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timbros:
Drogba is more revered in Chelsea than Costa. Drogba is the true definition of legend in Stamford Bridge, yet he needed a supporting cast to deliver back to back titles for us.

Am I asking too much for a supporting cast to help Morata deliver us titles?

If we can't rely on our 70 million striker, we might as well rely on griffon and diggz...

funlord:
Una don start? Anyway na friday so no wahala...was battling all morning!

Guy what's this news I'm reading in that side. Hope it's not true?

diggz:
Except cfc will win the league bcuz deres no way fraudiola will top us.

Meanwhile I have my eye on spurs tho. If they weren't consistent in choking, I would have place my bet on them too.

Spurs have sold key players and not strengthened in the market.

Already, they are going into the start of the season without a right back, and while their first choice left back is in the sick bay, he's already making noises about wanting to leave.

Then theres Wembley.

This year go hard them.

diggz:
Anything below fourth will be a terrible season for me. I going with manU to win epl this season tho.

I don look the team and and accept my fate.

I like our defence, but midfield and attack dey worry me

lordfalcao:
I don't think there have been a season we have been seen as title favorites. I like that way, so that when we lift the league we can gladly laugh at scummies ...

We were title favourites in 15/16.

Season starts today.

Btw what position are we expecting to finish?

I would be happy just to finish in the top 4. Absolute minimum finish in the top 6.

bykebyke:
I don't like him.

We've reportedly turned out gaze to Eriksen.

That's someone I want.

Seen. So this is a case of a personal W for you at the expense of the Club.

Bykebyke W

Barcelona L

I can get jiggy with that

debosky:
Dude send me details for joining this league. Thanks

Lalaboi please help our lost but found brother out...

lordfalcao:
the likes of ronaldo who have received a lot of bashes from media never let their psychological state down, the little lukaku got in his earlier years has already dented him completely... Save for the spell at Everton and co that brought his spirit back.. Lukaku is no psychological fighter like the names you mentione. That is my stance..

Ronaldo has never had to compete with 5 strikers ahead of him, so there isn't a like-for-like comparison.

We don't know if Ororo would have left Manyoo if he arrived and faced 5 first choicr wingers in the pecking order ahead of him.

The main thing i was pointing out is that Lukaku like Ororo responds to critics by doing his talking on the pitch. Every year for the last 3 seasons, Lukaku has scored at least 20 goals, despite all the yarns that he's not good enough, poor first touch, jambody and so on. He has won golden boot in Europe, and narrowly missed out on winning golden boot in EPL last season.

The guy that sold him was forced to sign him for another club. The club that sold him desperately chased him this summer. Lukaku's exploits on the pitch convinced both his ex-club and ex-mananger that they were wrong about him - that's not something that happens often in football.

Especially within the context of my original post, where Morata would let his off pitch critics affect his game on the pitch, we can see that Lukaku will never allow that. Even in his last game where Kroos was laughing at him for that offside, Lukaku still scored

Lukaku is a fighter like Ororo. I'm not carrying on with this debate any further...

bykebyke:
Coutinho isn't coming..

W for me.

How?

How is this a W?

Bimffo:
Chaiii.. Them send mail to Nihilist straight. My guy intercept am from the source.

Make I just dey here. E be like sey na tea go sure pass this morning.

Omo me sef see package confuse.

E don reach like this already?

lordfalcao:
it is simple, lukaku you dubbed " fighter" couldn't get to fight the 3 strikers who were misfiring in front of him. So he asked me which of our youth have successful fought for a 1st team. I clearly told him I can't be foolish to mention them as fighters in the same sentence with ronaldo and co. Its the same way I can't be a fool to list lukaku as a fighter with ronaldo, messi and co..


Unless you are seeing lukaku as a fighter because of his Akpa IBU size .

You don't have to languish in the reserves to prove your point as a fighter.


Lukaku went, and continued to score goals to the point where the very person that sold him was forced to swallow his vomit.

The club that sold him were desperately chasing him this summer.

How is that not consistent with the likes of Ororo and Messi who also prove their critics wrong?

Dlordsamurai:
I find it extremely insultive and a huge slap to my face and the faces of all barcelona fans world wide that little dortmund and little liverpool have twice rejected our bids for both dembele and coutinho. "this our present boards have humiliated the club. "who are liverpool and dortmund to reject over a hundred million from barcelona, over players that are not half as good as the first leg of thiago alcantara. "This is humiliating and a huge Nonsense of the highest order. "Coutinho and dembele are not even worth 50 million together. "I blame the transfer of neymar for this nonsence. "players that aint worthy of lasing the booth of forma guovani dos santos of barcelona, are being bid 4 over 100 million and the bids are rejected. "we should 4get about this players and give our youths in lamasia pay rise in order to motivate them to replace xavi and neymar. "we should keep our 222 million.

Lol this guy is the musiwa of sports section.

Ride on bro.

lordfalcao:
and I can't be a fool to call our youth players fighters in the same sentence with ronaldo or messi

Na mail be this or which one again?

diggz:
You just fell for it. Lordfalcao had no tangible reason why he cancelled lukakus name from that list now all he needs to do is to keep dancing around what you just posted.

You're actually right. I suppose don sabi my guy by now.

lordfalcao:
are you judging whith what happens on this nairaland?? How many times do lukaku get the level of media criticism the names you mentioned get?. The only time he got a little share of this criticism when he was in Chelsea, he ran away rather than stay and fight as a fighter you claim he is here.

E be like say you no get social media, or maybe you think all the first touch jokes originated here.

Lukaku did not run - while he was at Chelsea, the club bought Ba, Etoo Costa. And Torres still dey. He went out two times and came back with at least 17 goals each time, yet Jose no give am chance.

So he went to Everton to keep banging in the goals. Last last na Jose find am to sign.

Lukaku fits the bill.

lordfalcao:
my reason is because lukaku is not in the caliber of those names he mentioned that face criticism all the time and hold their heads high.. Especially that Costa dude. Lukaku is not in their calibre

Even on this thread, Lukaku barely gets any love. Many of his Manyoo fans criticized the living daylights out of him before he signed.

How is he not in their calibre?

lordfalcao:
lukaku is in no caliber abeg..

Lukaku came to Chelsea, didn't see shirt, went and proved his critics wrong with his goals, and now he's a record signing at the biggest club in the UK.

He definitely has proven his critics wrong so far. He's a fighter.

lordfalcao:
abeg don't add lukaku to these caliber of fighters

Lukaku is in that calibre

spartacus11:
Chineke, don't u think we should start paying his wife, or else if she make m vex gor house, no goals for us again Chaiiiiii

Lol

Not just his wife o....His Barber too. Any time hin friction no sharp, don't expect any goals.

MaziOmenuko:
Hey bro, reserve my usual spot for me. Didn't know @bold was an option. Ya check would clear next week.

Am I game?

lalaboi should keep your spot open. The koko is that if you're not in the league from GW1, the game does not count your points scored for the GW....it only counts the points you scored from the GW you join the league, so latecomers are already penalised for their lateness.

Buffon always thought he could, claiming Morata had everything to be among the world’s best “if only he could get over his mental hang-ups”.

Morata describes the 39-year-old goalkeeper, who recently played his 1,000th game, as like a father, the gratitude palpable, and insists Buffon sought to protect and toughen him.

He also believes this was not about enemies within, but opponents detecting weakness on the pitch, admitting: “They could see my head go down in games.” Yet hearing the conversation recalled, it’s difficult not to be drawn to it. And if Morata moved beyond those dark days, some of the issues remain.

Arrrghhhh

First Touch better have brought a psychologist with him to London. We heard Ben Mee of Burnley talking about how they've watched clips of Morata and done their homework.

Bimffo:
Big bros in the house, no more Torres issues, abeg.

As from today, we should know where we stand on issues from the onset.

So that this kind of long arguments, and digging won't come up again.

Oya Nateevs, borrow me 10k, If I win the league I will return it.

Don't get it twisted.

Torres was never an issue.

The real discussion was whether Ake was good enough to justifying all the crying about his departure. When the facts presented didn't support the Pro-Ake camp's narrative, they started telling lies and reproducing out of context posts to obfuscate what was previously a straightforward debate.

Bimffo:
Airmark, Nihilist

You have a mail.

From the man himself.

This is only going to be mail to you if you don't know Morata.

I posted an interview with Morata last season. Look at an Excerpt

In his second season, he was struggling, 100 days passing without a goal and he had tried everything, from cutting his hair to changing car. Things were not right; he wasn’t right. “People think we’re machines; they don’t realise that behind a bad run there’s almost always a personal problem, some family issue,” he says. “You have feelings, you make mistakes, you’re a person.”

“I was a bit lost. It wasn’t just the goals; I was arguing with people who are important to me, not bothering with things that truly matter,” Morata continues. “It was a bit of everything. I’d left home young, I’d fought to play for Juventus and I was ‘conditioned’ by Madrid having a buy-back option that didn’t depend on me. I didn’t know my future. All that affected me and I let myself slide a bit, became distracted.”

Morata was down, his mood impacting his play. It did not go unnoticed. “I’d just finished training one day. It had been a terrible, terrible session – one of the worst in my life. I couldn’t even control the ball. The physio asked what was wrong and I told him I was sad. I was crying. I was there on the treatment table and Gigi Buffon was next to me. Afterwards he took me aside, alone, and said that if I wanted to cry, do it at home. He said the people who wished me ill would be happy to see that and the people who wished me well would be saddened by it.”

“I was lucky: I met Alice and my life changed. We’re going to get married. Thanks to her – you never know what might have happened had she not come along – and to me too, I got back on track, felt important, scored goals. Now I’m better prepared to play at the highest level. I feel that more with every passing day.”

Morata's impact on the pitch is heavily dependent on so many things off it - His Wife, His Haircut, His Car...

If you compare Morata to the likes of Lukaku, Costa, Ororo, Messi etc, who are more determined to score on the pitch the more you diss them, you will realise why we've been so wary about signing First Touch

airmark:
Where is nihilist? I can see communal efforts to decamp you to that forsaken torres camp. The camp commandant just confirmed now that you belonged, and you participated actively during the camp fire night.

He may woo you to morata camp in coming days to seal the deal of not reporting your matter to higher authorities. Once a camp member is always a camp member.

Felicia and the gang can try, but they can't fake the funk

nateevs:
Excavators at work. Nawa o. See blood everywhere.


Meanwhile, I just say make I clear the air. Ibime is dead right. Jackbauersballs, upon entry, was a Torres supporter. I remember that as clear as day.

https://www.nairaland.com/search/jackbauersballs%20torres/0/0/0/3

I've noticed that over the past few years, you've gone from holding your own positions to agreeing with Ibime on everything, after been severely brow beaten for the better part of a decade.

I've actually posted the Jackbauersballs search history for Torres for your reading, if you choose to do so. You will find that my earliest post on this board regarding Torres(in 2012) is actually slagging him off. In fact Coogar of blessed memory calls me one of the 'Anti-Torres' crew.

What that buffoon has done is posted screenshots of a seperate conversation I was having in 2013 where I'm comparing Torres to Ba who them Ibime and Co were demanding must play, and pointing out that Ba would never improve on Torres numbers due to systemic failures - I think the 2 league goals in 10 league starts he scored that season eventually justified that argument.

The key thing that Felicia was talking about when he started this rumour, was that I was supporting Torres over Lukaku. However, aside any posts discussing Ba and Torres together(where I am even recorded calling Torres a flop), there is no single post of mine you can find regarding Torres where I am not slagging him off.

Not a single one.

Do your Research before you join sides with Felicia yet again. I am sure you will agree that I am right, eh papi?

GMan650:
I got banned from the TV/Movies section for the above statement by 'u know who', he tagged the statement a 'spoiler'. Lmao Funny, isn't it? Can someone pls explain to me how the statement above is a 'spoiler'?

Cc: Magnifico2000 TheKingIsHere BraniacX (I seem confused ) Nihilist Yonce PreacherX
Sorry for disturbing you guys

lol I got banned for rule 20 ffs

Basically, there's no logic or fairness to the bans. If he doesn't like what you're saying ----poof! you're gone.

Go and create another account fam

SirMichael1:
Not even a draw? I don't know much about football (I wanna know though) but seeing that leicester city took the league last two season, shouldn't the possibility of a draw come up here?

This Leicester team is not the same as the one that won the league. Some things have changed. Plus Arsenal are on a high now from the community shield victory and will want to keep up the momentum. They were too much for Chelsea to handle at times last weekend, and I suspect that it would be more of the same tommorow.

SirMichael1:
Nihilist, I know this isn't the right thread but who do you think will win tomorrow between arsenal and leicester city keeping in mind that Iheanacho has moved over there?

Iheanacho has barely had a preseason and limped out of his debut friendly for Leicester. I dont expect him to start tommorow. I dont know if he might play sef.

Arsenal to win imo

raumdeuter:
Nihilist this a simple yes or no question.

Are 2 seasons, 14+ games is not enough to score 1 goal in all competitions as a striker?

Yes or No?

Nihilist you have mail. delivered to your box at Y-Not bar, 25 Ayilara empire street, Off Ambassadors Hotel, Ipodo market Kuramo Lagos

I have no business with Dayo. He did not answer my question, so I have no obligation to answer his question.

I have given you my format and condition for answering. Either comply or C'est la Vie

I hear Danny Rose wants to leave....If not for his repeated knee injuries I would have been all over him

timbros:
I agree bros

But na Lukaku Chelsea matter we dey now.

I dey wait your answer.

This is how I tabled my question to Dayo

Nihilist:
Dayo this a simple yes or no question.

Are 2 seasons, 50+ games and 2300 minutes not enough to score more than 14 goals in all competitions as a striker?

Yes or No?

Table your question in this format, then I go answer....