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@ Chyz,

Traditions recording the history of Brass/Nembe are not scant. Whilst Okrika, Kalabari and Ibani controlled the Rio Real and Imo rivers, Akassa and Nembe controlled the lower River Niger and had most of their dealings with Aboh, Onitsha and Western Igbo. Nembe and Akassa also absorbed numerous Igbos and almost every Nembe man should have some Igbo ancestry. It was even rumoured that the King of Nembe was an Igbo man, prompting the village women to compose a song in riposte to questions about his ancestry.

Captain Amagala playing it cool. No need to make any transfers. International break coming up after which the extra transfer will come in handy.

@ Abagworo,

There is no difference between the city-states of Kalabari, Ijaw and Okrika and the city-states of Nembe and Akassa, especially when it comes to history, cultural set-up or percentage of Igbo blood present in these states.

Why the urge to seperate Ibani, Okrika and Kalabari from Nembe and Akassa? Historically these 5 are blood brothers and jointly shaped the lower oil rivers of the 19th century.

We own half of Anambra state state mehn. We just let Igbos settle there cos we don't like dry land.

Back to topic, I hope the community would be compensated. A lot of us complained that the EIA was not carried out properly nor made available to the public. Goodluck told us earlier this year that signifiacnt portion of the dredging budget was for "shoring up" the shorelines. Its obvious they either forgot to shore up this town's tideline or the contractor ate the cash.

A smart midfield player starts making his forward runs when the ball is in transition. Central midfielders should be running into the box when the wingers (Mata, Anelka, Malouda) receive the ball.

Why does Ramires start making his run when Mikel recieves the ball?

Who does he expect Mikel to build up play with?

Does he expect Mikel to find him with Sunday Oliseh (Tunisia 94) passes over the top?

I won't stop preaching this message till Ramires is sold. What use is a midfielder who makes only 20 passes per game, most of them askew, overhit or underhit?

Abeg make una help me beg Ramires. I'm exasperated with this fella. I've never seen a central midfielder always running away from his fellow central midfielders.

AVB won't put his trust in Kalou again. That ninja just handed in a transfer request!

Kai! Kalou is cursed!

AVB need to put someone on that Jordi Alba permanently. That ninjas running riot from left-back.

Malouda now letting Jordi Alba run free too much.

Torres off, Anelka on.

Not a bad performance by Nando but he coulda racked up 3 clear goals if not for a miscontrol and 2 fine saves from Alves.

Great Save by Cech!

One long pass over the top opened us there. Luiz and Terry need to sort that out

Luiz can play anywhere mate.

See as Ramires troway dat easy pass dere allowing Valencia to attak us.

My Diggz, abeg watch match well. I nor fit watch for 2 people. Ramires is not a Chelsea player!

Nice run by Mata!!!

Mr Diggz,

E be like say you took the words out of my mouth. Real Goalscorer (Lamps) done show now.

Laaaaampaaaaaaaard!!!

Ramires should drop back and let the real hunters go and hunt.

If Lamps go forward, he still contribute to the team, if Ramires go forward, he neglects his midfield passing duties.

I done talk am!

Mr Diggz,

You see that brilliant pass wey Lamps give Ramires and Torres within 2 minutes.

Ramires no fit score open goal.

Ramires should drop back and let the real goalscorer (Lamps) push forward. If Lamps push forward, he still contributes 60 passes per game, meanwhile if Ramires push forward, he only contributes 20 passes per game.

Brilliant cross by Bosingwa, good header by Torres, great save by Alves!

Mikel is doing well in this game.

I no know wetin Diggz dey yarn sha. My Ramires pass-count should stand about 10. What's the use of him making silly runs when he's the one supposed to be building up the play?

Secondly, Bosingwa has done nothing wrong so far. The ninja killing our right-hand side is Valencias left back Alba who Mata is supposed to be marking. Bosingwa can't mark 2 players at once. I'm not blaming Mata, but if AVB knows he can't track players, he needs to detail someone else to track Alba and give Mata a free role.

Please what's the count on passes by Ramires?

FBS, How many you done count so far?

Seems everybody is here to tap soccer except Ramires.

^You keep calling Bosingwas name. True Bosingwa is generally poor at defending but why are you missing the obvious - Mata letting players go creating 2 on 1 on Bosingwa?

Lampard aint lost. If this is the way he's been playing then lemme inform you, this is his normal game.

Our right side is worrying me. Mata's opposing left back is killing him creating an overlap on Bosingwa. Valencia have created 3 openings now down that side.

Ramires is his usual self.

All in all, standard away performance.

See that pass from Ramires to Mikel right now. So inaccurate he forced Mikel to play the ball back and take all momentum out of the move.

If ninjas wanna be honest, Jones was most culpable last night.

Poor first touch by Torres. Shoulda scored

See as Schweinsteiger is chiefing up Silva, Nasri and Yaya. Kai, Schweini na BIG BOY!

Gomez at the double!

Toba done run again?

How can someone be calling Klose's name in the pantheon of Bayern strikers. Klose cannot clean the boots of Roy Makaay, Elber and Gomez in the last decade, and even got outshined by that wasteman called Luca Toni.

So DD has 38 assists to Torres 18?

DK, God go bless you for that stats. Debo was right, Torres is the new Denilson! Hehehehe!

I've said many times that Alonso and Mascherano is as good as anything in their position. This is during Gerrard vs Lampard debates. Liverpool midfield was equivalent to Chelsea midfield jor!

Now the excuse is that Torres wasn't playing with assist King (Lampard). Well Torres is now playing with assist King and does not like the kind of chances Lamps creates. Mind you regardless of Lamps poor form, he was still top of chances created with 14 before last weekend (Ashley Young second with 11). That means maybe Torres would not have scored even with assist King.

Nwaanyi muta ite ofe mmiri mmiri, di ya amuta ipi utara aka were suru ofe
(If a woman decides to make the soup watery, the husband will learn to dent the fufu before dipping it into the soup).

Torres could not dent his fufu to eat Lampard's soup so I don't think he would have done better than DD even if he was at Chelsea.

Why should I leave the Lamps one for another day. You're the one who called both of their names together as being the players most detrimental to teamwork.

I am not interested in you and Ritchboy's definition of TEAMWORK and WORKRATE. What you call teamwork is what I may call INTERPASSING. As far as I'm concerned, anytime DD put his body where it hurts, he is doing TEAMWORK. Whenever he puts pressure on defenders creating space for others, he is doing TEAMWORK. Whenever he knocks the ball down for a teammate, he is doing TEAMWORK.

Deborah has already addressed your point. Despite the fact DD lost the ball more, he creates more assists than Torres every season without fail. Maybe Torres is the King of the Denilson passes. Hehehehe.

Please answer my pop quiz. A-G please.

No mind Nateevs, questioning DD and Lamps teamwork in a season where they scored+assisted 95 goals between them.

DD - 37 goals
Lamps - 27 goals
DD - 11 assists
Lamps - 20 assists


Kai! I've read worse from Nateevs sha. May the play continue "breaking down" at DD feet jor!

If Nateevs arguments were input into Excel, he will keep getting output of "Error - Circular argument".

In trying to prove that DD is a poor team player, he proved that Lamps is the greatest teamplayer - yet his argument is that both Lamps and DD are detrimental to teamwork.

Yes Mr Nateevs aka Lamps can only play with big target man, yet Lamps copped the second highest assists in Premierleague history behind Anelka. The nukka had to run quickly.

Lemme help him since he won't give you the stats.

According to Nateevs, "I don't care if a player makes two assists when he missed 5 chance to assist his teammates".

Well lemme help you - Lamps made the most goalscoring chances in the league (109) that year. I guess Nateevs was mad at the other 500 chances that Lamps failed to create. Hehehehehehe!

Nateevs, please help us answer this pop quiz:

Which of these players was most behind the most creative Premierleague of all time:

(a.) Drogba
(b.) Anelka
(C.) Malouda
(D.) Lamps
(E.) Ballack
(F.) Deco
(G.) Torres.


Please just pick one answer from A-G, no long ting.

Imagine someone blaming DD for "attacking moves breaking down at his feet" in a season where Chelsea smashed goalscoring record.

I pray the ball break down at Torres feet if "breaking down" can inspire Chelsea to smash goals record.

We be mugu? If Malouda and Kalou are rubbish, yet Lamps and DD can carry the team to be THE MOST CREATIVE TEAM IN EPL HISTORY, I say Nateevs is just proving how immense Lamps and DD were.

Can you imagine Nateevs asking me to face the stats? What stats is there to face in a season where DD copped 33 goals and copped 10 assists. Nateevs is busy counting successful passes. A case of fixing a leaking roof whilst the house is burning.

DD was more creative than Torres any season you wish to mention. Whilst Torres may assist with a pass, DD could assist with a cross or a header. I don't think anyone has ever claimed that DD is neat on the ball.

Imagine a pederast like Nateevs asking me to face the stats. Nigga face these stats - there is no passing stats you can pull up except 2008 (where Lamps was injured) that Lamps did not come top 3 in any passing stats.

Nigga you seem to have the passing stats for 2009/2010. You've given us Malouda and Kalou stats. Why you no give us Lamps passing stats. Abi fear dey catch you?

There is nothing refreshing about what Nateevs typed there.

If Kalou and Malouda are so poor, then more Kudos to Lamps and DD for creating opportunities for them to be successful.

Now the silly excuse is that he doesn't like Lamps or DD in the team because without them we can't win. If we can't win without them, it just means the true quality of the team (Kalou, Malouda etc) shows when they're not on the pitch. These niggas carried us for 7 years competing for every title even whilst lacking the spark of the kind of wingers other teams take for granted. I wonder what these nukkas woulda won if supported by the likes of Nani, C Ronaldo etc that other teams take for granted. Now Nateevs is saying its DD and Lamps fault that the team struggle without them. I guess its Zidanes fault that France struggle without him or Rooneys fault that Utd struggle without him.