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olabode89:
Hehehehe.... You nailed it... Amir's jaw is made of graphite. He has been KO'ed by Prescott, Garcia and now bad boy Canelo. That's the drawback of getting KO'ed in combat sports. After the first time the jaw progressively gets weaker. This is more noticeable in MMA, case in view Chad Mendez.

yet this is the guy that was accusing Money of ducking.

I pray he should fight GGG before that one retires so that that mad man would finally help him remove the jaw attached to that running mouth.

olabode89:
Bro haffa na.... Iheanacho plays as a CF or SS while Sterling is a winger. Sterling just got back from an injury, therefore you can say he lost his place to Iheanacho. I have always had some reservations about Stones though, too lanky and adventurous for a dependable CB. Dele Alli is looking like a suspect, he needs to replicate what he did this season for two more seasons... a lot of other ninjas did more than what he has accomplished this season Harry Kane looks like the real deal though.

Sterling has lost his place to Iheanacho. As far back as March, Pellegrini confirmed that Sterling wasnt out of the first team due to injury.

When Sterling scored his hattrick against Bournmouth, he played as a supporting striker, so that's not even the case.

I think it's now quite obvious that KDB, Silva and Navas are Pellegrini's attacking trio behind Aguero when fit. When there's an injury, Pellegrini would rather bring Kelechi on and play 442.

I like Dele Alli a lot...but I dont want to declare him the real deal until I see more from him. Sterling on the other hand has always been not that much better than Wilfrid Zaha to me..

About a year ago, Sterling was being hyped as the next big thing. On these pages we were told that he was the golden boy and was far better than oscar.

50 million pounds he costs...and he's now lost his place to Kelechi Iheanacho.

Apart from Harry Kane, and maybe(?) Dele Alli, you just cant trust these English kids. See John Stones as another example.

These hos aint loyal.

chic2pimp:
Nihillist

Did you watch the Amir Khan fight? Even though I knew He would loose, I still had high hopes for him. Shame though as I Was really rooting for him. And tbh He was doing really well til He go Ko'd. He was up 4-1 I think.

Also to all those naysayers saying Prettyboy should have given Canelo another shot, I say Fall back. Floyd would have fought the same way Khan did this morning with the only difference being He would had him sussed out by round 5-6.

I think I've been pretty consistent in saying that Amir is a joke.

He's a nice coat, no knickers kind of guy. Very flash combinations are wasted when you have a glass jaw.

He should have just taken on the wincobank god Kell Brook jejely...and instead of trying to fool people into thinking he was the upper echelon of boxing.

Spy360:
Arsenal can still finish second if they win their remaining 2 matches. Tottenham are now vulnerable having lost the title and they have Europa chasing Southampton and relegation threatened Newcastle left to play.

Southampton leading...

JackBizzle:
Weird Atheism


Has anyone seen a dramatic change in lifestyle after becoming an atheist? I know different people have different reactions but here is mine;


After becoming an atheist-

1) I have become more thoughtful about things. But this has also made me moody. This is because I am starting to realise that life is unfair and that so many people waste their lives for useless things like religion and wars.

2) I'm more interested in science fiction and the supernatural. I keep wondering what is at the end of the universe. I consume horror and sci fi movies like a madman.

3) I'm a more curious person. Nowadays, I tend to demand for proof or more explanations for things.

4) I can't stop thinking about death and history. When it comes to death, I just wonder why we are here in the first place when it is so easy to die and never come back. As for history, I keep wondering about the generations before us. When I see an old house, I imagine the people who have lived there and died there.

5) Children. My love and pity for children has grown. I realised how much misinformation we are abused with as children. The religious indoctrination and the cultural taboos. I try to teach children whenever I have the chance.


6) Hatred. There is this hatred for deceivers and false prophets. There was a time I even sat next to a pastor. This guy was so fake with all his jewleries and he was talking to me gently. Despite his gentle approach, I moved away. I could not just stand his fakeness. The clown was talking humble but has jewelry worth millions on his hands and necks. I can't even listen to christian preaching anymore or even Nigerian politicians when they speak. They lie lie lie lie.




Have you guys changed in any way?

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LOL


Long ago i made my peace with being a sinner and lecherous degenerate, unlikely to see or enter the kingdom of God whether I believed in him/her/it/them or not..

Im not particularly interested in science, don't really care much for the origin of our species, and have only mild envy of the lavish lifestyles of the pastorpreneurs.

I'm not looking for a deeper purpose to life and I'm not interested in the mysteries of the universe.

I just don't want to die.

Costa Alaga!!

raumdeuter:
That kirchoff won the pfa fan player of the month april

As voted for by who?

raumdeuter:
Nihilist abeg help me confirm if this is true

Confirm what?

Odunharry:
Bro check ur mail.. thanks

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diggz:
Ok I agree.

The final is just around the corner and I will like for real madrid to recognise and coast away after probably scoring a goal.

I sha want atletico to win this trophy

I need ororo to win that final medal.

Thank God say he go dey fit. casimero and benz suppose dey fit too. Real all the way.

diggz:
City didn't deserve to win d game bcuz they where completely rubbish yet, u can not blow grammar or use fanciful words to describe the more useless display from Madrid like dk did.

Both teams were Shyttttte on the night. Maybe city was shyytier tho.!

Depends on what you call shitty though.

Madrid only needed a goal. They scored 3 but 2 were disallowed. Bale hit the post. They had more possession and were clearly in control of the game except for maybe the last 15 minutes. They had 15 shots to City's 5.

If City had scored the important away goal, and Madrid had failed to score twice, then I would agree with you that madrid were rubbish.

But when Madrid scored that goal, the onus went to city. Suddenly they NEEDED a goal...but continued to play like they didn't even want to be in the stadium, let alone score.

Why should Madrid raise their game against an opponent who had clearly already given up?

Madrid simply recognised and coasted through a very easy game...

diggz:
Which useless Madrid was tearing them apart at will? Oh....! u just wan use grammar use cover the level of uselessness on display by Madrid?
Abi, since when 0-0 n 0 -1 equate to tearing apart? Dk abeg just stop this afternoon plsssss!

Or do you think if bayern had played against city instead of madrid the game would have ended 1-0 ?

City were hopeless from the start of the game, but Madrid was uber useless all through the game please!!!!.

Was there any point in that game where you felt that City could have taken the lead?

Outside Fernandinho and Aguero's speculative long shots of course...

Greatihex:
so you are telling me that madrid were comfortable to just have 1 own goal (ronaldo happy nt to score), knowing fully well that 1 goal from city can send them parking?

Did thar city team look like they could score the one goal?

Or more to the point, did they?

Greatihex:
fact remains that they could only score 1 own goal in 180 minutes of ucl football against city; a first time semi finalist.

Its also a fact that Madrid didn't actually need to score more than 1 goal so....

sinizia:
You can't even compare Leceister and Atletico side by side. You are forgetting that Atletico have been punching above their weights the past 5 years and have been building different quality squads when compared to Leceister that are one season wonders. Are we talking of Atleti that paraded the likes of skilled sharp shooters like Torres, Forlan, Costa, Falcao and Aguero? Atleti is like the Arsenal of Spain or the Liverpool of Spainish league. This their ultra-defensive style wasn't achieved in one season like Leceister's compact football. They've been building this playing style for years and hence can work wonders with it when compared to Leceister that have just had ONE good season where the traditional top 5 teams were utterly irritating. I read a column on one football site where the editor said before this season, if any of the top coaches in EPL where presented with a list containing names like Vardy, none of the coaches would take them even for free. Is it the team you want to compare Atleti with?

This is the exact same point that the article is challenging.According to the writer, Individual names can and should mean nothing. It should be about the team. Atletico dont't have a single player in the la liga top 10 goal scorer's list this season, yet they are 2nd on the log, level on points with Barca...and in the UCL finals with Torres upfront.

Which coach would take Torres for free?

I don't think Leicester and Atletico are that different....Infact I think that they are very similar.

Leicester: 64 goals 9.8 key passes per game,
Atletico: 60 goals 9.7 key passes per game

Some people could even draw an inference from this that Leicester are a more attacking side than Atleti.

GBR1:
Nihilist i think it's really necessary at this point to define exactly what is attacking or possession football as they are both terms with such mercurial understanding.
IMO the current Barcelona team in my opinion is considerably more attacking than Pep's but the latter's version averaged greater possession. What kind of top team would you refer to be as attacking in theses scenarios; a top team executing relative high number of attacking moves that enables it to score a sh1t load of goals against majority of teams in it's league (basically a flat track bully) but is more conservative the big games which are few or a top team one that attacks and averages high possession similarly all through?

In the 90s when Italy more or less dominated, i remembered the major emphasis was on the catenaccio although those sides were very capable of great attacking moves.

I can't justify or establish arguments if the meanings or the entirety of these terms are still in question.

From a purely visual perspective, i.e. watching with my eyes alone, I think Leicester are an attacking team...or to be more specific, a counter-attacking team.

When you watch them play, you always feel that they are capable of goals despite ceding possession. Both their games against Arsenal this season are perfect testaments to that - Arsenal had the individuals to hurt Leicester, but could not escape getting wounded by the Leicester team.

I'm beginning to digress now.

Anyway to try and answer your question, I think attacking intent can be expressed statistically in terms of goals scored and key passes.

What do you think?

LordEmperoris1:
Who said madrid can score 10goals if the feel like against city

which kind lie be that ..

Didn't they have 2 goals disallowed?

City were disgraceful on Wednesday mehn....utterly disgraceful.

sinizia:
You can't even compare Leceister and Atletico side by side. You are forgetting that Atletico have been punching above their weights the past 5 years and have been building different quality squads when compared to Leceister that are one season wonders. Are we talking of Atleti that paraded the likes of skilled sharp shooters like Torres, Forlan, Costa, Falcao and Aguero? Atleti is like the Arsenal of Spain or the Liverpool of Spainish league. This their ultra-defensive style wasn't achieved in one season like Leceister's compact football. They've been building this playing style for years and hence can work wonders with it when compared to Leceister that have just had ONE good season where the traditional top 5 teams were utterly irritating. I read a column on one football site where the editor said before this season, if any of the top coaches in EPL where presented with a list containing names like Vardy, none of the coaches would take them even for free. Is it the team you want to compare Atleti with?


Leceister triumphed in a time when the tops dogs were useless. You know what? I'll bookmark this page, so that I'll dig it up when Leceister meets the likes of Bayern and Barca in next season's UCL and defeats them like Atleti. Them no born them well. Barca and Bayern will destroy them and their style of conservative and compact footie. You'll see.


And about Mourinho being vindicated, only a clueless fool will say Mourinho doesn't play attacking footie. Forget that he parks the bus against tough sides, Mourinho teams are very good in attack. Mourinho will play attacking football depending on the players he has. I can bet my left balls that neither Simeone nor Ranieri would play defensive footie with Barca-esque kind of squad.

The point here was that Leicester and Atleti show that it CAN be done

sinizia:
Nihilist, I disagree with the author and agree with Raumdeuter and Ranieri. The answer is not even far-fetched. Since the inaugural EPL season, the likes of Blackburn, Man Utd, Assanal, Shekpe and Man City that have won it played mostly attacking football with huge amount of goals scored. Even Blackburn that won with 80-something points did it with a better goal difference and attacking than Leceister City. Leceister City's win is one of a kind, it doesn't happen all the time. It's like the history created by Clough with Nottingham Forest. When was the last you heard of such fairy tale?


Barca and Madrid have swept through the league titles in Spain and they did it with brilliant attacking sides while breaking different scoring records and points record. Same can be said of Bayern. Same can be said of Lyon of old and the present PSG. Take it anywhere, the best way to DEFEND is to ATTACK. Juve plays attacking football and that's why they are champions right now. Athletico Madrid even with their ultra-defensive style, are they more successful than Barca or Madrid in the last 4 years? NO.


So since attacking sides have proven to be more successful than defensive sides, I'd rather bank on my team attacking than defending. Defending is a risky job. Even though Atletico survived Bayern 2 days ago, will you tell you me that you weren't on your toes while praying Bayern doesn't score? Atletico were EXTREMELY lucky to have escaped. The best side lost. Shìt happens. We don't use coz of one occurrence to judge 1 thousand happenings. When we had the likes of CR7, in-form Torres, Henry Theirry, Drogba, Nistelrooy and co plying their trade in EPL, Leceister compact football wouldn't have earned them the league


But I agree with you that possession footie doesn't necessarily mean attacking football. Man Utd this season are a prime example of club that holds onto the ball more than any other EPL but with meagre attacking prowess to compliment it. We just keep passing the ball around like headless chickens and end up with 1 or no shot on target at the end of the day. Of what use is the possession football then? But clubs like Bayern and Barca play possession football and still have the best attacks alongside it not forgeting winning multiple league titles with it.

Like most football fans, you have been conditioned to think that attacking football looks a certain type of way.

Leicester and Atletico have both averaged less than 50% possesion this season - Yet both have scored the 3rd highest number of goals in their respective leagues.

Leicester are champions. Atleti are level on points with Barca and are in the UCL final.

My dear sinizia, that is not 'luck'. That is controlled and precise attacking. If City, Spurs, Madrid and Barca are infantry men with rapid fire machine guns, Leicester and Atleti are sharp shooting snipers.

The difference between Atleti/Leicester and Bayern/Barca/City is the emphasis on the collective team effort with the former and reliance on briliant individuals in the latter.

Eruditor also alluded to this in the second half of his post.

Leicester lost Vardy to suspension and won their next match 4-0. Kante was injured and Leicester still won their match. Only Mahrez has stayed available of their 3 main men for the majority of the season but it hasnt really stopped them. Atleti have been bleeding big players during simeone's reign but it hasn't stopped him - Costa gone, Courtois gone, Mandzucic gone, yet Atleti are in the final....with the much derided Flopando Torress up fron no less!

Building on Eruditor's post, I'm now wondring if managers of star studded teams like Barca, bayern, etc feel compelled to 'attack' in a certain kind of way, with a focus on their world class talents.

Simeone and Ranieri have shown us that this other way is viable and need not be sneered at. Jose is finally being vindicated.

Odunharry please email me at jackbauersballs@gmail.com

Eruditor,

The players to suit this direct style really only require only three basic amount of tekkers. The main requirement is bundles of athlectism.

The only player with tekkers in that Leicester side is Mahrez, all those other players are quite limited in terms of technique.

And here's the thing, several times the commentators would point out how Mahrez was causing the team to play a bit lopsidedly due to Mahrez's need to be on the ball, everyone else played their position.

I think that the less technically gifted players, who are self aware of their limitations may be more likely to buy into the concept of the collective effort.

All you need is physicality, and if done just right, you can succeed...Atletico and Leicester are proof.

I think what the article is trying to challenge is the widely accepted notion that attacking football = possesion football.

I think attacking football should be a function of effectiveness.

Now check this.

Leicester were ranked 18th for ball possession in the league this season but they rank third for goals scored. They've also averaged the joint third highest number of shots from inside the 6 yard box box this season.

Compare to Manyoo - 2nd highest rank for ball possesion, but 11th for goals scored, 15th for shots per game, and 16th for shots in the 6 yard box.

Arsenal are ranked highest for possesion, 4th for shots per game, and highest again for shots in the box 18...they still have 5 fewer goals than Leicester....


These 3 examples are of:

1. An extremely efficient attacking unit.
2. A possesion hungry but toothless team
3. An attacking, possesion hungry but still inefficient team.


So I have to agree with the writer when he suggests that possession is really irrelevant to football success.

Ranieri has suggested that it will be another 20 years before the type of success achieved by Leicester will be repeated. I disagree and i feel he doesn’t appreciate the precedent he has set in modern football and football theory.

The true success of Ranieri’s football is in his approach to play. A player is barely ever actually ‘on’ the ball. They play a compact, tight and counter-attacking style of football with an emphasis on work ethic, positioning, discipline and spatial awareness. Simeone has been reaping the benefits of this style for years. The technical ability of a player to work the ball is of as little importance as possible. This makes sense if a player is perhaps on the ball a maximum of a single minute per game. We are so preoccupied with what a player can do with the ball we forget that there are 21 other player’s on the pitch – all doing stuff.

Of course technical ability is widely considered the true gauge of proper football. Oh they won? but they did it the wrong way! We have completely lost the ability to appreciate the game in a wider context. All we want to see is ‘techers’ and moments of incredible individual skill. We should seek to dominate possession and create moments of brilliance because it is aesthetically pleasing. Thus the new way of football is born, and to an extent most teams seek to emulate this. Look at the plaudits Stoke receive, simply because they seek to possess and pass more. The problem, of course, is that players with technical ability have their values massively inflated so that only the Sheik can afford to buy them, or only the greatest academies have the reputation to attract them as youths. This is Arsene’s greatest folly, as he has none of the resources, the academy or the team ethos to create a holistic Barca-esque technical team. He’s just not quite there – and never will be.

If we simply broaden our appreciation of football to include the more nuanced art of defending, positioning, anticipation etc. we unlock a whole new world of completely affordable success. It is far easier to cultivate a hard working, disciplined team than to assemble the greatest individual technicians alive.

Many will argue that Leicester’s success is as much circumstance as anything. Look at how poor the ‘big’ clubs have been. A once in a lifetime confluence of form from an entire team of players. I point to Simeone and Atletico. Now into the Champions League final with one Fernando Torres in their front-line. Before them Mourinho has championed it with Porto and Inter. If this style of football gains a greater appreciation and acceptance we could see a leveling of the field we havn’t seen in decades. Will we begin to see teams playing teams again, rather than Ronaldo v Zlatan, or Aguero v Rooney.

Any alternate opinions?

Raumdeuter A40 sinizia Dmcdad dahdemola gbr1 eruditor oya food don done....

raumdeuter:
So Kuwait na just your weed base? dem go don miss you gan

One of very very many

E got one other spot inside gowon sef wey we dey go those days, I don forget the name sef.

My main spot in my teens was one abandoned factory on a canal for the back of my house, at the ironically named jesu o Seun busstop.

raumdeuter:
Are you saying its back to our roots in Kuwait ?

Na your own root be that.

My root na jolaosho street off ilaje road.

Jolaosho Street...lol see name

lekkie073:
I will help u just this once. ....pls dont ask me questions



pls...no questions again...I have kids at home dat needs me more to spoonfeed....plssssssss

Why are you so afraid to state what a big club is?

raumdeuter:
Maybe up north to Canada then.

All political sacrilege in this world Trump has committed it all yet he becomes more popular

He has abused the Pope, abused woman, Abused disabled, Abused Immigrants, Abused moslems, Mocked captured war veterans yet he is still very popular

Try Boris Johnson that described black men as having 'watermelon smiles' and only recently said Obama hates the UK because he's African....yet he's the front runner to succeed David Cameron

Crazy

lekkie073:
I dont have time for someone dat lacks basic reasoning. .....I cant start spoon feeding u on what is a big club and not

What is a big club sir?

And is West Brom a big club?

He is a 'Straight Woman'

Wetin man no go read these days?

Lekkie don run like the beach that he is...