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Just like i always say, Chelsea is a tiny club trying to use money to buy glory and it is not going to cxhange the fact that the blues succk!!  enjoy! 

After conceding[b] FIVE [/b]  at home you guys should know that you are FINISHED right from the start. all hope is lost for chelsea. Abramovich will soon dismantle and sell Chelsea like cray fish.

By Richard Clarke at Stamford Bridge

Arsenal are back – emphatically, completely, utterly.

Arsène Wenger’s side snatched a stunning 5-3 comeback win at Stamford Bridge on Saturday with Robin van Persie grabbing a sumptuous hat-trick.

Chelsea led at the break as goals from Frank Lampard and John Terry sandwiched a well-crafted strike by the Dutchman.

However the second half would belong to one man and one team.

Andre Santos and Theo Walcott turned the scoreline around before the hour. After Juan Mata equalised, Van Persie confirmed the points with a breakway goal after Terry slipped five minutes from time

In injury time, Van Persie completed this huge injection of confidence by thumping a fifth goal past Petr Cech. It was his 28th in 29 Premier League games in 2011.

This was a huge test of character for Wenger’s side and they passed with flying colours. The Emirates Stadium side have won nine of their last 10 fixtures and, crucially, now have a marquee scalp within that run.

This was the result everyone at the Club has been waiting for.

Hopefully Arsenal's season can kick on from here.

Ahead of the game, Wenger’s main decision concerned the right-back position. With Thomas Vermaelen returning from injury, there were now options. However, the manager decided to retain the back four – and indeed the entire XI - from the 3-1 win over Stoke a week earlier. Djourou was on the right, the Belgian began on the bench.

Going into the game, Arsenal’s form had been as bright as the sunshine that drenched Stamford Bridge for this lunchtime kick-off.

A solid run had put them in the top seven, the Quarter-Finals of the Carling Cup and top of their Champions League group.

However, as the manager acknowledged when speaking to Arsenal Player earlier in the week, this would be a proper test.

The opening minutes proved just how much.

Within seconds of the whistle, Ashley Cole got beyond Djourou on the left and squared for Fernando Torres, who fired wide when he should have scored.

Inside the first couple of minutes, Cole and Daniel Sturridge would escape into dangerous positions on either flank but their crosses did not find their intended targets.

Arsenal were struggling to settle and would not properly find their feet until they carved out a couple of chances just before the quarter-hour.

In the 12th minute, Aaron Ramsey and Mikel Arteta combined in midfield to set Walcott haring down the right. His cross was inviting but Gervinho slid his shot beyond the far post. A glaring miss.

Seconds later, there was another superb opportunity. But this time, Walcott’s cross reared up on Van Persie and the Dutchman hoisted in over the bar at the far post.

But just as it seemed that Arsenal had turned the tide, Chelsea snatched the lead.

Mata’s early cross from the right wing caught out the visiting defence and Lampard pulled away from his marker before steering in his header.

In the circumstances it was a bitter blow and Chelsea looked to take advantage.

On the half-hour Sturridge stormed through to go one-on-one with Szczesny. Fortunately for Arsenal, he flicked his shot beyond the far post.

This was turning out to be a curious game – one with huge pace, minimal midfield control and a raft of spurned chances. So perhaps we should not have been surprised that Arsenal equalised when they looked at their weakest. Though it was a wonderfully-crafted goal.

Ramsey’s pass sent Gervinho scurrying through the heart of the Chelsea defence. When he came face-to-face with Cech the Ivorian cut the ball back for Van Persie to turn home.

The home side might have regained the lead immediately when Sturridge darted inside and Ramires converted at the near post. The offside was both rightly-raised and a relief.

However, it seemed that Arsenal had ridden a rough start and would go into half-time all-square.

But this was never a game open to prediction.

In injury time, Ramsey conceded a corner which Lampard whipped in. Terry bundled home the ball from close range.

Arsenal might have restored parity twice within 55 seconds of the restart. Van Persie’s shot was kicked away by Cech and then Ramsey lifted his effort over the bar from close range.

The visitors’ optimistic start was rewarded a couple of minutes later when Song spread the ball wide to the marauding Santos, who drove a low shot through the legs of Cech and into the net.

Szczesny clattered Cole shortly afterwards as the former Arsenal left-back went through on the left. As there was a covering defender and the tackle was outside the area, the keeper got away with a yellow card and free-kick, which he dealt with himself.

But overall, the visitors had been a different side after break – incisive and determined.

In the 55th minute, their third goal would prove it.

Walcott collected on the right-hand side and drove inside. He stumbled and the Chelsea defence hesitated expecting a whistle. It did not come so, quick as a flash, Walcott picked himself up, weaved inbetween a couple of defenders and fired home his fourth goal of the campaign.

It was just what Arsenal needed and, on the second-half salvo, utterly deserved.

In the 15 minutes that followed Chelsea would pour on the pressure – but created very little. In fact, Ramsey came closest to scoring with quarter of hour remaining but hooked his effort wide.

Wenger made changes with defence in mind – Carl Jenkinson for Djourou, Tomas Rosicky for Walcott – as Arsenal looked towards the final whistle.

However, almost immediately, Chelsea equalised. The long-range strike from Mata was wonderful and well-placed. However, in the immediate build-up Santos had been bumped off the ball by substitute Romelu Lukaku.

It was less than Arsenal were worth this afternoon and, with only 10 minutes left, threatened to steal back two points - but today the visitors would not be denied.

With five minutes left, Van Persie raced on to Terry’s slip, rounded the keeper and restored the lead.

Then, in injury time, he rifled a rasping shot past Cech to make it five.

At full time, the Arsenal team ran arm-in-arm to celebrate in front of their supporters.

This was a famous win, a crucial win, a timely win.

And Arsenal will be all the better for it.

C H 3 L 5 E A, What's The Mata Yu Look Terry[b]Five[/b]d?

mukina2:
anyone seen switch47?  

Yes, he is in some place called  Stamford bridge right now , trying to negotiate his way through mourning real life Chelsea fans , at the same time safe guarding his Samsung galaxy tab so it wont be snatched and smashed  by NOW HOPELESS dejected and dazed   set of blue  color wearing thugs.   chelsea losing back to back is delicious !!

LOL wonderful evening.

[quote author=Orton1_0 link=topic=786764.msg9398643#msg9398643 date=1319324002]. . .and they said Cr7 scored 'cheap' goals from penalties. . .dwarf copy and paste na? [/quote]C Ronaldo scored 3 goals today.

CyberSaint:
Sevilla players are using gamesmanship to disrupt Messi's concentrations, lol. But it is MESSSSSIIIIIIII

you mean its missing?

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Tip of the day.
This is no tip really. The earlier you submit your application the better to avoid rushing in the last minute, you can do this anywhere near you, but make sure you follow the right steps to ensure a valid application and avoid disqualification.

mummy and Daddy  
Chess

The Federal University ,Oye -Ekiti - CHANGE OF DATE FOR 2011/2012 POST UTME SCREENING EXERCISE
CHANGE OF DATE FOR 2011/2012 POST UTME SCREENING EXERCISE
OCTOBER Thursday 20th, Friday 21st And Saturday 22nd, 2011


http://www.hypernigeria.net/2011/10/federal-university-oye-ekiti-20112012.html

For further instructions.   Good luck.

Tips for the day

make sure your photograph is the correct size and specification.

i guess the problem has finally been rectified, unfortunately no one seems to know the answer

Top 500 sites in Nigeria (at least for today on Alexa ranking)

1 Google
2 Vanguard newspaper
3 Vconnect
4 Nairaland.com
5GTBank
6jobberman
7 punch newspaper
8- 14th Facebook??

Na wa o !

I checked Alexa ranking for top 500 Nigerian sites today and found vanguard coming second Nairaland 4th and everything scattered  with Facebook coming 8th to 14th, webmasters, what do you think went wrong\? here is the link.

http://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/NG

stormm:
'violation' and 'Consent'? OMG!

Wetin no go come out of Igboland? Pity

Igbos are not the only tribes having rapistss among them, it is beyond tribal sentiments. lets fight and speak against it in one voice!

azelin:
I would not have said anything but for the [b]gross ignorance [/b]I have seen being displayed by sponsored agents of airtel.Moreso, I chose 2 reply cos of d near illiteracy of d individual who mentioned minimum wage, So do u think if AIRTEL is manadated 2 pay d minimum wage, it can afford d staff in there.4 your information, 18,000 is d acceptable minimum wage but[b] u multiply dat figure by the level of of d individual. [/b]These agents are graduates and if u insist dat airtel has done a favour by paying well above 18,000 den u have displayed an obvious GROSS IGNORANCE cos 74,500 naira which is currently d salary is still less dan d minimum wage. Well for all those who have supported Airtel, this is my prayer, MAY U AND YOUR FAMILY EXPERIENCE WAT DEY HAVE DONE 2 GRADUATES AND MAY your PLEAS NEVER BE HEARD.

Well, you are really taking this 'calmly' are you? LOL gross ignorance on their part, really? well let me educate you a bit about the minimum wage laws signed into law- well this is meant to educate you - the minimum wage does not mandate employee of higher cadre to have their salaries multiplied by same % of the increase from the former minimum wage. it only prescribes that the persons earning lowest in the establishment should not earn less than 18,500. the employer may then add a small amount of money he deems fit as the level increases. that is the perfect interpretation of the law.
Back to the Airtel issue , the fact remains that AIRTEL did not sack 3000 workers as reported, it was SPANCO who did not renew the contracts of of the call centre agents they had control over, and that has been resolved.

@ t p lamp26 OH ! so it is okay for Dangote a Nigerian to treat Nigerians like slaves because he is Nigerian . hehehehheh LOL. is it not interesting that the indian company has resolved its issues while Nigerians are still enslaving themselves?? mindless escapism at its best !!

pathetic

The Abia State Police command has explained why it suspended investigations into the gang violation that happened in its Abia State University. The state police command said the girl-victim consented to the violation. An online website monitoring the case yesterday reported that commenting on a DVD tape sent to his CP to expedite investigations into the activities of the criminal gang, J.G. Micloth, the Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Abia State Police command Criminal Investigation Department said the lady had consented to the gang crime.
He was quoted as saying that after watching the DVD, he said he did not see the young lady resist the violation.
I got a disturbing gist concerning progress of investigation and “prosecution” of the ABSU violation case. it is a shame if a high rank police officer can make that unfortunate statement. Like a friend of mine Ena said on facebook “ I understand the negative connotation of “rat race” but I hope those on the queue are trying to rescue their comrade? I hope it is not what it looks like !!!

http://www.naijahood.com/2011/10/absu-gang-rapepolice-says-girl.html

@ Iya egin
The issue was very simple , the headline screaming at us last week was "Airtel sacks 3000 workers" the question i raised was Dis Airtel actually sack 3000 workers? the answer was found to be NO !! Airtel did not take that decision, "SPANCO " did . period !! every other issues raised was secondary as to justification for the situation on ground , most people here do not know what really transpired but are always the first to scream CRUCIFY Airtel !! Airtel did not sack those workers Period !!
@ Tp lamps26
Mr call agent with funny nairaland ID with just 3 posts. everything i said was correct information It was not Airtel who sacked the workers!!

@ minimynimo
must everything be explained like you are in pre- school for you to get the point of the thread? yeah yeah Indians this, Indians that , i repeat No Indian has ever treated Nigerians as bad as they do at DANGOTE [/b]factories and you guys keep mute on that chasing shadows where there is no problem. SPANCO said they will resolve the problem and that they have done, by the way [b]AIRTEL DID NOT SACK 3000 WORKERS AS REPORTED !! as can be seen in http://www.naijahood.com/2011/10/did-airtel-sack-3000-customer-care.html case closed

What i am about to tell you is a possible case of actual metaphysical juju/witchery manifestation . and it is public knowledge, in fact it is in court already. a lady crashed through the roof of a couple in Akure the capital of ondo state, and the gist is that she transformed into a cat before crashing through the roof in the middle of the night half n.ked. the issue here is how did she get on to the top of the roof of a big house without using a ladder, the matter is already in court follow the links below to if you doubt me. it is even already a topic on Nairaland.

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=759124.msg9141066#msg9141066

http://www.naijahood.com/2011/09/woman-transformed-to-cat-in-akure-ondo.html

The question is WILL NIGERIA QUALIFY?  6 minutes to go. one goal needed . it is still difficult to say!!!

leave the prophet out of this

You guys should stop shouting TB joshuas name, the point is WILL NIGERIA QUALIFY??
 two goals needed  now remember??

Going forward, our plan is to recruit new agents and also offer some of the affected agents a new contract with attendant salaries and benefits based on their qualifications and experience. Our vision is to expand the Call Centre business in Nigeria to 5000 capacity, ultimately.

On the issue of salaries, we state categorically that as world class organizations, we offer our employees remuneration and benefits comparable to standards across the world and in compliance with the working and labour laws of Nigeria.

We, therefore, appeal to all Nigerians, especially Airtel customers, to bear with us as we seek to expeditiously resolve the issues and re-open the call centres in the coming days. Indeed, we have also taken appropriate measures to ensure that our client’s customers experience minimal inconvenience during this brief period.

It is important to note that the activities of these disgruntled Agents are capable of frustrating investors with good intentions and make nonsense of the Federal Government’s drive for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).

We are committed to growing the BPO industry in Nigeria and by so doing we will give meaning to the quest by the Federal Government of Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to create jobs as part of his master plan to re-engineer the Nigerian economy.

Signed:

K SANKARALINGAM
CEO – SPANCO, AFRICA
SPANCO CHANNEL BPO LIMITED
SUJIT BAKSI

http://www.naijahood.com/2011/10/did-airtel-sack-3000-customer-care.html






This is nothing new. the company had this plans from the start. and i[b]t is not Airtel it is SPANCO BPO LIMITED[/b]

What i am about to tell you is a possible case of actual metaphysical juju/witchery manifestation . and it is public knowledge, in fact it is in court already. a lady crashed through the roof of a couple in Akure the capital of ondo state, and the gist is that she transformed into a cat before crashing through the roof in the middle of the night half n.ked.  the issue here is how did she get on to the top of the roof of a big house without using a ladder, the matter is already in court  follow the links below to if you doubt me. it is even already a topic on Nairaland.

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=759124.msg9141066#msg9141066

 http://www.naijahood.com/2011/09/woman-transformed-to-cat-in-akure-ondo.html

kayswag100:
@all airtel apologists,
guess what? After a comprehensive analysis of d whole saga in a meeting held yesterday night between airtel ceo and core staff and NLC/NUPTE, airtel has finally agreed to OUR terms. We wld be going back 2 wrk on d 13th on same salary! Immediate negotiation of terms of new contract have begun.
Now tell me: why wld airtel rescind its decision to sack over 2000 of us?
Mscheeeeew!!!!!

Bros you can lie o. was is a meeting between Airtel and NLC or between the company that refused to renew the contract and NLC. Airtel did not sack the workers. get your facts right.