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@ sage,
U can scream and shout all u want.
EPL is the best league in Europe overall in terms of skills, organisation and officiating.
I cannot reckon with Serie A where the size of 'em pockets determine who pinches the scudetto.
A league plagued by bribery and corruption should not even deserve any mention at all.

How many times has English clubs go to Italy to snatch victories in the jaws of defeat.
Who can forget how Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke ran riots at Turin in 1999 despite having the likes of Zidane, Del Piero and others.
Van Nistelrooy and Giggs went back in 2003 to stab Juventus 3-0 in the same Turin.
Arsenal went to San Siro to bury Inter Milan 5-1 in 2003/04 season.
I can go on and on with my stats but whatz the need.

The La Liga is great but what makes it great asides the foreign players that ply their trades in the league.
Brazilians and other South American countries are the flavours that make these leagues exciting.
Pls mention 20 world class spanish players in La Liga and i will give u my left arm.
Lets call a spade what it is.
The EPL has come of age and it rocks.

I don't know about your link.
Forbes is the best link u can get these facts.
This is ma source.
http://www.forbes.com/2006/06/12/06celebrities_money-power-celebrities-list_land.html

These are the big earners of 2005/06.
Tiger Woods leads the rank as the best paid athlete but Football players are coming up.
Dinho wasn't even on the list in 2004 but now he earns more than Williams' sisters and even P. Diddy.

Ur squad looks decent but i can't find any grit in the midfield.
What about this?


Van Der Sar

G. Neville R. Ferdinand N. Vidic G. Heinze

J Mascherano

P Scholes J Riquelme


W. Rooney C. Ronaldo

F. Torres

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Tha Jackal is back.
Tha lyrical assassin that will skin the d*ckMC back to 'em stone ages.
Lemme rip this fucker once n for all.

SleepMC,this one is for u.
I'm taking u back to the school.
Peep this-----------------------------


Its ma survival instinct that keeps my head above water
Every fucking day of ma life i want to maim a buster.
SleekMC is a roach tryin to encroach ma Dolce
and Gabbana apparel but i'm the lyrical pirrahnna
Always swarmin and  constantly devourin your baby mommaz
Don't make me reach for this piece, I got 'nuff heat to squeeze
Make your face melt like pizza cheese mixed with sushiz.
U look like a handy man, with  sex-tools on the waist
Put'choo in the ambulance with two's in your face
You'se a disgrace, you've never been hot
And I can tell how you talkin you ain't never been fought
Yo, its whatever or not, if you want it, its war
You can choose what I'ma use, the pump or the four
Then decide where you gon' die, trunk of the floor
'Cuz I'ma tell the law I don't know nothing at all
I was just walkin my dog and discovered your rotten ballz
Lying on the spot, there musta been poison in your poppa's nuts
The consequences resulted to a mind-bleeped human-mutt.
I don't care if you a skinny or a burly nigga
I'ma have ya face lookin like a blurry mirror
We shake your features, y'all make believers
And the eight'll make you shake like you fake the seizure
I ball of the scale, break the meter
And if you ever go to jail, cats'll rape and beat'cha
Hold up, take a breather, I'm way too tough
Got kicked out of high school because i played too rough
I straight grew up. I'm still a freckled nose bully
Used to take your lunch money but now I ma nick your jewelry
Nairaland umpires, please don't stop me
Lemme rip n eat SleepMC's heart, y'all mustn't halt me.
I want to put ma foot down on roaches and stamp ma authority
Kick some gay-asses so NLers can declare ma superiority
So don't u expose ya mouth because ma crew'll aim ya spouse
Man, I ma cock the biscuit back and twist its cap
Oooooopps, best believe it ma bullets won't miss ya hat.

Stupid muthafcuker.

Pirlo compared to Riquelme?
Its like comparing Rabiu Afolabi to Michael Ballack.

Riquelme in ma opinion was the best midfield player at the last world cup.
He had an outstanding 4 assists.
His free-kicks, corner kicks and killer passes all lead to Argentina's goals at the world cup.

I have already answered your questions.
The forbes list is based on the yeary income in wages, endorsements, commerical ads etc. between June 2005-June 2006.
Ronaldinho is currently 53($26m net income) on the list. Beckham is 43rd on the list($27m), and Kobe is 25th with $31m.
50 cent is 8th in the world with a net income of $41m. These figures fluctuate like London weather so we can't really hold on to 'em.

These NBA/NFL players are still on top of 'em football players because of their marketability and endorsements with various sport gears for ages.
Imagine Shevchenko was 22 years old and he continues to earn 140k pounds every week for the next 8 years. How long will it take him to overtake Shaquille and Kobe Bryants in the NBA?

U also have to look at it from the angle that Shaq and co have been around with these mouth-watering wages for so long.
Ronaldinho for instance was a nobody as at 7 years ago when he represented Brazil at Nigeria 1999 and Shaquille and Kobe have been earning mad cheddarz since then.

Ronaldinho is now above David Beckham as the most marketable player in the world but Beckham is loads richer than Dinho.
Footballers are fast catching up with the NBA/NFL players.
Check this scenario------------------
If Ronaldinho suddenly throws in a transfer request @ Barca, his buy-out clause will stand at $150 million.
Are u saying Roman Abrahamovic cannot go on this kind of spending spree and land Dinho?
How high on the Celeb list will Dinho go if this kind of scenario develops?
He will rise 20 steps above em Shaq and Kobe, innit?
Do the math.

United can have any of the players mentioned by bami.
These players costs less than nuthing and i think Ferguson should have splashed money on foreign players than an English player.
Senna and Riquelme will jump at United's offers cos they won't feature in this year's champions league.
Carrick is just anutha waste of space.
Riquelme is the best passer of the ball in the world at the moment and his deliveries are subliminal.
Riquelme + Senna will provide the kind of midfield we have missed since Keane's exit.
Silvestre, Fletcher and Miller should be off-loaded to bring in good players.

@ Loverbwoy,
Ferguson is getting old but the man is not senile.
This kind of scenario happened some few years back-when Fergie sold Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole(Europe's best strike partnership till date) to land Ruud van Nistelrooy some years back.

United fans were almost driven to a state of lunacy when the gaffer brought in a disabled RUUD for the most potent strike force but we all know what happened afterwards. Ruud didnt disappoint and was by far one the best bargains in the history of the Premiership.
The striker yielded an instant dividends in his debut season with loads of goals
Criticse Ferguson at your own peril because this man will always have a last laugh.

Can Ferguson replace Ruud's quality in front of goal? I don't know but i see a very great potential in young Guiseppe Rossi and maybe Fernando Torres.
I can't wait for the Amsterdam tournament to start on friday so i can critically evaluate Utd's team this season without the Ruud boy.
With United swooping on Marcos Senna(Villareal) and renewed interests on Torres, United's title challenge is looking more real than imaginary.

@ Jduck, Menike and co.

I am game on this.
I wanna take sleek MC to the cleaners.
I am ready to battle and plz who's ma opponent?

Ruud is the best striker the Premiership has ever seen.
Van the man is one of the greatest strikers in Europe.
He scored so many goals in a short time thus making him greater than igwe of highbury.

@ my2cents,

If Jordan gets $40,000 per game and he plays 4 games in a week then he gets $160,000 a week.
$160,000 a week is about £90,000 a week which is a far cry to what Rio Ferdinand(£120,000) gets every week.
Do u know Shevchenko will be paid £140,000 per week when the season starts in August?
Are u telling me Kobe Bryant/Shaq makes $270,000(£140,000 equiv.) a week on wages? Hell Nah.
No individual sports man makes as much as this figures in the whole USA so forget it.
Footballers wages have gone past your so-called NBA stars in recent times.

Don't get me wrong.
Tiger Woods, Shaquile O'Neal and Kobe Bryant are richer than the likes of Beckham and Ronaldinho but things might change very soon.
The rate at which this wages are growing is quite alarming with the way Billionaires all over the world are getting interested in Football.
There was a time Roman Abrahamovic wanted Ronaldo(Real Madrid) so desperately and he was ready to pay him £250,000(about $500,000) every week.
Isn't that crazy?

@ Nosu,
Its so unfortunate that we Africans do not always live our desired dreams because of numerous factors caused by our parents/the system.
I think u are too old at early 20s to start anything professionally if u come abroad because they believe in catch 'em young policy abroad.
It would have been lots easier for u if u are 12-15 years of age because the sky would have been your limits.

Our parents in Africa + the system caused extensive damage by killing the dreams of a Nigerian youth especially in sports.
Every parent wants his kid to be a doctor, lawyer or an engineer which i think its very bad.
I think its too late for u to become a professional football player. Forget about it,bruv.

And if u don't-------------------
I'll strangle u.
Police Protection? Ask Lagos Politicians.

@ Coco,
What do u suggest?

@ walelead,
I suggest we spend the day @ southend beach and the night at steambar.
August 12 is kool and i can't wait to kick some asses of some members of NL.
Akola and Vieira are on ma hitlist.

Lordimpaq,

U have just 24 hrs to modify ur last post.
I dont wanna hurt anyone but pls don't egg me on.
This issue has been cleared. I am not hucarson and hucarson ain't me.
Hucarson and Jackal are 2 different individuals.
U dig?

I was born to kick up dusts and stir up shiiit
Brew up storms, cuss niggaz out till I slur up spit
Nairalanders gon' wake up to witness this
Loadz of applause after i tear the hoodrat called Sleek MC
The nigga's running scared, confused and still debatin'
In front of a central mosque, his pants down cos Sleek's masturbatin'
Prayin to Satan, cross-dressed just to get thrown in the women's prison
I'm like a dictionary, y'all gays envy and examine me
U want to battle? I'ma make your crew read your obituary, in front your family
You should idolize the Jackal in the flesh
Don't wait til I'm dead, to declare that I'm the best
U wankstas kept eggin' me on
Till i have y'all at gun-point, now you're beggin to burn.
So say your prayers, your Hail Mary's and  six Jesuses
Take two sticks, tape 'em together and make a crucifix
Tryin to stop this heat wave but u can't do it.
U bought tips but you're too dim-witted to go through it.
Hate it or Love it, Jackal's da Terrorist.
These lyrics blow heat plus makes wimps like u slit their wrists.

@my2cents,

R u serious?
Who is the highest paid NBA/NFL player in the US and how much does he earns?

@ Vieira,
Tiger Tiger is crap.
Why not Steambar?
What is worth doing at all is worth doing wel.
I'd rather go to Kuramo beach(Lagos) for a reunion than Tiger Tiger.

Football is a big business.
I expect more mega-millions in the next decade if FIFA does not clamp down and put a cap on the wages a player can net.
These footballers are more or less hollywood stars these days.
The royal treatments meted out to players is amazing and the way people flock around 'em to get autographs is ridiculous.

@under18,
And we don't regret dumping ur ass to ARSEnal.
Man Utd is not a confused team and the gaffer knows what he is doing.
Ruud will not come cheap for any club cos he is certain to deliver 25+ goals per season for any club he plays for.
RVN is one of the best strikers in Europe and until his price is met,Fergie won't sell.

Man Utd is a team that scores goals with or without Ruud.
Saha, Rooney, Solskjaer and Rossi are all net busters and will carry the struggle on.
Worry more about the relics Wenger is parading as strikers.
Adebayor will fare better playing basketball than football.

@ Vieira,
U stand the risk of being charged for child abuse by the Metropolitan Police if u brainwash ur kid.
Hey, this is the UK where the laws are too twisted and complicated.
If ur kids prefers Millwall and u are forcing Arsenal on him and he mentions it in school then u might land in troubled waters.
To an average white folk, u are abusing the right of that child.
Let the kid enjoy football and let him decide who he wants to support.
Children's welfare are very sensitive in the UK.
A word is enough for the wise.

@under18,
It will be better if u stop posting comments on the sports forum.
Michael Ballack is better than Lampard,Robben and Joe cole waxed together.
What are u yappin' about?

Only a gooner cld have made this kind of statement on NL.
I know all gunners on Nairaland are NOT dumb but it seems all the dumb people on Nairaland are gunners.
Hate mails are very welcome.

@ Everyone,
I will suggest Hyde Park @ West End
Peckham and Brixton is horrible and i wldn't be found dead in the South East area.

To all y'all Nairalanders, Peckham is like Compton but worse than Compton.
Peckham is like Mushin/Oshodi in Lagos because all sorts of stuffs happen down there.
Heard it somewhere that people carry sacrifices and drop at T-junctions in Peckham

Chafford Hundred and Grays are very very far from being Ghetto.
Its mostly populated by the white folks so there's a high degree of sanity in these areas than Peckham/Brixton.
Visit Peckham/Brixton at your own peril.

De javu is the worst video ever made.
The beats were off-tunes and the dance was over-choreographed.
Whole works suck and what was Jigga thinkin about rappin like dat?

Avoid this video like a plague.
Its kinda erotic in an ugly way.
The producer/director of this video should be shot.

@2fine4u,

Menike is my boi.
We battled it out some months back and he should tell u i battered him real hard.
I wanna join any of the groups here and slug it out with rival groups.
Can u guys sign me in ur group?
My asking price is $20m

@ Menike,
Sleek MC called me jackals?
I can authoritatively tell u i will have that flaming gay for dinner.
Watch out for my 300 bars of hardcore skunks.

@ Woodboi,
The most difficult thang always happen to be ma easiest.
2fine4u will be devoured in a matter of 5 mins if i unleash.
I will make her question everything she ever believed in.
Venomous lyrics that will make her wanna maim her parents, change her religion and fire shots at the other members of the foodloyals.
P.S. The thread might be locked for ma rants so i suggest u read with ur protective goggles and bullet-proof vests.
Holla

Man Utd cannot be bothered about Mikel Obi's services any longer.
The young dude's heart is with Chelsea and i wish him good luck at Stamford Bridge.

Mourinho was a bit angry with Crespo following his late arrival but Jose vowed to give him a chance.
Crespo missed his 1st day of training with his teammates and he gave excuses that he couldn't get a seat on the flight that was supposed to bring him to London.
The issue was settled then and that wasn't the reason why Crespo left for Milan.
Crespo went to Milan cos he relished the Serie A better than the Premiership.

Chelsea will stop itself.

Having so many quality players around will only make things difficult for Mourinho.
How do u intend to keep Essien, Robben, Joe Cole and Wright Phillips happy with the arrival of Mikel Obi, Michael Ballack and Salomon Kalou?

Mourinho will have to work hard to strike a balance in the team.
The deadliest team in the Premiership now is Tottenham or maybe Liverpool.
Tottenham made some shrewd buys and it will work for 'em.
Chelsea will def'ly find this season difficult if other teams can keep up the pressure by having a brilliant start.

Who's the heavy-weight champion of this thread?

Is it the woodboi,menike or bigshishi?
I am reading a lot of dope rhymes here and i am rearing to take someone out.
2fine4u seems the easiest prey here and the Jackal is droolin to have her for dinner.

1 The Notorious B.I.G.(Biggie Smalls)
2 Tupac Shakur(2pac)
3 Eminem(Slim Shady)
4 Nas(Escobar)
5 Jay-Z(Jigga)
6 Lauryn Hill(L.Boogie)
7 Canibus
8 Jadakiss
9 50 Cent(Fiddy)
10 DMX.

There's no contradictions here.
Mourinho needs 2 players for each position in Chelsea.
Some sorta Team A and Team B strategy has been devised to reinforce the team.

Jose has to win UEFA this season or might even face the sack because Roman is getting impatient according to close sources.
Mourinho needs Ashley to deputise for Gallas in case Gallas gets injured or suspended .
John Terry,Roberto Carvalho and Robert Huth will lock down the central defence while Ferreira and Nuno Morais will fight for the right back position.

Cash Rules.
Crespo wants to leave because he knows his number of appearances will reduce as Shevchenko and Salomon Kalou joined the team.
When there were 3 strikers in Chelsea, Crespo hardly plays let alone 5 strikers.
Hernan knows his time is fading fast and he wants to leave when the ovation is still loud for him.
Go n read Damien Duff's interview to confirm this.
I still don't know how Jose plans to keep his millionaire players happy by sitting 'em on the bench week in-week out.