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David Moyes and Sir
Alex Ferguson plot Man
Utd Champions League
plans… TOGETHER

Fergie was in the stands at Old Trafford yesterday for the first time since stepping down from the hotseat.
He watched United ease to a 2-0 win over Crystal Palace, the perfect preparation ahead of Tuesday's opening tie with Bayer Leverkusen. United and Leverkusen are joined by
Shakhtar Donetsk and Real Sociedad in Group A.

Moyes said: “He [Ferguson] said he thinks it’s one of the hardest draws United have ever had in the Champions League.

“If that’s coming from him
[Ferguson] it must be tough.
"We’ve got a German team and a Spanish team.”
Leverkusen are managed by former Liverpool star Sami Hyypia. They finished third in the Bundesliga last season.

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/338845/David-Moyes-and-Sir-Alex-Ferguson-plot-Man-Utd-Champions-League-plans-TOGETHER

Eklektika: My friend,its not luck. Its a skill and its major component is psychological mind warfare. Please Stop being childish. How can you say Enyimba goalkeeper can catch Balotelli's penalty?? I am no fan of Balotelli. But I give it to him that he is the master of the art of spot kicks. Are you implying that Enyimba's goalkeeper can be mentioned in the same breath as elite goalkeepers like Joe Hart,Gigi Buffon,Roman Wiedenfeller,Hugo Lloris and Petr Cech who at one time or the other have been beaten from the spot by the enigmatic Italian? Please dont be so dismissive and puerile.

Penalty is a game of luck, though skills can improve your chances. I repeat whether you like it or not, that any keeper who happens to be at the right place at the right time can save his penalty. Finito!

Chelsea FC: Is It Time for Blues Fans to Start Panicking?

Only four goals in four games. And an evil, evil loss. Is Chelsea already in trouble in this young English Premier League season?

Nope. Please settle down. It’s still summer and this movie doesn’t get good until next spring, blue-bloods. You should all know that by now. Just keep your pants on for
the love of Drog.

Now it’s true that the Blues are off to their worst start in the Roman Abramovich era, but when we all woke up Saturday, Chelsea was actually undefeated in the league and the club is still Europa League champion and won the prestigious UEFA Champions League just one
short year ago.

Funny what a loss can do to one’s head. Probably best to not buy cases of peanut butter and baked beans and build that bomb shelter just quite yet, brother. So before you gather up the family and decide to head to Panic Island, maybe take a quick look at the EPL table and see that Chelsea (2-1-1) is tied with co-heavies Manchester
United and Manchester City with seven points. You should also realize that Mancunian fans are having their own little silly crisis of
confidence right now as well.

And if that doesn’t help, maybe pretend the draw at Old Trafford to the Red Devils was actually a loss and that Saturday’s 1-0 setback at Everton was a draw and you can see that the Blues are probably right where they should be all along...

Once again, read up: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1775460-chelsea-fc-is-it-time-for-blues-fans-to-start-panicking

Jose Mourinho's Chelsea a pale imitation of the team that won the premier league

When Jose Mourinho first arrived in English football, his side carried the destructive energy of a force-10 hurricane. The second coming resembles a mild breeze. Where once Chelsea bulldozed, bullied and snarled their way to victories at the toughest venues, at
Goodison Park on Saturday they possessed all the threat of an erratic lawnmower in a 1-0 defeat to Everton.

They are a team that leaves
occasionally pretty impressions on the turf rather than cutting it up and making it bleed. This is Chelsea 2013
AD: After Drogba.

The Chelsea supporters who
believed the mere presence of
Mourinho would trigger a return to 2004-2006 must recognise the incompleteness of the reunion.

Roman Abramovich’s Chelsea
without Didier Drogba is like Doctor Frankenstein separated from his monster.
Although they were gifted two easy chances by Everton in the first half, both squandered by debutant Samuel Eto’o, there was a timidity and inefficiency to the Chelsea performance which rarely, if ever, existed during Mourinho’s first spell.

The ultimate managerial gladiator must reconstruct the conquests of the past without his mighty battleaxe.

Once they fell behind to Steven Naismith’s header in first-half injury time, it was surprising and disconcerting how little imagination or productivity there was in pursuit of an equaliser. Tim Howard had no cause to claim for overtime

To long to paste and edit Read up: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/chelsea/10311227/Jose-Mourinhos-new-Chelsea-a-pale-imitation-of-the-team-that-won-the-Premier-League.html

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That's exactly what I'm saying. More suggestions and questions pls...

wow, nice 1

Why is this dhtml guy always attacking Seun? He's not the one banning you, it's the mods who might have a personal vendetta against you. Seun is really trying. You think it's easy to build and run a site like Nairaland? From scratch in 2005 to Nigeria's most visited website in 2013? Instead of attacking Seun you should take your frustration out on the mods cos some of them are "power" drunk

Why all this fuss?? Lampard, Balotelli, Lambert, Le Tissier are all great penalty takers. And any goalkeeper can catch Balotelli's penalty, it's all about luck, there are three possible outcomes: he scores, the goalkeeper catches it, he misses the net entirely. So the probability of a goalkeeper catching it remains 1/3. Even Enyimba's goalkeeper can catch it.
THREAD CLOSED!

Expect Egypt or Cameroon

Fynestboi, I hope this topic is educative enough for you to send it to the frontpage
https://www.nairaland.com/1440661/most-annoying-common-grammatical-errors#18153014

chiketee: Ok. Nice, but I disagree with some of the points. A celebrity maybe well known but not popular. Being popular has to do with approval and favour by the general public. That's why you have words like 'infamous' for celebrities who lack approval by the public. Hitler was a celebrity but he wasn't popular around the world. My point is popular doesn't mean well known, although for something to be popular it has to be well known. Therefore you can use the phrase popular celebrity for a well known person who has the approval and favour of the people. Not all celebs are popular . The one about three thirty , I also don't get how it's a grammatical error. It's just an alternative way of saying half past three. It's just like someone saying six thirty one in place of six hundred and thirty one.

Yes, you are right, but this is not usually the case. Often, when people say popular celebrity they are not referring to the celebrity's level of acceptance by the public rather they are trying to emphasize how well-known they are. For example, I've heard people refer to Nicki Minaj and Justin Beiber as popular celebrities and if you know who they are you'll agree with me that they are not among the most loved celebrities in America.

Coming to the second point you raised, certain things we say on a day-to-day basis in English language are not acceptable in formal settings like in interviews, speeches or examinations. In such situations there are protocols that must be observed. Three-thirty is not a grammatical error per se, but there are laid down rules in English language which must be followed. And one of such rules and formalities is that whenever the clock is at 3:30 or 7:30 etc you should say something like half-past 3 or half-past 7. The same goes for 3:45 etc, we all know that it is three-forty-five, but formality demands that you say quarter to 4. I don't know if this is clear enough.

Ladybianca: wow, nice piece. i love this....it is indeed an eye opener....(i hope i'm not wrong?)

You are right.

Abagworo: At the moment my top African rapper is Sarkodie while my all time is HHP. In Naija I give it to Phyno. He's definitely the man of the year. Olamide has a problem which I've failed to understand. As at last year and earlier this year I rated him above Sarkodie but he's fallen off. Ice Prince is our top rapper internationally and should be commended. Not all rappers are good at freestyling.

There are many rappers better than Phyno, Olamide etc but I only mentioned the ones that have gained commercial success.

That's exactly what I'm saying.

Well, that's it. You can add yours or ask questions if you need clarifications.

“It’s vs its”

Use “its” when you are referring to something that belongs to or is part of an animal or an inanimate object. “It’s” actually means “it is” or “it has”. So, when next you want to write something like this, “It’s
handle needs to be repaired,” think again.


“Who vs whom”

“I came into the office and was met by the polite secretary who I told you about .” Right? Wrong! The
correct statement should be, “I came into the office and was met by the polite secretary whom I told you
about.” “Whom” should be used when you are referring to the object (or as teachers would say, the receiver of an action) in a sentence.
The rule of the thumb is that if you are referring to someone other than the first person you mentioned in a
sentence – or yourself – you should use “whom”.


Double Negatives

Trying to be hippie and gangsta can land you in trouble, not only with the law, but with almighty English. How many times have you said something like this, “You ain’t gonna see nobody down there”? If you ever said it, you’ve violated one of the cardinal rules of the English language. This statement has two negative words, “ain’t” and “nobody”, occurring in the same sentence. Two or more negative words do not go together in a sentence.

Credits: http://observerreports.com/2013/09/most-annoying-common-grammatical-errors-in-english/

“12 noon, 12 midnight, 12 am, 12 pm”

If you say “12 am” are you referring to 12 in the night or 12 in the afternoon? Well, strictly speaking, the day ends at 11:59 pm and begins
at midnight so you could be forgiven for referring to midnight as 12 am and noon as 12 pm.

But to avoid ambiguity, it's preferable to dodge any of these entirely. Similarly, saying “12 noon” or “12 midnight” is tautological, because everyone knows that when the clock strikes 12, it’s either midnight or midday (noon).

Other time-related and date-
related errors that are in constant use are:

3:30 (when spoken, it is “half-past 3″, not “three-thirty”)

7:15, 10:45 (when spoken, it should be “quarter past 7″ and “quarter to 11″)

December 25th, January 1st, July 4th (when a date follows the name of a month, it doesn’t come with the rankings “eth”, “first”, “second”, “third” etc; December 25, January 1, July 4 are correct)


“My names are”

It hurts my ears to hear someone say that. When it comes to annoyance, this one carries the day. When we use words just because others have used it and sounded right, this is the result. The correct thing to say remains (and has always been) “my
name is…”

Let’s take a look at a practical example. If Mr. Peter Stevens Smith should introduce himself to someone at the mall and starts with “my name is”, what he would say is, “Hello, my name is
Peter Stevens Smith.” But if he makes the mistake of starting with “my names are”, strictly speaking, he should say something like, “Hello, my names are Peter, Stevens and Smith.” The latter, you’ll agree with
me, sounds very stupid.

Credits:
http://observerreports.com/2013/09/most-annoying-common-grammatical-errors-in-english/

“Infidel”

This word is usually (mis)applied when one is referring to an unfaithful partner in a romantic relationship. In fact, an infidel
actually means an unbeliever; someone who doubts the central tenets of a particular religion, especially Christianity. It has nothing
to do with “infidelity.”


“First Come, First Serve”

Have you ever been to an
establishment and you were told that “customers are only attended to on a first come, first serve basis”?

Have you innocently used those words before? I guess you have, and I also believe that you didn’t know it’s wrong. Next time, what you
should say is “first come, first served“.

“Is Because/the reason why”

Using it makes one sound brainless and look stupid, but that has not prevented people from saying this anytime the need for it arises. The words “is” and “because” serve the same purpose in certain situations and cannot be used together in those circumstances. Instead of
using “it is because", use “is that”.

The same goes for “the reason why”; instead of using “the reason why”, use “the reason is that.”


“Some Certain”

This is similar to the “reason why” scenario I pointed out above. “Some” and “certain” basically mean the same thing and when you say “some certain”, you are actually saying “some some” or “certain certain.”

Credits:
http://observerreports.com/2013/09/most-annoying-common-grammatical-errors-in-english/

English is not all about speaking it, but getting everything about it right.

Below are some of the most
common and most annoying
mistakes people make on a daily basis when using English to communicate.


“Popular Celebrity”

One has to wonder what makes one a celebrity in the first place. Can a person be said to be a celebrity
without being at least remotely famous? Using this description is similar to using other tautological phrases such as “a young child” (who
is a child?) and “the cheapest
price” (what is a price?).


“I’m vs Am”

The frequency at which this is used will make one believe that it is actually correct. It is presently the most common grammatical error in the English language; being used by people everywhere and every time.

“Am” cannot be used in place of “I’m because they are not the same. What people write as “am” is actually “I’m” which is a contraction for “I
am”. The confusion here arises, because they sound alike. Well, they don’t really sound alike if you listen carefully. Now, let’s try this
pronunciation exercise. “Am” is pronounced “arrrgh-m”, while “I’m” is pronounced “arrrgh-im”.

Understood? I hope so. “Am” is solely dependent on “I” and cannot stand on its own. It either comes before or after the pronoun “I”. So, the next
time you send a message to
someone on Facebook or compose a tweet, don’t embarrass yourself, use
“I’m” instead of “am”.

Credits:
http://observerreports.com/2013/09/most-annoying-common-grammatical-errors-in-english/

Bet me, this would happen

Michael was out of this world! That was awesome!

Rapper? Huh! Really? Since when? Tell me more.

My boy is finally turning into a man ... no homo... But he has to extend that maturity to his behavior.

ajasa4link: Lol...I won't argue with u again,since u already backed down from ur claim that he is the best and now say he is of the talented artist out there... I already told u am a fan,so for d video, I downloaded it the very first day it was released online and I will say it's a cool video for a rap song and I think because he shot the video in the east thereby identifying with his roots is also one of the reasons u are hyping him....

I agree that he may not be the best, but he's defo very good at what he does.

Skelewu








Whatever that means by the way

Oh my darling Enyimba! Igbo guys no dey carry last. Congrats my boys. Up Enyimba!

The only problem I think most of you guys are having is that you don't understand Igbo. Most of you listened to his tracks and judged him based on his English lyrics which are few and far between. Only guys that understand Igbo will tell you that there is power in his lyrics. And if you haven't watched the video yet (Man of the year) try and download it cos the concept Clarence Peters brought to it is awesome.

If you ask me I'll say FRANK LAMPARD and I've said it a thousand times before and I don't mind saying it again. I'm not going to go into a lengthy analysis.

Frank has scored 204 career goals for Chelsea and a couple for West Ham. Frank has scored in FA Cup finals, League Cup finals and Champions League finals. He captained Chelsea to Champions League and Europa League success. He has scored 29 international goals for England which is the most for any midfielder in the history of English football (only Wayne Rooney has scored more than him in the current England team). He has made more appearances for England than Scholes (100 for Lampard and just 66 for Scholes)... The points are endless that I could go on and on listing them, but this thread might not be enough for that. Read up the rest here

http://observerreports.com/2013/09/england-celebrate-hero-frank-lampard-veteran-earns-100th-cap-tuesday/

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ajasa4link: Ok,if u say he is one of the most talented ,it's debatable but declaring him the best in ur initial post is a NO! NO! NO! for me

So who is the best? Olamide that keeps on releasing junk after junk all in a bid to remain relevant? Ice Prince that couldn't freestyle on a BBC program and disgraced himself by rapping from a piece of paper or Vector that wants to be like Jayz more than he wants to be among the best rappers in Nigeria or is it MI that has virtually gone on a sabbatical?

I think you all are hating on Phyno cos he's Igbo and not yoruba. Wake up guys. You guys always judge based on tribalism.