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Ibime:
You switching the timing is deliberately to make him look like a hawk justifying the shooting of civilians.

What he said is not rocket science. It's the same we have been saying on this thread for the last few days before the shooting that force will be used before long

I believe the curfew was slated for 9pm, why was the board switched off before the curfew time which in turn coincided with the time of massacre? And when exactly was the board switched on, during daybreak or after the deal was done? these are not just adding up really?

[color=#550000]Should everyone earning 53k and below turn to crime? That will be around half of our population if not more. Let's know now because people don't need guns to turn criminals

If their justification for terrorizing citizens is the failure of the government, then there are millions others that are in this category and can turn to crime too. If they need us to protest on their behalf, they should ask.
There is absolutely no justification for what SARS have reduced themselves to. There is hardly any arm or sector in the civil service that is well paid or well taken care of.
should the Medical doctors be injecting their patients to death because they are not well taken care of(at least, they also have the tools they can use)? should the teacher be flogging their students with to death just because they are underpaid? Just as you have rightly pointed, the government has failed all Nigerians, should all then result to haunting down innocent citizens due to government failure? Those criminals must be eradicated first...............

I honestly wouldn't blame Messi for wanting to leave the club he has played out his heart for. The board has obviously been the worst I have ever seen in recent time. The useless board obviously wasted the genius prime years by their abysmal signings and lackadaisical attitude.

I personally wish and hope the President and his board vacates the seat of power while Messi stays to help groom the team while the club starts planning for a life after the football god as he is being gradually phased out. Messi and probably Pique (with limited role) are the only Players I would like to still have out of the group of the old guys around.

However, should he decide to leave which he is justifiably entitled to, I would love to see him reunite with Pep at City. the genius deserves to enjoy football again before he finally hangs his boot. But, the club will surely miss and suffer the loss for a while and the situation can only be salvaged with a good coach and the right board and not the shameless ones we have around.

sebod:
I have not absolved Enrique of any blame for his blunders this season. His insistence on playing your right hand man 'Arda' in the midfield is even enough to heap lots of criticism on him. However, we have always criticised Neymar for his poor performances this season without blaming Lucho's tactics for his poor form, Suarez' poor run of form has never been hinged on Lucho's poor tactics while nobody can relate Gomez and Rakitic's inability to string passes together just to save their lives to Lucho's incompetence. Therefore, I wouldn't relate Messi's display last night to Lucho's poor tactics too. Messi on his day, even when played as a defender would have done better. He shares same blame with Neymar for letting us down even though the coach had his own fare share of the blame.

Some of us have been talking about Suarez poor form as far back as 2016. this is 2020 for God sake, and some still want him phased out gradually because he is a legend.
well this is Barca, I actually gave up on the board the day they brought in Lord Paulinho there is nothing impossible with them they can even give Suarez a life contract.

sebod:
Suarez has been off it since the season started. I was just shaking my head when your guy was rating him based on the equal number of goals he has with Messi then. Messi that was absent for two months
He surely needs to get back his old self as we are approaching the business end of the season.

Stats do not always tell the full story......I can remember when some felt Suarez was doing well as far back as 2017 because he was getting some goals. He would disappear in matches where you need him most (UCL), and score some nice goals in league matches and his sins would be forgiven.

a true legend of the game should KnoW when to bow out honorable and not be holding his dear team to ransom. Baba should be the first to leave, he has paid his due.

sebod:
This was posted in January 2017. And Suarez is yet to get back his old self which is certainly no longer possible. Brilliant peeformances here and there at times can't disprove his decline over the years and its even more evident by his absymal performance in the Ucl. If we must achieve glory in the Ucl, Suarez has to be more responsible in burrying chances because only few would be created.

imagine......we are still talking about the same Suarez in 2020.

If Suarez does not want to leave, he should go and be assisting the coach on the bench or better still, become Messi's manager.
he has been serving us disaster-class especially in the UCL for the past four seasons now. it is obvious his best days are behind him. he either bows out honorably or.........

suarez a Barca legend? i reject that.......

Debroslink:
I laughed out so loud after watching this video


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5N8vaq-o88

The guy that did this must be a clown

usbcable:
But in all fairness,

Liverpool had attained levels Barca could only dream of for decades before most of us on nairaland were born

When Liverpool was already recognised a a Europe power house, where was Barcelona? Being trumped 4-0 in a European cup final.

So Liverpool has that right to troll them. Even not too long ago when the start of Barca's greatness in Europe started with Ronaldinho Liverpool still knocked them out of Europe.

So I am with Nikeballer

Cable cable..... You are here talking about fairness? Continue ooo.

raumdeuter:
What is so special about Ogbomoso that you all shout about? I attended school in Ife the spiritual home of Yorubas for over 5 yrs and all their fables and prowess of how strong they were during Ife Modakeke crisis was resolved when the military guys came into town and everyone of them fled when they saw life bullets

Now, I agree with you that there's nothing special about OGbomoso. But, that's not the only point raised that needs your attention.

As a Christian, how did you come about believing a certain God wose picture you have never seen?

What's your stand on Jesus as the only son of God and the circumstances surrounding his birth?

airmark:
Who is this baba that did you step-over?

Na baba Raumdeuter oooo.

I don't have any issue with whatever an Atheist has to say about God, miracles, good and evil...

But a Christian that believes in the essistence of God that nobody has ever seen?...... That's called faith. And the Bible defines faith as "assurance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen".

There are so many accounts of miracles, evil and mysteries in the Bible. He needs to tell us the ones he believes are true and the ones that are doctored.

The bible says.... And God said let there be light, man was even created from the dust, that God also created both good and evil, King Saul approached a sorcerer to help invoke the spirit of Samuel, lots of miracle performed by Elijah and Elisha.........

Then, the mystery surrounding the birth of Jesus, his miracles and his words of passing down power to those that believe in him to perform even greater miracles, down to the Apostles and their exploits....
Baba needs to tell us the ones he believes.

I also learnt baba is from OGbomoso, the same town that houses Lautech that I attended for five years?

Segedinho:
Abeg baba, you still neva answer the question about ur newly themed Jesus and his principles or rather his words/acceptance regarding false spirit.


The bible to back up ur "newly themed Christianity" is also needed..


Thanks

The same baba I asked to show the evidence he saw to believe Jesus was born by a virgin without sexual intercourse?
Or any evidence to show the existence of God that he believes in?
God said let there be light and there was light.... Does he just believe without any documented evidence or it's part of what he believes was erroneously passed down from people to people?

What exact part of the Bible does he believe in so that we can subject it to scrutiny?

Unless baba would answer tomorrow.......

You are a Christian, that means you believe in the existence of God. That means you believe that God created heaven and earth by just saying let there be light.... It means you believe he has a son called Jesus Christ and surely believe there's someone called Satan.
Really? Has there been any video evidence to show where God created the heaven and the earth?
Have you been shown any video of how marry conceived without sexual intercourse and gave birth to Jesus?
Or should we wait for you to tell us how you got to know the existence of God and the parts of the Bible you believe and the evidence to back it up since you don't believe in everything written in the Bible?
Kindly tell us the ones you know are true with evidence to back it up.

Raumdeuter, I respect your opinion sir, I would just appreciate if you could honestly answer the above.

See guys analysing how Ferdinand could have stopped Messi from scoring without considering the passer of the ball
Once baba pulls the last pass to his target, no defender has a chance unless the recipient makes a mess of the pass. He's not just called Xavi for no reason

Pardon me if you don't like this.......
Give me Bojan, Xavi and Pedro... I'd pick it over any trio as long as I see the name Xavi

Messi, Xavi, Iniesta any time, any day.

Upnepaa:
I sight Sebod

Long time no see bro.

Where are other elder statesmen on here

People like Dmcdad, Eyoniggar etc..

I just dey on a very low key, shaking my head really for the useless board handling the affairs of my dearest club.

Hehehehhe.......ibime is now paying these Shekpites in their own coin and they are turning against him I never knew this time would come when he was using these same metrics and some funny defence lines against Iniesta and you guys were hailing him

Egbon ibime, please carry on the good work............

Make I quickly comot here before then come for my head

Barça fans still hoping the club would win a UCL with EV as coach? I hail oooooooo.

tesppidd:
No No No

This postulation is not about Messi.
I just used him for an example because he's the most common victim of the "when it matters most" charade.

Check Ronaldo of last season for Madrid;

If Ramos and Bale didn't perform in the final and they lost the trophy to Liverpool,
Would it be correct to say "Ronaldo failed 'when it matters most' "?
Despite his big moments before the semis?


And I tell you solemnly, even if Messi delivered another masterclass against Liverpool and made the finals;
And then went on to have a bad game in the final against Tottenham and lose the trophy,

Wouldn't you say Messi failed when it matters most?



Look at Ajax this season for instance!

Dispatched giants like Real Madrid and Juventus and lost to a very poor and inferior Tottenham side.

Should the "when it matters most" singers shy from saying that Ajax (or De ligt) failed when it matters most?
Just because Totteham is not a big as Real or Juve?


People who use that clause do not do it because of the strength of the opposition, they do it because they just must troll a superstar who just got knocked out,

Be it a Messi, a Ronaldo or a Neymar.

So, because I used the clause, I am now trolling Messi? You mean Sebod is trolling Messi? That's funny really.
Last season, the excuse was that Mr. EV did not rest the players after bottling a 3goal lead. They were rested this time around and I saw my captain who happens to be the greatest and bestplayer on the field missing the simplest of chances while thereafter strolling on the pitch waiting for the ball, and you want me to spare him the rod? What makes Messi immune to criticsm bro?
If you are happy with what's happened in the past outings in the UCL, I am not bro. I rest my case.

raumdeuter:
Where was xavi when Bayern was handling Barcelona 7-0

We are talking about bottling a 3goal lead whilie wasting the best of the chances created to have made a difference.

sebod:
This was posted in January 2017. And Suarez is yet to get back his old self which is certainly no longer possible. Brilliant peeformances here and there at times can't disprove his decline over the years and its even more evident by his absymal performance in the Ucl. If we must achieve glory in the Ucl, Suarez has to be more responsible in burrying chances because only few would be created.

Tesppidd, this post was made some two years back.

I am sure you were not also expecting any good thing from Suarez going by what he has been serving us for the past two years expectially in the UCL just like me.
Talking about when it matters most which you claim never to want to hear, a lone goal was all that probably mattered most in that match, and the best of the scoring chances was gotten by the GOAT who has been the burden carrier of the team, but he chose to blow it not minding the stupidity of the useless player that passed to him.
And afterwards, I saw my captain strolling on the pitch waiting for the ball and wearing a depressed look after every Liverpool's goal. And you want me to praise him? He got all the praises when he did well in the first leg and should get the stick when he let me down in the second leg.

BykeLaByke:
I don't do arguments anymore,but what you said is a falsehood that's continually being peddled around here so I just had to react.


Oh yes,after Leo made sure we had a 3nil lead to go to Anfield with while covering Valverde's flaws,it's on him again to make sure that the team does not concede 4goals in the second leg....

We are actually turning to Barcentina where he has to do it all.

I wouldn't classify Messi's performance that night as useless to be honest...but it is what it is innit.

UUhhmm nooo?,the players who under-performed get the most blame after the coach.

If it was a bum like Sergi Roberto wearing the captain's arm bad that night..

You would not be here posting"SerGi RoBErTo Is NoT a LeADEr aNd ShOUld NoT Be WeARINg ThE CapTAIn's ArMbAND''

I don't argue here anymore either!

Messi ensured we got a 3goal lead in the first leg even though we were outclassed. Should that stand as an excuse for him to mess things up in the second leg when a lone goal could have probably made the difference? He got the best of the few chances we had for God sake!

And no, I wouldn't have any issue with Roberto because I have never recognised him as a very good player. So, I can't place any expectation on him. You can't be the GOAT and expect to go scot free when you are part of a bottling team.

BykeLaByke:
WTF are you saying?

He's not a leader because he doesn't scream and shout on the pitch like an unhinged person?

Valuable leaders on the pitch are players who want the ball in times of trouble,players who ask for the ball so they can get others involved in the game too...not players like Rakitic who won't dare make a forward pass when he's being pressed.

Leaders on the pitch are players like
Xavi
Modric

We lack these kind of players in the team...so do spare me with the Messi does not act mad on the pitch BS.

I was actually expecting a backlash from two guys here. You and Tessipid

Being the GOAT does not automatically make one a great leader.
Xavi? Yes!
A certain Xavi would not attempt to dribble when a simple tap in would have gotten the job done when all that's needed is a single goal.
A certain Xavi would not be looking helplessly and run out of idea when his team is being decimated and outpowered.
A certain Xavi would not be strolling on the pitch waiting for passes when it is obvious his team is in trouble and cannot get the ball to him comfortably. He would support rhe team.
I am sure Xavi will be on the pitch and will keep mute when his team needs someone to talk and motivate them.
I doubt if Xavi would ever be in a team bottling a 3goal lead when it really matters most.

Mind you, all the players were useless that night. But, the leader gets the most blame after the coach.

sebod:
You should have at least given me kudos for getting my tipping/prediction which you claimed was wrong right.

Messi did not only go back to DM role as you claimed against Juve, he did it all season. We won some big matches such as madrid, Atletico, Psg e.t.c with Messi playing same role. The difference was that the players took their chances in those games won and deservedly got their applause.
Messi playing as a DM was not the reason he kept blowing the chances he had against Juve, what he would score on a good day. Neither was Messi playing as a DM was the reason Suarez was firing blanc or Neymar wasting goal chances.

You guys just don't want to agree the players also contributed to our abysmal performance and keep heaping all the blames on Lucho.

This post was made two years ago after we lost to Juve and guys were blaming the coach while exonerating the players.
Even though EV is as clueless as EV himself, it was just too shameful to see professional footballers playing like pregnant women in a game they had complete upper hand having won the first leg comfortably albiet fortuitously just like the match against Roma last year.

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sebod:
As in ehn!
We have crashed out of UCL on several occasions in the past, trust me, I have never felt this bad all the years I have been a fan.

Bottling a 4-1 lead against Roma? I can't ever forgive that man really.

Thank God I never placed any hope in that coach ever since the Roma debacle. I really pity those thinking anything good could come out of a coach that bottled a 4-1 lead.

I have said this before and I was criticised by many here. Let me say it again....Messi is not a leader and should not be wearing the captain band!

jonsnow92:
No truer words have ever been said.
without VAR Guardiola would be celebrating while Pochettino would be bemoaning bad refree decisions. It was very sad seeing Pep go from jubilating to pulling off his jacket in pain and distraught

I don't feel sorry for Pep. He got what he deserved. Just imagine the rubish he did in the first leg! When teams would be playing to get a favourable result in the away fixture, pep would be experimenting, hoping to get the job done at home. Is Etihad a Camp Nou

This VAR came rather too late! Had it been introduced earlier enough, there would'nt have been anything called back to back Ucl winner for now.

sebod:
Suarez has been off it since the season started. I was just shaking my head when your guy was rating him based on the equal number of goals he has with Messi then. Messi that was absent for two months
He surely needs to get back his old self as we are approaching the business end of the season.

This was posted in January 2017. And Suarez is yet to get back his old self which is certainly no longer possible. Brilliant peeformances here and there at times can't disprove his decline over the years and its even more evident by his absymal performance in the Ucl. If we must achieve glory in the Ucl, Suarez has to be more responsible in burrying chances because only few would be created.

Samuel Umtiti!! I am proud of you.

So, England actually thought they could win the World cup? so that we no go hear word again from the press and the Epl fan boys? .
I was actually expecting a good game from both England and Belgium teams to at least see how the two Epl packed teams would fare against each other, only for them to field weak and second teams just because they have qualified and some wanted to avoid some heavy weights in the knockout stages.

Now, that the two teams must face each other again to know who gets the bronze, let me now see if they are still going to play their team B . At least, we will finally get to see what we wanted then.

Yeri Messi Mina!!!