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CSTRR:
As good a gesture as this, it is wrong.
This is one of the root causes of Nigerian corruption.

Governors have unfettered access to state resources to give as they please.
No legislative oversight.

How can you going to stop corrupt governors from looting when you have practically force-feed them with money.

We need to reform this ''democracy''. It is complete crap.

But Zulum didn't dash the doctor the money na. The 13.9m is arrears for 5years that the doctor was entitled to as a contract staff doctor which was not formalised due to the Nigerian factor. The headline makes it look like twas a gift.

The only thing that was dashed was the car and I don't think that's a sign of corruption as it was a transparent process. I'm sure there's a monetary expense threshold for the Governor that will require state assembly's approval but the cost of the car will likely be below it.

ddippset:
This is unimaginable! In terms of goal scoring Ronaldo is so much better than all other players.
Then Messi is so much better than Ronaldo.


I will save this...

Which means Ronaldo's current total number of goals is only higher than Messi's solely due to penalties, as they have about the same number of free-kicks.

Penaldo Baba!

jpmoriarti:
Astonishing how these Real Madrid goals were allowed but Messi's goal yesterday was chalked off for non existence offside.

Lends credence to Pique assertion that 90% of LaLiga referees are Real Madrid fans. Once the call is tight, it must be ruled in their favour.

After now, purple will come and be saying trash

It's really a shocking decision, I've seen much more dicey ones that were eventually called as a goal. No way Grizzy was offside judging from the naked eye. The stupid VAR had to now go microscopic? Are we now playing scientific football? Then they should just go to the lab and make their players. What happened to the rule of giving the striker the advantage if the difference in lines aren't very clear?

Anyways, I loved Messi's instantaneous responses yesterday. First, he made a mockery of the offside decision with a much sweeter goal just minutes after. Second, within seconds of missing a goalscoring opportunity, he made amends with a Golazo. That's GOAT levels.

Pochettino:
1. So explain how Zidane won 2003 FIFA Best and Ronaldo came 3rd yet both of them also did not make Balon D'Or top 3 that same year (just a reverse of Nedved's case).


2. You agree that Nedved trumped Henry in CL performance that year (this is the ONLY tournament they participated together).


Now let's even profile Henry's 'almighty' 2002/03 season for Arsenal;
*Henry won NOTHING noteworthy with his club.
*Individually, he was bested by others. How?
He was not the highest goal scorer, Ruud Van Nistelrooy beat him to that
Van Nistelrooy also won EPL Player of the season (Nedved won this)
Henry did not win the league, Van Nistelrooy did with Man United (Nedved won this)
CL, Van Nistelrooy got to the semis & was highest goal scorer, Henry scored half of his tally & crashed out @ group stage (Nedved got to the final)

So Oga, explain to me, how Henry can even be considered better than Van Nistelrooy that season not to talk of Nedved. Looking at it closely now, Henry was wrongfully considered for the awards by FIFA & French magazine. He had no business being there because he was 2nd best in everything.


3. As for the Confed cup I'll educate you, qualifiers are not played for the Confederations cup Oga . The winners of all continental tournaments play it like Cameroon, Japan etc. Hence France since they won Euro 2000 (a tournament Zidane shone like a million stars and not Henry). As a matter of fact, Trezeguet outshone Henry in that tournament, scoring the winning goal and earning the label 'golden boy' which prompted Juventus to fork out millions to sign him and kick Henry out.
Zidane was Euro 2000 player of the tournament, golden boot was Kluivert. Henry won nothing in Euro 2000. So please don't spin us another lie like we have short memories or uninformed about football like you.


4. Another lie you have written is that Nedved did not contribute to Juventus' 2003 success. So explain how he won Serie A player of the season 2003??


5. Social media has a HUGE influence in swaying public opinion towards any player for an award. To deny this means you must live a life of lies as you have continually displayed on this thread. 2010, 2013 balon d'ors, 2014 World cup golden ball, and most recently Modric's Balon D'Or award.

I have deduced that you know nothing about football. Liar.

Didn't know your IQ was this abysmal, to the extent that you are calling a difference of opinion lies. That I believe Henry should have won on the basis of his Confed cup win and domestic performance in England over Nedved's UCL and domestic performance IS NOT A LIE but an opinion. On the other hand, you presenting mistruths as facts are bonafide lies viz:

-You said EPL was rated 4th, I prove to you that it was officially 2nd and even above Serie A during the period:
-You said Juve almost won a treble in 2003, when in actual fact they only won the Scudetto:
-You lied that Henry did not win any trophy in 2003
-You backtracked and later said he won with Zidane's help when Zidane was absent at the tournament

When I schooled you properly and exposed your lies, then you move on to another set just to discredit Henry. Mr Lienus, you lack credibility since you are an incorrigible liar. Yet, I will expose your newest set of lies again.

- In 2003, Henry was the PFA players' player of the year AND the Football Writer's Association player of the season (2 player of the season awards) while Ruud was the FA player of the season. So the assertion that he won nothing noteworthy is FALSE.

- Henry and Arsenal were not dumped out of the group stage of UCL, but at the round of 16 (which was still in group format in 2003). He scored 7 UCL goals and not 6 as you are saying.

- Who are you educating on Confederations cup? Did I not already state it in my previous post that France qualified for it on the basis on their Euro 2000 win? Did France not beat Czech republic in Euro 2000? Did Henry not score against Czech to dump them and Nedved out of the tournament? Why didn't Czech beat France and go on to win Euro 2000 so that they could win the 2003 Confederation's cup? Isn't that a clear evidence that the competition for Euro 2000 was indirectly a competition for the Confed cup? Your inability to acknowledge these facts is symptomatic of an imbalance upstairs in yours truly.

- In Euro 2000, Henry was France's highest goal scorer and best striker with 3 goals. He scored in the semi-final against Portugal and was the man of the match in the final against Italy, despite Trezeguet scoring the winner. So how can you say Trezeguet outshone Henry in the tournament just because he scored the winning goal?? By your logic, did Eder outshine CR7 in Euro 2016? Did Burruchaga outshine Maradona in WC 1986?
Your ignorant self went on to say that was why Juve offloaded Henry and went for Trezeguet. FYI, by Euro 2000, Henry had already been at Arsenal for a year. Would advise you to stop embarrassing yourself with your abysmal knowledge gap. For you to say Henry was not pivotal to France's win in 2000 without considering the facts means I am operating way below my threshold arguing with you.

- I never said Nedved did not contribute to Juve's 2003 league win. I said that Henry's contribution to Arsenal in EPL was more spectacular than Nedved's contribution to Juve's success, but your nomadic sense would not allow you read well. My opinion here is that Henry's 24goals and 20 assists carries more weight than Nedved's 9 goals and 15 assists.

- The 2010 Ballon D'or was voted for by journalists, football captains and coaches and not social media. So, I don't know what you are yapping on about here, where is the lie? If some of the voters were swayed by social media comments, how does that make it less of their decision? Has social media disappeared since 2010 such that ALL the awards from 2011 till date were not also won by social media? Where lies the consistency in thy logic

If you like cancel my comments again due to your inability to grasp intelligence. I have said my own and most people would have learnt a thing or two.

Waiting for your next set of lies.

Pochettino:
Mister, I really don't see what you are driving at here.
Most of your defence for Henry are in areas where he either lost out or finished 2nd best.

1. Nedved won his league title, Henry didn't
(And please FA cup or Coppa Italia is not relevant for Balon D'Or if not, Kanu should be winning 2008 Balon D'Or too lol).

2. Czech Rep did not play in the Confed cup so we can't really say if Nedved would have been better.

3. The tournament they both played that year, the CL, Nedved finished 2nd while Henry crashed out of d group stage!

4. Nedved was declared the best midfielder of the year in Europe, Henry was not the best UEFA forward that year.

5. Henry scored 6 goals in CL, there were at least 8 other players who scored more than him.

Nedved was also Serie A player of 2003, UEFA midfielder of 2003, UEFA team of the year etc. He was not a striker so we can't compare using goals.

Nedved dragged Czech Rep to Euros that year, Henry had the likes of Zidane, Desailly, Deschamps, Vieira, Barthez, etc to support him.

Also, we all know the reason why Messi polled more votes than Sneijder was social media. Nothing else. In 2003, the votings were pure. No twitter, instagram bullshit.

And, in 2003 FIFA awards, Nedved came 4th. Stop lying.

I am not lying, unlike you that I've exposed your mistruths, I was referring to the top three finalists who were the credible contenders. You don't expect me to bring in all the 30 nominated players into the discussion do you? Even Fifa/UEFA uses the top three to separate wheat from the chaff.

My point is Henry came 2nd in Fifa award, and 2nd in Ballon D'or which shows consistency in performance level to warrant nomination as the best across both awards. Nedved only appeared in contention for Ballon d'or and was missing for Fifa award which implies a bit of inconsistency somewhere, as most Ballon d'or holders eventually go on to win the FIFA award.

Nedved dragging Czech to Euro 2004 is not a big deal. It would be a big flop if Czech did not qualify to be among 16 countries out of 28 total European countries when there were only 7 European powerhouses (England, Holland, Spain, Italy, Germany, France and Portugal) meaning 9 slots were still to be jostled for by the remaining average and below-par Andorras, Faroe Islands and the Liechensteins which are in the majority. How is this a feat when Czech were even better than the level of Belgium and Croatia then with Karel Poborsky, Big man Jan Koller, Liverpool's Milan Baros, etc?

In 2003, Nedved only trumped Henry in the area of UCL performance, Henry's contribution to the EPL that year was more spectacular than Nedved's input to Juve's Scudetto win in terms of goals, assists and overall brilliance of play. On the national front, Henry bested Nedved by propelling France to Confederation cup win in the absence of Zidane. That Czech did not qualify is because France and Henry bested them at the Euros and not a matter of choice as you are making it look like. Would CR7 or Messi say that Lewandoski's imminent win at the Club world cup is only because they did not participate when they also had the opportunity to qualify for that tournament by besting Bayern? How silly would that have seemed?

Social Media definitely did not vote Messi as Ballon d'or winner in 2010, so I'm not sure what you are talking about. Point is Sneijder wasn't even on the podium yet we are still talking about how he deserved the award. How much more someone that is on the podium and you are now trying to use voting points gap to say he doesn't deserve it. How inconsistent!

Dgr8hassiE:
he wrote the article on February 5 and join the A.P.C on February 8. the guy a real definition of CLOWN.

No, he had written this article since last year. I remember reading it before then. I think Sahara reporters just dug it out and re-presented it as current news.

Check the content, his focus was when Buhari dissolved the NWC and Oshiomole was retired politically. He still talked about Ajimobi being in coma. At the time he wrote this article Ajimobi had not yet died. It was just after the Giadom - Oshimole-Ajimobi saga that he wrote it.

So why did SR have to push old news out as if it's new? Is there an agenda? Or they simply want to show FFK's hypocrisy?

I found the old link. Here it is, since June 25 2020: https://www.nairaland.com/5949455/open-letter-tinubu-femi-fani-kayode#91045213

pquaver:
I know people who know the game when they talk. Guy u dey watch ball

Lol, Chief e don tey. My interest sef no dey again as before. It just gets me annoyed when I see people try to use only livescores and online statistics to bamboozle us instead of watching it live and appreciating the small details.

Beverlyjean:
Messi was in a team that were very capable... it helped him...they dint need him to win the CL that year that what those that argue this mean... the following 3, without him, they wudnt hv won them... but without Ronaldo, man u wudnt hv won and madrid wudnt hv won those 4... ronaldo was the one carrying his team on each occasion he won it and also lead man u to bk to bk finals...he lead 2 different teams to back to back finals...no one has ever done it in the history of CL

Yes Messi was in a very good team in 05/06 which crumbled from the following season. But I think Man Utd would have still beaten Inter Milan, Roma and Chelsea in 07/08 without Ronaldo cos Rooney was also firing on all cylinders and ManUtd's strength was majorly the solidity of their defence this period. My reason is that Man Utd still beat Barca in Semi-final with a very poor performance from Ronaldo over both legs. Scholes stepped up to the plate and the defence took over and frustrated Barca. They could have done the same to those other teams I mentioned, afterall without Ronaldo, they got to the final in 2011. That Man Utd team was the best quality team in England from 2007 - 2012

Nonetheless, Ronaldo's Champions league statistical prowess is not in doubt.

Beverlyjean:
I never said he dint deserve the medal but whenever we hear that messi won 4 CL titles , people assume he was instrumental in all for ...umlike Ronaldo that has 5 and was the main man on each occasion... Ronaldo de Lima has 2 world cup medals on paper but we all know he was only influential in just one ...just like messi , he was only influential in 3

Well, I have never hidden the fact that Messi was the key protagonist in 3 out of his 4 UCL medals. But his input in his first medal is not non-existent like De Lima's own in 1994 as you would like us to believe. Messi was already an integral member of the Barca team in 2006. While the UCL win was largely due to Ronaldinho, Eto'o and Deco, Messi was not far behind these players in influence and would have even been more influential if injury had not cut short his participation because at that time he had become a first team regular.

That he was not the main or 2nd main guy in 06 UCL does not mean you guys should be saying he won only 3 UCLs. Many of you like Fuckdamod outrightly lie that he did not participate in the tournament . On top that, you'd now be saying we are delusional when we expose these lies? Doesn't make sense nau.

Pochettino:
Nonsense.

The EPL was ranked 4th in 2003.
Nedved almost won the treble in 2003 so what are you saying? Nedved won UEFA best midfielder that year too.

Henry was not even UEFA best forward in 2003, it was Van Nistelrooy, so please again, what are u saying?

The gap between Nedved and Henry in the voting was just too much. As a matter of fact, Maldini who came third behind Henry by just 5 points should have been 2nd.

Fact is Henry achieved nothing in 2003, no league title, kicked out of d CL group stage!!! Haba! All he did was score 30 goals in the EPL.

You said Henry scored 6 goals, Van Nistelrooy scored 12 in the CL. Henry did not even qualify from his CL group in 2003, Arsenal finished 3rd!!

You must be a deluded Arsenal fan. Please argue with facts.

I see that you lie a lot, with confidence. You also have comprehension issues. A combination of both depicts a worrying gap in the logical department.

First - EPL was not ranked 4th in 2003. Between 2000 - 2005, EPL was ranked 2nd, AHEAD of the Serie A based on UEFA coefficients per country. Check link for proof: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_coefficient. Its not surprising as Arsenal beat Juventus twice during this period, beat Inter scandalously and defeated Roma in their own backyard. Man Utd and Liverpool also defeated Juventus and AC Milan when they played during this period. Only spanish teams were the bane of EPL teams during this period and rightly so. See extract at the end of my post if the link is too long.

Second - Juventus only won the league in 2003, so where did Treble talk come from? Ac Milan won both their Copa Italia and UCL in 2003.

Third - The gap between Nedved and Henry in the voting is irrelevant. Afterall, we are talking about what should/could have been. Why did you now say you agree that Sneijder should have won over Messi in 2010 when the gap was even more astronomical as Sneijder wasn't even in the top three finalists? The focus is on other relevant parameters other than the actual voting results which is being under scrutiny here, Comprendre?

Fourth - Henry achieved nothing in 2003?? Gosh what a blatant lie. He won the FIFA confederations cup as its best tournament player and also won the FA Cup for Arsenal. He also won the EPL player of the year.

Fifth - Henry scored 6 goals in three matches against top opposition in 2003 - Inter, Roma and Valencia- that was my point. He scored 7 goals in total in the UCL in 2003 which is an overall decent UCL performance.

My point is Nedved may have won the Ballon D'or but Henry had a very good case to win it as well which is why he was recognized in contention for the 2003 Fifa world player of the year gong while Nedved was not. The absolute truth is that in 2003, Thierry Henry was a better player than Pavel Nedved.

InvestingExpert:
yh bro I'm still to get a hang of the nairaland setting
I could only adjust the spacing, sub heading takes time to edit and I also don't know how to copy the names of those you mentioned, thanks for the recommendation though, I appreciate

more suggestions are highly welcomed

Just highlight each sub-header with your cursor and click on the "B" tab/widget on the top left side of the editing box. It should automatically embolden it.

You copy the mods/supermods by mentioning them at the end of your post like this: cc Mynd44, Dominique

C'est fini

Beverlyjean:
U just posted crap....to start with, coming in as a sub in 3-4 group games is not integral to me... against Chelsea, no goal no assist and u say he was instrumental...ur sentiments have blinded u by saying messi was the second most important player then...so what happened to eto , xavi , iniesta , puyol , zambrotta , deco... all those players were most important ... messis first start in a big game in the CL was against Chelsea...so because he dribbled del horno , it now means he destroy the game ...u are delusional my friend...he played his first full game in the CL against panathinaikos in the last group game cos they had qualified...he had only 2 starts in the group stages...scored only one goal in the CL and u say he was the second most important player...u messi fans should hide ur head in shame..now school ur urself with the stats below

Looks like comprehension is a big issue for you. You can't even interpret the stats you posted well. Where in what you posted did you see him coming in as a sub in 3-4 games?? He STARTED 2 games and came in as sub in 2 games in the group stages and started both matches against Chelsea, meaning he started 4 games out of 6 which showed his growing influence as the UCL campaign progressed.

Again my comment was that he was the second most dangerous player AGAINST CHELSEA at Stamford Bridge and not for the whole campaign. Go back and read well, instead of twisting comments fraudulently like you commonly do. If you did not watch the match, you cannot know this from transfermkt and that frankly is the basis for your utterly clueless comments on this argument. I gave you specific details of his input in the match and you are there generalizing on a match you did not see but had to run to transfermkt to catch up on? How ridiculous!

It is your type that will say Iniesta was not one of the best players at WC 2010 simply because he scored only 2 goals with zero assists.

Even everything you said still does not justify saying Messi does not deserve a 2006 UCL medal. So what exactly is your point??

Please go back to school.

At least in 2000, Zidane eventually got the better recognition by winning the Fifa world player of the year over Figo.

It is important to note that prior to 2006 when Ballon D'or started automatically to be won by whoever won the Fifa player of the year (Cannavaro in this instance), the Fifa World player of the year was the more prestigious of the two as the Ballon D'or holder was only largely synonymous with the European footballer of the year i.e best footballer playing in Europe.

Whoever won the Fifa best player award was officially seen as the best footballer for that year e.g

- Zidane in 2000 over Figo who won the B. D'or
- Figo in 2001 over Michael Owen who won the B.D'or
- Zidane in 2003 over Pavel Nedved who won the B.D'or
- Ronaldinho in 2004 over Shevchenko who won the B.D'or

So I believe Zidane got the better of the bargain in 2000.

ucheo:
Henry as against Zidane 2003. Henry was the highest scorer for EPL with over 30 goals, won the PFA, scored a fantastic hatrick against inter Milan at San siro for champions league. Inter 1 Arsenal 5
I remembered the commentator saying it during the match at San Siro that who is the looking for Balon d or player when he is here.
The next week FIFA called zidane

From an Old Gunner

You are right, Henry deserved it. However, what Zidane won was the FIFA World player of the year. T'was Nedved that won the Ballon D'or in 2003.

@InvestingExpert, could you please put the sub-headers of your write-up in bold for easier reading. Also adjust the spacing to make them more uniform. Then copy Mynd44 and Dominique at the end as it deserves frontpage.

Pochettino:
Nonsense. Henry did well in England alone and the EPL was a shitty league back in 2003. We don't have short memories here. You English fans keep trying to make it look like the EPL was a good league EVERY era, it wasn't. The EPL started getting good around 2008/9 when Serie A started dying.

Around 2003 that you are talking about, Serie A rejects and retirees usually relocated to England to become the best players there. Zola, Di Canio, Veron, Stam, Di Matteo, Kanu, Henry, Desailly & co.

2003 deservedly went to Nedved (not Zidane) who won everything that year apart from the CL which Juve lost on penalties to Milan. And everyone knows that if Nedved hadn't missed that final due to suspension, Juve would have beaten Milan. Nedved was unstoppable that year. He single handedly dragged unknown Czech Republic to the Euros too and it was an era that good all-round football was rewarded not just goals, penalties and social media noise like today.

2003 was deservedly Nedved. Henry tried but his feats did not match Nedved's. Fact

Not true. EPL was already a top league by 2003. Man U won the 1999 UCL, Leeds and Man Utd got to semifinal of 2001 and 2002 UCLs respectively. In 2003, Henry scored over 40 goals and 20 assists. Henry was the EPL player of the year in 2003.

Henry drove France to win the FIFA Confederations cup in 2003 and was the player of the tournament, so his influence was not only in the EPL. He also performed excellently in crucial UCL matches against Roma, Inter Milan and Valencia, scoring 6 goals and 2 assists in those three matches.

No other player was statistically better than Henry in 2003 in the top leagues across all competitions both national and club combined.

In 2003, Henry was the most exciting top player to watch in Europe with his demonstration of speed, flair, skill and va-va-voom.

Combine all of the above factors and it's obvious that Henry deserved the 2003 Ballon D'or over Nedved whose only major impact was in the UCL for Juventus.

Beverlyjean:
How can u b comparing a fringe player that was just prospective and played a few group games as a sub and missed the entire quarter finals, semi and final due to injury to the one that was the captain of the team , , their best player , top scorer, scored 3 very important goals including one in the semi final , played the final till he got injured in that match... u messi fans are really really fake

Aunty carry sense na. Are you really saying that a player who played almost 50% (6/13) of his teams total UCL matches in 2006 is not deserving of the team's trophy medal How can you compare that to Ronaldo De Lima who did not play a single match at USA 94 WC? Where is the sense in that? For the EPL, you only need about 8 matches to feature to earn a medal which is less than 25% of total matches.

And Messi was not a fringe player in 2006 UCL campaign. He was Barca's second most dangerous player after Ronaldinho in the Second round knockout game against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. He terrorised the Chelsea defence, dribbled Asiel Del Horno embarrassingly and got him sent off after that one retaliated. He hit the bar with a wonderful curling effort, ran rings around Mourinho's team. Go and watch the highlights and come back to tell me whether they are reflective of those of a "fringe" player who, by the way, started a crucial away UCL game against a top prime opponent in Mourinho's Chelsea. Again, he started the return leg against Chelsea during which he became injured in the latter stages of the match. Which daft coach will be gambling crucial games with a "fringe prospect" consistently?

A fringe prospect that came second in the World footballer of the year, and third in Ballon D'or, just a year later in 2007?

If anything, Messi was instrumental to Barca's win over Chelsea in the UCL second round stage, and was an integral part of their triumphs in the group stages. Those alone qualify him to earn the 2006 UCL medal as a key player.

The audacity!

Beverlyjean:
We know boko haram is politics...and world leaders know this... boko haram are not ur average terrorist like al queda or isis .... they dont strike outside the North... real terrorists would hv struck southern Nigeria and beyond the country... these are just people that were set up to make money for themselves... a terrorist that has been in sambisa for ages and he hasn't been caught...real terrorists switch locations... it is political and when its political, its no more terrorism...unfortunately the poor are the pawns

I know that boko is politically driven, but do the general global entertainment industry in the US and Europe also know this? (not referring to their governments o). They still see it in the same way as Al Qaeda terrorism, as a good vs evil narrative. Check Black panther, was any political angle depicted when King T'Challa and his girlfriend warrior rescued one of the chibok girls from boko haram at the beginning of the movie, No. It was simply shown as the good guys triumphing against the bad terrorist guys. That's what the world likes to see. Desmond Obiavjele understands that and I think that's why he's put this out. He's all about what the global audience wants to see.

The thing is there's a whole world of difference between hollywood/Nollywood narratives and reality. The earlier we realize that the better. How many films have really changed the world for the better?

Beverlyjean:
When someone speaks the truth with facts ...delusional people like u call it hate... a movie produced by a Southerner but the northern culture is what the world will see....use ur head

Beverlyjean calm down, you usually make sense outside of CR7 matters. On this particular one however, you need to realize that the theme of the movie is what would resonate well most with the international community.

There are three main negative issues that Nigeria is reknowned for globally: Number one is boko haram terrorism, second is internet fraud (Nigerian prince), third is hard drugs. For some reason, the fight against terrorism stirs the greatest emotion among the US and European countries maybe because of their personal experiences. So, any storyline that champions this cause in a profoundly relatable way stands the highest chance of recognition rather than the regular plots. Thus, in my view, it is understandable why the movie was selected for the nomination.

This isn't about Fulani dominance. Afterall in Nollywood its the Igbos and Yorubas that dominate that landscape.

And I thought Liverpool fans were smart. A coach that was within a single point of winning the league 2 years ago against the best ever man city side, and then won you the league last year after 30 years of drought.

A coach that made Liverpool the most feared EPL team of the last three years. You suddenly want to throw all that away because they are going through a rough patch mainly due to injuries to key players? What guarantee do you have that the Gerard you want will do half as good. Looking for another Lampard scenario ba?

Please give me the Klopp either to Barcelona or Arsenal, I want to see something.

The sports world knows that Messi is the numero uno when it comes to football. It's a no-brainer.

The OP should know that it goes beyond number of UCL titles, as Michael Jordan's six NBA titles is also not the highest in the NBA.

Being the GOAT is about having and demonstrating that unrivalled magical ability on-field week-in week-out. The way Ronaldinho brought joy to the global audience's faces even though there were tons of strikers who outscored him. It has never been about who has the highest statistical numbers, else we'd say Bruno Fernandes is already a far better player than Paul scholes and David Beckham combined, but who has the highest influence.

As average as Messi has been generally this season, he still has the highest man of the match awards in Spain and possibly in the whole of the top five European leagues this season. When you have a player that scores, dribbles, shoots well, good at free kicks, playmakes, gives the highest number of key passes and assists and does all these consistently, he's definitely better than other one-dimensional players with no other impact but putting the ball into the net, especially through penalties.

Eriokanmi:
I'm short of words. Have a nice day

Lol don't mind the guy, he's a big dunce. The only annoying thing is when you have confident dunces littering the cyberspace.

Your wife tested positive after displaying the same symptoms you showed, even a doctor during the test would have asked her if she had been in close proximity to anyone who was ill with similar symptoms recently which of course is her husband and kids. It's a no brainer that you or your kids infected your wife. The m0ron is still asking how you are sure you have covid when you infected a confirmed case.

Nutcases are frustrating, I swear.

Ishilove:
What's Lavender marriage?

"Marriage of convenience" done usually to hide the queer sexual orientation of one or both of the partners or make them socially acceptable, in this case Oscar's as he's rumored to be gay.

theFilmtric:
Covid is real but the government is exaggerating its effects
The virus doesn't thrive well in Tropical Africa(some parts of South Africa is cold(Mediterranean) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Covid-19_cases_in_South_Africa.svg/220px-Covid-19_cases_in_South_Africa.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Covid-19_deaths_in_South_Africa.svg/220px-Covid-19_deaths_in_South_Africa.svg.png
,and those cold areas have the highest infection and death rates)
The heat reduces the efficacy in transmitting the virus in Africa
If the Virus in Africa is as potent as it is in Europe or the Americas
I can assure you about 70% of the African populace would be DEAD a little before the UN-WHO COVID aid was given to Nigeria,the numbers the NCDC were publishing were very scary.But after the rates started miraculously dwindling
The government of Nigeria is using it to make money

theFilmtricsay

So how does the info you posted above stop you or others from taking precautions even if Government is insincere? Yes indeed, Covid may have a 98 - 99%% recovery rate. But when you apply the supposedly negligible 1 - 2% fatality rate to 200million Nigerians (in the absence of precautionary measures), this means about 2 to 4million souls will be lost. Now this does not look so negligible anymore. You do not even know whether people you know will be part of these casualties.

The point is for you to take precautions to curtail the spread. Let the government be insincere all they want, but it doesn't stop you from influencing what is within your control. It doesn't mean you are fearful, but just applying common sense.

The funny thing is with all the evidence you've provided and seriousness of the issue, they will still go ahead to say you're a paid agent and a scam bla bla bla. It's like they are innately programmed to be incapable of rational thinking. Only when they are affected directly would they then acknowledge its reality.

Grade one stupidity is to believe that because the Government has not gotten its act together regarding Covid 19, then the disease itself must be a scam. Abeg, does the virus particle that is transmitted when a returnee traveller from the US sneezes on his family and friends think about Government insincerity before it starts wreaking havoc? Where is the logic in this?

The truth is that almost everyone will eventually catch covid at one point or the other due to the sheer mass of people not really taking precautions which undermines the efforts of those who take it seriously.

Don jazzy really needs to tone down this his weight o.

Laycon omo ologo. Pls keep up your drive, they can't keep you down by saying you still rap like a kid.

Guess what has been trending all day today, Laycon is an A-List artiste. You know why, he got validation from US rappers who recognized the genius in his word flows. Greatness recognizes greatness.

RIP to the Great Larry King

He was one of those who popularised the use of suspenders. Always looked good in one.

picklighthouse:
While others concern themselves with name callings and castigation of this man, I blown away by something else.

Who else noticed the style of writing spiced with age long poetry in his letters? I couldn't help but purse along the line to take them all in.

Wow. I duff my hat for the President's man. He is a master of his art truly. So sublime, mesmerizing and captivating was his style that even critics could not help but read every line of it.

Mr Femi Adeshina I wish you well. Your job is not an easy one. For the President, may the wisdom of God guide you into doing what is right always for this nation. And for the families of our fallen heroes, like a line of one of the quoted tunes says, " may the Lord abide with you". Amen.

To be candid, I enjoyed the artistry of his piece. He is obviously a skilled wordsmith. I was actually captivated by the vivid descriptions of the ceremonial experience delivered in flowing poetry.

Many Nigerians just like to criticize like a bot. When something is tweaked, they cant even realize it cos they are programmed to hate or whatever. Most of Femi's piece was dedicated to the fallen soldiers while only the concluding part was spent explaining the non-flying pigeons phenomenon. But off everybody went, except you, about how Femi was an idiot for his response.

My question for his critics on this thread is - if you are saying Femi is idle and unserious enough to respond to the pigeon situation, were you also idle and unserious enough when you initially raised and gloated about the issue of the non-flying pigeons? Are actions and reactions no longer equal and opposite in line with Newton's law?

BRATISLAVA:
Is that the only evidence, that he made a comment on the proud boys? (A comment that does not support them) How does that make him the grand leader of white supremacists? So because Biden took the knee, given that the BLM protesters were violent murderers, he's the grand master of all violent black "superpredators"? Give evidence of his membership and irrevocable ties.

Have you never seen evidence that Biden is a true racist, or are you playing ostrich on that one, because he was a VP and had no choice but to play second fiddle to Obama? Try and be objective, please.

I am not concerned about whether he is the grand leader or whatever. All I know is that his utterances and actions show that he is a racist or white supremacist in ideology. Whether he's a card carrying member I'm not bothered about.

Since when did being objective become about peddling illogical sentiments. Who told you Biden didn't have a choice? He very well did, if black people disgusted him so much, there was no way he'd have that much cordial relationship with Obama for EIGHT years without any slip of his true intentions. Even Mike Pence's differences with Trump came to the fore on few occasions in just four years.

Biden is a suppoter of BLM and that's what he stands for and not some sentimental drivel you are pushing forward.

I know it's hard for you but pls accept my sympathy because obviously your objectivity (if you had any) is simply non-existent.

BRATISLAVA:
I'm not interested in your aspersions against my education, and frankly it has no bearing on asking for evidence that Trump is "the grand leader of white supremacists". You still don't have any evidence that he is, just your sentiment on his cabinet. Sentimentality is the lifeblood of the average black. Give evidence that he's racist apart from the fact that you don't like that he's a rich and powerful white man.

If you have remained ignorant and uneducated on Bidens very racist comments about blacks and Hispanics, then you must be as lost as the sheep colonies of blacks who believe Trump is the leader of white supremacists in America and Biden is not racist.

Why haven't you asked why the power hungry old rich white man, Biden, doesn't let young black people take up his seat? He's used his white privilege to run them for decades and you don't complain.

Well, Trump himself provides evidence. His famous quote "Proud boys, stand by and stand down" was in obvious refusal to criticize the White supremacists who were attacking the BLM protesters. The quote had an undertone of approval by Trump of what the Proud boys represented.

To put the above in context, a lot of Nigerians criticize Buhari for his alleged support of the Fulani herdsmens' menacing activities simply on account of his silence or relative inaction to the issues. How much more when a President openly expresses a tacit approval of white supremacists? I believe that is ample evidence of his white supremacist beliefs, coupled with his other much publicized negative comments about black people. To deny this would be to play ostrich on the sand and thus render you in an unobjective light.

Biden played second fiddle to Obama, a black person, for eight solid years without any issues. He has recognized a lot of people of colour in his campaign and they take up some prominent roles in his administration. He backs up his words for racial inclusion with action and is thus no hypocrite as you are insinuating!

ohachirieze:
Pls it’s high time we stopped with these high figures. It’s just dosen’t make sense. 400k in a day then really smh

Not 400K in a day, but 400k americans since the pandemic began in 2020.

Even though they'll be obviously against Biden, but blaming Biden's presidency for all the Americans that have died from the pandemic is outright ridiculous even to Fox news as an outfit. Only American illiterates will be swayed by such reportage. It portrays Fox News in an unserious light.

Megaflex:
Can we say the curve is flattening now? Glad it's reducing. Stay safe people

Which curve is flattening when over a thousand people are still getting infected everyday?

Lost a very bright close colleague to Covid 19 yesterday. He was a director at KPMG and a young man circa 40yrs old. This shit is damn real and looks like this new strain is also deadly for young people. It's like a Russian roulette as you never know in whose case it's going to be fatal.

So please take all necessary precautions when going out about your daily activities.

Slynation:
Messi performed below average in this game, this was one of his worst game so far, and please oO, if you are expecting this Barcelona team to defeat PSG, I will advise you to wake up from your slumber, Our defence can't hold common Inaki Williams, Now!! close your eyes and imagine Neymer, Mbappe, Di Maria and M.Icardi against this shitty defence....

At least make dem lose with dignity, not to be reaching new milestones on top defeats.

Messi was not fully fit for this match as he just came back from an injury. He still tried nonetheless. It was his rebounded shot after a good one-two with Alba that Greizmann scored for the first goal.