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mansakhalifa:
I said it here:

He is going to come the EPL thinking that it is anything like what obtains over in Spain. But then, at some point, he is definitely going to realise that the EPL, on its own, is a different beast entirely. Untamable.

To be honest, considering his age and other factors, I do not see him doing any sort of magic in the Premier League.

The only advantage that can come out of such a transaction is purely of the financial kind. City will definitely make loads of bucks from signing that guy for sure. Think about all the branding, sponsorships and merchandising that could possibly follow a player of that calibre to the Etihad to start with. They won't even have to stress themselves.

But on the field of play... sorry, I don't see him doing anything special cos the factors in the EPL will curb quite a number of his excesses.

Just my stray thoughts.

Forget your stray thought, Messi will always dominate.

EPL this EPL that. Mshteew!!

Gbest90:
Lionel Andrés Messi, joining the premier league soon!

EPL standing come May:
1. City
2. Liverpool
3. Chelsea
4. Man Utd
5. Leicester

Bookmark this page.

Dreamer

1. City
2. Leicester
3. Man Utd
4. Chelsea
5. West ham
6. Everton
7. Liverpool

Gbest90:
Lolz. Don't be emotional na.

You seem to forget the impact Ronaldos arrival had on Seria A popularity. Don't worry time will tell sha.

As for Liverpool. I will only be worried when the injured players return, and they are still misbehaving.

Lol. This man, Time will Tell.

I will be surprised Liverpool if qualify for champions league this season.

Mbappe and Haarland joining Laliga soon.

Gbest90:
Lolz.

It's no trying times bro.

The era of LA Liga's European dominance is OVER!!!

And when Leo finally leaves, the popularity will descend to that of French Lique 1.

So much for the best league in the world.

Have a happy Sunday though.

Before Leo and Ronaldo came. Laliga had popularity. So your statement is flawed. Please focus on your loserpool and leave laliga alone.

Gbest90:
viqSmallz. Have something to say?

Because of Barca’s loss now, I have been seeing thread up and down saying laliga is going down. Smh while premier league teams have been crushed for over 7years prior to liverpoool’s champions league.

Yes, we have trying times now. But the champions will bounce back.

Racoon:
Soldiers from nearby Dodan barracks should flog sense into them nah!

them no be endsars people na

internationalman:
The Messi effect.. there's no need wondering why they wouldn't let Messi go..


Everything entirely about them would nosedive the moment Messi leaves.

If Chelsea didn't spend 200m to buy rubbish players we would've been third..

Who is we??

Those in detention would have been infected also

slawormiir:
Damnnn niggarrrr
Too bad....


A real niggarr should not be young, dumb and broke

Hahaha. U wa tor. You will live long

Zidane wan kill my darling team. Giving out all potential stars. Vini, Odegaard, Jovic, Mariano, Militao.
What is happening

nedekid:
There is duty on personal items?

Yes there is...

Lampard is totally inexperienced. Not fit for the job. He should have been made an assistant to an already made manager to learn from his feet.

Farmers league

The one about Naeto c is a pure punchline

F

Draslo:
If you ever attended a boarding school, you would know that transferring a junior student from a junior dorm to a senior dorm is nothing but pure wickedness. Even if una dey pay 1m per term, that child will suffer. As for the gay students, every school get them. Students know them but nobody bothers to report the fuckers. I know I am guilty for this.

When I was in SS1, I came to school late and the only free rooms were SS2 rooms. I suffered for two whole terms until they moved the SS1s to our own dorm after completion of some new dorms. Even the few JS3s in the SS1 dorm hear am no be small. When my mates were playing football and chyking girls, I was under either doing timeunder someone's bed, washing someone's clothes, laying beds that weren't mine or writing notes that weren't mine. One big school like that for Idimu

Shey na Chrisland

Gbest90:
Haba. How can one player change the state of a team?

If it's possible then Juventus would have won the UCL by now.

Am not a Messi fan.

But as an honest football lover, I always say this. Ronaldo scores goals. You can give him the greatest goal scorer of all time.

But football is more than just scoring goals. Leo does and is still doing magic on the pitch. A naturally talented and unique kind of footballer. Trophies aside, even Maradona does not come close to him.

I pity La Liga, for the day he finally decides to leave. And I pity football, for the day he finally decides to hang those boots.

Sentiments aside, the WORLD knows that Leo Messi, is the greatest human to ever graze a football pitch.

Messi carries Barca, and it is evident when he is not in form or not playing.

I am neither a Messi fan, bants asides I believe he is the GOAT....

Gbest90:
I think the answer to the bolded is very clear na.

Cristiano joined a Juve side that were already good. Even good even to make the UCL their top target.

While Eden joined a Madrid team, that were already a shadow of their former selves.

And ehh referring to Ronaldo as the GOAT, is disrespect to a "certain little magician from Argentina".

Lol. This man. That was why he was brought in. To take Madrid out of that state. Unfortunately like the EPL he was overhyped.

A major characteristic of a GOAT is to wander about and still find food. Well one person has been in different places and found glory. One that person can be referred to as the GOAT. But Messi is trying anyways. Recently broke highest goal scorer for a club record

Gbest90:
You want to start again abi?

Eden Hazards struggles in Spain has absolutely nothing to do with his abilities. I need not say much on that, cos his performances over the years for Belgium and Chelsea already testify to it.

I think, he is yet to adapt to the environment. Cos there's nothing like playing where you're loved and worshipped. Same thing happened with Phil Coutinho. Chip in misfortune with injuries and its easy to see why? But as an EPL fan, who watched him play week in week out, I guarantee that when Eden Hazard becomes fit and firing, Spanish football would not miss Ronaldo.

And as for Liverpool being earmarked to win the league, I think that sounds really funny. Cos not more than 8pts currently separate 8th from 1st. So just a little lapse in concentration, can be very fathal. Mourinho can already testify to that.

La Liga on the other hand, still seems undecided because; its top 2 teams are now in shambles and undergoing rebuild. Thereby allowing other amateur teams to pop up. But on the long run, they will all fall back to where thy belong.

Cos even before the commencement of the season, you and I already know one of the 2 teams to win the title.

So just put sentiments aside, and admit the truth.

Happy Xmas in advance.

. I agree with your first 2 statements.

However Eden cannot fill the shoes of the great one. One key attribute is adaptability. The GOAT easily adapted in Turin, why cant Eden do same,. He isnt on their level. So the GOAT will be missed always.

Congrats in advance on clinching the league title . We all knew you would from the onset. . YNWA

I agree with you on the rest so as not to disagree

Merry Xmas brother.

Gbest90:
Thought as much.

Although I have a personal beef with Madrid. They denied us No. 7 and robbed the Premier League of one of its greatest talents in E. Hazard.

And @ bolded, it isn't bias but fact.

Lol if Eden Hazard was EPLs greatest talent, wow I wonder how good other players are?... Eden is a flop in Madrid. Injuries asides... Too big a shoe for him to fill. He is rolling with the de creme de la creme now.
Just to chip in Liverpool is already earmarked to win the league(you should be happy anyways) while the laliga is till undecided. So much for the best league.
Lets just agree to disagree .

Gbest90:
And now I understand better.

Every man with his own taste. Like they say, one mans meat is another's delicacy.

PEACE.

What club exactly, do you fan Sir.

Lol if I tell you now you will say another thing. Anyways I have been a Real Madrid fan for a while now.

FYI - this has nothing with my view on both leagues.....

I can see you are a Liverpool fan no wonder the bias....

Gbest90:
Lol.

If Barcelona, Madrid or Athletico are not playing, what is there to watch in La Liga?

Now I understand better. You cannot be judge over what you do not know or have interest in.

Gbest90:
LOL. Best beget best you say. So if Ajax had won the champions league 2 seasons ago, it simply makes their league the best? You must be AY.

See in simpler terms, La Liga can boast not more than four QUALITY teams. With the rest literary irrelevant and unable to challenge the top teams. Which answers the question of why only FEW Spanish teams can baost of European recognition talk more of success.

I agree with you that La Liga has produced the top 2 teams of the last decade (which are already declining as must have seen). But how many of those quality teams are in the league?

The number of quality teams in a league, determines the competitive nature of such league. And the the amount of competition in a league, determines how good it is.

On that note Sir. La Liga remains a farmers league.

They don't even come close to Seria A talk more of the Premier League.

I hope you've been enlightened Sir, cos ur claims were beginning to sound laughable.

It’s safe to say you do not watch laliga.. If you do you won’t be saying this...let’s end the argument. Stick to EPL

OJay360:
Real Sociedad to have Man u for breakfast

lol. They don’t know..,

Gbest90:
You guys always seem to be missing this point.

Only Madrid and Barca cannot make a league. It's a collective thing.

A league can produce the best team in the world and still be really poor.

The fact that Ajax are such an outstanding team, doesn't change the fact that the Eredivise is still a poor league.

You need to understand why La liga is called farmers league.

It's only Barcelona and Real maldrid that has won Champions league in laliga. In EPL Liverpool, Chelsea, Man U, Aston villa and Nottingham has won it that is 5:2.

In Europa it's only Sevilla, Atletico and Valencia that has won it, meanwhile Tottenham, Chelsea, Man U, Liverpool, ipswich town and Leeds have won Europa that is 6:3

So which sane person will tell me, La liga is better because Real maldrid and Barcelona are good?

No Sir. All together how many times have the won it. Does it exceed titles the few laliga team have own? A bad teacher cannot produce the best student.. Good beget good. Best beget best. Average beget average. I hope with these few points of mine I am able to convince you and not confuse you that Laliga>EPL.

Gbest90:
True, when average teams play together it becomes competitive
I beg to know ur definition of average Sir. Cos asides Madrid and Barca no current La Liga team will make EPL top 6

True, good broadcasting/branding management plus it is an English speaking country, which is the globally accepted language..
Expert branding and broadcasting makes the EPL stand out.

In technicality, hell no, In style of play, hell no.
The world loves the EPL cos it has no particular pattern of play. They do all. Tiki taka, gegen press, counter attack,
long balls etc. They showcase virtually everything

All these are obviously evident in the European competition and European awards...
EPL teams do not acquire many European awards because it's not the kind of league that allows the abnormal. How can a player score about 40 league goals in a season. (Are there no defenders in the league?) Or a single team winning the treble on an annual bases.(Imagine)

Who knew a Pep Guardiola team could struggle this much, if not for EPL.


So Sir, what are your points exactly.

I beg to know ur definition of average Sir. Cos asides Madrid and Barca no current La Liga team will make EPL top 6 - Lets not throw logic to the wind because of love of a particular league. Are your saying Athletico, Sevilla, Sociedad will not make the cut?

Expert branding and broadcasting makes the EPL stand out - I agree

The world loves the EPL cos it has no particular pattern of play. They do all. Tiki taka, gegen press, counter attack,
long balls etc. They showcase virtually everything - Jack of all trade, master of none? They will always get whooped when it comes to the European Leagues

EPL teams do not acquire many European awards because it's not the kind of league that allows the abnormal. How can a player score about 40 league goals in a season. (Are there no defenders in the league?) Or a single team winning the treble on an annual bases.(Imagine) - No I see why Ronaldo did it at Man U and why Mancity is head over heels for Messi. These two are exceptional players so this argument does not follow.. Asides them who else did it??

Who knew a Pep Guardiola team could struggle this much, if not for EPL. - One he had a great team at Barca and Like I said average or better still teams on the same level will always struggle to get a champion

So Sir, what are your points exactly. - Sir my point basically is that when leaders or supposed top clubs come to play at the European leagues, the best between them always win. The best for a lengthy period has been teams outside the EPL
My second point is that a league makes a club. If Madrid, Barca, Athletico was playing with weaker teams weekly, they will not be able to compete at top level as they
Also note that the Laliga is not even been topped currently by any of these two teams your mentioned. But in the EPL as it stands, it is already been topped by the potential winner.. So which is more competitive

Gbest90:
It's officially the most competitive league in the world.

It's officially the most watched league in the world.

It's officially the most followed league in the world.

It might not offer the most attractive of football, but guy there is no league currently better than the Premier League.

t's officially the most competitive league in the world. - True, when average teams play together it becomes competitive

It's officially the most watched league in the world. - True, good broadcasting/branding management plus it is an English speaking country, which is the globally accepted language..

It's officially the most followed league in the world. - same as the above

It might not offer the most attractive of football, but guy there is no league currently better than the Premier League - in business yes. In technicality, hell no, In style of play, hell no. All these are obviously evident in the European competition and European awards...

Classworked:
Mbappe, Haaland and Ansu Fati = The Future.

Vinicius and Rodrygo ko?? Lets not fight

clockwisereport:
Gavin Smith or Chris Wilder?

True

Sheffiled's Chris wilder is next. Imagine drawing 1 match in 12 games..

Also disappointed in Leeds, I was tipping them to be midplace contenders...

Emm. Arsenal?? I no know wetin to talk for that one...

When I took (my dad called it stealing) one 500 naira note from the bundle he gave me to count. Na so thief fly comot from my body that day..