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Quote of the Day

The aim of education is the knowledge not of facts but of values.

-William Inge

Quote of the Day

The aim of education is the knowledge not of facts but of values.

-William Inge

SirL0neWolf:
This time last year he was promising the champions league. Now diplomacy has been learnt by force.

He never promised anything.

sotall:
Even if Salah and Ronaldo come to this team, they will struggle to perform.

Something is obviously wrong

Take out the old, slow and ineffective S. Busquets and we might have a little bite. He's been exposed time and again to be weak and a total bum. He's a liability!

haymekus:
We should have sold one of either Vidal or rakishit along with coutinho and rafinha

We should sell S. Busquets instead. But then, he's not worth shit in the transfer market.

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LordAdamX:
Since they left he has choked in 3 successive UCLs and you say he is the same consistent player. The only thing he's been consistent at, is showing he is a fraud.

And to your Maldini question, Maldini is not on the GOAT list; Messi is. You're comparing apples to oranges. The job of the defender is to stop goals from getting in; so even if they do their job; they can still go out through penalties. The job of an attacker is to score or facilitate a goal, so even if you concede, you outscore and win.

Seeing how much you guys extol Messi, anyone who didn't know better would think he could waltz into the pitch, pick the ball from the half-way line and dribble into the net in every game. The question is why hasn't he done so even once in four finals.

And Ramos is a more rounded defender than Maldini. I'd rather have Ramos in my team than Maldini.

-Lord

Have you asked yourself why coaches or opposing teams rarely talk about stopping Penaldo? The reason is simple; stop the person (s) responsible for feeding him and he's off. Now, how do you consider someone who gets stopped by the mere fact of killing his supply source a greater player to someone who gets a cage built around him to render him quiet?

Penaldo played in 6 UCL finals and was unarguably ineffective in no less than 3 of them. He played 3 finals for his national team and was ineffective in all three. That is 9 finals which is one less as Messi with 8. While Penaldo won most of the finals with his team, he can't be said to be the reason they won.This brings me to my point that logically, it takes a team to win trophies. Messi could have won at least 2 of the finals being ineffective while his team mates made his absence count bailing him just as your man has enjoyed over the years.

In a nutshell, they're both great players. But the argument that one is a system player and a bottler only holds ground in the heart of clownish fans, especially Nigerians and EPL fans. And it's worse when you're both a Nigerian and supporter of the EPL. Illogical things find their way with those lot.

LordAdamX:
Oga when that footballer is Messi, then a legendary midfield can push a great high up the all time list.

Ronaldo also played with two of those pairs you mentioned and no one discounts their efforts.

Let's not pretend like if Messi played in the Spanish NT, he wouldn't have broken WC records?

Without Xavi and Iniesta, Messi's peak would not have been that illustrious. As we've seen since they left and when Messi plays internationally. Messi is a system player. The only system player in the top 5 or even 10 GOAT list.

-Lord

Great players complement each other, and greatness is not limited by systemic balance. The perfect example of your illustration here is S. Busquets who has declined since the exit of Xavi/Iniesta (you can also see that in the NT). Their absence does not take away the fact he is a great player, but they complimented him to achieve collective success in the middle of the park. They bossed game after game and brought out the best in each other.

You cant categorically say that Messi has declined since they both left(Xavi/Iniesta). On the individual front, he has been the same consistent player, but on the collective, he has achieved less especially on the big stage, which shows that it takes more than individual talent to win trophies. We saw it in the UCL for Madrid; when CR7 is having a bad game, the likes of G. Bale and co rise to the occasion. In the end, the team wins and the star player gets the individual accolade. It was the same when we still had Xaviesta, Pedro R and co.

No single player can win a game by himself; that BS was propagated by the press and fans. CR7 played with a great support cast in all the teams he has played in. His is, feed him the ball and he would score. He is a positional player that is guaranteed to deliver if every factor is available. Messi, on the other hand, is a far more technical and adaptive player. To call him a system player is to make light of his immense talent and loyalty to the club that made him. Reaching 3 back to back majjor finals is no small feat. Winning them all goes beyond just one player.

Finally, I asked an anti-Messi friend of mine who he considered the greater(est) CB between Pique/Ramos and P. Maldini. Without thhinking twice, he said Maldini. Then I reminded him, Maldini was a one-club man, won 5 UCLs and a number of domestic titles but never won a thing with the National team. The other two on the other hand won it all at both club and national level.

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adisaaowala:
Please I have these issues with my Honda accord 2008 model.

1. Hard starting atimes. Scanned and got code P0339 (crankshaft position sensor). Replaced the sensor but problem still persists. Rewire is saying that there is probably a connection issue between the sensor and the ECU. I also read online that a bad battery could also be the cause.

2. My brake lights are on even when the brakes are released. There is also enough brake fluid in the engine.
Scanned and got codes on Abs sensor (luvinhubby kindly state the price of both front and back sensors)

3. Fuel gauge "empty light" on even when there is enough fuel in the car and the gauge needle actually seems to be working well.

Make una help me biko

My car also falls under number 2 here. The brake light and ABS are always on. Could it be possible the hand brake is faulty?