NewStats: 3,265,399 , 8,186,603 topics. Date: Saturday, 14 June 2025 at 06:44 PM 3l6e3h

I still cannot believe what most people claim to have eaten on this thread.
Is this for real? Dog's ballz? Cats and Snakes?
Are we still in the stone age?
I think i should Animal rights agency to get retro, kellorah and euphoria arrested.
These chics have eaten more they can chew.

OWOBLOW I-III.

TI OLUWA NILE.

MADAM DEAREST.

@ retro,
This thread makes me nauseous.
Pls delete it.

Dennis Bergkamp is the best player to have worn an Arsenal shirt.
He is calm,calculated and his vision and awareness is top-notch.

Bergkamp is not governed by goals but he takes pride in creating sublime es for others to score.
He will forever be ed as one of the greatest striker in the world.
The premiership will surely miss him.

@ Jackal,
I hope u r watching the testimonial game.
Tell me about it when u r through.

:d :d :d

@ Diddy,
Then u need to step up ur game and turn ur radar on.
I have not experienced shhit b4 but i will throw such babe outta ma window.
Weak-pussy chics don't deserve to breathe.

None of the above.

England is very safe for Xtiano Ronaldo and his matter is just a case of history repeating itself at the Theatre of Dreams(Old Trafford).
11 years ago, Eric Cantona was taunted at every ground after being banned for his karate kick into the crowd at Crystal Palace.
True to form, the Frenchman made a goalscoring return against Liverpool — and ended the season by drilling the winner against the Merseysiders which gave United the Double.

The abuse Cantona received was bad but it was nothing compared to the appalling insults David Beckham had to endure following England’s 1998 World Cup campaign.
The then United midfielder even saw an effigy ‘hanged’ outside a London pub after he was sent off for aiming a kick at Argentina’s Diego Simeone.
Yet again, the last laugh came from Old Trafford as Becks helped the Reds to that memorable Treble in 1999.

Cristiano Ronaldo will cope with the pressure in England and this should bring the best out of him.
He was booed constantly after the Rooney saga and the boos helped him a lot as he was the best portugese player by miles in all the matches he played.
I back Ronaldo to carry this performance to the premiership next season and follow the foot-paths of Beckham and Cantona.
Afterall, they have all worn jersey number 7 for Man Utd.
Its a tradition.

@ Grizzly,

Why do u ike sh*tting on Man Utd?
Is this an obsession or u r just mental about the Red Devils?
Change this signature for once.
It makes me wanna puke.

@ loyika,
U make me laugh.
The match was just 12 minutes old when Ronaldinho conjured a slide-rule that sent Etoo on the clear.
Lehmann saw the danger and he brought Etoo down and Guily latched on the loose ball to score.

Referee Collina said he wld have red-carded Lehmann and gave Barca the goal.
Going a man down really helped Arsenal lock their defence up and Barca couldn't break a very defensive Arsenal team up until the 75th minute.
Beating a 10-man team is sometimes very difficult than beating 11 men.
Barca would have won that match 3-0 if it was 11 against 11.

Had Guily goal stood, the onus to attack would have been on Arsenal thus exposing their backline for Etoo and Dinho to penetrate.
Barcelona broke the gunners dream because Arsenal had just 15 minutes left to write their name in the history book but Wenger and his men blew it.
FYI, Villareal played goalless draw with Man Utd both home and away at the last UCL so they didn't break any Utd dream.

Maradona by a million miles.
He is the best player to have ever played the round-leather game.

@ priscilla,
Barca is very complete and apart from snappin up Eidur Gudjohnsen to strengthen their midfield they don't really need anyone in that team.
I doubt if the present Chelsea team can beat Barcelona with 'em Ballack,Sheva and Mikel Obi.
Barcelona is the most-balanced side in the world at the moment and they r sure to kick asses like they broke the gooners dream last season.

@ Priscilla,
I swear, John Terry is a sod.
I've just finished watching all the England matches @ the world cup and i can tell u JT was horrendous throughout.
He cannot defend to save his momma's life.
Rio Ferdinand is better than Terry by miles. I will even tip Kolo Toure and Jamie Carragher before JT.
JT sucks like a rotten creepy-crawlie.

@ Prisccy Eboue a.k.a feminem,

U r a good chic too but sometimes u get on ma nerves by throwing dirts at my beloved club.
This is not about me defending jackal but about what u have commented on.
Man Utd is more or less a religion to me and sometimes i get so ionate and i react at especially dud comments.

I like ur spirit of sportsmanship and u r the last person i will cross paths with on NL.
U r a very good peace-maker but i hate the club u .
Why don't u switch to Reading or Wigan Athletic?

Honestly, Lordi and nightrider are my peopz because they dont allow club patriotism to get in their way.
If u can just adjust a bit to that level then we might become best of pals on this forum.
Kna'mean?
Ooooooooops. U copy?

@ toshman,

Man Utd is the king of English Football.
The Fanbase, The Assets, The Theatre of dreams, The Merchandise and everything just points Man U as the Kings of English Football.
Where is Liverpool on the Rich Club's list?
United were on top of this list for 8 years consecutively until this year when Real Madrid took over due to woeful UEFA performances of United in the last 2 seasons. United missed twice on UEFA's money splash by not getting to the latter stages of the competition thus dropping some £20m in revenue generated at the gate-takings and TV rights.

Prisccy Eboue,

U are the only one that can say this and get away with it.
JT better than Rio? Its nauseating but i will let it .
Meanwhile, ur football knowledge seems to be very wide now.
What drew u to football and why te sudden interests?
I used to think the reasons why females watch soccer is because of 'em fine faces like Beckham, Raul and Ruud.
If every football player is like Taribo West and Frank Ribery i doubt if Priscilla and j-girl will watch soccer. Am i right?

@ Prisccy,
Don't let anyone see ur last comment.
Gary Neville is not a holding midfielder that can offer protective shield to Ferdinand.
Roy Keane and Alan Smith or maybe John O'shea fits the bill not Neville.
U need to take some football tutorials from me.
I ma charge u £200 per hour.
Deal or No Deal?

@ bami,
Pls o.
We dont want carrick at Man U.
Who the hell is Carrick?
We need someone like Riquelme, Gravesen, Ribery and Patrick Vieira.

@ Prisci,

We don't have to fuss over this.
If u think Terry is better than Rio then its ur opinion.
We cannot agree on everything afterall we aint soulmates/partners.


Ok.
I agree with u and only u that Terry is better than Rio. So smile now.
Meanwhile, all others have to convince me very well that JT is better than Rio.

U wanna knw the qualities of a natural defender?
Go n watch Man Utd Vs Arsenal(Old Trafford battle 1)---------------October 2004.
Watch Man Utd Vs Chelsea(Nov. 2005)

Watch the way Ferdinand curtailed Henry and Ljunberg and the way he silenced Mourinho's machine and u will be convinced.

@ Cuntaun,
The only one idiotic here are ur ancestors.
You are nuthing but a big foool by letting us know u stay at ashburton when u indeed stay at Mushin.
U are a simply a small fry and trading words with u will be trying to bully ur ass off the park.
Jackal did a nice job bombarding ur dumass on Akola's multi-name thread and i will gladly take the honour on the sport thread.
I am going to chase u out of NL in the next few weeeks cos i am still compiling a dossier on u.
Nairaland must be rid of idiots, retards and sonsofbitches.



@ lalaboi,
Ferdinand was not guilty. He turned up days later and they couldn't find a trace of any dope in his system.
Normally, the traces can be found even after weeks but they didn't find anything in his system so he was innocent.
They only banned him cos they wanted to make him a scape goat.

The clubs will live with it.
Del Piero told journalists before the court ruling that he would stay at Juventus if Juve gets relegated to Serie B.
Italian players don't ply their trade outside Italy. Its like a truce so i expect all the Italian players involved to other clubs in Serie A.
Only foreign players affected like Vieira,Nedved,Emerson etc can leave the country for England or wherever.

This is not the 1st time such stuffs will happen in Italy.
I back them to cope with this judgement without so much chaos.
Its sad but what will be shall be.

@ priscilla,
Did u say Lehmann is unmatched?
I am having a laugh.
Lehmann is a potato head and he does not even rank among the top 5 goalkeepers in England.
Rooney will make him bite the dust again this season.
I cannot wait to see his face whenever United fire shots at this orangutan of a goalie.

@ Akolawole,
Forget about the foul languages.
Tony Blair and George Bush do swear at will.
Yoruba people also have their own way of swearing and stop acting like a cleric.
Go to church if u feel like preaching.

Back to the topic,
Rio is better than Terry and u need to do more to convince me otherwise.
Can u even convince me? I don't think u can.
Take Makelele out of Chelsea and lets see how good JT will cope.

@ priscilla,
Its not the number of Gooners on Nairaland that determines intelligence.
The contribution of Jackal and I on Nairaland sports sures all the Arsenal fans put together.
Quality comments makes me happy than heaps of heresies majority of 'em gunners post on Nairaland.
With due respect, Sir Lordi + nightrider are the most intelligent Gunner on Nairaland and i have learnt a great deal from these dudes since ing this forum.

Ferguson has only lost once in his managerial career in keeping a player that wants to leave Manchester United.
Most players have tried to leave and he will rather let 'em sit on the bench than sell 'em to his rivals.
Ronaldo is one player Ferguson will rather keep in a Zoo than allow him to waltz to Real Madrid.
Ferguson only sells player(s) he is sick and bored of. Beckham is a living example.

@ lalaboi,
This is why i say most Arsenal fans on Nairaland are soccer-illiterates.
Rio was not banned for using drugs.  He was banned for failing to turn up for a dope test.
I have already stated Rio Ferdinand has a non-challant attitude.
He was meant to turn up for a dope test which he did not because he claimed to have forgotten.
The FA banned Ferdinand because they wanted to make him a scape goat/deterrent to others who won't turn up for a dope test.
No traces of dope was found on Ferdinand's body system till this day.
GUNNERS, Stop misinforming the public!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


@ Priscilla,
I don't expect u to know much about football because u started watching soccer when Rooney ed Man United.
There's no point proving facts to u because i can understand u are a soccer novice.
I have an advice for u. Please aways listen when football elders argue and stop ranting like a billy-goat.
Good listeners tend to gain more than feisty individual who does not know jack about football world.
Everyone on this sports forum itted Ferdinand had a better performance than John Terry @ the  World Cup except u.
I must implore u to go back to your TiVo and watch all the recorded  England matches on your box.
Terry appears to be better than Rio in Premiership because Terry has the best protective shield(Makelele) in the English League.

@ Akolawole
I know u will ignore the sign on fees line of argument.
Only a blind and deaf man does not know Chelsea is wasteful.


Fortunately for my arguments,
Rio and Terry are defenders.
I will rather judge them in the business they are paid to do than other stuffs.
Terry's skills depend on the basketball skills that cow the Premiership whistle-blowers.

In the business of defending, Rio does it better than Terry.
I don't care if Terry scores 30 goals in a season but Rio is better at defending than Terry.
The only glitch about Rio is off-pitch.
Social life and his lackadaisical approach to issues that surround him.

I still insist the best of Rio is better than the best of Terry.
Terry's contribution in his club is boosted by Claude Makelele. He makes Terry's job the easiest of jobs in the Premierhip.
For the national team, Terry is a different man without the protective shield of Claude Makelele.
He gets confused because there's no Claude to help him out.
Who can forget the way Terry let England down at EURO 2004 against Portugal with his sloppy defending?

U must have heard about a genius under-utilising himself in school, haven't u?
Football requires constant practise to maintain sharpness and match fitness.
If Diego Maradona does not practise/train everyday, he will lack match fitness in spite of his ingenuity.
One can be natural and still have weaknesses if he is lazy.

Did u watch Rio's 1st match at Old Trafford after his 8-month ban? Man U vs Liverpool(Sep. 2004)?
He was too impressive. Rio single-handedly stopped Gerrard, Cisse, Alonso and Garcia.
No one knew he could come out of 8 month ban and produce such subliminal performance.
No premiership defender has been able to play the way Rio played on tha day(optimum performance 99%)
Skysports still regard this match as one of the best matches played in the premiership where a defender was the difference btw 2 attacking sides.

@ Akola,
I am glad u just shot yourself on the leg and opened another can of worms.
Unfortunately, Veron and Rooney never played for United at the same time so Ferguson is more sensible.
Lemme break this down for u.

Sir Alex bought Veron for £28m in 2001 for a 5-yr deal. Thats £5.6m a year and after 2 years he was sold with injury ironically to a London club which happens to be Akola's Chelsea for a whooping £14m.
Ferguson knew Veron's career was over after the 2002/03 season because of injury and he sold him off to Chelsea.
Chelsea bought a 2nd hand product from United at £14m. Ferguson is simply a genius.
In other words, Ferguson recovered what was lost as at the time he bought Veron from SS Lazio.

Lets come back to Chelsea and let me list the number of players bought by Jose in a space of just 2 years and are still playing together in the team.
Drogba--------------£24m
SWP----------------- £21m
Essien---------------£24m
Carvalho------------£20m
Shevchenko--------£30m
Makelele------------£17m
Mikel Obi------------£16m
Ferriera-------------£13m

A total of £165m has been spent by Jose in a space of 2 years and u think he is not wasteful?
I think Festus Onigbinde will win UEFA Champions league for the next decade with a club like NEPA Osogbo with this kind of money and his own salary of £5m per year.


***Consistency and being natural are 2 different angles.
The main key to success is hard-work/practising.

Men like Albert Einstein, Alfred Nobel  and Bill Gates were naturally gifted(Genius) but without hard-work they wldn't have become great men.
Rio Ferdinand is a genius but he can be sometimes lazy so he lacks consistency.
Terry is not a genius at defending but his hard work keeps him going as a very good defender.

This is serious.
How can Juventus, Lazio and Fiorentina play in the 2nd division?
The sports minister should have imposed a heavy fine and keep all the teams in Serie A especially after bringing the world cup to Rome.
I am gutted but one man's woes is another man's blessings.

Arsene Wenger, Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho should all break the bank and raid Italy to bring the finest players into the Premiership.
Gattusso and Cannavaro and Marcello Lippi(Italy's Manager) might all fancy a move to Man Utd and it will be good news for me.

@ debosky or devilski,

Will u shut ur dirty clout about ur stupid emirate stadium?
The stadium u guys worship so much is not even as large in capacity as the famous Old Trafford.
Y'all gunners hould bury ur head in shame.
The management of Arsenal should have at least built a 75,000 capacity stadium to match OT or even 80,000 to be the biggest stadium in England.

Man United will be among the teams that will kick ur ass in this new stadium.
Watch out for Rooney and the Prodigal son, Ronaldo to stir and leave corrosive taste in ur mouth after taking 3 points off u guys again next season.
I bet Arsenal will lose another 10 matches again next season.
Gunners ma ass.

Does consistency make someone better than the other? Hell No.

If Mr A produces 30% performance in all the 38 league games in a season. He is consistent but consistently poor.
Mr B produces 70% in 5 games and 55% in 10 games ad 25 % in remaining games. He is not consistent but his overall performance is better than Mr A who is consistent.

John Terry is very consistent but his performance is capped to about 90%.
JT's personal best can never exceed 90% but he can produce 80% performance in 38 games and even forever.

Rio Ferdinand is not consistent but his performance on a good day is capped to about 99%
Ferdinand's personal best exceeds 90% but u cannot get 90% out of him at all time.

Overall, I think Rio is better than Terry.