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How good was the Scala guy?

Some Belgian eediot missed last minute penalty that woulda knocked Turkey out the Euros and made Guus Hiddink instantly available.

Doc, abeg give us the breakdown for Udala / Agbalumo

dipo2much:
I think Kewyl Jones is so over-rated. I am surprised his name even comes up as anyone's fave for arsenal to sign

Dr Kit is bonkers.

FBS:
2. Agreed GH is no Torress but hello, imo we need MFs more than anything now. We already have DD, FT, DS, Kalou, Nic.

I agree with that, thats why I asked whether Chelsea need any more strikers in response to the continued chase of Lukaku and Neymar. However, if Chelsea wanna chase strikers, my thought is that Higuain is the best value-for-money on the market.

BTW, am I the only one who notices several similarities between Sturridge and Chicarito? I mean, both their movement is fantastic. Ashley Cole said that Sturridge is the hardest player he ever had to mark.

Cynthia McKinney is a mad woman

Let's wait for the full ministerial list first before pronouncing judgement.

Interesting read.

It occured to me that the only two successful privatisation projects I can think of are NAFCON and the mobile telecoms industry.

Anyone know of any others?

FBS:
1. Oh yes he is. So we should buy him abi? Even before injury wetin him do?
2. No DD is not my problem and which one be bully-mode? do you want  ALL your strikers to be Torres-like?
3. Misquote you? comot dia. His age? really? how many trophies has he landed for his club(s) since that time? What's age got to do with this? The man is still banging in goals till today.

(1.) City player of the year the season before last. Outshined Robinho, Bellamy and such. Micah Richards once said that in training, everybody rushes to his side in 5-a-sides cos he is the best passer at the club. He's been severely unlucky for two reasons: (a.) He can only play effectively at the top of a three man midfield, and Tevez took his position away as Tevez was placed behind Adebayor, necessitating a two man central midfield. (b.) Ashley Young demanded the no 10 position as a condition for him staying at Aston Villa. As a result, Ireland has never been able to recreate the halcyon days of 08/09. There is a question of his mentality after the "grandmother" fiasco he had with EIRE, and that is the main area of concern with regard his abilities to achieve his potential.

(2.) Higuain is never Torres like

(3.) Age has got everything to do with transfers and contracts. Eto performing at 33 is a testament to his fitness, not a blueprint for transfer policy. When I said the same about selling Essien couple years ago rather than giving him new contract, the likes of yourself baulked. . . . . now the new contract is looking very expensive. Some will perform till old age, most won't.

coogar:
xavi that once recorded 20 la liga assists?

Why you dey edit my post? Iniesta and Modric is what I clearly typed there and you dey here dey write Xavi.

FBS:
LOL. Nasri at par with Iniesta?

I think comprehension is part of your problem. I blame the Nigerian Education system!  

FBS:
@Ibime,
I think a Toure is better than a Nasri, no?

Subjective. Comparing apples and oranges.

I would pay more for Nasri personally, cos Nasri is a specialist. Supply and demand dictates it.

coogar:
the statistics of the number of minutes spent on the pitch is a more precise way of measuring the performance. ronaldo is a number 9. . . .why is his name excluded? diego forlan?

Forlan is 1 in 1.87 in La Liga.

Ronaldo number 9? Then why does he fight with JM when JM tried to play him no 9 against Barca?

Minutes on pitch would make Higuain's record more impressive because as you know, he has never been guaranteed a start at Real, and a lot of his goals came from the bench. He had to contend with the likes of Ronaldo Luiz, Raul, Benzema and Van Nistelrooy competing with him and often had to play on the right wing, or start on the bench.

FBS:
(1.) Ibime,  were you not the same guy who recommended Stephen Ireland as the solution to Chelsea's MFs problem? I laugh in Comoros Island.

(2.) Hugain na hustler? are you kidding me? If Hugain na hustler then DD is what? and you have the nerve to say he is more worthy than the strikers we have? what nonsense are you typing here today?

(3.) Milito? Ibime. Sharap! Milito was a "one-off". call it a "project" player. He  was brought in for a project and which he fulfilled perfectly! How many people knew him before he went to Inter. Hugain would easily be forgotten if he leaves for say Parma. Who would care? only you maybe.  

(4.) RM transfer policy is chaotic but there is a NEW chief in town. a.k.a JM! He would never have sold WS - FACT! Canales is NOT established yet. You can't even compare him to anyone in RM's starting 11, therefore he can be sold without even thinking twice. Canales get understudy for RM or he himself dey understudy person?

(5.) But I mentioned this earlier, he needs someone to create those chances for him (then factor in the number of chances he misses) and more importantly, we don't have such players at the moment - oh wait, we gets Lamps abi? .

(1.) Steven Ireland remains a good player, and barring injury will resurrect himself.

(2.) I know DD is your problem. Higuain is a hustler in the mode of Chicarito, not bully-mode like DD.

(3.) Good player is good player. Which one is "project player" again? And by the way, Milito remains a good player, just hampered by injury. I hope you are not trying to backtrack on our Higuain/Milito argument with all this "project player" malarkey. Milito is good, but Higuain is just as good, only younger.

(4.) I know JM is your problem. Anybody JM sells cannot be good. I guess VDV is not good, neither is Lass Diarra or Leonardo Bonucci. JM may not have sold Sneijder, but JM will sell many good players especially at RM where they have an abundance. Higuain is one of such.

(5.) All that one na story. Even if true, one famous manager said that he prefers a striker that gets 10 chances and scores 3 than someone who only gets 1 and scores 1. Shebi you remember Andy Cole?

FBS:
But I do remember what Mr. Ibime said " Eto'o ain't no good for Chelsea".

Stop misquoting me. Eto' story was never based on his talent but on his age. If you remember the scandal that broke few years back when Eto claimed to have met Roger Milla when he was aged 7 just before a Zambia match. Journalists discovered that the Zambia match was in 1985, putting Eto at 33/34 years of age presently. Why you think Barca were desperate to get rid despite his records?

coogar:
(1.) and why should i take advice from a hilly-billy that told us united will not win the premier league title again cos of ronaldo's exit.

(2.) naldo is a bloody good defender. that he plays in a shyt team in bundesliga will not tarnish his brilliance. i will take him over alex and ivanovic every day of the week.

(1.) Not worth commenting on.

(2.) I guess you havent watched the twin towers of comedy, Naldo and Mertesacker perform for Werder Bremen. They are a running joke in the Bundesliga.

Naldo? I prefer Danny Shittu!


Higuain with 1 goal every 1.84 games has a better record in Real than every other no 9 in a top league except David Villa, Samuel Eto and Mario Gomez.

coogar:
samir nasri at £110k a week because of his 10 league goals and 1 assists? why not pay him £400k a week? sometimes you seem not to know how things work in the premier league. this is nasri's best season in an arsenal shirt and he wasn't even in the top 40 premier league players as far as creativity is concerned. the likes of jarvis, albrighton, joey barton, downing, meireles, ameobi, kalou, dempsey, etc outshone nasri in his bests season yet. arsene wenger is not silly. he must know nasri isn't worth more than £60k.

knock yourself over with this. . . . .http://www.myfootballfacts.com/Premier_League_Combined_2010-11.html

By this assertion, Iniesta and Modric should be worth 20k per week.

dipo2much:
So u fink †нє 90k offered Nasri is 'inadequate'? How much does RvP earn? Nasri shouldn't earn as much as RvP.

RVP wages are depressed due to injury status. . .

I cant take advice from someone who thinks the comical Naldo is a brilliant defender just cos he's good on playstation.

Nobody's comparing Higuain to Aguero.

Higuain is a better prospect for Chelsea than every striker on Chelsea's books, and at £13m, is the deal of the summer.

I guess Coogar and FBS' exposure to Higuain is limited to RM vs Lyon in UCL QF hence their argument that he misses many chances.

A nukka with a record of 1 goal every 1.84 games despite playing a third of his games on the right-wing is a sure shot.

Please compare to any striker of modern day era except Messi and Ronaldo.

Bros, with the likes of Essien copping £100k per week, Rooney £200k, Torres £175k, Toure £175k, Joe Cole £90k. . . I would say Nasri is underselling himself at £110k. . . he should go for £120k.

FBS:
haha! Yes he scores goals but he misses even more. Do you watch La Liga?
For GH to excel, he needs creative players around him. He needs others to place the ball at his feet. Do we have such players now? Who will create those opportunities? and we will need flenty flenty (opportunities) for him to flourish.

C'mon man, if anyone doesnt know Higuain, it is yourself.

Higuain is a hustler who doesnt wait for perfect passes, but runs and runs and hustles his opponents.

I hope you remember that when he came to Madrid, they first played him on the right wing, and often use him there, as he has the workrate of a horse.

Dont try and paint him into a Torres character.

How can you doubt the quality of a nucca who keeps Aguero and Milito on the Argentina bench.

I hope you also remember that JM wanted a big strong African negro to play upfront, but after Higuain impressed him with workrate, he said that he misjudged Higuain.

FBS:
And now you compare Canales to GH? Ibimeeeeeeeee!

PS:
Common sense should tell you that with JM at the helm, RM would never have sold Sneijder.
With VdV imo things were a likkle different. . .haba, you have Kaka coming back and that little Mozart - Ozil. Not to even mention other brilliant MFs/AMs in the squad.
JM would never sell his top players.

Which kain nonsense you dey yarn? Whether JM or no JM, there are quality players at RM who will be sold including Diarra, Canales, Higuain etc.

Real transfer policy is hazardous whether JM or no JM.

The same way Diarra can be sold to accomodate Sahin is the same way Higuain is rumoured to be sold to make way for the arrival of Aguero.

@ FBS,

You're the one who must be kidding me. Higuain is deadly as they come in front of goal, and is a legend with RM fans. This is a guaranteed 25 goal a season striker. I don't know if the RM rumours are true, but you should know RM transfer policy is CHAOTIC. In RM, out of sight is out of mind. Higuain has been injured since December and Perez has likely forgotten him. Why should you ask "if he's that good, why would RM sell him?". Did they not sell VDV and Sneijder for peanuts? And they would do the same to the likes of Higuain, Sergio Canales, Pedro Leon, Fernando Gago and Lassana Diarra, all good players.

How can Arsenal deny Nasri £110k per week?

Nasri would easily earn that at another club

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Tried to post this last night but got banned. . .

Some old shyt I sent to Eldee for a competition which never held. . . its called Trading day. . .



Head storming/ Sweat pouring/
Your debts called in/ Forex warning/
3rd Quarter sales down from exporting/
net importing/
Limit order buy, didn't hedge your win/
Went all in/ Trends falling/
Woke up the next morning/ tryna forget the mauling/
You gonna win it back, time to get balling/
Friends calling/ best ignore em/
Take ya eyes off the ticker and regret your sin/
Bloomberg, CNBC on the set recording/
Don't go long if the bears call for hectic shorting/
Check the overnight futures market/ 
If sentiment is strong, you won't lose ya target/
unless you reetarded/
You all good on the quantitative/
Market news bring the qualitative/
Now go to war like a phucking native!/
and put some green on ya profit statement/
Your top-down approach is so essential/
Sectors with growth potential/
Financial Times show the fundamentals/
Components stencilled/
Mining stocks with gold credentials/
But don't forget political risk/ That's critical shyt/
Those with exposure to Libya take significant hits/
You heard about disputed elections/ fuelling dissension/
Share price might take a hit if a coup is mentioned/
Grab ya financial calendar to see if its a news day/
cos Earnings reports and Macros dictate how you play/
You can't trade just off the top like a toupe/
if you skip the pleasantries, you'll be in for a rude day/
So what's ya strategy, Swing or Position?/
before you go in, you need to think of ya mission/
You checked the MACD's/ Bollingers and Fibonnaci's/
stock picks based on their Trend Strength Index/
Put momentum in your interest/ whenever you invest/
or get wiped out like Windex/ on your Finspreads/
Its all your decision/ You could fall in an instant/
Do you use brawn or your insincts/
or rely on Support and Resistance?/
Watch out for the big swings/
They could make ya ship sink/
You can't predict things/
when you trade against black box algorithms/
You better glean the lesson/
Whether the trend gaining momentum or mean regressing/
Get it wrong and fall into a deep depression!/
cos you might lose half of ya salary/
So backtest ya strategy/ looking for cracks and cavities/
but remember. . . nerves trumps faculty!/ 
If your model's good 80% of the time/ risk-reward is fine/
That's a good stochastic measure of a random walk in time/
but if you swing trade, watch for the fault lines/
Put and Call signs/that let you know when to call time/
cos one false move could lead to a blow out/
Better set the stop loss if you ever plan to go out/
cos Last time you left ya desk for a cigarrete/ without a stop-loss to intercept/
. . . and lost 5 grand over the internet!!!/

. . . .

Whats this schizno about Abramovic handing DD a new and improved contract at the age of 33?

Why not let him see out his last year, then take it from there if he is still good enough at age 34?

Wheres that boy Nateevs. . . . is this the PLANNED strategy you are talking about. . . or not CHAOTIC enough for you?

^^ I don't mind.

Your boy Scott Sinclair pulling up trees at Swansea.

What chance of copping Nathaniel Clyne to understudy Ivanovic?

I really need a manager confirmed within the next week so he can start working on replenishing the squad. Players don't wanna sign for a managerless team. They need to feel wanted.

What's the story on Michael Mancienne. Are we finally letting dude go?

slimshay:
I eat beef for breakfast, the herod's approach/
The first born you bred, you bet dey are toast/

Punchline of the year so far!!!!

^^^ That was the hottest 16 we've seen in a minute right there. Especially like the "push the seas to the shore" line.


I push the seas to the shore/ while you sleep and you snore/
Even with levies and sandbags, my flow breaching your door/
I like missionary. . but I don't preach to the poor/
That's just my favourite position when I sleep with a wwhore/
I put seeds in her store/ for my people to reap/
My frees is unique/ Y'all haters read it and weep!/
Most rappers need permission to speak/ when I'm holding court/
Unfolding thoughts/ whenever I'm spitting in this golden sport/
I could spit "to infinity and beyond" like buzz lightyear/
But I'm kinda tired now, let me stop right here/

Look at these guys expounding on tactics that Chelsea have been using against Barca since 2005. Some are just now agreeing with what we know for the last 6 years.

Yoruba is not a language you can speak softly because the language is based on vowel intonation. Yorubas no doubt started this trend in Naija, and other tribes picked it up from them, most likely in Lagos.

Most times, when Yoruba women start discussing, I need ear plugs.

These guys are just going to cool off. GEJ is not chasing them anywhere. Farida Wazirii just wants to get her customary cut from whatever they stole. It is natural for politicians to go cool their heels for a few months to see what dirt anyone has on them. They will be back. I will eat my hat if any of them faces jail time.

^^^Since the EFCC is a body which has been historically designed to act out the whims of the President, the buck stops at the Presidents door whenever his political allies engage in daylight robbery.

If you think Bankole's thievery is of humoungous proportions, wait till posterity reveals the amount of loot GEJ has and will pilfer from the treasury.

Believe me, Waziri is just trying to shake them down for a small cut of their loot.

Waziri always does this, and this is the way she eats her own share of the national cake. I will eat my Fidel Castro hat if even one of these gentlemen face any jail time.

@ Ritchboy,

Even the initial gra gra was part of Barca's plan. I've noticed that these days, Barca sit in their half for the first 10 minutes to prevent any team catching them cold and parking the bus thereafter. They learned their lessons from their clashes with JM where he usually hits them in the first 10 minutes.

N20bln paid to Bankole and Mark not to impeach the ailing/dead Yaradua.

Bankole and Mark responsible for adding billions of dollars to the budget yearly - and most definitely collects commission from whichever ministry they inflate the budget for.

Bankole responsible for chopping billions of House budgets, whether car budget, Sovereign National Conference budget as well as many others.

Not to talk of other business deals, cash for laws deals etc.

The House leaders are the 3rd (in reality, 2nd) most important guys in the country as they control budgets and laws and you guys think they cannot touch N150 bln, in a country where Customs boss (Bode George) can touch N90 bln and Police boss can refund N50 bln?

You have another thing coming!!!

Do you guys know how much Yaradua kitchen cabinet paid Bankole to stall the process of impeaching the ailing Yara?

Do you know how much GEJ gave Bankole to deliver the House votes?

Make una leave that thing. Enemies of progress are here opening their rotten stinky gobs to berate Saharareporters. Since when did common Nigerians take sides with tyrants. Kpomo lips with his fake English accent is a big disappointment to the Nigerian youth and a greater disappointment to Nigerians in diaspora.