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[quote author=Ileke-IdI]LOL Don't be smug. There's a linguistic explanation for the reason why infants find it easier to say "dada" than "mama". It has nothing to do with needing "dada" more than "mama" or that "dada" is more significant.[/quote]Chei Gatorsky you don come be dat ooo?
Linguistic ko titanic ni.
Kids simply prefer Daddys that's all

coogar: by far the man of the match....
he won every aerial ball in that box...even the ones
where he was behind the striker, he still stretched his neck to
get some contact with the ball.

He is easily the most naturally gifted Young defender i've seen in a long while.
Defenders usually don't mature til they reach their Mid to late 20's this dude is different.
Dude has got the lot.

coogar: portugal were too negative @ 0-0.
they were happy with a draw. it was only when they conceded
that they started playing to their potential...which was very
late.

I don't get Bento at all.
It's not like they are England short on attacking options.
They woulda caused the Germans loads of problem tonight if Bento had played to their strenghth.
You have Nani,Ronaldo,Moutinho within your ranks yet you decide to sit back.
They coulda gotten a draw from the game had they attacked more.

MATS HUMMELS!!!.........WHAT A PLAYER.

How in Gawd's earth did Prostiga start ahead of Oliveira?........Bento what were you thinking?

coogar: do england have something to fear now?

the presence of a centre-forward is the cutting edge.
germany can variate their play - go direct, cross,
pass it around....portugal cannot. they have no
central figure in the middle of the box.

ronaldo should move upfront, postiga is a mannequin!

Absolutely not......Carroll or Wellbek woulda buried that chance. The cross took a lucky and wicked deflection btw.
If they took this long to carve open the leaky defence of Portugal only gawd knows how long it'll take to break down England.
It's down to the likes of Nani and Ronaldo to take the game by the scruff of the neck.


HUMMELLSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS AGAIN.......What a Player!!!

coogar: when they lose to france, you would change your tunes.
at least the teams before us are stringing 6-7 passes together.
england won't string 2 passes together

If England are able to keep their shape a la Denmark, they'll come from their game with a draw.
Also their Defensive pairing is extremely dodgy to say the least. They can be got at.
They keep stringing 6-7-8-9-100 passes together and yet can hardly create any goalscoring opportunity, abeg.

From what I have seen Thus far, England have nothing to fear at all.

This game needs is MESSI.....

The BBC pundits should stop being hypocrites because that's exactly how ENGLAND would play come monday.

One Bank of Four and another Bank of 5 is how England would play.

ogazi007: Brazil vs Agentina 1-2.its not looking like friendlies at all.Messi is running riot on Brazil.

Not surprised.....The argies have the much better team.

The Game would most Likely Mirror the ENGLAND VS FRANCE game on monday.

No pressure on PORTUGAL(ENGLAND), all the pressure on GERMANY(READ FRANCE)

Mats Hummelsssssssssss................

dayokanu: Van persie think say na Bolton dem dey play

I personally woulda started Huntelaar who is without doubt the more clinical finisher.

coogar: van persie has let his country down again for the umpteenth time.
how many goal attempts now? 20, 21? yet no meaningful shot on target
to even work the danish keeper.

Van Nistelrooy is who the dutch really needed there.
He woulda bagged a hatrick already in this game. Kluivert woulda even done a better job.
First Szczęsny now Van Persie na wa o

They could keep playing from today til tommorrow and the Dutch would still not score.

They've been absolutely dreadful in front of goal.

My Grandma(God Rest her soul) woulda copped a brace by now.

Bontee: Holland is already flopping with this same two holding midfielder mentality and hope they make something with vander vart coming in for de jong.

This is the analysis of the Spanish 2008 squad where they clearly explained why spain do not need two holding midfielders or two strikers.

http://www.zonalmarking.net/2010/02/23/teams-of-the-decade-7-spain-2008/

How so?
They could have played 4 attacking Midfielders today and still not scored. They've been shockingly wasteful infront of goal 2day.

Bontee: I mean he cannot make forward runs or play (individually ) better than the other midfielders into the 18 yard box of the opposing team. Every spanish midfielder is intelligent in their own way and proved beyond doubt that they can produce results with it. mata did it with chelsea, silva did it with man city and carzola did it with malaga. So the point is about winning the midfield battle or winning the match and trophy , i am sure they won the midfield battle against chelsea but still chelsea went through them to win the champions league.

They make better forawrd runs because they are mostly Attacking Midfielders not Central Midfielders Like Xavi. They simply can not dominated the Midfield like Xavi can.
They are all intelligent in their right but pls Intelligence pass Intelligence. It's like me saying everyone at Oxbridge is intelligent in their right(which is true) but we all know some are clearly smarter than others.
Mata did impress but when the crunch time came he was found wanting(chelsea had to rely on their old guards). Same with Silva blistering early season form but withered towards the end of the season.
Winning Midfield battles more often than not wins you games which in the long run wins you trophies Ask Spain and Barcelona.

Bontee: You still are not getting my point, i don't have problems playing xavi and iniesta in the middle with any defensive midfielder. When you put two holding midfielders in the team ( alonso and busquets ) then he is handicapped and in my opinion not needed, so fabregas or someone else should fill in for him. He doesn't play behind two holding midfielders in barca so why put him in that condition with spain?.

I get your point. However I don't think you get mine.
Mine is simply this, the Barca Midfield Trio are Undroppable no matter what formation VDB plays.
He probably won't score as much goals as Cesc but he'll the game's tempo better.

Bontee: During euro 2008 casilas, senna, xavi, iniesta, silva, torres and villa contributed alot to spain in winning that competition. During the worldcup casilas, villa, fabregas, navas,iniesta and xavi contributed to them winning that competition also. In both competition the only barcelona players there would be xavi and iniesta as fabregas and villa would join the team after that. It is a team work effort and not about one or two players,

This has nothing to do with Barcelona but rather to do with Spain's core players.
Casillas-Puyol-Busquets-Xavi-Iniesta-Villa are the core players.
Through no fault of Barca's, most of the aforementioned players happen to play for Blaugrana and MUST all start when fit.

Bontee: they won two friendlies without these players so they are capable of winning trophies without them.

They post is laughable at best.
Since when did winning Meaningless Friendlies equate to "Capable of winning trophies"?

dayokanu: Sharapova wins Errani in the moaning contest

Its like watching Mojo(p0rn) on radio

Look at this bleeping Nazi Perv!!!


CONGRTAS TO SHARAPOVA ON CONPLETING THE CAREER GRANDSLAM!!!

coogar: kaka is skilful? kaka has no flair my friend.
drogba and kaka would be in the same tier...
i would also include rivaldo in their colony.

does kaka have any dribbling skills, leg over,
flair, those fanciful tricks known to nani/ronaldo
or the trickery of david silva going one wy and using
the outside of his leg to pass to an overlapping player?

abeggi....

First of all Rivaldo.
Forget Ronaldo's step over that may or may not come off i've seen Rivaldo produce moments of Individual skill as much as Ronaldo if not more.
Fanciful tricks self him get aplenty

Now unto Kaka, while he may not have the fanciful leg over skills of Ronaldo, to say he is not skilful is absurd.
The same Kaka that has performed the roulette several times. The same Kaka that waltzes his way past players.
Kaka get skill oo

Abeg Let Drogba compete with his mates. The Likes of Gomez and Andy Carroll.

I'm still trying the find the post where someone rated BebeNla as the next best thing since sliced bread.

BebeYouTooMuch was apparently all set to take his rightful position amongst the premier league's best

coogar: kaka, cannavaro, george weah, luis figo, rivaldo, lothar matthaus!

Those three were skilful abeg.

chamotex: Is Bebe back yet?

Is Bebesky still at Man united?
I thought you lot sold his overrated arse a long time ago

dayokanu: Fabio Canavaro says Hello

I knew his name would crop up when Nateevs mentioned skilled WPOTY winners.
Obviously you don't expect him to have Zidane like skill but taking him as he is a centre half, I'd say he was one of the more skilled and cultured centre backs.

coogar: how skilled is pippo inzaghi or toto schillaci?

How skilled was Ronaldo or Romario?

Or how skilled is Messi or Iniesta?.......Weren't those players I mentioned effective too?

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nateevs: I wonder why so many people think that skillful, technical and flashy WILL EQUAL not effective.
I really do not know where it comes from.

The most effective footballers in world football are/were, apparently, the most skillful in their respective eras.

Exactly..... Beats me too.

Spot on regarding your second statement. The Most effective players are more often than not the most skilled.

mukina2: freekick czech . .who be this fine black boy

Dk don tire u abi?...... I no blame u sha after all the boy don release all him fluid finish for Edoyad body.

mukina2: he better keep some of this russian magic o .. cuz we go take am back if he keeps some

He thrives on being the main man which at Arsenal he is not. Van Persie is.

mukina2: serious o its like they just woke up

banging the ball anyhow ..

Yep that's how they play. The Front three of Arshavin,Dzagoev and Kerzakhov are something else when they decide to turn it on.

Btw Arshavin has never failed to Impress me in Russia's colours. Class player indeed

Almost another Goal there........

mukina2: its like russia woke up o


did he miss that really

Nah that's how they play.......Exactly how they sucker punched Italy

As I said my Dark Horses

Russia as I alluded to earlier are my Dark Horses for this tourney......Make Una no dissappoint moi

coogar: help me tell am o.
he wants the triumvirate of xavi-iniesta-busquets dropped?
the pope has a better chance joining boko haram.

Bontee: I still stand that he should be dropped if they go with two holding midfielders because he will be out of his usual barcelona position and will always be behind the ball, so why not include fabregas that can go forward more than him?. If spain goes with only one holding midfielder ( alonso, busquets or javi ) then he definitely should play alongside iniesta to mirror their barcelona positions.

How do you mean by behind the ball?....... Xavi might be slower than Fab pace wise but his football intelligence surpasses whatever Cesc can muster.
When last did you see Xavi loose a midfield battle?.... You can't remember can you?.
Xavi is simply the heart beat of that team. He makes them tick.
Abeg Fab should stick to competiting with the likes of Silva,Pedro for the one remaining spot in that team.

Bontee: So if those three players become injured like david villa then spain cannot win any tournament or they will play for spain forever?.

Yes Spain can not win another tournament.
Without the likes of Xavi,Iniesta and Villa spain would still be regarded as the great underachievers of world football.
Or do you think it is just a coincidence spain's recent run of success happened to be at a time when the Likes of Xavi,Iniesta and Villa were at the peak of their powers?
If it is how comes they haven't won anything in Donkey years even though they boasted players like Raul,Morientis,Mendieta,Hierro,Luis Enrique et al?

The standard of officiating in this game has been abysmal.......Absolutely shocking.#

This surely can't be the best referee the spanish can offer,can it?