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Moura7:
What about the river plate coach..Gallardo?
I'd prefer Ten Haag sha but it seems unlikely.

Marcelo Gallardo will also be a good choice. He is a very good tactician that favours ghenghen pressing and possession football but with quick counter-attacks. Though, not sure our current crop of players can adapt to his style. They are too ponderous.

Ten Haag is still an hotcake basking in the euphoria of the recent on-field success of his Ajax team. Not sure it's a ripe time for him to come to Barca make them no pour sand into his garri. If we get the financial muscle, he is better off joining Barca after the season ends so he can have time to coordinate his ideas.

Numerouno94:
Good riddance. Xavi shuld b appointed. Thierryjay wat do u tink abt Xavi?

Reports have it they are actually going for Xavi. I think he'll be a good fit cos he's familiar with the style and ethos of Barcelona. He's not also under a lot of pressure given his low coaching profile, but that can change quickly if he gets the position.

Bayern sef don chop 5-0 tonight from Gladbach despite fielding a full strength team. The wheels of thrashing goes round and round, disgrace na turn by turn

Payporte1:
Laporta want xavi

Makes sense, but I hope the fans don't eventually turn on Xavi.

So long, So far down the table. At last... Baba don comot.

Now which coach can we afford that is ready to receive negative salary for a couple of years

FirstbornWds:
Like a reasonable person would watch this last match and agree that we played well and was simply unlucky?


How much more a coach?


Kai... Konman na wah o

Make I just keep kwayet. If I yarn wetin dey my mind ehn? Before Konman turn person into incessant wailer

Maxymilliano:
The best news I read today, I wholeheartedly hope it's true, he sure deserves it but another purported 'leaked image" has Ronaldo as the clear winner

Lol, u see SIU, Make Africa Great again, GOAT, Interceptor on Ballon dor list and still dey think am say it's real

List is likely fake. Previous Ballon dor leaks have always come out only few days to the event. This one has come out with over one month left to the award day (Nov 29) especially when the voting just ended this week.

Again not all previous leaks turned out to be accurate so make all these anti-Messi people calm down.

Lewy is a fantastic player and deserves a Ballon dor in his career but Messi na GOAT.

ddippset:
I always thought that Lewy would get a lot of sympathy votes for 2021 because of what happened in 2020.

He is actually the second most deserving in 2021 and I would love him to see him win one before he retires but definitely not this one 2021.

If Messi was not Messi, no one would be talking about any other worthy Ballon dor 2021 winner other than Messi.

I really wish Messi wins it, to extend the lead!

I mean what justice would there be in football if all said and done, Messi ends up with 6 ballon dors and any other footballer ends up with 5.?
That will be an injustice to football.

If football awards were Just, Messi would have at least 3 Ballon dors more than any other player!

True. Well, Lewy has already won Fifa WPOTY last year. So he is not bowing out of his career empty handed. Infact, it wasn't until in recent years that Ballon D'or became more highly regarded than FWPOTY.

GrammarNazi1:
You are most especially right about the first claim.

Yeah. My point about the second claim is that while some previous leaks might have gotten the winner correctly, the other positions were false making the entire leak a guesswork.

In 2019, Messi was leaked as winner but with Van Dijk & Salah as top 3, CR 4th and Mane 5th per the leak . Actual result was Messi VVD, CR7, Mane and Salah in that order. In 2018, Modric was leaked as winner but the order of the runners-up per the leak did not match the actual results as well. This means if any part of the leak is untrue, that renders the leak a fake or guesswork.

Even if Lewy eventually wins it, he is a deserving winner, while Messi remains goat with highest number of Ballon D'ors.

All previous ballon d'or leaks are always few days to the main show. This one is leaking over 1 month to the d-day making it suspect as voting just ended this week. And most of the previous leaks do not even turn out true regarding the order and points total.

obonujoker:
Pessi or Ronaldo, who defends more?

Pessi ña Against Leipzig, Messi was the one that first dispossessed the Leipzig attacker at the edge of PSG's penalty area that eventually resulted in Mbappes goal. In that match alone Messi had over 3 interceptions and even had tackles.

OJEEMAH:
You're right bro. I was banned but it was lifted after a day. Numerouno94, i dey kampe..........hope you guys are good too??

I'm good bro. Nice to have you back.

For all those asking how Ronaldo weakens Man utd, here is it. Based on recent statistics, Ronaldo is the least defensive outfield player in the EPL by a very big margin.

If you know what that statistic implies, then you'd know it means all the time CR is on the pitch and not scoring, it's like Man utd is playing with 10-men which puts way more pressure on the other players than necessary and makes them more likely to crumble defensively.

In today's football the best teams defend from the front (Bayern, Man City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Madrid and even PSG) and this contributes a lot to their success on the pitch. So asking if Ronaldo is a defender is both naive and outdated.

Apart from that, CR tends to take away the attacking initiative from other players and Bruno and Greenwood are suffering for it.

So like I said, Ronaldo will still give you a few Siu moments based on his experience, but for the most part, the overall net impact of his presence on the team is more of Shior.

Lol, it's obvious the presence of CR has destabilized this Manutd team. Last season they beat this same Liverpool team 3-2 at old Trafford. With Lord Pendumbourg, they don chop 5 and looked as lameless as they could ever be.

With CR in the game doing nothing, it's like Man U is already one man down which puts more pressure on the remaining players. He also takes away their attacking initiative since they have now made him their focal point. It's no surprise the goals have dried up for Bruno and Greenwood. Just look at how Juve is now liberated in his absence.

Make no mistake, Manutd was on an upward trajectory during the last three months of last season. In fact they got more points than Man city during this period. Bringing in CR was a big mistake that disrupted the team's progress. Yes he will give you a few goals and some SIU moments, but what the team loses collectively is much higher than what he brings to the table. SIU don become SHIOR

Numerouno94:
Everything is cool, the last time we had a conversation he complained of being under the weather, nd he hasn't bn active for a while now that's why i asked. Jux as u hv mentioned mayb one overzealous Pendunboug moderate don ban am.

E no fit pass them . Hopefully, wouldn't be more than that.

ItisHi:
you are the one dumb oga.

As in eh, the guy's brain is premium dumbino package.

Imagine he said remove Haller's 4 goals he scored in a game. Lol, is that not a sign of mental retardation? If CR scored 4 goals in a game this season, will he ask us to ignore such performance?

Without Haller's 4 goals, he still even has more total season goals than CR - another mor0nic point the mumu was trying to prove. Without the 4 goals, he still scored in the last 2 UCL matches showing that he has been consistent this season.

He said Haller is lazy, yet 12 goals don enter this season. His darling Pendu is officially the laziest player in the EPL with a rating of 25 or so far behind Lukaku who's next.

Without goals, Pendu does not do anything else nowadays. No dribbles, no key passes, not so many dangerous attempts, no controlling, nothing at all yet the donkey has the mind to accuse Haller of laziness when he currently has a superior output. You can see that you are dealing with a deranged personality who can't seem to differentiate between logic and stupidity.

Numerouno94:
Boss how fr? Wen was the last time u heard from Ojeemah?

Number one I'm doing good. It's possible OJ is serving a ban as his page has some deleted posts. His last post was on Oct 18, 5 days ago which is unusual.

Hope everything is alright?

Kingcalls:
U are still defending ur dumbness....oh my goodness u are even dumber than I tot

I grab my popcorn while watching premium madness on display in the market square by Donkeycalls.

D Donkey no get any sensible ammo again, na to dey run hin package of madness remain

Pls keep on braying. it's in you . Fortunately I won't be responding to animalistic sounds anymore

Jirehrealestate:
That Haller is a complete package if you ask me. Scored 4 goals for Ajax on his UCL debut.

Aside Salah, Lewandowski, Haller and Osimhen, current best players will be more of emotional choices than rational.

Ronaldo scored the winner for United against Villarreal and Atalanta as a lone striker.

Messi got brace against Leipzig and capped the winner against Cityzens despite playing deeper.

Remember, in all these, Messi got more touches, dribbles, and decisive runs.

So, you can never argue against any of these guys. You can only pick your GOAT and leave.

Funny enough Haller was a failure at Westham, so his transformation at Ajax is really remarkable.

Dont mind the demented fellow I was responding to. I didnt include Messi cos I knew that the 5 people I mentioned have been in better form over the past 2 months. How would anyone include CR who is not even among the top 8 highest goalscorers in Europe this season with zero assists. And this is someone that if he doesnt score, he has no further contribution to the game.

In the game against Leipzig, apart from Messi's first placed goal and panenka penalty, he had the highest number of dribbles of all 28 players that played the game, took 5 shots and with a 91% pass accuracy as well. Without goals, you'd still see Messi's impact unlike Lord Pendumbourg.

FirstbornWds:
Why did you choose to be brutally wicked?

D matter dey vex me ni jare. No shaking sha, just hope that by some dint of luck we pass the defensive test.

Realistically tho, if Madrid no fit revenge all the 6-2, 5-0s, and 4-0s drubbings we've handed out in recent years to them, then they no fit reach our dominance level ever cos this is our lowest moment in 2 decades.

Kingcalls:
Haller ...always knew that u were dumb

Lol, see someone without an iota of brain matter calling another dumb. You think being intelligent is by just opening mouth and shouting dumb up and down.

Is Haller not the highest UCL goalscorer this season? Pls tell me what local league beats the UCL. Someone that has scored a whopping 6 goals in 3 UCL matches and 6 goals in his domestic league is in hot form. Or is this thread not about the hottest players based on form?

Like I previously said you have proven to be completely beneath me mentally and I will completely destroy you if we are to play on a rational level. But if you employ your typical lunatic way of reasoning, you will dance alone in that space as that is your exclusive trademark.

Rubbish list. If we are to talk about the five best players based on FORM right now, they are:

1. Salah
2. Benzema
3. Lewy
4. Mbappe
5. Sebastian Haller

It's difficult to include defensive midfielders, defenders & G.Ks as their value is not often obvious until towards the season's end after trophies are won.

Abeg Konman should swap him with Pseudo-striker, Luke de Jonzing, our resident slow-motion specialist.

Even Snail look Lukuluku finish and said Omo you slow gan o.

If I say Osi, you say Mehn...if I say Osi you say Mehn

Na your time Osibobo

jpmoriarti:
Pique scored our lone goal from an Alba's assist. Given that its our first 3 set of points in a desperately underwhelming campaign so far, it becomes very important. That's why they got included. Not for some defensive heroisms or so.

However, we would need their defensive heroisms on Sunday against Vinicius and co.

Ok clear. But sorry to say, Barca and defensive heroism are like parallel lines

Ansu is trying like a young Rooney at Manchester united. The boy has got heart. But it's still very far from what Messi had shown he could do at this age.

Ermm, sorry for derailing from the gbasgbos We've got 2 defenders in Uefas team of this week - Pique and Alba. An unusual occurrence.

Lord is this a sign of things to come?

ObaKlaz:


Our great Lord!
Tap-in titan.
Penalty Thanos!
Latvia and Andorra pay penalty tributes to him! To him be power & might in his 6-yard empire.

Our great titan Lord Pendu is INEVITABLE.......in scoring penalties

JohnnyPalmer:
In an Era dominated by Messi and Ronaldo

Only Suárez snatched the European golden boot from both in their prime and did it twice albeit one was shared with Ronaldo

No one comes close to Prime Suarez asides Messi and Ronaldo

In terms of Numbers, only Lewandowski surpasses him, but you can make a case against Lewy playing for a super, stable team and in an attacking league, where it's somewhat easier to score goals compared to the rest of the top 5 leagues in Europe

Sallah is making waves and on the right path, but I will be deluded to say he's better than prime Suarez

I agree. Only Suarez and Lewy have entered that otherworldly realm of almost 50 - 60 goals a season that Messi and CR regularly traded. Salah is yet to enter that realm.

Kingcalls:
Suarez Liverpool was weaker than salah's Liverpool.... prime suarez was brutal ooo... he was suspended for the first 8 games and still ended hitting 31 goals that year... I will take suarez

First time I'll be agreeing with you here. Suarez was key to Barca's UCL win in 2015 just like Bale was for Madrid the previous season.