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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by dmcdad: 10:26am On Sep 07, 2016

Bykebyke, na this team you say you dey support? cheesy

Your own don be oooo. Una no go win nada! cheesy

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by dmcdad: 10:01am On Sep 07, 2016

My boi doing what he does best. Deliver the goods! cheesy

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by dmcdad: 9:59am On Sep 07, 2016

bykebyke:
Wetin I wan do na?

Me and my Brazil make we dey flex. cheesy

Our star boi is delivering the goods cime rain, come shine. cheesy

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by dmcdad: 7:35am On Sep 07, 2016

bykebyke:
Argentinian players,fück you all.
Bunch of putas.
Except the G.O.A.T of course,and people weh no play yesterday.

You still dey put mind for that useless team? Well sha... Continu!

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by dmcdad: 10:55pm On Sep 06, 2016

sweet7oyin:
guy ....u just finished saying barca has a bad team...den u r saying if not 4 barca enrique would be unknown ....iz confusion ur gift??

It's not my fault you are so dull you still recite ABC using slate. tongue

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Offical Bayern Munich Fan Thread: 6x Champions Of Europe by dmcdad: 10:14pm On Sep 06, 2016*

patrickmuf:
You can't compare the competition as it was then and now, just take a look at the quality of players at spurs, Everton, Stoke City, Southampton, West ham etc couple of years ago, there's no way West ham would be parading a team with Payet, Stoke City with Shaqiri, Allen, Bojan etc We are now witnessing the likes of Palace splashing the cash like it's no man's business, Leicester CIty have broken their transfer record twice in one window and so much more...

The financial strength of teams across the league is very healthy thus quality players are kind of evenly spread.
Bayern have been just up there for the last couple of years and I'd boldly say with a bit of luck on their side with injuries, they'd have won the UCL again. Juventus gave Barca a match of their lives and it could easily have gone both ways. PSG on the other hand are suffring from what I'll term the "The Man City disease" fueled by inferiority complex, they're a great coach away of success (Man City have responded with the appointment of Pep, still not convinced about Unai at this point)

Every football fan who watched those games will tell you Messi was the difference between the both teams and to be fair, with Robbery, Bayern are a different ball game entirely and I expect you to konw better having been of the receiving end of their ruthlessness.

I remember I did exempt Bayern in the scenario I painted in my last post. Juve, despite their domestic dominance have been poor in Europe. When was the last time they played in a final prior to 2015? At least we can count how many times top teams like Bayern and Barça have been in the final in the last 10 years. And although Madrid were poor in most part during this 10year period, they have won the UCL twice almost in quick succession. That's to tell you that these 3 are in a league of their own.

Truth be told, the competition in EPL is rising in recent times, but that doesn't take away the fact that the major difference in this competition is the fact that top teams have been poor. Man U have had to put up 2 bad seasons. Chelsea had to endure their worst season in recent years, even after winning the EPL. Liverpool are not title contenders, and so are Arsenal. And please don't bother arguing about these two, cause you can't realistically tell me someone is a contender albeit not being able to win it once for 12 years. And next we have Man City who have been competitive domestically recently but have been poor in Europe. Yeah they got to the semis of the Champions League last season, but then, having a relatively easy draw in the round of 16 and playing a team of their statue (in the form of PSG), anyway, I still give them credit for overcoming PSG. Yet, their quality as a poor side came into play when they met Madrid.

Or do we go over to the Europa League? I guess no need. Because there too, you will find second tier teams like Tottenham and the likes fumbling in Europe.

Anyway, you talked about financial strength of even the lowly-placed teams in EPL as a means of competing with the big boys. Begs the question, how come these finances do not help them succeed in Europe? EPL has always been heavily financed over their other European counterparts, but how has that translated to winning trophies continentally?

Like I stated earlier on, the lowly-placed teams have improved in recent years, yet, the big boiz have regressed more than those teams improved and hence bringing about more competition in the league.

There is need for EPL teams to learn how to play good footie again and then, we can talk about competing in Europe top flights once again.

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Offical Bayern Munich Fan Thread: 6x Champions Of Europe by dmcdad: 7:47pm On Sep 06, 2016

patrickmuf:
When you have to use up lets say 70% of your energy battling your younger brothers (EPL) who are also very strong cos they eat the same food as you (Financial clout and fair distribution of resources), there's every tendency that you won't be at your best when you go out to battle your neighbours (UCL)...
When you are up against Everton on a weekend prior to facing PSG, you just can't rest your big guns in hope that you'll easily see off Everton...
In another instance, in England, we have the league cup, FA cup, Premier league etc and there's no break once the season starts unlike other Europeans leagues...Don't you think the all these occurrences count for something at least in a little way?

To be candid with you, they count. Although they are not the deciding factors, yet admittedly they count ultimately. But then, this is not an excuse to not state categorically that EPL has been far below par in recent years.

The truth is; between 2005 and 2012, EPL were worthy contenders in European Football. Now my humble question for you is; were they not playing the aforementioned competitions at the time? Of course they were! Why the nosedive then? That's because the top guns in EPL have been shiit in recent times. No? And let's even clear up this issue of competitiveness especially with lowly placed teams; the classical argument that the EPL is the best league because of parity is garbage. The only reason there is parity is because the top of the league simply isn't good enough. That's what you guys fail to take cognizance of. The top is garbage (at least in recent years), hence the struggle with lowly placed teams.

It is insane how hard it is to win the EPL title, yet last season Leicester CIty won the League. What does that say about the top four or five in that League? Are Leicester City on the same level as Barça, Bayern or Real Madrid? NO they are not and never will be. This proves beyond every shadow of doubt that the quality of football and/or players by the top teams has been at low ebb recently.

If you put 20 equally shite teams together, it'll be super competitive, but what's your point? The EPL-is-hard-to-win argument has nothing to do with how good the teams are. On the contrary even, it shows how bad the top has been in recent years.

As regards the extra competition they play, that also is not an excuse I would say. Most teams have enough squad depth to cover for that. Did you know Barça played a game almost every 3 days from September last year till March or April this year? Combining the league, Champions League, Copa del Rey, Club World Cup (in Japan) until January. And in January played the League and Copa matches all through (every 3 days) till February when the Champions League KO began. It continued that way till Barça were knocked out of The UCL and and it ended when Barça played their semifinal Copa match. Calculate it and it would amount to about 60 matches. Not to forget that Barça had an unbeaten run in that very tough period. Now tell me, how many EPL teams did play up to 60 games last season? And this was the same thing 2 seasons ago when we won the treble. Our only issue last season was squad depth. If we had it last season, I guess the UCL final would have been an El-Clasico final. Regardless of the the fact that we were knocked out of the UCL, we won a double which was a success nonetheless. So you see? If you have enough quality, regardless of the number of matches, your squad quality would prevail.

Moreover, toughest football doesnt mean quality football. It is all about winning tittles and not hype and money only. If you have all the money and coaches and you can't compete with the weak teams, then it is considerd a failure. Excuses, excuses, excuses; not having a winter break is not the fault of other leagues, that is your problem. If you are that tough then come out and show your toughness. Besides, how come PSG that literally strolls to the Ligue 1 title yearly haven't dominated the UCL since they face weak opposition? If playing easier teams makes you a champions league winner or top contender, then Juventus, Bayern and PSG could have dominated the CL, so find another excuse as we are used to this already. Although among those 3, Bayern is an exception; not because they face weaker oppositions, but because they are a top quality side themselves.

Juve had won the Serie A months before the 2015 Champions League final, while Barça won La Liga in the last week of the season. Did that give Juventus any sort of edge in the final? Of course you knew what happened. Bayern were in pole position of retaining the Bundesliga title prior to playing Barça in 2015, while Barça were still struggling it out with Atletico and Real. Did that make the contest any easier for Bayern since they would have rested more players prior to the fixtures? So Frankly, these arguments are flawed.

Quality, like I earlier pointed out, prevails!

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by dmcdad: 7:30am On Sep 06, 2016*

Wingback:
Repeat After Me

"BARCELONA IS TRASH
NEYMAR IS A DIVER
SUAREZ IS A CRIMINAL
MESSI IS A DRUG USING TAX EVADER"

Thank yooooooooooooou.

Gbam!

Ter Stegen - That one na keeper?
Piqué - Worst defender in the world.
Umtiti - Overrated
Mascherano - Na Player be that one? Prisoner!
Alba - Who tell am say na relay we dey do for field.
Sergi Roberto - Overrated cúnt.
Bisquit - If no be him papa, him no suppose dey play for Barça na.
Iniesta - Him no sabi ball na, na Xavi dey cover him nyash. Now him don dey exposed.
Rakitic - This one sabi play ball at all?
Neymar - The world's most overrated player cúm tax evader.
Suarez - This vampire? This one only sabi bite and fight, him no sabi ball.
Messi - The tax evader himself. Also the most overrated player of all time.
Enrique - Gosh! This one na coach? If no be Barça, who go know am?

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by dmcdad: 7:18am On Sep 06, 2016

sebod:
Calm down bro, we were only trying to juxtapose

No try even justify why we praise him performance. The fact be say, him play very well, and regardless of the team, we need to praise a player when he play well and to criticise when he f**k up.

Abi Bilbao sef na Leichenstein level? Him no play very well against them? Leave that guy jare, him go just die of hate.

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: TRUE STORY:What i saw in my dream about CHELSEA fall in july. by dmcdad: 6:04am On Sep 06, 2016

Spy360:
I believe in miracles

Hmmmm. Atmosphere of Miracles. cheesy

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by dmcdad: 11:00pm On Sep 05, 2016

sebod:
That's ma nigga you're referring to.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by dmcdad: 10:46pm On Sep 05, 2016

bykebyke:
That position no sure for Carvajal again o.

Can you imagine?! Na Juafran be number 1 before, now na Juanfran and Roberto go dey drag am. cheesy

Chai, a makeshift Roberto? cheesy

That guy sha..

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by dmcdad: 10:45pm On Sep 05, 2016

sebod:
Either Barca have bribed the coach or Roberto is an in-law to him remember Busi? Smh

My guy taking subtle shades at airmark. cheesy

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Offical Bayern Munich Fan Thread: 6x Champions Of Europe by dmcdad: 9:52pm On Sep 05, 2016

bykebyke:
What are they coming to look for there?

Them wan go see how nice London bridge dey. cheesy

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by dmcdad: 9:41pm On Sep 05, 2016

pelvicky:
just calling his attention to see a makeshift RB benching his world elite Carvajal

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by dmcdad: 9:35pm On Sep 05, 2016

This Roberto ehn... cheesy

Bykebyke, imagine a whole Carvajal dey bench ooooo and Roberto dey boss the RB position. Tomorrow person go talk say we need a natural RB. Spain wey get natural one (in the person of Carvajal) why them still opt for Roberto?

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by dmcdad: 9:33pm On Sep 05, 2016

[quote author=10d0ve post=49105701][/quote]From Lord Douglas to Lord Mathieu! cheesy

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: TRUE STORY:What i saw in my dream about CHELSEA fall in july. by dmcdad: 8:52pm On Sep 05, 2016

iPopAlomo:
I know you're trolling but continue...

No let me remember all your Copa America stunts oooo. cheesy

Or else...

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by dmcdad: 8:27pm On Sep 05, 2016

pelvicky:
krasid

Even Culés.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: TRUE STORY:What i saw in my dream about CHELSEA fall in july. by dmcdad: 8:25pm On Sep 05, 2016

iPopAlomo:
How is Conte world class and Arsene Wenger is not...?!

With all due respect to Wenger, I never insinuated he ain't world class. I mean, that wouldn't be fair on him. But admittedly too, with recent history into consideration, he would really struggle to play catch up with those guys.

I guess we will have to watch and see... But I don't see Arsenal winning a spoon even.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Offical Bayern Munich Fan Thread: 6x Champions Of Europe by dmcdad: 7:43pm On Sep 05, 2016

raumdeuter:
The Spanish league’s the best by far if you’re judging on the European competitions. In the quarter-finals of the Champions League and the Europa League in 2015–16, they had six of the 16 teams. Nearly half of them. The Premier League had just two.

There needs to be a real step up in quality in England. Other than Sergio Agüero, Kevin De Bruyne and David Silva, we don’t have the best players. All the best players are in other countries.

The best players are in Spain or at Bayern Munich and Juventus. We’re linked with big players – Gareth Bale is a top player – but we don’t get them now. Not any more. You never see a Lionel Messi coming over here, you never see a Neymar in the Premier League.

debroslink dmcdad, nihilist, pataki ibime, A40 homesteady bykebyke sebod pelvicky

Honestly, this is nothing but the truth albeit EPL fanboys won't wanna admit it.

Given, EPL is the most watched and most entertaining (whatever that means) and maybe the most competitive too, but that doesn't make it any better than the rest. As far as quality is concerned, EPL is very low and highly overrated. For all the fuss created by the English media, EPL is ridiculously subpar in terms of the quality of play and even the quality of players. Funny enough though, EPL boasts of the best deals as far as finances are concerned. Also, they boast of very goos coaches very now and then, yet, they are very poor in terms f competing amongst Europe's bests.

I mean, anybody wey say him get power, shey na to dey beat him younger brothers and sisters inside house him go take prove him power? Of course not! He would need to challenge others outside the confinement of his house to prove his mettle.

So, the earlier they realise they seldom play good football and start learning while also reducing the amount of hype, the better for them.

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by dmcdad: 7:31pm On Sep 05, 2016

Tomorrow someone will tell me we need a natural RB as opposed to using a makeshift like Roberto. I guess Lopetegui too is crazy for starting Roberto at RB on a qualifying match ahead of the natural and experienced Carvajal.

Natural RB my foot.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: TRUE STORY:What i saw in my dream about CHELSEA fall in july. by dmcdad: 7:21pm On Sep 05, 2016

Spy360:
It is possible na...

With the balance we have got plus defence combo of Mustafi and Koschielny

You are forgetting something bruv... You have 3 world class coaches in Conte, Mourinho and Pep, not to mention Klopp. Top 4? That would be a pipe dream.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by dmcdad: 1:07pm On Sep 05, 2016

bykebyke:
Guy stop this kind thing abeg.

Na game,No be who go be first to enter heaven or some important shït.

Haba! I wonder why them dey take this thing personal. Na Video Game for goodness sake! Ahh, na wa ooooo.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: TRUE STORY:What i saw in my dream about CHELSEA fall in july. by dmcdad: 1:01pm On Sep 05, 2016

Skimpledawg:
maybe Assenall winning the treble

cc: spy360
dmcdad

Bro na wa for you oooo. You no get human sympathy? Assnal wey no go make top 4, the same Assnal for treble? shocked

Fear God beg... cheesy

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by dmcdad: 11:31am On Sep 04, 2016

bykebyke:
Na game...nothing else.

I still dey wonder why people dey take game ratings soo serious. Na wa oooo.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by dmcdad: 11:46pm On Sep 03, 2016

usbcable:
Brazil? Or ~~Naijerea~~

Bro novex, since I was born, I never support Naija for ball before. My team is Brazil, since 1993, or even before sef. So no blame me.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by dmcdad: 3:43pm On Sep 03, 2016

nuchinova:
i swear. But make en win WC so the debate go end

World Cup keh... Him no go win am again abeg. cheesy

No need to hope.

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by dmcdad: 10:42am On Sep 03, 2016

nuchinova:
Even after Messi was warned, he went ahead to play. Now he's injured

Don't mind the goat. I mean, oké nkpi.

Walai, since that dude agree to go back to the NT, I dey vex for am ehn... cheesy

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by dmcdad: 8:03am On Sep 03, 2016

Sheybi Messi don carry him big head go worsen that groin abi? All because him wan play for that useless country. Issorait!

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by dmcdad: 7:39am On Sep 02, 2016

bykebyke:
This Argentina eh,worse pass Super Eagles.

Argentina in 2018 WC qualifiers: -
Without Messi: 5 points in 4 games
With Messi: 9 points in 3 games.

Rubbish!!! I'm done wishing them well. If Messi like win something with Argentina, if him like make him no win. E no concern me again. I don try wish them well even against my own team; Brazil.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by dmcdad: 3:34pm On Sep 01, 2016

Chelseafan1:
I only said u guys shud free the guy, dt Hazard's combo with Cr7,Bale is deadlier than BBC nd anything can happen in footie, just because Figo, Zidane, Ronaldo and d other stars couldn't win it doesnt mean, other players can't win it.

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