₦airaland Forum

dayokanu:
The truth is dat the English team are not brilliant players, dey r overhyped and over paid for the commercial benefit of the game in england (european championship game, premership etc)

its d plain and simple truth! Those football players r nt internationally Good enough

It's difficult to admit, nevertheless dis sch of thot will b accepted by 60 million people in 5 mins

I think we saw all that today
and I am so glad that Shearer,Dixon and co admitted this today.
England were second best all night except for a few minutes when Upson scored and Lampard's goal.
No formation would have won anything tonight.
Ghana and Serbia showed this was not the best German team ever,
but. . . . .
England sucked badly tonight, I feel for the English faithfuls going around with their heads bowed

davidif:
WHY CAN'T FABREGAS REALIZE THAT BARCA DON'T NEED HIM. INIESTA AND XAVI ARE BETTER AND WOULD ALWAYS START AHEAD OF HIM. VIVA ESPANA.

home sickness!

What's the matter with mata?

snowdrops:
But guy forget.
Where xavi is fabregas is a student. xavi can pass a ball through a keyhole in the dark.

Fabregas no be Xavi mate
Xavi is far better.
But fab4 hasn't put a foot wrong so far

snowdrops:
I am looking beyond the scoreline and the goals.

The statistics tell it all, spain had more possession, more chances and dominated the game. They were cruising at 2-0.
Peter Rufai was shaky from word go.  Its done and dusted now anyway.

Really, just wanted to pick holes in your arguement when Sauron talked about Nigeria in the mid90s and u said it was unfair to compare them with Spain.
And talk about ball possession,chances and domination ruling a game,my dear Arsenal would have won doubles and tripless in the last five years

Mariory:
Is it any surprise that the Spanish midfield is no longer flowing as it was when Xavi was on? And people wonder why Fabregas cannot get in the starting 11.

The same Fabregas almost got on the scoresheet within seconds of coming on and I can't remember Xavi having any shot on goal.You decide that the midfield is not flowing after just a few minutesTalk of myopic analysis!

snowdrops:
of course in football its the score line that matters. But to those who know, we were damn lucky.

No thanks to the fumbling zubuzaratha

What of  Sunday oliseh's goal?
It's always included in the greatest world cup goals!

snowdrops:
we were lucky lets not kid ourselves.

that same team lost to denmark 4-1 in same competition

Luck,luck,luck
Don't we all need some.
In 20 years time, when I am relating that story of June 13,1998, I will always say the Super eagles of nigeria beat Spain 3-2

snowdrops:
please dont mention nigeria. thats unfair on this spanish side

Why not
That same Nigerian team beat Spain 3-2 with raul,Morienter,Hierro etc playing

Villa screws his penalty

Villa on a hatrick!!!

jalether:
God bless you. You dey mind the lehmann bootlickers. Lehmann was so poo,wenger had to drop him for another mediocre goalkeeper. . . .Almunia

Seems you just knew Sauron today
Anything Arsenal is rubbish to him.
Never mind Vincent,
Sauron would say Baruwa and E.Babayaro are both better than David Seaman

debosky:
He will fluff crosses and cannot organise a defence properly on the evidence I've seen. Besides, you don't continue to stay in Israel for so long if you're that good.

slimshay:
ONly on NL will an UEFA club keeper of the year be compared with Enyeama.

@Jalether,
Please read the quotes above.
No one is saying Vincent isn't good, but saying he's better than Lehman is plain ridiculous and makes you sound like a jester.
Someone talked about Kleberson the other time.
At the 2002 world cup, he was Zidane and Figo rolled into one
Manure coughed out the money for him and we all know what happened. . . . .
Let this thing rest. . . . It's ludicrous saying Enyeama is better than Lehman.
So, if he saves 4 times from Park tomorrow, u would declare him better than Cech?

Wait a minute
What is it with French players and Mighty Egos?
This is absolutely disgraceful. . . .
Rubbish

Ibime:
On current form? Is Lehmann not retired? Get back to me when Enyeama can displace someone of Oliver Khan's calibre from his national team.

Enyeama is a brilliant shotstopper, but he is not the full package.

I am shocked this thing is being debated at all.
Maybe we ahould put a call through to Vincent and he will air his opinion.
I am sure he will say 'Get outta here,you Naija clowns, soon you will say I am better than Gordon Banks'.

jalether:
Why stop at this world cup. I can't remember enyeama, in the last 4 years making gazillion goalkeeping errors like germany's calamity-james

to cost the team valuable points. despite playing behind mediocre defenders, he still consistently put in great performances. but people like you wouldn't

pay attention to details since he doesn't play for barcelona,inter-milan, Italy and most importantly your beloved club arse-anal

As per the highlighted.
4 years ke?
are you freaking kidding moi?
Go and watch the match against Egypt again(5 months ago)
Was it not Vincent who ran out of his goalpost like a deranged humanbeing and allowed that Egyptian beat him for the first goal?
Is that not a goalkeeping gaffe.?
Ooh Sorry,it was Yobo that caused the goal!
Lehman>>>>>>>>Enyeama!

E gba mi
What won't person read on this NL sef . . . .
Enyeama better than Lehman
Why not Asamoah Gyan better than Rooney?
Afterall, he's got 2 goals already and Rooney is yet to even have a shot on target!(or has he?)
Too much guiness stout being sold at half price!

If true. . . . . . .
This is serious and should be investigated by the Police.
This is taking it to the extreme. . . . .

End to end stuff
Very entertaining match  for the Neutrals

Check out the arrogance displayed by Nicklas
Dude didn't even celebrate
1-1
Game on

bawomolo:
who is one man down, australia or ghana?

I wonder oooh

Even the Aussies are not serious
How can u miss that chance?

I see this match finishing 1-1
Ghana has had the chances but have been more interested in showboating
and really SOME WOEFUL FINISHING

houvest:
Piease enlighten me. Are you saying that it was hand to ball? Do the rules say that once a goalbound ball hits an opponent's hands and goes away he must get a red ? will an opponent suddenly lose a hand when a goal bound ball is about to strike it in other to avoid a red? what exactly is the person supposed to do? Drop down? If the person stretches out his hands to stop the goal bound ball it is clearly a red. please enlighten me on the other scenario and if possible provide a link to support such.

That was exactly what I was saying
The ball was struck with venom, dude tried to block with his chest and it trickles down his arm

What a miss by the Aussies!!!

lizzybabe1:
^^^Junior Agogo? I was wondering too.

Thanks
That's  his name.
Really, he is needed in this match as he looks like the only lad that can score from open play

Where is that guy sef that used to play for N'Forest in England?
He didn't make this team?

shesi:
meant? intention counts for nothing in football my friend. it's what you actually do. are the refs mind readers to see intention?

if they allowed intention to factor in their judgements, it would be chaos. how do you know the guy lunging at someone from behind and catching them squarely on the ankles did not genuinely intend to hit the ball? see whatta mean

that was stonewall red card. but only because the ball was heading into the net.

Dude,
I bet you, no one saw the action until it was replayed,including the referee.
At first, it looked like his chest.
The replays showed us what actually happened.
A penalty and a yellow card woulda made more sense

all skillz and zero shots on target!

dayokanu:
I think it was a deserved red card

The letter of the law says red card
But come on, it wasn't blatant, he meant to use his chest but the ball rolled over and hit his arm.
We need video replays though
No way the ref woulda seen that!

What a save from Schwarzer

scantee:
harsh red card, that is ball @ hand 4 me, the ref would have gave him yellow and award the penalty not red.

Thought so also.
The red was kinda harsh as the ball bounced off his chest,not blatant like Scholesy's own last season.
Too bad. . . .
The 10 men have to battle hard for the next 60 minutes

For the 2nd match running, the Aussies are down to 10 men!

shesi:
No .not jubulani. Kingston is just farking useless. I don't know what he's doing in the team honestly.

Not to worry folks. Nothing changes yet.

They don't have options.Who else will be in goal apart from Kingston?

This Jabu-lala ball sef . . . . . .