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Actman05:
Ibime why do you think Ratcliffe is better than Boehly for chelsea?

Cos he's worth nearly $16bln - nearly twice Abramovic and he already owns Nice and Lausanne (feeder clubs for loan and trial players and cheap bids on promising players not ready for Chelsea) plus he's already got a Sports and performance infrastructure from sailing and cycling and motor racing teams he owns. Also he comes from poor background and probably played football his whole youth. And his wealth is set to increase with rise in oil price.

Someone help me check which cryptocurrency is top loser today.

Pep sending boys back to village. Ponzi club.

GloriousGbola:
They have calculated since na. Amazon that has people peeing in bottles for efficiency - you think they want workers on the floor coping with morning sickness or recovering from back alley abortions?

Or paying maternity pay or temporary staffing and locum cover for people on mat leave

Roland17:
WE NO DEY SHAME

WE NO DEY HIDE

WE DEY TALK AM WITH OUR CHEST

Anything to make the Bald Bi-Polar wail in anguish and pain.

Papangolo pangolo. . .


After the tikitaka, play the blues (the blues, the blues)/
We go dey laugh as Pep dey lose (dey lose, dey lose)/
ApariSports dem done confuse (confuse, confuse)/
Citadel wash am with booze (with booze, with booze)/

Everybody hail Carlo (Carlo, Carlo)/
Papangolo pangolo (panglo, panglo)
He put Catalan for Sanko (Sanko, Sanko)/
Long live General Franco (Franco, Franco)/

Wetin Pep e never see for gate (for gate, for gate)/
Ancelotti no be him mate (him mate, him mate)/
How many years wey Sheikh go wait (go wait, go wait)/
Abu Dhabi people done frustrate/ (frustrate, frustrate)

After one billion pound sterling (sterling, sterling)/
7 years, they're still gelling (gelling, gelling)/
They sign Silva, sign Sterling (Sterling, Sterling)
E no work. . . dem sign Erling (Erling, Erling)/

Haaland bank account done knack (done knack, done knack)/
Sheikh spray am racks on racks (on racks, on racks)/
When him agent see the stacks (the stacks, the stacks)/
The thing give am heart attack (attack, attack)/

Liverpool sef must take the L (the L, the L)/
cos Chelsea bank account go swell (go swell, go swell)/
If Hazard win the UCL (CL, CL)/
Florentino do me well (me well, me well)

Courtois performance, that was great (was great, was great)/
We Chelsea fans forgive the snake (the snake, the snake)/
Him and Debruyne babe gyrate (gyrate, gyrate)/
Kevin na simp, no be debate (debate, debate)/

Mount and Havertz no be him mate (him mate, him mate/
If anybody try debate/ (debate, debate)
Show the boys for area (area, area)/
The "when they met" criteria (teria, teria)/

Neighbours and friends should keep eye on Elruditor for the next 24 hours

Is that a penalty?

Madrid the most entertaining team to watch this season.

saxywale1:
Fortune 500 and many other companies are now expanding abortion coverage and offering to pay employees to travel outside the state for abortion.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10779515/Amazon-pay-staff-4K-reimburse-cost-traveling-abortion-medical-care.html


https://finance.yahoo.com/news/companies-taking-a-stand-on-reproductive-rights-211048688.html


- [i]Amazon told its staff on Monday it will pay up to $4,000 in travel expenses annually for non-life threatening medical treatments, including abortions.

- The decision comes after a leaked memo revealed that the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case.

It is unlike Amazon to jump into political activism like a hothead company. They will usually wait to judge public opinion given that their business model requires the participation of the whole public.

Altruism at Amazon or cold economic calculation?

Joseph Stiglitz will argue that the cost of maternity to employers is more than $4k

A win-win!

basilico:
In another situation Ukraine should be suing for peace talks because Russia is destroy Ukraine.

Subjugation is not peace talks. I'm sure you saw them asking for peace and holding discussions in the first two weeks. The Ukrainians even asked around Russia for someone with Putin's ear to negotiate and that's how Roman Abramovic got involved

izzou:
[color=royalblue]All I see are just kids throwing tantrums everywhere.

How many world class coaches are available? How many?

The man hasn't even had the chance to overhaul the team and build his, yet noise don full everywhere.

Tuchel stays. Whosever doesn't want him can rest till he's sacked, or better still, submit his bid, buy the club and sack him.

#TuchelOut, as if we have three World class options to choose from.
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Tuchel will be the only thing holding Chelsea together and setting high standards after Roman clears out. You can already see players downing tools. If we are not careful, we could start a sharp decline after Roman and several players leave. We need to keep a manager with exacting standards during this period

Griffon:
It is limited to science studies according to our professionals here.

Bros is slyly accusing you of plagiarism sha

airmark:
@Skimpledawg, Chic2pimp, you guys remember the story of this Femiti guy, betting $100 with me? Today makes it 3yrs that i warned him to cancel the bet because despite Barca winning 3-0 in 1st leg, Liverpool would still qualify. Man deactivated when it ended 4-0 at Anfield, but i still got my money.

Klopp, the GOAT.

How did you get the money?

I remember you hinting you would put physical pressure on him

OAM4J:
Not a good season for me, especially as The Defending Champion... 1st time I will be finishing out of Nairaland top 25 since many years I have been playing this

But there was very little I could do, I was in the middle of many long distance journeys with little time for research and long-time planning...

To make it worse, there were too many uncertainties this season... at a time we were not even sure of which teams will be playing or which teams had requested for postponement of their fixture due to covid. All these made it difficult for a player that is not constantly checking for updates like me...

Well, I already accepted my fate long time ago. Congrats to Ibime in advance (that is if village people no visit your team o )

@ Ibime

I hope being a 2 time main league champion and making this season FA Cup - top 8 still qualifies me for FA Cup next season abi?

No ask me for my scores in main league this season o ....

All former league Champions get entry if requested boss

[quote author=benalvino3 post=112500278]Actors

A visibly shaken and angry Senator Elizabeth Warren just spoke in-front of #SCOTUS. @TheNationalNews pic.twitter.com/KzQ2Z0Lg3b

— Willy Lowry (@willy_lowry) May 3, 2022

, I laughed because he was right-wing on the matter of abortion and his party was Centrist on the matter, and he's the one who jumped over to the centre. Pro-Abortion is a centrist policy because most Americans are Pro-Abortion. No reasonable country on earth is still discussing the matter. Not even a fanatically Catholic country like Ireland or Italy

benalvino3:
That dems are going far left making him look like he is on the right

lol

benalvino3:
So Elon musk was right?

What happened?

Debroslink:
Oga, Iniesta was UEFA TOTT before 2009 plus UEFA and FIFA TOTT after Xavi retired. The pix below is evidence.

Show us where Xavi was recognised by UEFA or FIFA without Iniesta in it

Oga Iniestas first ever honour is in a EUROs team of the tournament in a tournament that Xavi won Player of the Tournament. A 6 game tournament that he makes as a result of his team winning due to the influence of the POTT Xavi. That same 2008 Xavi made FIFPRO, UEFA Team of the Year and IFFHS Best Playmaker. Iniesta won nothing else except making the Team of the Tournament in a tournament that Xavi dominated

So again, I ask, WHO made WHO?

Any individual honours Iniesta won after Xavi left is just as a result of being famous so they smuggle him into everything just like Dani Alves who will barely play and still make FIFPRO

Debroslink:
The bold is a lie. See the pix below for evidence. Iniesta also won individual honours alongside Xavi plus 2012 Euro POTT.

Furthermore, Xavi left Barcelona in 2015. See Iniesta (in red) dominate UEFA after without Xavi. Meanwhile, I dare you to show me Xavi's UEFA TOTT without Iniesta.

The bold is not a lie.

You said "Iniesta made Xavi in 2008"

My challenge. Bring the individual awards for 2008/2009 season let's see who made who.

And as jara, I've shown you Xavi honours in 2005 and 1999

Iniesta before 2009 is a blank canvass

benalvino3:
In 1982 Joe Biden proposed a constitutional amendment that would overturn Roe v. Wade and allow states to choose their own policies on abortion.

In 1994, Biden wrote a letter to a constituent bragging that he has voted against abortion funding on 50 separate occasions.

Biden voted for the “Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003.”

June 5, 2019: Biden reaffirmed his 40-plus year support for the Hyde Amendment.
June 6, 2019: Biden immediately reverses his 40-year position and denounces Hyde Amendment.

Since Biden is going far-left, watch the nonsense he will say tomorrow

Leaders vote for their party policies while normal people vote on their personal preference

When he was a small boy, he was voting with his Catholic faith

Now he is voting based on the mandate given him by his party

Almajirihunter:
Great addition to the league, guy is reducing Salah’s bargaining power, Diaz-Mane-Jota will be as deadly

Actually none are comfortable on the right wing - Diaz, Mane and Jota all operate better from left wing. Maybe Mane can do it byt he hasn't played there for 7 years and he is too good as a striker now to be moved back to the right wing

Almajirihunter:
Diaz feels like Hazard, too confident

More like Suarez on the wing

I just like wingers who don't have a predictable style of dribbling. They just beat you with chops, body feints, speed and power

There is a world of difference when you move Mane upfront and Diaz to the left wing - much more deadly than Mane of the wing with Jota upfront

Mane has actually showed in the last months that he is a better striker than winger

Roland17:
Na d hand wen Klopp wan use face the Bald-Bi-Polar be dis?

He better bring back Henderson for final, not Keita

Fabinho

Debroslink:
Iniesta didn't go to WC 2002 and Euro 2004. Xavi was in Euro 2004 as a bench warmer despite being Barça’s vice captain. While Iniesta bossed UCL 06 final, Xavi dropped 0 goals, 1 assist in 2005/06 La liga/UCL success.

Don't also forget that Iniesta was Euro 2012 POTT, and won 2015 treble with Xavi on the bench.

Below is what Iniesta achieved for Spain without Xavi

I asked you to show me what Individual honours Iniesta had before 2009 not all this shalaye.

In 2008 and 2009, Xavi took all the individual honours showing that the whole world recognised him as responsible for the template.

This includes 2008 Euro Player of the Tournament, 2008/09 UEFA midfielder of the year, LaLiga midfielder of the year 2009, FIFPRO11 2008

This is the first year when Barca and Spain started their dominance and Xavi was the one recognised while Iniesta was nowhere to be found.

So take your "Iniesta made Xavi" lies elsewhere

Xavi made Iniesta from 2008 onward.

And even before 2008, Xavi was LaLiga Spanish Player of the year 2005 and LaLiga breakthrough player 1999

And stop lying that Iniesta bossed 2006 UCL final. He was a substitue that came on and got lucky with a cutback against 10 men Arsenal.

Show me one thing Iniesta was honoured for before Xavi baked his cake in 2008/09 season having been playing since 2002. Shamelessness took you to start bringing Under-17 tournament for Spain like say Iniesta na Macauley Chrisantus

Debroslink:
You have started this your mefegedefege un top Iniesta. Xavi had been playing since 1998. Show us Xavi's moment for Spain and Barcelona from 1998 - 2007 (10 years) before Iniesta became mainstay.

Iniesta started playing in 2002. Show us his achievement before Xavi won Euro 2008 POTT while setting template for how Iniesta will eat off him for the next 6 years

Show me one honour Iniesta had before 2009 when Xavi cooked food for him

Xavi was LaLiga Breakthrough player of the year 1999, Best LaLiga Spanish Player 2005

In the 2008 when he set the template, he won all the awards. Having cooked food, then allowed Iniesta to start eating in 2009

popizaino:
All thanks to the composure,control,flair,skills Deco brought to our midfield,the exact thing missing in Lampard's game and very much in Iniesta's game. Trust me if this was a studio were I can ask them to bring me moments as evidences you would be surprised as how much I know about midfield ball.

Stop your shalaye. Chelsea possession game was great under Ancelotti with Lampard in the same midfield proving exactly my point that Lampard would flourish in Barcelona midfield with Xavi and Busquet.

What should be clear to you is that it's not the third midfielders job to control the midfield so what do we need an Iniesta ontop the Deco for? Put Iniesta in that same team and they will battle to finish top 4 without the actual game-winning actions an AM should be providing.

Nobody asked the most advanced midfielder to be central to the tikitaka. DeBruyne with his one-time balls and directness is not stopping Man City from dominating the midfield. In football, you need triangles and even a Mascherano who was technically limited at Liverpool had no problem slotting in Barca midfield with so many angles being created. The show never stopped with Seydou Keita either. Iniesta with his paltry 60 passes per match should stop lying that he was helping Xavi and Busquet control anything and do his job. Nobody accused Muller of flair, composure, skills etc and Bayern have never struggled to control a game. I have always said that that 1990s thinking that your AM controls the game while your DM just tackle is rubbish. DMs control the game since 2000 while AMs job is to be productive.

philip0906:
Is anyone following the Ratcliffe story? The Brits are cunning fvcks. Abramovic should fight for every penny even if it means Chelsea crumbling, let it.

Snuck in the British billionaire under a ridiculous grassroots investment crap so the money moves to British hands.

Ratcliffe is actually the best for Chelsea, not these American guys.

Unfortunately for Roman it looks like no peace will be in sight for a long time and he can almost count all his investment in UK as lost. He was not going to get a penny even if Boehly won the bid.

popizaino:
The things you said Andres iniesta cannot do is what he would excell at and the things you hyped Lampard for is what he would have failed at. You think is every tom dick and harry that can perform in tiki taka? Take your joke elsewhere and to burst your bubble Andres iniesta with the fact he knows how to dribble would have excelled anywhere.

The things he said is simple. Iniesta cannot play with Malouda on his left and Joe Cole on his right and finish Chelsea any better than 8th place in the league.

Lampard would easily excel in that Barca midfield because his job is not to lie that he is helping Busquet and Xavi with possession game but to be productive. Muller does not need to lie that he is helping Kimmich and Goretzka with anything. When Ancelotti came with tikitaka to Chelsea in 2009/10, Lampard produced 27 goals and 20 assists. The more ball productive players receive, the more they produce. Not lying anyhow and claiming other peoples work.

iykmora:
The draws...

Ibime vs iyk

If I lose, I know I lost to the best.


Gudluck all

I thought they will do 1st vs 8th, 2nd vs 7th and so on

Make I go look your team

donstan18:

4-4-2 era is different from 4-3-3 era.

Zidane matches up perfectly statswise against other AM from his era like Nedved, Laudrup, even Figo etc

It's only in Iniesta era we will be seeing massive variance like his peers quadrupling his stats

donstan18:
Inesta and Xavi were specialists on some things that made them compatible. You can’t like one and slander one.

It’s either you like the two, hate the two or be truthful to hype the two when compared to amateurs.

I have seen Xavi pair with Fabregas and Marcos Senna in 2008 tournament while Iniesta is on the periphery on the wing to know Iniesta is not central to Xavi

Seen Xavi pair with Busquet and Alonso in 2010 and 2012 also with no show stopped

Seen Xavi pair with Seydou Keita and Busquet and no change to the level of dominance

But never seen Barca or Spain midfield consistently dominant with 65% to 80% of possession every game after Xavi