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airmark:
You cant be hailed playing against the messis of this world as a dm without getting good numbers in successful tackles. makelele was a good tackler. You cant play down tackles in top flight football. Successful tackle is an essential parameter for evaluating DMs bro.

No it's not. Makeleles tackle rate was very low at Chelsea. Makelele only made 114 tackles in 144 EPL matches, less than 1 per game

https://www.premierleague.com/players/2454/player/stats

Now if you are talking Makelele at Madrid, he made higher no of tackles because he was the only defensive player and all his actions were to stop counterattacks which meant more last ditch tackling. At Chelsea, he was in a controlled midfield where he would just control space until you run into a cul-de-sac and lose possession.

Also what is the difference between making 0.8 tackles per game and 1.7 tackles per game?

Does a jambody player like Wanyama look like somebody that needs to tackle you when he can just shade you off the ball? Do you know that almost every time a player of Wanyamas size goes to ground to make a tackle, he gets a yellow card?

Force = MA. It is the mass in that equation that makes big players not to accelerate into tackles otherwise it would be construed as violent play.

It is small players like Kante and Gueye that need to go to ground to win the ball cos they can't do it by strength. That's why I said no of tackles is an indication of your style of play, nothing more.

lordfalcao:
NEYMAR for Brazil:

Games: 76
Goals: 51
Assists: 31
82 goal/assist in 76 games.

This is why I stay away from comparing Hazard to Neymar. His productivity record is top notch.

naijaking1:
You mean how some smart governors like Amaechi and Fashola forced GEJ to unbundle the booty? Sure GEJ was 'weaker' than OBJ in terms of dealing with governors, but please don't minimize the roles of these 2 thieving governors turned Buhari saviors.

Governor cannot force President to do anything. Force ko, force ni. Governors have been asking for ECA since time immemorial. All the Governors need do is ask as usual and a weak President needing them to rig upcoming elections for him was more than happy to oblige.

Where is FGs 50% share?

Chelseafan1:
What exactly is your point, has Kante not been better than his countepart in all ramifications??

Kante has better than every midfielder.

So are you planning to sign Kante to come and partner Kante? Receive sense.

I said don't ask stewpid questions about no of tackles cos if you get deep into it, you may find your favourite DMs not named Kante or Gueye trailing Matic in that regard.

raumdeuter:
You don dey on this hustle workout for how many yrs now yet e be like say you carry donjazet for belle

We go see. Come August I go post my 8 pack make you post your own.

Chelseafan1:
Now you have done well, thank you.

Judging from those pics, all thanks to Kante, only God knows where we would be without that man in our midfield, he is the real deal.
Good nyt bro.

You need to go check what Wanyama is doing, never mind what Kante is doing. Matic outtackles Wanyama.

I have told you clowns to stop looking at tackle statistics which tells you nothing except for a players style of play. Not all players need to tackle to turnover possession.

raumdeuter:
Same here bro, I have come a long way and invested too much in my life than to just jam one afowofa mishap Night runs minimal, soccer minimal, alcohol reduced to minimum, car racing no, exercise na just jogging sef.

If I hear loud sound na me go first disappear.

Swimming, I don pass the age I should learn. And when I dey Naija na so we go do parole for one beach La champaign tropicana, everyone was getting on a boat into the ocean, I refused na so one of the guys wey enter their boat capsized and it was the local lifeguards who had to jump into the water to save them.

You don see the kain bone injuries Ibime and nateevs dey get on top soccer? which account I wan write that

Make you dey there. With skill comes reduction of risk. Today I cycled 12 miles round trip to work and swam 5 km after work. I'm chasing Donjazet 6pack this summer by fire, by force. You go still dey on potbelle and gorimapa head dey hate come August.

Emassive:
Ask Fashola and Ameachi how the ECA was bundled.

I know how the ECA was unbundled. OBJ was there 8 years and nobody unbundled. Oga Jona used it to buy the Governor's support for 2011 elections. That's how the ECA was unbundled.

Even if we accept this pittypatty weak willed excuse, where is FGs 50% share?

Save your story for the political newcomers. I was here following on New Year's day 2010 when Jonathan opened the account to buy the Governor's support. In the dead of night when everyone was out throwing knockout and fireworks, they started sharing the savings that OBJ had guarded fastidiously for 8 years.

nateevs:
Don't get me started on Cyclists and obeying the rules. Yesterday, I saw a cyclist cycling through Limehouse tunnel. He was just smiling all through.

Na amteur like you and Nihilist go dey cycle through tunnel.

Once you gain experience in cycling, you will find it is as safe as houses. Na those fear-fear people for road dey always crash or die. My first major route cycling was from Walthamstow to Mile End in uni days. The first day, na him I tell my classmate say fear been dey catch me for Bow roundabout because of the fast moving traffic at those junctions leading to Blackwall Tunnel. That's when he schooled me that most deaths on the road are women cyclists because they are too polite. He said, any junction, just pull out way in front of the vehicles at the traffic light let them see you. If na trailer or Bus, pull out centre-front of him so he will see you clearly. Never ride alongside bus or trailer, always be front-centre or way behind them. If you apply these principles, you would never have any issue on the roads, and I never did after that.

ivandragon:
its simple logic...

the FG is pumping more money into the forex market & its only natural that reserves drop.

the problem here is that PMB's Social Media Idi*ots are too daft to know that this was the same scenario in the past that led to the depletion of the reserves coupled with massive payments on subsidy.

Nobody questioned the external reserves during GEJs tenure.

The query was always about the Excess Crude Account.

Nihilist:
I also use to waka this same route 5 years ago sha. I use to walk from Finsbury Park to my office building directly opposite great Portland street station on Euston road. On a good day, it only took me about 80 minutes.

80 minutes waka to Finsbury Park is fast walking. I would estimate that at 100 minutes walk. It once took me 3 hours to walk to Edmonton. I use the waka time catch up with all my relatives in Naija and UK.

Mind you Finsbury Park is our route when cycling. chic2pimp would tell you the scariest part of the commute is crossing Holloway Road to pass through Camden or Angel, cos you could be squeezed easily between two trucks when setting yourself up on that junction. . . . . that's unless he uses the Stamford Hill-Stoke Newington route.

chic2pimp:
Ever since 7/7 your boy no dey enter tube again. I no dey chance am. Been a Cycle Commuter for close to a decade now. It keeps me sane and madly fit. Had to take a long detour Home from work now. Waterloo was nothing short of chaotic. Likewise King's Road and Vauxhall. It's mental

I used to cycle to work at Great Portland Street from Edmonton everyday which was 22 mile round trip. If you are doing Waterloo, Chelsea and Vauxhall from Tottenham, o boy I troway saute. You must be like Sir Chris Hoy.

@ diggz, na small thing jare. More numbers die in armed robbery attack back home. The way some Nigerians were carrying the matter for head on social media, you would wonder whether they consider UK lives more valuable than their own.

Never has a player achieved so much with so little like Lukas Podolski.

Sotay a whole Germany will come together to celebrate a player who was 5th or 6th choice for Arsenal for years.

GeniusDavid:
According to Squawka, his worst performance this season was against City. He has a pass accuracy of 87% with 78% being forward passes. Decent partner for Kante but he still needs to improve and a little conte in his football would get the best out of him. btw, I don't see Conte sticking to 3-4-3 next season.

With 47 passes per game (could be Monacos style) and 1 assist all season, plus visual evidence of the 2 matches I watched, I'm putting him in Kondogbia bracket for now till I see different.

GeniusDavid:
Bakayoko's got similar passing range compared to Yaya Toure, technically good but not much of a goal scorer like him. On the other hand Chalobah's not at that level yet to be entrusted with the job Bakayoko does at Monaco. Maybe in 2-3 years provided he gets enough games and improve.

Are you sure? I wasn't impressed with his passing against City sha.

GeniusDavid:
He can pass, he can shoot, great ball carrier, great touch and close control, can dribble out of trouble, he's got the height and athleticism

He does all that. Things that Golden Boy Matic can't.

The only thing I'm unconvinced about is his passing and that's a major sticking point.

Funny enough Chelsea have a player that can do all these plus has great vision for that position. I am talking of Chalobah.

raumdeuter:
And Ancelotti side conceded 5 in a CL 2 leg
Ferguson side conceded 6 in 2 legs

What the hell are you talking about

And they got castigated for it, not like ball lickers asking why the strikers couldn't score 7.

Fuckwhutyoutalkin'bout

Day169:
A huge waste of "Stolen" resources!
£2 million? (..ie more than a billion Naira ). Not befitting of a mansion, from the exterior pics. There are many more beautiful houses here in 9ja that cost much less. To think of a myriad of ways that money could've bettered the lot of Nigerians? ..a typical case of "Money miss road"!

Money no miss any road. A house in London is worth it's weight in gold. Those mansions in Naija can be purchased with just a garage space in London.

Tval:
Hazard could be out for 10-15 days

No wahala, we are on break for 14 days, then Crystal Palace. He should go to Dubai and catch small sun.

raumdeuter:
Ferguson have scored 4 and didnt go through
Ancelotti scored 4 goals even had a 3 goals lead into the return leg and didnt go through

4 is not 6. Fuckwhutyoutalkin'bout

raumdeuter:
Why he couldnt protect a 2 goal lead vs Monaco was because this guy cant sacore simple 100% chances like this

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[img]http:///media/3-20-2017/5RF5ky.gif[/img]

Any manager that scores 6 goals and can't go through is an eediot.

Fuckwhutyoutalkin'bout

raumdeuter:
League Aguero chilling on 13 goals by March ending
In the CL Aguero chilling on 5 goals

5 UCL goals in 6 starts, fantastic return
13 PL goals in 17 starts, fantastic return

The only person failing at his job is Pep

Aguero gave him brace against Monaco, he couldn't even protect a 2 goal lead.

This is like 3rd class graduate pointing fingers at a nigga with 2:1

Pep is the only failure here.

Wipe that ejacülate off your mouth, ball licker.

raumdeuter:
Yesterday on ESPN TV they dedicated like 10mins to the decline is scoring prowess of Aguero

When I mentioned it here like 2-3months ago, some posters went up in arms

Of course in the next few games he will score a few goals here and there though I dont have the stats but the eye test shows that he is missing more chances than he used to, He cant hold up like Zlatan he cant press like Costa or Suarez

Even now when the midfielders work and serve him chances on a plate, this is what he does to them in the last 2 games alone these are the chances that made the highlight reel

Pep ball licker spotted.

Aguero chilling on 25 goals like kilode?

joshboss:
Good day y'all. I'm a fresh graduate of Unilag with a pass degree. I studied mathematics and statistics. Any idea what type of job I can do with my certificate. Serious ideas pls...

I commend you on your degree. Whether 1st class or pass, a Maths & Stats degree carries weight with me.

The quickest way to convert your degree into a better degree is to go for ACCA and enrol on the Oxford Brookes option to bag an accounting degree from the UK. With exemptions from your 1st degree, you can get a BSc within 9 exams and a thesis, roughly 18 months should do it. You will need about N1m to execute it though.

bigkesh:
The ghosts of 2 Years still lingers in our minds


We ignored our late dip in form because we were leading comfortably.. ..Maybe if we had bought decent players to compete with Iva, Cahill, Matic and Terry, we would have something to look forward to on Tuesdays


So yes we can't ignore Cahill, Matic and any other passenger once again so they can break our hearts again next season ....


You are right, there is something more to it

So why all the talk about Fabregas? Someone who is not even the solution now will not be the solution next season.

Matic is serviceable even in the heat of UCL next season, Fabregas is not.

Matic and Fabregas is like Thiago and Veron in 2004. Veron had no long term future but Thiago was very serviceable and still woulda been serviceable had Essien not replaced him.

Fabregas has no long term future in 3-4-3. I see no sense in encouraging him and his supporters. He will make few assists and have people supporting his extended stay meanwhile just setting you up to be carrying long term structural weakness. Look how long it took to get the structural weakness of Juan Mata out the door because of his supporters. If someone is going to create such problems for you tactically as a manager, it's better you freeze them out like Veron and Mata than allow them develop a groundswell of fan support.

ozoebuka1:
Is this one encouraging. the party to start stealing just to buy luxurious cars? some people sha.

The Nigerian mentality is beyond redemption

bigkesh:
If you think anyone here wants Fabregas as our CM next season them you have not been following
We know we can do better, but for now no one is better


That's the point we have been trying to make.. ..It's just like the Pedro vs Willian thing

For now the only one that is better is the one playing and getting you to 95 points for the season. End of.

Why carry HBP for a season that has 2 months to run and is already in the bag. There's something more to it.

Danhumprey:
Ok then. it would be interesting to see how Chelsea fare in Europe next season........

Except it would only be worse in Europe for Fabregas. The PSG game where they went down to 10 men, even their depleted two man midfield were bullying him all over the park to the point he could not carry himself and his team across the halfway line. How quickly we forget. The tougher the game the more of a liability Fabregas becomes.

No team in history has ever been successful deploying Fabregas in a midfield two. The closest was Chelsea in 14/15 and as soon as teams sussed him out as a weak point halfway through the season, he was redeployed to AM and Zouma brought in. I don't plan for Chelsea to be a team that stacks their prospects on Fabregas being a mainstay in a midfield two. He has no track record of success in that position from 2004 till date.

bykebyke:
He has not been shambles is what I'm on about.

But your use of stats is disingenuous. You should be comparing his no of saves with Tom Heaton and other keepers at the bottom of the league.

pamcode:
I don't know what has happened to him, his Instinct is still there but the finishing, decision making has detoriated, even his dribbling skills seems to have deserted him.
That his last miss for example experience should tell him to direct the ball downwards, worst scenario a corner

Maybe he is tired when the chances arrive because he is not used to pressing so much like Pep has been asking him to do.

bykebyke:
Valdes has been having a class season..stick your poor narratives up your arse.

This is how he compared to Gea before today's game.

This means nothing. Goalkeepers at the bottom of the league make more saves cos they face more shots.