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Er, TayoD if we want to look at it in such simplistic terms, Abraham came from Ur, which is in present day Iraq. . .

Sijien, I don't subscribe to spreading hatred in such a manner. Can you prove that all Muslims want to kill all Christians? That statement is too wild to be taken seriously.

http://fraudwar..com/2006/07/is-it-fair-to-blame-nigeria-for-worlds.html

We don't have to swallow everything. Yes we have some bad eggs. But not all of us are bad.

Still looking for Sgt. Plus. . .?

Interesting thing happened yesterday as I was coming out of the underground at Tottenham Court Road. This white girl looking at my Nigeria badge suddenly gave me an invitation to a rally at Brixton on the 12th. The invitation reads: Don't attack Iran, bring our boys back from Iraq. We are not America's 51st state. Come to the rally at the Brixton Hill, 12 September 06,

The whole Iraq adventure (and all that accompanied it) remains a mistake,

PM to confirm he'll resign in August '07 but won't name precise date today. Were it in Naija, all of us would have begun to queue up to make insinuations that he wants to loot the treasury. . .

Someone just sent an email to the BBC saying: "As soon as Blair sets a date, he'll be a dead man walking."

The sit tight mentality is human, not African.

What brand of paraga do they sell in New Jersey?

Donadoni and Lippi are two different coaches with two different styles of play. . .

I think Ikuomola is just embittered and like most Nigerians (sadly) has resorted to any weapon available. Usually personal attacks. . .

Very plausible. Nigerian politics is that petty. . .

Make use of Nero Burning ROM to read the files or just read them in good old DOS

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Dat na y I no be God, bekos I 4 don cari machis set dem 2 4 hell faya!

Let's put it like this: I'm male so I can't marry a footballer. But I'd be very unhappy (extremely so) if Babayaro for example proposes to my sister and she turns him down. BUt then again, it's her life not mine. . .

me pic?

@ topic, erm I'm not gay. . .

Excellency:
20 years ago GB was better than it is now. For instance, then, they could make yanga for Nigerians going there. My Mom was even told then, "You will never step your feet on the shores of Britain." [b]But now, you go to the UK Embassy and it is so easy to get the visa. [/b]The place is worse now, that is why they are opening the flood gates for all. Remember, the Briton is conservative to a fault, and would not open his doors to you, unless in dire situations.

I beg to differ. . .

Happened in Malaysia I believe? Saw a picture like this in today's paper. Picture of the day in The Londoner. . .

See what I mean?

We all believe in God doesn't mean we should hijack this thread. . .

At all you who like castigating Juve, I wrote the following on my blog months back. Nothing has changed. . .

Is Juve really that dominant or is there some truth to the non-stop accusations? So I analyzed, and I wish you guys would too before making these accusations. I wondered if there were differences in disciplinary action between the big clubs. So I counted them. I counted 1 for every yellow and 2 for every red. I saw Inter had 70, Milan had 52, and Juve fell between the two with 61. In my opinion, over 38 games 9 cards don’t make a team win or loose the title!

So it definitely wasn’t a “bookings” thing. “Maybe Juve was getting a lot more penalties than the others”. So let's count. Juve scored a whopping 3 penalties all season, Inter 5, and Milan 9! These differences could alter the standings somewhat. Can we still say that Juve is being favoured though? We had the least; remarkably Milan is again in the best position. So let's ask ourselves “Is it possible that Juve has faced far fewer penalties than the others?” seeing as we have heard this claim in the past. So we count, Juve faced 3, Inter and Milan both faced 2. No real significant difference here but it certainly can’t be said that Juve are favoured seeing as their position is once again less favourable than Milan’s or Inter’s.

We all know there is more to this, so let’s at least try to count the times that points have been acquired dubiously. This is difficult to quantify since it is somewhat opinion based, but it comes up too often to be ignored. Remember that Del Piero goal that was offside against Udinese? That was a win for Juve that should have been a tie, I can admit it. That means Juve got an extra 2 points undeservingly that game. I also notice the tie against Cagliari that has been deemed corrupt because of the “questionable” 5 minutes of injury time needed to draw. Frankly, even Cagliari fans understood the 5 minutes. There were penalties (against Juve) and red cards that day that pushed the game farther into injury time, it happens. Let’s count it though, just to humour all the anti-Juventino. So we got an unjust point for a total of 3 extra points. Now to be fair, we have to mention the obvious penalty on Zlatan that the referee “didn’t see” at Chievo costing Juve a possible win. That day we took home 1 point and left 2 on the field. Milan scored two penalties against Roma on Sunday just so they could win and possibly
get the title if we slipped up. In the end our point surplus was a staggering 1 after 38 games.

Not a single refereeing decision all year cost either Inter or Milan points. Go ahead, try to bring up an example and I’m sure FIFA regulations will disagree. I did however, find a few occasions where the opposite occurred. Remember Milan’s dubious 5 minutes of injury time resulting in an Inzaghi goal? It was favouritism for Juve, why not Milan then? Chock up a 2 point surplus for Milan. Inter though is far worse. There are a number of questionable goals/penalties, and wrongfully called back goals which earned them wins against Lecce, Cagliari, and Treviso and a draw against Lazio for a surplus of 7 points. Disagree? Go ahead but good luck proving Juve were more favoured than either of these two clubs.

Not too long ago the doping issue arose. All Juve’s coaches were arrested and embarrassed. The media was all over it. Then an Italian court of law found each of the accused not guilty and the media didn’t find it interesting enough to write about. So that attempt didn’t work. Then we got a new accusation. Italy’s “minnows” are letting themselves be beaten by Juve and playing their hearts off against Milan to “give” the scudetto to Juve. This one is by far my favourite.

“Why did Messina play so hard?”, maybe to avoid relegation, genius. Why did Treviso play so hard against Juve? Why did Cagliari do the same? Why do teams like Roma, Lazio, Chievo and Fiorentina always seem to have the game of their season against Juve? Juve are public enemy number 1 in Italy because they are Italy’s most successful team and every team that faces them brings their A game. Yet somehow it’s these very squads who have given Juve an edge? This one is beyond stupid.

I suggest you think back to the days when Miccoli played for Perugia under Juve ownership. Perugia managed to eliminate Juve from the Coppa Italia and draw us in the Serie A. Guess who scored? Miccoli did in an attempt to get called up to the big squad. The little guys always try to impress against the big guns and no one is bigger than Juventus.

Now no one seems to be pointing out the fact that the scandal rocking Italian football has been expanded to include Lazio, Fiorentina, and of course Milan.

Nice try people, but you’ll need a more credible story next time. I’m sure we’ll all hear it soon enough. It is too hard for any fan to digest that their team is not the best.

A Cagliari fan was honest enough to do that. And it is from him that I got a lot of the material for this one before doing my own research. He said: "I’ll be the guy that leads by example. My team is in the relegation battle. They rarely finish a game with 11 players on the pitch and as a result have the most bookings in Serie A with 105, and have the most booked player in the league (Daniele Conti). If they wind up relegated you won’t hear me crying about officials though, I guarantee it. But then I’m a man."

At least in Naija people move around with confidence. The level of fear here is alarming. And this morning on the radio there was a talk show about how people don't enter buses, or get down, or change seats when they see a bearded man or a man that looks Arab. . .