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dayokanu:
These shameless GAYYners just want to associate with success at all cost?

Imagine they just want an opportunity to visit the Allianz Arena? So as to catch a glimpse of trophies? Why cant you just get one goldsmith to make you trophies and put in your cobwebs infested room?

damn! this had everyone spinning on the floor

terrible mom

dayokanu:
Why does Iniesta have to be in top 3 ahead of Sneijder?

Scored a world cup winning goal? Was Tardelli and Altobelli also nominated for Ballon D Or in 1982 when they scored the winning goal?

There was no WPOTY award then in 1982. I'm not sure there was Ballon D'Or either

communique

FBS:
Can you tell us about the La Liga teams in this tournament's history? And what are their achievements? 
When you are done, compare that to the EPL teams.

Barcelona are the defending champions. They defeated Estudiantes 2 - 1 of Argentina in the final last year.
Barcelona were also runners up in 2006, losing 1 - 0 to Internacional of Brazil, no thanks to an Alexandre Pato goal.
Real Madrid were also winners in 2002 defeating Once Caldes of Colombia, 2 - 0.
Real Madrid have also won it on many other occasions.
Which EPL team apart from Man Utd have won the Club World Cup?

protege

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Gai Assulin has joined Manchester City on a free transfer. Bad move IMO. He is only 19 and should have waited for his chance to break into the first team. He will hardly get any playing time in City. Nolito who is 24 and Thiago are patiently waiting for their chance to break into the first team, he should have emulated them. . .
He was one of La Masia's brightest prodigy and at 19 was already dubbed the 'Isreali Messi'

eldee:
Haba . . . I don die, how can anybody in their right mind say Messi's season didn't trash Sneidjer's??
Abi which kain insult be this??

There are some performance that we'll never see in this generation of footie any more, Messi had one of them.
How can someone average almost one goal per match and you're yarning dust about World Cup??
When people do these amazing things, they break conditions like . . . you didn't win the UCL or World Cup.

When last did you see one human being scoring 34 goals in 35 matches?? With assist too??
Walahi, una don crase finish . . . insult.

So you'll openly agree if Sneidjer was nominated ahead of Messi??

gbam! 34 league goals, 47 goals in all competitions + 10 assists. . . what more can one ask for?

ayusco:
sneijder not being picked is ridiculous in every sense i mean u win your league and cup,, CL drag your country to WC finals score 5 goals get picked as one of the tournaments best players and yet not get nominated not to talk of winning WPOTY outright? wonder what the selection commitee were smoking

Like I earlier said and will continue to say, everyone on the final list of three deserves his place. Sneijder should have been there, but ahead of who? Whose place should he have taken?
Messi is the best player in the world. He proves this week in, week out. He was European Golden Boot winner with 68 points, a whooping 10 points ahead of second placed Drogba. He was Pichichi winner with 34 goals. He was CL's top scorer with 8 goals. He scored 47 goals in all competitions. He went to the world cup though not scoring a goal was still one of the most exciting players at the mundial and was selected amongst the tournament's 10 best players. He played in a deeper role behind Higuain and Tevez and would have had a goal if not that Tevez headed in his well chipped ball that was already on its way into the net. Not a bad world cup if you ask me and IMO, he deserves the award.

Xavi is best midfielder in the world and the genius behind Barca and Spain's passing game. When you see Barca and Spain amassing over 70 - 80% of ball possession, it is because Xavi simply wouldn't let the opposition have the ball. He hardly ever misplaces a pass and gifted with a vision that can simply be described as mythical. He won the league with Barca and also made to CL semi's. He was very instrumental to Spain's truimph at the world cup. He won two man of the match awards and also made two assists. He was also listed among the tournaments best players.

Iniesta played a handful of games for Barca during the course of last season but went to the world cup and shone. Together with Xavi, he ran Spain's midfield and most importantly he scored the world cup winning goal. More often than not, the scorer of a winning goal in a world cup final automatically gets him in the running for the world's best footballer and often goes on to win. Zidane scored twice in the 1998 final and went on to become the world footballer of the year. Was he the best player at the world cup? No. Infact, he was sent off in one of the group games. The other thing he had achieved that season was getting to the CL final with Juventus playing in the midfield where he was overshadowed by Del Pierro. He wasnt as brilliant as the previous season where he came 3rd in the WPOTY awards.
The same thing happened with Ronaldo in 2002. He was the highest goal scorer at world cup, scored the two goals in the final and went on to become the WPOTY despite not starting a single league game. The winning goal in the world cup final is very important.
Sneijder led his team to the treble and was whiskers away from winning the wc? True but was he really the one that led Inter to the treble? Are we forgetting a certain Diego Milito that won Inter the champions league by scoring twice in the final, won Inter the league by scoring the winning goal on the last day when it looked as though Roma had won it and also scored the winner in the Coppa Italia final. Let's not forget that there was also the pair of Lucio and Walter Samuel that made Inter's defence impregnable. Now to the wc, I'll say Sneijder was just there. He was not bad but wasn't exceptional either. He scored 5 goals? Well, one was aided by Felipo Melo and another was another deflection by a Uruguayan.
Truth is Sneijder does not deserve more of a place than any of the players in the running

TP Mazembe are good. They are showing us that their winning the CAF CL back to back was no fluke. This has got to be the first time an African club will go this far

she had no choice

Another twist to Ogoli’s death uncovered

Following the death of Ocean Boys’ defender, Emmanuel Ogoli, on Sunday while running out against Niger Tornadoes in a Week 6 game in the Nigeria Premier League (NPL), it is understood that the left-back had collapsed six weeks ago during a training session.
SuperSport.com was informed on Monday morning by an official of the former Nigerian champions that Ogoli in early November had suffered a relapse in a training session.
The official, who pleaded for anonymity, said the player was passed fit before Sunday’s tragic game in which Ogoli, 21, slumped just 39 minutes into the match before he was confirmed dead at an undisclosed hospital in Yenagoa.
“The late player actually fainted I think about six weeks ago if I’m not mistaken during one of the team’s training session. But after that time he was okay though he suffered a slight injury in between in one of our games, which he quickly recovered from. But before yesterday’s (Sunday’s) game he did not show any sign to suspect that such terrible occurrence will happen.
“For us, this is sad news because no one prays for anyone to die in this kind of way. We pray that God will grant the family the heart to bear this loss and also those of us remaining here at Ocean Boys,” the official disclosed.
Ocean Boys’ team doctor, Erefa Inengibo, had earlier been reported by SuperSport.com saying that late Ogoli and other players passed every routine check and pre-season medical tests.
“The management (of Ocean Boys) is always particular about the condition of our players. Even before the season started, we conducted tests on all the players. Emma (Ogoli) was no exception and we found him to be in perfect condition.
“Last month, he was also at the hospital for routine check-ups and we found him to be fit as fiddle. We ascertained his stamina and endurance levels and the results were satisfactory so this is clearly a shock,” Inengibo said.

http://naijaligue..com/

NPL meets title sponsorship bidders

The Nigeria Premier League (NPL) is expected to hold talks with bidding companies for the sponsorship of the top-flight.
A statement from the Premier League confirmed that the meeting between its bid committee and the bidding companies will come up in Abuja on Wednesday.
Before the meeting on December 15, chairman of the Premier League, Davidson Owumi, will inaugurate the bid committee on Tuesday at the Abuja office of the NPL.
“The bid committee will be inaugurated on Tuesday by the NPL Chairman, Davidson Owumi. And then they will meet with the companies on Wednesday,” the NPL statement read.
‎Chairman of the bid committee is Premier League vice chairman, Shehu Gusau.
‎​Members are Joe Amene, Adebayo Wopa, Dr Kweku Tandon, Nelson Ine, a representative of the club owners, Barrister Isaac Danladi and head of marketing, Gabriel Egwu who will act as secretary.

http://naijaligue..com/

God put a smile upon your face - Coldplay

So sad. . . May his gentle soul rest in perfect peace

My Hero - Foo Fighters

chic2pimp:
Are you saying that statement is false?
My Grandma and Grandpa would be described as worldclass if they played behind that Barca Midfield.

why you dey yarn like this? Didnt Maxi Lopez and Dani Guiza play in front of this same midfield? Why didnt they deliver? Messi is good and he'll deliver wherever he finds himself.
Everyone on that list deserves his place

MeGaStReEt:
La Liga, funny and interesting league, but how do you explain a league (aside today) Messi will score hatrick, C Ron will score Hatrick, Messi score a brace, C Ron score a brace, Messi did not score at all, C Ron did not score, Messi score 4, C Ron score 4, Messi score 5, C Ron score 5. I am sorry, La Liga is just too predictable, Barca and Real Madrid will beat anybody.

I dont really understand your post but I think you're implicitly trying to say that the La Liga is not competitive.
Barcelona and Real Madrid are very good teams and wouldn't do any different if they were in any other league. Contrary to what you think, the other teams in the league can hold their own too. Villareal finished 2nd ahead of Barca who finished third in 07/08 season. Last season Madrid lost to Sevilla and Alcocorn and Barca lost to Atletico last season and Hercules this season.
I think the best way to measure the level of a league's competitiveness is by looking at how teams in that particular league fare against teams from other leagues in continental competitions and if you look at the UEFA Champions League and Europa League, you'll see that Spanish teams are in the ascendancy. La Liga with 12 CL trophies is only second to Serie A in terms of number of CL trophies. It's the same in the Europa League where teams like Zaragoza, Valencia, Sevilla and Atletico have all won the competition.
Nobody cares how predictable or unpredictable results in a league are, it's how teams perform in continental competitions that matter. If it were by predictability and unpredictability of results then we can the Turkish and Dutch leagues are the most competitive because they produce new league champions

My Hero - Foo Fighters

googles:
^^ so in another word I'm incorrect bah ? 

incorrect as regards the Mary Kay + lipstick. Save for that minor blip, you're a sweetie; correct person 

this is really sad. . . may his gentle soul rest in perfect peace

^^meanwhile I'm praying we get an English team because this talk of Spanish league not being competitive is getting too much

googles:
He looks like he uses make up just to take pictures like mary kay and some dry lipstick

haba!
@topic: correct person - stuck her neck out for me

cookery book

Bobo yebikini
@topic: he loves wearing bikini

AjanleKoko:
Guys,
Nice game. Sociedad look solid. They will give it their all, obviously.
Thoughts on the shirt sponsorship, guys? I think it's a solid deal.

You sha.
Anyway I'll humour your aspirational self.

What happened to AC Milan in 2006? Bayern in 2009? Arsenal in April? In the same Champions League.
When was the last time RM beat any of these three in the knockout stages of the last 7 CLs?
Abeg go and join my other children, Sevilla, Valencia, and Villareal for playtime . We're busy here.

yeah, the new shirt sponsorship deal with Qatar Foundation, I think it's a great deal. €166m for 6 years sponsorship. I dont understand the ruckus this is generating. We are being portrayed as sell outs for ending the UNICEF deal. I think its best we generate money via any available means especially with the club in some sort of debts

FT: Barcelona 5 Real Sociedad 0. We remain two points clear at the top

khanye:
The last time a team wiv REAL visited Nou Camp the match ended 5-0, expect nothing less.

Ajalenkoko,medjai,honeric,eyo and ogazi i dey hail all of una!

Khanye, wassup

Bolton wins the Lancashire derby thanks to a stunning goal from Stuart Holden. Fabrice Muamba had earlier put Bolton in front but his goal was cancelled out by Mame Birame Diouf's equaliser.

Cruel return to the Reebok Stadium for Sam Allardyce

^^^ Insurance will play Rising Stars today. First match of the season

she eats my money