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Yeah, I understand, he bans you for no reason . . . he has nothing special to do with his time but to ban you
And of course he just loves being called a monkey
No wonder he likes you so much

Hey meanwhile what are you doing this evening . . . wanna go on a date?

Sharrap dia

You get name?

You for don change am like 20 times now, after each ban wey your folks don impose on you

Is it Toyin?

There is just nothing to say anymore.

I guess we just have to look forward to the remaining games and hope things turn out well.

Arsenal and Man Utd may just be kind enough to throw away a couple of games, who knows

The Champions league is still around though we have to exercise wishful thinking again.

I'm very happy for Adams and for the Edo people.

I schooled there and I believe he will be much better of than the thieving PDP machinery, if only he would be allowed to rule without intimidation.

This is a victory of Justice and a victory for the Nigerian Democratic System.

Thumbs up to the tribunal Judges

[size=14pt]GRANT SHRINKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT[/size]

Avram Grant's tactical acumen - or lack of - has been thrust back into the spotlight after his ill-advised substitutions conspired to hand Tottenham the initiative as they fought back to salvage an unlikely 4-4 draw and put a severe dent into Chelski's title aspirations.

Grant's suitability for the big occasions has been in debate ever since his first match in charge, a listless 2-0 defeat to Manchester United. Since then, the Israeli has failed to prosper in league matches against Arsenal and Liverpool, as well as the League Cup final when his tactics were widely regarded as culpable.

Tactics often seem a matter of common sense but as the Chelski supporters trudged disconsolately out of White Hart Lane in the wake of Robbie Keane's late equaliser they must have been wondering where the sense was in Grant's tinkering. Once again, the common conclusion was that Grant had been outwitted by Tottenham counterpart Juande Ramos.

Most critical of all was Grant's decision to respond to the introduction of Darren Bent by substituting Salomon Kalou for a third centre-half in the form of Alex. Fine in theory, botched in practice. 'That simply encouraged Tottenham and diminished the best aspect of Chelsea's display, their fluid menace,' notes the Guardian in its match report. A more damning analysis is on hand in the Independent: 'The Chelsea manager appeared to fail to notice that Dimitar Berbatov had dropped into midfield, which left Alex with no-one to mark.'

That Alex then failed to clear the corner from which Tom Huddlestone brought the scores level at 3-3 only strengthened the belief that Grant had made a critical error.

Grant's evening appeared to have been saved when Joe Cole struck moments later but, once again, his caution proved fatal. Off came Cole, on wandered Michael Ballack, and back to Tottenham went the momentum. Grant and Chelski may have been unlucky in the build-up to Keane's strike, with the ball bouncing off Ricardo Carvalho's back into the path of the Irishman, but it was telling that they were lucky to hang on for a point in the closing seconds.

Afterwards, Grant offered an unusually animated defence of his record and his tactics, insistent that he was correct in changing Chelski's formation in response to Bent's introduction.

"They played with three strikers, playing high ball and long balls, so I put Alex on as he's good at this. We wanted to play more in midfield, have one more in midfielder because we knew they would play direct balls. We wanted to pass the ball better. That's why we took him [Cole] off."

Yet it would appear that not everybody in the Chelski dressing room saw matters in such clarity. After Keane's equaliser, Didier Drogba ran over to the touchline and, according to amateur lip readers, demanded to know: "What are we supposed to be doing?"

Grant's answer - if he had one - is not known.

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See what a fan had to say . . .

Are You Happy Now Mr Abramovich?

Happy Now, Roman?
Well Roman, you have your wish; we've had two fantastic 4-4 matches this season. Last nights match could/should have been 5-7 to Chelsea, however in the end but for Cudicini we almost lost all the points.

When Jose was here all the Oppo fans would talk about the "s**t", "dull" football from an obnoxious, boorish manager but the thing that p***ed them off more was that we were winning!!!!

Now we have a manager who is polite, good for PR, a nice man, very nice man. Unfortunately he is tactically inept and wasting a talented squad with poor formations and substitutions. He's a nice man who cannot inspire and drive the squad forward. Joe Cole showed what would have happened had he been on the field for the league cup final. Cole and Chimbonda should have gone from the field of play with ridiculous tackles. But at least it was very exciting.

Grant is turning us into a replica of Spurs, exciting football, no consistency, but with the chance of a good cup run and a "pot" every 5 years. Is this really what you wanted for your £500 million?

Admit you were wrong, bring in a manager with sufficient stature to manage a squad of this size or enjoy the exciting football, but forget about the trophies.
Patrick Derham

donchichi:
Somze,

Most times in competitions, its not always the best team that wins. Luck seems to play a role in someway. I hope it works in our favour But the truth is we do not deserve the premiership trophy. As for champions league, Lets wait and see how we play in quater finals.

I think Grant has had his more than his fair share of luck but he has screwed all his chances. - Carling Cup, Barnsley and now this. If any more

cabali:
I am still in shock

Welcome to the club

Top_kin
why don u just shut up

DonChichi
Well said, but you can forget about the Champions League too.
We can not win that either with our current displays.

Guys
I cant just talk about this now,

This is just beyond me. WE are 3-1 up and we cant hold the game

Everyone is jumping higher than Terry and Carvalho now.

If it was JM at 1-0 game is over, now one stupid team from north london is scoring us 4 goals and praising Ramos

Who the hell is Ramos.

This is just crazy

It's just a sad day . . . very sad indeed.

We can kiss it goodbye. Hopefully we will give the same kiss to AG at the end of the season.

mukina
dont u have anything better to do?
sharrap jare

Nateevs,

I agree with you.

I wish the players and coaches would put everything behind and just play for Chelsea.

We must win both games, no doubt.

olanajim:
Somze,

I feel you! Hope you come goody goody?

How you dey my guy?
Long time

iice:
[color=#9900ff]Should it be dead?
Nor let AJ hear ooo. . .na her resting place [/color]

Oh well if that's what you want grannie.

Mr. Turkey:
^{who in da hell's name is called somze}

I'm going to pulverize you

®~^Sly^~®:


Somze!!! adopted by who? muki?

I beg don't provoke me otherwise I'ma cut off all your fingers. . .
And mail them to granny oo. . . . last warning

Quit this losing battle . . . we are not related.

mukina2:
chei!
Laydee i go kill your blond evil boy o _{as ika says}

Sharrap dia,
I wonder why the interest in your son-in-law now all of a sudden

iice:
Muki. . .he doesn't need washing jare. . .he's fine as he is
Blond chile indeed [/color]

My grannie loves me just the way I am.

It's ok, no need to be shy - you are not the first wont be the last

Don't worry you may get over me in a few years and move on with you tall life

®~^Sly^~®:
Smack ya head on the wall then. . .

Err . . . it's not you,
We're talking about a real but illegitimate grandchile
You have nothing to do with our family tree whatsoever,
You were not even adopted

iice:
[color=#9900ff]Why na. . .thought you guys resolved your differences
You're still both ma granchiles

Resolve differences?
What the hell does that mean?
We don't resolve, we fight, we argue, we seek to steal, kill and destroy.
Grannie are you having a fever?

mukina2:
chei! Grannie i don't envy u o

Look, it's not my grannie's fault you are barren,
You can always adopt sly . . .

Encomium:
Please, I don't mean any harm I just want to appeal to some guys on Nairaland to stop mailing me likewise stop asking my hand in marriage as well as to go out with me because I am a man like them. I equally indicated that after Encomium.

Whoops!
Oh shit!

Err na mass mailing cause am, I swear no be me send you that one wey my name dey . . .

Meanwhile you get any sista for hia?

This thread is still on?

Damn!!!

You must love me, you even have a a precise height for me

I thought I had finally got rid of him.

I even started a memorial

Why cant he just be a good boy for once and die?

That illegitimate grandchile must have the luck of the devil . . . he just keeps coming back

Everyone knows there's no such thing as perfect

Statistics may possibly show the guys to be erm . . . what is that thing again? . . . more of their sexes than women . . . getting more confused though.

How is it dear grannie that we only hear this criticism from women? I mean how do they know how a man is more of a man when they're not men themselves?

Are there any standards? What libraries houses the books on it?

Defensive about what?

Gosh so much for comprehension . . . i guess I can claim my research proves that supposedly tall people cant comprehend shit

I asked a simple question, well I've asked a few now but you seem to have difficulty in either understanding them in their context or replying

Look do me a favor and drop dead, better still search for any substance in your house that says "do not swallow: and take the whole bottle

They are even less real women . . . whatever that is

How do you know I'm short?

Except in your dreams and fantasies have you seen me before?

Well . . . dream on

®~^Sly^~®:
Grandma how u feeling?

Who is your grandma you bastard
Better retrace whatever oblivious family tree you have and stay well clear of my grannie.

I take a day off only to have thieves coming to steal my grannie

Grannie
What do you mean TWO ( 2)

Haaa, cant supposedly tall people understand their own posts again?

Who sponsored the research NOT who conducted it?

You'd think we had found the cure for aids?

Who sponsors these research anyways?

Today's game was disappointing and I could call a few players that were woeful but anyways we got three points and 3 points behind Arsenal with a game in hand - Spurs I believe.

Whatever happens we need to remain in a position for the CL next season and I think that is very possible.

I don't want to criticize AG but anyone noticed his sub decisions today?