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Every player is the best in his own right. I'm surprised he acknowledged that Messi is better than him

yemi313:
[b]@sunnela

You seem to know a bit more about this topic than most here.  And I agree with some of your points, and if I may add:

Benitez has been nothing but an over-rated manager whose success in Valencia was been over-sensationalized.
Concurrently, lifting Champion's League in 2005, in a game where Liverpool was down 3-0 at first half, hasnt been fair to Gerrard who labored heavily to carry the team to victory. And the team that lifted the trophy wasnt even Rafa's. Remember Houllier owned that team.


Besides having a very poor sight for the transfer market, Benitez has wasted so much fortune buying crap, estimated around 250 million pounds, and his only decent signing was ONLY "Torres" and "REINA", and the rest are nothing but complete under-performing players. Meaning, Benitez has purchased about 69 useless players, and only buying just 2 useful ones. Tell me if that isnt ironic and plain incompetence.

Besides been a politician who transfer and sell players once they protest his style of football which is way too unpredictable such to an extent, he sometimes amazes his own players and the fans.

Why would Rafa sell Xabi Alonso and bring in sour-footed players like Aquillani who spent a whole season on surgery tables; and the annoying Lukas to fill in Alons's heavy shoes?
Over-benched a great player like Ryan Barbel and kill his form while he becomes premier league's #1 bench-warmer?

You dont call people like Rafa Benitez a manager. He's a complete nightmare. A total fraud!
I am glad Moratti spotted him quickly. I would say: good riddance![/b]

Why didnt Gerard Houllier in his 6 years in Charge of Liverpool win them the champions league. Benitez took Liverpool to two champions league finals in 3 years and won one. His lowest finish with Liverpool in the champions league was the 1st k/o round in 2006 when they lost to Benfica unlike Houllier who couldnt qualify Liverpool from the group stage in 2003, in a group that had FC Basel. That he won the champions league a season later with that same team is nothing but pure genius. Liverpool were one of the highest ranked teams in the UEFA coefficients under Benitez. He won Liverpool the FA Cup and was only 2 points away from winning the league with Liverpool in 2009.
Kuyt, Skrtel, Agger, Riera, Glen Johnson, Xabi Alonso, Mascherano are also bad signings too, right? Name one coach that has never made a bad signing. . .

violent:
while this dude was busy collecting ransoms for his kidnap trades, others who listened to mummy and daddy toiled away in the night reading physics textbooks.

Guess who's got a Phd?. . .Bleep you karma!

lol

IVORY2009:
Jame Ibori of Delta State.

since which year?

No question, it's Otunba Gbenga Daniels aka 'Smiley' aka 'Ogidi Ole'.

absolutely senseless

damn! I love this woman

Easier to Run - Linkin Park

Enyimba 1 vs Rangers 0

Kano Pillars 5 vs Plateau United 1

Ocean Boys 2 vs Kaduna United 0

JUTH 1 vs Heartland 0
The league will be on break till New Year Day

honeric01:
Guys, i don miss this thread die, was off the net due to bad internet, well sha, God dey.

welcome back!

Before the Worst - The Script

Insomniac? Merry Xmas

Sex on Fire - Kings of Leon

Deck The Halls - funny as hell

d bigrod:
[size=16pt]guys/babe,

am really confused.my immediate boss who is a female is being too friendly.she travelled to d uk last december and bought me chelsea branded items - jug and shirts.she always want to discuss with me.there is dis lustful way she look at me always which makes me uncomfortable.i once heard a female co- worker say that she (my immedate boss) said dat she likes me.she is married and in her thirties.i cant date a married woman.dont know hw to kill her likeness for me cos am uncomfortable with it.guys/babes,pls i need your advice cos i am clueless on what to do when `things gets strong`.[/size]

Maybe you are getting things mixed up. That she went to the UK and bought you branded Chelsea stuff may not mean she has feelings for you. Personally, I think the thing here is motivation. She's using a 'Theory Y' to get the best out of you

Lanre

Radioactive - Kings of Leon

Dynamix is so messed up, they also have a shitty mag where they exalt club boys and girls of various institutions. I wonder why this award will mean anything to anyone

Dead and buried!

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Looks like it's the end of the road for Babatunde Aremu. He is definitely guilty, until proven innocent. Bloody thief!

Insurance defeated Okpe United 2 - 0 to record their first win of the season and put their promotion ambition back on track

netotse:
hey ppl,

Ok, so after 6 months of mixed experiences, i just turned in my resignation the man is too caught up with his new contracts to really bother sha, he just said ok. . .(the evil fella wants to hold me to the one months notice or in lieu a months salary thingy in my contract. . .na God go deal with am for me. . .lol)

I'm going to be moving south in the new year(not oil and gas though), this time i'll be more involved with machines sha. . .

things i'll miss from this current job:

Knowing what's going on in abj, i'm around some really connected people, gist dey fly wella.

Lau lau. . .i rarely get to work before 9, and it's a pretty laid back atmosphere.

My boss trying to code stuff from me(the man dey always fail. . .lol)

My colleagues. . .i've become attached to these folks 

All the Mind games sha. . .i had fun.

etc etc.


things i wont miss.

Earning peanuts(sometimes i wonder how i even came to accept the darn offer sef. . .lol)

Being treated as if i didn't go to school. . .(all the assignments i dubbed cant be in vain now. . .haba!)

Being passed up for field trips.(what am i an engineer for if i dont get to go to the field? )


P.S.
I'll gist you guys about my new job when i resume(jan 10th). . .but till then, i'm blissfully unemployed. . .lol.

Congrats bruv, we go wash am o!

Everyone else is resuming on Jan 10th, mine is Jan 5th. These Indians ehn. . .

Well, in the broadest sense, no. There are only two types of degrees: local and foreign. I graduated from a private university myself - Covenant University and I know how I struggled before I got my present job.
However, there are one off cases when you are considered. I remember when Global Fleet were recruiting and Covenant University graduates were given 'special treatment' - they were automatically selected for interview without any written test while graduates from other institutions had to first do some written tests. But then, Jimoh Ibrahim is a member of the board of regents of CU. I don't know about other schools but as a CU graduate, there are few cases when your being a CU graduate opens doors. But more often than not, they don't care

Another win for Sunshine Stars, they mean business this season. They are on top of the league, one point ahead of Dolphins

ma'am feisty, where've you been at? I missed you

Square peg in a round hole. What on earth does this man know about sports? How will sports in this country move forward when we can't put the right people in the places?
Besides, what's the use of appointing a new minister when we'll have a new government in May 2011?

Ok! I scanned through it at first, I thought it was the round up for last week

NPL gets MTN all clear. . . continue reading the story here
http://www.kickoff.com/mobilen/content/article/19400

scantee:
hi guys wats up, i have been so busy all this while, so i hardly come on board.

happy xmas to you all.

guy, whats up? Long time. Merry Xmas

ogazi007:
No pain no gain.the problem was not with the selection pep made,i guess it was just another bad day for most of our bois.xavi was not really on top of his

game and that affected us alot.the bois look tied to me,Kaita was a big flop,bojan was never in the game and maxwell was supposed to have been removed

from the game in the first half.all in all,we are Barca,we know how to step up our game when needed most.we will make it through to the next round.

@EYO i don com back since,u no dey ask of your boi again now.
@khanye thanks i later watched the game live.

Just a bad day at the office. How far, wetin you bring for awon boyz?

I heard there are midweek matches today; the last before the break. I dont have the fixtures yet

2011 CAF Champions League: Pillars get opponents

The draw for the 2011 CAF Interclubs competition was held yesterday in CAF headquarters in Cairo. Fifty-five clubs will compete for the Orange Champions League and and 52 clubs for Orange Confederation Cup.

Two time CAF Champions League winners, Enyimba International Football Club of Aba have an uphill task in the 2011 competition as they have been paired to confront Congolese champions Saint Michell de Ouenze [/b]in the preliminary round.

The Nigerian champions will be away in the first leg which holds January 28, 29 or 30 in Congo, while the return leg takes place in Aba two weeks later.

Enyimba’s compatriots in the same competition, [b]Kano Pillars who were 2009 semi finalists will travel to Monrovia to keep a date with Liberian champions, Mighty Barrole [/b]Football Club the same weekend.

Pillars who are doing well presently in the local league look good enough to overrun their little known opponents as the Nigerian side parade some of the best materials in the local scene.

Eight clubs, including holders, TP Mazembe of Congo Democratic Republic, Esperance of Tunisia, Al Ahly of Egypt, Stade Malien of Mali, Ittihad of Libya, Hilal of Sudan, El Marrikh of Sudan and Dynamos of Zimbabwe drew bye.

In the Confederation Cup draw released yesterday in Cairo, Nigerian representatives, Sunshine Stars of Akure and Kaduna United will have to wait till first round matches are held before they know their opponents as the two teams drew bye in the first round.

[b]Kaduna United will commence hostilities against winner of the first round matches between Fullah Edifice FC of Chad and Sony de Ela Nguema of Equatorial Guinea.

On their part. Sunshine Stars of Akure will have to wait for winner between DFC 8e Arrondissement of Central African Republic and Tiko United of Cameroun.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/12/2011-caf-champions-league-pillars-get-opponents/

Bojan Krkic delighted to sign Barcelona contract extension

Striker Bojan Krkic has expressed his delight at extending his contract with Barcelona until 2015, and issued his intention to continue to grow as a player for the Blaugrana.

The 20-year-old agreed a three-season addition to his former deal with the Spanish champions, committing his future to the club and warding off interest from other interested parties from Serie A and the Premier League.

Speaking to Sport after confirming the contract, the Spanish international said he hoped to develop his game further under the stewardship of coach Pep Guardiola.

Bojan commented: “I’m very happy for the peace of mind that this contract gives me. All I want is to enjoy the option of growing at the club of my life.

“What really matters is what happens on the playing field, but for the club to allow me to sign a contract for so many years shows that they have confidence in me. I hope things will improve, so that I can continue to demonstrate that I can be at this club and I am valid for the team.”

Sport also comments that compatriot Sergio Busquets could be the next member of the Catalan giants’ squad to negotiate improved terms.

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/3277/la-liga/2010/12/21/2271583/bojan-krkic-delighted-to-sign-barcelona-contract-extension

Sponsorship row blights Nigeria

A sponsorship row between Nigeria's Football Federation (NFF) and organisers of the local league is threatening the domestic game.

The Nigeria Premier League (NPL) secured a record US$17m four-year deal with mobile phone company MTN last week in a move that earned the praise of clubs in the top division.

But that celebration has been cut short by the NFF, which insists the decision is unacceptable.

With the highly-publicised spat taking centre stage, NFF spokesman Ademola Olajire told BBC Sport that the NPL decision leaves the league in a difficult situation.

"The NFF has made its position clear that the decision by the NPL board to go contrary to the standard norms and protocols which such an issue demanded is unacceptable," he said.

"It is a difficult position because they [NPL] refused to carry the NFF, the supreme authority for all matters relating to football in the country, along.

"Importantly, there is an unresolved leadership issue involving them [the NPL] - and taking such a big corporate decision now is totally wrong."

NPL chairman Davidson Owumi, whose election victory has been contested by beaten foe Victor Baribote, says his body has done the right thing for the country's domestic football.

"The league started without a title sponsor and what we have done now is in the best interest of the Nigerian Premier League," Owumi said.

"The NPL board had a transparent bid, the right thing was done, honesty and truth was followed - that is all we can say for now."

Clubs in the top league have embraced the new deal after the season kicked off two months ago without a title sponsor.

The chairman of Nigeria's Club Owners, David Suleiman, says the agreed venture will help cash-strapped clubs in their bid to escape from often-dire financial plight.

Last week, domestic players and coaches marched on the country's parliament in the capital Abuja in protest of their poor working conditions.

According to the Association of Professional Footballers of Nigeria, the protest was carried out due to the non-payment of players' entitlements by clubs among other issues.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/9310851.stm

Balotelli: 'I don't know who Wilshere is'

Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli claimed he has never heard of Arsenal starlet Jack Wilshere when picking up the Tuttosport Golden Boy trophy on Tuesday.

Balotelli, who has barely played for City due to injury after joining the Eastlands club from Inter Milan in the summer, beat off competition from Wilshere to win the award, which recognises the best player under the age of 21.

Wilshere, a full England international, is seen as one of the brightest young prospects in the Premier League.

"I am delighted to receive this award,'' said Balotelli to Tuttosport. "Who should have won this award but me? Two years ago I finished sixth and a year ago fourth. It was finally my turn.

"I don't know who Wilshere is but the next time I play against Arsenal I will keep a close eye on him.

"Perhaps I can show him (Wilshere) the Golden Boy trophy and remind him that I won it!

"My aim is that this prize will, in the near future, transform itself into the Golden Ball Award. To have won this award is a good omen to achieve that.

"All I ask for is two things: to win the Premier League, in order to continue with the tradition I had at Inter of winning three consecutive league titles, and to clinch the Europa League - a trophy that I have not yet won, and a competition where we are considered favourites."

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/856326?cc=3888

LWKMD!!!