₦airaland Forum

You only need to be called by God, but some peope call themselves, so the choice is your will call are you going to yield to?

secondly I see this post as an anti-christ in disguise

why do we always talk and talk about the Pastors, If you want to start your church go ahead come back after 1yr let us know what you have achieved

well like I always say in the past in United I trust

if you are not happy with the result well shame we are leading on the table thanks to Swansea

well I wish them both well

I use nairaland to destress but come I there was this CISCO guilde I got from here

apart from some few comment that will my you laugh,cry

all going well

I think both women have done really great thing for Nigeria but I will give it to madam NAFDAC (Dora)

They are statistics from a bygone era. Having scored five goals against Bayer Leverkusen in mid-week, Lionel Messi took his tally for the season to 50 with a brace at Racing Santander on Sunday. His great rival, Cristiano Ronaldo, has scored 40 goals for Real Madrid but nonetheless leads Messi 32 to 30 in the battle to be crowned top scorer in La Liga.

Last season they both scored 53 goals for their respective clubs. Since Ronaldo joined Madrid in 2009, he has scored 126 goals in 127 games. Over the same period, Messi has scored 150 goals in 151 games.

The diminishing goals-per-game ratio at the World Cup — an established barometer for long-term football trends — proves that the sport is becoming more defensive, and yet Messi and Ronaldo are scoring at a faster rate by the season. So what's the secret?

The most obvious answer is that they play for two of the most devastating attacking teams in Spanish football history, whose only real competition in their domestic league is each other. Barcelona's ability to dominate matches is unprecedented. They have averaged 70.2 percent of possession in league games this season and their ability to set up residence deep inside the opposing team's half means that 61 percent of their shots come from inside the 18-yard box (statistics from Who Scored?). It is a veritable conveyor belt of chance creation and it enables Messi to shoot at goal, on average, 5.4 times per game. "What I do isn't difficult," he protested after scoring four times against Arsenal in April 2010. "What's difficult is what Xavi and Iniesta do."

Madrid, meanwhile, have been scoring goals at a blistering rate since the start of the 2009-10 campaign. They plundered 102 goals last season, at a rate of 2.68 per game, and this term they have already netted 88 times in 26 games — a rate of 3.38 goals per match — with Ronaldo averaging a league-high 6.8 shots per game. "I've rarely seen moves constructed at such pace and with such precision," said Ajax coach Frank de Boer after seeing his side torn apart by a counter-attacking masterclass in September.

Tactically, both Messi and Ronaldo are granted freedom to pursue goalscoring opportunities wherever they might arise, with Messi allowed to roam laterally from a nominal central role and Ronaldo jutting in towards goal from his preferred position on the left flank. "Clearly, the main reason for these two players' tactical evolution has been to push them into positions from where they are most likely to score," says Michael Cox of Zonal Marking.

Both players are blessed with exceptional physical attributes — most notably Ronaldo. While Messi's game relies on explosive penalty-box sharpness and an astonishing nimbleness with the ball at his feet, the Portuguese is quicker and stronger than almost any forward to have graced the game. "His contribution as a goal threat is unbelievable," remarked Sir Alex Ferguson in July 2009. "His stats are incredible. Strikes at goal, attempts on goal, raids into the penalty box, headers. It is all there."

The two men are also remarkably fit and successful at avoiding injuries. Messi has started 24 of Barcelona's 26 La Liga games this season and in every single game that he has started, he has played for the full 90 minutes. Ronaldo has started 25 of Madrid 's 26 league matches to date and he has been substituted just once — in the 4-1 win at home to Real Betis on October 15. In such relentlessly prolific teams, more minutes mean more goals.

It would be remiss not to recognise that both Messi and Ronaldo have had the fortune to play football at a time when the sport facilitates attacking play as never before. Barcelona would not be able to exchange passes with such extraordinary precision were it not for the pristine quality of the pitches on which they play, while Ronaldo's dead-ball prowess owes much to the modern game's super-light footballs. The legacy of successive crackdowns against dangerous foul play is that both men can sprint clear of opposition defences safe in the knowledge that they are not about to be felled by a knee-high challenge from behind.

The cumulative effect of these factors is a perfect storm that enables both players to score at a rate not seen for decades. And with Ronaldo 27 and Messi just 24, there are almost certainly hundreds of goals still to come.

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/pitchside-europe/why-messi-ronaldo-score-many-175839597.html

emmm one year is too early to assess GEJ

but come o0o0 365 day men he need to show us, as for me he not fit to rule Nigeria

well I guess another album is on the way after they settle the matter, I hope this guys realise they but need each other

R>I>P

well i think we can give the admin time to sort it out

but to admin if things ib not working can we roll back to the old font

nice one

yes is correct

well done good post

this little thing can make us active live healthy is a bit of exercise, not been bad most Nigeria are too fat and lazy

well said

but I guess that transformation will happen in Nigeria some day

this matter dom pass me I dey laugh in swahili

akuna matata

Yoruba vs Igbo

watch out for part 2

hmmm well I suppose SA think Nigerian Govt will sit and look, up 9ja no shaking

he need to do more to help Nigeria with his wealth then i will regard him as rich man

but I like this guy

investing stolen loot in Nigeria

I support this move

we can have a road patrol rather than staion check point

nice move

What I saw on that video was very serious, imagine the kind of guns those animal are carrying, I sum it all that they are getting some financial backing some where? where that is what will need to know

or maybe they are one of the bank robbery guys

but men those guys arrange 0o0o00o

He look innocent to me apart from his boys looking like animal

hmmm now we all see the light during the then abacha regime to shun the ANC ( African Nation CUP) then we are shouting that he was a bad leader he saw the arogant of the S'africa a while back now over to you GEJ to finish the fight for Nigeria. is about time we get the respect we derserve

where was messi when they are harmmed during their la liga

because barca was playing well we think messi is unstopable

physically Ronaldo better than messi ok we swap them see who will perform more better

omo mi Ronaldo all the way

thus guy I miss during his days at Stamford bridge ask the gunners they are living witness ops! I don cause wahala

you guys are lucky baba OBJ was not in-charge he would have order arrest if they resist arrest shoot at sight

killing military personel you have call for war why are they running

Please the good people of the area leave the local govt as soon as possible more army are coming

cast your mind back during odi

well I am not suprise, come election time they will be the one making promises, promising heaven and earth

not keeping promise is a very serious sin

you better not make one than not fulfill

yeye govt

awon ole

GEJ has his last chance I hope he will not blow it

messi messi messi

again attack on church

when church collect tithe people here talk

church again no collect tithe - they said oil money

na wa 0o0o0

nairalanders una too much - no wonder seems here is the head quaters of bad belle people

To apologise to who? Kaita no way

the same guy that cause pain during the S'africa world cup on us

seems this man called Onigbinde is out of tune men

imagine a former senoir coach yaning like this

well when the army bombered you all you will shouting not fair play

you lazy bunch

get a life

Trouble dey sleep S' Africa go wake am up

na palava dem they find , I dey sing fela

This is happening too late, S'African are very rude and arrogant to Nigeria, claiming giant of african, if not for all our useless leaders S'african should be queing for Nigerian Visa

Happy bday to baba

I think the man has tried leading the country twice.

there was security when baba was in-charge

well I have just I one thing to say

The things God ask us to do may seems foolish in the eyes of men because God's way is different, You don't need any pastor to ask you or force you to bring,donante money let the Spirit of God lead you to do so.

sorry gunners thanks for coming again

well we need fact on the story, let not jump to conclusion

also if the church is in need I think is more better for member to be ask to donate, the miracle of the fishes and loaf is a perfect example

for you haters of the gospel you insult other peoples religion like no mans business if anything is said against your religion you start killing destroying beautiful things in the name of WHO?

be warm you will account for every word, action you take