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@ lalaboi,

What i meant by John Terry ain't a natural is the lack of natural ability.
Just like Ruggedman differentiated Abinibi and Ability.
U can easily tell JT moulded himself to be a defender. Its just like someone subjecting himself to be a singer.
Terry is just like William Gallas. This kind of defenders are too fussy and they use steel and fibre to get things done.
However,what i like about Terry is his consistency.
Terry is the kind of defender that will produce 80-89% optimum performance in 38 league games in the premiership.


Rio on the other hand is a natural defender.
Ferdinand has that natural ability in him and he's so calm the way he wins balls off defenders just like Cannavaro or Alessandro Nesta.
U can hardly tell Nesta breaks sweat while playing for club. He is too calm and collected to be a defender. No fuss No mistakes.
This kind of people has a natural stint of defending in them. Its kind of in-born talent embedded from their day-birth.
Watch how Ferdinand win balls and even try to dribble an attacker.  Rio Ferdinand is so calm but he sometimes gets lazy hence most people feel he is crap.
Ferdinand can produce 99% Optimum performance in 10 league games and slide back to 60-70% in subsequent weeks due to inconsistency.

Overall, The Best of Rio is better than any known defender in England as it was evident at the last world cup.

Ferdinand showed class throughout and for the 1st time i saw an ordinary John Terry without the protection of his Godfather(Makelele)

@ Akolawole,
The real spirit behind Chelsea's success is Claude Makelele.
He is the tireless worker/unsung hero that does the dirty job in the Chelsea team.
I took time to analyse what makes Mourinho's men unbeatable by watching Chelsea's games and i was able to pin it on Makelele.


Makelele sits iin front of the back four to offer solid protection to Terry and Gallas.
He breaks opposition attacks and Terry/Gallas will just pick up the scraps and clean things up at the back.
Makelele throws himself to tackle and he does just enough to destabilise opponents and they lose control and JT will just do the bit of cleaning up.
When there was no Makelele to offer protection at the world cup, JT faltered countless times and he sometimes get confused with what to do with the ball and Ferdinand was in control throughout the game.
Go n watch Portugal V England and u will admit Rio is a better defender than John Terry.
Don't u wonder why Thierry Henry always look ordinary whenever he faces Rio Ferdinand?

Chelsea is a wasteful club no matter what u try to prove.
The cost of Shawn Wright Phillips, Michael Essien and Didier Drogba (£70million) is enough to establish a premiership club that will win the title.
Even Mourinho admitted the club lavishes money on useless players(relics).

@ Akola,

This is very very difficult but lemme put it like this.

John Terry is a very good defender and he is very consistent but he is not natural,
Rio Ferdinand is naturally talented to be a defender but he can be very lazy sometimes.

The best of Rio Ferdinand is definitely better than the best of John Terry but Terry is more consistent.
I watched the 2 lads at the World Cup and i could not see anywhere Ferdinand put a foot wrong in the entire tournament but Terry made mistakes after mistakes.

@ Everyone.

My predictions finally came to pass.

I told all y'all the winner of the world cup will come from my group and it happened.

FORZA ITALIA. FORZA ITALIA

Its a shiiiiiit list.
This is FIFA's politricks.

Roman Riquelme should be on this list.
John Terry shouldn't have been in this team. Rio Ferdinand had a more impressive tournament than John Terry.
Juan/Gabriel Heinze should be on this list.
Cristiano Ronaldo should have been on the list.
Either Tevez or Messi should have been on the list.

@ Akolawole,

Wenger has the right to criticise divers cos he is a Viewer.

I wonder why he hasn't criticised Henry's theatrical dive recently against Korea and the past diving antics of Ashley Cole, Patrick Vieira and Pires.

@ Akola,
Let me shed some light on this dragging issue.
This might sound bizzare to u but its the fact.

I know Jackal very well and i am sure he's got a house around the NW area of London because i have been there before and he is just 21+ years.
What i don't understand here is why a lot of people are casting doubts on their mind concerning this issue.

Nowadays, lenders go as far as giving u 95%-110% to secure properties and u pay back monthly repayments for 25-30 years.
It means Mortgage lenders actually lend u £330,000 for a house that costs £300,000(I'm sure Akola will doubt this).
2 Bedroom Houses around NW area is about £300,000 and the monthly repayments can work out to about £1200 -£1800 a month depending on the credit history and a host of other factors involved.

Jackal is a systems engineer working on contracts. His daily wages work to about £300 every day.
It means in 5-6 working days, his monthly repayment is secured and he's still got 17 working days of steady income to pick in the same month.
Can anyone tell me why Jackal or any dude working as an IT experts won't be able to cope with this repayments?
Let the truth be told without beefing. Nigerian IT lads are making cool money like krazie all over the UK with ease.

Mortgages now work in a way where u don't even have to pay any initial deposit.
Lenders take care of the deposit and with a little to spare for your running around as long as u can cope with the terms and conditions of the repayments.
UK is a lot easier than most people on Nairaland think.

I don't know what part of London u guys stay but Nigerians in the IT chain are making the cheese.
Its like taking candies from toddlers.
Visit nightclubs like Umbaba,Steambar and Establishment on Fridays and Saturdays and see these dudes flossing like Premiership players.
Most of these IT dudes are barely 22 years of age and they all have more than 2 houses in various parts of the UK.
In fact, i know a 21-year-old dude that earns £600 a day working as a programme manager for Telco Telecoms.
Its not about the age guys, Its just about your flair and what u can do.

@ jagenne,

I have always known Lordi to be very objective.
Go n check all his previous posts and u will stare in disbelief with the difference between him and other gooners.

The Gunners can't form a thread cos they r too many.
There should be over 30,000 gooners on NL.
No organisation. No co-ordination. They are just like 'em Barbarians in the Old Roman Empire.

The only way Henry can outscore Klose is to score a hatrick against the Portugese.
If Henry scores a brace he will match Klose's 5 goals.
Meanwhile, the Portugese side are not Sunderland FC or Wigan Athletic.
Henry will face his greatest foe(Carvalho) once more and i think Carvalho will stop Henry from scoring tonight.

@ beyonce1,

Greed is the major factor that gets people into debts in the UK as jackal stated.
I know a lot of my friends in the University that have taken loans worth more than £20000 to buy senseless stuffs all in the name of flossing and flaunting.
These repayments will always come back to haunt these lads later in the future and they will blame it on the system.

Its not possible for anyone to bill u on the things u have not spent so i don't understand why anyone should blame his/her indebtedness on the UK system.
Lets call a spade what it is. Nigerians in diaspora can be greedy when it comes to material things and they abuse the privileges given to em on sheer vanity.
People should learn to cut their clothes according to their size.
I believe UK is not as bad as people make it out to be.

@ Prisccy,
What makes u think Ronaldo can't cope @ Old Trafford?
Its the press that are stirring things up between these 2 kids.
Ronaldo and Rooney shared text messages after the match and Rooney wished Ronaldo best of luck.
Get your facts right.

The English gutter press and hence half the nation are desperate to find a excuse for England's elimination and Ronaldo is such an easy target.
How cowardly is that? If this had all happened the other way round, i.e. Ronaldo stamped on somebody, Rooney protested to the ref, Ronaldo got sent off and Rooney scores the winning penalty the very same people would be demanding a knighthood for Wayne straight away.
Fact is the England circus is going home, they got what they deserved and all this looking for a scapegoat instead of taking responsibility is pathetic.

Ronaldo's now the most hated man in Britain. Why?  because he scored on the penalty? or because he tried to get his side through to the semi?
Man Utd supporters should be happy we have such a talent as Ronaldo at our club, able to shine at this level.
Rooney has himself to blame guilty or not.
Ronaldo has stated he will stay at United because the guy that wanted him at Real Madrid has just lost his elections. 
Man Utd haters can wipe their freckled noses and go get 'emselves a paint.

France will not win this world cup.
There are 2 potential threats in Italy and Germany.
France has a phobia for the Germans and i believe the host will win if they happen to square up in the finals.

@ Kitaun,

Unless u saw another match, France didn't really outplay Brazil although France was marginally better than Brazil in that match.
Both teams had the same number of shots on goal and there was no big difference apart from Henry's freak goal.

Zidane was at his best and Ribery was a thorn in the flesh for the Brazilians.
Henry scored his goal from the 6-yard box from a Zidane's free-kick. Gunners on Nairaland have criticised RVN times without number as a box player but its all good.

Lets see how Le Blues will cope with Scolari's tactics and assaults.

U cannot really blame Kitaun for his minimal exposure to the real world.
Kitaun has a rotten luck of being born in the wrong century.
Kitaun should have been born around 250 A.D.

Rooney is not a KID but a loose cannon.
If u take this temper away from him then Rooney will become a vegetable.

Cristiano Ronaldo played his cards well and he was spot-on.
Rooney got sent off because he pushed Ronaldo and not because he kicked Carvalho's genitals.
It was kind of harsh because Rooney should have had a free-kick 10 seconds before the incident. 2 Portugese players were all over him and if he had dived like the portugese did all day the ref would have given Rooney a free-kick.
I saw it coming because Rooney was getting frustrated as he was too isolated playing as a lone striker.

Rooney will grow up and his red card wasn't the cause of England's downfall.
I didn't see 'em scoring anyway even if Rooney played 120 mins.
The major culprits of yesterday's loss were Frank Lampard and most especially Steven Gerrard.
Frank Lampard is England's best penalty taker and his miss must have sent fears into his team-mates' spines thus deflating their confidence.
Had Gerrard converted his penalty shoot-out Portugal would have been more pressured to make individual errors.
Gerrard's penalty was the knife-edge decider and missing that penalty kick was a fatal blow to Jamie Carragher's composure.

I hope they learn from this.
Its a pity it had to happen this way because England can never assemble a squad as talented as the present squad.
I feel sorry for the English fans and the FA in general. They tried everything possible to win.
£600 million tax payer's money was lavished on the world cup project and its a shame there was nuthing to show for it.
What a calamity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

U guys r bunch of assholes.
How can u begin to compare club football with National teams?
Ronaldo got Rooney a red card and so what?
I saw Deco and Van Brockhorst having the same kinda brawl so its no big deal.
Ronaldo is going nowhere as he just signed a 4-year contract last year.
They are men and the 2 players will deal with the crisis on their own.

****The author of this thread should be spanked.
Man Utd disunited? I am having a laugh.

The Referee that carded Rooney wasn't right.
I still have doubts the Ref saw the incident with Carvalho. What infuriated the Ref was when Rooney pushed Ronaldo.
If he carded Rooney because he shoved Ronaldo then the Referee deserves to be castrated.

@ IAH,

U don't need to despair.

I have already drawn conclusions that there is a global conspiracy about the World Cup.

Firstly, Jose Pekerman sold his match to the Germans by removing Riquelme and leaving Messi on the bench.
The Germans came back and won on penalties.

Secondly, Carlos Alberto Parreira suddenly decided to push Ronaldinho upfront to pair with Ronaldo.
I have never seen Brazil played in this way ever before. Its dodgy.
Ronaldinho was completely played out of position and this gave the French wizard(Zidane) to have a field day in the middle of the pack.
Things didnt gel for Brazil until Adriano came in and Ronaldinho dropped deeper.
Who is FIFA trying to fool?

An European team will always win the World Cup in Europe.
Brazil will win it anywhere else apart from Europe.
Its a conspiracy and i can't be fooled.

Germany looks the favourites to win cos of the host factor but all other teams have equal chances of nicking it.
My World Cup ended when Argentina got eliminated by Germany.

Ya world cup team wont make it past the 1st round with these players u have chosen.

I am surprised u dont have Heinze and Riquelme in ur team.
There's no Buffon,Fernando Torres, Yaya Toure and Dindane in ur team.
What about Messi and Roberto Ayala,Frank Ribery,Luca Toni and Robinho?

Of course,
Zidane played and he had a very good game but the star of the night was Lilian Thuram.
He scored the equaliser and the winning goal that sent France to the finals.

Thierry Henry also have his superstitions @ Arsenal.


If Henry gets fouled and he wins a penalty. Henry does not take the penalty.
Henry only takes penalty-kick that resulted in any other member of his team being fouled.

I hope i am right.

Jose Pekerman has to be the most foolish manager in the football history.
I cannot believe Argentina has been eliminated with the galaxy of stars they have got in their ranks.

Pekerman's substitutions are not only watery but so ineffective.
Why not start Saviola and Crespo then bring in Messi and Tevez to wear out the tired legs of the German defence?

He made the most blatant error by removing the engine room(Roman Riquelme) for a sheisty player(Cambiasso) and also substituted Crespo for an ailing Julio Cruz.
Christian Chukwu would have done a better managerial job today than Jose Pekerman.
I honestly believe he sold out this match and i suggest the Argentina's football federation to conduct an investigation.
It was a match that shouldn't have dragged to extra time,let alone get to horrendous penalty shoot-out.

Is the World Cup jinx responsible for this shock defeat?
The jinx that an European team wins on European Soil and American team always win on American soil.
Brazil broke that jinx in 1958 in Sweden but that was half a century ago.

Can Brazil break the jinx AGAIN this year by winning the world cup in Europe?

Argentina is back with their sublime display of rare skills.
This team is the best team in the world cup and i tip em to knock the Germans off their stride.

The key players today are Riquelme, (Messi and Tevez)-Enfantz Terrible
I hope Saviola and Crespo starts and the Enfantz Terrible to be unleashed in the latter parts of the match to wear the German's legs out.

The German's defence is porous and i expect Roman Riquelme(The Tormentor-in-Chief) to expose the defence with the neatest of killer passes that will send the Germans to their early graves.
Gabriel Heinze and Roberto Ayala will also offer a stiff resistance to Miroslav Klose and Podolski so i am highly confident of ma favourite team.

My Prediction:
Argentina 4-1 Germany.

@ Priscilla,

Football is a passionate game.
Thatz why it is the most viewed global event in the world.

The bizzare thing about it is players cry when they win or lose.
Its absolutely crazy but i am sure u wld have shed some tears too as a fan.

Skintite told me u cried for days when Arsenal lost to Man Utd last April.

@ Akola,
U r spot-on.
The word FAT is highly offensive and we Nigerians always take that word for granted.

It should not be encouraged.
Everyone should be schooled to say the appropriate things at all times.

I hope Teeroy does not get punched in the face later in future with his words.

@ Kitaun,

No one is trying to get ur dope-ass banned. The rules of the house simply said: Do Not Write In Block Letters.
I cannot understand why gays like u cannot obey simple rules. I am a bit insulted by ur lack of common sense.

You have a very sick sense of humour and its something u should worry about.
Talking about placing premium on values is contradictory to ur character.
You should undergo therapies for ur mental-illness cos ya are the most disgusting,perverted fat lard i have ever heard of.

I hope u die and bleeping burn in HELL.

@ Teeroy.

Its highly offensive to say someone is fat.
Pls edit the subject of ur topic.

@ Praetor,



Akolawole's been defeated in the argument thus he is using some other schemes to get Jackal wound up.
These 2 cats know each other very well and they always argue.

@ Jackal,
Akola told me u guys have been arguing on this topic since the last 24 hours.
I cannot help but laugh with all y'all comments.

London can be very difficult but can Akola tell us where things are easy anywhere in the world?
We are not in the biblical days when people were having manna for free.
Everyone has to sweat to make cheddarz.

I think i quite agree with 95% of ur comments. It is not as difficult as some people make it to be and its not as rosy as some of us think as well.

The only thing i question in ur comment is u saying an average Nigerian is lazy.
An average Nigerian aint lazy in the UK. There are still some latent traces of racism in the country and black men have not been given the full opportunity to excel in their chosen fields.

@ otolorin,
Its the world cup fever.

I have been around.

@ Kitaun,
I am sure u r mentally-ill.
If u ain't then u should know u r not allowed to post with block letters.
U might get banned for doing that so keep ya cool,ok?

I will be waiting for u here when France loses to Brazil.

@ Prissy,
Somebody should tell u how the offside rule works.
I know a lot of females on Nairaland do not know what the new offside rule is.

RVN was clearly on-side when he scored against the Ivoiriens.

Akola, pls tutor Prissy on Offisde rule.