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psucc:
The only option left is to bring in Michael Chinda with the Assembly Mace. One shot at the State Coordinator will get him/her thinking as human being.

You mean Chidi Lloyd, the almighty Mace-son

While I don't believe in Juju, It's entirely possible that his mum does and did try to do juju against her son.

I don't know why people automatically assume that Mothers are naturally benevolent. Mothers have been harming their kids since the beginning of time.

There was once a time when a Manyoo v Arsenal fixture was a title-decider, or high-stakes knockout cup game.

Tomorrow's game is merely a mid-table clash.

I look forward to a future where that particular fixture becomes a relegation scrap

coogar:
the grass is always greener on the other side, when he was here with us, some laboratory weed smoking retârds argued he's not better than valencia.

people don't realise the mental bit in the performance of players. a player who knows he would play come rain come shine would always perform better than the one that isn't sure of his place in the team.

Including Van Gaal?

Afterall Van Gaal kept Valencia and shipped out Nani

nateevs:
I had a dream last night. In the dream Chelsea sold Oscar to PSG for £40m and sold off Schurlle and Salah to clubs I don't remember. We sold them both for a total £20m and we spent £60m pounds on Koke and Marco Reus and promoted Jeremie Boga. I woke up smiling.

Now I know dreams hardly come true but let's just imagine. . . . .

My dreams are usually of the wet variety.

I'm sure you must be an accountant. Only Nateevs's dreams come replete with detailed financial transactions.

MizMyColi:
Thanks.

We chose not to trade words with Nihilist because we thought he was mature enough to know when to stop.
He has been reported directly.

He'll be served accordingly.

What happened to freedom of speech?

In a contest based on looks, are we not allowed to have an opinion unless it's favourable?

chibwike:
Dont worry chibwike would soon bow out so that nobody would have appollo again...hope dats okay by you.

Actually I'm supporting you, Naijaboiy, and Tosyne2much

You guys are keeping an effeminate pouting sissyboy away from from the top spot.

You guys deserve all everybody's vote. We must keep homoerotic nuisances far away from the Nairaland crown

nateevs:
Much of those stats prove little. In the crux of the long Torres debate on here, Coogar and I managed to show stats on how few chances/CCCs Chelsea created and by how fewer they were compared to other teams. In some cases, Chelsea stats were worse than mid-table teams. Yet we still managed to stay at the top end of the table for much of the season.

Why is that? Because you don't stay at the top of the table 'primarily' by the number of goals you score, chances you create or frequency of chances created (See Arsenal). Instead, you stay on top by the number of goals you don't concede. (See Arsenal again). I am not saying scoring is not crucial to top-table finish, I am just saying not conceding is more important and that's what Southampton are doing.

So they grind out 1-0, 2-1 wins. That's consistency. Chelsea won a title doing this. At least they are not falling flat on their faces and conceding 8 a game. See something interesting, they have not conceded more than 1 goal in a single game in the league this season.


So their striker has not had a shot on goal in 3 games. Heck Torres didn't have a shot on goal for ages but we still stayed top of the table. Because we didn't concede many. And this is the stat I aimed to present; not attacking stats.

Take away those 12 goals ou refer to Southampton scoring in 2 games and give them 1-0, 2-1 wins in their places. They will still be 2nd on the table. To put things in perspective, take away the 12 goals and 4 points from those two games, give them draws instead; they will still be 3rd on the table tied with City on points. Despite taking out over of 50% of their goals scored this season.

This proves my point. The only point I have concentrated on - Southampton's defensive work. So you see they are not really up there because of goals scored. (I really do not know why this attacking thing came up in the first place. No one's talked about it)


As I said, they may well just bang their heads and go down hill; I just stay on the side of not seeing it happen. We have seen many sides do this thing before - ride at the top for a long. But rarely from defensive solidity. So no, so far, they are not this season's Everton.

Again you're letting the table deceive you.

While defensively Southampton have be solid so far, you have to remember that most of thier clean sheets have come against clubs who simply don't know where the net is.

It's one thing to keep a cleansheet against Leicester(0 goals scored in the last 5 games) and Hull(0 goals scored in last 3 games) or a dire Newcastle(at the time)

It's another thing to expect that kind of defensive solidity to be on show against the swashbuckling free scoring attackers of City, United, and Arsenal.

Thats exemplified in the fact that So'ton have conceded each time they've met decent attacking opposition this season....West Ham, Spurs, Arsenal and QPR have already breached that backline.

So my Argument is that, if they're not attacking as ruthlessly as the top 4, and only seem to able to keep clean sheets against teams struggling to score anyway, what's the reason for optimism that they can scale through the upcoming fixture list of doom unscathed?

Naah Fam...after this weekend, the party is over for Southampton

Kaeboy:
shutup my friend u talk as if u r nt living in nigeria infact wat u jux said is d dafest and dumbesrt comment ever.....is he d first to b handed over to d police....wt info did dy got out of it Mtcheeeew

I'm not surprised you cant spell, or construct a simple sentence

Like I said, that mob was incredibly daft, and so are you.

slap1:
While that is logical and plausible, I sincerely think nothing would have been done with such information had it been gotten. What happened to Ali Ndume? What happened to the scores of BH fighters held in different prisons?

And so the alternative is to kill a potential source of information, while constantly looking over your shoulder for the next attacker, never sure when he/she might strike again?

The public was lucky to intercept one bomber, they will not be so fortunate next time.

And all of this under assumption that the man killed was in fact a suicide bomber, what if he wasnt?

This is the daftest, dumbest display of mob action ever.

slap1:
Which information?

Source of explosives, Sponsors, Chain of Command, etc.

GAZZUZZ:
Black mans mentality, I shake my head, instead of handing him over to the sss for interrogation, so the source of these dynamites can be located, they burnt the chance away.

Well he wanted to die anyway so why not if not, just bad timing.

Exactly!!!!

What a daft Mob.

A suicide bomber already wants to die, so I'm not sure how killing him serves as punishment....especially when he could be kept alive for information

seyi42k:
Nobody has posted for sometime, wetin dey happen. Mazi, where is your weekly article. Nairaland is sorely lacking due to its absence.

International breaks can really break momentum in posting on here....

nateevs:
And the under-estimation continues. Especially exemplfied by the "So'ton are not the all conquering juggernaut their league position suggests" . . . What else could they be? The league position does not lie.

My post aimed to bring interesting facts to the fore by focusing on what makes them strong rather than their reputation as a small team. You are wrong that they are not what their league position suggests. Looking at the facts that matter, you realise quickly that apart from being free scoring in attack, they are exceptionally strong in defense. Conceding only 5 goals after 11 games. That's 6 less than Chelsea have conceded and 7 less than City. They have at this moment in time, the best defense in the league.

Look Southampton may well fall apart due to other reasons apart from team strength and ability (e.g squad depth, injuries to key players); what I find funny is that just like important parts of their success are being ignored now, many people will say 'oh we knew they were going to fall apart'.

To the point of expectation, nobody can win here right now. Based on their games I have seen, their organization in defense and the stats to back it up, I expect them to come out of the tight fixtures way better than most people give them credit for. If others don't I cannot force it. Time will tell.

When you look at the underlying stats, you'll further understand what I'm saying.

Like I said in the game against Leicester, they actually looked clueless in the final third. Their number 9 hasn't had a single shot on target in his last 3 games!

Attacking wise, Southampton have had fewer attempts on goal(155) than Manyoo(161), City(198), Arsenal(185), Chelsea(164), Liverpool(162), and WestHam(158).

They've created fewer clear cut chances(21) than City(28), Arsenal(28), Chelsea(28), and Spurs(23)

They also creating chances slower(6.7 minutes per chance) than Manyoo(6.5), City(5.3), Arsenal(5.7), Chelsea(6.4), Liverpool(6.5), and WestHam(6.6).


So you can see that the statistics back up my assertion that they are not the attacking Juggernauts the log table would have us believe

Southampton have been attacking like a top half side, maybe even a side that challenging for the Europa spot, but certainly not like a side that can sustain a challenge for the top 4.

I'd like to point out that while So'ton have scored 23 goals so far, 12 of those goals came from only 2 games. They have mostly ground out 1-0 or 2-1 victories so far this season. And these victories have been against defensively suspect sides in the first place

That being said, they have been very very good so far in taking their chances whenever it appears, and defensively they have been solid...but abeg dont believe the hype. Southampton this year are the Everton of last season.

incredibleone:
200mill will fly me around the world......200mill can't fly u to the top of the league.....pitiable

You no dey tire?

nateevs:
I like the underestimation of Southampton going on in here. It's very clear to see that no one here has actually seen a game of theirs. Apart from the Chelsea games(obviously), based on the way I have seen Southampton play, they can win all those games.

Football is not mathematics and obviously anybody can beat anybody...but I don't expect Soton to beat the bigger names on that list bar Arsenal(due to Arsenal's penchant to balls up)

Southampton v Leicester in particular showed that So'ton are not the all conquering juggernaut their league position suggests. They looked clueless in the final third, and it was the industry of Shane Long that saved the day with only about 15 minutes to go.

Industry is all well and good against the smaller sides, but is very rarely enough to take on and beat the big boys.

So yes Southampton can beat City, Manyoo, Arsenal, and Chelsea on paper...most people just don't expect them to.

Yes!!!! Now we're talking.

coded01:
Please, say that again!!!

That was a great toe poke from the master himself.

Nobody can begrudge a Ronaldnho goal....Ask the Real Madrid Fans that stood up to applaud the master after he destroyed them during a classico

The Moors were not 'black'

And the OP's post is so contradictory, it's shocking.

The moors were clearly Muslim and the moorish civilisation was merely an extension of Islamic\Arabic civilisation

So it's quite hypocritical to hear people talk about africans eschewing foreign religions, while using the moors as examples.

coogar:
you don't play FUT.....you need help!
set it up, lemme use your head to crack coconut this evening.

Are you on right now?

MissMeiya:
Because you promised to molest me and Nihilist.

AirborneLacer:
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You're Kilo, and you've got the Keys to this effing gram.[/size]

coogar:
follow these steps....

http://4downgames.com/2014/10/fifa-15-origin-activation-product-code.html?m=1

Negro

Are you ready for a beat down?

AirborneLacer:
Hehehe

I love to play against the odds, whoever is the least fancied to win is my man.

So take your time to check out the hombres here and tell me who wholly defines the term 'impossibility'.

I guess you and I would be up to do a great service to defying the odds

Kilokeys it is then

AirborneLacer:
Nihilist it seems like your candidate Sobisisrael-or-whatever isn't a huge fan of sportsmanship.

Dude deactivated after crashing out in the last round.

What a way to go.

It doesn't really matter.

Sobsisrael1996 has fulfilled his mission of competing for Mr Nairaland and I'm very happy for him and wish him the best in his future endeavours.

Now,Mr Guapo who is your candidate? Lets see if I can join your ministry