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eldee:
Now this is how to destroy a legacy

. . .gunshots. . .morafoka. . .oh noooooo! The lyrics na mad.
These guys should be sued. Crazy!!!
Now I wonder what Mr. Jay Z will say to this.

^^^ Oh Sh$t!      LOL!

WTF!!

14 yr old?  wtf!
You don't wanna disrupt her education/life by your actions or do you?

@ElRazur, sometimes you speak so much sense. Better stick to this than making music.

@snowdrops, do you call a ban on building a marinet in Switzerland an aggression?

God is good. . .He has done me well
Oh my soul, rise up and praise The Lord.

At first take, yeah Hez got a point but a weak one.
The tune/music/sample from most of his tracks. . .where did he (Jay Z) get them from? yeah from old classic songs.

I'm still feeling this new version though. Maybe not a classic but its was a nice effort.

Calabar girl . . .ewoooooooooo!

Seems no one want to go to SA to support our dear SE.

Tickets are on sale now and you can get them online from
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/organisation/ticketing/index.html

As per accommodation. . .well staying in a hotel is cool but maybe very expensive. I understand some people do rent out room/flats but I don't know how safe that is.

You can check here for such rooms/flats from this website
http://www.istopover.com/worldcup2010/

Folks, abeg drop and share whatever other tips you may have.

Continue here

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-401602.0.html

I think very few understand what WB is going through.

I will take any win.
3 points is the koko.

Continue here pls.

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-404786.0.html

Nigeria pick Lagerback
Nigeria have picked Swede Lars Lagerback and signed him on an initial 5-month deal to take the Super Eagles to the World Cup in South Africa later this year.

Lagerback, who coached his native Sweden for nine years, was picked ahead of fellow Swede Sven Goran Eriksson, Englishman Glen Hoddle, Serb Ratomir Djukovic and Frenchman Bruno Metsu.

The Swede was the last of the five candidates to arrive Abuja and was interviewed on Friday afternoon.

The executive committee of the Nigeria Football Association subsequently went into an eight-hour meeting before announcing Lagerback as the new coach.
http://www.kickoff.com/2010/news/14102/nigeria-pick-lagerback.php

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So LL it is eh? on a 5 month initial deal?  Will he be living in Nigeria during this time?
All well and good. Does anyone know why he was picked?
Will Sia1 be in the setup? what will happen to Amodu the coach?

Isn't it funny that 5 foreign coaches applied to coach Nigeria? Would they have done this if The SE are not WC bound?

Oh Yes He LOVES ME!

snowdrops:
You guys need your brains rebooting.
Balls of steel if you ask me to stand up to imperialist Europe.

Your brain needs to be re-formatted.
Diplomatic stalemate between Libya and Europe.- This is Ok. Na dem get their visa. They all have the right to ban certain individuals or a collective of individual from each others countries.

But urging holy war 'cos of that? WTF?

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=362607.msg5589240#msg5589240 date=1267179869]Good possession + quality players = Goals = Victory.
A classic example is Barcelona.
It is only when good possession combine with brainless players that goals and victory gets stalled.[/quote]Were you on holidays when Rubin disgraced Barca in their backyard? With all the possession they had what happened? Yeah, they lost.
I'm by no means trying to say Rubin is better than Barca (only an i.diot will say that) but the point here is this. . .
It is goals that brings you victory. . .not possession. geddit?

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=362607.msg5589240#msg5589240 date=1267179869]Take a chill pill, you know nowt.
U had us believe Cech had copped numerous goal assists this season. He has only got ONE.
For a goalie who has made more than 500 long kicks this season with only one resulting to a goal. . . .There's nothing remarkable about it.[/quote]Rubbish. He did assist/pre-assisted some of your goals this season. I don't have the time to break this down for you and it's a pity you won't get those stats from anywhere. Watch our matches from MD1 and you will see that some of our attacks start from Cech. His ability to distribute is second to none in the EPL.
Hilly will be between the sticks for some 3-4 matches. Watch him.
Heck, why am I even on this? I don't know how many people will ever believe that Hilly is better than Cech in kicking the ball? 
Meanwhile, I asked you to provide the stats on the goals we conceded 'cos of Cech's long balls. Do you have them now?

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=362607.msg5589240#msg5589240 date=1267179869]He slowed down the attack? How?
Drogba was useless against Inter. His first touch was abysmal.
He couldn't control nada and he kept giving the ball away time n time again.[/quote]You know, this is where I have a problem. When people say DD's first touch is bad. I can dig out several article/posts where it was stated that DD's first touch is GREAT!. How do you guys watch footie? 
DD was better than Nic in our match against Inter.
If I were to rate them. . .
DD = 6
Nic = 2.
Nic gave most of the ball away and did nothing with the possession you are talking about. Go back and watch the match.

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=362607.msg5589240#msg5589240 date=1267179869]People talk about Berba/Anelka slowing down the attack. . . . .This is because they will rather keep possession than make hurried/hopeless passes that will end up going to the opponents. Brilliant players don't give the ball away like Drogba, Tevez and all your favourite all-action players.Nicholas Anelka was not too brilliant on the night but he was not worse than Drogba.[/quote]This is serious. Why try to keep possession when you can easily do a 1-2 GBAM?!?
If there is anything I like about Nic . . .his movement is CLASS! But time wasting in the name of possession? nah. I like fast thinkers. . .fast and ALL-ACTION players.
FYI, Tevez is not a player I like.

@ALL, ok finally, our thread is ALIVE! 

[quote author=tayo_ast link=topic=362607.msg5588891#msg5588891 date=1267175161]I'm still saying this, Drogba lacks objectivity.


He scores goals n we'r all happy, but, there are tyms wen all he need do is 2 play a simple pass 2 d person next 2 him but he won't. Rather, he wasts 2 dribble d ball past other playas and 9.99 tyms out oif 10, he loses out.

Its only against useless playas like Assnal's that he dribbles. Kapish[/quote]And I think you got that wrong. Nic is the main culprit in that aspect. Even Nateevs will agree with me. 
The aim of this game is to score goals. Everybody loves strikers.

Mourinho's mental magic

Say what you like about Jose Mourinho, but he certainly knows how to make a statement.
The Portuguese manager did not celebrate either of his side's goals as Internazionale beat Chelsea 2-1 in their Champions League second round first leg in Milan, as a mark of respect to his former club.

Just when a fresh dose of canny sound bites and sly digs at his opposite number in the pre-match build-up was in danger of veering into self-parody, Mourinho gave a magnanimous display in the Inter dugout as his team put the quarter-finals in their sights.

He is too shrewd to do anything that might dent his popularity with his adoring fans at his former club. When visiting supporters milling around the Piazza del Duomo are chanting a former manager's name, some two-and-a-half years after he left, you know they must be doing something right.

It is clear that there is an enmity between Mourinho and Carlo Ancelotti, but there was little air of self-satisfaction in his reactions during or after the match.

All of which must grate with Ancelotti much more than any overtly brash celebrations would have done.

The latest man to step into Jose's shadow at Stamford Bridge saw at first hand how, no matter how well he is doing in his first season at the club, he has a long way to go before he is judged on his own terms by employer, media and fans alike.

There was something saddening about seeing such an intelligent and dignified man return to the scene of so many of his past glories and seem so utterly isolated. This is the kind of effect that no manager other than Mourinho can have on an 85,000-seater stadium.

The real worry for the Chelsea boss now is that the same effect will take hold of the return leg in West London, only magnified. The media clamour seen in Milan will increase tenfold as Mourinho feeds line after line to an enraptured press pack just grateful to have him back, if only for a fleeting visit.

There will no doubt be more quotes about how he plans to return to Chelsea one day, perhaps adding how he regards London as his home. He may reveal how he phoned Petr Cech to check up on his injury scare right after the first leg, describe the Manchester City job as an exciting challenge, or mischievously endorse Rafael Benitez while stressing how he has never experienced troubles like his one-time counterpart in his own career.

And all this will preface the hero's welcome he will inevitably receive when he walks out on to the turf in SW6. It's just a shame that, such is the protracted nature of the trudge through the last 16, we have to wait three weeks for it to happen.

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/early-doors/article/230957/

Never say never.

Anything can happen.

edoyad:
Betrayal is the worst pain.

+1.

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=362607.msg5586701#msg5586701 date=1267130064]It got there via Cech's long ball but it hardly says a lot cos Hilario's short kick to a Chelsea player can also produce the same effect.
I value possession more than hopeless kicks in the name of clearing danger.
Cech's distribution is poor. He has 2 left feet. [/quote]Thanks, you answered correctly. Hilly should learn from that.
You value possession, I value GOALS.
Possession = VICTORY/GOALS? Capital NO!
GOALS, GOALS, GOALS = VICTORY/WINS!? OH YES!

Hilly's short kick to a Chelsea player in the match against Inter almost cost us dearly, so keep your theory to yourself. I know what I know.

You can never underestimate the power of Cech's kicks. Just as you wouldn't do with Berbash$t. His (I must admit) beautiful pass to Valencia aided Rooney's goal against WH.

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=362607.msg5586701#msg5586701 date=1267130064]15 out of 22 is NOT 90%[/quote]Permit me to repeat. I said most. Not 90%. 15 out of 22 is MOST! and it had nothing to do with Cech long balls.

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=362607.msg5586701#msg5586701 date=1267130064]It's about 70% and those are directly/indirectly caused by giving the possession to the opponents.[/quote]How many of them came as a result of Cech's long balls? 


@Ibime,
I have to agree with you to some extent but my only question is this, how come they (DD and Nic) combined well and with fluidity at the beginning of the season?
Certainly, something is not going right lately (since DD came back from ANC) with Nic, any time DD is on the pitch.
I thought Nic was supposed to play wide right but he constantly runs through the center of defence. Why?
Uncle Carlo has to solve it.


@Sauron, it is not true that DD gave the ball away more than Nic in that match. In fact the reverse was the case.
He needlessly slowed down the attack, gave the ball away or the attack simply came to a halt.
It is either Uncle Carlo finds a solution or drop one of the strikers for the other. . .but sell him? Capital NO!

Continuing from where Orilee9ice stopped. . .

. . .In all the earth How excellent is YOUR NAME!

Baba God, I Thank You oo!

Drama!

Where is Nollywood when you need them.

Libya's Gaddafi urges 'holy war' against Switzerland

Libya's Muammar Gaddafi has called for a jihad, or holy war, against Switzerland, as an ongoing diplomatic row between the two nations heats up.

He criticised a recent Swiss vote against the building of minarets and said Muslims must boycott the country.

There have been tensions between the nations since 2008, when one of Mr Gaddafi's sons was arrested in Geneva, accused of assaulting two servants.

A Swiss foreign ministry spokesman declined to comment on the jihad call.

The Libyan leader made his comments while speaking at a meeting to mark the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad.

"Let us wage jihad against Switzerland, Zionism and foreign aggression," he said.

"Any Muslim in any part of the world who works with Switzerland is an apostate, is against Muhammad, God and the Koran."

In a referendum last November, 57.5% of Swiss voters approved a constitutional ban on the building of minarets. An appeal against the ban has been submitted to the European Court of Human Rights.

Charges dropped

Earlier this month, Libya stopped issuing visas to citizens from many European nations, prompting condemnation from the European Commission.


Hannibal Gaddafi's arrest in 2008 sparked the diplomatic spat
Libya's move came after Switzerland allegedly blacklisted 188 high-ranking Libyans, denying them entry permits. The Swiss ban is said to include Mr Gaddafi and his family.

The row began after the arrest of Mr Gaddafi's son Hannibal and his wife, Aline Skaf, in Geneva in July 2008.

They were accused of assaulting two servants while staying at a luxury hotel in the Swiss city, though the charges were later dropped.

Libya retaliated by cancelling oil supplies, withdrawing billions of dollars from Swiss banks, refusing visas to Swiss citizens and recalling some of its diplomats.

In the same month that the Gaddafis were arrested, Libyan authorities detained two Swiss businessmen, in what analysts believe was a retaliatory move.

One was finally allowed to leave the country earlier this week but the second was transferred to jail, where he faces a four-month term on immigration offences.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8537925.stm

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Is this guy sick?

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=362607.msg5584495#msg5584495 date=1267109229]Malouda's goal against Everton was a Drogba assist, not Cech.
Stop fibbing.
1 is not more than 1.
Your stats are skewed. Drogba flicked the long ball to Malouda to latch on.[/quote]Pray tell me how the ball got to DD in the first place.
a) corner kick
b) throw-in
c) Cech's long ball.

This shouldn't be difficult for you to answer innit? 

So Mr Man, that is more than 1 _{or shall we say a pre-assist then?}  I will take Cech's long kicks any day any time.
What you have failed to prove is how many times we conceded due to his long balls?

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=362607.msg5584495#msg5584495 date=1267109229]Cech's long kicks are senseless and Chelsea have not conceded 90% of their goals to set pieces.[/quote]I said most goals and you know not what you speak. We have conceded 15 goals out of 22 this season from set pieces. That is more than enough. That is MOST by any margin.