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Lanre
Whats th possibility of getting these two cars at the price next to them.
else whats the alternative?

Honda Halla - 500k
Volkswagen Passat - N1m

Tmoni
Never was expecting a positive news from the appeal!!
Good a thing Fletcher never really expected a thing from the appeal!
Lets see how we can decimate Barca with what we have.

Moonstone:
For some strange reason, I just heard that my Tevez has expressed his interest in leaving Manchester United probably for Manchester City. . . why on earth? He wants to leave me with Berbatov! I absolutely hate this. Can't SAF put shackles on his leg and make him stay for 3 more years.

Only one thing can put shackles on his legs. . . . . . . just leave A-40's bed and see the wonders it will perform
it will even make berbatov play better that you will hate Ronaldo Lima as a striker

VM
Whats up? You don sell the Halla?
if you can do 500k holla me one of me clients need it and will pay cash down!!
Infact i have the money!!

switch47:
On missing out on third place in the Premier League…
“We had a small opportunity to come third but three months ago everybody said we would finished tenth so I would have signed at that point to finish fourth. I don’t feel we have to be too disappointed with that but what is very disappointing for us is in the games that mattered in the last three or four weeks we couldn’t win. That’s where we have to analyse. But today there were a lot of positives in the game and we have to take a little distance from the defeat because it’s not a 4-1 game today.”

kai!! this is a team that went unbeaten three seasons ago!
Won trophies and now is contented to be placed fourth!!! How the times have changed
Anyway, Wenger, pls keep the youth policy intact while those with Men policy wins the trophy!
At least it will reduce our rivals to two!!

A resident Sansiro retard is at it again!!
WHen will he learn to be a good sports man!! I can't wait for him to proven wrong yet again!!

dude you are better off alone than messing around like this
Let things be the way they are, when u are ready to settle down, call nkechi up and sort things out
You may or may not be lucky to find her available!!

better still, go into an open relationship with Bose!!

Nope!! what about it?

I think the FA should have red and yellow card for referees should they begin to mess up a match.
This is also a good case for the introduction of the video technology!!

MrCrackles:
U dey vex?

Aw Brashy has finally been discharged!!
I hope you got all our get well messages? We really missed you!!
I hope the ICU was comfy enough to energise your brain cell back to normal functioning mode?
I truly understand how terrible a heartbreak the loss was!

Muki you too!! We Mancs loff you all!

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=252254.msg3839659#msg3839659 date=1241786565]Well written but a GAYnner coulda written this and pretend he/she is a Chelsea fan.[/quote]Ain't there something you are good at that twisting issues?
lets lay this argument to rest.
Chelsea was cheated but as for the Conspiracy theory, they are just imaginations of an over hyped press!!!

I have to stake to argue
The ref was bad thats a case but after that what next?
it can still be evened out next season!!

Eastbay:
Emp,
Where's the report for the first leg?
For a conspiracy to be valid it needs to take into account everything as regards the subject,in this case, the Chelsea-Barcelona tie.
And while you're are it,i'd like to see the report from the Man. united/Arsenal tie too.Or was it going to be that obvious that United would win?

What i will never do is allow the English bias cum emotional tirade to affect me.
I am an advocate of good football and you will agree with me that it was more entertaining to watch our tie (Man Utd) with barca at this stage last year
than the one with Chelsea this season. With the way things went thru the game, i will be EMOTIONALLY forced to believe its a conspiracy.
But i have stopped taking sides or decisions with emotions; hence, where i stand is that Chelsea shouldn't have waited for the decisions to kill off the game.
Moreso, i believe that like you said, co-opting the first game into the total analysis will see the bad calls even themselves out.
Wolfgang Stark made some bad calls but not as bad as Ovrebo;
The article below to some extent sums up my thought; and just maybe, Hiddink had nemesis catching up with him just like DDK posited!!
read below;

CL Special: There Is No Barcelona-Chelsea Conspiracy - Guus Hiddink's Korea 2002 Hypocrisy
The referee for Chelsea's Barcelona tie might have been stupid, but he certainly wasn’t shady - and it belies belief that Hiddink, considering his past at the 2002 World Cup, should perpetuate the idea of a campaign against his side, writes Goal.com's Carlo Garganese,

“When people say it's all very suspicious then I get rather angry,” roared Guus Hiddink on June 23, 2002.

“Italy and Spain should look at themselves and their shortcomings rather than the referee’s.

“It's easy to go on blaming referees or linesmen. Of course they make mistakes, but coaches make mistakes, players make mistakes, and the press make mistakes. They go for you and against you.”

If you haven’t already worked it out, this was then South Korea coach Hiddink’s angry response following widespread claims that there had been a conspiracy at the 2002 World Cup to send his co-hosts through at the expense of Italy, Spain and, to a lesser extent, Portugal.

The 2002 World Cup has gone down in footballing infamy, and indeed the majority of supporters in Italy and Spain refuse to even acknowledge that tournament’s legality. The Azzurri had five perfectly good goals disallowed in three games for non-existent offsides, while they were eliminated by Hiddink’s Korea in the second round after an extra time Golden Goal. During that clash, Ecuadorian referee Byron Moreno awarded Korea a questionable penalty, harshly sent off Francesco Totti for diving, and disallowed a good Damiano Tommasi Golden Goal. Spain were the next victims of Korea in the quarter final, losing on penalties after they had had two legitimate strikes chalked off.

Fast forward seven years to May 6, 2009. Hiddink, now interim manager of Chelsea, had just been denied a place in the Champions League final following a dramatic injury time equaliser by Barcelona’s Andres Iniesta in West London.

In the post-match interview, Hiddink, referring to five penalty claims that were turned down by referee Tom Henning Ovrebo, clearly implied on both English and Italian television that there may have been a sinister plot by those in positions of power.

“I won't say what we really feel, but it's an injustice. It's not just one doubtful call. Ask the people who put the referee in charge of this game,” the Dutchman moaned to Sky Sports.

“When all these things happen, then you start thinking,” he added to Sky Italia.

I know what I'm thinking Guus, and it is not conspiracy, but hypocrisy. The regularity and enormity of the events at the 2002 World Cup were more than enough to form a conspiracy theory, yet Hiddink shrugged them off as Italian and Spanish sour grapes. What took place last night at Stamford Bridge was just plain bad officiating that penalised both sides in equal measure.

Of the five incidents that Chelsea have complained about, only one was a penalty – the clear handball by Gerard Pique. Dani Alves’ obstruction on Florent Malouda may have been inside the area, but obstruction is only a penalty offence when it is really serious, and this was not. The same can be said for Eric Abidal’s slight pull of Didier Drogba’s shirt before half time, which preceded a one second delay before the Ivorian catapulted himself onto the floor like he’d caught the plague.

In the episode involving Drogba and Yaya Toure on 56 minutes, both players were wrestling each other, and even if Kolo’s younger brother did draw back the Chelsea hitman, it was well outside the area. When the two players entered the box, Toure won the ball with a fair tackle. Finally, regarding Michael Ballack’s last-gasp appeal against Samuel Eto’o, the Cameroonian may have had his arm higher than usual, but it was clearly ball-to-hand (the very top of his arm and back), while he also had his back turned. FIFA’s ‘Laws of the Game’ are crystal clear on this.

It is amusing that Chelsea have conveniently overlooked the fact that Abidal was wrongly red carded on 65 minutes for a ‘professional foul’ when Anelka had tripped over his own feet. This forced Barcelona to chase the last 25 minutes of the game with just 10 men. As a result the space opened up for Chelsea on the counter-attack, and it was only after this dismissal that the stonewall Pique penalty incident occurred. It is also peculiar how Chelsea have discarded the performance of referee Wolfgang Stark in the first leg at Camp Nou. During that game, Stark waved away an excellent Thierry Henry penalty shout, failed to send off Michael Ballack, and also harshly booked Carles Puyol, forcing Barcelona to start a left back at centre back, and a centre midfielder at left back last night.

Over the course of the two ties, the appalling refereeing decisions evened themselves out. Had Iniesta not scored that late goal, it would have been Barcelona doing the complaining, just like they did after the first leg when coach Pep Guardiola sniped that “referees need to take a look at themselves”, and Eto’o sarcastically shrugged that “you’d have to ask the referee about his controversial performance.”

The red card of Abidal would have killed many lesser sides, but not Barcelona, who actually continued to dominate possession despite being a man short. Hiddink may have chosen the right tactics against Barcelona over two legs, and Chelsea are undoubtedly unlucky to go out (just as they were last year when they deserved to win the title), but it must also be recognised just how negative the Blues were in both legs. It was Catenaccio stuff that would have had Helenio Herrera dancing around in his grave.

When Hiddink’s Australia were defeated by Italy in the second round of the 2006 World Cup, the Dutchman remarked after the game, “We tried to play another style, a style that is more attractive for the spectators to see. The Italians wanted to play defensively, they love to play with a wall - they don’t think about attractive football, they just think about the result.”

Like your Chelsea side in both legs against Barca, you mean? There was no conspiracy Guus last night, but there sure was an absurd amount of hypocrisy.

What are your views on this topic? Was there a conspiracy last night, or is Guus Hiddink just being hypocritical? Goal.com wants to know what YOU think.

Both are all opportunities
Draw at Upton Park looks plausible
We need to up the game against Citeh!
The formation against the Gunners seems the in thing now!

For the proponents of the Conspiracy Theory,
here is some for your arguments;
http://www.goal.com/en/news/1716/champions-league/2009/05/08/1252747/uefa-posted-result-of-chelsea-barcelona-on-website-hours-before-g

UEFA Posted Result Of Chelsea - Barcelona On Website Hours Before Game - Report
Fans of the Blues have apparently treated the correctly predicted scoreline on the dummy match report as suspicious,

According to a report in the British tabloid The Sun, UEFA posted a 1-1 scoreline of
Chelsea and Barcelona's Champions League semi-final second leg on their website hours before the game even started.

Apparently, fans of the Blues have been left absolutely amazed that the eventual
result was correctly predicted in the dummy match report.

Conspiracy theories that UEFA wanted to avoid another all-English final,
and therefore did all they could to ensure Chelsea would not progress, are already flying around
and this news may only lend weight to those suggestions.

It is claimed that the dummy report predicted that Barcelona would score a late goal,
as well as rightly guessing three of the four Blues players who were booked - Didier Drogba, Michael Ballack and Alex.

"This ‘test’ is remarkably similar to the actual result," a Chelsea supporter is quoted as saying.

However, a picture of the dummy report has Chelsea down as having one player sent off and Barcelona none,
but the Spanish side were actually reduced to ten men on Wednesday while the Blues were not.

Sauron
You don't get my point, our midfield is very versatile
Barca is more like two attacking midfielders (Iniesta and Xavi) and one defensive midfielder(Toure) to clean the mistakes
Fletcher, Anderson and Carrick can inter changbetween mid field and attack.
With Arsenal, Anderson was always supporting the attack, but the speed with he returns to help the defence is amazing.
Messi won't drift back, Xavi and Iniesta rarely does.

Messi was TERRIBLE last night. He has never really done well against English sides
I wonder what all the hype is about?
He was just not it yesterday!!

[quote author=inspired_m link=topic=266125.msg3832693#msg3832693 date=1241647129]Emperoh,

Any Club that beats Chelsea Outta the Champions League Shall Win the Title [/quote]May 27 2009 7.45pm shall decide
And don't tell me you were robbed!!

Met me at the Sports sections lets debate!!

Asha
Which would you have preferred?
Wininng in the finals or winning at the stage United lost?
Barca were for the taking yesterday. I still maintain Chelsea had themselves to blame
Had Drogba buried those two chances he had, who will be looking at Ovrebo's failings!!

Barca has a more attack minded midfield contrary to Man U all round set up.
That to me is a plus. We stopped them last season, we'll do it again in Rome!!

After someone will come to say Man U is fraudulent
Abidal is on red and was wrongly sent off
They need him to play against Mancs so therefore Fletcher can appeal!!
Anyway it turns out, we'll carry the day!!
Hennings Ovrebo should be shot in the anus for yesternights officiating

chamotex:
Ermm, did someone say it's enough??

Who said so? They want kill us when we lost to Fulham and them Scousers
So they should just belly it. I love 40 boi for his spirit!!! only God know what it woulda been like where it the other way round.

Cristalz:
@Emp
Not interested. . .

Are you sure this is true?
This ain't the Criz i know!! Or have you repented like me?
Meanwhile, where you the one that left a voice mail on my phone about Muki?
The person said she's been transferred to the ICU of the teaching Hospital in Bansang!!
Pls take care of we mod!!! Is DDK there?

Two league wins to our 18th league title.
I am just happy these guys understand what is at stake!!
I give kudos to the scouses though, for putting up a good fight.
I had expected to see the Chavs right on our heels. Just thats benitez opened his plaque infested mouth
To yarn gibberish!!

No2Atheism:
I give up on you, you are right you are right you are right your are right, even though you are not, but so that at least i can get some peace from you, let me just say you are right.

Or else i would come a spank the bejesus out of you over there in Abuja, , red satan

Are you sure you are ready for what will follow this?
Criz na sweet poison ooh!!

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=247857.msg3830386#msg3830386 date=1241621784]Be honest with yourself. . . . . .
After reading this, you gotta admit you have been made to sound STUPID. [/quote]

Ibime:
CR7 is also still at the top of his game. The only man who can play left-wing, right-wing or striker and make it look natural. He is a physical phenomenom. Height, strength, pace, skill. . . . and the most accurate shot in World football. . . . Messi may be more skillful and probably better. . . . . but Ronaldo is the most complete footballer alround.

This is the most unbiased article i have read from a rival all night
Ibime, daalu!! Let the doubters keep running their mouths.
he doesn't just show up in big games, he shows up in when the pressure is high!!
Remember Inter Milan? Porto? and then Arsenal?

Kai!!! I will miss Fletcher!!!
No place for Berba in the line up?

The Amanti is what we know as Opirus here
it didn't sell in Nigeria and i wonder hw the owner is gonna deal with spare parts

UGBOALA!!!

I think Barca will be a more formidable final.
The formation we used against the gaynners will work perfectly against Barca.
Let Ronaldo be by himself upfront, then get Rooney and park on both flanks
Giggs should be in the middle while Carrick takes over fletchers duty
It is not soo difficult to mark Iniesta and Xavi as they are not that physical.
I don't want to meet Chelsea. Its gonna be an easy tie.

My worry is how to curtail Alves coming forward?

coded guy:
SORROW TEARS AND BLOOD!!!!!!.

Them regular trade mark!!

Loyiks tha Great!!
Good to see your 'no holds barred' analysis.
Accept one thing, you were roundly, thoroughly, overtly and mercilessly spanked!!

The UCL have a formula and if you don't have it, you won't EVER get there
not even luck will get you there. Ask SAF

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=268431.msg3829538#msg3829538 date=1241613233]United are better than Arsenal.
We only lose against em when we field the wrong players.
Once u stop their midfield from passing the ball around, you will beat them.

Imagine the GAYnners camping in our half to attack. . . . . .
They completely forgot we are the MASTERS of counter-attacks
Once Three-Lung Park drove into the heart of their midfield. . . .I knew what was coming next.

He found Wazza with a precise pass but take nothing from Ronaldo who started the move n sprinted 70 yards to receive Rooney's inch-perfect pass that took out Djourou completely. Ronaldo's finish was inevitable.
Such was the brilliance of Wazza's pass.

That goal should win the goal of the competition.[/quote]I need clips to that goal.
it has to be on my mobile!! Kai i couldn't see anything better in the whole tie
Kid stars don't win men's trophy
SAF search for years to be able to get the UCL formulae
And CR7's rocket? I was still looking for formula behind the strike in Estadio dragao,
and then he complicated my assignment with the second goal.
I care not who we meet. If its Barca, its gonna be like last season.
Chelsea? This time, the tie will end in 90minutes. bet me!!

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=268431.msg3829313#msg3829313 date=1241610380]@ Emperoh,

U owe me a carton of Gulder. . . . . .
I remember telling you the triumvirate of Fletcher, Anderson and Carrick are unstoppable against a spineless Asrsenal side last week but you wanted Scholesy in the midfield.
Put those 3 against any Arsenal team and we are sure to win the game.

How many times has Anderson raped Fabregas now?[/quote]Debosky should serve you that carton of beer for failing to wear Blue Diver's thong
as he swore we would do if we score up to two at the EmiRATes.

UEFA Says they won't look into the case even if the ref says so.
Here's the link;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8035053.stm

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=268431.msg3829313#msg3829313 date=1241610380]@ Emperoh,
How many times has Anderson raped Fabregas now?[/quote]Raped ke!! He just fingered him!! If he raped, Fab would be finished as a pro footballer!
He was supposed to be his teams inspiration.
But lo i kept seeing him trying to sneak out of Ando's pocket. Or did he enjoy the cozy interior?
I should look for a redefinition of world class if someone call him a world class player again!!

My only sad moment is that Man U made this tie look light years easy.
To think i was fretting initially!!

Quite a sad one there
It really hurts me cos it was an unfair and harsh decision against the player
SOmeone who's worked this hard deserves to play in the biggest game of his career.
I know Man U has a replacement for him but he deserves to be on that pitch in Rome.

khanye:
Congrats! Nice one there Man U, meet you in rome!

Nah!! not until you buy your ticket tonite.
Don't be too sure dude. The teams playing away on the second leg seems to have the upper hand.

Ribbing!! Thats the spirit!!
Kill!!!!!!