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lordfalcao:
we always hear here that the job of a striker is to score bucket full of goals, not holding the ball very well.

Soon benzema will go 10 matches in all competition without scoring a goal.

Thats why madrid is chasing both belotti and mbappe, despite having morata. A striker should be bullying defenders and scoring goals . The era of big teams playing fido dido as top striker is gone.

Grindin at 6th floor, baby !!!


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raumdeuter:
Juventus from getting knocked out by Galatasaray to 2 CL finals in 3 seasons. Only Pep was able to stop Allegri from making 3 finals in his 3 yrs

I call Conte local champion

You called conte, a champion, I dont call fraudiola any other name than fraudiola. This is the only thing i agree with your boy a40. He sent this to you:

A40:
Your Pep Fraudiola took us from defending Champions to disgrace. Which we haven't fully recovered from.

He will end up in China in a few years. O ti sure ju

raumdeuter:
Pep for Bayern 3 semi finals

Conte career 0 semi finals

From defending champion to semifinal specialists. A40 called pep, overrated fraudiola.

raumdeuter:
That is why Madrid plays Benzema

Morata doesn't have that heart yet. He can be easily bullied. Benzema is still a fool sha .

nateevs:
I trust Conte's wits more. He also has a pedigree for bringing out the best in seemingly average players.
From what I read from Morata, he is ready to run through a brick wall for Conte and it seems Conte loves him back. You cannot buy this.

Although he is not first my choice, Mbappe is. What is most important is that Conte doesn't want Lukaku.

Winning ucl is what appeals to me. When hazard and co are out of form, marked out or injured, we need a striker who can carry the burden and deliver. This drogba did, costa did before his recent madness. I just hope conte wont make himself a laughing stock in europe again, with his buys.

Spy360:
If Mbape had been playing in the EPL would he still make it?

As far as I am concerned, he is not better than Rashford. It all has to do with the league demands + the manager's confidence.

Jardim allowed Mbappe to flourish even when Falcao became fit.

Anelka with the standard of 97/98 was as good as Mbappe is today.

Rashford for life. A player that is more of a super sub than a full time player.

bigkesh:
Morata reportedly turns down China offer because he wants to play for Conte

I really like the guy

I learnt chelsea's board is not convinced, but conte is pressing for 65m to be splashed on him. If it happens, zidane will happily buy mbappe even if it's 100m. Conte needs to watch 90 minutes of all morata's matches this season and not goal highlights. Next season is a long hike, everyone wants to beat the champions, morata wont be spared.

raumdeuter:
Defend which line?

Aguero playing less than 10 matches as a lone striker for city.

Ibime:
No need getting too pedantic. I am not stuck on the number 18.

Why I called Anelka is because it is in my memory that he was burning down EPL as a teenager. So in 1998/99 season, Anelka was 19 and burning up EPL. He only turned 20 toward the end of the season.

Mbappe was 17 at start of this season but only scored 3 league goals before his 18th birthday.

So in essence, we are comparing Mbappe burning up Ligue1 at 18 to Anelka burning up EPL at 19. It's a valid comparison, no? I could have picked Michael Owen at 17, it doesn't matter.

In essence, what I am saying is I don't feel comfortable breaking transfer record for a teenager in his first season. He could be as good as Anelka, or might be as good as Ronaldo Lima or maybe a Michael Owen. Even Ronaldo Lima was given time to show working at PSV before he started breaking transfer records. One more season would provide more comfort.

And who said Kelechi is 18 sef?

I took you on because you specifically mentioned 18 years, and Anelka was a nobody at that age compared to mbappe. Anelka joined madrid with just 1 ucl goal in 5 matches, against a greek team. If mbappe could justify himself against juve, dortmund and pep fraudiola's city , its a risk worth taking. Just like almost every of madrid's heavy signings, it must be criticised. Kelechi by law is 18, every other info must be jettisoned.

Greatihex:
Risks are always calculated before being taken in business. In this case, for £80m, the risk is not worth taking.

Like we left an eredivise suarez and bought an epl-tested torres, calculated risk indeed. Any reliable striker now with solid ucl performance, will not cost less than 50m. How much did we waste on batshuayi that never had ucl experience? In two years time great strikers will be bought with 150m.

Ibime:
Anelka turned 19 in late March so safe to say he scored most of his 19 goals at 19. In other words, they are in similar age bracket give or take.

Dont muddle things up bro. Anelka clocked 18 years in march 1997, while Mbappe hit 18 in december 2016. If we want to compare these guys at 18, it will be anelka of 1997/1998 season vs Mbappe of 2016/2017 (we even conceded 2 months to anelka i.e april/may 1998 he was 19, while from september 2016 to december 2016, mbappe was 17 years) .

We will have Anelka ( 6 goals in 26 matches in 1997/1998 season) vs Mbappe (14 goals in 26 matches in 2016/2017).

Without even touching his numbers against man city, dortmund and juve. Anelka was not better than kelechi at 18.

raumdeuter:
E fit be CAF champions league cos shey no be that year Eyimba win?

Me I remember Anelka well cos na him goals eliminate Bayern for the CL semi that year but final? The final Morientes McManaman and Raul scored?

See this apari. You bolted yesterday when called to defend your line, now you are in agbada waiting for ibime. Mr. Aguero like you

mikeywise:
Inter Milan sacks Coach...

Who has conte's number ?

Griffon:
Show some respect to one of the few men who kept a deadly Dinho at bay for 90minutes at the Bridge.

Albeit he was made to pay for those heroics in Nou Camp.

Thats what most of us remember him for. I dont think he played more than 20 matches for us. You must remember del horno too.

Ibime:
Anelka in his 19th year scored 19 goals and won PFA YPOTY and earned a £22m move to Madrid. In his 20th year, he scored the winner in the UCL final. He was bought for only £500k by Arsenal at 17/18.

At similar age, Anelka was where Mbappe is now, and I don't see the skill in Mbappes game that would make me price him at Ronaldo Lima level? You may claim his price could go up. Similarly, his price could go down and defenders could suss him out next year. There is nothing that makes an Mbappe with 2 years record under his belt much more than £80m so I wonder why the rush to pay such bucks now. Some players only have one good season you know. Quality is defined by ability to stay at high level over a long period. Rada Falcao a Chelsea and Manure flop has outscored him. How sure are you of putting such money behind him?

Anelka joined arsenal 1 month to his 18th birthday, with just 1 league goal and no european goal in his boots. That 500k was even too much for him. Taye taiwo was bought 100k by marseille in 2005. I dont know how anelka at 18 was of same quality with mbappe who has 14 league and 6 ucl goals now. Anelka at 19 in his first season at arsenal played 26 league matches and scored just 6 goals. They are worlds apart at 18 years bro. Everything in life is a risk, we bought an epl-tested torres for 50m and most of us are not satisfied with what he delivered. Shevy is also another flop, a ucl winner, best striker then. Most of us have forgotten kezman, belharouz, zhirkhov, cos they all flopped despite not showing anything close to what this youngie is showing before they were bought. Eduardo was bought by arsenal and got crippled. So Mbappe's will not be the first and the last risk. When barca was bombarding messi with artificial growth hormones, they had the foresight. Thats why i will even prefer he develops under a frenchman, zidane, who can communicate and nurture him well. Marcelo who replaced carlos 10 years ago, has grown to serve madrid like no other foreign defender did. Mbappe, under a good ex-footballer/coach will blossom.

Ibime:
My man, as far as I am concerned, such transfer fee for 18 year old is a big risk for as yet unproven quality.

Mbappe is not showing anything Anelka didn't show at age 18. Is Anelka a top top bracket striker?

I haven't seen the interplay, touch, dribbling etc that makes him £80m player. What I'm seeing so far is extreme pace and hunger only for now. Not saying he's not good, but we need to see more. Nihilist could be right that he might just be a lucky Rashford for now.

I highlight that he has scored less Ligue 1 goals than Batsuayis last season for a reason - to bring balance to the argument. For example, Falcao has scored more goals in less games and Cavani has more than double his tally. If we take a more historical view, we will probably even find that Tammy Abraham has a much better youth career record.

In other words, £80m is what I expect to pay for the next Ronaldo Lima, and Mbappe is yet to show he is more than the next Anelka.

The highlighted must be a joke. At 18, anelka was not even considered fully fit for ligue 1 matches, let alone killing big teams in europe. In fact it was when he reached 21 that he developed that heart for scoring goals. Even at that, it took him 35 matches to score 17 goals and scored 1 goal in 5 ucl matches. Anelka wasnt as good as iheanacho at 18. Mbappe's fee is too high but thats what the dearth of reliable goal-poachers in the game and madness in tf after pogba's deal caused. Will it stop? No. So in 5 years time, when we review and we may find out it's a smart and profitable venture considering the transfer market at that time.Meanwhile, Mbappe has a heart that every coach wants in a striker. Rashford is doing well but he is far from mbappe in the art of goal scoring. They are both growing, but will bet on mbappe to bring greater returns faster than rashford in a great team like madrid.

chic2pimp:
Oya Name these so called "Cutlass wielding" defenders?

1. chic2dig
2. ramuzaki
3. ajakaja40

Ibime:
Nna make una take am easy. Mbappe jungle never mature.

Someone who is yet to outscore Michy Batsuayi in a Ligue 1 season. Too much risk in such a transfer for now.

Mbappe played fewer matches than batshuayi in ligue 1. If you consider their goals/match ratio, batshuayi didnt do better than him. If madrid sells morata and buys mbappe then barca and other top clubs in europe are in trouble. It's like investing in a talented striker who will serve for more than 10 years, under a coach like zizou. He is going to score so many goals for madrid. Laliga is a very good place for him to blow up, not so many cutlass-holding defenders like in epl.

bykebyke:
2 CL finals.

Conte 0

For Bayern munich ?

bykebyke:
Boomm........My team is in the final.

Finally, up barka !!! cant wait to watch ballon d'psg award winner in action.

ollah2:
Fine tune it however you want to

Guys found you out today. Remove your jihadi glasses, so gbo mi?

Lordemperoris100:
You are a big fool

is neymar a defender?

how does it injuryed to Germany thrashing them?

Neymar would have stopped the germans from scoring.

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So if buhari says bh is on our side against militants. Does it mean bh is sponsored by fg? Didnt fg negotiate with bh to release the chibok girls? Stop that theory bro.

sinizia:
I wonder what he takes me for, trying to sell the it's-not-about-religion fake drugs. Like I'm too dumb not to have suspected before confirming it.

Thats taqqiya for you (islamic deception). Anytime a terrorist strikes and the news on homepage, you will see him there, telling everyone the dude with darkened forehead and beards is sponsored by America to tarnish islam's image. He thinks everyone is an unexposed, madrasat graduate. I was laughing reading his posts here, i had engaged him in the past.

spartacus11:
Today is my birthday thanks to Chelsea Fc for sending me a happy birthday email and letting me know i share same birth month with our wonderful fabregas and coutois
I'm grateful. Blue till death

Happy birthday bro. llnp. Have a blast.

Stelvin101:
Two great footballer

Three great footballers. Valderama was a delight to watch for colombia those years. His ball handling was world class.

Greatihex:
Morata wants to see what happens with Chelsea
- there is a choice to be made between Romelu
Lukaku and Morata, the first one preferred by
the club and the second by Antonio Conte. I
think Morata will suit Chelsea much better. His
movement, the knowledge of the coach, his
intelligence would suit the London outfit

Skysports.com

This must be from a man utd or arsenal fan. If we cant get sanchez, belotti or mbape, just bring back traore to be doing tap ins from alonso's crosses, while we continue praying for mitchy. I hate seeing my striker getting bullied on the ball by stvpid teams like stoke and watford.

chic2pimp:
So says a man who has never done well in europe. Make hin Clear road make I see front abeg.

Just as klopp advised, go and ask pep fraudiola that had done well in europe.

Chelseafan1:
And Sanchez too.

Den wan win ucl by force, I sure say dt league don dey taya Oga Dayo, no surprises, no heart attacks, no fears, season after season, na still Bayern go lift am.


They are too shy to wish for Hazard, we no even know whether na our guy their Coach kon watch tonight.

Let them bring 200m for hazard. May be he is interested in zouma or ake to replace alagolo boathand. It's so easy for him in that league. If oliseh takes over bayern he will win the league.

Chelseafan1:
As usual, den don win am since na

Useless league. They are already eyeing martial to save them.

pamcode:
Carlos Ancelotti watching. Am sure he is impressed.

Raumdeuter , have you won burnthisleaguedown ?

weedtaker:
football knowledge

Dayo raumdeuter is a fool.

mcJude104:
congratulations cos we doing it again today subscribe now

Why are yo posting fake tickets to scam already hungry people? When you start using the proceeds to treat mysterious ailments you wont know the cause .

Ibime:
I am also interested. This is easy money. Raumdeuter put your money where your mouth is.

See as you don spoil market for me. The mumu go don go do research and abscond. Next time please pretend and discourage me from going ahead, warning me strongly. Let's see if devil will push him out.

weedtaker:
airmak and 100usd be like

Dayo is a big man. It's nothing. If we use am pop champagne for chelseafan1's birthday, not bad. I can list more than 15 games, aguero played as the lone striker under pelle. Against spurs, i remember he scored 4 goals in a match like that. Dayo needs to be punished for arguing blindly.