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me too.

So let me admire you now.

PLEEEAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Send me ur pics and I won't tell or share

*Crossing my heart*

Na wa o. Never knew you guys are still on this thread.

Wetin I go call this one now?

Muki, I don see your Alhaja picture before. Why U come remove am now?

Razzor , I am short of words ooo. I second Viera, I wish, But you are
a Chelskit and tht means U be an enemy

@vieee, if you see what others look like, we must also see your face!
so Razzorr, abeg post her picture jare

@j-girl, United babes are NEVER ugly! Is that ok? So post your pics make
we see.

Glad that so many of our haters had the courtesy to [b]CONGRATULATE [/b]US!

Loyika, I still dey await you online o.

Next season be careful with your analysis and shine your eyes WELL WELL!

ayefele,

is an owambe happening in Ib city that is keeping you awake?
If they have not served you amala and gbegiri, PLEASE vent your
anger on them and not US

It is too late baby, GO TO BED NOW NOW You may be too
late for school today baby

ayefele,

I pity you for staying up late to write that crap

Is it that Adedibu has turned you to something else
that you cannot rejoice where they are rejoicing

You better go to bed and let us enjoy ourselves here

What a GREAT day this is! hmmm what a VERY LONG journey.

Its always GOOD to be a United!

Loyika, have we won Jack whatever now? I have been telling you
this is our season since December but you refused to agree with me

Why didn't you call me over this weekend? You are always fond of calling
to taunt me whenever we lose but yet you couldn't call to congratulate me
this weekend
SHAME ON YOU

Congrats to all UNITED that have stayed faithful throughout the season.

To all those who think we can't win jack something,

WE DID IT! Better luck next season, OK?

Now to the Doubles

How we won the premeirship:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/6603119.stm

PROUDLY UNITED!

Enemies, GET THE BEHIND ME

Mukina, Na wa for you o. Since June wey the post don die
y exhume am now?

Razorr

UNITED FOR EVER

Mustay:
When he talks, d whole world knows. When u write, only a few read. No dey disturb yaself

So u think

This man is just a sore loser! Now the Referees are to be blamed
for his inability to get 3 points at Newcastle! Imagine it is not even
his game's referee, it is United Vs. Boro's that caused the draw at
Newcastle.

Somebody should tell this man to grow up. His tap just runs at will

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/6581809.stm

Remember this line?

Be careful of what you ask for!

A friend I'm chatting with just told me, the winner has been chosen in Delta State even
before the Election took place.

He told me gun men came to polling booths to chase people away and NO ELECTION
is holding, at least in his own part of Delta State.

Nigeria We HAIL Thee!

alabi,

This is an inevitable occurence man. When the minority threads on the rights of the
majority, what do you expect?

Those that need to be stopped are those who think they have the right to
subvert the wishes of the people. We all can't remain STUPID for ever

The story is on Punch's website .

http://www.punchontheweb.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art20070421251340

Cabali,

Your company should be ashamed of themselves o

I became a crusader after your sweet tongue and made my folks migrate
to the yeye plans. For about two weeks now, NOTHING has happened. They have
been on my neck since then

They have told me they are moving to better networks. A neighbour of mine
even migrated TWICe and nothing happened, that is #200 wasted. It is only
in our country that consumers are not protected. If it were to be elsewhere,
CELTEL Ogas should be in jail by now

How come after taking people's money their Customer Service stopped working?
Maybe I should even lodge a complaint at NCC or so. This is just so sad.

The truth about people is that they NEVER learn from history.

What made Koro think he will win this election when those who
have backstabbed in the past NEVER got away with it

In 1999, Adeniji Adele was humiliated right in his Backyard. A man
that was once the people's man. In 2003, Wahab Dosunmu, who was
elected to the Senate under AD and later defected to PDp, tasted the bitter
pills in the hand of this same Koro.

And now it is this same Koro that Tinubu took around Island on the eve of
the Senatorial elections in 2003, to meet with the elders, that decided to be
the back stabber Na wa o.

Those who forget history are meant to repeat it

Koro should just take solace in that word. Lagosians know their left from their right.

I stay in Yaba area and yet to witness or hear any act of violence.

Everybody have been voting without being molested. Though
there are some "guys" waiting on the wings. Prolly for the period of
counting.

This should lay to rest whether PDP or anybody is involved in the abduction

http://www.punchontheweb.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art20070414030093

Nigeria I hail thee

The VERY best we can afford.

This is no time to under rate anybody

FA Cup final is a MUST come tomorrow!

Na conspiracy be this o!

Not being able to make a post since morning that I have been trying

No wahala sha, we won and that is it. I feel so elated.

WHO IS NEXT?

MILAN?

@ Razor,

Just like Loyika used to say, you should have checked out the link
before you conclude that it was written by a mere footie fan

Alan Hansen is an authority in footie. I am sure you've never heard the
name before, that explains your conclusion that he is a mere footie fan

I won't educate you on who he is, just Google his name for you to find out
more about him

What you did to a scorerless Barca, you mean? We all knew Barca without
Etoo is no complete team, so let's just keep our fingers crossed and we what
happens at the Mestalla Stadion tonight.

We all agreed Roma played better than us, but who wouldn't have when you
are playing 10 to 11? Let Brazil play against Togo and have Kaka or Ronaldinho
red-carded and see what will happen. Scholes was one of our anchor in that game
and Roma took the upper edge when he was shown the way out of the match.

Before his dismissal, what was Roma's approach? I wish I could share another
write up from an Experienced Brain with you and see what the truth is. But
I don't want to be accused of trying to impress you or any other female here.

Razzor, you've got MUCH MORE probs on your hands than we do. So FACE yours and
let's face ours!

@Razor,

U don come again? Na wa o.

Maybe you don't know you have a BIG WAHALA on your hand sha. You are
going away and we are at home, yet you have the gut to tell us we are out

Let me share this with you Sis, so that you can understand

Manchester United v Roma (first leg 1-2)

Manchester United are the favourites to go through here.

If you go away from home and lose 2-1 in the first leg of a major quarter-final, you consider that a good result because destiny is in your hands.

All United have to do is beat them at home and keep a clean sheet and the job's done.

Unfortunately, though, keeping a clean sheet has not proved easy for United of late.

They've had several injuries which means they're a bit thin defensively and goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar has started to make a few mistakes.

Add to that Roma's clever attacking play in the first leg and you have a very difficult game for United.

It's all about strong minds and playing as a unit defensively because at this level, any mistake you make is likely to be punished.

But if I was a betting man, I'd have my money on United to go through.


Valencia v Chelsea (first leg 1-1)

Jose Mourinho was quite positive about Chelsea's 1-1 draw at home in the first leg but I think the Blues are in a precarious position.

At home, you're looking for a win and a clean sheet and Chelsea didn't get either.

However, the position Valencia find themselves in is a tricky one because all they need is a 0-0 draw and they're through.

That presents a dilemma: do they play for 0-0 or go for the win?

How many times do you see sides in that position get caught between the two things and end up going out?

And the thing about Chelsea is they are so robust. Whatever the situation, they just keep on going.

So while I think I'd rather be in Valencia's position, I would never count out Chelsea pulling through.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/6538559.stm

lalaboi,

Na u be Chelsea spokeman?

What did you do against the likes of Fulham and the rest? So why complain about
the fixtures.

The race is still on so no wahala, you've got nothing to FEAR

Fixtures For The Rest of The Season

MANCHESTER UNITED

Tuesday, 17 April 2007
Man Utd v Sheff Utd, 20:00

Saturday, 21 April 2007
Man Utd v Middlesbro', 17:15

Saturday, 28 April 2007
Everton v Man Utd, 12:45

Saturday, 05 May 2007
Man City v Man Utd, 12:45

Wednesday, 09 May 2007
Chelsea v Man Utd, 20:00

Sunday, 13 May 2007
Man Utd v West Ham, 15:00


CHELSEA


Wednesday, 18 April 2007
West Ham v Chelsea, 20:00

Sunday, 22 April 2007
Newcastle v Chelsea, 13:30

Saturday, 28 April 2007
Chelsea v Bolton, 12:45

Sunday, 06 May 2007
Arsenal v Chelsea, 16:00


Wednesday, 09 May 2007
Chelsea v Man Utd, 20:00

Sunday, 13 May 2007
Chelsea v Everton, 15:00

if only we could play d manutd game next week! since d FA dn decide who them go giv upper hand since d begining of d season! no shaking sha!

If I were you bros,

I wouldn't post that

@ muki, I don hear. But nurse your wound before seeing another person's
own jare.

It is unfortunate you are now struggling to maintain 4th position. Never heard
before.

Those who create trebles or whatever thread know themselves, NEVER bothered
even checking them out

Na wa o.

I have always said it and still maintains, Man U will drop points and
so also will the Romans! It is certain. That we lose and you are all
having turn ons is rather unfortunate because at the top is still
MANCHESTER UNITED! So what is the
noise all about?

This gooners are SHAMELESS! You lost at home to West Ham
and yet you've all got the gut to come and celebrate our loss. Well one
of your Ogas said he wouldn't mind the loss because you've got nothing
to play for.

So it has gone to the level of Gooners not having anything to play for? Na
wa o. Instead of celebrating our loss, brood on yours and B[b]EWARE cos
BOLTON IS RIGHT BEHIND YOU! [/b]

Let me cut my stories short coz some people don say I use my posts to impress
people We all know better sha

At least something making a lot of sense to me and impartial fans:

Manchester United must have known what was coming at the Stadio Olimpico. Roma, under Luciano Spalletti, believe in starting matches at a pace Fernando Alonso would approve of.

Sir Alex Ferguson will have instilled in his players to expect an early onslaught, yet rarely this season have United looked as uncomfortable as they did in the opening few minutes in Rome.

When you consider the balance of the ninety minutes, United can afford to consider themselves fortunate. Playing with ten men for more than half the game against such technically gifted opposition and getting away with a 2-1 reverse is something you can't really complain about. Admit it, United fans, when Paul Scholes was given his marching orders you feared a much heavier defeat might be forthcoming, didn't you?

The United boss admitted later that the hardest thing about playing Roma is dealing with their unorthodox but highly effective system. Instead of using one fixed central striker they attack the opposition rather in the manner of a revolving door.

One minute it's Francesco Totti: the next, he drops deep and Rodrigo Taddei, Mancini or Simone Perrotta take over. Not surprisingly, the United back four (minus Gary Neville and Nemanja Vidic) endured their fair share of nervous moments.

While the Premiership leaders were comprehensively outplayed in the first half, they deserve full credit for a resilient second half showing while a man short. The goal, so coolly taken by Wayne Rooney, was deliciously constructed by Cristiano Ronaldo and Ole Gunnar Solksjaer.

Mind you, Spalletti played his ace, by replacing Swede Christian Wilhelmsson with the Montenegran Mirko Vucinic. The move paid an immediate dividend, when Vucinic slotted home Roma's second goal.

Roma are frankly a delight to watch. My only argument with them concerns their tactics in the last twenty minutes of the game. For some reason, there was a desire to change who they are. The nerves were jangling, and it affected their play. All of a sudden, preserving a 2-1 lead became more important than adding to their advantage.

Will that switch from cavalier to cagey come back to haunt them at Old Trafford? An absorbing second leg is in store.

Source: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=419064&root=uefachampionsleague&cc=3888

when I look at the number of posts of some people I get amazed how they
were able to amass such a number so quickly but when I look at their posts
I wonder aloud

[size=14pt]NO WONDER![/size]

So many people post just to have their number increase, is there any award for the
highest number of post?

Please if you don't have anything meaningful to say it is better you

Sorry if this hit anybody. I am just tired of going through pages of posts after some
lay off and all I could see are gibberish. It is better we bring some sanity into this place


DON'T MIND ME JARE

HAPPY EASTER TO ALL AND SUNDRY! WHETHER YOU LOVE OR HATE US!

But I was told I have been migrated now. 

Now that I check my account balance today, I am seeing for the
first time, you are on simply special.

Have I just being migrated today? After sending the pin or whatever
over a week ago 

Na wa o.

Still going to get another line sha. If person never taste two wives, he
won't know which one dey better     

BTW, I tried activating the FnF using my fiancee as the first person and to
my surprise, Please Call Me was sent to her. She had to call to know if I
am okay

Saw this on This Day Website and I think it is worth sharing

I almost cried—or should I say tears came to my eyes—last Sunday in Owerri, Imo State. A former colleague of mine had invited me to have a taste of life in his village at the weekend. On our way from the airport, we ran into a slow-moving traffic caused by a convoy that looked like a campaign train. I noticed an unusual excitement on the part of bystanders each time a particular car passed by them. They would scream, wave and shout: “Eze Igbo!” That must be Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, my friend said.

I couldn’t see Ojukwu clearly from the position I was, but I could tell that his side glass was wound down and he was waving to the bystanders as well. Commercial motorcyclists were so excited they turned back and started “escorting” the convoy. When they started making the “kukuruku” sound of the cock, we concluded it was an APGA convoy. Men and women and children—whose parents had probably not been born when Ojukwu declared the Republic of Biafra in 1967—were all cheering in ecstasy.

“But the impression we get in Lagos is that nobody loves Ojukwu anymore,” I asked my friend who was also a journalist. He laughed.

“That is the view of the elite. As you can see for yourself, this man is a hero of the masses any day. The people just love him,” he replied.

We were no longer worried about the traffic. I was enjoying the spectacle. The last time I witnessed a political rally in flesh was early 1983, when Chief Obafemi Awolowo, then the presidential candidate of the Unity Party of Nigeria, made a brief stop-over in my village. We all abandoned our lecture session and rushed out of the classroom in excitement, shouting “Awoooooooo!” That was the last time I saw the sage. I never saw the Great Zik. I never could have seen Sir Ahmadu Bello who was killed in the 1966 coup. Until last Sunday, I had never seen Ojukwu. So it was a major event for me. As I savoured the scene, the roof of another car popped open and up came a very light-skinned man making a V sign. The crowd went into further ecstasy. “Ochudo!” they started shouting. “Ochudo!! Ochudo!!!”
“Wetin be ‘Ochudo’ again?” I asked.

“It means ‘peace maker’. That is the moniker for Chief Martin Agbaso. He’s the governorship candidate of APGA. He’s extremely popular here. To compound matters, the PDP is confused. Up till now, nobody knows the authentic candidate of the PDP in the Imo. I can bet my life that Agbaso will win the governorship overwhelmingly, but…”

“But what?” I asked. I knew where he was going.

“PDP may rig it. You know our country.”

It was at this point that tears came to my eyes. You mean all these people will show such much enthusiasm, run in the sun and in the rain, and expend so much energy over what may eventually be a fruitless exercise, since we have now conceded that rigging is an essential part of our life? Instantly, I remembered a scene during the voters’ registration exercise. With the deadline very close, I drove round a highbrow area in Lagos. There I saw “big” men and women, with their exotic cars parked by the roadside like a showroom, queuing up under the boiling sun. They were sweating as they waited patiently to be registered. I became very emotional. So people can go to this length to get registered, but some evil people will be sitting somewhere and planning nothing but how to rig the elections and waste the sweat of the people? It is very clear that many Nigerians really believe in this country and really want this democracy to work—but some evil people have decided that this country and this democracy must not work. The beauty of democracy is one person, one vote. The beauty of democracy is for people’s votes to count. The beauty of democracy is for the wishes of the majority of people to be fulfilled. Why should we queue up in the sun and register, run up and down in rallies, queue up in the sun to vote, and then the results are cooked up and sexed up in some dark corners by enemies of democracy?

My friend and I decided, out of curiousity, to follow the train wherever it was going to see things for ourselves. The train ended up at Ahiara Mbaise. We learnt Ojukwu was being sent off, having spent almost a week in Imo campaigning for APGA. “Ahiara is symbolic,” my friend said. “That podium there, under that shed, was where Ojukwu made the declaration of the Republic of Biafra in 1967. So you are part of history today!” Ojukwu mounted the podium to speak. The crowd roared. Obviously, he is not as agile as he used to be. He appeared to be visually challenged, judging by his movement on the podium. He spoke in Igbo, and since my understanding of Igbo has not gone beyond “kedu”, I was not part of the excitement. Agbaso, who also spoke in Igbo, often drifted into English. I heard him say: “Never again are we going to open our eyes and allow the PDP to rig. What happened in 2003 will not repeat itself!”

The Action Congress governorship candidate in Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has also been making a similar promise. No more rigging, he has said again and again. To prove his point, he last week alerted INEC on the posting of a blood relation of one of his opponents to be an electoral officer in his opponent’s area. This is improper, he argued. Is Oshiomhole being hypersensitive or is it just politics? I really cannot say, but reports from Edo State suggest that the former NLC president is very much in the lead and if he is not vigilant enough, he may be outsmarted. Edo State, judging by THISDAY’s reports, is there for the taking by Oshiomhole, but… the same issue again. The PDP machinery, it is being alleged, is hell-bent on installing its own candidate as governor, especially with the involvement of all the “fix it” desperadoes who have described the election as “do or die”. I have never hidden my sympathy for the candidature of Oshiomhole—I believe in him very, very much because he represents a rare species of homo sapiens in this society of ours—but that is beside the point. The issue at stake is: how can we ensure that the wishes of the people are not washed away by the rigging merchants? If the people want the PDP, so be it. But the decision must be that of the thumbprint, not of the ballpoint.

Today, I offer what I consider to be tips on how to curb rigging in the coming elections. My tips are not fool-proof. They are certainly not perfect. But I believe very strongly that they are capable of reducing the incidence of rigging. Some factors are beyond our control, especially the behaviour of security agents. But the measures we—that is, voters, candidates, media and the general public—adopt are capable of addressing the basic issues related to rigging elections. Here we go.

Come Out En Masse to Vote
Rigging is very easy when people do not come out to vote. If 100 voters are registered in a ward and only 10 people come out to vote, it is very easy to “fill in the gap”. So people must show more than a passing interest in the elections. They must come out. Thankfully, INEC has chosen to adopt the modified open-secret ballot system. This means voters will be accredited within a particular time frame. Then voting will be done simultaneously across the country. Voters will wait behind and witness the counting of the votes. Results will be announced on the spot. That means at a particular point in time, everybody has the results in his or her polling centre. This is very good. Caution: voters must make sure their names are in the voters’ register. They must endeavour to check this out when the registers are put on display this week. Names of members of some opposition parties were conspicuously missing in 2003, and they were disenfranchised as a result. That is scientific rigging.

Vigilance: The Kano 2003 Example
In 2003, the people of Kano State were not only ready to vote, they were more than ready to protect their votes. The PDP candidate, Alhaji Musa Rabiu Kwakwanso, had lost to the ANPP candidate, Alhaji Ibrahim Shekarau. However, as the case was in most parts of the country, the PDP wanted to change the results. INEC kept dragging its feet in order to allow for the alteration of the results. But the people were battle ready. There was fire in their eyes and their words were really clear: rig this election and face the wrath of the dagger and petrol. For once, the ruling party was humiliated as INEC was forced to announce the real results. A similar scenario played out in Lagos. The voters must vote, wait for the vote to be counted and be cocksure that they protect their votes. Caution: no politician is worth dying for; stay alive as much as possible.

The Peter Obi Strategy
Peter Obi won his case at the Election Petition Tribunal through a very simple process. He kept the result sheets, endorsed by all the parties’ agents and INEC officials in all the wards of the state. The results that were announced by INEC were written inside somebody’s bedroom. Obi simply argued that the genuine results were not announced. A handwriting expert came to testify in court that indeed, the result sheets tendered in court by INEC and PDP were forged as the handwritings were very similar. By keeping every result sheet endorsed by every party’s agent at the polling centres, the candidates will have a key evidence to show at the tribunal in the event of rigging. Caution: make sure your agents are trustworthy, loyal and well-motivated so that they will not collaborate with your opponents to sign fake result sheets.

Smile, You’re on Camera
Rigging is very high at collation centres. That is usually where the figures are inflated and deflated. Candidates should work together to get the collation recorded on video. Let the rigging be captured live! Camera phones can come handy. Almost everybody has camera phones nowadays, so it will not be difficult to capture these moments for posterity. At every stage of the electoral process, people must capture the actions on video: announcement of results, collation and so on. Caution: the rigging cliques may make sure INEC does not allow the use of recording devices. I will not be surprised if INEC, after reading this, places a ban on the use of video recorders at the centres.

Whatever the case may be, I wish my dearly beloved Nigeria all the best!

Written By Simon Kolawole http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=74432

We just need to win 5 matches now and even if the Romans win
all their matches, we are home and dry!

So sorry for Vida, hope it won't affect us much sha.

So?

Who told you they won't lose that one too?

The whole team is demoralised jare. Maybe they will have to bring Henry
on this time around, coz Bolton is calling.