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chiover: Why not appoint Ochocha

What technical or managerial experience does Okocha have?

Okay na.

The incidence between Drogba and Ramos that led to Madrid third goal looks to me like what happened between Arbeloa and Nani. Ramos has a high foot, looks to me he missed the ball and touch Drogba who ran into the ball. Then the foul went in favour of Ramos and Madrid scored from it.

I may have to watch it in Youtube again tomorrow to get a better assessment.

This happens every time in wild life. But the lion doesn't run too far before it turns around to chase after the bulls left behind.

Most times the lion targets the baby buffalo. The tactics is to chase till the bull get tired of (counter) attacking emass. Soon some of the bulls get scared and run for their lives.

Arsenate: Chelsea players are superior to man utd's. If chelsea had a mourinho or a fergie, this wouldn't even be a contest. Manure is a one-man team

Who is the one man?

She has a never say die attitude which will take her far.

Great Manchester United.

booqee: Too much boring and unnecessary doctrine in the catholic church...
Jesus came, He died for our sins..and on the third day He rose again. That is what we should celebrate if you want to celebrate anything.. what is all this triduum, maundy jargon dats not even in the bible?? Smh

Are you saying the washing of feet and breaking of bread as shown in he pictures above are not in the bible?

free2ryhme: How come a celebrity of has status is no verified on twitter? Even common dbanj, her boyfriend house boy, wey no get levels is verified

She is verified. Over verified.

You cannot but like this girl.

Richfella: That might explain a lot too.

Serious 'panel-beating' locally and all. Some parts might even have been tied too .

Exactly, that Honda looks rusty, and it has been involved in an accident before.

Wahala dey o.

Amaaskia: Calm down people. I'm actually following Kim on twitter, I mean the verified Kim and she didn't tweet this. She never said anything bad about Nigeria. This twitter profile is FAKE! The real Kim has 17558185 followers, of course including me . She didn't do it! Have a nice day people ....

uihebom: why cant you guys allow dis girl to rest?

Exactly, since she came to Nigeria, our people have been insulting her calling her 'p*rn star, wh*re, etc.

They should allow her to have peace jor. She is a human being with blood flowing in her.

The day she will react to all these unnecessary insults.......hmmm

U.S. slams North Korea threats, warns ready for "any contingency"

Reuters - 47 mins ago


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Tuesday condemned North Korea's threats to target U.S. military bases, saying the United States was ready to respond to "any contingency."

"We're concerned about any threat raised by the North Koreans," Pentagon spokesman George Little told reporters.

"They need to stop threatening peace on the peninsula, that doesn't help anyone ... and we stand ready to respond to any contingency."

(Reporting by Phil Stewart; Editing by Vicki Allen)
http://m.yahoo.com/w/legobpengine/news/u-slams-north-korea-threats-warns-ready-contingency-161020249.html?.b=index&.cf3=World+News&.cf4=2&.cf5=Reuters&.cf6=%2F&.ts=1364316236&.intl=us&.lang=en

ecolime: This small fat boy too dey talk. They should strike rather than just cracking war jokes. I laugh in Korean.

lol

Freemason!!!

March 26, 2013
North Korea said today it has moved strategic rocket and artillery units into top combat position in preparation for a strike against the United States.

In a statement released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), North Korea said, "From this moment, the Supreme Command of the Korean People's Army will be putting in combat duty posture No. 1 all field artillery units including long-range artillery strategic rocket units that will target all enemy objects in U.S. invasionary bases on its mainland, Hawaii and Guam."

The United States recently engaged in long-planned joint military exercises in the region. Also, the United States and South Korea Friday signed a military pact providing for a joint response to even low-level provocation from the North.

The move was predicted by analysts to provoke the North, and state news Monday released photos of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, inspecting People's Army Unit 1501.

In response to the KCNA statement today, South Korea's Presidential Office downplayed the threat. "We have not detected any special movements in the North Korean military," the office said.

Kim Yong Hyun, a professor of North Studies at Dong Guk University in Seoul, said North Korea's statement "doesn't mean that they will conduct some sort of military attack right away. They are elevating the crisis situation with the harshest rhetoric as possible."

North Korea has made similar statements in the past but has not included the term "No.1" until now. South Korean military experts are analyzing what that might mean.


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It is not the first time the military regime has put its forces on "combat-ready' posture."

North Korea put the country on "pre-war" status in 1993 after it announced it was abandoning the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

The most recent statement comes amid escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula. North Korea carried out an underground nuclear test Feb. 12. It successfully tested in December a long-range rocket capable of hitting the United States. Both actions led to a U.N. resolution toughening sanctions against the reclusive regime.

North Korea has since released consistently bellicose threats directed at both the United States and neighboring South Korea.

There are also reports of a divide between North Korea and its traditional ally, China. China provides critical food aid and other support to North Korea but recently voted in support of sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

China urged restraint in response to North Korea's announcement today.

But according to Rodong Sinmum, a mouthpiece for the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), at a rally on March 8 in Pyongyang, North Korean General Kang Pyo-yong announced the military is in position to launch a "war of reunification" if the order is given. He said North Korea has developed nuclear warheads that can fit on the end of a long-range missile and are capable of hitting the United States.

Experts question the veracity of the claim. Such expertise has long been believed to be years away.

But with recent posturing becoming consistent and aggressive, many observers underscore how difficult it is to predict what North Korea will do or what the specifics of its capabilities are.

North Korea nullified the armistice agreement on March 5 that ended the Korean War. The next day, the country set a no-fly, no-sail zone on both sides of the Korean peninsula.

Many say months of ire in the region have been building up to this moment. State-run newscasts carried this threat last week:

"The U.S. should not forget that the Anderson Air Force Base on Guam, where the [American] B-52 takes off, and naval bases in Japan and Okinawa, where nuclear-powered submarines are launched, are within striking range of the DPRK's (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) precision strike means. Now that the U.S. has started open nuclear blackmail and threats, the DPRK, too, will move to take corresponding military action."

Experts say the recent statements signal intensified brinkmanship and the world should expect to hear more.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/north-korea-puts-artillery-forces-high-alert-threatens/story?id=18812245#.UVG0vxyLCDs

Hard to see a lady who loves wrestling so much. This is so cool.

Though it looks you are a new comer.

That's not my signature! Pandev insists he voted for Mourinho as FIFA Coach of the Year puzzle deepens

By Rik Sharma

PUBLISHED: 10:40, 24 March 2013 | UPDATED: 10:55, 24 March 2013

Goran Pandev claims that his signature has been forged on the voting slip for Coach of the Year which FIFA published.

Vincente del Bosque won the award but the Macedonia captain and former Inter Milan striker says he voted for Mourinho, even though his vote was counted for the Spaniard.

'I don’t want to leave an official statement right now, because tonight we have an important game against Belgium,' Pandev told Calciomercato.com.

'I can only say that on that fax it is not my signature. Mourinho is my preferred candidate, everyone knows it.'



Voting slip: Goran Pandev says what FIFA published does not contain his signature



Turning his back: Jose Mourinho claims the FIFA coach of the year award voting was rigged



Suspicion: Goran Pandev claims he voted for Mourinho but his vote was counted for Del Bosque

After Mourinho claimed the award was fixed, the Napoli striker backed his former boss.

He said: 'I voted for Mourinho as best coach of the year and I am convinced that strange things happened when the votes were counted.

'According to the FIFA list I voted for Vicente del Bosque, but I voted for Mourinho. I even called him and said I’d vote for him. Unfortunately, odd things happen at FIFA.'

FIFA denied any voting irregularities and claimed: 'The list of votes published on FIFA.com is accurate.



Coach of the year: Vicente del Bosque beat Mourinho and Pep Guardiola





Winning the big prizes: Spain coach has guided his country to World Cup and Euro glory

'We have the signed voting form from the FYRO Macedonia FA, signed by the national team coach, the captain, and with the stamp of the national association and signed by the secretary general of the FA, and the votes we have published match the signed voting form.'

The world football governing body then published a form which shows Pandev's vote.

But Pandev says that the signature is not his and that his vote had been in some way altered.

Del Bosque won the award with 34.51 per cent of the 505 votes cast, while Mourinho came in second (20.49 per cent) and Guardiola third (12.91 per cent).



Pep pipped: Guardiola missed out on the coach of the year award

 

More...

FIFA publish Pandev's voting slip which shows he picked Del Bosque NOT Mourinho as Coach of the Year

Real Madrid greats past and present: Di Stefano awards Ronaldo with trophy for La Liga's best player

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2298334/Goran-Pandev-says-signature-forged-FIFA-voting-slip-Coach-Year.html?ICO=most_read_module

manie: N102,000 will buy 20,000 units of GTB in 2001. This 20,000 units would have grown to 140,000 units valued at N3.4 Million in 2013.

GTB should pay a minimum dividend of N1.60k

140,000 units of GTB will have a dividend after with holding tax of roughly N200,000

Stop deceiving people. What of those that bought at high price in 2007 before the crash? People lost up to 70% to 90% of their money.

They knew how to open the car from outside, but the didn't know how to open from inside? This is hard for me to believe.

Are cars for sale not supposed to be locked?

I am thinking??

Anyway, may their souls RIP.

Hope he won't put himself into trouble with this? He is discrediting the organisation that provides him a career. But wait, I heard FIFA is corrupt.

Reuters – 3 hours ago

LISBON, March 19 (Reuters) - Real Madrid's Jose Mourinho did not attend the FIFA Ballon d'Or gala because he was warned by some of those who voted for him as coach of the year that their votes showed up as supporting other candidates instead.
"Am I sorry for not having gone to the gala? No. It was the right decision," Mourinho told RTP television on Tuesday in excerpts from an interview.
"One, two or three people called me saying they had voted for me but the vote showed up as cast for somebody else. So, I decided not to go," he said.
The Portuguese coach and former Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola lost the 2012 FIFA coach award to Spain's Vicente del Bosque at January's gala.
FIFA said in a statement: "FIFA confirms that the list of votes published on FIFA.com is accurate." (Reporting by Daniel Alvarenga, additional reporting by Brian Homewood)

Can this be true?

coogar: we have already ascertained you have traded your intelligence quotient for a plate of hot peppersoup. there's no need debating with a rëtard who does not understand media scrutiny. not even TB Joshua can save your failing intelligence.



which says a lot about your football intelligence.......
anyone debating or analysing man utd on facebook cannot be taken serious - you are equivalent to a plastic fan. if you are not a member of redcafe then your man utd membership needs questioning. any of us here on nairaland would take your members of your other forums to the cleaners. we don't joke here and we stick to the facts and not conjectures. i almost stabbed you twice when you mentioned united facebook page. facebook??


hahahahaha, he does it again posting the bleacher report of january 24 to buttress his point that joe hart is better. see what facebook page has done to you? providing outdated stats when i gave you an article written 24 hrs ago that confirmed de gea's 20 league appearances. the article you posted was game week 22. it's as stale as fück! keep trying though, one day you would get to our level here on nairaland!

At the end of the season, we shall see who the best goalkeeper goes to. Perhaps the only time I will return to remind you and De Gea.

United facebook page has no rival in keeping up with Manchester United. You get to know things as they happen. When they are raw, being cooked and when ready to serve.

Bye.

Ranking the Top 10 Premier League Goalkeepers This Season

By Charlie Melman on January 24, 2013



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Sometimes, goalkeepers do not get the deserved attention that their teammates do.

After all, they spend most of the match off camera, in the obscurity of their penalty box. Life can often be lonely between the posts. They don't even get to celebrate goals with the rest of the team.

But a world-class goalkeeper can save points, win matches and earn silverware. Let's commemorate some of the Premier League's best shot-stoppers by ranking them based on clean sheets kept, the quality of the defense in front of them and good old holistic observation.

Honorable Mentions



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Brad Guzan

The American shot-stopper has had his best run of form during this campaign, displacing the experienced Shay Given and keeping five clean sheets in 21 games.

However, he's also conceded 40 goals in those 21 games, which rules him out of the top 10, and keeps him the second-best American goalkeeper in England.

 

Júlio César

At times, César has singehandedly saved precious points for QPR with his still-world-class reflexes and instincts. But it's impossible to rank a goalkeeper in the top 10 in England when he's only recorded three clean sheets in 13 games.

 

Pepe Reina

A fixture between the sticks for Liverpool during the past several seasons, Reina has certainly been above-average this year, but his inconsistent form prevents him from being mentioned among the true elite anymore.

Recent criticism has fanned speculation linking him with a return to Spain to fill Victor Valdes' impending void at Barcelona.

10: Tim Krul



Why has my defense forsaken me?
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After a stellar run of form last season, Tim Krul was promoted to Newcastle's first-choice goalkeeper, and he has not looked close to conceding that title since.

The problem for the Dutchman this season has been the back four he's had to put up with. The group that wrapped up 2012 by conceding seven goals to Arsenal has been porous at best, conceding the fourth-most goals in the Premier League.

However, that does not detract from Krul's quality. The Toon would surely be closer to the relegation zone if their lanky goalkeeper with the '90s haircut was not pulling off fine stops and saving his defense's blunders.

9: Wojciech Szczesny



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Wojciech Szczesny is far from the finished product, but his already impressive displays for Arsenal this season provide great hope for the future to Gunners fans.

What the Pole in goal can do (that other Arsenal 'keepers haven't) is take firm command of his penalty area.

Though only 20 years old when he made his first-team breakthrough in 2010, Szczesny has always seemed to be able to command respect from his defenders and deal with the sorts of crosses and high balls into the box that define Premier League football.

He certainly has his faults. Poor distribution and failure to deal with some savable shots have not reflected well upon Szczesny, but his positive attributes are outweighing those negatives more and more every game.

8: Tim Howard



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As he has been for several seasons now, American Tim Howard is the rock at the back that stabilizes Everton's defense. His exceptional play in goal has allowed the Toffees the freedom to open up their opponents, and Everton is now within a mere three points of the Champions League places.

Few have the utter control over their penalty area that Howard does for both club and country. One will surely see him yelling and gesticulating at his defenders during an Everton or USA match, taking charge of any situation in his area.

He's played all 2,070 minutes of Everton's 23 League games this season, and that's not an accident. Howard's as big a reason as any why the Toffees have the third-best defense in the Premier League.

7: Ben Foster



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How good is Ben Foster? I'll just defer to his manager at West Brom, Steve Clarke:

WBA's Steve Clarke on Ben Foster v #mufc: "That is why we spent our whole summer transfer budget on Ben. That is what we expect him to do."

— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) December 29, 2012

Goalkeepers of Foster's quality can certainly be the difference between relegation and promotion, or a mid-table finish and a scrap to stay up. That's why Clarke knew he had to spend big to get the man who is now arguably West Brom's most important player.

With the reflexes and penalty box presence of an England international, Foster can, and has, saved points for the Baggies this season.

6: David de Gea



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Manchester United's goalkeeper has been harshly criticized since his arrival at Old Trafford in 2011 for some high-profile mistakes unbecoming of the No. 1 for arguably the best team in the world.

Yet when unencumbered by thought and anxiety, De Gea shows time and time again why he might have the most raw talent of any goalkeeper in the Premier League.

His reflexes are superb, and though he does not command his area with the effectiveness of others on this list, De Gea can pull off saves that few others in the world can.

5: Hugo Lloris



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Brad Friedel may be 41, but it still takes a lot to displace a man who is on a little run of 310 consecutive Premier League games.

Hugo Lloris did that, and is now firmly established as Tottenham Hotspur's first-choice goalkeeper.

The captain of the French national team has the best clean-sheets-to-games-played ratio of any goalie in the Premier League, with six in 13 matches.

With the kind of penalty-box presence, superb reflexes and excellent positioning one would expect from a shot-stopper of Lloris' stature, the summer signing has made the position his own this season and in the future.

4: Michel Vorm



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When one watches Michel Vorm carry Swansea on his shoulders in many games, it's incredible to think that he was purchased for a mere £1.5 million.

The great bargain of 2011 has established himself as one of the Premier League's best since he arrived in Wales. After overcoming an injury at the beginning of this season, Vorm picked up right where he left off.

In fact, Swansea, known for being a swashbuckling attacking side, are have the tied-fourth-best defense in the Premier League this season.

To take an example: Before his goal was finally and inevitably breached late in the game by Lukas Podolski, Vorm repelled Arsenal during their first FA Cup tie time and time again, pulling off numerous instinctive, reflex saves that are the mark of a top goalkeeper.

Any team in England would love to have him, and he'd surely go for more than £1.5 million.

3: Petr Cech



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Through all the managers, all the new players and all of Roman Abromavich's hijinks, there has always been Petr Cech between the sticks at Stamford Bridge.

With nine clean sheets in 22 games this season, Cech the Czech has been his usual reliable self. An unflappable presence in goal, he is Chelsea's Rock of Gibraltar amidst the various selection controversies that occur with his outfield players.

With an imposing 6'5" frame, a fearlessness probably borne out of the soft helmet he wears on his head and the quick-twitch reflexes to make a stunning stop on a moment's notice, Cech is preventing wunderkind Thibaut Courtois from getting a look at the starting job when he returns from loan in the summer.

2: Joe Hart



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England No. 1 Joe Hart holds down the back of the Premier League's best defense and has shown himself to be among the best in the world during the past few seasons.

As physically imposing as he needs to be in the most physical league in the world, Hart evokes fear and apprehension in his opponents as they breach Manchester City's defense—a rare occurrence.

That is one of the marks of a truly great goalkeeper. Another? Superb range: No matter where a ball is struck, one is never entirely sure if it will hit the back of the net, simply because Hart is in goal.

He has let in the fewest goals in the Premier League (19) and kept the most clean sheets (10). So why isn't he the best in England?
http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/1498499-ranking-the-top-10-premier-league-goalkeepers

coogar: comprehension is your problem - i said every penalty the chelsea players aimed to van der sar's left scored. anelka was the only one that changed his plan!



i said champions league semifinal at the emirates - would emirates host a champions league final or are you this daft?



photos would not tell you the true story. you have to see the starting position, his movement towards the ball and the save itself. i have given you a video to watch. go and see what chelsea players were doing to van der sar. that was where terry was going to before he lost his standing foot and hit the post!



you must really be an imbecilë - who is attaching de gea's brilliance to his price tag? i said his scrutiny is higher because he's the 2nd most expensive goalie.



please don't come back.....
the thread has survived since 2005. if you leave, we would be happy to miss you. on some other united threads, you would have been banned for trolling.

go to redcafe and do 10% of the things you have done here and see if your IP won't be banned. you won't even survive their newbies thread, let alone get promoted to the main forum!

I am in treads where I interact with fans all o ver the world with the two admin resident in Old Trafford and they relate with the team everyday. I am also on United facebook page with the admin giving some of us the opportunities to video chat with some of the players. We get United news before they are news. We discuss constructively, and my views are highly appreciated and mostly liked. The admin sometimes praise my contributions, something they hardly do because the crowd and traffic is high. I enjoy everything there. This place is so dry because a few people want to monopolized it.

Goodluck. No wonder the traffic is low.

Fabville: Did you all watch the Bayern Munich v Arsenal match yesterday where Javi Martinez of Bayern committed a far more dangerous play offence against Roscky than that which Nani committed against Arbeloa but was given a Yellow card? Which is more dangerous?

Ya

coogar: stop arguing like a doofus
pictures don't tell the true story - the van persie pic you loaded for instance was a goal. that was the champions league final that united won 3-1 at the emirates and van persie scored that particular penalty. show us videos instead of pictures and stop spamming the thread with meaningless pictures. what's your IQ again? 14?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGJ62A2_CTQ

the penalty shoot-out in the video above would reveal the van der sar weakness.

Go and check your post and see that you stated Van Dan Ser conceded every shot that went to his left.

Secondly, Arsenal has never played a UCL final with United.

Thirdly, go and google Van Dan Ser best/top or top ten saves. Or Van Der Sar saves against Chelsea. The Arsenal photo is the only error there.

But your arguments are most illogical. De Gea at £18m pounds doesn't make him the best. Torres is the most expensive striker in EPL, yet a flop.

I am quitting this tread after today, because I don't get to learn anything here but endless argument. No one post United news, and analysis are biased in fabour of some players.

The worst United forum I have participated in.

I can conclude the coogar doesn't watch soccer. I am beginning to wonder if it is not teenagers I am arguing with. Someone is saying De Gea is better than Van Dan Ser.

Also, did you see the height Van Dan Ser goes to take balls in flight? Strikers don't get to see most of them. Compare to De Gea that strikers jump higher than his hands.

Coogar, are you still there?