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Sagamite:
I think all the groups look tough bar Group D.

African football is no more for small boys. The gap of quality between teams has narrowed significantly from the 90s.

A group that has Tunisia,Gabon and Cameroon is no child's play mate.

I do not like the fact that some teams that faced each other during qualifiers are having a go at each other again in the tourney proper i.e Gabon vs Cameroon and Moz vs Nigeria.

Our chances?The only predictable thing about Nigeria is their unpredictability.We are as good as we are on the day,so fingers crossed.

Uche2nna:


 That reeks of double standard,

It is ok to get a controversial decision go against the Georgian national team but not the Irish team  

Georgia were never going to the world cup,  they might as well be saved the trouble of playing the qualifiers

I tire o.If the teams are that useless why cheat against them? And to say Georgia were leading in Ireland before that controversial penalty that Keane converted.
I thought i have read it all on NL until i read that.Pseeew.

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=354173.msg4965833#msg4965833 date=1258736464]Yes. . . . .It does.
Georgia were never going to the world cup. Cheat here, cheat there wouldn't have changed their luck.
What Henry did was despicable, classless and he should be BANNED for 2 years.[/quote]Dude quit already. . .Georgia were NEVER going to world cup?Are you on some see-the-future weed?
So 'cos they are a minnow team,they SHOULD be cheated?

U call it nonsensical clairvoyance. . . . . .I call it brilliant hindsight.
There's a reason GAYnners are spastic and you are just building a case to support the claim.

Your Ireland coulda won the penalty and Georgia will never qualify for the world cup posts are the reasons i think you are a case study for the disadvantages of cheap drugs consumption.

The circumstances surrounding this game was different to the football week in week out y'all are ranting about.
If Henry had done this to score France's 5th goal on the night, no one would bat an eyelid cos it wouldn't have changed the outcome.

And i think this where i have a TOTALLY different disposition to cheating.While you think cheating should be allowed against some teams and at some stage/time in football,i say "SHOOT" the cheats irrespective of who they do it against and when they do it.

Hand of God was different. Referee couldn't have seen that in real time.
Henry did not handle it once. . . . .It was TWICE and he was all alone. . . . . .No goalie or opposing player was contesting the ball.
There's no way the match officials would lie that they didn't see the incident.  UEFA just wanted France to qualify ahead of ROI.

Until you provide an empirical proof,i will take this an one of those jokes you crack when you want to play the devil's advocate.

This is the UK. The opinion of the common man on the streets counts more than the people in power.
UEFA are lucky this didn't happen against England. Then you woulda known the power of the media/internet.
How did Ronaldo lose his best young player award to Podolski? How did Liverpool play in the UCL despite finishing 5th on the EPL?

Stop making it seems as if England has never been at the receiving end of wrong calls and have UEFA at the jugular abeg.So why didn't they get a replay with all these assumed power when Maradon handed them defeat?

This is Zkot!!!

Stay off drug mate.

Can anything good come outta Nazareth? YES

Roy Keane's interview just made my day!  

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=354173.msg4965618#msg4965618 date=1258734744]How can you compare the group stage to what happened on Wednesday?[/quote]Statements like this are the reason i think this thread is biased and ludicrous. .
Does it matter at what stage a player/teams benefits from cheating?
Pray tell,how do you qualify for knock out /play off  with bad results from group stage?

Ireland was leading in Paris FFS and were bang on to win via penalties cos of Shay Given's brilliance.

Conjectures!Unpardonable and nonsensical clairvoyance.I expect more logical statement from you mate.

It's a terrible blow for them that they didn't qualify because of a spastic referee/line assistants plus a cheating Thierry Henry.

Yeah the same cheating Henry stopped Ireland from burying their chances.These stuffs happens in footall week in week out. . .a wrong free-kick call that leads to a goal. . .a karate kick that keeps an opponent's best player out of action for 3 weeks. . .etc  

Anyways, UEFA can only get away with it cos it's IRELAND. . . . . . .They dare not try such with ENGLAND.

Please remind me the country that conceeded that had of God goal in 86  

Heads would ROLL.

Says a certain Gbenga behind the screen of his laptop.Suffice to say he has no say in the grand scheme of things.I laugh in Platini and Sepp.

sleek417:
they wont try it with England
the world cup will be postponed

Is this Tokz   Got into fight with who this time around?

tkb417:
ooh serious

ol boi, i fit hail u for salah time
make we run stuvvs

I am all for that man as i full ground.

mukina2:
abeg free me oh
nothing bad. han han thats how i see it.
if it hurts anyone ,face front small, i dunno what stops them from doing the analysis, instead of yarning opata put finger to keyboard and do the 'correct one'.

You have no cause for worries jare. . you are even doing all em scummies a favour wasting your time to analyse their boring game

tkb417:
KAYYYYYYY

This isnt about Henry totally. Im not just comfortable the deed came from him and oh yeah, his rants after the game about the incident is stupid. He shld have kept quiet or say somethin more sensible.

Truly, this happens everytime and it could have been Rooney or Berbatov.

My problem is FIFA and Platini
they were the same set up that banned Eduardo for cheating and now they saw the outcome of a game changed by a moronic REF they appointed; and oh yeah they are not talking about it.

why?

Henry, Ruud, Ronaldo can try to cheat of course but why do we have FIFA?
isnt it crazy if Players can attempt to cheat and not get caught

Its on CNN now as im typin
Sarkozy and Henry have called for a reply and FIFA is saying NO
why? they said cos the decision of the REF cannot be changed
is that sensible?

now the hullabaloo is on Henry sponsorship deals; some people are clamouring for his deals to be cancelled although Gillette has come to say they are standing by him

i swear, if FIFA are not shameless, they shld do something about this

FIFA shld be taken to court

Now your stand is less ambiguos but pray tell Toks,don't you think FIFA will be creating a behemoth if the heed is taken to the call for replay?
Russia is asking for one now as we speak,even Egypt is threatening to withdraw from Int'l football based on the fact they just love to be heard.Heck we will have go back to get a replay for Ire vs Georgia cos the referee was wrong in giving Ireland a penalty. . .
Please read this article,i think it captures things i would have said more vividly and accurately.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1229394/MARTIN-SAMUEL-Its-simple-let-s-force-honesty-game.html

I am all for stamping cheats out of footall,but definately not by ways of replays.

And as per Henry and Sarkozy,let em just shut up already.Replay ko,pre-intimacy ni.

One thing though,the backlash will be felt by les bleus in SA,that i can assure them.

tkb417:
Crizzle shld be doing our reports or a manc

u dey bet?
put your money, we are winnin

Since losing my school fees to a scummie in 99 in that Man U match against Bayern,i have learnt never to bet against them.
The reasons i hate Man U is very deep sef. . . .

Go Yak please give Everton a helping hand to 1 point.

duduspace:
Good job v3nom.

I have no fear at all about this match, cos the major threat who could give us problems (Kenwyne Jones) is out of this one, our defence have no problems playing against a striker better known for movement and pace like Bent but a physical player like Jones is a totally different proposition however (yu can ask Vidic and VDS). Bent gets all the press due to his goals but doesn't have much impact as a lone striker. The other players who could be problematic in MF are Malbranque(of the old enemy spurs), Richardson and Andy Reid of Ireland(who I respect so much).

I think we will line up this way depending on injuries:

Almunia

Sagna - Gallas - TV5 - Traore

Cesc - Song - Ramsey/Merida

Rosicky/Eboue - Eduardo - Arshavin/Vela


Sunderland will see Traore as the weak link in our defence and try to exploit that route while packing the MF, the team might take some time to settle with the new players but if it remains goaless up to the 20th minute, then we will take this one easy.
2-0

I agree with you as per Andy Reid and Malbranque,these two are decent players that can run at defenders and give cause for worries.The more reason i will want Song to be extremely careful as he's one yellow card short of suspension.I am sure at one point though,we will see the introduction of Denilson.We are spoilt for choices in the attack as your formation cum player arrangement doesn't even take into consideration that Walcott is back,and not forgeting the mesmerizing Nasri.

Also i think Sagna should be rested after playing 120mins mid-week but then,fingers crossed.

I see Sunderland putting up a fight but a 1-3 victory wouldn't hurt.

tkb417:
thats what the proliferation of match day analysis will bring out
uninformed diatribe with no basis in footie
**hiss***

You or any of your scummie mates for open the thread now.Muki just stated it the way she sees it. . .  or didnt.

how your side man?

I dey gentle o and you?

UTD to win 2-0

United 1 Everton 1   

tkb417:
lmao

is this about Arsenal and Man United?
den don come again o


@gaynners
You guys shld sit down and choose those tht will be contributing to intelligent convos from your camp cos you lots parade the dumbest murfckers on planet earth

HNIC, 40boi, kay Pumping, Debosky please address this issue

we dont want some illiterates responding to convos like this. it rubs off on guys like ya

ok? make una no vex o

U dey craze. . .
Let me ask you a question,will you be this vitriolic if Yakubu(or any Nigerian player) gave us a helping hand in to the world cup?I know it's hard but give honesty a shot

No one had said what Henry did is commendable(it is condemnable),but the way you lots make it seem as if it is an unprecedented outta this world show of shame is ludicrous.The media frenzy is riduculous.


This is an Irish man's (Robbie Keane) take on it

'We’ve even had English managers being interviewed about it. As if they are bothered.

Do you think they were lying awake the other night worrying about Ireland? It’s nonsense. If it was England do you think I would be worried? I wouldn’t be.'
Keane pointed out that controversial decisions also went Ireland's way in the qualifying campaign, not least a harsh penalty award against Georgia which helped them to claim a 2-1 qualifying win in February.

'There was one match against Georgia where Ireland got a penalty and it was one of the worst decisions I've ever seen which changed the whole course of the game.

'I don't remember the FAI after the game saying we should give them a replay.'

'Would I call Henry a cheat? No, I don’t think so. Did he bend the rules a little bit? Yes, but we see cheating going on all the time in games. It could be hand-ball or it could be diving. The game’s full of it. Of course it should be stopped but it’s FIFA who have to do it.

'What can you or I do about it? Drop them an email? I’ve been amazed at the commotion over the last few days. They’re going on about Henry’s hand-ball – and of course he handled it – but I’d focus on why they didn’t clear it.'

I rest ma case _{make i steal your line}

mukina2:
After losing to Liverpool few weeks back, Manchester United have also lost to Chelsea and the two defeats have shown Alex Ferguson’s team are not good enough to defend the Premiership title.Sir Alex Ferguson should have almost full squad available for selection with Jonny Evans, Nemanja Vidic and Ji-Sung Park having returned into action playing for their respective national teams after recovering from injuries and they are now all ready to shine at club level. Considering Manchester have already booked their place in the Champions League knockout stages, Fergie is set to field his best possible line-up against Everton, without worrying about the Besiktas game in midweek.They will be without Hargreaves_{dokitor asst}, Ferdinand and Welbeck.


Nobody could expect this season would be such a difficult one for the side that really impressed during the last Premiership campaign. However, numerous injuries combined with the busy schedule took the wind out of their sails and as a result, the Toffees are struggling to return to the top half of the table. The 2:1 win over West Ham was definitely a big boost for players’ spirits but have failed to score in four of the last six games at Old Trafford.
David Moyes is still without long-term casualties Mikel Arteta, James Vaughan, Victor Anichebe and Phil Jagielka, while Phil Neville, Steven Pienaar and Leon Osman face a race with time in an attempt to be fit for this clash. Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, however, is suspended following a red card he picked up against Aston Villa. Nonetheless, if anyone is used to picking from a depleted squad it’s David Moyes, and they will put up a good fight.

Muki which kain analysis be this?At this stage of last season,Chelsea were leading the scummies with 8 points so those 2-losses is no pointer at all.
In fact,no be your fault sef,why didn't any scummie create the thread so we can a scummie-biased analysis?

RuuDie:
Thank you for using the correct language in what u just posted, highlighted above - difference is, TH12 didn't seem to, or appear to, or intended to, or wanted to _{infact find any english u like and put it there}; rather he carried the ball, he didn't just handle it oh. . . . he carried it, not 1ce but 2ce and set it properly for himself!

Bet you missed the part that says he was shown to have handled the ball in an offiside postion after replay And suddenly the number of times a footall player uses his hand on the ball now matters?

Dude,i didn't see you open a thread when Yakubu scored from an offside position against Kenya.Pray tell,is there now a measure and standard for "cheating" in football?

Whatever makes you feel good Ruudie.

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=324131.msg4963993#msg4963993 date=1258721712]I suppose a WC without the filthiest cunt(Eduardo) and the Russian Owl(Arshavin) is a much better place.
The fact that the Danish Turkey(Bendtner) won't be there makes it sweeter.[/quote]Denmark qualified for the world cup,or what are you on about mate?

Are we still on this issue of the "unprecedented" crime commited by Henry?Jeezz

I'd like us all to take a look/watch this youtube link of a match between Ireland and Georgia.

[flash=435,344]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/Jf9fx4ipF4Q[/flash]  _{I'll appreciate if someone can embed it please.}

Match report:

A long ball found its way to Robbie Keane who seemed to control the ball with his hand only for the referee to let play continue. The ball was then cleared but only as far as Kevin Doyle as it deflected off the Waterford man and into the path of Ucha Lobjanidze. The referee then gave a shrill blast of his whistle for what appeared to be an offside by Keane.

Instead to everyones surprise, Hyytia pointed to the penalty spot and deemed Lobjanidze to have handled the ball. Replays showed that Keane had handled the ball in the lead-up to this decision and that Keane was also offside as play continued.

Now y'all can see why Henry's case is unprecedented indeed and while he's solely responsible for bringing the game into disrepute.

Like i posted earlier,what Henry did is awful and shameful but how many of us will be vociferously up in arms as we are now if the situation favours us?I can't remember the Nigerians amongst crucifying Yaks and the ref for allowing Super Eagle's secong goal against the Harambee stars in Nairobi.Do i smell hypocrisy?

Enough said.

HNIC(and other advocate for video technology),as a way of curbing cheating on the footall pitch,i think this excerpt from a Martin Samuel's article is an eye opener.

A predictable call for the use of video technology has resulted, but that is not the answer, either. The conundrum with video interruptions is how to restart fairly from open play.Take that imaginary game between Manchester United and Bolton Wanderers again. United go down the right flank, Wayne Rooney crosses, Dimitar Berbatov takes a tumble in the area and the ball flies listacross goal to Ryan Giggs on the left.
The referee blows for a penalty, marches off to check the evidence and, after several viewings and a delay of two minutes, decides that, ha ha, well, stone me, Berbatov looks to have tripped over his own feet. So, not a penalty at all then.
Now, where were we? I was over here, says Giggs, and I was about to cut the ball back to Paul Scholes and Darren Fletcher who were queuing up on the edge of the area to bury it because Bolton’s defence was stretched to breaking point. Then you blew up for a penalty that we didn’t ask for and now haven’t got.
Sorry about that, says the ref, but we have no way of replicating a scoring situation. Tell you what, I’ll give the ball to their keeper and he can punt it 90 yards downfield to Edwin van der Sar, Bolton can put 11 men behind the ball and you can start again.

You can read more here(inclusive of Graham Poll's solution to the whole quagmire)http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1229394/MARTIN-SAMUEL-Its-simple-let-s-force-honesty-game.html

tkb417:
sharrap your mouth or else ill declare maximum shishi for u

Lol.A ki n fi omo ore b'ore.

bloody gayner

Stinking scummie,i go castrate you one day.

hw u dey tho? me and u be pally
your arsenal affiliation no fit cause wahala

I am getting by man and u?

show me where i mentioned Wenger in my response.

Of course you didn't,the more reason you shouldn't have been the one responding when the postt had nothing to do with any of your earlier post.

my response was plainly to your weak post

You inferred this(people you held in high esteem should say what pleases you?) from a post which only grouse is with people linking Henry's act to Wenger and Arsenal and you still term it " weak"   I laugh the scummie way.

based on empirical facts and data not hearsay, they are U-17

I'll let you empirical joke pass Tokz.

based on the evidence on play yesterday, Henry cheated

Without an iota of doubt Henry's sin is egregious and unpardonable,but viz a viz your stand on Naija's case,your apostacy is utterly crass.

come up with more credible reasons why i shld be reading your posts cos this is just like Henrys classic act last nite

I make my posts damn it,i care less who reads it.

tkb417:
what have you said?
people you held in high esteem should say what pleases you

oh niggar please

what happened last nite is enuff to kill football

i wish that happened between Algeria and egypt and lets see how FIFA will react to killings of inmense proportion that would have ensued

FIFA, Platini and Henry are dead meats


@Topic
at the retards justifying what happened last nite, yall need a rope to hang urself
despicable lots

so annoying they are here to yarn rubbish

One of the disadvantage of taking a  mere cursory look at any post and spastically responding to them is that,you end up spewing more vitiated fuckery.
Peruse my post very well and get back son.Here it is again:

To see people i hold in high esteem link Arsenal/Wenger  to Henry's despicable act is cringingly ridiculous.
Must we play the giddy goats in our bid to score cheap points?

I guess the meaning of despicable flew right over you in your bid to respond with alacrity 

Now tell me where in my post i opined that peeps should be my puppets?
And again tell me Tokz,what has Arsenal and Wenger to do with Henry's unpardonable sin?

And to think someone who relentlessly supported usage of over-aged players by Nigeria is suddenly having a moral-attack? CLASSIC

To see people i hold in high esteem link Arsenal/Wenger to Henry's despicable act is cringingly ridiculous.
Must we play the giddy goats in our bid to score cheap points?

What a match!

Les blues qualified for SA but Arshavin failed to lead Russia to the world cup.

Gallas and Sagna will have to be rested at some point during the forth coming week as a 120 minute match is definately energy sapping.

I hope RVP is the last we've heard of injuries

mukina2:
debo
Robbie Keane did more than once, and so did that scumtwat
he was only paying back

Aleeeeezzzzzzz Les blues

The penalty claim that was turned down against Anelka was also criminal.This doesn't change the fact that the French team needs to up its game to stand any chance during SA 2010.

rasputinn:
^^^^^
Which facts are you getting straight here?my fact's that RVP has a broken ankle from Chiellini's tackle,what's your fact Mr Factsbosky
I'm pissed already by the news so please don't try to straighten anything,EXCEPT YOU WANNA STRAIGHTEN RVPs ankle so he can be back in action next week

Ras try to cool down,i know how frustrating it his trying to come to terms with an injury copped by one of your consistent performer during an ordinary freindly.What Debo is trying to let you know is that,Chiellini tackled RVP's left foot(while the latter was trying to take a shot) thus there is no way that could have resulted in an injury to the right ankle.Of course it has to be the way he landed.

The pic below is a pointer.

Been perusing the 'net since the report of Persie's injury and this is what goal.com said:

Van Persie N/A - Was forced to withdraw from the match after just 15 minutes due to a knee injury caused by a clash with Chiellini.

So happy to know it's not a broken foot as earlier "reported" by David.Let's just hope it ain't that serious.

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=324131.msg4926798#msg4926798 date=1258234361]What happened to Van Persie?
He would be back soon. . . . . . .Drogba, Cashley and Bosingwa are all out too.[/quote]Was stretched off the pitch in their match against Italy. . .

Dudu and

davidylan:
Yeah, dampener on my weekend. But the overall good news is we havent been relying on RVP for goals alone. Hoepefully Nasri, Fab4, Rosicky, Vela and Eduardo are available for the Chelsea game. Theo on the bench would be good too.
We can survive.

A terrible dampener at that and to know the match is just a friendly.That said,my discomfort isn't cos of the fact that we are dire in getting a replacement for him,but this is surely a setback for VanP as player himself as he's just finding his feet in the new central position.

I hope and pray the rest of the squad come back in pristine condition.

davidylan:
Broken bone in his foot i hear.

Not looking good then    . . .Casualty # 1.Let's hope it doesn't get worse.

No Bendtner,No Van P. . the central position is left for Eduardo who is just getting back to his best.Not looking too good really.

agabaI23:
I hope Van P is not seriously injured. He was stretched off the pitch 11 minutes into their useless friendly with Italy.

.

This is why i hate these useless friendlies.For him to be stretched off says a lot too.

This is unbelievable

Only Fiddy can save himself from this precipice. . . he should just quit trying.

******************************************yawns*********************************Can't remember the lasttime i skipped througha RAP album this fast

FBS,

The thread should read Kenya vs Nigeria since the match is taking place in Nairobi 

Plus can someone confirm if the match in Moz will be playin simultaneuosly with ours?

The last time i went to a Lagos stadium(final between Cameroon n Naija in 2000),i had a gory tale to tell,so i'll pass.

I tip the lads to win though,they seem comfortable with the all at their feet.I wish they have a more technical coach as they seem to run outta idea sometimes.

Hope u dey do your forth coming festive period in naija?We go get enuff faaji time then.

tkb417:
@Ibime
Your pics have been deleted from ma post

Jalether
pls try and delete it from your post
thanks a bunch

Wetin you dey fear?
Long time no see/hear bro,ki lon shele now?

davidylan:
Stillwater is a fine chic, certainly top of the crop of best girls on NL in my book . . . and i'm very stingy with complements o.

She just refuses to marry me.

You said same thing to diva1 or something on one other thread.

[quote author=oyinda. link=topic=349411.msg4907174#msg4907174 date=1257991929]what I think of nairaland girls? I think nairaland girls are da bomb  
all around awesome, beautiful, captivating, dedicated, entertaining, fascinating, i could go on and on. . . .[/quote]Devil smiled.

I am surprised this thread hasn't turned the pidgeon/scrub typical NL gender war.Must be a cold day in hell and sunny night in Moscow.