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In other news though, De Jong is an absolutely remarkable player and I think he is the long term replacement for Sergio Busquets.

Dembele has not done enough for the hype that he is brewing on this thread FFS. Let these players earn their stripes.

10Dove:
well, if it's on that particular position, based on consistency n what is required, I'll choose Busi 10 times over pep.

That is preference and it is very allowed. But "facts" are not based on preference which is what I was trying to correct.

I would put Busi over him too in terms of what we won, but it does not mean it will be an easy decision.

Olamyyde:
Lol...no midfielder in history comes close to xavi.

Busquets was part of the greatest midfield trio of all time and has won virtually almost every silverware in football.

Mascherano came from epl as the best dm and couldn't even be a suitable substitute for him.

Busquets in his prime has to be in the conversation for the greatest Dm of all time.

Guardiola more intelligent than him? Lol!
Pep said if he were to be incarnated as a player, he wished he would be sergio busquets.

Macherano's game is predicated more on ball-winning than possession.

Busi is in conversation for greatest DM of all times because he is part of the greatest teams of all times and I don't think anybody here is questioning that. But him being better than Pep as dismissively as you put it is pure and unadulterated recency bias. I have told you that passing and scoring Pep was CLEARLY better.

I am tempted to read your previous posts before knowing whether I should even discuss intelligence with you. The brain someone uses to coach games, devise or understand tactics, learn multiple languages, lead title winning teams as a captain, win trophies as a manager- does not show how much more intelligent a person is than others? Or why do you think Pep said Lahm was the most intelligent player he had coached even when we know same Pep has coached Ini and Messi?

Isomerizm:
How can I stream this match, please?

I am having the same issue now because of this reddit issue.

10Dove:
Pep was too injury prone. Don't get me wrong, he was great, but I think Busi is just way too underrated. Apart from goalscoring, I disagree pep was a better passer.

I am not questioning Busi's greatness. But if anyone was underrated it is actually Pep based on what a few people said here. And as per passer, no disrespect to Busi but it is not even close. Busi is not responsible for creativity in his passing for example. He keeps the engine running. Pep was deciding games with his passes. Easily.

Ozkar:
easy to say, you probably didn't watch Guardiola play, and his team didn't have Messi. Busquets is awesome at what he does, but we have some other players that look better than they truly are because we have a Messi winning us games and silverware.

Don't judge with trophies bro.

I never really watched Pep in his heydays but when he was hired in 2008/09 Barca TV ran a lot of documentaries on him and his time then. This was before any of us knew who Busquets will become. Pep was a phenomenal passer of the ball and scored a lot of long range goals for us. A lot of the past Barca midfielders like Xavi, Arteta, Ini, Fabregas even Xabi Alonso who did not play for us, all said he was the midfielder they looked up to growing up and most of them displayed aspects of his game. Those long balls that Xabi and Fab give, those ground defense-splitting passes Xavi and Ini give, Arteta's long range goals. Those were the things Pep was known for.

Olamyyde:
Busi is the best Dm barca has ever had period!

Guardiola was just an above average Dm for barca and does not have half the silverware busi had as a player.

The way some of your Barca fans sound so authoritative makes me laugh. Go and study the history of this club well. If it was possible to merge Xavi and Busquets' abilities, that was Josep Guardiola.

10Dove:
Pep himself knows Busi is better than he was as a player. Pep played with balon d'or winners as well, Romario, stoichkov, Ronaldo, Rivaldo... Pep was good, Busquet is better.

Actually, Pep was a better passer and goal scorer than Busquets playing at the same position. And Pep was more intelligent. Busquets is a better dribbler, better interceptor of plays and passes and handles the ball under pressure better. Busquets also won more both for Spain and Barcelona so he will be ranked above Pep (and rightly so) but let recency bias not engender a history that did not exist as far as Pep is concerned.

airmark:
Na 5ft5 sef. Dayo is not taller than me. I'm 'talentedly' taller than him.

Did you or did you not claim so?

Are you denying your own height now?

airmark:
Ode, i'm almost 6ft. Taller and more handsome than you dreamer. I have your full picture, you are few inches taller than elrony.

But you once said you were 5'7" or 5'9" which one is almost 6'0" again?

BykeLaByke:
Pool withanother jammy win FFS.

LMAO

Poco a Poco. This is not the game where the points were to be dropped.

There is Everton away. Wolves Away. United Away. Chelsea home. Tottenham home. Those are potential draws.

raumdeuter:
When I brought in Lukaku vs Drogba see how they started turning amala

The same reason they claimed Lampard was better than Iniesta if used Lukaku will be better than Drogba

Just like BykeLaBkye said, only God knows where you get the strength and patience to keep lecturing these people.

Heywhizzy:
Godfatherism is deeply rooted in Nigeria, even on this thread.. so Ibime equated Iniesta to Kovacic and some mumu dey follow yarn am

But I had said it before. Notice some of the United half-wits chimed in to show support in a bid to be accepted.

Khanben:
Depends on how you look at it, in Boston the question will always be is it AD's team or Kyrie's?
In LA on the other hand James is at the tail end of his prime, so in 2-3 seasons it will become AD's team. The lakers have experience in dealing with that kind of scenario...heck their GM Magic lived through it. when Magic was drafted it was Kareem's team after a couple of years it became Magic's team without a fuss

How old is AD?

Ibime:
You play 10 games per season against other top 6 sides.

8.5 seasons have elapsed since 11/12.

Therefore he has scored 37 goals in roughly 85 games, give or take some injuries.

This is not impressive, just selection of stats. That's why RVP who only played 3 years of the time in question has half his goals.

No other player on the list was even an EPL player from 2011 to date except Aguero.

El Oh El

KAM3KAZI:
Links from reddit & twitter?
Please explain.

Whenever there is a game, go to Google and type 'NBA Reddit stream'.

You will see all the games there and many links to help with whatever device you are using.

SmooshCHN:
I get that they are bored. Warriors of the last 2 years and regular season games are like Iverson and practice. Its just funny how everyone in the league is busy fighting on being the first seed while the team and Steve Kerr just decides when to stink and when not to.
I'd be worried if this was game 5 in the playoffs.

One question though: is Steve Kerr bored too when he makes those stupid rotations?? That dude annoys me.

Someone said we complained that KD and Curry should have staggered mins since it felt like one deferred to the other when each was hot. And we complained when Klay was heading the 2nd and 4th Unit and Steve tried to fix that by staggering Curry's rotations with the bench.

Another person said Kerr wants a line up that will get the bench players touching the ball so they will not be out of rhythm when the chips are down.

I don't want to be too critical of Kerr until we get to the playoffs. So I agree with you. If this was a game 5 then I would be pissed. We also need to remember that Boogie has not yet played.

But trust the naysayers to go back to calling us 5 All Stars come playoff time.

ipledge10:
Major concern. Warriors don’t know how to win close game. I have noticed that for sometime now, it’s clearer this season cos of many close games we have had this season.

They don't care. That is all.

Nobody goes home pissed after such games. They are still coasting. Sad but true.

Khanben:
GSW dominating the postseason again will depend on 2 key factors Dray green's shooting has to regress back to the mean and Cousins has got to fit in without any hitches. If GSW continues to play the way they've been doing so far then a lot of teams have the ability to stop them this season.

There is not one team this season that will beat GSW 4 times.

I think people need to complain if they see certain things wrong but we should not be histrionic while at it.

Close losses or losing in OT 4 times this season are not a fair reflection of how the post season will be. Nobody here truly believes Nuggets will even make it to the WCF for example.

And Raptors that were much heralded, how are they doing now? Celts which everyone said will come out the east how is their own stop-start season going?

Fact is, Austin Rivers and Green hit at least 6 3balls yesterday and Harden made like 8. Those are unreal numbers. If you think they will get that chance in the playoffs..LMAO. You are welcome.

Like I have said, GSWs 3pt D has been arse all season. Many average teams have shot the 3ball so well against GSW for that reason. If a little seriousness is shown in that regard, you effectively take away a lot of gimme points these teams get and that is the way the playoffs will go.

Bucks for example, when GSW clamped down the 3pt line we made the most offensive team this year to make under 100pts. Sadly, we have been selective about when to play that type of D which is why the regular season has been this way.

BTW, GSW are 2nd seeded in the west for all our complacency and unseriousness.

SmooshCHN:
Steve Kerr and his playful boys.

Truth is, they did not care. They were not even angry. 5 pts with 40 seconds to go, KD that will usually get to the basket hoofed a 3ball and missed. Then Harden just waltzed into our paint and got 2 FTs. On replay, he was not touched by Draymond.

Shortly after he heaved another 3 and made it that tied the game.

OT we led by 4 with under 2 mins to play. Just force the ball out of Harden's hands. No. We hoped he will miss and he did not.

1second to go, we drew up a play for KD to shoot 3 ball from 30ft behind the basket when Klay was free. That is a team that does not care as much about winning.

3pt defence and complacency have been the biggest issues this regular season but I am not worried. Just angry because the only way we would get serious again is if finishing outside of the top 2 in the west is under contention. This team is clearly under motivated.

In another sense, it helps for the post season because anyone judging us off these regular season games just started watching basketball.

Another thing I have to add is Refs are purposely preventing GSW blow out games to make the season look balanced. The fake ejections and ticky tacky fouls are no longer subtle.

As soon as the lead ballooned to 20..Looney got 2 quick fouls..and Draymond got as well..and Rockets shot 7 quick fire free throws which they all made in the 3rd. They ended up cutting the deficit to 6 before the 4th Quarter.

Of course, the rest of the damage was self-inflicted but even against Portland on their ground the same FT strategy to make a game close was deployed.

Deserved loss.

Threw away a 20pt lead and started chucking 3s in the final seconds of regulation. Then went for a 3pt play in last second of OT when Klay was free under the rim with a point down.

Took this game for granted after the 20pt lead. 15-6 home this season losing all competitive big games that went into OT.

jmaine:
So what does apolitical mean Mr Zombie? Some of you equate your daft state to intelligence..

I can sense your pristine daftness from a mile away.

Every president always dialogues with the controllers of the market. They advise him on economic decisions and he piggy backs information off them. Every single president even in the US.

The Dangotes, Otedolas are part of that retinue and by virtue of their status always choose to remain apolitical.

So if any Billionaire is listed as an adviser on economic policies to the President there are some other stakeholders that might because of this become jittery fearing that they too should align that way. Hence why people like Dangote and whoever this guy is had to clarify that although they will advise the president in the capacity announced, they would have done so even if Sowore was the president. In other words, they are non-partisan. They are not APC members. They will just advise the president.

To be non-partisan just means I DO NOT BELONG TO ANY PARTY. It does not mean he rejected the appointment. Dummy.

I know a lot of people on NL do not think or read but there is no rejection of anything or anyone based on this post. He simply said, he is not a card-carrying member of APC and is therefore apolitical. He never said he was rejecting even the appointment.

Decale:
One day we will address how they call Okogie's name Okogi


But for the meantime, happy 2k19 folks.

And /Oh Jay Lay/ for Ojeleye.

SmooshCHN:
Everybody on the Warriors getting techs. Iguodala ejected for throwing the ball into the stands, KD given a tech for slapping the backboard after a dunk but LeBron can hang on the rim for 10 secs.

They have been trying to make the league look "balanced". We have been seeing it but can't complain because even our players have not been giving it maximum effort.

Today, the type of Defense Portland played against Curry, physically limiting him from moving, shoving him etc. I was just laughing because it was not even funny.

sod09:
blah blah blah
Run along miserable ass licker aka Mr robot
You don't even have of your own whatever Mr apari say you agree. Slowpoke

Be original.

For once in your life, let someone mistakenly assume you are not dumbo-in-chief of the Nairaland Daft forces.

Kerr and Curry messed this one up.

Can the regular season be done already?

Steve Kerr and his useless rotations.

Like what are you putting Curry for in this rubbish line up when you know he is the only offence?

Oracle does not feel the same anymore. The lack of effort and the disgusting lineups you keep trying out.

Like why not try this rubbish away and be serious home after a bad loss the other day?

rotimi9:
season ain't over yet

Rockets will not win the west in rankings. And he is having a wonderful season, Harden but so are so many other players.

rotimi9:
James harden 8straight 30+game ...dude is on fire..back to back mvp...rivers was a God pickup by houston

Voter apathy and Rockets ranking means he will not win it.

birdman:
for who biko

For the NBA, period.

I actually think he is Jordanesque as a scorer.

Only that he folds in the playoffs.