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Lawd have mercy!

The reason I love Arsenal is that they are consistenly incosistent. All this jubilation will turn to groans within the next 2 weeks!

No wahala, the proof will be in the pudding. False pride will not allow Gaynners to admit they are 2nd class citizens where the big boys are concerned.

Lord, just because they scraped through against Roma of all teams, they wont allow us to hear word again.

debosky:
You can't go through an experience like this and remain the same. Something distinct and enduring has been added to the spirit of this squad. . . I'm not certain they will win anything (but I am hopeful) but they will be BETTER as the season progresses, that I'm sure of.

Take a bow lads! It was tough, it took guts and you pulled through!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. . . . . . . . . . Nonsense!!!

If Chelsea had to rely on penalties against a team like Roma, the fans would be in a state of crisis, not lauding some imaginary 'acquired' mental fortitude.

After all this talk, Arsenal will still get knocked out in the next round as soon as they meet a decent team.

Better pray to draw Villareal or Porto!

Happy Bday!!!

How old are ya?

White trash is white trash, despite putting lipstick on.

Happy Birthday bruv!!!

Time don dey reach wey you go comot your age for your profile, or at least comot small VAT.

Shameless goats! Celebrating 1-0 defeat!

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=226259.msg3580698#msg3580698 date=1236798574]Can Chelsea beat Al Ahly from Egypt in a tie of 2 legs?? I doubt it.[/quote]Thunder fire!  

I'm off to the pub. Ill be back at full-time for counselling session!  

tkb417:
shuuush!!!
it doesnt reduce the message i passed except u only read to get the helicopter view
The point is whoever represented Concacaf did at the expense of the known names. LCD Quito or Puchaka.
dont care

What known names? LDU Quito winning COMNEBOL Champions League is similar to FC Grasshoppers winning UCL. They were very lucky . . . . if not for missed penalties by Thiago Neves, it would be another story.

Besides, the team you played wasn't the team that won Champions League. They sold their whole squad after Champions League. Anyway, who said River Plate et al are top teams anymore?

tkb417:
if Pachuka to you is a small club, then i'll let it slide. ask yourself why Boca Juniors and the rest couldnt be champions of Comebol

Ghana man! Pachuca are Concacaf champs, not Comnebol. LDU Quito are Comnebol champs.

Besides, all those teams are shit!

This skitznel reminds me of nonsense Liverpool fans who like to claim they won 5 trophies in 2001 because they added Charity shield and European Super Cup to their collection. What nonsense!

@ Ako,

Your fears are not misplaced. I am also worried about this Sharon of a fella. God knows what catastrophe JM is planning for him tonight.  I hope he has the fortitude to absorb the shock. I shall make myself available for post-match counselling, not only for Sharon, but Crizzle, tkb, Emperoh, Moonstone, Chamotex, Rikkyjen, 4Play etc. Bring it on!

Akolawole:
This Juve can play sha.

They are vintage ballers in more ways than one.

Goodnight folks!

The indefatigable Chelsea!

They will not give me high BP, I swear!

This situation calls for some Southern Comfort and Coke.

Over to the Arses & Mancs, I hope they will exceed Dayokanu's wishes tomorrow.  

Bombaclaaaaaaaaaaaart!

They tried to cheat but God is watching.

Abegi, get rid of this diamond formation. Lamps is wasted on the wing and their full-backs have too much freedom. Ballack is inert and sloppy and should be substituted for Kalou immediately. We need to stretch them to nullify their narrow midfield. It was only when Anelka pulled out to the left that we stopped Grygera from coming forward, allowing us room to play. Bring Kalou on!

BTW, see as John Terry just dey match poto-poto for that Iaquinta goal.

Shebi, you guys remember that Bruce Buck said we would be losing 4 or 5 players this summer.

Could this be the first?



[center]Chelsea's Michael Ballack Poised For Bayern Munich Return – Report[/center]

The inclement financial climate is even curbing the spending of money-bags Chelsea and there could be a summer exit for Michael Ballack amongst others. Speculation is linking him with a return to Bayern Munich.

Guus Hiddink has got Chelsea back on track on the pitch but it seems that even the London giants are not immune to the credit crunch and will have to trim their playing staff for next season

"We haven't properly got together to talk about summer transfers yet but I think that we could expect that several players will leave and that several players will come in," chairman Bruce Buck told the Daily Mirror.

"I don't know whether that is three, four or five, but something in that kind of neighbourhood, so we can expect a handful to leave."

As the club look to reduce the Premiership's highest wage bill of £130 million a year, it is being reported that Michael Ballack could be one of those to exit Stamford Bridge in the summer.

Speculation has already arisen as to Ballack’s next destination and a report in The Guardian suggests that he could be set for a return to former club Bayern Munich.

His contract expires this summer so he would be available on a free and he would quickly be welcomed back at the Allianz Arena. Bayern still need world-class players if they are to compete at the highest level in Europe.

Mathew Burt, Goal.com

http://www.goal.com/en/news/15/germany/2009/03/10/1148210/chelseas-michael-ballack-poised-for-bayern-munich-return-report

When will you people stop all this nonsense Alphabetical Slaughter sturvs?

@ FBS,

Leave on-pitch activities aside. I don't criticise JM for on-pitch activities, only his off-pitch meandering.

As for Drogba, its about time! 18 months of laziness requires a lot of atonement. I hope we will not hear another story when/if Guus leaves and Drogba decides he does not like the new manager.

Sorry guys, work got busy and I had to handle some shit. Anyway back to this JM debate.

Hate him or love him, what would football be without JM to arouse such deep emotions?

At the mere mention of his name, his internet soldiers are ready to put on their breastplate of righteousness.  

Of course, we dont talk about Grant, Ranieri etc cos they are not special ones.

What I want to know is this:

(1.) Why would an agent of a player who is friendly with Mourinho make such statements?

Mourinho's hand is behind this!

I believe he is tired of Italy and is trying to engineer a move to Real, and he wants to take Ibrahimovic with him.

Why would an agent criticise JM - then turn around to say that his player wants to follow JM to Madrid? It smells fishy!  

All these stories are designed to get Moratti mad, so he can leave with his severance payment!  Lets not forget that Mourinho tried the same schitznel when he was at Chelsea, claiming that Milan would probably appreciate him more, till RA offered him a new contract.

Rumours are gathering that Moratti is getting ready to sack him and discontent with JM's handling of transfers for RQ and Mancini etc are leaking to the press.

For all we know, JM probably has a secret deal with Florentino Perez already.

There is no reason for Ibrahimovic to try to engineer a move away from Inter as he is the highest paid player in the world today and he only signed his contract last May, plus his annual pay rises incrementally.

Whats going on here?

@ Afam,

Why wouldn't they go to Awolowo when Awolowo supported their vision of autonomy and devolution?

Saro-Wiwa was a frequent visitor to Awo. Do you know Awolowo is quoted in the Ogoni bill of rights?


@ Dede1,

Thunder fire! 


@ meex,

people misread Awo's intentions and labelled him a tribalist. Awo recognised that all tribes have different goals and different levels of development and should be allowed a stake in their own affairs. Go and read the following writings from Awo:

(1) Path to Nigerian Freedom
(2) Thoughts on the Nigerian Constitution
(3) The People's Republic
(4) Strategy and Tactics of the People's Republic

Forcing tribes to live together with no scope to determine their destiny is what causes ethnic hatred, not the other way around.

Old habits die hard with JM 

Some discussion for Somze, FBS and Akola to partake in.

I feel like causing trouble today.


Spot the difference in this guy's critique of JM and mine. Does it sound familiar?

(1.) Wasting transfer fees

(2.) Killing fringe-players confidence

(3.) Going for the bigger buck.



[center]Jose Mourinho Wants To Leave Inter For Real Madrid, States Ibrahimovic’s Agent[/center]

Ibrahimovic’s representative is adamant that ‘Mou’ is eager to join los Merengues and has hinted that his client could follow suit,

Inter coach Jose Mourinho ended up at the centre of a storm last week. The Portuguese blasted the Italian media, poured scorn on rival Serie A sides Roma and Milan and accused Juventus of being favoured by referees.

According to press reports, the Portuguese is unsettled in the peninsula and could sever his ties with the Nerazzurri after a single season in the summer.

“I am sure that Mourinho is doing all he can to join Real Madrid,” Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s representative, Mino Raiola, told newspaper Il Giorno.

“He is under pressure because he cannot repeat last summer’s disastrous transfer campaign. He pushed [Massimo] Moratti to throw away €45 million and is now winning thanks to [Roberto] Mancini’s squad.

“What did he give to Inter? He just destroyed Maxwell, one of the best full-backs in Europe, and, if he had dropped ‘Ibra’, he would have been axed - just like what happened at Chelsea.”

Mourinho has developed a special rapport with Ibrahimovic and often sings his praises, so would the Swedish star be prepared to follow the tactician?

“I just want to stress one thing: if Zlatan decides to go away, he will go away,” stated Raiola.

“Every time he has moved to another club - from Ajax to Juve and then from Juve to Inter - he imposed his will. This is not a warning, but I’m just saying that he can make his own decisions.

“Offers keep coming in for him - Real Madrid and Barcelona would do everything to sign him. Ibra would net 40 goals per season in Spain and would have more chance of winning the Ballon d’Or.”

Vince Masiello, Goal.com

http://www.goal.com/en/news/10/italy/2009/03/10/1147629/jose-mourinho-wants-to-leave-inter-for-real-madrid-states-ibrahim

Define Federalism.

Awo was no tribalist, he was a true believer in federalism.

Most Niger Delta leaders went to Awo whenever they had a problem.

The statement that Nigeria is a Geographical expression is not an anti-Nigerian statement, it is just a recognition that the centre needs to be loose and all peoples should have some degree of autonomy.

Good morning all.

Today game na die.

Anelkas possibly missing with a broken toe. Camoranesi and Sissoko are missing for Juve with Marchionni doubtful.

Anyway lets see.

Very mature, especially Che-Guevara inspired attire.

debosky:
The same 'internationally accepted standards' that led to the collapse of Lehmann and HBOS' hopelessly unsustainable business model right? Spare me.

Are you concluding that the CBN's guidelines are not up to scratch? If so, by virtue of what information? How has he said he is not concerned about a lack of transparency? What is this 'call for transparency' that you are talking about? Don't they issue financial reports at the end of each year?

What good did the 'transparency' do for HBOS and others except cause a run on their share prices and lead to their near collapse?

Banks may be excessively committed to the stock market, but I'd rather wait till annual reports are released. This is the method used in 'developed' economies, so I'd rather abide by that as well.

My friend shaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap!!!

What do you know about these Nigerian annual reports? Even Bloomberg terminal has only like 7 up-to-date annual reports and the fundamental ratios look bogus to me. Plus there is weak price efficiency in the market. You can see a stock with brilliant fundamentals and a brilliant balance sheet and P&L and the share price isn't even moving. This either indicates a lack of liquidity in the market (which wasn't the case prior to the recession) or the fact that investors do not trust the figures they are being presented with!

Many investors don't even trust these companies' statements half the time, they just go to Agusto and Co to get their financial reports.

Whats all this talk about Lehmann Bros and HBOS? This is about investor confidence and nothing else. Pesin wey refuse AIDS test has already announced to the World that he has AIDS.  

Maybe the announcement that Yankee is conducting stress test on all their major financial institutions to determnine levels of debt and capital requirements skipped your attention - but other countries are making efforts to ensure full disclosure. As soon as Tim Geitner announced the stress test, DOW plummeted; but it is better to take the immediate shock in order to remove hazard from the market. Sir Fred Goodwin and Gordon Brown also had serious qwatar over disclosure. Why should Naija be any different?

Even Nigerian analysts are begging for implementation of IFRS, you are here yarning moroseness. Forget the postulations of the naysayers, NSE needs foreign investment. Even as a Nigerian investor, I would not invest in anything that is not up to International standard.

"Soludo's comments seem to contradict statements made last week by Finance Minister Mansur Muhtar, who said the central bank would consider making it mandatory for commercial banks to adopt IFRS international reporting standards."

http://af.reuters.com/article/investingNews/idAFJOE5250BJ20090306

Whats going on here?

debosky:
(1.) What evidence do you have that the toxic assets are oil-related?

(2.)Oil and gas producers are not quoted on the exchange (marketers which are much smaller are), neither do they get significant funding from local banks.

(1.) I read it somewhere. Please employ google. I no get time to look for am.

(2.) Apparently Soludo suggested buying these toxic assets since 2004, but plans were held back as the stock market was booming. They are mostly loans made to Nigerian oil companies. I do not know the intricate details but I am sure a google search will pull it up if you look hard enough.

Why not do Maths with Economics?

Don't mind Kiwi. He's been away too long.

In the land of the blind, the virtues of the one-eyed man are extolled to the heavens.

MI is NOWHERE NEAR Modey's intelligence. This is evidenced in the structure of their wordplay composition.

Just because your bovine brain cannot grasp Modenine's lection, that doesn't mean MI's rudimentary wordplay holds more substance.

Guffanti, don't tell me you have never heard of post season. Olodo!

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=226259.msg3566624#msg3566624 date=1236599088]United's PRE-season games are played in August. "Pre-season". . . . . .There's a reason why they call it "pre-season".[/quote]Mumu, if pre-season belonged to the previous season's calendar, they would call it 'post-season'. What you thought was an adroit play on words only serves to prove that Sheva was signed in 06/07 and not 05/06. You are well known for fastidiously holding on to arguments on technicalities even after making goofs big enough to cast shadows on sundials at high noon. Guffanti!  

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=226259.msg3566194#msg3566194 date=1236594040]I am disappointed in you. U have been around garbage for so long u have turned into a landfill yourself.
"The 2006-07 Premier League was the fifteenth season of the Premier League since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 19 August 2006. . . . . .

U have just been made to look STUPID. I expect someone like you to know when season kicks off but unfortunately Chelskites have no nous.
Go and ask any soccer pundit when a season starts. Games played in first week of August are PRE-SEASON games.
Pre means BEFORE. Why are CHELSEA fans bunch of idiots worldwide??[/quote]Hehehehehehe. . . . I know you have played Championship Manager before. . . . when does the season start? Answer honestly!

Champions League qualifiers that take place in July nko? And Intertoto that takes place in June nko?

Anuofia!

I hope Javalove is not engaged in any nefarious acts, this one wey bobos want die for am.

Jakumo, you no go kill pesin o!