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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by RuuDie(m): 5:53am On Jun 26, 2013
debosky: The quality alongside him doesn't determine his goals/shot ratio, which is the key difference between him Giroud.

Besides, when you have players like Ronaldo who is mostly interested in scoring goals for himself instead of supporting the No 9, it's possible he will get even more support at Arsenal to score goals.
Just off the top of my head - Real probably average something like 5-7 goals per game, 10-20 shots per game, 10-20 clear-cut goal attempts hardly ever draw blanks...contrast that with Arsenal.
WebmastersRe: The Proliferation Of Blogs - Good Or Bad? by RuuDie(m): 5:32am On Jun 26, 2013
In many regards, this prolifereation is bad; the few "serious", noteworthy blogs may just get drowned in the crowd and hardly get the notice they deserve.

I keep a blog because of my passion for poetry plus I want to keep all my writes in one place and also sample public opinion preparatory to the time when I am able to muster enough courage to take that bold step and publish. Been on it since late 2010 or thereabouts.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: R36L Madrid - Most Successful & Greatest Champ15ns of Spain, Europe & W9rld by RuuDie(m): 8:32pm On Jun 25, 2013
I just do not get it... look at Carlo's CV, look at Henckyes' - yet some certain group of people will be acting as though a certain "Jose" is the beginning and end of football

*smh*
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by RuuDie(m): 5:39am On Jun 25, 2013
[quote author=dipo+]If we do sign Higuain as is expected right now, we would have surely replaced RvP. For 22M Pounds I think this will be a real coup as Higuain is still 25 and is truly world class. Arsenal's team in the just concluded season was a very good team (IMO as good as Manure's minus the RvP factor) and a more clinical striker would have taken our quality to the league champion level.
For those who don't rate Higuain, I 'll leave you with this (culled from an Arsenal fansite)


You only need to look at his figures to see why Madrid wanted to keep him. In 2008-09, he outscored Raul, van Nistelrooy and Huntelaar to be the club’s top scorer. He achieved the same the next season, outscoring Ronaldo with 27 La Liga goals, although Messi pipped him in the league standings. Injury affected his next season, but he still managed 10 from 17. By this time, Higuain had Karim Benzema as a direct rival for his place. The two strikers battled for game time throughout the next season. Benzema got more time, but Higuain just beat him in the scoring charts.

One more thing, during his time at Madrid, only Messi has recorded a better goals to shots ratio than Higuain. With players like Falcao and Ronaldo to contend with, that is no mean feat.



No hype. This is a quality striker[/quote]No doubt he is quality - but have you factored in the quality alongside him when all these stats were racked up!?
SportsRe: Nigeria Vs Spain - Confederations Cup: (0 - 3) On 23rd June 2013 by RuuDie(m): 12:26pm On Jun 24, 2013
gbigbega: Nigerians collected their shirts and wore it. They collect ours and prefer to walk around naked. Being a looser is no fun at all; or should I call it racism?
Oh, get a life...what if they didn't collect the shirts nkor or refused to exchange, wetin you for talk!!?
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by RuuDie(m): 12:58pm On Jun 23, 2013
logica: Now the gulf has closed considerably. Then, Busquets was NO WHERE near the level of Yaya. And then Yaya was in his prime. But I partly understand Guardiola's plan which was to give Busquets exposure. But he did it at the expense of Yaya.
Well, that is how it is - no two ways about it, you have to sacrifice the present for the future!
CelebritiesRe: OJB Jezreel Needs N16m For Kidney Transplant by RuuDie(m): 8:10pm On Jun 21, 2013
I don't care if it is a scam, I'm definitely gonna send some cash to that account.

I love OJ to pieces; singer, song-writer and producer extraordinaire - to me, he has two of the very best love songs ever done by a Nigerian artiste - "Missing You" and "Searching" - absolute timeless masterpieces!

God bless you OJ. You will be back on your feet against soonest. Be strong!
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by RuuDie(m): 8:47am On Jun 20, 2013
elampiro: What is the pillar to post here? He has only been good at possessional football. Which EPL team will give you the space Japanese had yesterday? Only QPR and our United give such space to opponents to operate. Was Kagawa the best Japenese player? No. Perhaps we could as well import all Japenese players and give them free roles.

Cleverly had problems, blame SAF. Adndrson has problems, blame SAF, Nani and Kagawa have problems blame SAF, Chicharito has problems blame SAF. Yet SAF is the best coach in the world and won the EPL easily with his ideas. What is free role? Who has a free role in current United teams? Kagawa was even on the left yesterday, even one legged Valencia can still be find in the middle. Only Nani seemed to have free role in United.
The "free role" is the position Rooney's been given lately and has been doing remarkably piss poorly at!
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by RuuDie(m): 8:44am On Jun 20, 2013
elampiro: Over 80% of Kagawa's game yesterday was on the left.
What does it matter... He was the "free" midfielder in the "hole" behind the striker and could go just about anywhere, not the out-n-out left winger.
He dinked in peach of a cross early in the game from the left, pulled a save out of Buffon with a shot from the central midfield and scored from a "right-centralish" position.

As I noted earlier, he mostly went out left to act as an "overload" and skew the shape of the italian defence somewhat!
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by RuuDie(m): 6:39am On Jun 20, 2013
logica: Oh come on. Everybody in their right senses knew that was as a result of favoritism on the part of Guardiola. Who didn't know Yaya was better than Busquets then?
And now!?
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by RuuDie(m): 6:16am On Jun 20, 2013
I hope Rooney is watching.

If he thinks he is "irreplaceable" - he better think again.

@ Elampiro, Kagawa didn't play on the left. He was given a free role and could drift any which way but Zaccheroni also utilised him as an "overload" on that LHS.
SportsRe: Italy Vs Japan - Confederations Cup (4 - 3) On 19th June 2013 by RuuDie(m): 6:09am On Jun 20, 2013
I doubt if there is going to be a better match in 2013 than this...hard to see!
SportsRe: FIFA U-20 World Cup: Turkey 2013 by RuuDie(m): 6:43am On Jun 19, 2013
spenx084: No Brazil for the second time?Brazil is really dead and gone in youth football.
Argentina too. They used to dominate this age-group competitions. How times have changed!
SportsRe: Nigeria Vs Tahiti - Player Rating by RuuDie(m): 12:05pm On Jun 18, 2013
Stormborn: If the super eagles waste their chances against uruguay then we will loose. Click like if u like the comment.
That is if they create any such chances at all!
SportsRe: Nigeria Vs Tahiti - Confederations Cup: (6 - 1) On 17th June 2013 by RuuDie(m): 8:27am On Jun 18, 2013
Nothing to celebrate here. Rather a note of warning should be sounded to the players --- never, ever take your opposition for granted!
At 3-1, the Tahitians almost got back into the game.
They should be professional and treat every game with focus and seriousness - the nonchalance and over-indulgence was just very appalling!
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Medical Job Vacancies At Chevron Lagos, Warri And Escravos by RuuDie(m): 4:16pm On Jun 17, 2013
delors: The reason why that vacancy was advertised is because it is the law that such vacancies must be made public to attract interested and qualified candidates. The truth is, the position is already occupied. So, few hours to the expiration of the advert, the company would post the advert just to fulfill that legal requirement, knowing that applications that would come through given that short window would be rushed up or none would ever come through because there is no time to prepare a sound resume. That is what is done in all those top companies. the only ones that stay open and are almost genuine are the entry level jobs for inexperienced graduates etc Everything is a big scam in Nigeria. Big big scam.
What you say is true, very true.

But folks, its better to try!
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by RuuDie(m): 4:06pm On Jun 17, 2013
elampiro: Rooney is not asking for anything financial.
What then is he asking for? More playing time even when he is quite clearly stinking the joint!?

Oga. When he starts playing and delivering like a certain LM10 or CR7, he will be treated as such; at present, he is no where near the form or ligue of the aforementioned and should not be expecting to be treated as such! Maybe in the national side - because everybody knows that in the country of the blind... ... ... ...

Make e dey there dey form big boy based on I get am before... na for 'im face so Bale and Neymar dey come up; small time dem go overshadow am leave am for back!
SportsRe: Brazil Vs Japan - Confederations Cup - (3 - 0) On 15th June 2013 by RuuDie(m): 10:48am On Jun 16, 2013
[quote author=Omo_barca]Guys, Is hernanes home-based?[/quote]He plays for Lazio.
Nairaland GeneralRe: Task Force Arrest Local Masquerade (picture) by RuuDie(m): 7:11am On Jun 16, 2013
These ones being arrested are mere miscreants... at Mushin Olosha, Yaba, Lag Island they roam the streets everyday trying to frighten and extort people...
The "real" egungun and Ekpos only come out on festival days and other special occasions and they will not be arrested!
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by RuuDie(m): 12:40pm On Jun 15, 2013
elampiro: I went to the discussion link you provided and I was unable to locate the Rooney's thread. Give a direct link to this discussion. However, I have been following three United thread on Facebook (the Manchester United page, and two fans pages) with a combine followers of almost 50 million, the opinion is different- I can say over 95% want him to stay and almost everyone feels he deserve respect from fans no matter how things have turned out.

We all also know Rooney went on injury about three times last season and he is such a player who regains his fitness slowly. Even SAF said it himself. That may also have hindered him from reaching his full form. But overall, I think he still did well.
Deserve respect!huh

Ryan "old master" Giggs, Nemnaja "the rock" Vidic, Rio Ferdinand, Patrice "the omnipresent" Evra, Michael "smooth operator" Carrick deserve a s**t-load of repsect - heck, even Johnny Evans - who the f*@k is Wayne Rooney? He earns way more than other members of the squad, does next to nothing and expects to have "prefential treatment"!?

Fark Dat angry
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by RuuDie(m): 12:31pm On Jun 15, 2013
elampiro: What I mean is that Rooney's average is better than many top EPL forwards' 100%.

Secondly, contrary to Sailaor's expectation, I don't see how Kagawa will metamorphose into that EPL great striker or forward. I may be wrong, but next season will tell. I don't see how he will begin to have influence on our play as much as Hazard has for Chelsea. Sailor keeps calling for the midfield to be fortified for Kagawa, that alone has suggested he is so limited. Was he not suppose to come and help out as Hazard did for Chelsea? Manchester United has had one of the weakest midfields in EPL and Europe in the past 4 years, and Rooney has managed to keep making himself a great player among weak mates. He is a hero and the people involved in the Manchester team know this.
Laughing my head off at the bolded. You're kidding, right!?

I bet we can all see how "highly regarded" your white-pele is...when a forty-year old grandpa can be picked ahead of him for some of our biggest ties!
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by RuuDie(m): 12:25pm On Jun 15, 2013
elampiro: So good you are not the coach of Manchester United, else your sentiments would have killed our play. He was voted as one of the 6 best (RVP, Carrick, Raphael, De Gea, Rooney and Ferdinand), I doidn't see Welbeck or Chacharito or Kagawa on that list. And as usual statistics showed that the 15 times he didn't start, United were less productive. That's how you get to know how important he is. Fans also voted him as man of the match on several occasion, just a few times behind RVP and Carrick.
Well, so good you're not the coach either. If Rooney leaves, you can follow him to wherever!!!
SportsRe: The Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 - Preview by RuuDie(m): 11:52am On Jun 15, 2013
If care is not taken, that Spain vs Tahiti game might end up with a cricket scoreline.

grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by RuuDie(m): 8:17am On Jun 15, 2013
@ elampiro,

you can pull out all the stats you can find supporting you "Rooney" myth but it won't change the fact that he's been utter sh.y.te most of this season and yet he was still favoured over the likes of Chicha, Welbeck and probably even Kagawa, when he should have been playing with the reserves!
Music/RadioRe: D'banj Ft Big Sean & Snoop Lion - Blame It On The Money by RuuDie(m): 8:51pm On Jun 13, 2013
All I heard was Big Sean and that Snoop Lion fella - whoever that is grin

Sorry Ski'banj, the yanks may like this but I don't. Its a no-no for me!
EducationRe: UNIBEN - 2013 Postgraduate Application Is Out by RuuDie(m): 12:09pm On Jun 12, 2013
I've been clicking on the given links but it only just re-directs me to https://www.waeup.org/

Where do I go to initiate the application process?
PoliticsRe: Oshiomhole Bans Okada In Benin City by RuuDie(m): 7:52am On Jun 12, 2013
thelastPope: One thing I dont like about this okada ban is the excuse that they are criminals. Most kidnappers in Edo state operate with cars, not okada. Most of them are cult boys and under graduates. If you must ban okada, please give better reasons, not this lame "okada riders are criminals" excuse. How can kidnappers use okada to carry their victims? SMH!
Very, very correct - the "crime rate", "accident rate" excuses are just ludicrous. Doesn't hold any water at all.
PoliticsRe: ChannelsTV Visits Liberated Boko-Haram's Camp In Borno by RuuDie(m): 6:53am On Jun 12, 2013
[quote author=ShyM-X]It's not about winning or losing - it's about if ideological and guerrilla warfare can be crushed by using conventional means. It has never happened before; and I doubt if this is going to be different. That's the honest truth.

Time will tell - and I shall remind you.[/quote]Yes it is true that ideological and guerrilla warfare cannot be crushed easily - they will always spring up again to fight back...
Govts around the world will still be fighting 'disgruntled' extremists till thy kingdom come, but they will never succumb to 'em. Bottomline is, the 'terrorists' will always be the ones on the backfoot, the ones running and hiding and hoping to live to fight another day.

No matter how big, strong and influential a 'terror' organization is, it can never bring a nation and her people down to its knees...never!
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by RuuDie(m): 5:50am On Jun 11, 2013
I agree with Coogar... Nani is far better than Ribery and Robben!
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by RuuDie(m): 10:49am On Jun 09, 2013
SailorXY: "One for the future" they say. I don't really see the future but displacing a certain Mr. Rafael da Silva? ehehehe good luck with it
You will be shocked!
SportsRe: Tennis ATP/WTA: DAVIS CUP 2013 THREAD... by RuuDie(m): 4:58pm On Jun 07, 2013
Rafa is god!

grin grin grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by RuuDie(m): 7:32pm On Jun 06, 2013
coogar: with the way ronaldo GIGGS keeps himself? he has about 5 years!!! he doesn't drink and smoke. he's extremely fit.....he's a better future investment than rooney. rooney won't make it after 30.

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