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All the money he has stolen from NFF should now be spent on his mother. . . . all that stealing for nothing. . . . . he should go and beg his compadre in corruption, Nwankwo Kanu to front him the money. . . . mugu!

My Asa people done dey craze. . . I know the whole local economy is involved in these kidnappings, from the chiefs, police, councillors etc. . . . these kidnappings will finish off the Abia State economy for good.

Is libel an arrestable offence?

Why should men of God use their influence on Police to get the publisher arrested instead of launching a defamation suit in a civil court?

These Naija pastors are just agberos. They are no different from our politicians who they wine and dine with.

Yefet:
I am taking Billy Graham home.

May Amadioha strike Maurice Sklar. How can anyone be so cynical as to predict the death of a poorly 91 year old man, then claim the Holy Spirit revealed it to him.

Can Jose cop more than 100 points?

Thats what it takes to beat Barca.

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2890/world-cup-2010/2010/07/15/2026154/world-cup-2010-spain-coach-vicente-del-bosque-believes


Spain coach Vicente del Bosque believes Lionel Messi deserved Golden Ball more than Diego Forlan


Spain coach Vicente del Bosque has declared that, in his opinion, Argentina star Lionel Messi deserved the World Cup Golden Ball more than Uruguay striker Diego Forlan.

Forlan surprised many with some outstanding performances in which he contributed five goals to the Celeste's fourth-placed finish, and his efforts were rewarded when he collected the honour of best player at the tournament.

Del Bosque, who led la Furia Roja to glory in South Africa, said he would have liked it if one of his players had claimed the individual accolade, but insisted that if it was up to him, Barcelona talisman Messi's performances at the finals would have been recognised.

"Apart from our own [players] I preferred Messi. Each game he played he made 20 chances to score, he is a phenomenon," said Del Bosque, as quoted by Sport.

"We would have liked it to have been one of us. Messi deserves the Golden Ball more than Forlan."

So do you agree that the lyrics are sucker lyrics? 

I mean, someone just told us that Naija rappers have a long way to go to match the watery lyrics that Jay-Z spat on there. If Naija fans are impressed with these lyrics, then I think they deserve the kind of rappers they produce.

Why is Ballack resorting to mafioso tactics?


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8822906.stm


[center]Ballack warns Lahm over Germany captaincy[/center]


Injured Germany captain Michael Ballack has warned World Cup skipper Philipp Lahm he expects to take back the armband on his return to fitness.

Lahm, 26, led Germany to third place in South Africa in the absence of Ballack and wants to keep the role.

But Ballack, 33, said: "This is no issue for me. I am the captain.

"A player cannot request in what position he wants to play and it is the same with the captaincy. One should respect this. There are hierarchies."

Ballack was ruled out of the tournament because of an ankle injury suffered playing for Chelsea against Portsmouth in last season's FA Cup final.

The midfielder, who signed a two-year deal with Bayer Leverkusen in June, saw his country play impressively in South Africa before they lost to eventual winners Spain in the semi-finals.

Ballack, capped 98 times by Germany, added: "Philipp has made his claim at a moment that I feel is inopportune. I was injured and could not defend myself.

"I am going to talk to Philipp about this business."

Lahm last week told the Bild newspaper: "It is clear I would like to retain the captaincy. The job is a lot of fun for me. Why should I then voluntarily give up the role?"

The issue is dividing opinion in Germany with midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger and ex-skipper Lothar Matthaus taking different sides.

Despite being Lahm's club-mate at Bayern Munich, Schweinsteiger, told newspaper Die Welt: "For me, it is Ballack who is the captain.

"Philipp took on the role solely because Michael was injured."

But Matthaus has said: "I don't mean that in a spiteful way but Ballack was arguably holding up a number of players who've now blossomed."

Coach Joachim Loew, who has yet to sign a new contract with the German football federation, has not commented on the situation.

Jay Z always gets sucker niggas talking. Dem go begin dey overanalyse decent lyrics like say na masterpiece.

tkb417:
yeah right

no single midfielder?

you know all these things ure  yakking are spurious?

are you talking as a deep lying midfielder or an attacking midfielder?

what about Kaka, Zidane, Ronaldinho et al?

and stop pulling out stats and dates you know nothing about. Xavi was nothing till 2008 season in Barca

stop dropping things you cannot verify

Please, we have access to the internet. . . . just help me pull up one stat of any team that has gone against Barca/Spain in the last 5 years and dominated possession. . . it should not be a difficult assertion to disprove. . .

If I start naming the midfielders who have gone toe to toe with Zidane and dominated him, I would be here all day.

tkb417:
pull out the stats for Zidane and pull out the stats for Platini and lets compare

by the way, 2004 Euros? is that all you wanna talk about Platini or there are more in the offing?

^^^ On what stat do you wanna compare Zidane and Platini?

Dis guy, dont embarass yourself here! 

A midfielder who won golden boot 3 years in a row in Serie A.

A midfielder who was France record goalscorer before Henry.

Someone who they claim as Maradona only contemporary in the 1980's.

Someone who hugged all the individual awards possible, so no one else was able to win any award in his time at Juve, except for Maradona winning WPOTY on the back of Mexico '86.

Someone who still holds the record for Euros topscorer in a single tournament.

Abeg mind yourself oh! 

The only thing Zidane holds over Platini is that he was able to win WC whilst Platini was unlucky to only make the semi-final.

DSTV boys who never noticed Zidane prior to 1998. Where were you when Zidane was flopping in Euro 1996? I dont blame you. I blame these new generations that think footie started in 1998.  

Nigeria with population of 120 million is said to be 1/4 of subsaharan Africa.

Therefore it stands to reason that there are ~ 480 million people in sub-saharan Africa. . . . of which 410 million are poor.

Some people are idiots. Messi was easily one of the best players in the tournament. Must he score goal before una satisfy? Was he playing as a striker?

The biggest omission from that list is Franck Ribery.

doyin13:
Ritchboy has made the most sense of anybody on this thread.

Zidane wasn't the kind of midfielder Xavi is. You will hardly find
Zidane going deep into his own half to receive balls. If anything,
Zidane was largely  a supporting striker not the archetypal central
midfielder.

Holding the ball is great but come on, matches are won on what
is done in the opposition box. Xavi is not going to go past players
or make a nuisance of himself in the opposition box when it comes to
the crunch.

And despite all this, Zidane never made more than 13 assists in a single season. Compare with Xavi making 25 assists on a regular.

Despite all this, Xavi scoring rate over the last 4 years is equal to Zidane.

Zidane should be ashamed of himself then since a deeper lying midfielder is producing more than him.

Zidane is more myth than reality. His two headed goals in France 98 apportioned him a skewed legend status similar to the hype that is still hanging around Gerrard from Istanbul.

During Zidanes time, I remember that several midfielders pissed on him. . . from Fabregas and Roy Keane in UCL, Albelda and Baraja used to lock him down in la Liga. Often times, players like Rui Costa, Nedved, Seedorf etc compete on equal footing. Not to mention that Xavi and Deco regularly piss on him from 2004 to 2006.

In Xavi's time, I remember NO single midfielder being able to compete with him from 2005 to date.

tkb417:
Zidane not only made a name for himself playing football, he became the best footballer France ever produced!

If Zidane hears you talk this nonsense, he would slap you.

Please if you wanna know what it means for an attacking midfielder to single handedly win a tournament for his side, go and check on Platini's performance in Euro 1984. An attacking midfielder who scored 9 goals in 5 games to[b] single-handedly[/b] win the trophy. . . . not like France 98 where Zidane was suspended for most of the tourney and got lucky by scoring two headers in the final.

Individual honours, club honours, Platini was head and shoulders above his compadres winning WPOTY 2 years in a row, Ballon D'or 3 years in a row and capocannonieri 3 years in a row.

Zidane would slap you if you make such silly comparison.

Why am I arguing with DSTV boys that thought Zidane started playing footie in 1998 sef? 

ritchboy:
and Jesus Ritchboy said man midfielders shall not live be judged by bread passing alone  
the funny thing is Iniesta is a pass-master himself. . . + his pace, dribbling, technique & finishing are light-years ahead of Xavi's!!

Iniesta is the best midfielder in the solar system, FACT!!!

Iniesta need to turn all these dribbles to results.

How can you have so much talent and you only cop 3 or 4 goals and 3 or 4 assists per season?

Where were you when Guardiola scolded Iniesta for overelaborating this season?

And who said Xavi cant dribble? Xavi always beats his man, but only enough to give him space to release the pass.

Get back to me when Iniesta starts producing 50% of the results that Xavi produces.

tkb417:
my bad
1998 and 1988

I done change your name from DSTV boy to Wikipedia boy.

How can you claim that Zidane and Xavi both started playing footie in 1998? Gerrout of here! Lemme find someone more knowledgeable to discuss with.

Zidane made his legend off two headers in 1998 WC final. Although he was one of the best, people started giving him accolades he didnt deserve because his name became a myth.

In 97/98, I followed Serie A religiously. The war was between Ronaldo and Del Piero, and Del Piero triumphed, winning the league for Juve and top-scoring in Champions league. Ronaldo however copped the Serie A player of the year and Im sure Del Piero must have come second. Zidane turns up in France 1998, scores couple headers in the final and nicks the WPOTY.

In 1999/2000, Figo was by far the best player in the world. UCL quarter-final, he single-handedly destroyed Chelsea. The footie he played that season was extra-terrestrial, forcing Madrid to break the world record to sign him. He also won the Ballon d'or. . . . but the legend of Zidane struck again. . . France won the Euros, and Zidane stole the title. . . .an egregious miscarriage of justice.

For those of us who watch footie week in, week out, Zidane is the ultimate thief who lazies around all season for his club but still wins WPOTY awards just by being lucky in international tournaments.


Now the question is: if you're a club manager, would you sign an inconsistent Zidane. . . . or would you sign a midfielder who has never lost a single midfield battle in 5 years?

tkb417:
LOL!!

Zidane and Xavi started professional footie in 1998

check

I hope you're joking!

tkb417:
for someone who knows football and not a DSTV pikin to say Zidane only won 2 league titles shows the kinda footie analysts we have on this blog

3 titles, 2 titles. . . . whats the difference? Its not consistent enough for a player of his calibre.

Where was Zidane between 2003 and 2006?

tkb417:
and oh yeah, the reason is the greatest is cos of the possession football Barca play which culminates in plenty assists

Then how come Iniesta only cops 4 assists per season within the same team?  

Is there anyone more chiefly responsible for Barca possession game than Xavi?

tkb417:
what about goals? 95 senior goals to less than 40 for Xavi

This is nonsense. Xavi scoring rate over the last 4 seasons for Barca equals Zidane scoring rate for Real.

Zidane has copped more goals because

(a.) he played longer
(b.) Xavi started his career as a defensive midfielder.

tkb417:
how about individual awards (WPOTY 3 times ) to none for Xavi

I guess Cannavaro and George Weah are also better than Xavi. Forget story. Zidane should come and win WPOTY in the era of Ronaldinho, Messi and Ronaldo.

BTW, Zidane's 2000 WPOTY award was a massive stitch-up. Figo was by far the best player that year, thats why they gave him the title the next year cos he was so aggrieved.

tkb417:
I think this NL is fast becoming a haven for poofs!!!

I agree. . . . we need to ban the likes of tkb and other poofters!  

I dare anyone to pull up stats from a match in the last 5 years where Barca didnt dominate possession.

I also dare someone to pull up stats from a match in the last 5 years where Xavi didnt make the most no of successful passes.

Some DSTV boys just watch World Cup every 4 years and conclude that Zidane is the best.

Where was Zidane between 2003 and 2006? How come the great Zidane only won 2 league titles in his whole career?

Where were DSTV boys when Baraja and Albelda were sodomising Zidane week in, week out?

Zidane wey go lose ball begin waka, waiting for Maka to win it back for him. His level of fitness would not allow him touch ball if he face Xavi now.

wormedup:
on a chart on midfielders, xavi would sit on top and every other soul would come below !

ibime;
25 assists per season  

Yes o!. . . . 27 assists in 08/09 sef. . . . Xavi make sure Barca always cop 100 points per season, losing 1 game max. . . . is Zidane consistent enough to hang with that kind of form?

What has Zidane done that Xavi hasnt done?

Abegi, make we hear word!

If they face each other in midfield, Zidane would not even get possession of the ball. Xavi is too quick and too fit for him. Xavi level of consistency is beyond Zidane.

Abeg, make una go ask Ruben Baraja and David Albelda who be midfield baba for La Liga. . . . since they always dominated Zidane and co in La Liga.

Dem no born some people well to be comparing Schweinsteiger to Xavi.

Iniesta sef go tell you say Xavi na im father.

Xavi is way more effective than Iniesta. Xavi cops 25 assists per season whilst Iniesta cops 3 or 4. He scores 8 goals a season whilst Iniesta scores 3 or 4.

Can Iniesta or Schweini control possession like Xavi? Dem no born them well.

Xavi is the best central midfielder Ive ever seen. . . and that includes Zidane!

Deep Soul:
I.e My father's name is Mr. John Mark. My name is Miss Mary Mark.
Somewhere along the line, I decide to bear Miss Mary John Mark. Big deal!

Hi Miss Mary Mark. . . . hehehehehe. . . .

@ topic,


Anyone familiar with Ijaw names should know that it is not uncommon for Ijaws to bear Igbo names and have Igbo ancestors. My family name is Uwakwe for example.

I have heard that Jonathan's estranged father is of Okrika lineage sef, and that Ogbia is his mothers town. Heavy Igbo influence in Okrika could explain his name . . . possibly.

Just make sure una catch that fool called Ojo Oba join!

[quote author=paddy_lo link=topic=477452.msg6369278#msg6369278 date=1278896920][size=14pt]“We are looking at carrying out a comprehensive audit of these banks so that they can play their roles effectively in the economy. If financial audits were conducted in commercial banks and those found wanting were asked to go why not the ones the government has direct control over? In fact, people who have caused these government-owned financial institutions to fail need to be in jail”[/size], Aganga said. “They have lost their roles in the past and we want to ensure that they are properly restructured to help the economic growth of the nation,” the minister said.[/quote]If na SLS talk this one now, dem go begin holler. . . . well done Mr Aganga for this step. . . .I hope more of our leaders will summon the bravery/commonsense to confront corruption/incompetence in every sphere of public life.

debosky:
Who goes for honeymoon in Aberdeen anyways?

I was about to say. . . . mind you, Orkney/Shetlands can be really nice in the summer though. . . I guess the current heatwave must have turned the North Sea into a tropical paradise!

Sensational nonsense. . . . . Sanusi was describing the free for all mago mago in the banks that caused the crisis, thats all.

chidichris:
can't this amodu work as another country's coach for once or is he trained just to be super eagles coach?

mbulela:
^^^^^^
he is a super eagles bespoke coach.
tailor made for NFF.

hehehehe

dayokanu:
How you take know Alomo bitters Ibime?

We get am for London here sef. . . abi una no get am for Houston?

Genuflect - Shoot the liars

tkb417:
Ibime

did you say Lucky dube? e don die now

what of oritz wiliki, majek Fashek, Evi Edna Ogoli (fine pepper soup),

when i remember more people, ill post

cant remember the name of this rasta man that likes to carry radio up and down

was popular in the 80s

Ibime, dont try us o

You nor well. . . . I mention the 2nd most popular reggae singer after Bob Marley, you dey mention Majek Fashek! 

Why you dey call Nigerian singers who were born and bred abroad? Why not Dr Abam?! 

Any Soweto choir would put any of your top Naija singers to shame.

Ask Paul Simon how South African singers gave him his mojo back. . .

tkb417:
Nollywood is crap

our musicians are better than your musicians

RSA vs Nigeria in music?
hell no

Seal, Shade Adu, Fela are Nigerians

who do u have? Chaka chaka and Angelique Kidjo

no contest

You forgot Brenda!!! 

Dont be silly bros. . . .SA is by far the most talented country in Africa when it comes to singing. . . . Miriam Makeba, Lucky Dube etc. . . . Makeba alone would make all Nigerian artists run for cover. . .