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At the beginning of the season I made a statement that this year's balon d'or will be a straight faceoff between Messi and neymar.

I was scorned. Many made jeering statements like; 'because Ronaldo died last year', 'Because Ronaldo stopped playing football last year'

Halfway through the season and it's crystal clear Messi is in a class above everyone else. Only one player in the world comes close, and it's not Ronaldo.

http://vivabarca.net/xavi-real-madrid-dont-want-to-play-beautiful-football-like-barcelona/

Anybody seen this xavi interview making the rounds?

Between xavi, busquet and pique, one is going to become a very great Barcelona coach. These guys have extremely high IQ

tbaba1234:
Oliseh has won his first trophy and fortuna first trophy in 23 years.... The period 2 trophy... They beat Jong Ajax 2:1 in the first game of the second period of the season. I really hope Fortuna Sittard can win promotion. It will be great seeing a Nigeria coach at that level.

The guardiola of africa

Curtisaxel27:
No. Nobody sir.
Even oga Komekn and Mujtahida wey like big and long grammar go tire for this one.

LOL.. I actually save the page. When I get time I go read am. Xavi na soccer aficionado so I expect the interview to make sense.

Messi in 2018
Games played: 2
Goals scored: 3
Assists provided: 2

Just saw the game highlights. Mehn that messi assist was drugs. If a certain model gave that kind of assist, he'd celebrate more than the goal scorer.

How is Gomes so far?

Wtf! I'm not watching this game

ovoP:
popularity contest..... It's a fan choice team.. Probably d whole Chelsea fan base voted him... While that of pages ain't strong

You have a point. Coupled with the fact that Neymar angered most Barca fans, it is not hard imagining some voting for hazard ahead of him

snowstormm:
i was in primary school then..my dad bought satelite cuz of the match...And he bought some stuff to distribute if arsenal win

Tho,he told us to support arsenal,but i was secretly wishing for barca win so that he wont be able to distribute those stuff and we will be the one that will later eat/drink/use those stuff..And God answered my prayer


But i was mesmerized by barca and dinho(he wasnt even at his best)...i started supporting barca that day and still dey support arsenal cuz they also played well and luck was against them

Followed that season from the beginning. One man in our area always brought his TV outside and we'd crowd around watching. After group stages, I decided to support Barca. It was a choice between arsenal and Barca, my buddy then chose arsenal. Arsenal where hot, I remember they won Madrid in the semis or so.

Going into the finals, a straight faceoff between Barca and arsenal, the mood in our area was crazy, it was my first encounter with sports bants

Iceskidd:
I deactivated that account, didn't like the name

Iceskidd:
It was AntiMonitor, kike the dc comics character,
But i feel like it was better than this current one.

see confusion na

forgiveness:
Did you not hear NFF officials are monitoring this thread and did you not hear that the comments here influenced their decisions sometimes?

Well, you have also been parading the likes of Ajagun, lawal, Aluko, kayode and the likes but they have not gotten their own invites.

Could it be just a mere coincidence that Rohr invited those players you've been clamoring for and not because he saw your list on Nairaland?

tbaba1234:
What are your thoughts about Ebuehi's proposed move to Benfica? Good move or should he hold out for an English move?

Seriously don't get the hype for England though.
Don't know much about benfica so I cannot categorically say which is better. What I do know, however, is that decisions such as this should be made after thorough study of the options and not just jumping to a club because it's in England

forgiveness:
Then, what spur your agitation to ask me to leave the thread?

Besides, where did you read I am clamouring for Kayode or talking about Rohr this year?

If I have not rally round the SE, I don't think you will see the likes of Iwobi, Aina, Ebuehi, Brian, Odion, Ogu, Agu and Agbo in the gwg because majority fought hard against me because of these players.


So, your notion or insinuation that I have never supported or rally round for the SE once is tantamount to blackmail.

Saying the bolded is overstating your importance, and I don't mean that as an insult.

Just to be clear, did you submit the aforementioned names to Rohr?

Madrid fans already deactivating? And they are yet to play psg.. A really sad time to be a Madrid fan

Waiting for leganes to put confirmation on the 16pts gap

dmcdad:
Well... Why should anyone take you bipolar freak seriously? You told me that yourself, so that get all worked up on that.

Asked about Dembouz's performance, I said he was OK. And for real, anyone with eyes would know his performance was OK. It wasn't a masterclass like you said, but it was OK nonetheless. And, i never intended to smite him for goodness sake, why would I? I ain't a bipolar freak for pete's sake!

Meanwhile, when asked about his performance, no one is saying he didn't come from a long term injury. Even the one who asked, he knew... But does that mean we should exaggerate his performance? Nope, honestly not. Infact, in my analysis of his game, I stated it categorically clear that he would come good definitely in due time as he showed glimpses of the player we'd hope him to be and that he would definitely be. Tell me then where I undermined his performance. Everything he does to you is a masterclass and everything someone tagged 'snake' does is a disasterclass. Come on, you're matured I presume, hence I'd enjoin to be as realistic as possible, call a spade by its name and let things be. It's okay to be critical about someone's performance, but it's also okay to give praise and honour when its due.

Dembouz is my player and for all I care, I want him to succeed. As long as he belongs to my team, I'd hope for him to come good because if he does, it would be to the good of my team. I'm not a Messi fan, or Neymar fan or Dembouz fan like some of us here. Heck, I love Messi, Neymar and even the said Dembouz and I like to call a spade a spade. That wouldn't change the love I have for any of the aforementioned players.

You should learn to be as objective as possible. Of course if you choose not to, its also welcome. Afterall, we all can't think alike.

All these epistle on top byke? Lol Dmcdad, are you a learner?

Waiting for arsenal fans to blame this looming defeat on Iwobi. He had a nice assist btw

Gomes is slowly getting the message. Sit up or get thrown out

snowstormm:
neuer
de gea
oblak
buffon
cortoius


he can only displace two of them sir

Cortoius. No words

Lol.. Lord gomes

Dembele subbed off.. A more improved performance

Sampaoli in the stands and Mascherano starts... Hmm

snowstormm:
dembele is playing better than last match...but he looks lost and he is trying way too much to impress by dribbling too much...he suceed sometimes and lost ball many times

see glipmpses of d player he can be here and there

That's what happens when a 20year old is sold for £135mil. The pressure and need to justify the huge fee might take its toll

Roberto's form is not helping Semedo's chances

jonsnow92:
There You Have It..Suarez starts on the left..Its funny cos mainly whenever we play 4-3-3 this season that's where he starts from..So it was funny that you say a Big No.

It is one thing to be listed as a winger in a starting lineup and another to actually play there. Just watch the game today and watch how it pans out. Suarez will be seen in the wings once in a while but he'll likely be in front of messi 70% of the time.

jonsnow92:
None.

The Idea is to get Messi in areas where he can score goals and remain dangerous to opponents..Valverde's Barca is one that relies too heavily on the Ageing legs of Andres Iniesta..So Phil and Iniesta shouldn't start games together..Phil would play LA liga and Copa Del-rey, So Phil automatically replaces Iniesta in the Starting line up for league games and Cup games.. In Liga and Copa, Coutinho will also make Messi better, as the one thing that has been missing for Messi is a playmate. He and Neymar were capable of astonishing things, flights of fancy on the dead run. With Iniesta in midfield being a grownup, and Dembele just coming back to his role in the team, defenses have had the liberty to play Messi differently, as the sole option. That changes with Coutinho, as Messi has a playmate again.


So For Me we maintain our 4-3-3..Phil, Rakitic or Chinko and Busquets...Suarez on the left, Dembele on the right and Messi as the false 9.




That's how its going to Be.

Suarez on the wing is a big NO.
He is sluggish and clumsy, can barely complete a take-on before tripping on himself.

Not being a natural winger, expect him to encroach deep into alba territory, alba has been amazing this season so we don't want that.

Who is following Marlon's progress at Nice?

Tantalizing

hardeycute:
Cross and Nod Fc

Can someone tell Zizou that it's getting boring

Cross and nod precedes zizou. It is an age long tradition

obiorathesubtle:
Yeah.. Goals.. Good..

Your desire is to mock cr7 and not look at what is good for barca..

You're not a barca fan... You're a cr7 hater

Sarcasm bro, Sarcasm.

That's a Madrid fan

Can't believe we are footing the wage bill of some of these average Joes.

This is January, I say we offload Andre gomes, Aleix vidal and Arda turan