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kai. . . . I no blame you. . . na the person wey teach Juliet how to foxtrot mess up. . . .

sugabelle:


never mind, YZ, i think your name is pretty cool. Ever heard of Alfa Romeo?(me I go school o ). Seriously, how far for that your celibacy thingy? I dinna forget ooo. Has there been a relapse?

no be only Alfa Romeo. . .wetin do Papa Oscar

latrine surveyor

Night soil man

Nanny

how immigration take allow u pass

u should not be allowed to post on this thread since you have nothing on ur profile

4kaniser

It seems the Arses still don't get it.

For the kinda ambitions they have, the club will have to spend a lot more.

Barring a serendipitous aligning of the planets, Arsenal cannot expect to be outspent
by other teams while at thesame time hemorrhaging talent and still challenge for titles

kpomo seller

Okay. . .I am putting this out there now. . . Who had more talent than Ade prior to his departure?

lai lai. . . this one wey im head don 4kasibe

kai. . .trouble oooo

nike4luv:
hows that

interesting

You have the tools to make a man forget his wife

you look like the kain girl wey fit put person for trouble ooo

ayusco:
RVP overrated? blasphemy!

RVP might have his injury issues but compared to Ade he works his ass off, good for deadballs, takes on oppostion defences more etc.

Don't get me wrong Ade was a good player for us but he is the kind of player who shines when things are going smoothly along. when things are going bad he does an invisible man impression. atleast with RVP he fights even if he doesn't score he creates anyways who are the good DM available now.

Overrated by Emirati fans. . .

I don't think non-Arse fans are under any such illusions.

na wa. . . .all this our tax money wasted on anti smoking measures.

debosky:
Who meets the definition of a 'marquee talent' if Andrey Arshavin doesn't?

With all due respect, Ade is no superstar nor world class talent. A very unique 'alignment of the planets' happened in 2007/08 enabling him to score 30 goals from 150 chances. Even then, the doubts existed given almost a third of those goals came against statistically the worst team in premiership history. He is a good no doubt and was a useful servant for Arsenal FC, but don't make the mistake of labelling him world class.

If liberating Arsenal from Henry could bring about an improvement like 2007/08 before Dudu's injury (and Ade's refusal to pass to Nick B) ruined it all, Ade's departure is more than welcome given his clearly disruptive effect, especially on the fans' relationship with the team.

Ade was not as good as he was when he came, and very few players arrive at Arsenal FC at the peak of their powers - that is the nature of things at the club. That said, we have clearly talented individuals in our current set up who are very capable of doing what is required to win titles/cups.

All we need is a strategic addition (or two) to bring out the 'greater than the sum of their parts' effect that won us titles in the past.

With regard to our superstars/world talent, I daresay we have achieved that this season - Gallas, Cesc, RVP, Clichy, Sagna are all remaining, with AA23 also in tow, not mentioning the up and coming Nasri, Walcott, Bendtner and others.

Again, we still need the one or two strategic additions to make it all gel, but we are not far off.

Well, if you can tell me how many more players have that combo of strength, speed and skill like Adebayor. . . .then I might withdraw my world-class label.


Take Ibrahimovic(someone in the mould of Ade), if he is dealt to Barca, will be valued at a minimum of 50 million pounds. The disparity in valuation cannot be defended regardless of how lowly you rank Ade. And Ibro himself has been known to throw a tantrum or two. Talent is talent regardless of the baggage that often comes with it.

You will fall into thesame trap as Sharon if you begin to judge talent based on some numerical index. Ade is worth more than his weight in goals as he commands the attention of more than one defender. Its either the talent around him wasn't up to par or they were out of form to take advantage of the mismatches he creates.

Be that as it may, it is your assertion that Arsenal have enough talent already to mount a serious challenge that baffles me. It reminds me of Fergie in the mid 90's when he thought he could really have a go at the big spending Europeans with his crop of young English talent, and then a few seasons back with Djemba Djemba, Kleberson and Liam Miller.

With players like these, a team is limited to a simple passing game. Without Ade, Arsenal don't have a player that will go past anyone or command the attention of more than one defender on a consistent basis. Arshavin is not going to do it, and Walcott is a write off. Nasri has proved my point  Ben Arfa should have been the player bought last season, and RVP is soooo overrated.


Finally, I recommend Arsenal pony up for that chappie Fernando at Porto. He would solve all the DM issues.

YankeeZulu:
ok, since every one seems to be revealing their secret crush, maybe I should open up on mine. . . . or maybe not, I may have to start my own topic for that! OP you try sha, for this minefield known as NL, you bared your soul. She must be worth it.

Na who dash Zulu Gambari crush

palmwine tapper

debosky:
The problem itself is creating chances against the resolute defences, hence the importance of having more attacking players with different characteristics - Rozzi, AA23, Cesc and Nasri all bring different attributes and approaches to our attacking play. With that level of variety I feel we are in a much better position than we were for much of last season.

Coupled with that is the return to fitness of Eduardo, a clinical striker par excellence. With someone like that, even the FEW chances created against the parked bus defences will be utilised to give us goals.

I am not saying it will all be clockwork or that we don't have serious challenges, but I am confident, based on the realities on ground and the opportunity to make the additions we require.

So you think a combination of players with different but not marquee talent will see Arsenal through on the attacking front?

I think that is a tacit endorsement of Wenger's frugal policies. . . and the result has been trophyless seasons.

To compete you need to keep your superstars and world class talent. Losing one without lining up a replacement will leave Arsenal grabbing at coattails. . . AGAIN

Lol. . . .

The original article made little reference to her ethnicity. . .but of course our nairalanders made sure to correct that anomaly

iice:
[color=#9900ff]Awesome! Been waiting for the Green Lantern installment and it's finally here!! Yippie!! [/color]

see wetin NEPA don do. . .E dey make our people kolo for film about lanterns.

Naija we hail thee

debosky:
Is he the only one who can get better? Can't Dudu, RVP, Bendtner and Vela get better? Can't Walcott get better?

I repeat - priority is a DM, let no one kid themselves. Our defence was the reason why we ended up where we did last season, despite having essentially only three strikers. Even if anyone believes two of the strikers are injury prone, even if we have half RVP and half Dudu, that is still equivalent to at least 3 strikers when Nick B, Vela are considered.


Let them keep yabbing Nicklas, he will shut up his critics in the coming season.

Hmm. . . the DM is definitely a priority for you Arses, but any fan should be equally discomfited with the inability of the Arses to score goals against some mediocre but resolute defences.

Slim Shady. . . . .

congoshine:
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?action=profile;u=207655

o de YIm ka m'ora wa berra (as egbon & aburo,of course )

aswerigad. . . .

IS THAT MAEDAN

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[quote author=TOPE2000! link=topic=298079.msg4211641#msg4211641 date=1247960136]meadan [/quote]how can someone we haven't seen be judged coolest babe.

abegi, she could look like Fraulein Merkel for all we know

stop ur lying jo. . .

U have been found out. . .

U are a student of Ilaro polytechnic.

Who dash u Gators. . .

Gators ko Rubber sandal ni

na who be diva1?

Remii:

Ol bob. . mind yaslf o. .

I fit break ur head with cold bottle

Pataki:
Ma da lohun. Ife ti yi alakori ara e lori daanu.

some people jealous me
some people jealous me
because of my ikebe

ok. . .coolest chick on nairaland no doubt
is spiked cylinder  

honourable mention to Jesoul and Sisi Jinx.

As for you TOPE and your infamous blom blom, if to say dem no quick
carry you comot from Onilegogoro. . . . anyway,  the less said the better