European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by afrodoc2: 10:01am On Aug 18, 2021 |
izzou: [color=royalblue]It was on Nairaland I saw the theory oh.
Na Monkey post I know am as [/color] That theory sounds like a wonderful fabrication.  |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by afrodoc2: 9:42am On Aug 18, 2021 |
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by afrodoc2: 5:17pm On Aug 17, 2021 |
izzou: [color=royalblue] 
Timbros no wan gree. Typical Port Harcourt boy behaviour [/color]  |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 4:26pm On Aug 17, 2021 |
Oasis007: Friendly Match. Obviously Varane is not yet fit if he can't even make the bench. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by afrodoc2: 4:23pm On Aug 17, 2021 |
timbros: Doc, who won EPL golden boot 2021? Or better still, who outscored each other in EPL 2021, Cavani or Bruno? And how many goals each? I am sorry to say one has nothing to do with the other. Goals scored from 2012 to 2016 conventionally means goals scored from 2012/2013 season to 2015/2016 season. Izzou has tried to explain to you. If the accepted convention does not favor you on this argument, you might have to take the L on this one. Don't worry next argument might favor you. One L deserves another.  |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by afrodoc2: 3:54pm On Aug 17, 2021 |
Between 2012 and 2016 means the following 4 seasons:
2012/2013
2013/2014
2014/2015
2015/2016
You can’t say between 2012 and 2016 and count 5 or 6 seasons. How now? |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 1:05pm On Aug 17, 2021 |
ChristineC: If that story is true, I'm surprised the club even asked Jones' permission. the guy is a clown and I definitely think someone has been getting a cut in his contract renewals. Varane will likely not demand an occupied number out of respect for the user. he doesn't pass off as that kind of character. I doubt the story is true. It makes no sense for Jones to refuse to give up a shirt number when his position in the club is not even safe. Also makes no sense for the club to accept his refusal and potentially jeopardize the transfer. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 1:01pm On Aug 17, 2021 |
Mrviktor: So u are enabling this kind of behavior I said not all abuse is racist or hate speech. People exchange insults worse than that here on NL daily. Not all of it is hate speech or racist speech. Seems you like using terms you don't understand, like accusing me of enabling behavior that i have nothing to do with. I did not defend the behavior. I simply said it is not racist and it is not hate speech. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 11:53am On Aug 17, 2021 |
Mrviktor: Jones stopped posting on his social media cuz of clown comments. Nd not so good words That is really fortunate. However the posts shown earlier are not hate speech and there is no racist connotation even had Jones been black. Furthermore Jones wife is black so if those guys were racist they would have found a way of roping her into the comments. Countless stars and public figures receive such abuse, criticism and vitriol regularly. Not all such treatment is hate speech or racist. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 10:47am On Aug 17, 2021 |
Most people don’t even know what the definition of hate speech is.
Just abusing someone is NOT hate speech. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 10:28am On Aug 17, 2021 |
There is no hate speech there.
Being critical of or not liking a person does not mean you hate the person.
Phil Jones was silly refusing to give up the shirt number he almost never wears. The club was even more silly accepting his stand.
I don’t even believe the story. Shey d guy head no correct ni? |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 6:01pm On Aug 16, 2021 |
TrebleChamp: Him joining now shows he likes the club, dude could have join the likes of PSG but he chose United. I pray he succeed here and help us win major trophies... Yeah. The lack of a good CDM and the manager are the 2 major question marks. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 5:08pm On Aug 16, 2021 |
TrebleChamp: I guess that was it (at bolded). I remember watching his interview after joining Madrid, he stated it clearly that the signing of Jones to play in his position influenced his decision. Here is another report:
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/varane-man-united-jones-ferguson-21174415 Ferguson said in his book Leading that it was Zidane that hijacked the move from us. And I can remember myself that even before either player was signed there were rumours that Zidane had convinced him to join Madrid rather than United. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 5:06pm On Aug 16, 2021 |
chidexxy007: Saw it is same coach at Mk Dons last season. Might see some game Oh well that’s good. The coach must have liked his game. The first thing is I hope he is lu key with injuries for once. 2nd thing is I hope the coach does not play that wing back system he was playing at MK Dons. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 4:52pm On Aug 16, 2021 |
TrebleChamp: Doc Varane actually made the decision not to join United after SAF signed Phil Jones, Varane stated it that himself that he agreed to join Madrid after Fergie signed Jones to play in his prefer position. Varane wanted to join United in 2011, Fergie just rush sign Jones before other clubs showed serious interest. Varane is giving reported speech after the fact. I was following on a daily basis back then. Ferguson visited his family to try and convince him. No agreement was reached. Afterwards the reports were being circulated that Zidane his childhood idol who was also a Madrid great and special adviser (soon to be club director) had convinced him to join Madrid. That was the point at which Fergie quickly moved for Jones who was 2nd choice. Varane was always the 1st choice. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 4:06pm On Aug 16, 2021 |
Oasis007: Raphaël Varane: “There had been a lot of rumours and a lot of people speaking about me and Manchester United since 2011, when Sir Alex Ferguson came to my mother’s house.” I remember this vividly. It was only after Varane made it obvious that he wasn’t interested that we bought Phil Jones. Varane owes us big time. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 4:04pm On Aug 16, 2021 |
Oasis007: Manchester United defender Ethan Laird has joined Swansea City on loan for the 2021/22 season.
The 20-year-old embarks on his second temporary move away from the club, having enjoyed a successful loan spell with MK Dons last season, featuring 26 times for the League One side as the Dons finished 13th in the table. Swansea usually play decent attacking football and they are a good championship side so it could be a good loan BUT they already have 2 senior RBs so I am not sure about this one. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 3:53pm On Aug 16, 2021 |
hoopLA: He is the personification of idiocy,lunacy,insanity & moronism (if there's such a word).
I'm sure his purpose in life was to donate his brain to science to study how a stupid person's brain works.
He doesn't know he's braindead already.
You can't blame him.
He was mentored by the world's greatest phool & citedel VC the marine spirit called airmark, the mammy water first born. Destiny destroyer per excellence and certified slowpoke. Haaa! Fear God na!  |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 2:42pm On Aug 16, 2021 |
elrony: Sinzu Bartty Geezy AKA Alaga Spending!!  The truth is Barca has been wasting money in the market for some time. It only moved to a higher level recently PLUS the fact that La Masia did not produce any new saviours for a long time. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 2:03pm On Aug 16, 2021 |
Oasis007: Barcelona president Joan Laporta has opened up on the club's "very worrying" financial situation, revealing the La Liga giants are €1.35bn (£1.15bn) in debt. Bartomeu no try sha! How you go dey blow club money like yahoo boy? |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 12:51pm On Aug 16, 2021 |
KingAlabi: Loads of bullshit I have heard of idiomatic expressions but that guy is the first person i have seen spouting idiotic expressions. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by afrodoc2: 5:21pm On Aug 15, 2021 |
BlueAngel444: Grealish scamming £100m so far, winning fouls. Son as been off this game, Infact Tottenham attack looks blunt.
This game looks more like the fight for kane than the fight for three points.
Kane: I will play this season in the team that wins this game  Lucas Moura has been quite lively especially in transition. Playing Grealish in midfield has exposed City to even more counterattacks than usual. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 4:27pm On Aug 15, 2021 |
Lana1: Casillas - 6ft Kepa - 6'1" Buffon - 6'3" De Gea - 6'4" Neuer - 6'4" Cech - 6'5" Donnarumma - 6'6" Van der Sar - 6'6" Mendy - 6'6" Courtois - 6'7"
Neuer is a giant in his own right Not to talk of Alisson 6’3 Leno 6’3 Ederson 6’2 Oblak 6’2 Ter Stegen 6’2 All shorter than Neuer. There is no world in which Neuer is a short goalie or in Casillas’ WhatsApp group. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 3:30pm On Aug 15, 2021 |
timay: I'm not saying they are short, of course an average goalkeeper is above 6ft.
I'm talking in comparison to the giants you mentioned Neuer with. Cech, Courtois, Donaruma, Van Der sar are all giants compared to Neuer or Casillas Read what you typed again. You said Neuer was shorter than most goalkeepers. This is patently false. He is above average height for a goalkeeper. Most goalkeepers are around 6 ft 2 or 6 ft 3. timay: Remove Neuer from that list. Him and Casillas are in the same WhatsApp group. They are both shorter than most goalkeepers. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 2:54pm On Aug 15, 2021 |
timay: Remove Neuer from that list. Him and Casillas are in the same WhatsApp group. They are both shorter than most goalkeepers. False on both grounds. Casillas is 6ft tall while Neuer is 6ft 4 inches tall. Average GK height in the EPL over the last decade has been about 6ft 3. Neuer is definitely not short for a keeper. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 5:11pm On Aug 14, 2021 |
Lana1: The lingering problems in defence is still there.
I hate that we conceded today. Ayling had all the time in the world to dress his shot and nobody could be bothered to close him down. Maguire could have done better in closing down but that goal was mainly due to a midfield error. Pogba and Fred were not properly positioned while McTominay was not in the vicinity at all. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 5:02pm On Aug 14, 2021 |
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 3:07pm On Aug 14, 2021 |
eph12: I'm impressed with Greenwood's all round game development. I was skeptical when he first came because he was all about the goals then. I was eager to see what he offers when he's not scoring, and I'm liking what I see. He holds the ball well and gives very good passes Apart from his finishing it was his all round play that made me rate him so early. That is why early on in his senior career i was saying there was more to come from him. If the manager speaks to him and asks him to deputize for Bruno as a no10 he will do a decent job. The boy is that good. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 2:44pm On Aug 14, 2021 |
Oasis007: I am not sure he's gonna play one more Season at United. He's homesick, reason for his holiday extension. They had to beg him to stay for one more season. This is his last season in Europe. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 2:31pm On Aug 14, 2021 |
eph12: I'm worried about James. He just seems to make up the numbers until he does something I am not worried about him. I am calm knowing that he is not good enough. By the end of the season he will be struggling to make the bench. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 2:27pm On Aug 14, 2021 |
nitrogen: Several CBs have been converted to DMs in the past and it’s worked well for the respective teams. If does not work, fine. We won't have a 3rd CB. Why convert him to DM when you can buy a quality DM and keep Lindelof as part of our 3 man rotation at CB? I don't consider Drs Bailly and Jones as CBs. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 12:16pm On Aug 14, 2021 |
eph12: It was never in doubt na. Forget all those pre season, those two guys will always make Ole's team as long as they are fit and it's not a cup competition It was in doubt cos their fitness was uncertain. The were not fully fit for the last preseason game and only returned for preseason just over a week ago. Sancho too would have been a sure starter if not for fitness issues. McFred must have convinced him that he was match fit for today's match despite arriving only recently. |