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Benfica about to sell another midfielder for 90 to 100million. They are the only Portuguese club making these kind of sells constantly.

I wonder what would have happened if Yamal was an England player.

akwesenana:
🚨JUDE BELLINGHAM BEEF WITH HIS TEAMMATES

Sources from The Athletic reveal that some England players were very annoyed by Jude Bellingham’s promotional campaigns carried out by Adidas and the desperate attempt to portray him as England’s hero and star, which is why he has only one close friend in the squad, Trent Alexander-Arnold.

• The actual rift began due to the “Hey Jude” Adidas commercial on the eve of the Euros, which some England players considered disrespectful and diminishing to them by portraying Bellingham as the sole star of the team.

• Team leaders Kane, Walker, and Rice had Bellingham’s name added as the fourth captain of the team before the Euros.
However, Bellingham’s leadership did not extend beyond being a media announcement, a decision that displeased many players, including Palmer and Gordon. Many players do not respect Bellingham and mock his motivational speeches as a leader.

They believe that the media and Adidas are inflating Bellingham’s image and that he does not possess these leadership qualities at all.

So basically the rest players were jealous because Addidas was promoting their star player.

ThierryJay:
It's called an "average" law for a reason meaning there would be outliers on both sides, but for the most part the majority would fit in. There's a reason Harry Kane's case is attracting attention because it is an anomaly.

For every Harry Kane, you have Messi, Pele, De Lima, Kaka, Ronaldinho, Iniesta, Xavi, Henry, Lampard, Gerard, KDB and even CR7.

You really don't get it do you. To a Football coach, two goals and 3 assists means 5 goals for his team. Whether the 5 goals come from a single or multiple players is secondary. To an athletes' coach, 2 gold and 3 silver medals remain 2 gold and 3 silver medals. Big difference.

Pep is right. But when you have a player who only does the hardest thing, while there is another who does both the hardest thing and the second hardest thing consistently, pray tell who would be considered more effective by this same Pep Guardiola?

Harry Kane renders your made up average law useless. Messi doesn't have more trophies than Ronaldo just solely on his individual ability. If it was solely on individual ability Kane wont have zero trophies while someone like Vardy is on 2. They are many factors contributing to a players trophy count. It's weird you will even bring it up when it's irrelevant.


We can all play your games. If 2 goals and 3 assists means 5 goals then 2 gold and 3 silver means 5 medals. You have actually not added anything new to the argument. Assists and goals are not rated the same likewise gold and silver in the Olympic. Why are you arguing against such a simple thing.

ThierryJay:
And your first paragraph is completely flawed. The dynamics of an athlete's performance perception which is mostly individual is completely different from that of a football team. The analogy is so ridiculous.

A football coach will prefer a player that gives 25 goals and 20assists to another that gives him 30 goals and 2 assists because based on the law of averages the player with the 45G/A performance will tend to create more overall success for the team than the 30-goal player. It is no coincidence that Messi has won the highest number of trophies over 895 goal Pendu because over time amidst the highs and lows, this law stands true.

Top scorer is a matter of goals, but most effective player is down to overall impact.

Football team is also down to various individuals. The analogy fits perfectly. Goals and assists are not rated in the same level of importance likewise gold and Silver in Olympic events.


A football coach will pick players that are more effective for his style/ brand of play. If a coach system requires a pure goal scorer that's what he will prefer likewise a coach that wants something different willl also look for what fits his system. Another flawed logic once again. You are really having a field day. How does Harry Kane with zero trophy fits into your law of average.

There's a reason Guardiola said putting the ball into the back of the net is the hardest thing In football.

ThierryJay:
Naah, get this straight. The aim of a football team is to win matches.

You win the most matches by getting your team to score goals and preventing your opponents from scoring. Any player that contributes most to these critical success factors will be recognized as the best.

A player who scores 20 goals and created 20 assists will be considered better than one who scored 25 goals with 3 assists, because the former has helped his team achieve 12 more goals than the latter.

A player who consistently prevents other teams from scoring or having scoring opportunities and by so doing gives his team the platform to win most games and even trophies is often considered more effective than one who just scores goals that takes his team nowhere.

The first reason is why Messi is hands down better than Pendu. The second reason is why Rodri is the Euros MVP ahead of Gbarry Kane & co and his team rarely loses when he's on the pitch.

Y'all reasoning is why Ronaldo prefers to score a goal while his team loses than the other way round. The GOAT would never do that cos that can never make him the best.

This logic is so flawed. First of all goal and assist don't carry the same weight. An athlete with 10 gold medal and 2 silver at the Olympic is not rated lower than another with 6 gold medal and 10 silver. Have you ever seen a golden boot race were the person with lower goals but more assists is crowned as the top scorer?

Your last paragraph is even more ridiculous. So Ronaldo likes to score if his team his losing, but Messi will rather not score if his team is losing. You all need to chill and spare us all these ridiculous takes on Messi and Ronaldo.

With a bit of luck Southgate would have been leaving as a 2 time Euro winner and a world cup.

DeadPresidents:
On this topic, In recent memory I’ve been in both positions: as the biller and also as the one getting billed.

As at 2014, I was a student in Uni broke as a joke without a tip in my cup. Would call my uncle who was an Oil worker in PHC and he would send money but with increasing resentment and aggression. At some point, I decided this was not feasible anymore to beg 3 weeks for 5k and still receive insults on top. I started looking for any hustle I could do:

- I did scholarship applications for Niger Delta youths.
- I worked as a factory hand in the evening at a pure water factory.

I even landed a web design gig through someone I met on Nairaland. Then started writing paid articles and all these helped pad my CV like mad when I was out of school and needed to find a job.

A month ago, I sent my uncle a token of appreciation. If he never "cancelled" me, i would still be a brokie and a dependent. Mental dependency is a disease.

Make Ibime relative hustle, hustle no dey kill young man. Ibime may actually be hampering him by being charitable even with good intentions

I feel like you are getting the wrong impression. Just because that young man gets financial assistance from ibime doesn't mean he is not hustling as well.

How exactly did Rodri win player of the tournament. He wasn't even the best midfielder for the Spanish team with Ruiz having a much higher rating and performance index through out the tournament.

Jodera:
Foden gba but I'll blame Southgate More.

Foden is not a winger yet that's where he was deployed throughout. The only time Foden was effective (at least) was when they switched formation that took them to the finals

When they reached final he stupidly switched formation again

This is the first time am hearing Foden is not a winger.

andrewbaba44:
Southgate self see say something no Dey work and he didn’t make another plan

He should have changed the position

Changed his Position to where? What formation do you think Southgate should have used that will make all of Kane, Foden, Saka and Bellingham effective. Southgate is just an easy scapegoat here. Foden had a terrible tournament and it happens to even Messi of all people.

Arsenal players are the reason England lost. Their jinx is real. They was a post few days back talking about Arsenal players and their bad luck in national tournaments.

TLona1:
So you want to include Olympics with it? Kindly show me the Spanish squad that went for the Olympics.

This is the confederation squad that lost to Brazil. Like I said picking and choosing what competition to add or exclude renders your post null and void.

[quote author=TLona1 post=130963088][/quote]Cherry picking competitions renders your post null and void. The Spanish national team have lost finals.

TLona1:
Spanish clubs have won all 19 finals against non-Spanish clubs in European competitions. The Spanish National Team has won the EURO 3 times and the World Cup once.
Undoubtedly, Spanish football is superior to English football.

Spain lost the Olympic last year to Brazil plus 2013 confederations cup final as well.

Why do people have the urge to always pit Estavo against paez. Every little thing "better than Paez" like it's a competition. Some of you need to calm down before you start hating a player that hasn't even played for Chelsea.

BlewMahn:
I heard he was just protecting his wife and kid from drunk Colombia fans sha. In that case, the state of security is concerning, considering we have a world cup there in two years.

Commendbol are the ones in charge not FIFA. All these things won't happen at the world cup.

Foden is having his best game of the tournament.

England have been good.

That's never a pen

andrewbaba44:
Mbappe is a great player ,but please nobody should be talking about him as if he is prime Messi or Ronaldo

That dude might not win More than 1/2 ballon d or ,I am giving him this ballon d or lifeline because he will be playing for Madrid .

He has produced the influence, goals, big match moments and numbers of prime Ronaldo/ Messi plus 2 world cup finals at just 25. Mbappe only mistake is staying at Psg for so long. He would have a won at least a Balon dor already if he had gone to Madrid 4 years ago.

Sportsweb:
Ansu Fati bombom do pass all this things. Keep hyping

There's always a new Barca academy player that gets hyped every season. First was fati, then came Pedri then Gavi followed by Nico now lamal plus curbasi. There's another one that rejected Barca for Leipzig then there's another one in USA. Another one will spring forth this upcoming season as well.

Jodera:
Without injuries, I'm predicting him and Guler to give us this Balon dor rivalry. Both of them are already poised at the perfect clubs

Stop living in la la land. Mbappe is 25, Vini is 23, Bellingham is 22, Endrick is 18, Guler is 19. Those are 4 Young players in his own team that are better than he is. Where will he see the space to be fighting for Balon dor. First team shirt is not even assured for the next 4 to 5 years with how stack that Madrid team is.

omotola90:
yeah...my thoughts exactly

Rice was the odd one out followed by Bellingham.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Hmmmm

You don win![/color]

It's not an election.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]You are asking HOW?

A woman was charged for murder because her boyfriend killed the child while she was at home and sleeping.

It was on FP weeks back.

If it was in the West, Davido will be liable[/color]

Was Davido at home? What's the relationship between voluntary manslaughter and accidental drowning
You all are bringing unrelated instances. Here's a similar case that happened here and no one was held liable. Both cases were ruled as accidental drowning.

https://people.com/parents/shaquil-barrett-daughter-dead-drowning-pool/


https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/allthemoms/2019/05/24/bode-millers-wife-morgan-shares-emotional-details-daughters-drowning/1220003001/

GloriousGbola:
https://www.channelstv.com/2023/03/24/chrisland-school-staff-vendor-to-face-charges-for-students-death/
the school principal, a teacher and the owner of the vending machine are in jail awaiting trial

i will ask you a simple question. if ifeanyi had died in this manner in a school swimming pool, who would be liable?

you would be calling for the head of the school proprietor


Davido built a swimming pool in his house and did not put in place measures to block it off. he hired an inexperienced village girl as a child minder. his house is not so much a home as a frat house

he is out of the home most of the time.

you can always search parental liablity child death if you want more clarity

if imade had been staying on and off with davido , it is the same way she would have stumbled into that pool

major accidents NEVER happen in isolation. they are ALWAYs preceded by minor incidents. but negligent individuals fail to read the signs and act accordingly. what makes it worse is that this has happened before, when dbanj child died in the same manner. you would expect a parent with sense to have learned from this and put all precautions in place if a swimming pool is a must . note the emphasis on parent with sense.

if i wanted to be extra mean, i would have said ifeanyi was an inconvenience for him. what stops me from carrying my pikin with me on a social visit? the visit to the ooni was social.

Here's a better example to use. Buccaneers linebacker Shaq two years old daughter drowned similar to davido In their swimming pool and it was ruled out as an accident with no one charged.

https://people.com/parents/shaquil-barrett-daughter-dead-drowning-pool/

Let's assume you left your child with your mother/sister/Maid ( something you have done numerous times) and went off to work or an occasion only to return and the child choked or fell and died does that make you a bad parent and a bad father responsible for his death? That's basically what you are doing with Davido. He left his child in the hands of 8 maids whose sole job is to take care of his child and they failed at it. If you take your toddler to day care and something tragic happens who will be held responsible. The daycare or the parents?

seankafor:
How low can Sophia go on Davido

She's just being thick headed. Davido has every right to have access to his daughter and her bringing up ifeanyi tragic death at every opportunity paints a picture of her being a bitter soul. It's a joint custody case not like he is trying to take the child away from her so I really don't understand why she's willing to deny the child access to her father because of a beef between them.

GloriousGbola:
she is absolutely correct

if davido and chioma could not take care of ifeanyi, you think they can take care of imade?

if davido was in a western nation, he would have been liable for the death of ifeanyi

davido is not father material. neither is chioma

parenting is not posing with your children on instagram

the fact that imade is a girl makes it worse.

davidos house is constantly full of lost boys who are not ready to grow up. any of them could be a child molester

How?

andrewbaba44:
Uefa is funny Walai

Even messi or Ronaldo never get this kind privilege before

Demiral of turkey was suspended for the next game and didn’t have this privilege ,Omo England fa una get mouth Walai

Why player go choose game wey e go miss ? Lmao

Walai I have seen it all

Baba go just choose one yeye nations league game to miss

That's not what it means. It means that if he breaks the rules again (in the next year) the ban will come to effect so as of now he is not suspended for any match not that he will pick a game to miss.

raumdeuter:
Is Martinez the best penalty stopper in the world

His premier league record is average. 3 saved from 19 attempts.

Just imagine how Pogba career and legacy would have been totally different if he had gone to Madrid instead of United.