are in contention for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men’s Football 2013:

Carlo Ancelotti (Italy/Paris Saint-Germain FC/Real Madrid CF), Rafael Benítez (Spain/Chelsea FC/SSC Napoli), Antonio Conte (Italy/Juventus), Vicente Del Bosque (Spain/Spain national team), Sir Alex Ferguson (Scotland/Manchester United FC former coach), Jupp Heynckes (Germany/FC Bayern München former coach), Jürgen Klopp (Germany/Borussia Dortmund), José Mourinho (Portugal/Real Madrid CF/Chelsea FC), Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil/Brazil national team), Arsène Wenger (France/Arsenal FC).

http://touch.fifa.com/ballondor/news/newsid=2207371/

Why da phuck is Dante not on this list? Easily the Best CB in Europe based on last season! Yaya Toure? Hazard? Are these guys on crack? Woodyinho and Gotze were far better than these lot last season

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Ukwu!

Okafor's law in full effect! 6 years later!

Looks like Wenger is Mourinho's Caro


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GustavoFring: No be today Mourinho start to dey gba Oju Wenger. E don Tay

DJ please don't tell me nonsense. Play this jam for me abeg.

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Mafikizolo ft May-D - Happiness


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What is this Awilo and Daddy showkey una dey talk? Who get time for dinosaur music?

DJ 40Meister reporting for duty

Darthmaul: I think a lot of them are quite jealous/envious of the very young team of RBR Racing. They have achieved so much over a very short period of time. I remember Hamilton saying they were "just a drinks company", funny though.
But, I think he is gradually getting his due respect even from haters. I bet RBR has paid a lot for his PR.

Isn't it ironic? cause word on the street was that Hamilton was begging to join Red Bull in 2011

[quote author=baby-boy]Vettel victory in Italian GP back in 2008 it has an explanation. First of all Vettel was very talented but I think that he still had a few weaknesses back then, which by now he had managed to resolve. It was a wet race, including qualifying and we know that on these conditions we can see many surprising results, Perez nearly won last year Malaysian GP, only Alonso's driving skill negated him. Kovalainen could had beaten Vettel at Monza but you can't rely on him when you need to put something special.[/quote]Of course that was officially his rookie season so its to be expected that he had some weaknesses I don't think anyone would argue that Vettel's efficiency has vastly improved from where it used to be
I think Perez's case cannot be compared to Vettel's because Perez was not on pole
Kovalainen is an average driver who couldn't hack it even with superior machinery back in 08 no way would he have caught Vettel absolutely no way

[quote author=baby-boy]If I remember well all the STR and RBR cars managed to qualify in the top five-sixth, so they were pretty much suited to the conditions but neither of their drivers were as good as Vettel. I have to add that prior to 2010 the STR's were designed by Newey as well and back then (2008) he lamented about the deficiencies of the Renault engine, compared to the Ferrari on the back of the STR's.[/quote]I think back then (circa 2006) the RBR was a middling team as evidenced by their results which is why I always laugh when people attribute all of Vettel's success solely to Newey conveniently forgetting he was in that team for 3 years and RBR were not relevant

[quote author=baby-boy]After that Renault asked the FIA for a temporary unfreeze rule for the Renault engine in order to recover some of their deficit for 2009 and onwards. I remember Newey saying that his chassis has a lot of potential and if tailored around the Ferrari engine, they can fight with the teams ahead of them. By half season he concentrated on the development of STR and they managed to beat RBR at the end of the season and to win in Italy. Vettel drove very well (especially compared to Bourdais) that season, it was clear that he was a mercurial talent. I posted that to explain how STR managed to beat RBR that year, and it wasn't all about Vettel's talent.[/quote]It might not be all down to Vettel's talent but we can say this for just about every driver in F1. I still think based on the machinery available and Vettel's negligible experience he still finished as high as he could. We are not even factoring the fact that Vettel had to retire a whopping 6 times!!

That car wasn't all that if it was how did Bourdais finish 18th? And how was rookie Vettel able to finish ahead of vets like Webber and Coulthard in the RBR despite 6 retirements

[quote author=baby-boy]But in the rain Coulthard(RBR) and Vettel(STR) managed to get a podium once in 2008. But for most of the season the midfield was pretty much close, but some way behind Ferrari, McLaren and BMW Sauber, until Renault managed to join them at the end of the season. In 2008, all the teams got into the podium except FI, even Barrichello in the poor Honda RA108 got a podium in a rain soaked race, or Piquet Jr finished 2nd in the semi-chaotic german GP, or Glock in the Hungarian GP. That season opened many chances for all the drivers and Vettel was one of the drivers which delivered. This one isn't like 2008. Whatever a driver does is impossible to get a podium unless you are driving one of the top four teams. As I said Vettel performed very well in 2008, finishing 8th on the standings after the drivers of the top three teams and Alonso.[/quote]I think you need to apply some perspective here as neither Piquet,Barrichello or Timo Glock made pole like Vettel
And that race rain soaked as it was did not have safety cars! Only Vettel held his position and that says a lot

[quote author=baby-boy]To add something about 2008, Hamilton, Massa and Raikkonen were the only drivers which won races that year without neccesitating special conditions(like rain) or benefiting from rivals bad luck and capitalising on it(it doesn't mean that they didn't deserved their victories). Kubica won in Canada because the SC was deployed(remember SC rules at the time) and Hamilton crashed on Raikkonen at the pitlane. Kovalainen won because Hamilton's tyre and Massa's engine blew. Vettel won because of the rain and the bad luck of Hamilton in qualifying. Alonso won because of the crashgate in Singapore and because Hamilton messed up the field at the first corner in Japan.[/quote]This is correct but remember Vettel was in pole position at Monza I don't see the comparison to Kubica and Kovalainen who won with a huge slice of luck! Vettel won without any major catastrophe or underhand tactics so I disagree with the comparisons as that robs him the credit for his sublime driving effort

[quote author=baby-boy]As for the topic, Hamilton didn't had necessarily the best car in 2008. I think that Ferrari was stronger. But Massa wasn't consistent in the first half of the season, and Raikkonen form dropped badly in the second half. Lewis did a better job than them so he won the title.[/quote]07-08 was between Ferrari and McLaren no doubt. I think you could argue Hamilton had the best car on closer inspection for both years and those have been Hamilton's best years! Its not rocket science really! I don't think Ferrari was stronger they just had a better and more competitive pair

Massa is a better driver than Kovalainen

Lordave: Today's payout is 1.4m.
I know I can grab it.

Lool which site bruv?

FBS: remind me please how many okeles of amala and efo rira ati ata wewe did he swallow on sunday?

Told you Ramires will handle him and he did. EOD

This is CHELSEA> We fear no one.

Na so? After one match? How many times you play them last season? How many times you lose

I blame that douchegoblin Joe Hart with his bleached blond hair looking like an Nsync reject

nitlad: Ok, I didn't even know Samsung also sponsors Juve. I think that adds a tad of veracity to your Samsung hunch.

But what about other places where the yeye signs and messages were sighted? Like - Times-Square, Copacabana, Sugarloaf-Mountain, Hackney-Marshes. . . .

To start with do you agree its a PR stunt or do you truly think aliens are coming to invade Earth?

I give them an A for creativity tbh but I can't see past Samsung. I look at all 3 teams and they are the only recurring decimal

nitlad: If you've been following the trend, PR stunt from Samsung doesn't seem probable.

Well you said they were at the Juve game. Samsung sponsors Juve too

These people were seen at
Allianz
Stamford Bridge
Juve Stadium

All 3 teams that play in these stadiums are sponsored by Samsung. Doesn't seem mere coincidental to me

[quote author=baby-boy]Your friend would be a collection of fine wine by the end of the sea, are you aware that this season's car rolls into next year? no modification no alteration etc and Adrian Newey would get the car to stick on the ground whereas Ferrari might need to build a new car

My prediction of the buyer of wine

17/03 Grand Prix of Australia YOU
24/03 Grand Prix of Malaysia YOU (if it rains Friend)
14/04 Grand Prix of China FRIEND
21/04 Grand Prix of Bahrain YOU
12/05 Grand Prix of Spain (Barcelona) FRIEND
26/05 Grand Prix of Monaco YOU
09/06 Grand Prix of Canada YOU
16/06 Grand Prix of Jersey (New York) * TBA
30/06 Grand Prix of Great Britain YOU
14/07 Grand Prix of Germany FRIEND
28/07 Grand Prix of Hungary YOU
25/08 Grand Prix of Belgium FRIEND
08/09 Grand Prix of Italy FRIEND
22/09 Grand Prix of Singapore YOU
06/10 Grand Prix of Korea YOU
13/10 Grand Prix of Japan YOU
27/10 Grand Prix of India YOU
03/11 Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi FRIEND
17/11 Grand Prix of USA (Austin) FRIEND
24/11 Grand Prix of Brazil Uh? Interlagos is a Red Bull track[/quote]

Screwface: Ok, guys, are ya'll reading about the mysterious sightings around the world presently? Isn't that shiiit a bit weird and scary??

Anyone seen the scary images from Standford Bridge last night again?

PR stunt ma nicca! I suspect Samsung as they sponsor both Chelsea and Bayern plus Beckanbauer was at the Bridge that says it all

Darthmaul: Very well said.
I want to commend A-40, always sticking out for Vettel. The guy is just brilliant, lot of people don't just want to accept that. It is only in F1 we would see some one winning 4 WDC yet, he is still an average driver.

The hate and blatant disrespect of the Vettelmeister's credentials across the webspace is just disgusting and pathetic! We've heard every smelly excuse under the sun

- The rules are skewed in RBR's favor
- Adrian Newey is responsible (like he drives the car)
- Put Alonso,Raikkonen and Hamilton in that car and they would win for sure (my personal favorite)

Everyone keeps chatting about next year! God protect us all we would still be here talking about Vettel winning his 5th in a row

Looks like Kroos and Robben could be back as early as the next game. Whew

Sturridge 8 goals
Suarez 6 goals
Lukaku 5 goals
Giroud 5 goals
Ramsey 5 goals
Van Persie 5 goals
Rooney 4 goals




Torres 1 goal

No need to say more than that

BTW shege dan iska watcanfa to that bilewu known as Joe Hart for costing me 3 greenbacks! What a phucking b@stard

[quote author=Area_boy]Basically, fanny face decided to end the season before it actually ended. I'm now looking up to next year.. Let me see fanny face win again


Hope the competition wake up. Redbull is dominating too much FFS!!! hope the new rules will balance up things.. Else.... Imma quit watching [/quote]The rules would not balance nada because RBR were not unduly favored with the previous rules in the first place! They are just the hardest working most business minded outfit out there. We heard this song and dance before but Vettel keeps winning

[quote author=baby-boy]You didnt answer my question? Like I said in the wet its a level playing field, Hulkenberg got pole in the wet, Honda's only win was in the wet

if am correct Vettel has only won one wet race since that day[/quote]He also started on pole! That should tell you he had a good weekend! Whether he would have gone on to win is moot you can't categorically say if he will or won't besides rain is usually the ultimate leveller and a good driver has to show some mastery of those conditions. Give the man his dues

How many wet races do we have on average per season? We've not had one this year! So that's not saying much

[quote author=baby-boy]Do you honestly think a Torro Rosso with Vettel as the driver will win at Monza in the DRY? NO CHANCE

Even Jordan racing won 2 twice in the wet[/quote]If I recall correctly he was on pole! Every team is equally affected by the rains so same way it worked for Vettel is also the same way it could have worked against him

And he did it! Sixth win in a row! 4 time WDC Sebastian Vettel

[quote author=Area_boy]2008 was a wet race.. doesn't count..


lets see how today unfolds[/quote]How can it not count? He still had to win it! He was only 21 FFS

Superb driving from Vettel today! Just head and shoulders above the competition

aieromon: Webber and Vettel in lead positions.

Anyone know how Vettel slipped into 5th place? I started the race at Lap 12.

Pitted really early! Lap 2 precisely