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airmark:
Chic2pimp, a40, lordfalcao, elrony, greatihex, from the stable of Mr diggz.

All hail the most irresponsible poster in this section, apari raumdeuter.

POW- Lehal Bizzle and the Gang.

Remember quite clearly when this song came out. It still gets mandem all hyped out anytime this banger of a beat comes on.

2004....East London Finesssst.

Hahahahahaha ....

purplekayc:
so he's saying city will win the UEFA CL,EPL,FA

Nah He is saying city MUST win all those aforementioned trophies plus the Carabao Cup to boot

Danhumprey:
Chic2pimp!

chic to love-vendor...... what in a name. wondering who is the real Casanova between chic2pimp and Afrodoc2, considering the number of Nairaland females Afrodoc2 is following....

I am a learner where Doc dey o....

airmark:
I expect pep to win all the major trophies this year, anything short, will be considered a failure to me.

...Thank Goodness you said to you sha.

idreezbaba:
What Manchester City Board Needs From isn't the Champions League.. They want him to dominate England and he is already doing that now.. UCL is bigger than Manchester City as a team so even if pep doesn't win UCL ..The board will still be delighted!!..


Get that right you haters

Absolute Bollocks!....The CL is the Holygrail. That's the trophy the Man City board are lusting after.

If He fails to win the CL this season though, I won't say He has failed. He has simply failed to meet up with one of His Major objectives. That's all.

Skimpledawg:
Where is Griffon?

Griffon is on the oza thread.....The thread that shall not be named....If you know, you know

BlueAngel444:
If Lampard was a 10 then Joe Cole was a 6 and your reference stupid.

Oh dear ....I said Lampard is an "Attacking Midfielder" not a "Playmaker".

Ibime:
I am sick of these excuses. If you have such lethal front 3, then your assist should be through the roof.

So common Pedro and Villa is now the lethal front 3 that made Iniesta not to contribute?

If so Bakayoko should not bother since he has the lethal Pedro playing with him.

Which lethal front 3 does Spain have that made Silva outscore Fraudiesta by 3 to 1?

Now Neymar is gone and Suarez is off form, what has Iniesta contrubuted now he is playing with front 2 or front 1.

Silva, Debruyne are playing behind lethal front 3 of Jesus, Sterling, Aguero, did you see them turn Eunuch?

I keep saying it, Lampard will cop 35 goals in that Barca team.


Front 3 ko, front 3 ni. Carryalong nigga.

It doesn't have to be through the roof. That's not his job. His job is to dominate the midfield and create a platform for the attacking players to weave their magic. And ofcourse He creates and scores goals himself when needed.

Are we now comparing a peak pedro to an waning one? ....Peak Villa was the world's best No9 so yes He was LETHAL.

That's easy to answer. He was a CM whilst Silva is an AM. That's like me asking why Silva has almost 3 times the amount of goals as Xavi? Even Cesc that was at times used as a false 9 has just 2 more NT goals than Iniesta. Why is that so eh? Isn't He an AM like Silva?

Iniesta is 33 going on 34. He does not need to contribute again. He has absolutely nothing left to prove to anyone. Let the other players looking to make a name for themselves contribute.

35 ko 105 ni. Let him save the 35 goals fod the three lions. They would have needed it more.

Ibime:
This is all story for the Gods. When did Chelsea ever play 4-2-3-1. Chelsea have always played 4-3-3 with Lampard in the exact same role as Iniesta. No matter how you wash am, Iniesta was the most advanced of 3 midfielders. Una go soon move am go left-back.

When Has Lamps ever played with such a Lethal Front 3 like Iniesta has done for the past decade now?

Eto-Dinho-Guily
Eto-Messi-Henry
Messi-Villa-Pedro
Messi-Neymar-Suarez

Ibime:
Pirlo and Xavi outstat any deeplying midfielders in assists or ball possession which is what matters most.

Iniesta should face his fellow offensive midfielders and tell us why he never posted double-figures for goals and only twice posted double figures for assists in a 15 year career, instead of hiding behind defensive midfielders.

Soon he will be associating himself with Franco Baresi and asking us if Franco Baresi is not a great player cos he doesn't have stats.

Firstly Hope your exams went well as i'm sure you've done it already?

Back to Iniesta, He was a CM not an AM so we need to stop conparing Him to Lamps or Silva who were true AMs. They had different roles in their respective teams. Their roles in the National team where Silva can be seen occuping the more advanced role of the two only buttresses my point.

You don't amass the No of appearances for the two best teams for the best part of a decade if you are mediocre(Spain and Barca)

raumdeuter:
except that other midfielders dont win world cups for their country, assist in the CL finals like Iniesta dominate big names like Iniesta

You see why stats shouldn't be the be all and end all when analysing footy?....If it was all about stats, we won't mention the likes of Pirlo and Xavi in the same breath as Gerrard and Lamps.

raumdeuter:
I have shown you Ronaldinho topping CL assist La Liga assist show us the same for Hidden topping EPL or CL assists. If Ronaldinho wasnt scoring or assiting he will be no different from Okocha

I swear I did not even see this

raumdeuter:
Sintillating soccer which resulted in goals and assists. Ronaldinho was a very productive player and delivered plenty goals and assists

In the midst of all this brouhaha, you are actually making a solid point here. Take out Dinho's productivity and all you are left with is another Jay Jay Okocha.

raumdeuter:
If we are going to be fair Hazard will struggle to make a top 20 in the world currently

This says it all really. We could keep going back and forth for ages without actually getting anywhere. Hazard not in the world's top 20? If i ask you to name 20 players better now, i'm sure i'd start seeing names likes Zaha, Richarlison and Bebe.

raumdeuter:
Kane has been the top scorer in the same league Hazard plays for 2 seasons, Alexis playing with a more useless Arsenal has outscored Hazard in the past few seasons

Suarez even today isnt Hazards mate, Lewandoski is definitely better right now

So where is Pogba Modric Kante Griezmann ?

Top scorer is different from Best Player. Just saying!. Sanchez was also playing much closer to goal hence his incredibly high no of goals. Very little to separate the two If i am tbh. At this very moment though, Hazard is the slightly better player. I have no qualms in admitting Sanchez was better at times last season.

Nah not Suarez in this current state. I go give you Lewa even if it's highly debatable.

All of those are around the Hazard Ball park. Much of a muchness really.

raumdeuter:
Great pass by Boateng,

Boa-kenbauer!

Airmark would not see this one now

raumdeuter:
LMAO

Messi Ronaldo Neymar Lewandoski Griezman Alexis Dybala KDB, Suarez Higuain Kane

These are attacking players only I havent gotten to Pogba, Kante Ramos, Pique Boateng Marcelo Hummels, Vidal Chiellini, Modric, Kroos

Be honest and tell me how you will rank these ones alone that Hazard will be top 6/7

Of those attacking players, the only sure bets are Messi,Ronaldo and Neymar. Dybala,Higuain and Kane, Nope!(Kane and Dybala may be in 2 or 3 years). Suarez,Alexis and Lewandowski of a couple years ago definitely. Right now though that's debatable.

Most debates about "World's best " more often than not centres around attacking players so I won't include defensive players.

Say I give you Kroos and Lewandowski that makes it 5. Add one more of your choice(KDB perhaps) that's 6.

raumdeuter:
League

Hazard 5 goals 2 assists
Mahrez 5 goals 5 assists

One is an attacker one is a winger. Though Mahrez has played more minutes

Interesting...Dude has flown under the radar this season. Quietly going about His business.

atheist5:
oboy the piontless obsession with stats in todays game is incredible oh i remember back in the day when all we had to do was watch players on tv

Don't worry i'm not in the "Everybody is better than Hazard" camp. Hazard is easily in the top 6-7 players in the world imo.

Nihilist:
Mahrez is back

I'd like to see his stats compared to that of Hazard this season. Must be quite similar I think.

raumdeuter:
Depay to lyon
Schneiderlin to Everton

Give us examples

Bony to Swansea City
Nolito to Sevilla
Kolarov to Roma

raumdeuter:
Do you know the clubs who signed Joke Hart and Zabaleta? West Ham
Do you know who signed Clichy? Basaksehir Istanbul
Do you know the club who signed Nasri? Antalyspor
Do you know who signed Sagna? No forking one Football Club

That's the direction those deadwoods in Jose's squad would go too if they were to be released today.

raumdeuter:
Performance in the league both were the same Both Man utd and City finished level on points

Both Man utd and city won domestic cups, City won the more useless Carling while Man utd won the FA cup

City were knocked out by Madrid in the CL, Man utd were knocked out by Klopps Liverpool in Europa

How about the previous seasons? Show me their respective performances in the League and in Europe.

That City was plying their trade in the CL whilst United were plying theirs in Europe alone shows the difference in class.

raumdeuter:
They all have world cup experience which is the point of categorizing Peps squad as a better squad

Pep inherited the 2nd oldest squad in the land
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/11962954/Liverpool-and-Tottenham-are-the-youngest-teams-in-the-Premier-League.html

ANd turned them around. Players like Hart, Zabaleta Sagna Kompany Clichy Kolrov Navas Yaya Mangala are these the better squad that Pep inherited

Nah Mano o mano, City's had a better team which was evident from both team's performance in the league and Europe.

Tbh I could also say Jose inherited deadwoods like Young,Shaw,Valencia etc. If United were to release any of those aforementioned players, the only teams that'll be fighting for their signatures would be newly promoted or relegation threatened ones.

raumdeuter:
Yeah its the team that wins the 3rd place match at a world cup. Its this same thread someone was telling us about the numerous CL winners and world cup experienced players at City, So why not show them the ones in Man Utd with CL and world cup experience

But there is a world of difference between a CL/WorldCup winner and a "3rd Placed Team" in the worldcup nah?

Funny enough I am in the Pep camp. I'd choose a Pep over a Mourinho everyday of the week. The only time I'd rather have Mourinho on the touchline is if it's a do or die/winner takes it all affair. And that's only because I believe I am more likely to get a result with Jose's "keep it tight" approach than I am with Pep's expansive footy.

Ohhh make we no lie, Pep inherited a better squad than Jose.

raumdeuter:
Add Rojo world cup finalist, Blind world cup 3rd placed winner,

Dayo what is this for crying out loud?
WorldCup Winner I know
WorldCup Runner I know even Less off
3rd Place winner?

Maybe Airmark can expalin this to me better.

CapitalCee:
There was no point in Matas career that he was adjudged to be beta than silva,

100%....

A40:
E just be like EFCC for here wey go first arrest you begin dey find evidence. Lots of slam dunk cases are lost cos the prosecutors don't do a good enough job to score a conviction. Also painful because there were no witnesses in Bawo's case

I'm 100% certain someone knows how Bawo met His untimely death that fateful Evening. Someone either witnessed the incident or the Killer himself must have bragged to His mates. Either way someone is with-holding vital evidence from the police. I have no doubt in my mind that we will eventually get to know what happened. The Killer and/or His accomplices are bound to slip up someday.