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As a continuation of MrCrackles best 11 thread, I would like Nairalanders to name their EPL worst 11. . . . not necessarily the worst 11 players, but those who promised so much and delivered so little. . . .


Manager: Gareth Southgate


GK: Craig Gordon
£9m flop, still flopping, although he has talent.


RB: Micah Richards
Positional inadequacy has been brutally exposed this season


CB: Mikael Silvestre
French men can't jump. Geriatric. lol.


CB: Danny Shittu
One game, one mistake. 


LB: Andrea Dossena
Need I say more?


RW: David Bentley
£17m flop


LW: Nani
This was supposed to be his breakthrough season. Im starting to think the boy will never learn. He needs to adapt his game to the needs of his teammates. Decision making is poor.

CM: Deco
Unfortunate victim of Chelsea's change in style of play halfway through the season. Has failed to adapt to the EPL


CM: Alan Smith/Joey Barton
The one-time golden-boys are well and truly finished


FW: Dave Kitson
£5m, no goals, no pace, no skill.


FW: Robbie Keane
Left with egg on his face after much-hyped move to Liverpool flopped



Dishonourable mentions:

Scott Carson
Richard Dunne
Jonas Gutierrez
Nigel Reo Coker
John Utaka
Afonso Alves
Johann Elmander

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=274390.msg3898172#msg3898172 date=1242853235]Johnny Evans
Rafael
Kiko Macheda
Carlos Vela[/quote]You must be smoking seaweed. . . . of all those, only Johnny Evans merits recognition, and maybe Rafael. . . . Carlos Vela did not breakthrough, he only flattered to deceive. . . .as for Macheda, no need to answer. . . .

When you talk about breakthrough performance, you talk about someone who came in and held the shirt. . . Jack Collison did that and even managed to look like the best midfielder West Ham have. . . .

I am surprised you guys don't know the names of the Heads of States. . . . just go on youtube and enter Haliburton Nigeria Corruption. . . . . Heads of States are Abacha and OBJ. . . . even Donald Rumsfeld was fingered. . . . it really is a scandalous story which FG is suppressing. . . . the story gets even more play in Yankee than in Naija. . .

My usual 4-2-3-1 formation





                                    Mark Schwarzer


Ivanovic                Vidic                          Ferdinand             H. Ilunga


                            Palacios                   Lampard



Ronaldo                             Gerrard                        Arshavin


                                        Rooney



Subs:

Van Der Saar
Bosingwa
Hangeland
Alex
Evra
Carrick
Mascherano
Aaron Lennon
Ashley Young
Anelka
       


Breakthrough performance of the year: Jack Collison of West Ham

khanye:
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You are a mugu

Messi should go and celebrate his flick whilst Evra celebrates actually winning the Champions League

I would rather be a houseboy to a white man than a Nigerian with the way Nigerians treat their houseboys.

tkb417:
Alves is just another Evra. he'll probably be looked at when hes about retiring cos i see Maicon playing that role for a long time

Dont ever compare Alves to Evra. . . . can Alves mark someone like Evra marked Messi in last years UCL?. . . . Alves even makes mediocres like Malouda look classy. . . . just because Evra and Maicon attack, it doesnt mean they can't defend. . . . When Inter played Man Utd, Maicon was under sepcific instructions to defend, and he performed admirably. . . . can you imagine Mourinho giving such detail to Alves?. . . . Alves wont be able to cope. . . . Alves HAS TO attack cos he CANT defend. . . .

dayokanu:
I dont agree maicon is better he is good going forward but very lazy defending.

Both are not good defending

I would stick to Dani Alves

My friend stop chatting shit. . . . Malouda could never shit on Maicon the way he continuously shit on Alves. . . . defensively Alves is just crap. . . .

Maicon is wayyyyyyyyyyy better than Alves. He's got the lung power of Alves, he's just as fast, better crossing, he's stronger and more defensively aware. Hence, Maicon is first choice for Brazil and Alves gotta chill on the bench.

So Crizzle, you dey go on date? I done give you exiat papers yet? Take time o!

Cristalz:
It does exist. . .my crime is not using it in 3rd person present singular.

And thats a HEINOUS crime!!!

No be say you make mistake, everyone does - but it is the 'bushness' of the mistake wey go make crowd scatter. It makes you sound like those peeps in Naija who say "Jo-i-nna" instead of "Joanna", or like MrCrackles and Nateevs who instead of saying "Come on man!" use the phrase "Common man!"  

Cristalz:
@Brash
You can continue your banters with Sauron, dearie. . .see the highlighted. My work is done.

Bush madam. . . . there is no such thing as banters o. . . . . . . . . banter no get plural. . .

Fab didn't do nada this season cos AW plays him too deep. . . . . a deep lying midfielder spraying passes about is as effective as Denilson spraying passes. . . . . Fab4 is wasted in that position. . . .I believe in percentage football . . . . get the ball to the top men early and chances are, you will create a higher percentage of chances. . . .  where is the Fab4 of 18 months ago who scored 11 goals in 13games playing at the tip of a three man midfield?. . . . honestly, there is no point paying Fab4 £120,000 a week if you are going to put him in a position that makes him only marginally more effective than Denilson. . . . .AW needs to get his act right. . . . get rid of all those useless weaklings like RVP who occupy the second striker spot and produce nothing, and put Fab directly behind the main striker. . . . .

khanye:
If you say Xavi was silenced in that match,
What happend to Lamps
No single shot on goal!
He was back defending

You must be thinking with your backside. . . . 5 minutes into the first leg, Lamps had a shot saved by Valdes. In the first leg, he was under defensive instructions and couldn't do much. . . . . however, he ran the show in the second leg, no doubt. . . . .who supplied the pass for Drogba's penalty claim against Abidal. . . . .who supplied the pass for Anelka that got Abidal the red card. . . . whilst Xavi was playing triangular passes that go nowhere, it is well known that it only takes a split second for Lamps to provide passes. . . . he doesn't need to beautify his passes with deft touches. . . . .as Lamps says, why do you need to take many touches when you can supply a killer pass instantly?. . . . you were the one talking about statistics. . . . I hope you know that no midfielder on God's green earth produces consistent statistics like Lampard. . . . your hatred for Lamps is glaring. . . . even though we agree that Xavi is a better midfielder, there is no need to downplay Lamps' achievements. . . . and yes, Barcelona did want Lampard couple of years ago. . . . they know he has the technique to fit into their system. . . . I would go far as to say that Lamps would score 25-30 goals a season easily in La Liga with another 20 assists on top. . . . it is only till this year where Gerrard has been playing as a striker that he has superceded Lamps in terms of goals scored. . . . but Lamps still trumps him on assists by almost 2 to 1.

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=268431.msg3889524#msg3889524 date=1242739621]This!!!!!!
Brashy, go and get LAID. [/quote][quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=268431.msg3889213#msg3889213 date=1242736602]Berbatov was never an out n out striker. . . . .He was bought to rectify what Tevez couldn't do last season: Composure in the final 3rd.
Gosh. . . . . .How many league goals did he score at Tottenham to qualify as United's finisher.
David Villa is top draw for Barcelona/Spain.[/quote]Mumu, you forgot that you were the first to make the mistake.

dayokanu:
The top 6 clubs are coached by foreigners
Six of the bottom seven clubs are coached by English men
That tells us that English people are just clueless!!!


Italy of the top 4 teams 3 have Italian coaches
Spain of the top 4 teams 4 have Spanish coaches
In Germany of the top 4 , 3 are coached by Germans
This goes further to prove the English coaches are DAFT!!!


Italians have an Italian as National team coach
Spain have a Spainard as NT coach
Germany have a German as NT coach
France have a Frenchman as National Team coach
England have an ITALIAN as National team coach

This is the Height of STUPIDITY

I agree! The English know nothing about coaching.

texazzpete:
I firmly support the action by the millitary.

Which action? The bombing of villages? MEND have long since dispersed from their position. All the military knows how to do is carpet-bomb the sitting targets i.e the villagers.

Texazzpete, may you fall into MEND hands in Jesus name. Amen. 

Lampard is an animal, whether they like it or not. Defensively, attacking wise, passing-wise. He plays passes with one touch that would take another guy 3 touches to make. He simply doesn't waste time. And he is very good at making the trivela pass as well. 19 goals and 18 assists this season says it all. Xavi is a better player maybe, but he cannot assist, score or defend like Lamps. Hold on. . . . . that makes me question. . . . Is Xavi better?. . . .yes he is, because he controls possession better. . . . .but if I was a coach, I would choose Lamps over Xavi. . . . .whilst there are many players in the world like Xavi (Iniesta, Fabregas, Senna, Xabi etc), there are none like Lampard. . . .

Wenger leaving would be the final straw for Arsenal. He is just making 'shakara' since you guys dont appreciate the work he's done for ya. Who can you imagine would pick up the baton after Wenger leaves?

webdezzi:
Please can anyone tell me why ASARI DOKUBO IS NOT A PART OF THIS WAR?
I LEARNT HE SUCCESSFULLY ACQUIRE AN OIL WELL AND HE IS DOING TOO FINE THAT HE WONT LIKE TO PUT HIS LIFE ON THE LINE ANYMORE

Asari-Dokubo is not hiding anywhere. He is working hard in collaboration with Ralph Uwuzurike and MASSOB to unite the Ijaw and Igbo to a common cause. A true revolutionary must seek to progress his ideas. Its not always by gra-gra.

I can no more denounce MEND (despite unscrupulous elements), than an Igbo man can denounce MASSOB. Whatever their motives are, Ijaws have come to generally be protective of them. The latest developments would suggest that Eastern-Ijaw MEND and Western-Ijaw MEND have ironed out their differences; as we have seen Eastern-Ijaw MEND rush to provide reinforcements for their Western comrades. 15 years ago, there was nothing like an Ijaw nation, just Okrikas, Ibanis, Kalabaris etc. Thanks to this emancipation struggle, Ijaw is now one nation with a common destiny. . . . or better yet, one nation because they face a common threat. The threat of environmental, fiscal and physical exploitation from Nigeria.

As for JTF killing civilians, if they like they can kill 10,000. The blood is on their head. They cannot kill everyone. Where they silenced 1,000 'passive civilians', another 1,000 will become radicalised, hence they have created more enemies than they originally had.

Fergie won European Cup with Aberdeen abi European Cup Winners Cup? Take time o! Even Gianluca Vialli won Cup Winners Cup.

So Lagos only collects £56million in tax monthly? (Calculated on N2.1bn being 15%).

Na so so Lagos dey make mouth say dem fit survive without oil money. . . . with £56m a month?. . . .na lie. . .

nateevs:
I still have high hopes for Mario Gomez. . makes me think of a hard working Berbatov. . . I remember us talking about him for long last summer

A hardworking Berbatov?. . . . .Mario Gomez' first touch is abysmal, unlike the silky one. . . . still better that Drogba's though.

I dont think Dzeko would do so well without Grafite to take the physical weight off him. We should concentrate on other things abeg. The Macedonian dude @ Lazio (I forget his name temporarily) would be good as well as Pobregnyak, Mario Gomez, Llorente etc

SAF knows a good thing when he sees it. . . .


http://www.goal.com/en/news/9/england/2009/05/18/1271986/manchester-united-boss-sir-alex-ferguson-hails-chelsea-star


[center]Manchester United Boss Sir Alex Ferguson Hails Chelsea Star Frank Lampard[/center]

Lampard has become an unlikely target of Ferguson's praise,

Frank Lampard has long been one of the most consistent performers in the Premier League and has even upped his game this season, prompting temporary Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink to claim that he is the "complete box to box midfielder".

His form may have gone un-noticed by his peers - he was controversially snubbed for the PFA Player of the Year awards - yet Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, speaking after leading his side to a record-equalling 18th league title, has declared Lampard to be an "exceptional" footballer.

Ferguson told The Sunday Times, "He is an exceptional player, a huge asset to his team. Every time he plays he goes from box to box and he hardly misses a game.

"You pay attention to players who can get goals from midfield and he’s been averaging 20 goals every season.

"As I say, Frank Lampard is exceptional."

Despite being omitted from certain end-of-season awards, Lampard could find himself as a front-running candidate for goal-of-the-season due to his chipped strike versus Hull City earlier in the season.

Then-manager Luiz Felipe Scolari said at the time that it was one of the greatest goals he had seen.

Alan Dawson, Goal.com

http://www.goal.com/en/news/9/england/2009/05/18/1271986/manchester-united-boss-sir-alex-ferguson-hails-chelsea-star


[center]Manchester United Boss Sir Alex Ferguson Hails Chelsea Star Frank Lampard[/center]

Lampard has become an unlikely target of Ferguson's praise,

Frank Lampard has long been one of the most consistent performers in the Premier League and has even upped his game this season, prompting temporary Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink to claim that he is the "complete box to box midfielder".

His form may have gone un-noticed by his peers - he was controversially snubbed for the PFA Player of the Year awards - yet Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, speaking after leading his side to a record-equalling 18th league title, has declared Lampard to be an "exceptional" footballer.

Ferguson told The Sunday Times, "He is an exceptional player, a huge asset to his team. Every time he plays he goes from box to box and he hardly misses a game.

"You pay attention to players who can get goals from midfield and he’s been averaging 20 goals every season.

"As I say, Frank Lampard is exceptional."

Despite being omitted from certain end-of-season awards, Lampard could find himself as a front-running candidate for goal-of-the-season due to his chipped strike versus Hull City earlier in the season.

Then-manager Luiz Felipe Scolari said at the time that it was one of the greatest goals he had seen.

Alan Dawson, Goal.com

We already have enough problems with DD attitude problem, we dont need another prima-donna. Theres been disconcerting news coming from the Chelsea camp recently about our reported interest in Samuel Eto (32 years old) and Adebayor (30 years old). I wonder why Mike Emenalo, our Sporting Director (lol), doesn't tell Roman that these players' ages are fabricated.

Ade should be sold ASAP. Besides, he should be around 30 years old by now. Better cash in.

@ Biina,

By every measure MEND should not have the might to stand before Naija, but do you think anyone is willing to fight for Naija? Nigerians love to sabotage their own projects. Whilst Naija is fighting MEND, one military commander will be selling them weapons through the back door. . . . .MEND cannot defeat Naija, but they can fight them to a stalemate, no doubt.

tayoccu:
i keep telling people lampard would have been a nobody if he wasn't english, the dude ain't worth the hype he gets.

Unadulterated bollocks. . . . .

Every manager that comes to SB finds Lamps to be amazing. . . . from JM to Hiddink. . . .

I would agree that Xavi is better than Lamps, but if not for Iniesta's last minute strike, we would be talking about Lamps rampaging performance in the UCL semi-final second-leg. . . . .

Jakumo:
With the involvement of helicopter gunships, ground attack fighter-jets and artillery batteries, the Niger Delta conflict has now made the transiton from a regional insurgency into a full-scale shooting war that will rapidly bring the entire country to an economic standstill.

If the threat by the militants to intensify the destruction of the oil pipelines that supply Nigeria's refineries and power stations is carried out as promised, national reserves of critical fuel supplies will vanish in short order, meaning that the gasoline and diesel powered generators that currently stand in for the nation's non-existent electrical power grid will fall silent, effectively killing off all forms of industry and commerce that have hitherto defied the odds and remained in business under their own electrical power.

The chit has well and truly hit the fan for Nigeria, and this will become apparent even to President Yar Adua on his sick-bed.

It is difficult to tell when you are joking and when you are serious. . . . .

Only immature minds would like Eminem's new release. . . . . Sauron's still stuck in a teenage mindset. . . . Eminem should evolve abeg. . . . dude is damn near 35 years old, still sounding immature . . . . the jokes aint funny no more. . . .

Also, anyone that thinks Eminem Show was a good album needs to be investigated. . . . . I am guessing that those who like Eminem Show started listening to Eminem circa 2002. If that was your first taste of Eminem, you may possibly like it, but those of us who've been listening to Em since 97 would tell you that Slim Shady LP was his best album, followed by Marshall Mathers LP. . . . he started changing his style on Marshall Mathers LP and he took it to an extreme on Eminem Show where he was more concerned about making multi-syllables fit perfectly on the beat, and less concerned about wit and good story-telling. . . . .

Up MEND!