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Nihilist:
Happy new year bro.

Hehehe..Same to You bro.

Alagba Nihilist, How far bro..You go dey silent now..Make Ororo just score Hatrick now with 3 tap ins then You go Flood this thread..

How Levante didn't get at least a draw from this game against Celta Vigo is funny..Haba..Them just dey blow chances like say na Fifa them dey play.

Toni Kroos: The objective for Real Madrid in the league between now and the end of the season is to qualify in the top Four.




What a way to start the Lord's Day.

senorova:
Can we take a moment to talk about Madrid's problem at the moment?

I hold no iota of love towards oponunaldo and his fellow madridiots, but I think their board have been very foolish in the transfer window recently.

It started when the loaned out James Rodriguez (apparently because zizou felt he wasn't as important in his team), and then sold morata (who had better conversion rate than Benzidiot despite playing fewer minutes).

In their bid to ward off competition from Barcelona, they hijacked the sale of Danilo...and eventually sold him to Manchester city for some very stupid reason. Still with the aim of usurping barca from snapping up talents, they bought a certain dani ceballos who clearly doesn't have a place in the team...not even on the bench.

I understand that Zizou is trying to building the team around reserves rather than spending outrageously on readymade talent... But letting go your best backup players is not only stupid, but shows lack of experience.

I saw it coming though, but I didn't know it would be this bad. The trio of James, asensio, and kovacic in the middle of the park last season would beat Barca's shitty midfield play without apology. It's very normal if your starters are playing shiit, that's what a quality bench is for.

Squad depth won Real Madrid the Laliga last season. Its obvious why they are playing terribly this season.

The fact that Zizou doesn't even feel the need to sign players this transfer window shows how naive he is. I mean its good for the confidence of the youngsters... but well...the team clearly lacks a quality depth

1st off its my joy to see them flop..And Long may it continue.


Really though one of the main reasons is Zidane..Irony though since he has won 8 out of 10 titles since he took charge but Zidane too get agidi..He sold James,Morata and Danilo..He should have bought solid replacements for those that left..Morata hit double figures from the bench last season(1 out of only 4 players that hit double figures at Madrid last season)..Danilo was a solid back up to Carvajal..Instead Zizou trusted one 19yr old Somali Refugee(Archraf Hakimi) as back up to Carvajal.A decent lad but clearly not up to Madrid standard Yet..So he didn't adequately buy players and surprisingly the board trusted him enough to shift their policy of buying at least one Galatico every summer for Trust in Youth..Really though Hard to blame them cos you have to trust a Manager that's won CL back to back..Sadly though that trust is their Undoing..



Then there's the problem of their Defence..Teams find it to easy to score against Madrid..Make Betis,Now Villarreal dey beat Madrid for house..Really na Doom be that naa..Even Ordinary Numancia for copa score them..That's a huge worry cos the defence leaks goals easily..



Then Also the lack of goals.. I read somewhere that No Madrid player has scored more than 4 league goals..Ororo has 4 too..Infact Ororo has only converted 4 out of his last 17 clear Cut Chances..Do the maths,That's around 20%..If Ororo isn't Firing, Madrid isn't firing too..So really the problems are numerous but Zidane takes a huge part of the Blame..





Remains to be seen if he'll start second guessing himself by Going to buy players in this winter window, If he 2nd-guesses then that's a Problem for the Board again cos they will buy players Panikly...



Good Riddance and I pray they loose some More!

Yerry Minna: Why I stepped onto the camp nou with my bare feet?..With the palms of your feet,You will touch the ground you want to conquer.I did it because I want to make History at my Home(Barca)..




O boy,, This one na CAC boy live!!

Mahrez is definitely the best player outside the top 6 clubs in England..Followed by Zaha.

snowstormm:
So any1 apart from barca,madrid and atletico fit beat person 6 0

girona beat las palmas 6 0 without red card o

Las Palmas are a mess actually..Saw the game,One Olunga who looks 35 but claiming 23 came on and Ripped Las Palma's apart..Some of those goals be like PES..Same Las Palma's chop 4 against Valencia just 3 days ago self.

Nicolars:
Ceballos is actually really good...

Well so is Denis Suarez..If Denis isn't starting, Ceballos won't do any better.

Sieten (Real Betis Coach) : Dani Ceballos wants to return to Betis. But it all depends on Madrid's decision of letting him go.





I'm trying so hard not to laugh..Same Ceballos that we were after but chose Madrid over Us..And on top of that signed a contract with 500M release clause..



Remain there, Another bullet doged just like Bellerin.

Every other Player would pass the ball to safe options, Iniesta,Rakitic or even Busquets..Not Messi..Launching such defence splitting pass with enough speed and projectile to dispose 2 defenders and time the pass inch perfect for Jordi Alba to slide in and score just shows how Inhuman Messi Is.



No one come close..No one.

tesppidd:
If you're looking for a footballer who fell from grace to grass, look no further than Arda Turan.

Dude was an alien/beast at athleti.

WTF happened to him?

A lot of factors really..He was always more suited to a 4-4-2 at ATM where he interchanges with Koke either on the left or Right..At Barca We didn't play 4 man Midfield under Enrique so he had to Adapt..



Also he had some very funny record of Injuries,I think He didn't work hard enough,Especially Under Valverde,He made d squad list just once (That was EV's first league game of the season) After which he never made the list until his departure..Also All his best positions were occupied by far superior players..The left was occupied by Snakeemar, The right was occupied by Messi and the left midfield was occupied by Iniesta..There was no way he could break through..No way.


Then theres also the No football for 6 months when he first signed..In general though He wasn't just suited for Barca and He is one of the many Errors Enrique left Us with..



Here's a match report on one of his games last season against Sevilla.

“Bad game from the Turkish international. He didn’t get going and his lack of adaption is starting to become a worry. Defensively he was not great, although there was the odd moment to be positive about moving forward. Overall, though, he suffered.”.



Make He dey Go biko..He won't be missed..Not at All.

Just saw Messi's sublime Pass to Jordi.



I think we've gotten so used to you that we forget you dont have more than 4 years more as a footballer..



You are the Greatest..No one comes Close!.

Just saw this Picture.




Phil all smiles watching Messi's masterclass tonight and saying to himself, Wtf was I doing with Milner,Henderson and Chamberlain..Fvvvvvck!

Is this the best game we've played this season?..To think I'm not watching this match..Iranu.

tesppidd:
I think they based it on players playing in europe and european leagues were considered as well.

But don't get me wrong though,
I also think neymar should be there ahead of hazard.

I am only trying to understand how they did it.

Its a fan based vote..8.8M people voted and that's how they got that result..It doesn't mean Hazard was better than Snake last season though..Hazard wasn't even Chelsea's best player nor England's best player Last season..That's the problem with Voting based Awards,it gives room for biased opinions,Sentiments and Favouritism.
Neymar ti se aye,So them don target am..



Personally though I couldn't care less, Iwobi can be better than Snakemar for all I care.Next season self boys fit vex vote Sikiru Olatubosun ahead Snakermar self.

laPULGA:
any news on arthur melo ?

Godliness with Contentment is Great Gain..Emphasis on Contentment!

Rakiticbarca:
to be honest, I don't really see Griezman as that lethal 9 needed by barca, he is not a world class striker if am asked, I don't just see what the guy plays so why buying him with such a huge amount of money.

Just know you aren't alone with these opinions.

Valverde: Arda?..I can't confirm If Arda Turan's departure would be confirmed Today or on Friday.




Ope ooo....One Bum is leaving...5 more to go..




God please do not leave Us to this.

RoyalBlak007:
Should Suarez get injured now...

[color=#F5A215](Without changing formation)..Who would you prefer as a "Top Quality" replacement as a CF . Alcacer or Grez? [/color]

Dembele on the right, Coutihno on the left and Messi as the CF..

.No way for Griezman.

phaamsaam:
Always fathom the league, England and every, the yuletide games rush, and probably Liverpool medical team isn't as good as barca, so I am confident cou would have less injuries in Spain because he would be well managed

Let's just hope he doesn't get injure often..Hope doesn't kill does it?.

laPULGA:
recall that our board reportedly reached an agreement with griez and his agents even with coutinho deal in the works...So both deals are not mutually exclusive..

Money is not an issue ATM because the money we spent on dembouz,coutinho and others was gotten from neymar's sales+our budget and griezman cost will be comfortably covered by our next seasons budget

suarez is on a steady decline and it wont be long before he becomes completely useless to us..and with the present state of the market griezman is the cheapest world class forward out ..if we do not get griezzy now we might be forced to spend 200M later..If suarez gets sold or becomes an impact sub it will be preferable cus i cant think of any tactics that can accomodate,suarez dembouz,messi,griezman and coutinho succesfully.

We won't sell Suarez..This I can assure you..Messi would always bail Suarez out of his misery really..Messi would always aid/assist Suarez during Turbulent times so as long as Messi remains,Suarez still has about 2-3 years to give..He's 30 I think.


Also Griezmann isn't an upgrade on Suarez for Me,He's a bum in big matches,can't handle the spotlight and would be zoomed off from Atleti to accommodate the more Lethal Diego..So really For next season We can make do with Suarez and by then We can start thinking of getting another number 9. And that no 9 shouldn't be Griezmann.

laPULGA:
dont think so...you can only be embarrased when you have shame or sense of self worth that u want to preserve


that is BTW

.. i dey hear say we still won buy griezman in the summer..how realistic is that in terms of tactics with suarez still in the team..abi dem go send dembouz go loan

Griezmann's deal should be off..We aren't building another Galaticos team.

veekid:
Since 2016, Coutinho has been away for a total of 117 days (nearly 4 months combined), due to injuries.

During these 117 days, Coutinho missed 28 Liverpool matches.

#IJ

Hmmm

Casimero: 16 points adrift Barcelona? If there's a single team that can turn this around,its Real Madrid. Real Madrid never gives up, We believe in ourselves.




Ode!

Meanwhile Ter Stegen has faced 16 one on One in LA liga recently..He has saved 13 of them..Only 3 went past him..



Did I hear Thibaut Is Better?

Your Favourite in a Barca Shirt?



And Y?

Christiano Ronaldo holds the record for the least number of goals scored after 100 shots taken..He has scored 4 goals after 100 shots.




He broke his own record of 11 goals out of 100 which he set in 2011



Best in 20years is Here!!!!

Gooooooooaaaaaaalllllll...


Celta Equalize..


God of our Fathers is alive..

I'll never get so used to you that I'll forget How Great you really are..


400 LA liga games



365 goals



144 assists.

tesppidd:
Not watching.

How's Dembouz faring.

Be excited really..If he scores it'll b the iceing on the cake,If he doesn't it was still a very good performance..

tesppidd:
maybe the club wants him to play 100 games over the 4 seasons.

so we end up paying 10 mil instead of 20 mil.

Lol..When we are not Baba ijebu Arsenal..Coutihno's transfer self I've read in a couple of sites that Phil paid 10M out of his pocket..So you think 20M would b a problem for A Club like Barca over 4 years?..I'm just saying its not about Add-ons..