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musKeeto: If there's nothing after death, just like there was nothing before birth, then you have nothing to lose. But you'd have lost a lot while living : the prayers, fasting, religious activities, tithes etc...

The atheist/agnostics loses nothing both ways, IMO. Most atheists hold themselves responsible for their actions and seek to enjoy the experience of this one life.


On the other hand, if I die and meet the Christian God (i'd leave out other Gods at the moment in order not to derail this thread), I'd be shocked... And I would ask him a lot questions before he flips my sorry a55 to hell...

So what exactly is there to lose? The thought of singing all eternity long in heaven isn't an appealing one. God better get an ipod...

Boomark: SE are not that good but they are better than their opponents. So they did not barely qualify. That is what people should know.

honeric01: Our discussion is not about whether they played up to a "standard" or not, our discussion is on "barely".

Boomark: I wonder where to apply "barely" in the nigerian group matches.

1 We almost won Burkina Faso if not for their last minute equalizer.

2 we almost won Zambia if not for the wrong penalty awarded in their favour.

3 we won Ethiopia.

1, 2, 3 would have been 7 points. 5 points is not "barely" biko.

Well its about time to say something about our next match.

honeric01: And when has the SE not been playing with HP? tell me when last you watched Nigeria play without some having HP issues, so it's not new.

Having 4 points were not enough for any of these countries to qualify until they won/drew their last matches, same with Nigeria, they were all in the same category and there's no way you can separate them. they all needed their last matches to move to the next stage.

If they lost their matches and the others won or even drew, they would have lost out, so whichever way you look at it, they were all in the same pot of soup.

No matter how you try to paint it, whoever didn't win 2 matches were not guarantee any passage until their last match and apart from CIV, the rest 7 quarter-finalist fall into this group, so does that mean all the 7 barely qualified?

If we had drawn last night and still end up qualifying, then the word "barely" would have made sense!

BTW, we finished same point with the group leader with just 2 goals difference, so nothing like "barely" in the passage.

Nejawa: Afam4eva, i think somehow it depends on the person you're talking with and the mood she's in.... Some people are nice and take pity on conversationally inept people like you...lol! Others are just mean and will belittle you till you lose what little threads of conversation you have.
Just for the record tho, I've always been fascinated by politics and the goings on around the country. I'm just too lazy to read the papers and too incredibly bored by the newscasters. If you're 0.1% more interesting than any of the above, you can converse with me on politics... Warning tho, I'm positively ignorant about it so don't expect any more than questions for a while.

obi4eze: Tunisia winning the tournament? Let them qualify from their group first then we can talk about them winning the tournament. As far as I'm concerned, they won't.

honeric01: it still doesn't make it barely because we are to win and that's all we need. If drawing, yet qualify, then you can call it 'barely'.

So using CIV as sample is not 'it' because only them qualified with a game to spare. Does that mean the rest 7 are going to barely qualify?

Boomark: If i use barely in every prediction, it then means i can never be wrong in any of my predictions. Or by even saying, pray hard for it to happen or not to happen.

Therefore, as prophet one touch, am saying that this is the day Nigeria and Burkina Faso qualify. Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Bidam: but what if they draw..are you going to swallow your words?

honeric01: But their chances aren't small because moving to the quarter finals is in their hands. just a win by any margin is what is needed, so nothing "barely" here.

honeric01: How is the bolded?

Do you know what "barely" mean?

Eze Promoe: [color=crimson]51.) o gbogbo eyin eniyan mi

52.) e ku dede iwoyi o e dee ku ipalemo opin ose

53.) fun awa ara 9ja

54.) mo gbo pe
e tun ti gba anoda public holide

55.) e maan'gbadun
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56.) e ku odun ileya o

57.) awa naa gbaradi fun[/color]

Eze Promoe: [color=crimson]To be sincere with you, before I joined this forum, I don't know A in Yoruba. All these words I'm bringing is copy and paste. I don't understand any of them.

NEVER SAY NEVER, I Know that it would sound funny, that's why I want the translation. Somebody used it to make fun of me when I asked him to teach me how to greet in Yoruba.[/color]

StarFlux: Very true, and thanks!

Eze
I would be more than willing to post all I know, the problem is that it takes so much time. I wish more people would contribute! Another problem is that a lot of the Yoruba you see on this forum is the bastardized Yoruba/English version.

Maybe you can look up Seunfly, he is very good in Yoruba and helped me to completel my Yoruba exam with a perfect A.

coogar: where are swansea on the league table? the arsenal invincible was a bit of both - they mixed tippy-tappy with some of the crudest football you can ever see. lauren, keown, vieira and gilberto were mean motherfückers who broke bones when required.

barcelona lost the league race last season - why didn't their possessive football beat mourinho's pragmatism? city won the premier league, why didn't arsenal's possession football or swansea's spanish style win the english league? enough with all the nonsense you guys are spewing. there are many ways to win a game of football!



this is a crazy statement to make.....
no manager or tactics instructs the players to give the ball away carelessly. you can argue the present german team is more talented than the 2006 but to argue one team deliberately gives the ball away is criminal! the present german team are younger, more talented and their main ethos is their counterattacking football!



it has never worked!
possession football with a purpose is the key! hugging possession without hurting your opponents is just a waste of time - as arsenal have been known in recent times. this is why many prefer direct football in england. look at all the newly promoted teams that came into the premier league - only stoke have stayed in the premier league for so long and they didn't achieve it by playing tippy-tappy. blackpool, hull, etc have all been forgotten now with their tippy-tappy! this is england - strength over style!

thegoodjoehunt:
Your own is to argue things you don't understand. Even Omar22 agreed that Germany is playing more possessively now but you are saying there are no changes.

You are saying, " scolari was at chelsea, how much tiki-taka did he introduce in his disgraceful spell in england?"

Ask Chelsea fans, their problem with Scolari was that he was trying to change them to Brazil. At Chelsea he didn't get the kind of players he worked with and had a short stay. It is like saying Boas is not a good coach because he didn't do well at Chelsea.

Scolari succeeded with the Brazilian and Portuguese teams because they have skillful players. Not Chelsea at that time with Mechanics as Footballers. Why do you think he wanted Robinho and Quaresma. Why do you think Chelsea went on to buy Hazard, Oscar, Mata, Marin, Moses, Piazon etc. That is skillful players. They know that mechanic football is going out of date.

Chelsea now have more Brazilians than ever ( Piazon, Oscar, Ramires, David Luiz ) ie what Scolari was trying to do but you are criticizing him.

The Kick and Hush football is dying, that is why Mourinho is finding it difficult at Real Madrid.

coogar: excellent post, omar22!
i don't think i need to add anything to this for the tiki-taka worshipper who wants the whole world to adopt the barcelona style as if teams had not won more titles with their own style back in the days. the much lauded barcelona side never played 2 champions league finals in a row with all their heavenly football - but every football team should emulate their style?