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SportsRe: Tennis: Australian Open 2012 by medjai(m): 8:45pm On Jan 24, 2012
Straight sets win for Roger. Great performance, when Federer is playing well it's almost impossible to beat him. Especially since his game, and his variety, are a terrible match-up for Del Potro.

Still, the Tower of Tandil is definitely headed in the right direction, very good tournament overall and he even had his chances yesterday in the first two sets, the scoreline is deceptively loopsided. That said, although Fed played great, there are things Delpo can improve and must improve if he wants to be a genuine threat at Roland Garros:

His forehand is getting closer and closer to the 2009 level and his fitness is also steadily improving. The two main problems are his serve and his return. It's pathetic to see such a big guy with such a weak serve; his serve should be a weapon, giving him tons of free points. Instead, he had only 5 aces, won only 58% of points in his first serve and double faulted on break points. Not good enough. He also could do nothing with Federer's second serve, his returns were not strong or deep at all.

If he can improve these two shots, especially his serve, back to 2009 levels (or better), then he will be ready to fight with Djokovic, Nadal and Federer. I still think he had a great tournament, played his best tennis since his injury and can obviously only get better, so it's an encouraging tournament. And let's also not forget that in 2009 he lost to Fed in the quarter in Australia 3,0,0 and then ended the year with a Grand Slam title. Good omen perhaps?

As for the semifinal, I hope Roger beats Rafa. Would love a Federer vs Djokovic final. But given the history between these two, Rafa is obviously the favorite. But if Roger can play like he did against Delpo, I wouldn't be surprised to see the great Swiss in the final.
SportsRe: Girl Friend Blames Boatengs Numerous Injuries On Too Much S*x by medjai(m): 7:29pm On Jan 24, 2012
7-10 times a week? What's too much about that?
SportsRe: AFCON 2012: Ghana Vs Botswana (1 - 0) On January 24th 2012 by medjai(m): 7:26pm On Jan 24, 2012
I don't know which was the worse team - Ghana or Botswana. Very poor display from both sides.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Balotteli Faces 4-match Ban For Stamp On Scott Parker by medjai(m): 6:57am On Jan 24, 2012
I don't think he did it on purpose
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by medjai(m): 10:40am On Jan 23, 2012
AjanleKoko:
Messi usually comes out at the beginning of the year like this.
I've observed him in the last 3 seasons. He is usually stronger in the second half of the season than the first.

Na only God sabi wetin he dey go do for Argentina during Xmas grin
Well, there's a certain Antonella Roccuzo. I guess she gives him some kind of treatment that we may never understand.

Does anyone else think another reason for Messi's great performance was Fabregas being benched? Not that they don't get along or anything but it seems when Fabregas plays, he kinda takes Messi's forward position and Messi drops a bit deeper to help the build up. We saw Messi finally making some runs today rather than passing the ball off to his teammates.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Real Madrid Vs Athletic Bilbao (4 - 1) On 22nd January 2012 by medjai(m): 10:47pm On Jan 22, 2012
That was Ronaldo's 8th penalty in the league this season. The thing jus tire me
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Real Madrid Vs Athletic Bilbao (4 - 1) On 22nd January 2012 by medjai(m): 9:13pm On Jan 22, 2012
This should be an interesting game
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by medjai(m): 9:10pm On Jan 22, 2012
Fantastic performance. Messi was on dope today. Shame that freekick rattled the crossbar, he could have had 4 goals.

We seem to play better with 4-3-3.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Málaga Vs Barcelona (1 - 4) On Sunday 22nd January 2012 by medjai(m): 9:06pm On Jan 22, 2012
shuo! Match ended 4-1. Messi grabbed a hat trick
SportsRe: AFCON: Equatorial Guinea Vs Libya (1 - 0) On 21 January 2012 by medjai(m): 9:08pm On Jan 21, 2012
youngbest:
Please does anyone know the name of the song super sport uses to advertise the afcon 2012 on dstv, the song goes like this africa o africa o my countryland africa africa africa eh.
Africa - Salif Keita
SportsRe: AFCON: Equatorial Guinea Vs Libya (1 - 0) On 21 January 2012 by medjai(m): 8:36pm On Jan 21, 2012
This match is depressing.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: The Galacticos (Real Madrid Fans Only) by medjai(m): 6:19pm On Jan 21, 2012
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by medjai(m): 12:51pm On Jan 21, 2012
Johnpaul88:
It appears that only the camp nou and santiago bernabeu are the only stadia in la liga that interests Barca players this season. Others are just boring to them, hence they put up a scrappy performance that is just enough to avoid defeat.
I hope Malaga is not the same story.

I wish jonathan goodluck. I still feel barca was unfair to him notwithstanding his obvious talent.
See punchline o. This had me rolling on the floor.

Funny thing is I feel that we will go and draw in Malaga.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by medjai(m): 9:45am On Jan 21, 2012
Red Bull Salzburg have signed B striker, Jonathan Soriano, for €500k plus another €500k in variables. His contract was gonna run out in the summer.

Good guy. I really like this guy. He's a natural finisher. He can b[i]an[/i]g in goals. I was always hoping we would one day promote him. He's 26 already though and it's only right he moves somewhere he can play top level, regular football. I Wish him all the best.

Now our B team will be in serious trouble! Rodri and Kiko have been quite poor, as indeed, the whole team.

Jean Marie Dongou have already been promoted from the Juvenil A team to help the team up front.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by medjai(m): 1:03am On Jan 21, 2012
Mcleo007:
If Cesc cant play the Iniesta role (cos of he's inability to take on defences) and also the Xavi role (his lack of horizontal ball-squaring, as suggested here), what role is he going to play? Obviously, the false 9 position he's played in in a few games hasn't be of standard. So?
Cesc can play the Iniesta role pretty comfortably. I was saying that rather than shift Iniesta out wide on the left, play Sanchez as a CF and play Cesc in what would have been Iniesta's position in midfield, in the classico, it would have been better if Sanchez played on the wings, Iniesta played his normal role and Cesc played as a false 9.
Altintop was showing us a lot of love down the left hand side, giving Iniesta a lot of space but we didn't exploit that advantage enough because Iniesta is wasted as a winger. Sanchez would have ripped Altintop a new one. Fabregas created a lot of chances from midfield, playing some very clever balls but Iniesta would have done exactly the same thing plus his better dribbling would have given us better penetration which we lacked since Messi played deep and I'd rather have Fabregas on the receiving end of those chances than Iniesta whose finishing leaves a lot to be desired.


In our 3-4-3 formation, Cesc plays a 'false 10' behind Messi. With Messi often dropping deep, he moves into the space that Messi has left behind. That's why he's been scoring lots of goals. He plays more or less as a forward.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by medjai(m): 12:32pm On Jan 20, 2012
hannie:
Jesus wept!!!! shocked

Biscuits being compared to Xavi on the backheel of an inconsequential game with Madrid? undecided

FFS, Biscuits can not do what Xavi does . . .they arent even in the same mould . . . embarassed
Po Deep:
^^
Was gonna say this but didn't want to sound like one of those who are "blind" to the "immense talent" Biscuit posesses. Smh, una no even talk Cesc to be deployed to a more central role to replace King Xavi, na Busquets. I mean, come on, Bus-bleeping-quets??! Hian!
Cesc cannot play the Xavi role. The few games he has played the Xavi role, we've suffered. I'd rather have Valdes play that role than Cesc. Cesc's lack of horizontal play automatically rules him out of playing that central midfield role and that's why Pep doesn't play him there.
Busquets is the natural heir to Xavi's throne.
SportsRe: Jay Jay Okocha Signs Lucrative Deal In India by medjai(m): 6:36am On Jan 20, 2012
Good move for him.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by medjai(m): 10:11pm On Jan 19, 2012
It's good to see him finally getting the respect he deserves. He was named in L'Equipe's team of 2011 alongside Alves, Pique, Xavi, Iniesta and Messi.

Over the past two years, he has marked attacking midfielders as Ozil, Rooney, Sneijder or Fabregas and very recently, Ganso, completely out of games. Ever since Busquets made that position his, attacking midfielders have pretty much been non-factors in big games against Barca.

Not only are his marking skills great, he reads the game better than anyone and his passing/distribution is pretty much perfect. Xavi and Iniesta have complete freedom to attack with Busquets shielding them.

We have improved tenfold since Busquets replaced Touré, we are better in possession and less susceptible to counters.

He'll transition into a more central role soon enough and be Xavi's heir, I believe. I don't see anyone else with the potential/style to play Xavi's role in the future. Busquets is not that different today (in terms of role, way of playing) than Xavi was at 23, except I'd say Busquets is definitely a better player than Xavi was back then.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by medjai(m): 10:34am On Jan 19, 2012
So many thoughts on this game. We won, its all good, but honestly I felt there are some issues that really need to be addressed. I mean the fact that our goals came from 2 defenders kind of speaks for itself.

- Pep, you're my man and all but sometimes you do some WTF-inducing stuff. Iniesta on the flank? Alexis in CF? Fabregas taking over Don's space in midfield? Messi in a withdrawn Argentina-esque role? Why?

Iniesta has always looked awkward in that winger position(he did quite well last night though), I mean Altintop, fuc[i]king[/i] Hamit Altintop did a decent job on him. He should've been our entry point in offense. Alexis would've torn him apart. Alexis utilizes that inside cut followed by the reverse direction dribble that leaves fullbacks stumbling, Altintop would've been shredded by the Chilean machine. Been a while since I saw Iniesta look uncomfortable on the ball, but this shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who've watched him play the wing before,

- Watching Messi today was odd. I wasn't sure if the stripes were Blaugrana or light blue and white. He was playing very very deep, mainly due to Alexis occupying the CF position and Fabregas playing an advanced role as well. Sometimes I swear he was only in front of the back 4 + Pinto, it was odd. He had a hard time really imposing his presence on Madrid, maybe it was a plan by Pep perhaps to draw Pepe and Lass out of the hole a bit but I preferred when Messi was taking them on every few minutes. He still made a few key passes + of course the org[i]asm[/i]ic assist on Abidal's cool finish.

However there was a nice positive from this game.

- For a minute I wasn't sure if I was watching FC Barcelona but we were actually swinging all the damn corners into the box! I don't know why Pep suddenly decided to do away with those short passes and go for the cross but it was freakin' awesome.


I didn't like how we looked in the final third, we just weren't making sh[i]it[/i] happen, and there was some frustrating sloppy passing at times as well. I really hope Pep plays Alexis on the freakin' wing and put Iniesta back in his normal role. There's no reason Fabregas should be occupying that space in the midfield, it belongs to the freakin' Don. Having said that Cesc distributed the ball well and played some clever over the top passes ( he's a boss at that), but unfortunately his dribbling is nowhere near Iniesta's level, and that's not a bad thing. Still not sure what's Cesc best position yet but Pep please, please man, don't have Cesc fu[i]ck[/i]ing with the Don's turf.

Before I forget, Happy Birthday in arrears, Pep. Madrid's scalp on a plate at the Bernabeu. You couldn't have had a better gift.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: The Galacticos (Real Madrid Fans Only) by medjai(m): 8:07am On Jan 19, 2012
coogar:
he's shyte. . . . .super-shyte!
he should be sent back to south america. he's the latino version of dirk kuyt.
You haven't been watching Madrid. di Maria has by far been their best player. 13 assits so far this season, the most in the top 5 leagues in Europe.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: The Galacticos (Real Madrid Fans Only) by medjai(m): 12:56am On Jan 19, 2012
Mou, why don't you just pack your shit and return to England? E neva tire you?
SportsRe: African Cup Of Nations 2012 Official Thread : January 21 - February 12th by medjai(m): 11:06pm On Jan 17, 2012
I think everyone is sleeping on Guinea. They can surprise everyone. They have a good team that can go all the way.

One guy to watch out is Alhassane Bangoura who plays for Rayo Vallecano in the La Liga. He's very fast and skillful left winger. He has been outstanding so far this season.
SportsRe: Tennis: Australian Open 2012 by medjai(m): 8:07am On Jan 17, 2012
isik:
Federer is still da man to beat, Nadal is still struggling with injuries and fitness. And judging frm last season, I think Djokovic will struggle against Federer, cuz his only loss in a grand slam tournament(last year) was against federer, Djokovic has a federer problem, Nadal has a Djokovic problem and Federer has a Nadal problem grin grin cheesy
You just summed it all up. Djokovic should win though.
SportsRe: Nigerian League Fan Thread: Enter D Place N Know Every by medjai(m): 7:58am On Jan 17, 2012
More on completed transfers:

Chigozie Johnson: Enyimba to Warri Wolves

Ikechukwu Gabriel: Pillars to Warri Wolves

Gbolahan Salami: 3SC to Enyimba
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: The Galacticos (Real Madrid Fans Only) by medjai(m): 10:49pm On Jan 16, 2012
usbcable:
after a disappointing week of hope-raising protests and campaign for a better nigeria leading to an undesired result of N97 and another feeling of he go better that may never happen. cry cry

I just hope that someday Nigerians get over the personal interests and hope to make nigeria a better place for us or at least for our children.
I pray God gives us leaders and not rulers that will have a large chunk of the interest of the masses at heart or at least make the present ones have more mercy on us.
I hope all our aspirations for a greater and better nigeria sees the light of the day regardless of the actions of a less than one percent cabal or terrorist group lurking all over the nation.

[size=14pt]NOW[/size]
lets now talk some football

Another Copa Classico Again undecided undecided undecided
this is getting too much nah

thank God on saturday.
those mallorcan's want to pour sand sand into felix's business thank God for ''agidi'',''ojoro'' and ''anu oloun'', we sha win the match.
lets hope CR7 will at least play a reasonably good game come wednesday. the guy don loose form patapata.

HALA MADRID
Me sef o. I was at Ojota. I protest no be small. Now that fuel is selling for =N= 97, na to dey trek from Lere to Sabo and back.

Anyway, we're occupying Bernabeu come Wednesday.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by medjai(m): 9:28pm On Jan 16, 2012
Barcelona's Eric Abidal
signs contract extension -
report
The French defender has
reportedly agreed to a new contract after several months of negotiations
have finally produced a result
By Luis Mira
Eric Abidal - Barcelona
Barcelona left-back Eric Abidal has signed a one-year contract extension with the club, La Vanguardia reports.

The France international's previous deal was due to expire at the end of the season and
negotiations between the player and the club dragged on for months, despite the
defender claiming in November that an agreement had been
reached.
It is believed that Abidal has signed a new contract until
2013, with the option for two more years, to be discussed annually.
The 32-year-old, who joined Barca from Olympique Lyonnais
in 2007, has repeatedly declared that he wants to end
his career at Camp Nou, where he has won three Primera Division titles and two
Champions League crowns, among other trophies.
http://www.goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2012/01/16/2850134/barcelonas-eric-abidal-signs-contract-extension-report
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by medjai(m): 8:43pm On Jan 16, 2012
AjanleKoko:
Fantastic game. This is the best game by far at the Camp Nou this season, so far.
The boys, keeping an eye on Wednesday's big game at the Bernabeu, came out thinking to take it easy, after a fashion. Betis showed them they didn't come to lie down and take another manita. They took the game to us big time, and got back in it. They were unlucky to go a man down, which was really what tilted the game in Barca's favour. Else, they deserved a draw for their efforts, and may even have won it.

I don't know about you guys, but this was the worst performance from Messi I have seen in a long while. Even worse than last week, against Espanyol. He made wrong passing choices all evening, didn't hold the ball up, and was guilty of poor positioning all through the game. Also, this was one night that the 3-4-3 was a wrong playing choice. We are lucky to escape with the win, at home no less.

Hoping for more games like this in La Liga
I thought Messi did quite well last night. He was indeed sloppy atimes, gave the ball away on a couple of occasions and made some poor decisions but still, he was one of our better players.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Barcelona Vs Real Betis (4 - 2) On Sunday 15th January 2012 by medjai(m): 11:39pm On Jan 15, 2012
hehehe. . . . Haters gonna hate. Watch Madrid's matches and see epic ojoros.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Barcelona Vs Real Betis (4 - 2) On Sunday 15th January 2012 by medjai(m): 10:34pm On Jan 15, 2012
That Betis goal is the first goal Barca have conceded at home in the league since April 2011. A really incredible record.
PoliticsRe: Do You Want The Fuel Subsidy Back? Please Vote Here: by medjai(m): 11:06am On Jan 15, 2012
Fuel subsidy is just one of the few things keeping us alive in this country. When I board a bus for N 150 instead of N 300, I'm enjoying the benefits of subsidy. True, it has been abused but it's govt. responsibility to operate it in such a way that it won't be easily hijacked by some unscrupulous elements.

At some point, subsidy would and should go but not now. It'd be extremely difficult to survive in this country if subsidy goes now. So, let the price go back to N 65
PoliticsRe: Is Labaran Maku A Coward Or What? by medjai(m): 10:57am On Jan 15, 2012
Just look at the people we have in power. He even admitted to collecting bribe to protest against subsidy back then.
PoliticsRe: NLC/TUC Continue Talks With FG Today At 6pm by medjai(m): 11:00pm On Jan 14, 2012
This one wey the meeting no gree end so, I tire o. I hope NLC/TUC are not negotiating price, it's =N=65, shikena!

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