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Laugh no go kee pesin finish for this thread.

Hehe. Awon e-rats will always prove their obtuse reasonings will double standards.

They said pep cannot survive the EPL. Even with the massive trashing he took in his first season, City still finished above Man Utd, and Arsenal , who supposedly have coaches with enough experience to have mastered the tactics of the EPL. Against popular opinions of these Epl e-rats, Pep's Man city had more possession, better passing accuracy than all other teams. The legendary tiki-taka did work in a supposedly kick and run, break a leg, and competitive league. Spitss

Because this gentleman couldn't win in his first season, they called him a fraud.... Considering that there was a certain Arsene Wenger and an ever moaning mourinho who had just good enough players and enough money to win the EPL, the e-rats would rather hate on Pep. For the e-rats, they wanted the world to believe that the EPL was as tough as they believed, and the only man who could take away that pseudo-reputation was none other than the Barcelona-esque Pep. It was collective hatred of Barca's dominance over top EPL teams in European competitions, and a somewhat vendetta against the quintessential Messi .

But alas, My God is still alive . Pep not only bossed their useless league, he did it in massive style. 15 consecutive wins, and destroying the "Bridge" and the fvcking "Trafford" while at it. The hurt was too great! Moaninho who perhaps is the best coach the EPL has ever witnessed bar SIr Alex,lost to Pep a record 9 times across all competitions. Even the legendary Sir Alex shook to his balls when he faced this genius of a man at the crux of Europe's competition.

The same way these e-rats said about Messi, not only has he rubbished their best teams...he has as a matter of fact scored the most against EPL teams than any other non EPL player. My utmost heart desire is that, he breaks his jinx against chelsea come February, and silence the EPL rats once and for all!

Take it or leave it, Pep Guardiola is schooling the EPL as it is. And the more sad thing is that he is just starting! None of the top 6 coaches bar Pep have the technical competence, nor tactical nous to compete against pep Guardiola. They will either copy him, or get sacked


EPL fans, your L starts Now!

Mcleo007:
This Barca team crumbles under pressure as it lacks a midfield enforcer. This is why i advocate a positional swap of I. Rakitic and S. Busquets. Busquets is an intelligent interceptor of the ball just like Emperor Xavi. Doing so gives the team a commanding presence in the middle of the pack and a good balance in attack and defence going by the former's work rate. I see Chelshit throwing everything at us in the early exchange. We stand a chance if we can absorb the pressure and calmly distribute the ball. The aim should be to dominate possession and gradually gear for goal and not to go and win outright. They have N. Kante, who for me is one of the most intelligent midfield players in the world right now. On his day, CHELSHIT can finish the job at the bridge. I fear them to be honest, going by our very poor record against them, coupled witht the fact we have a naive coach.

Did you just menton Kante? Kanye west ni! The last time a certain Kante faced iniesta and busquets, he was sent to buy pure water from mama put. Chelsea as a team are not as good as barcelona right now. Do not forget that barca is unbeaten in ALL competitions so far, I guess that's because valverde is more concerned with team shape rather than ALL OUT attack that barca is accustomed to. Barcelona's midfield and defense has been very solid so far this season, I cannot say the same for chelsea. The problem I see with barca is attack. Suarez has been rather sluggish, leaving the bulk of the pressure to Messi. I can only hope he finds his sharpness in due time. Dembouz is also due back very soon.


Take each position and compare each chelsea and barca that plays that position. Tell me which team is better at the moment

Impressive Chelsea stat...

Lionel Messi: Has never scored in 8 appearances against Chelsea -- It's his worst record against a team in his career.

7 - Chelsea are unbeaten in their last seven games against Barcelona in the Champions League (W2, D5).


Messi does have a record to overturn!!!

See guys ehn,

Lemme analyse this thing for you. THe golden age of chelsea FC is no more. No Terry, Lampard, Drogba, Cech e.t.c. This chelsea team is good, but not as good as barcelona. Barca itself is shitty at the moment, but with the Dembouz and Paulinho addition, and a potential coutinho transfer looming, there's an upper hand. Laso remember that chelsea is playing at home in the first leg.

Champions league also needs a bit of coaching experience which unfortunately, Antonio Conte has had little success hitherto in the UCL. Even when Juventus were blazing all guns in the serie A, they had miserable UCL outings.

The odds are heavily in favour of Barcelona, but this is football! Anything can happen.



As for PSG vs Real madrid, I don't even understand what to say. Unai Emery needs to put that team in order to stand a chance. They have a lot of talent, but the team needs cohesion. The frontline of Cavanni, Mbappe are very selfish most times and that thing will ruin them. They need alot of maturity to make a good use of their chances especially during the first leg at the Bernabeu. Real madrid are obviously struggling, but they have a reputation for turning up when it matters.




Juventus vs Tottenham, Juve are favourites

barackodam:
Don't be naive brother, let Messi win 5 World Cups, they still wouldn't accept him better than Ronaldo. That's a fact!

Even when Messi had 4 ballon d'ors, they never accepted he were better, to Ronaldo's 1.

So, don't waste time expecting them to change any narrative

Of course there will still be the issue of bias, it's part of human nature. But you see in a world where intellectuals prevail, you must give them reason to believe. At least when sentiments seem to override our opinions, we can turn to the hard facts and have some sense of sanity!

For ardent football observers, speculation around the GOAT has always reflected not just in club football but also in National team competitions.

It's a pity that football is much more concerned about 'media money' rather than celebrate players based on all round achievement.
I don't understand why a certain mbappe will be rated above the magisterial, xavi-like Toni Kroos! Honestly, it beats my common sense. Toni kroos is to Real Madrid, what Sergio busquets is to Barcelona. And of course, they are a faction of the most underrated players in history (because they hardly score goals)

As far as Messi and Oponunaldo are concerned, there will always be biases as to which is better. To be fair, Pele and Maradona have long been believed to be the greatest GOATS by the older generation, and their sole criterion for this assertion was their success at the world cups!!!! Little was made reference to as regards their club football career.

If truly Messi will register himself in the league of Pele and Maradona, he needs to as a matter of urgency win the world cup. The world needs to see him fight tooth and nail for his country, just like he's done for Barcelona.

The younger generation believes Messi is the GOAT, given how he's carried Barca's team over a decade now. The older generation believes it doesn't matter,l what he's done for Barcelona... He must do the same for his country for them to accept him.

As for Oponunaldo, irrespective of any bias, his influence on the game overall has restrictions. He is the Pele of the 21st century, while Messi is the Maradona of the said era. Pele really did great and won the world cup thrice. Oponunaldo is yet to win any. As far as the majority is even concerned, he is hardly compared with both Pele and Maradona simply because there's more to football than just goals.

The status of the GOAT is not of self declaration, a king who calls himself a king is NOT a king. Messi or Oponunaldo need to win the world cup to be considered GOAT. But if we want to be sincere, looking at overral influence on the pitch...critically examining the roles each player, and what they do with their teams...you would fancy Messi to win it.

Sevilla's ass getting busted

I honestly didn't expect messi to sign a new contract.

My intuition tells me that he's tasked the board to invest in building a quality, competitive team...before he signed shiit.

Good news for barca anyway, but Leo deserves more.

Eyin temi. Been a while.

I see a draw between Barcelona and Juventus this night. Plus last time I checked, Messi is still the GOAT. All other goats are ewure

I swear down, this page is something else

I think Deulofeu uwas played out of position against
Madrid. He plays that RW well. When I suggested a certain Sergi Roberto as starting midfielder, somebody said my head wasn't correct.

Mascherano doing the Lord's work. I doubt if pique would've recovered that ball, given his pathetic pace. I also think busquets should move forward more and allow Rakitic hold....passes will flow forward more that way.

GoodMuyis:
Restitution is one of the cardinal principles of the Bible, call it doctrine. "Restitution is making amends for wrongs done against our fellow men, restoring stolen things to the rightful owners, paying debts, giving back where one has defrauded, making confessions to the offended and apologizing to those slandered so as to have a conscience void of offence towards God and man. Genesis 20:1-8; 14-18; Exodus 22:1-7; Leviticus 6:1-17; Numbers 5:6-8; 2 Samuel 12:1-6; Proverbs 6:31; Ezekiel 33:14-16; Mathew 23:24; Luke 19:8,9; Acts 23:1-5; 24:16; James 4:17; 5:6."

The Purpose of restitution is to clear our conscience from condemnation, so as to receive justification from God. There are people in the bible that made restitution:

Herod return Abraham's wife with apology
David apologized for cutting King Saul Rob
Zacheous return three-fold of what he wrongly collected.
Paul apologized for insulting the high priest.
Etc
The above shows that restitution is important and shows maturity in the Christianity we profess. But it’s a pain in the heart when I read online the number of people who return their WAEC certificate in the process of restitution, and how we the same Christian who should be happy and applaud them for a bravery action went about insulting them.

The same happen to Juliana Olayode (aka Toyo Baby), who came out to make amendment of her wrong, she went as far as publishing a 150 page book just to make peace with God and please him, yet we that we label ourselves children of God will be among the people who condemned her, this is unjust. We should be happy to see Christian who publicly raised the banner of true Christianity, as for me I congratulate her for that action … and am happy for her.

David said through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit (Ps 32)
1. ...Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
2. Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

We cannot justify ourselves, God is the only one that can justify us. After genuine repentance, it is expected of us to make any amendment of any wrong done this will clear our mind from any condemnation whether from self or satan, also this will show that we are genuine children of God.

Restitution will not hurt you, rather it create prestigious reflection of you to the world. In all the case I did restitution, to Muslim or Christian, none of them had ever condemned me. If you did yours God will be happy with you.
It is better to pleased God always …. Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile….

While I understand and agree with the significance of restitution in the christian walk, I don't believe the bolded statement holds true.
The bible explicitly states that justification comes only by faith in that Christ has made us right with God, irrespective of past mistakes.
The only reason for restitution is to have a conscience void of offense towards our fellow men, for by this we walk in love. If there's anything to restitute with God for, it is to repent from past deeds and walk in newness of life. No amount of corrections can ever pay for one's past sins before God....only the finished work of Jesus is enough to pay, and has been paid. Hallelujah •


Romans 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

I'm categorically wishing that barca should buy draxler. This because the board will not get coutinho and dembele to sign before the deadline runs out! I don't even mind them buying di maria.

The addition of both players is better than the present wingers we have.

Neymar1095:
Did u watch barca when we won the treble in 2015 when Messi was wrecking havoc from the Right wing and Neymar from the left. it was beautiful All am saying is Messi should stick one position because staying in d midfield haven't favoured barca

No!

Ronaldo's interview after the game said "I realise I play better when I get into scoring positions" or something like that... Players evolve, for maximum input and for team play. Barcelona haven't had a reliable RW bar messi...yet our middle suffers a lot. The season we did the treble, messi did play RW but he always drifted to the middle with his trademark runs and diagonal passes to neymar....because Rakitic is just not creative enough. Iniesta on the other hand was too busy trading passes with neymar from the left midfield. In essence....messi was attacking as a RW, a LM, and an AM at the same time. You don't get maximum output from a player when he carries too much responsibility on his shoulders, but he had to...simply because he's messi. Since iniesta's tragic deterioration, it has become so bad that Leo entirely neglected that RW...but you cant blame him for that. He was laliga's best player, top scorer, Barca's top scorer last season....and he played from the midfield. Imagine if he left the middle to the clowns of his team mates.

Remove messi from barca, barca is nothing. He is NOT Barca's problem, he is Barca's everything!

senorova:
To be honest, I saw deulofeu's videos... that dude may be good, but he ain't barca standard. Barca needs a wizard on that left wing... someone like Ajax's Traore...

senorova:
Did someone just ask deulofeu to fill neymar's role? That boy's touch is too clumsy. Only thing he does
Well is to run like 'headless chicken' . I honestly think Draxler is a good option on the right, but P S fvcking G won't sell to us... Bunch of cuntards!

Coutinho on the LW, Dembele on the RW, Suarez as ST, Leo as Playmaker, we'll do the treble!

I wasn't wrong about deulofeu

Neymar1095:
To me Messi is the problem.....He should stick to his Right wing more often and not joining midfield which is destroying the balance.

I have read your comments all through the month. I know you have a right to your opinions, but it's important to understand that people need reasonable input on this thread. If messi doesn't play in the middle? How will barca survive midfield play? Iniesta and co got schooled by isco....and messi had to come to the rescue.

A reasonable coach should play to the strength of his best players....(take cue from Guardiola). Messi plays AM, SS so well that playing on RW limits his role in that team. For you to say that messi is Barca's problem shows that you are not an observant football watcher, or you're just naturally stupeed

ddippset:
For the first time I am thinking getting a back up for iniesta is a priority.

I screamed this all through last season. There is no longer creativity or dynamics in our midfield again. Only potent team section is the attack (only messi precisely).


Barca is fvcked!

EPL cvntards can goan sleep

bykebyke:
Your MCM.

Chelseafan1...


Comman carry your oponu o

Did someone just ask deulofeu to fill neymar's role? That boy's touch is too clumsy. Only thing he does
Well is to run like 'headless chicken' . I honestly think Draxler is a good option on the right, but P S fvcking G won't sell to us... Bunch of cuntards!

Coutinho on the LW, Dembele on the RW, Suarez as ST, Leo as Playmaker, we'll do the treble!

Kagawa10:
Who's Oponunaldo? Your blood brother I guess? Well that tells the story.

Lol.

Get out of my mentions, you pathetic swine!

Oponunaldo as SS/false 9?

The nonsense on this page stupefies me.

Neymar will ruin his career if he goes to PSG. I'd even prefer he moves to England sef. Anyway wetin concern me. There's no loyalty with Brazilians since the days of delimma, save dani alves.

I honestly don't mind Eden, draxler, or any other good RW. Maybe its even time to look to the masia for a great winger... Deulofeu in my opinion is just not good enough. Saw his videos... an I wasn't impressed.

Messi doesn't just owns the game, he owns her waist!

bykebyke:
Barca have reached an agreement with Bellerin.

But why is the board always making transfer errors? buy an overrated rb for 50 mil? We would've gotten Mariano for a quarter of that amount

homesteady:
Ermmm Diademk07,
>>> Messi mostly plays from a deeper position, scored 37 goals in LA liga and 11 in UCL

>>> Ronaldo camps in the box, scored 25 in LA liga and 12 in UCL!

Yet somehow, you are insinuating that Messi has terrible off the ball movement! Are you freaking kidding me?

His busy body in midfield? Go and watch all our games of last season, then let us see if you would still have this opinion!

Any ignoramus can sit behind their screen and display their folly... the only thing the mumu thinks Oponunaldo has better than Messi is off the ball movement . And even at that, Messi still has a better goal ratio... I guess it is off the foot movement Messi has for him to have been the more efficient goal scorer. Like byke, just ignore his ignorance

bykebyke:
Left wing abi right wing?

Neymar deh left wing na.


Dembele is that wizard...Best young talent since Messi.

I no know why we no wan break bank.

I meant right wing. Dembele plays a central role, close to aubameyang though, not seen him play the right wing before. I'll check his clips

bykebyke:
Barça has been notified that Ousmane Dembele will cost them 90m including the Tax, Deulofeu is now the Priority.





Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....so this club can't spend ordinary 90m

Madrid just went back to back FFS.


Do they not understand the situation on ground?


ICM disgusted.

To be honest, I saw deulofeu's videos... that dude may be good, but he ain't barca standard. Barca needs a wizard on that left wing... someone like Ajax's Traore...

Diademk07:
Lmao.

Guardiola's Bayern failed to dominate Europe because his midfield was shite! Do I need to remind you that a certain spanish team won Euro back to back and Worldcup without the need of Messi? Because they had a worldclass midfield!

Guardiola never had such and the one he could have had in Kroos left while Bastian continued to be a crock as well as Thiago. He had no option than to manage the ageing Alonso. As a matter of fact, an injury free Robben at his best is up there with Messi and Ronaldo as one of the best forwards.

Let me repeat, Messi can keep whatever makes you wet your bed, give me Ronaldo's off the ball movement any day. His movement created those chances in the first place.

I really would've schooled your flawed knowledge of Guardiola's Bayern team...but then I realized this is about messi and Oponunaldo.

Oponunaldo's off the ball movement? Messi has a better goal ratio (which makes him a more efficient scorer). If by off the ball movement, you mean building 5-star hotel in front of keeper, well be my guest

Yonce:
Truth from a lowly person on a faceless forum?

You attach too much importance to your opinion. . . . .its not like we're going to see your almighty opinion reflected when FIFA publishes how the relevant people in football voted for Ronaldo to win his 5th balon d'or

Your obtuse sense of comprehension would not allow you see that basis of my opinion was never about a fifth ballon d'or for Oponunaldo, but of who was truly more better in the football sense.

Your obsession of a fifth ballon d'or, as much as oponunaldo's obsession shows the catch up mentality. Keep playing bro

Diademk07:
LOL!

Co-ordinating indeed! Lmao.

Messi coordinates nada. Yes, he's got a good vision but so is Ronaldo. Just as Messi is good at making a through ball, so is Ronaldo with his crossing skills nevertheless none is a playmaker nor winger. That's the truth. Calling him Oponu doesn't not negate that Ronaldo has been the best player this season and will win the Ballon d'or once again.

Oponunaldo as I call him is just to troll his name... Oponunaldo does not come close to messi's creativity, or genius, that is simply an insult! The only thing that Oponunaldo can do as well as messi is goal scoring... and messi still boasts of a better goal ratio!

You ever asked why Guardiola's Bayern never dominated Europe? Messi was his joker... Why would analysts simply call messi a magician?

there's a difference between good, great, and legendary