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cherieb2: Van Gaal can't survive with dis 3 man defence. Not in premiership n definitely not with dis inexperience defenders.

That's a 4 man defence, not 3!

I can authoritatively say that match fixing is live and running in the Epl.


just watch the games and the officiating for clues.

Is this the best ref Epl can produce?

2 out of the home side's goals are nothing but rubbish goals

Ajibel: www.lmc-ng.org/index.php/news-center/634-match-day-27-preview

honeric01 create a thread for the above link pls and recommend to fp.

Why not set it up?

ddippset: that'sthe prolem we have. Infact from day one. You are playing away to levante and you opt to leave your best players on the bench! You want to mess with levante right, or are you unhappy with the 6 point lead over madrid? Abeg make we stop this kind of arrogance. 2 years ago we wereindomitable and out of this world but today nobody even reckons with us. We should use sense to elect the kinds of games we rest players, maybe a barca versus eiber at home or a barca versus valladolid at home but definitely not levante away! Having said this, my lineup- alvez, alba, pique, mathieus, iniesta, busquets, rakitic, messi, neymar and munir. Madrid just collected 3 points and plus 6. We must collect ours!

You left out your goal keeper

After the successful debut in the UEFA Champions League last Wednesday, Barcelona's focus is once again in La Liga, as the Blaugrana have three challenging opponents in seven days. The first one is Levante. It should be an easy contest, but playing away from home in the Ciutat de Valéncia Stadium might make the match a lot more difficult than expected.

Luis Enrique will once again make changes to his squad, using his philosophy of rotating the roster as much as possible to get the best out of everybody.

So what about playing Lucho and trying to guess which lineup the boss will choose? Use the comment section below to give us your take on the 18 players the coach should select, providing your opinion on the starting lineup and the bench guys. Don't forget to state why do you want each player!

My Lineup

I would say that Lucho will play basically the same team from last week, against Athletic Bilbao. Most of the guys are rested and ready to go. What about Lionel Messi? He's played all 360 minutes so far, so it would be interesting to see if he still cracks the starting XI or if Enrique gives him a spot on the bench.

Anyways, this is my squad:

Starting XI (4-3-3): Bravo; Montoya, Piqué, Mathieu, Alba; Busquets, Rakitic, Iniesta; Rafinha, Munir, Pedro.

Bench: Stegen, Alves, Mascherano, Adriano, Xavi, Messi, Neymar.

Now let me see what is your lineup!

http://www.barcablaugranes.com/2014/9/20/6573555/barcelona-vs-levante-predict-the-lineup



My line up
GK Bravo – No reason to drop him, he’s been pretty comfortable in his 3 games.
RB Montoya – Alves started the last game, don’t see douglas starting his first game away from home.
CB Mathieu – He’s our best defender RIGHT now, despite having a couple shaky clearances, and he rested during the week.
CB Bartra – Deserves some more game time. I wouldn’t be shocked if Pique started ahead of him.
LB Alba – Again, rested during the week and should start.
CDM Busquets – This was a toss up between BUSI and Masche, they both rested during the week.
RCM Rakitic – Was missed against APOEL, would be very surprised if he is left out again.
LCM Iniesta – Rested, despite coming on against APOEL. I would prefer Rafinha getting a start, but I don’t see that happening.
RF Munir – He’s been very impressive, just needs to be more composed in front of goal
CF Messi – Don’t think he will rest for this game, maybe he gets subbed if the scoreline is comfortable late on
LF Neymar – Came on against Bilbao and saved the day, had a good game against APOEL, his fitness is getting better, I expect him to start this game

Bench: ter Stegen, Douglas, Pique, Masche, Xavi, Rafinha ,Sandro
Sandro for Messi to give him a needed rest
Douglas for Montoya to test him out (if the game is already won)
Rafinha for Iniesta/Rakitic

"He could follow you into a revolving door and he’d still come out first." ~Ray Hudson on Lionel Messi
"A lion doesn't concern himself with the opinions of a sheep" Messi

by Uncharted_Almo on Sep 20, 2014 | 5:39 AM reply

ayindejimmy: Sadly, CAN dragged itself into it when they start supporting PDP against APC. CAN shuld never be partisan. At least they shuldnt be identified wit any of these existing parties.

Thats just it.

sojihandsome: i think Betting Companies should also en devour to go and sponsor Nigeria clubs, foreign investors are also not exempted and i think with that on ground the league will be alive than this.

Nigerian league is not ripe for betting companies, too volatile and likely to cause excess corruption.

barackohandso: Lol

All defenders you mentioned here have all had their moments, top ones at that. What is Bartra's greatest moment for us? And if you keep using his age as an excuse, remember there are younger defenders who are doing far better

Not really judging with the Bale incident but at one stage during that incident, I was applauding him for pushing Bale out, until I saw Bale in front again , it wasn't even a dribble, just pace. Now tell me, if any of the defenders you mentioned were in that exact position, wouldn't Bale have been stretched out. Hell Mascherano would have cleared Bale, and even walk out of the pitch knowing fully well he deserves a red card.

You keep saying Bartra should do better at 23 because pique was better at 23 forgetting the fact that pique has Puyol to nurture him. pique had an on the job training, so bro pls tell me, who is nurturing Bartra? pique or Mascherano? abeg who?

No need sweating, you want to see Bartra's greatest moment? check when he scored goals that won us matches, also check when his tackles helped us avoid defeats, you can type Bartra into YouTube to get what you seek.

enough said.

Gloria3389: about women and make-up and not tagging pple and guessing their age or questioning them about age.....as earlier said case closed

Do we have a case before? c' mon was just teasing ya. enjoy your time.

dmcdad: Not to mention that Sergio Ramos was completely outclassed by Robben in the World Cup. Now if Ramos could be run over by Robben, imagine the speed-demon 'Bale'?

Really, to be frank, it's not fair on Bartra. I didn't see what he did wrong last season. Or is it just me. In matches that he had the duty of marking certain players out, he did it excellently. Like what he did to Giorgios Samaras.

Na wa sha...

It's pathetic, see as they all took turn on the chap including coded01 of all people like say the guy spoil that nairabet ticket lol, may gid of football forgive them.

Gloria3389: your case is closed.... u don't even have picture so that one can ask if u are 4 or 5

Hehehehe, worry less about my pix, this thread is on women and makeup hehe

sebod: As in seriously I am surprised bro! Someone said he was the reason we went trophyless last season. So what do we say about Pinto who could barely save a goal or Busquets who was a real shadow of himself or Alves who obviously left his natural position only to expose Batra against Bale. The almighty Puyil couldn't have stopped Bale either but wouldn't have allowed him back to the pitch(that's experience). He may not be the next Puyol but definitely not as bad as some cules are now painting him.

I just tire o

Gloria3389: u don't judge pple by their look.... ok?

Have I? does my comments look like a conclusion or an enquiry?

Gloria3389: I'm 100years old ni.... mtcheew

I thought as much hehehehe

Gloria3389: life don spoil ooo.... abeg u think u are chatting with a pry or sec scul gurl??... that's an insult.... I'm not even a teenager....baby face no go kill me now ooo chineke

Ok, are you like 40 or below 22?

honeric01: I want one tough club and 2 rookie clubs in our group.

The 2 rookie clubs should be used to give Munir, Roberto, Bartra, Bravo/Ter Stegen, Rakitic and the likes the UCL experience they need.

Our Last game (selection) actually went as I wanted, the coach used some of our young boys for a CL game.

It seems alot of people here forget things so easily or is it that some of us just type anything based on our mood?

So Bartra is suddenly bad and should be offloaded?

Who among our defenders last season was better than Bartra?

On this same board, people commended Bartra more than any other defender, all of a sudden, he should be offloaded.

Too many unstable thoughts only on this thread. SMH

Before you use Bale's incidence to ridicule the young chap, do not forget that every good defender out there have once or twice been disgraced by attackers.

Matt Hummels against Messi
Kompany against Di Maria
David Luiz against Muller e.t.c

jamiuazeez: am less concerns about where to play the match all what I want is for super eagles to qualified. or else keshi would be fire.thanks u.

Fite who you didn't employ?

Nigerian govt exporting corruption and lies since 1960!

Gloria3389: age?? or what.
if u are talking about age and u are guessing 13 then I have to go to the mountain top and start crying to God.

Yea, age, are you more than 13? with how many?

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Gloria3389: check

Oh hmm, beautiful! are you 13 or 13 1/2?

Gloria3389: lolxx...check again before assuming that my lips are shiny....then I'll upload a picture Where I used lip gloss and u will see the difference....

Checked, now uploading something else, maybe you'd uploading a flashing one

Gloria3389: that's all I used....the Rest are naturally endowed by God....or what else do u see that's not natural

How come your lips are shinning? do you sell olive oil?

berem: ok I am sealing my lips. Nothing do you my sister.

Have a good night rest!

Obiangeli?

ayindejimmy: Point of correctn. Israel is nt anti-muslim. Israel is merely defending itself. And this issue is not abt Muslim vs Christian. Its abt corrupt leader against Nigerians. U ppl shuldnt get it twisted. Plz!

And you know this how?

If this is not a Christian Muslim thing, how come CAN is involved?

This era has been the most divided era ever witnessed by me.

I never for once liked this so called pastocian and with the way he's going, he's going to end up badly.

This country don jagajaga.. FELA WHERE YOU DEY?

I bought gold at 1218.50, looking at 1240, 1250 and 1275.

stop is few pips away from entry.

mukina2: my friend go and sleep mtchewwww

you played pass to messi since pep days to tata's own.

enrique has changed that you guys should give thanks and praise, atleast individual talents will shine now . .watch out for el rabbit when he stats playing

You no current, wad Enrique our coach when Sanchez, Tello and co were swallowing all the passes Messi fed them with? go sleep! lol

mukina2: am not watching your match . am on Citeh/bayern

i know you and cheksli will win, so not interested

its a good thing, if enrique is rotating atleast the 'pass it to messi' syndrome will end

You're obviously about 2 years outdated on what's going on in Barcelona.

Your present king in Arsenal (Sanchez) enjoyed alot of passes from Messi, hence the reason he was able to score 16 goals for us, for now Messi does more of assists than scoring. the guy don tire to dey score, so he does the assist.

our 2: 0 home win against Bilbao was made possible thanks to Messi for the great passes he gave Neymar.

The 1:0 away win against Villareal which occurred in the 89th minutes was made possible by Messi's goalmouth pass to Munir.

You are outdated and I am not surprised, this is common with EPL noisy fans. hehehehehehe

mukina2: ta! noooooo shey you nor see my loves?

Guroud abi na Giroud shey?

I like the squad rotation style we ate experiencing under our coach o
.. see a blend of young and old in the midfield. goodest