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Nihilist:
The point here was that Leicester and Atleti show that it CAN be done

Nihilist:
Like most football fans, you have been conditioned to think that attacking football looks a certain type of way.

Leicester and Atletico have both averaged less than 50% possesion this season - Yet both have scored the 3rd highest number of goals in their respective leagues.

Leicester are champions. Atleti are level on points with Barca and are in the UCL final.

My dear sinizia, that is not 'luck'. That is controlled and precise attacking. If City, Spurs, Madrid and Barca are infantry men with rapid fire machine guns, Leicester and Atleti are sharp shooting snipers.

The difference between Atleti/Leicester and Bayern/Barca/City is the emphasis on the collective team effort with the former and reliance on briliant individuals in the latter.

Eruditor also alluded to this in the second half of his post.

Leicester lost Vardy to suspension and won their next match 4-0. Kante was injured and Leicester still won their match. Only Mahrez has stayed available of their 3 main men for the majority of the season but it hasnt really stopped them. Atleti have been bleeding big players during simeone's reign but it hasn't stopped him - Costa gone, Courtois gone, Mandzucic gone, yet Atleti are in the final....with the much derided Flopando Torress up fron no less!

Building on Eruditor's post, I'm now wondring if managers of star studded teams like Barca, bayern, etc feel compelled to 'attack' in a certain kind of way, with a focus on their world class talents.

Simeone and Ranieri have shown us that this other way is viable and need not be sneered at. Jose is finally being vindicated.

TheSonOfMark:
[color=royalblue][b] My grouse isn't exactly with Lanicky - it's with Fynestboi.


Maybe you all deliberately cheered Lanicky on in the hopes that no-one would notice her answer was wrong. We all should feel insulted that Fynestboi played on our intelligence...if we aren't biased.


Noticed how my vitriols have been directed at Fynestboi and not Lanicky? It's because it's Fynestboi's fault that he made everyone think Lanicky was right. Even Lanicky herself believed she was right 'cause, in theory, Fynestboi insisted she was.



He even hid my first comment on that thread which highlighted this flaw even though I didn't break any rule . BY SELECTIVELY HIDING COMMENTS WHICH EXPOSED HIS FLAW(S), FYNESTBOI PROVED HE'S BIASED AND HE HAD A BIASED AGENDA.


Now the public would be at alert. We'd take notice of the obvious and not-so-obvious. That'd go a long way in ensuring the envisaged competition is free and fair.


No cheating under my watch. That I'd assure him and them.
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MissMonalisa:
please stop wasting your precious time, no offense, but the person you are typing these epistles to is an unrepentant hater...he's irredeemable..nothing, I repeat, nothing you gonna post here will ever make him change his mind.. we are used to him already, so just ignore abeg

TreasurePhoenix:
To my surprise.. Refiner was asked to state three past winners of Mr Nairaland while lanicky was asked to state the year the organizer of this year's miss nl competition won Mr Nairaland.. This looks biased and already prepared to me..

Sorry fynestboi and friends .but to me, it seems you already prepared lanickys questions and sent it to her and she got ready made answers for them because she was able to articulately respond to your questions within a very short time frame while she struggled to even compose a line in response to questions thrown at her by one of the audience.

lanicky:
Well, to be crowned MISS NAIRALAND beauty and intelligence are of utmost importance and I believe I was marvellously made by God and I am beautiful in every sense. I know this because I feel confident in myself and those around me do not fail to mention it.

Aside from that I believe myself to be intelligent, self-conscious and friendly. All of which are characteristics a Miss Nairaland should have. She must be able to reply comments wittily, act properly, postively and in accordance with Nairaland rules and so be able to relate with every person she comes in contact with on Nairaland as amicably and as diplomatic as possible. I have all these attributes and so I think that is why I deserve to be crowned Miss Nairaland.

I also participated in the 2014 edition but couldn't make it to the finals. I have learned from my mistakes, I do not give up in my quest and for these reasons, I believe this is why I deserve to be Miss Nairaland 2016. Thanks

lanicky:
I do not think I am better than my fellow contestants neither do I think I am more beautiful than them. As a matter of fact we are all equal in the presence of God so who am I to declare myself superior.

It is a contest and what's required of us(the contestants) is working hard in the aspect of the photo-shooting, mental aspect, Q & A etc in outsmarting ourselves. The beautiful people of Nairaland would be the judges in determining not who is more beautiful or who is more intelligent but who has succeeded in creating an ever-lasting impression. I believe we are all beautiful and intelligent and we have different strengths and weaknesses. However I strongly believe that I have what it takes to create an impression that shows who I really am and why I deserve to be Miss Nairaland. Thanks

lanicky:
Feminism is about women. I am a humanist. I believe in the ideology that all humans are created equally and hence should be given equal opportunities to reach greater heights. In my society, women already have the rights and opportunities to follow their dreams and spread their wings. Although, the same cannot be said of some societies in Nigeria and other developing countries. Like in Iraq where women are not totally free to express their feelings or go to school.
I believe those societies need to be educated on the importance of humanism instead of feminism. A focused approach to gender issues such as the feminist movement can do more harm than good. Already, we are seeing the endless bitter arguments in Nairaland and other forums. Furthermore, there are laws in developed countries like the US, that greatly discriminate against men although they appear and are in fact gender neutral in theory.


Question 2)

Brilliance and intelligence are not the same.Intelligence is a general ability that shows knowledge and understanding while brilliance is excellence.You can be intelligent but not brilliant If you cannot apply your knowledge and understanding to create an excellent impression or result. You need intelligence to be brilliant, But you do not need brilliance to be intelligent.

iAmCharis:
Lol

Egbon, what's up? E don tey wey person see your break light o

GIYAZZ:
Nwanne. K way?


Have you heard my latest jam? E reach front page o. Peep it and comment what you think there.

https://www.nairaland.com/3074485/nairaland-veteran-rapper-giyaz-drops

ronald4ever:
Nwokem ke ije?

iAmCharis:
Bros I don dey forget my Igbo o. MissGdope dey teach me British accent.

ronald4ever:
Who British accent epp

iAmCharis:
It makes toasting easier.

SIRcumalot:
that means Valencia isn't playing well be that.
rashford played well enough that if he was on the bench the fans go complain.
nobody is crying over Herrera or Memphis not starting.

Dadehmola:
I tire oo...

I think say na only me bin dey refuse to buy into the Kante hype.

He's a good player no doubt but me thinks Schnederlain has been pretty decent for us so far and deserves to be starting week in week out!

I'd rather we get Mahrez - the dude's sublime touches and skills are simply breathtaking .He also scores and assists consistently.

30m quid shouldnt be too much!

Meanwhile, me thinks it's high time "passenger Mata" left the club. In addition, the following players should leave as soon as the next transfer window opens ...

- Rojo
- Jones the sickbird
- Carrick
- Lingaard

Depay should be given a stern warning to either shape up or ship out!

Still undecided about Bastian

GBR1:
Here's the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkiKcazMsTY

SIRcumalot:
you go try to ignore harder be that.
our team stop revolving around for a long time now.
if only Mata or Herrera did enough to merit that position while he was out.

GBR1:
What kind of excuse is this? You should really be ashamed of yourself. Blaming others for your ineptitude and clownishness

GBR1:
81 crosses and fulham defended against it so easily

I know exactly what i'm saying regards Rooney and it's not about having an agenda against him or something. Rooney performance levels has been so abysmal in recent years such average performances are labelled good and extremely frustrating are called average. The English press would only tell lies about how well he played in the midfield because Rooney has to go the Euros and there's no way they want him starting as CF over Kane, Vardy or Sturridge. That should be England's problem not United's.

GBR1:
Well those folks on our bench don't get paid as high as him so it's very difficult to ignore. This is what happens when you try to build your team around an average player like Rooney. That's why he gets moved so often from one position to another without anyone to permanently place him on the bench and he's the captain FFS. Mediocrity everywhere!

GBR1:
If you weren't such a clown, you'd have noticed that those are different monikers possessed by folks with different identities.

elampiro:
Was it his duty to unlock the defence? Fellaini played ahead of him behind the striker. Rooney sat deep with Carrick as the box to box midfield. Sometimes Carrick played ahead of Rooney.

GBR1:
What irritated me most was the attempted chip by Rooney instead of shooting. Rooney has tried that shi.t so many times and it has never come off for him he had the guts to do it again in this must win match.

Shades of that legendary match vs Fulham with Moyes in charge with so many crosses that failed.

GBR1:
What irritated me most was the attempted chip by Rooney instead of shooting. Rooney has tried that shi.t so many times and it has never come off for him he had the guts to do it again in this must win match.

Eastbay:
Rooney was average at best.

Didn't pose any threat on the ball. Two free kicks straight against the wall. Even those cross field diagonal balls are becoming stale.

Who says this guy is anywhere near a decent #10?

SailorXY:
He wasn't that bad. LvG needs the pace to counter Leicester breakout but what he didn't know is that we also needed smart passing to get beyond their deep line of defence. Mostly what we did was lay our eggs on wing play which yielded very little.

Carrick-Rooney-Herrera or Schneiderlin-Fellaini-Herrera would have been a more robust combo.

elampiro:
That one shooting decision couldn't make one have a bad game. He did things right 95%.

GBR1:
Fellani was far more useful than Rooney today and i don't know how you always manage to praise this guy who shouldn't even be in United currently. Rooney is the highest paid player in the PL FFS. Players who get paid that much should have performances that correlate with the figure. Look at what Ronaldo, Aguero, Messi who bring to the table and that's why they are paid so much.

Rooney that can't even displace a rookie in Rashford for the CF position and whose uselessness is now being accommodated in midfield and you're defending him? Do we pay him 300k every week to spray diagonal passes down the wing to Valencia?

elampiro:
Rooney useless today? I am not sure. I though he did very well, particularly in positioning to prevent a break out of counter attacks which Leicester are known for.

GBR1:
Rojo was the poorest player on the pitch today but it's not enough reason for our failure to win the match.

Exactly, we are never even gonna challenge for the league next season under LVG if he stays and he's leaving after that. LVG claimed it's a 3 year process. 1st year, make top 4; 2nd year, win the league; 3rd year, CL and while the objective in the 1st year was barely achieved, we have regressed in the 2nd year and can't even reach the heights we reached in the 1st. so why should he get a 3rd year?

No be his fault sha, na Moyes wey hin replace cause am. If he had replaced SAF, his failure would have been more obvious than it is currently.

Kagawa10:
Look here, I don't even know whether LVg would stay or not and I don't really care but what I would never do is to want my team to fail no matter who the coach is!
I don't like Mourinho for example but would support the team under him and would wish the team well.