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lol. I just dey play with una. Why una go vex for una brother na?

na2day, tobra?

Do you know Kalabari language is still spoken in parts of Guyana till today?

I believe he passed away in 1996 or so. Not sure.

hmmmmm . . . . . so Edoite people don dey claim Degema? . . . . . abeg Degema is part of us (Ijaw). . . .hands off!

Disorganisation is too much recently. . . . .one doesn't know where to turn to read their sports news. . . . so many threads. . . . .anyway, I will be in the Chelsea thread as usual. All these other threads no concern me.

http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=826475

Since some doubt the authenticity of goal.com, here are the Portuguese reports as well:


http://www.record.pt/noticia.asp?id=801044&idCanal=24

http://www.ojogo.pt/24-181/artigo741542.asp



[center]Chelsea Closing In Sporting's Paim?[/center]

Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari has reportedly arranged with Sporting Clube de Portugal to take 20 year-old winger Fabio Paim to Stamford Bridge on a season-long loan deal.

Sporting’s highly-rated Fabio Paim had his differences with the management of the Lisbon club, and Luiz Felipe Scolari is apparently interested in taking the youngster on a year’s loan to see if he can settle in London.

The opportunity of a permanent move to Chelsea awaits if Paim develops his potential with the Blues while on loan.

Paim was being compared to a young Ronaldinho two years ago, and has come through the same youth system as Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo.

In terms of playing style he has been described as possessing bags of pace and dribbling ability, either on the wing or through the middle.

Setanta Sports report Portuguese sources as suggesting that Sporting no longer regard Paim as a long-term prospect for them. He has already spent time away from the club on loan and has had disciplinary issues that have slowed his progress but that a task-master like Scolari should be able to iron out. Scolari is also seen as the sort of coach to who can help Paim realise his undoubted potential.

Uby40, you copied and pasted that shit straight from Mark Bright's column. Link please, otherwise we confuse it with your personal opinion.

Seun, I have been noticing some favourable comments toward Chelsea from you. You are welcome to join us.

Sagamite:
Ejide was faultless in ANC 2008. Definitely the best we have at the moment.

My opinion exactly. . . .to be honest, never seen such accomplished performance from a Nigerian goalkeeper. . . .

Sagamite:
Yakubu? So you are one of those abi? Oya go and get your gloves becaue I no go gree. By far the best Naija striker. Stats says 1 goal in every 2 games for Naija, who wan steal that in present SE?

No doubt Yak is good. . . but his time is coming to an end. . . c'mon, dude been playing Naija league since 1997. . . he must be at least 33. . . . I do not see him being 100% fit for 2010. . . .Everton fans been wondering what he has been eating over the summer if the football phone-ins on BBC radio 5 are anything to go by.

Sagamite:
You are right about Nsofor, I just couldn't find a substitute for that left side.

Nsofor is great in a central forward role. . . but God knows how many times he pissed me off when he played on the left-wing. . . . Obasi or Odemwingie can take the left-wing.

Terry should have lost that captaincy to Rio Ferdinand. He needs to be humbled a bit. I don't like when players start thinking they are too much, more than they are. Next thing, they start asking for £200,000 a week because they are England Captain.

Dr Kitaun:
anyone that doesnt just accept the fact that Yakubu is the most senior player upfront in that team is due to see his shrink 

Dr Kit, why you want fight na? Take it easy.

Just like you said, Yak is the most senior. Old age dey worry am.

Such short memories - I remember in Ghana 2008 where everybody was complaining that Yak is either pregnant or has eaten too much pounded yam. 

Super Eagles team should be overhauled every 7 years because of the dubious age of the players. Harry Redknapp has said that he wonders why Utaka cannot work the wings effectively. Na old age dey worry am. Although he is a very good player sha. I just don't know how long he got left. He can ride the bench while the youngsters like Obasi, Uche, Nsofor and Odemwingie do their thing.

Brazil need to go home. They are embarassing themselves. Ronaldinho should just retire.

^^^I prefer Ejide to Enyeama. Ejide's style is very European. Enyeama is good though, but no good at claiming crosses. This is what gives Ejide the edge for me.


3-0 to Argentina. The final will be bloodfire!

@ Sagamite:

Apam is no good. Clumsy defender always giving away freekicks. We can do better, I'm sure.

Phock Yakubu and Utaka. The old men need to go and rest.

I can never put Kaita ahead of Ayila/Ajilore/Obodo/Eromoigbe/Olofinjana.

As for Nsofor, I cannot play him on the wing. Either I play him behind the striker or keep him on the bench. He has dissapointed on that left wing for the last two ACN's. Even against Ivory Coast, he did his best work behind the striker. Today they put him back on the left wing and he was nowhere to be seen.

hmmmm. . . . this Ronaldinho is finished. 2-0 to Argentina.

Looking at these boys, this is the next Super Eagles team I would put out:


                                             Ejide

Odiah                         Yobo                 Adeleye               Taiwo


                                 Mikel           Ayila/Obodo/O'Jana


Obasi                                   Uche                                 Odemwingie

                                     
                                   Anichebe/Martins



Subs:

Enyeama
Adefemi
Shittu
Eromoigbe
Ajilore
Nsofor
Okoronkwo


I still think Okoronkwo could make a good central striker. He's got the first touch and inteliigence.

nateevs:
@Akola

i know you still haven't accepted LFS . . I hope you find space in your heart for him.

As far as Ako is concerned, nothing good can ever come to Chelsea except it is orchestrated by JM. . . .

Odili ran Rivers State like someone who is not part of us. . . .the truth is, he never cared much for the Riverine people. . . . he shares more common interests with his Ibo brothers. . . .he set a horrible precedent in Rivers State. Former Governors like Alfred Diete-Spiff and Rufus Ada-George would be disgusted with the level of corruption, sadism, irresponsibility, thuggishness he instituted. . . . Dr Dima Fiberesima will be turning in his grave. . . . Odili is an uplander from Igboid Andoni. . . thus, he never cared for the Niger-Delta struggle. . . . people do not understand that Rivers State is split between the Igboid uplanders and the Ijaw of the riverine. . . . . . Odili's way of doing business is alien to the typical Rivers man. . . . . his style is more Arthur Nzeribe than Asari-Dokubo.

Well, it seems obvious that the best way to beat Chelsea now is to overload the fullbacks by playing with wingers and stretching the play. . . . without the full-backs as the focal point of the attack, Chelsea will suffer. . . . this is what Europeans always use to beat the Brazilians. . . . but first, they have to get the ball from our midfield, which won't be easy, otherwise, their wingers will be isolated. . . . one remembers the Man Utd-Barca semi-final last season where Barca starved the Man Utd wingers of the ball by dominating the centre of the pitch. . . .luckily, the same man who orchestrated that gameplan, Deco, is now at Chelsea. . . . only question is whether he can remain motivated. We all know he loves to party and sleep with ashawo. . . .but if anyone can keep him motivated, Big Phil can.

Yeah. . . . thats true. . . . why do Governors in different political zones feel the need to hold meetings together when we all live in the same country?. . . .that says a lot about the ethnic nature of Nigerian politics. . .

@ Poster,

Why do you have to prove that Northerners bring anything to this union?

All this talk of Northerners being 'parasites' is not something we haven't been discussing amongst ourselves for the last 25 years. _{Note the use of double negative} Thankfully, it is now in the open and I am happy that you know how we feel about you guys.

If you don't like it, do something about it. . . . . . prove you can bring something to the table by instituting fiscal federalism. . . . Otherwise, leave us alone. You are the ones begging to keep this union together, not us. We are happy to cut you off. . . . and face this 'harsh new world' that you imagine we will face upon divorce. . . . lol. . . . glad we live in a globalised economy. . . . let me see if I cannot buy soft puna yam from Ghana if the North refuses to sell. . . . it's a buyer's market. . . .without us, you would have no one to sell your hard yams to. . . .

dyabman:
@Ibime-Michael

you select players that will feature every match , every weekends, don't select the injured ones

i see you are on 40 points 4th on the nairaland fantasy footie. , I'm always on top . Lampad,deco,cech,arteta all gained good points for me.

lol. . . . don't worry, my strategy is a long term strategy. . . . my main men are yet to start scoring points. . . some are at the olympics, others are injured. . . and when Berbatov, Defoe and Darren Bent start scoring points as I expect, I will be shooting to the top of the league very soon.  . . . . . with dudes like Craig Fagan and Dave Kitson in your team, I doubt you will be able to keep up with me. . . . lol. . . . Watch this space.

Love reading The Times. . .


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/chelsea/article4552234.ece


[center]Chelsea show attacking flair to thrash Portsmouth [/center]

It was, it has to be said, just like watching Brazil. Not because Luiz Felipe Scolari already has his Chelsea team playing with the joyous expression of the Canarinho, but because he has them set up in the modern way perfected by his countrymen. Scolari’s Chelsea play fast, overlapping full backs, a high, creative midfield line, and have, in John Obi Mikel, a holding midfield player who doubles as a centre half in the style of Gilberto Silva. It puts them quickly on the offensive, but always with the padlock secure at the back and Portsmouth found them unplayable. The scoreline flattered the visiting team, who did not look like scoring, but could have let in three more with better finishing, when Chelsea forwards were left one on one with David James, the England goalkeeper.

Fabio Capello, the watching England manager, will have taken away positive thoughts about Frank Lampard, Joe Cole, John Terry and Ashley Cole, less so Jermain Defoe, the Portsmouth striker, who barely got a kick. His partner, Peter Crouch, also did little to make the Italian rethink his decision to exclude him from the squad to play the Czech Republic on Wednesday.

What Scolari has succeeded in doing very quickly is blending the English core of his team with a continental intellect, so efficiently that it is scarcely possible to tell one from the other. José Bosingwa, the right back, got forward quickly, but so did Ashley Cole on the left. Deco played sublime passes that caused Portsmouth huge problems in the heart of midfield, but so did Michael Ballack and Lampard. The role of Mikel, who drops in as a third centre half when the backs operate as wingers, is a masterstroke and brought out the best from the Nigeria player. This was his finest game in a Chelsea shirt, and Michael Essien’s return to the first team cannot be regarded as a formality.

Scolari airily dismissed the Brazilian connection, preferring to talk of the flair of his individuals, regardless of nationality. The aspect on which all agreed, though, was that this was the perfect start for Chelsea under the new manager. Asked whether it was a result that would have Manchester United, the champions, worried, Scolari did not take the bait. “No,” he said, “because we do not play them next. Wigan Athletic, maybe.” Steve Bruce’s team are up in six days’ time.

This was Chelsea’s most emphatic start to a season since victory by the same scoreline over Sunderland in 1999 and if Sir Alex Ferguson thinks that this Chelsea team are too old to win the title, then that side would have had him sending mocking deliveries of Sanatogen. It was the era when Chelsea were attracting world-class players, but not in their prime, and Marcel Desailly, Gianfranco Zola, Albert Ferrer and Didier Deschamps were in the starting lineup. By comparison, this Chelsea team are spring chickens and anyone who did not think they had the potential to be champions on the evidence of yesterday was not paying attention.

Chelsea were a goal up after 12 minutes and three clear by half-time. If the second half was quieter it was because Portsmouth were no contest and Scolari’s team sensibly conserved their energy for bigger challenges ahead. Between the 52nd and the 88th minutes, Chelsea did not have a clear-cut scoring chance, although Deco rewarded those who stayed to the end with a 25-yard shot from outside the right of the penalty area, which swerved so much in mid-air that James could only palm it into his own net. It was a fitting end to the game, though, confirmed by the admission from Harry Redknapp, the Portsmouth manager, that his team could not live with Chelsea. He did not sound angry, more resigned. His only consolation is that he will not be playing Chelsea every week. No, his next opponents are Manchester United.

Carl Lewis. . . . long jump, 100m, 200m. . . . that is a real olympic great.

Michael Johnson is an olympic great in the 200m and 400m

Too many medals in swimming. They should have one medal for 100m, 200m, 400m etc. . . . not different medals for butterfly, backstroke, front crawl etc. . . . . . until today, the 60m sprint is not an olympic sport, yet every swimming discipline is.

The one that makes me laugh. . . .do you know that in rowing, they have middleweight and lightweight. . . .haha. . . maybe we should also have 100m lightweight, 100m middleweight, 100m bantamweight, 100m flyweight etc. . . you get the drift.

Man Utd's next 3 fixtures are Portsomouth (A), Liverpool (A) and Chelsea (A).

Ronaldo will not be back till Chelsea game at the earliest.

Could get interesting! We could be 8 points ahead after we meet them at The Bridge.

[quote author=Okija_juju link=topic=159518.msg2669793#msg2669793 date=1219010514]Is this the best you could do with your first post?? You surely must be an attention seeking retard. [/quote]Don't you see he is claiming to be Jomo Gbomo, the MEND spokesman?

We will beat Belgium, no shaking.

What a good day! One game in and we are already 2 points ahead of Man Utd. May they continue to chase us all season in Jesus name. Amen.

Well, excuse us for getting overexcited at this sexy football. We have not seen this at Stamford Bridge since the days of Ruud Gullit.

As Ako and Somze said, no need to get carried away after one match. . . . but. . . .

the main thing I noticed is that we are not relying so much on the individual capabilities of players. Last season, people like Malouda looked bad cos they were too often isolated. Now, they have so much movement around them that they don't have to dribble anybody.

Nateevs, I salute you. You were right about Deco. I was wrong about us needing wingers to be effective. Bosingwa and Ashley Cole provide all the width we need. The main issue is the movement of our team - and that is what allows us to create chances. If we get Robinho, that is a bonus. If not, I'm still confident of our ability to challenge effectively on all fronts. . . .

one reason to get carried away. . . .

I remember how we always struggle against Pompey, usually winning by a single goal or drawing. Pompey are one of the solid teams in the Premiership. If we can bamboozle them like this, we should be able to do the same to other teams of their stature. We could have won 8-0. Distin and Campbell were confused.

More than anything, I am pleased with the teamwork. No more individuality at Chelsea. The era of the untouchables is over.

Nothing more to say, lets see how the season unfolds. I hope the disciples of Mourinho are watching. . . .

We are playing exactly the formation that Nateevs called, not 4-3-3. . . . but the whole system is fluid. . . .players are not tied down to a position, except Mikel.

This is wonderful football.

Are you not entertained? ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?

Premier League, here we come.

My Arsenal friend just called me to throw in the towel. He says he has never seen football like this before. Compact, one-touch with plenty of width all at the same time. We don't even need wingers with Bosingwa and Ashley Cole doing their thing. To use his own words, my Arsenal friend describes our play as 'Total Football'.

Premier League, here we come!

From BBC:

Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari on mercurial striker Nicolas Anelka:

"Anelka has looked good in training and will play as centre forward.

"He played well in the friendly matches but he is quiet. If you say 'good morning' to him he will say 'good morning' back but if you don't he won't say anything.

"We need to put fire in Anelka - tell him 'look Anelka, you are very good'. Maybe this will be the season for him."


wetin dey worry this Anelka?

who is IBB to lecture us on nation building? . . . I didn't even bother to read his write-up. . . soon as I read that he gave the speech at Odili's birthday, I stopped reading because Odili is an enemy of the Niger-Delta people and is currently on exile from Niger-Delta. . . . as for IBB, a military man only knows a military solution. . . .even Abacha gave more to the Niger Delta people than this murderer. . . . .If I remember correctly, oil derivation to the Niger-Delta during IBB's regime was cut to 1.5%. . . .when even that idiot Abacha raised it to 13%. . . so phock IBB and all he has to say.