airmark: Montolivo scored for your team against lazio, did it stop lazio from destroying them? Goals are good, but you can still score and lose games. What hazard did against atm is better than what he did by scoring in etihad last season, to me and every sensible expert.
Shehu abdulahi didnt score but he won motm in eagles match. We need to start viewing football, the right way.
Apples and Oranges Brah. Besides No one rates Monto highly. Unless you are implying Hazard has found His level. Hazard is supremely gifted,He just needs to add Goals to His game.
raumdeuter: This season CL Neymar 2 goals 2 assists, Hazard 1 assists 72 Influential
airmark: Let him continue to form activity. When he scored city,ars,man utd, last season, he was a local champion. When he was influential against atm, neymar always did better against them, no biggie, still blabla goals in open play.
You and that apari are on ma list, cobham will help with delivery when the time comes.
Don't get It twisted I rate Hazard. Top 5-6 in the world in my books. Any criticism I have of Him is for His betterment. He needs to do better in the CL.
You sef see am, you went for "HE SCORED" vs all those teams in the league to "HE INFLUENCED" vs A.Madrid. If that's not a classic case of Forming Activity on the pitch, I don't know what is
I have No problems with that tbh. Let's be Honest with ourselves, His record in the CL up to date is quite embarassing. In the words of The Doc, dude has been "Forming Activity" for the last 2-3 years now.
Afrodoc you are wasteman for real . Mate you just mudered Willian like.....Pap, pap, ka-ka-ka! Skidiki-pap-pap! And a pu-pu-drrrr-boom! Skya! Du-du-ku-ku-pun-pun! Poom, poom
Chelseafan1: Sure....his total career stats for both national team, Genk, Chelsea, Wolfsburg and Man city. VS Hazards total career stats for National team, Lille and Chelsea. Let Raumdeuter post it, trust him to disappear or ignore this post.
A40: The team had a Championship window which Pep IMO did not maximize. His performance was simply par for the course so you can imagine the dismay seeing this Pep apostles make it sound like Pep was the best thing to happen to Bayern and even giving him other people's glory. He didn't get us close kan kan. If na your definition of close be that then wetin make we call what Simeone and Allegri dey do with Atleti and Juve?
I partly agree with that statement. He probably should have gotten you guys to one Final and He would have If He wasn't so singleminded. Still does not mean He did not do a good enough job.
Pep is like marmite. You either love Him or loathe Him. There is no middle ground. His Fans at times overrate Him whilst His enemies underrate Him. Yh but it's pretty much the same Teams that defeated Allegri's Juve and Simeone's Madrid that had Bayern on toast. Pep was just unlucky to have faced them earlier.
A40: Barcelona fan wey dey support Golden State warriors dey call people glory hunters. Hehe Sanyeri dey learn work where una dey. Chale puts the Hyp in hypocrite
Who might that be?..I wonder hmmmm...
A40: I won't deny I was pro-Pep when he came in fact I recall the grueling arguments I had here with Nitlad where we argued extensively and he warned me. I was unhappy with the way we sidelined Don Jupp, but we were getting Pep it would be worth it we all thought
However I started seeing cracks when he brought that 4-1-4-1 nonsense. After seeing us in the knockout stages of the CL no well meaning Bayern fan was comfortable with our style of play! I had issues with Pep from the very first season because I always saw us losing the same damn way. Mauling small fry like Porto, Donetsk, losing badly to Barça, Madrid and looking outclassed while at it. You can argue with my choice of words and tag it like hyperbole but this is the normal response to Fraudiola apostles who think the sun shines from his behind. Shebi na this same forum some of them tell us say Germany's World Cup win was due to Pep's influence. 3 years at Bayern and Pep did not get a Robbery replacement, didn't get a decent CB even the Kimmich they want to credit to Pep was bought to play DM. You know these people are specialists in giving someone another person's glory
Yh I remember you were quite Pro Pep at first hence my complete shock in your turnaround. To be fair to Pep, He got you guys to 3 back to back to back semi finals so you really can't describe Him as an utter failure. He might not have achieved His primary objective which was to win the CL however He did get you guys close. He did a good enough Job imo. Remember only one team is going to win the CL every year so does that make every other managers that particular season failures?
The only problem I have with Pep is His insistence on playing all out attacking footy when some situations demands He reins it in a little bit. However I am willing to admit that's what makes Him such a great coach and fascinating character. He has His philosophy and won't deviate from it.
sebod: Somethings are not adding up here really: Raumdeuter believed Pep did well at Bayern while A-40 believed otherwise. Since these two are the chairmen of this thread, why have they been avoiding engaging each other on this Pep discourse while quoting each other on any other issue?
I will really like to read the lines of arguments between these two Bayern fans and not opinions from outsiders
To be fair to A40, He was Pro Guardiola for about 2 and a bit seasons. He only went anti Pep right around the middle of His last season at Munich.
The only bone of contention I have with A40's line of arguement is the "FRAUDIOLA" bit. Why the complete switch? How is He a fraud? It is okay to feel that He underachieved/felt to meet expectation at Bayern which whilst I don't agree with, I understand. However that does not make Him a Fraud.
Carlo is my favourite Coach currently and If someone called Him a Fraud, i'd take issues with that. It's okay to say He underachieved at Munich but abeg He is no fraud.
ibkayee: Some guys have a disturbing sense of entitlement. It wasn't rape but there was one nutcase on here that had a meltdown and wanted to get a girl's nudes for turning him down for sex, never seen anything so pathetic in my life
Ibime: On similar matters, I don't know why them dey trouble this British Airways stewardess for praising the Nigerian BBC. Just like the Lukaku song, I find no offense here, just risque humour.
funlord: How many footballers have you guys actually met? Both naija stars and European etc?
Up close, took pictures with, gisted/hung out with or just been around? Na jand crew go plenty pass for sure as per unfair advantage through location....
Saw, took pictures and gisted with no other than Mr Taribo West himself a month ago during the o2 Footy Legends fiasco. Nice Man but Baba don old o.