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Mcleo007:
I'd go with a Busi backup over who partners G. Pique next season

Good one bro!
Left to me, I'd prefer a good CB, a sound back up for Alba and MSN and the promotion of Samper to support Busi.

Mcleo007:
N. Kante has no calibre, bro. He's just another good player. Trust me, aside from R.Madrid, he can't walk straight into the first eleven of just any great team. He'd bid his time as ah able back up to Lord Busi

Knowing fully that the club would not be spending much in the transfer window, would you rather we sign a defensive midfielder or a central defender?
What do you think we should prioritise in terms of signing considering the club's budget?

Mcleo007:
The listed players are OK as AM or CMF... none can play the pivot role. We need a N. Kante that is good on the ball and off it. He's the closest thing to Busi in football now

Yea I got your point, my opinion is that, as long as Busi still keeps wearing our jersey, I doubt if the club would think of getting another pivot. Getting a player of Kante calibre means Busi has to go, which I really doubt for now unless he decides to team up with Pep at City.
I'd also wish we get a support/back-up or better still, a competitor (like Kante) that would give him a run for his money. He seems too complacent at times.

Krasid:
I can't tell, but by his post and the emoticon you can deduce that he was joking.I will keep a keen eye on him and some Barca fans to ascertain if he is among the glory hunting barca fans.

Oya nau, you must find me out, I mean you must expose me

coded01:
Krasid... Are you saying Sebod is also another glory hunting fan?

How will I know when I started watching Barca matches in 2015?

Krasid:
One at a time, we will discover all the post-2009 glory hunting Barca fans one down, 2332123853 to go

Er Coded, who was Barcelona's coach in 2005? Don't google.

Lemme epp my guy; Hmmmm Scolari?

With Atletico Madrid out of the race, we only have Madrid in contention after a controversial victory over Valencia.

I cant just imagine if we had won today as Madrid did, this thread would have been bombarded. Usbcable, what can you say about Benzema's goal?

Kudos to the boys for giving us a good display to kill off the animals from the city.
Despite Suarez' haunt for the pichichi, he still deemed it fit to lay a nice pass to Neymar when he could have buried the ball himself. He's the most unselfish player I have ever seen after god Messi.

I just dey observe

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dmcdad:
Pre-season.

That's for Muniru and co!

Mcleo007:
That dude's a beast, bro

I must confess he's a very good player, but, I doubt if the club would be looking out for any midfielder for now. We have Iniesta, Arda, Rakitic, Roberto, Busi,Rafinha and even Denis on loan. Unless Busi decides to follow Pep, I doubt if the club would see any reason for checking out Kante.

coded01:
Rakitic's goal was on-side...


Espsnyol like I predicted meant blood...


Red card sure for this match...

We are playing against Animals, we have to take advantage of any little chance there is. Rakitic's goal was disallowed while Benzema's was allowed on the other end.

bykebyke:
Barcelona,we are coming for you-Leicester fans.

What for exactly? A pre season tournament or Champions league?

Mcleo007:
Wish we could sign N. Kante come next season.

As Leicester don win the league now, na to come sign all their players abi? how will they compete next season?

dmcdad:
Wey raumdeuter dey take ask for Terry head all the time.

No be small thing

dmcdad:
My guy no kukuma dey go anywhere before. Na coded01 wan buy keeper wey go dey keep for our Team B.

ollah1:
Ben arfa is coming

What ya say guys ?

I think Abidal is the one behind his rumoured transfer. Even though he coming as a free agent, I personally don't want him as a back up for MSN. His indiscipline and constant misunderstanding with team mates and coach is well documented. I don't want a player that will be causing upset in the dressing room.
There are really better options out there.

Debroslink:
Some people believe that once an epl team is in uefa final, they win it automatically. See them under rating the best team in Europa history and back to back defending champion.

....and when they lose, you start hearing how epl teams don't take Europa serious. weting we no go hear for this world self?

eyoniggar:
Oops and I forgot we did another 5 with lucho, sebod kun, what name can we give that 5 sef? Fivestuple?

Exactly!

Mcleo007:
He's very fluent in English and his native German... Gets along well with I. Rakitic and G. Pique.

He just needs to exercise patience, with time, he'll become unstoppable.

Mcleo007:
I've always thought the guy is technically better than C. Bravo. I think the injury he had in training during his first pre season, caused by A. Song, coupled with his inability to communicate in Catalan or Spanish are his major problems. He is a decent goalie and must be kept.

Well said bro!

"I am very happy here and I want to stay, with the life that I have. It is a lovely place to live”
- M.A ter Stegen

To guys that are already shopping for another goalie, I say calm down , Stegen is going nowhere for now.

Chelseafan1:
After scoring the goal, my first post was to rub it in on Dayo's face dt at least something good can up from a player he constantly calls useless and a fraud until ur people came and start reminding us that he scored 3 goals all season like we don't know already, what's the correlation there.?

What exactly did you expect from guys that have been hammering Hazard all season? Even, if he has scored 20 goals this season, don't you think some would still find a way of putting up something against him? Have you suddenly forgotten the case of Messi? A supposed super star will always be subjected to one criticism or the other(expecially from the guys in opposition) until he reaches his full potentials.
So bro, bringing Ribery, Gotze and Iniesta into the question because some saw no reason for being over excited for a great goal scored by a supposed super star was unnecessary at least to me.

Chelseafan1:
Even at that, why should this be an excuse for Iniesta not scoring up to 5 goals in a season, he is still a respected attacker, is he not!?
Mind you, I was never happy about Hazard's poor performance.

Even if Iniesta doesn't score a goal from now till he hangs his boot, sir, nobody cares, he's already past his prime and was not even known for scoring many goals when he was dominating, he was never compared to Messi even when he got to the balon d'or podium with him. So, Iniesta not scoring now should not be excused for Hazard not living up to expectation having been so much hailed as the heir apparent to Messi and CR7's throne.
The debate over time has never been about Hazard vs Iniesta, Ribery or Gotze, so there is no point bringing them in now just because Hazard did what many had been expecting from him.

Chelseafan1:
Why I bot Iniesta into the fray was only because they said Hazard shouldn't be hailed for the goal as that didn't change the fact that he could only manage just 3 goals all season.
How many did Iniesta score all season?

The debate about who's gonna be the next big thing after Messi and CR7 has always been between Hazard, Neymar and co. Not Ribery, Not Iniesta and not even Gotze.
If they said he should not be hailed for scoring 3 goals, that's probably because they expect more from a potential balon d'or winner in the making who they believe has not lived up to expectation so far. And as such, it should have nothing to do with Iniesta and Ribery.

Chelseafan1:
Gotze is still young, he lost form just like Hazard lost it, yet they could call for Hazard's head and spear Gotze, OK, RIbery was injured, Hazard missed more than 7 games too, Iniesta has been featuring well for Barca this season yet couldn't manage 5 goals, why shouldn't I ask them how many goals a player of Iniesta caliber, is Ronaldo not 30+, why would you say Iniesta has nothing to prove again when Ibra, Cr7 are still hot and firing.
Hazard has a bad season hence scoring a disappointing 3 goals, Iniesta is not having a bad season but can't record a meagre 5 goals sef, Rakitic has scored quite a number of goals, is he not a midfielder like Iniesta?
Or u mean to say, we don't currently have players of Iniesta's age group that have scored more than 5 goals this season?

This your analysis still shows you never got my point. If you have been asking questions about Iniesta and co over time when guys were busy hammering Hazard, it would have been a different case, but bringing those guys in because Hazard scored a beautiful goal was uncalled for. Gotze, even after scoring a world cup winning goal was never praised as the next best thing after CR7 and Messi, Should Iniesta and Ribery hang their boots today, they would be adjudged fulfilled, can same be said of Hazard? And,you just even validated my point, if you can be asking questions of Iniesta just because Hazard scored a nice goal, you can also ask questions of Messi should he win the ballon d'or.
My point? Hazard scored a nice cracker having being castigated all season for having a poor run of form, something I believe should be celebrated by his fans and praised by others, but bringing other players into the film to justify his poor form is not accepted especially from someone like you.

Awesome01:
Guys, has there been a UCL final with two Epl clubs?

Yes! Man U vs Chelsea 07/08 when Terry handed over the cup to United .

diggz:
Bros I can only pick cazolar n Alexis from that list. You can leave the rest for lawma.

Meanwhile, I noticed you stylishly added tonight game. Abeg the discuss is not based on today's performance only. Thank you.

I'll take Bellerin over Sagna, Monreal over Clichy anytime sir. I even forgot to add Ozil to the list.
City have not been playing well over the season and that's evident by their position on the log. I added the team that played tonight because that's the best legs at the coach's disposal as at the time of selecting his team.

Debroslink:
Name a team in either UCL or Europa that beat a LA Liga team in knock out stage this season.



Don't start what you can't finish.

Lol.... you didn't get the humour behind the post.... the message is for the epl fans.

diggz:
Stop bin sarcastic bro. It is no news that the EPL big teams messed up badly this season.

Even with that, methinks Arsenal still have better players in terms of quality than City. I mean, the likes of Bellerin, Monreal, Cazolar, Alexis, Coquelin are better than the likes of Sagna, Yaya, Mangala, Fernando and co. I can only select Aguero and De Bruyne from the guys that played tonight into my team.

diggz:
@ sebod,bykebyke and dk

I will appreciate if you guys can name a better squad in terms of depth and quality than this same city squad in the epl.

For the records both teams were uber useless,especially City.

If wishes could come through in this case, would have loved to see both teams not qualify so,Bayern n atletico will give one a better final.

I only asked to be sure and now that you have confirmed it, I can only imagine the level of football played in EPL if this same City is the best in terms of depth and quality.

raumdeuter:
They said thats the best squad in England

I hope we all saw the way City played this year. Next season people would change the story to City was playing good football and held Madrid down until Pep came and spoilt their game

What do you expect?

raumdeuter:
Na him I dey ask am o. definitely City looks like they dont belong to this level of football

They looked completely lost, they could barely string one or two passes together without losing possession.