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Barca will be gunned down. They dont deserve to be in the final, hence Im supporting Man Utd.

linxon:
Pound for pound:

1. Floyd Mayweather

2. Bernard Hopkins

3. Manuel Marquez

4. Manny Pacquiao

5. Shane Mosley

6. Paul Williams

7. Miguel Cotto

8. Vitali Klitschko

9. Joshua Clottey

10.?

I can't believe you would put Sugar Shane Mosley ahead of Miguel Cotto. . . . someone who has admitted taking drugs before fights and someone who was beaten by Cotto. . . . also Vitali Klitschko should also be nowhere near the top 25 list, much less top ten. I can name ten guys in Welterweight and light-middleweight division alone who are better than Klitschko pound for pound. . . . as for Pacqiao, he is garnering good attention right now, but his wins against washed-up De La Hoya and technique-deficient Hatton speak less of his ability than his wins over Juan Manuel Marquez a few years back. . . .

Tayo-D don come again. Uncle e don do na.

After the 4-1 debacle against Ghana, I promised myself I wouldn't going to any Naija match anymore. How often must we play the same nonsense teams in London? Every year, it seems we're playing Ireland or Jamaica or Ghana. Abeg they should go and beg Paraguay or Japan for rematch cos we couldn't beat them last time we played. Naija is so far low that Gambian national team believe they have a chance to schedule friendly match with Naija. See insult.

@ OP,

Link please.


BTW, Ijaw people already get state. Its called Bayelsa.

@ Debo,

I hope you enjoyed Alan Hansen's expose on Samir Nasri's inability to track players on MOTD last night. Hansen pulled up 5 incidents to prove that Nasri is a confirmed weakling. Later you will tell me that Nasri is tenacious and can play central midfield.

First it was Niger Delta, now everybody is reaping the whirlwind.

Diaby a central midfielder playing left-mid. Nasri a left-winger playing central-mid. Both had poor games. Arsene knows best.  

The same Debosky who's been 100% behind Wenger all season co-signing twats like Djorou, Nasri, RVP, Toure etc and backing his decision to get rid of guys like Flamini is the same one now saying that he's happy L'Arse lost so that Wenger can get the message. Shebi I told you long ago that the only reason Wenger won the league in previous seasons was because of Winterburn, Bould, Keown, Adams, Campbell etc. Ever since these guys left, Arsene can't do jack. Face it, Arsene is defensively inept. Even his own defensive coach claimed that Wenger never did any defensive coaching for even one day when he was at Arsenal.

hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

3-0

Haha. Arsenal is finished.

Look at how that weakling Nasri just let Anelka glide away from him with no pressure at all on Anelka. Later now, Debo will come and tell me Nasri is tenacious in central midfield. Nasri is a weakling. Typical Arsenal player.

When will these young boys learn that khaki no be leather.

The usual hundred passes from Nasri, Van Persie et al all going nowhere.

Like I said, Im happy Arsenal fans love these weaklings. It only means more losses for them in seasons to come.

To be fair, Diaby's indecision over when to pass and when to dribble only occurs when he is playing on the left-wing. What do you expect from a central midfielder? He is not an Arsenal-type player, but he has very strong running, a good burst of acceleration, a good finish and strong technical skills (at least compared to other central midfielders of his type). To be quite honest, the boy is being wasted at Arsenal.

I have noticed one thing about L'Arses. If a player is not a fancy dan, you guys have no respect for him. Same way everyone was dissing Eboue just because Wenger was playing him out of position. In that case, don't blame the player, blame the manager. Ditto Diaby on the left wing. I bet if Lassana Diarra was still at Arsenal, Le Prof would be playing him right-wing and you guys would be dissing him. Look at him now in his favourite position. Arsenal midfield should be Song, Diaby and Fabregas. Song for his discipline, Diaby for his off-the-ball running and nuisance factor and Fabregas for his passing. Like Aime Jacquet said, every midfield must have a destroyer, a runner and a passer. Unfortunately for Arsenal, you have 4 passers and not enough of the rest.

As for Nasri, he is not a bad player, but he doesn't have a position. He is a luxury player just like RVP. If my team was in the trenches, those are not the kind of guys I want on my side.

@ Debo and 40 ounces,

Diaby doesn't fit into Arsenal's system simply because of the style of play, not because he is wack. Where you have weaklings like Nasri et al playing their tippy-tappy going nowhere passes, thats where Diaby would look out of place cos his football brain isn't up to speed with that style of play. Put him at Chelsea where we are not concerned with making a hundred passes before launching an attack and you will see his off-the-ball running skills come into play. Diaby is simply an animal. Essien is not the best passer nor is he the best at tracking back, but put him between the DM and AM as a box-to-box midfielder and the beast comes out of him. That is Diaby's best position - as the middle-man of a three-man central midfield. If Diaby was wack, he wouldn't be playing for France and he wouldn't be attracting interest from Jose Mourinho at Inter. He is a typical Mourinho player. The key is not to tie him down to a Makelele-type position where he must keep his discipline. Just let him run loose and cause havoc just like Essien.

As for Nasri and RVP, they do nothing for me. They have no burst of acceleration (for their position), they're too intricate and too weak. Watching Nasri on the left-wing gives me heartburn. Its just like watching Joe Cole. Good in some games, but when the going gets tough, these guys fade away. Its a physical game these days. If you are small and lightweight, you must be very fast or have an uber-football brain eg Arshavin. Anyway, Im happy you all love Nasri and RVP et al type of players. It simply means more losses for you in seasons to come.  

As usual Debo & Muki are yarning rubbish. First it was Eboue, then Song, now y'all are picking on Diaby. Diaby is exactly the kind of player Arsenal needs. Yeah, his feet aren't quick like the rest of the team but he has many other attributes such as running off the ball etc that Arsenal are in dire need of. The problem with Arsenal is too many similar players like Nasri and Van Persie (weaklings) who pass to death but have no burst or drive and no effectiveness. Diaby would fit in very nicely at Chelsea.

Crizzle, why you dey serve me subpeona na?

Abeg, anybody that cannot take some name-calling should mind their biz. It is not uncommon for me to turn the air blue. There's nothing behind it.

To say that Lamps is not the best English midfielder of his generation is doing him a disservice. . . . . .



http://www.goal.com/en/news/2274/goalcoms-top-50-english-players/2009/05/08/1253027/goalcoms-top-50-english-players-frank-lampard-39


[size=14pt]Goal.com's Top 50 English Players - Frank Lampard (39)[/size]

Goal.com are counting down England's greatest players of all time and at number 39 is a modern-day great: Chelsea vice-skipper Frank Lampard,

Imagine a chap so consistently fit that he can brag a record (that has since been broken) of 164 consecutive appearances in England’s top flight. Keep him in your mind for a moment, as this cad is also one goal shy from recording a 20+ goal season for the fourth year on the spin. It could have been five had it not been for a return of 19 in the 2004-05 campaign. This Romford-born 30-year-old is as articulate as he is intelligent, he received a good education, and was a class-mate of British pin-up Jodie Marsh – I alone envy him for that.

Yet Frank Lampard remains a figure of fun for some, and has often been pin-pointed for catcalling while he dons the Three Lions national crest on his chest.

It is hard to fathom why. For - were it not for the exemplary big-game-changing Champions League winning talismanic captain of Liverpool; Steven Gerrard - then Lampard would be getting talked about as the midfielder of his, and many other’s, generation. He has been described by current Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink, who is fast approaching the conclusion of his temporary tenure at Stamford Bridge, as a “complete box-to-box midfielder”, which is a tag that could easily underscore the dictionary definition of the word: “truism”, when referring to Frank.

Not only is he a relentless tormentor of opposition rear-guards, a prolific net-bulging midfielder with an accurate strike, and a man whom can brag a wise footballing brain due to the manner in which he times his runs, but he is also an astute break-up merchant. His tackling skills are oft – and cruelly – under-rated, and under-estimated.

While Gerrard will claim glory for the way in which he will break a lung to charge 50 yards back down the field of play, perfectly executing a sliding challenge to dispossess his man, Lampard would require no time to retrieve his breath, as he would have been in the correct zone in the first place. His positional sense is inspired.

Frank plays better in a deeper role than the label of 'attacking midfielder' that has been falsely applied to him in the past. He can spot a pass, make play, or turn to a more direct avenue by going solo. He is one of the few players who can hit a defence-splitting trivela pass with pace, and accuracy.

It is not an unknown fact that all managers that turn up in west London to coach the kid turn away shaking their heads and exercising their eyebrows before going on public record as saying they have one of the best players in the world on their hands. Jose Mourinho spotted something in him during the genesis of his stay at Stamford Bridge.

In Totally Frank, Lampard’s autobiography released following England’s premature exit from the 2006 World Cup, the former Hammer explained how Mourinho walked in on him while he was showering once, to tell him eye-to-eye, that he was the best player in the world. A wet, naked, and slightly confused Frank shrugged off the compliment. To which Mourinho persisted; you are the best player in the world. Then it suddenly dawned on Lampard that this man was not going to leave him alone to dry off unless he acknowledged the comment.

The praise does not stop at the two aforementioned bosses who command great European Cup pedigree between them, but extends to one of the most famous names in international football – Brazil’s World Cup winning coach in 2002; Luiz Felipe Scolari, too. The axed manager cited Lampard’s chipped goal versus Hull City at the beginning of this season as the greatest he had ever seen.

Football is in his blood. He is is the son of Frank Lampard Snr, who was a full-back during his playing days and played for east London club West Ham United. His uncle is Harry Redknapp, now manager of north London side Tottenham Hotspur, and his cousin is Jamie Redknapp, who can now be found in a number of Wii adverts.

Sauron, bring me the guys head on a plate. We discuss price later. I don't do advance-fee cos I know you do advance-fee fraud. 

Seriously, there is no conspiracy, but there is a conspiracy between the referee and his linesmen. If referee no see am, linesman must to see am. Peeps keep talking about Henry's penalty at the Nou-Camp. Henry's penalty claim is of the same severity as the least of Chelsea's penalty claims. 4 clear penalties missed? Even if only one was indisputable, by law of averages, he must give at least one of the other three, unless he has it in his mind that he is definitely not giving Chelsea anything - and that goes for the linesmen as well. Like someone said, can you find a game in history where the officiating was so horrendous - then tell me which game?

Jon B was the man back in the day. . . . don't listen to what people say, they don't know about you and me/ put it out your mind, cos its jealosy. . . . thats one of the best RnB tracks of all time.

E-bay, you are a slowpoke. Bosingwa and Drogs were ordered to apologise. None of em are remorseful for anything, just trying to avoid draconian punishment from the suits at UEFA who like you have never played footie and wouldn't know what constitutes a justifiable reaction in a similar circumstance. Their reaction is punishable (as per kids watching TV), but there is no moral cause to condemn their reaction.

E-bay, If you never said you wouldn't do the same, then STFU. As long as DD doesn't lay hands on the referee, he is entitled to rant and rave as much as he pleases. There is nothing classless about that. Almost everyone would do the same.

If you would do the same as DD, then you are tacitly admitting that the referee wholly cheated Chelsea out of the win, so all your double-argument about Barca being wronged (really?) is nuanced. Don't talk out of the side of your mouth. Say what you know is right and stop your antagonist double-talk. Chelsea were sorely cheated and have a right to behave sorely.

Akolawole:
@chelseans

I think i miss JM in that kind of problem.

GH get nearly everything right but crybaby.

If its was JM or SAF, they will try to ask 4th official some qestions after Malouda one was overlooked thereby sending message to the Referee INDIRECTLY.

Yeah, I miss JM in this situation for real. JM would enter the pitch with shotgun.

Chelsea are talking about selling DD cos of his reaction yesterday. That is the wrong move. They should back their player 100% and demand an unreserved apology from UEFA.

Which kain nonsense be this.

Eastbay, eat a privates mehn. You think say you be angel? Bloody armchair fan. Theres nothing DD did yesterday that I wouldn't do, even more. I remember I got fined £125 by the London FA back in 2004 for telling a ref that if he wasnt so old, I would have punched him, after he gave two of our players red card for nonsense.

Eastbay:
dyabman,
The fact that you're a hooligan doesn't make me the same as you.There's a thing called dignity,i.e. not reducing yourself to the other person's level,in this case the ref,and in my case,you.
You can always walk away when provoked.Not all provocation requires reaction.
United were robbed vs Porto in 2004.A goal was wrongly disallowed.No one went after the ref like the Chelsea players and fans did.it's been done before.Stop accepting unrully behavior.Even Drogba has apologised.Why can't you realise it's wrong?

Nikka STFU! Hooligan ke? Maybe you're a ninny. What dignity? There's no such thing as dignity on a football pitch, not when there's a series of concerted efforts to deny you equity. As Phil Neville said yesterday, only someone who doesn't play football wouldn't react like the players. Get off your politically correct high-horse and stop mouthing nonsense. You think Chelsea players are like Ladan Bosso shouting over nothing? And how dare you compare ONE honest mistake in your goddamn Porto match to a series of conscientious and determined decisions NOT to award pens. If the match was in Naija, the ref would have left the pitch a bloody carcass.

FBS:
some people are just D!ck heads.

QED.

Everyone knows Chelsea deserve to be in the final by a long margin. Barca won, but methinks its a pyhrric victory cos Man Utd will slaughter them with all their defenders missing.

Who the hell says Kameni is World Class? Sauron needs verifocals.

Who the fox is even interested in Arsenal-Chelsea match sef? We don't play for low stakes, especially not after the injustices of wednesday. You guys can have the win. It should give you something to make yourselves feel relevant.

Look at this guy. . . . .SAF's corrupt practices are conducted in open daylight like OBJ and Atiku. . . . 




http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/football/article.html?Uefa_chief_hints_at_Fletcher_red-card_reprieve&in_article_id=650611&in_page_id=43

[center]Uefa chief hints at Fletcher red-card reprieve[/center]

Darren Fletcher's Champions League final suspension could be overturned after talks between Sir Alex Ferguson and top Uefa official David Taylor.

Manchester United midfielder Fletcher was dismissed late on in Tuesday's Champions League semi-final win over Arsenal for a professional foul on Cesc Fabregas.

Replays showed Fletcher played the ball but Uefa confirmed yesterday United do not have the right to appeal against the referee's decision.

As things stand Fletcher will sit out the final against Barcelona in Rome on May 27, but Taylor has hinted at a reprieve for the Scotland international.

'I have spoken with Alex Ferguson personally on this - as fate would have it we shared a car after the match,' revealed the Uefa general secretary.

'We were rather thrown together but had an interesting discussion.

'He was very fair about the referee and what had happened but equally he was very disappointed for Darren, as are we all.

'I tried to give Alex as much advice as I could with regards the procedure in these circumstances.

'There is no formal process. But if the club want to write to us with information - such as video evidence - explaining why they think this is a harsh punishment then they can do that.

'The likelihood is that we'd then refer the matter to our disciplinary body.

'They would then look to see if there were any special circumstances to justify any departure from established procedures.

'I must stress there is normally no way these matters can be overturned.'

Fletcher's hopes could hang referee Roberto Rosetti admitting to his apparent error in his match report, but Taylor concedes such an admission may not be enough to reverse the red card.

'The ref may take the view a mistake has been made and include that in his report but that wouldn't be in any way decisive,' he continued.

'It's an entirely discretionary thing, whether or not the committee feels there is reason to intervene.

'That's the position. Strictly speaking there's no appeal process but representation can be made and looked at.'

This is the funniest sturvs from last nite. . . . I cant get over it. . . .


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siHimaFW5Ro&hl=en&fs=1[/flash]

They never even entered our box once, while we broke their defensive ramparts down. Infact, we schooled em. If I was DD I wouldn't apologise. Chelsea should demand an apology from UEFA just like Italy did when that idiot Tom Henning last refereed their match. Infact, we should claim compensation. Im starting to believe this shit is a conspiracy. Yeah, the ref may be blind but what the phock was wrong with the linesmen? This shit is politics mehn. . . . even a UEFA delegate said that their preferred final was Barca v Man Utd. . . . .if there's no conspiracy, how come both the ref and the linesmen went blind. . . .

This shit is all politics. . . .  Can you believe that SAF rode in the same car with UEFA Chief Executive from the Arsenal match. . . . the guy told SAF that he would put pressure on UEFA to repeal Fletcher's red-card on compassionate grounds, although there is no legal recourse to do so. . . .  If it is Chelsea now, they wouldn't wanna hear nada. Chelsea should ask for the win on compassionate grounds.  

nateevs:
@Debo

You say the first advantage could one of many things including "a shot on goal" . . . and then he runs and goalie and he is brought down and according to you the second advantage is "completely different". . even when you admit that it is "a shot on goal" . . . ?

What exactly does completely different mean. . ?

Don't even bother mehn. . . . the link I provided clearly state the FIFA directive on that. . . . Debo is just looking for trouble. . .

Krayola:
What part of the rules explain a player getting red carded for making no contact with the striker?

At that stage Chelsea are already 4-0 ahead if rules are applied properly. That was the only 'honest' mistake the referee made cos it looked like Anelka was tripped until you saw the replay. All the others he saw korokoro with his two eyes and brushed them aside in the interest of keeping the game alive. That motherphocker should be shot.

Debo, you clown.


http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-324011.html


Wreave13 Mar 2006, 11:38 AM
So how do you handle holding where the clutching started outside of the PA, and the attacker was able to get inside the area before being stopped cold by the shirt tug. So where is the place of the foul? Outside the area, or inside the area (we have holding fouls in both places)? Do you have two holding fouls - one outside with an advantage call, the second inside with a PK being awarded.

That's an easy one, straight out of the FIFA 2005 Q&A:

31. A defender starts holding an attacker outside the penalty area but finishes inside the penalty area. What action should the referee take?
He would award a penalty kick.

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GKbenji15 Mar 2006, 12:22 PM
An anecdote I remember reading somewhere: striker with the ball is approaching the goal, and a defender grabs him a few yards outside the penalty area. Striker fights through the hold, continues forward into the area, when finally he's dragged down. Referee awards a penalty kick.

The striker complains. "But I started holding him outside the area!"

The referee replies, "And I gave you five yards to let him go!"