homesteady:


Why is Gotze not yet in contention to win Balon d'or? He scored the wining goal on the biggest stage! Why didn't it create a big emotional connection that would make him appear more important than Lahm or Neuer?

Big difference is Gotze was not a starter at the World Cup neither is he a sure starter for Bayern.

How would you crown a nigga who cant get into his 11?

If Gotze had done that shyt in the middle of winning back to back Bundesliga with Dortmund, then throw in UCL, he would be voted 3rd in WPOTY.

Ibime:


Ancelotti did not play any knock-down style of football yet Lampard scored 27.

It was Deco, Ballack, Anelka and co on tippy tappy football.

Everybody scored more. There was no high ball for Drogba yet he scored a career high 33 goals. Malouda scored 14 or so for the first time.

The fact is, if the ball is in the area more, Lampard will always score more because he has the lungs to always be in the box when the play is in opposition box. Thats why he was Marathon Man of EPL for 7 years in a row. He would absolutely HAMMER at Barca.

Everybody going to Barca scores more. Suarez scores more, Neymar scores more. What makes you think a GOAL-HUNGRY nigga like Lampard will score less? Has he been instructed not to score like some of our friends?

In Barca currently Suarez is scoring more Messi is scoring less. Typical Messi by February would already be on 40 goals. Whats your comparison for neymar to know he scores more

In Pep time, Messi was at peak he was scoring 60 regularly. He takes all Penalties, all free kicks where lampard gets a quarter of his goals from

Henry went from 30 goals guaranteed to 15-20 goals at Barca

Are you saying a peak Ronaldo would join Barca and score 60 like he normally does with Messi and say Lewandoski

mistake letting Terry go..

AdeLaNa1:
Do u even know wat "milf" means??

sleekdot:


In Barca currently Suarez is scoring more Messi is scoring less. Typical Messi by February would already be on 40 goals. Whats your comparison for neymar to know he scores more

In Pep time, Messi was at peak he was scoring 60 regularly. He takes all Penalties, all free kicks where lampard gets a quarter of his goals from

Henry went from 30 goals guaranteed to 15-20 goals at Barca

Are you saying a peak Ronaldo would join Barca and score 60 like he normally does with Messi and say Lewandoski

Messi has moved to the wing so naturally he will score less.

Suarez in the same CF position is scoring more.

Neymar is scoring more. His Brasileiro record is less than 1 in 2. Forget State Championship.

Henry had injury problems last season in England and only scored 12 goals.

Why wont Lampard score more?

Only Lewa may score less because it is easier to score in Bundesliga as historical stats show.

Ibime:

Messi has moved to the wing so naturally he will score less.
Suarez in the same CF position is scoring more.
Neymar is scoring more. His Brasileiro record is less than 1 in 2. Forget State Championship.
Why wont Lampard score more?
Only Lewa may score less because it is easier to score in Bundesliga as historical stats show.

I'm sure Berbatov thinks its easier to score the EPL same with Demba Ba and Debruyne

Lampard was the highest goal scorer in most of his seasons at Chelsea, He would be in Barca playing with the most prolific player in the game

All his Free kick goal and penalties where would get them? Henry the 30 goal a season henry went to barcelona and he became a 15goal ninja

sleekdot:


I'm sure Berbatov thinks its easier to score the EPL same with Demba Ba and Debruyne

Lampard was the highest goal scorer in most of his seasons at Chelsea, He would be in Barca playing with the most prolific player in the game

All his Free kick goal and penalties where would get them? Henry the 30 goal a season henry went to barcelona and he became a 15goal ninja

Stats show more goals are scored per game in Bundesliga than any other league. Lewa already got it too easy in Bayern vs say Hamburg. It would actually be harder with Barca vs La Liga opponent.

Henry was not the same player when he left England. His last season he scored 12 goals. Besides he played left wing.

Remove 7 goals from Lampard for penalties and freekicks, he would get that back against Levante and Almeria when Barca flog them 6-0 each.

Vardyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

CR7 movie? who cares. If there is ever a movie about Jamie V, now that's what I'd like to see. What a GOAL THAT WAS! Just WOW!

Ibime:
Stats show more goals are scored per game in Bundesliga than any other league. Lewa already got it too easy in Bayern vs say Hamburg. It would actually be harder with Barca vs La Liga opponent.

Henry was not the same player when he left England. His last season he scored 12 goals. Besides he played left wing.

Remove 7 goals from Lampard for penalties and freekicks, he would get that back against Levante and Almeria when Barca flog them 6-0 each.

Though more goals are more in the Buli, still shows some strikers are better suited to one than the other

But the same stats showed Berbatov, Demba ba found more joy in the EPL than they found in the Bundesliga

How did Lewandoski get it easy vs Hamburg? He scored one penalty and one deflected goal? So what was easy in that?

If Henry had been in Arsenal when those years he would still make his customary 25 English goals

Ibime:


Are you stewpid?

Barca and Bayern wouldnt win EPL yet I check the table and see Leicester City sitting on top with 2/3 of the season gone

FBS:
Vardyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

Best goal of the Season...

sleekdot:
Barca and Bayern wouldnt win EPL yet I check the table and see Leicester City sitting on top with 2/3 of the season gone

I dey tell you...

A league where Defending champions are battling relegation...

A league where PDP Man Utd are struggling to stay in top 10...

A league where Money-Laundering Man City are behind 2013/2014 promoted side...

A league where Vardy is leading the goal chart...

A league where lampard is the greatest midfielder...

A league that is under-rated...

If she no know that one she go know cougar.

AdeLaNa1:
Do u even know wat "milf" means??

nonsoroyalty:
Airmark come ur father said xavi is the greatest midfielder or are u going to tag him ignorant too

You are just a t,wat an old one. But, your brain is like that of a stillborn. Ibime has his opinion, dayo has his and I have mine. I have no father on nairaland but if yours is here and an albino , it's a free world keep reading and liking his views. At 49 you don't have a mind of your own you are still acting like a baby in daycare guarded with pampers. Zizou is the greatest midfielder ever to me, yours May be garba lawal, that's your fxckin bizness. Get lost .

AdeLaNa1:
Do u even know wat "milf" means??

i dnt mean 'milf' as a word i mean midfielder...
Most of u lack manners n reasoning....

dmcdad:

If she no know that one she go know cougar.

and u tink its funny

airmark:


You are just a t,wat an old one. But, your brain is like that of a stillborn. Ibime has his opinion, dayo has his and I have mine. I have no father on nairaland but if yours is here and an albino , it's a free world keep reading and liking his views. At 49 you don't have a mind of your own you are still acting like a baby in daycare guarded with pampers. Zizou is the greatest midfielder ever to me, yours May be garba lawal, that's your fxckin bizness. Get lost .

Wow! So if you know everyone has his or her own opinion, why were you acting like a rabid dog on barcelona thread because some people called Xavi the greatest?
Or has your balls to attack anybody with that opinion disappeared? Oga, you are obviously scared of Ibime

Ibime:


Big difference is Gotze was not a starter at the World Cup neither is he a sure starter for Bayern.

How would you crown a nigga who cant get into his 11?

If Gotze had done that shyt in the middle of winning back to back Bundesliga with Dortmund, then throw in UCL, he would be voted 3rd in WPOTY.

Before 2009 UCL final -
As Sir Alex Ferguson noted back in 2009: "I'm not obsessed with Messi, Iniesta is the danger. He makes the team work."

After 2009 UCL final -
"Barcelona are a brilliant team and in my opinion Andres Iniesta is the best player in the world, he's incredible," said Rooney.

This was said before he scored the worldcup goal that 'connected him emotionally with the whole world' . Maybe you would now say Rooney and Ferguson were under the spell of the emotional connection he created when he scored Chelsea.

homesteady:


Wow! So if you know everyone has his or her own opinion, why were you acting like a rabid dog on barcelona thread because some people called Xavi the greatest?
Or has your balls to attack anybody with that opinion disappeared? Oga, you are obviously scared of Ibime

Dnt mind him. Never knew he could write something meaningful. Guess he's scared of ibime

homesteady:


Before 2009 UCL final -
As Sir Alex Ferguson noted back in 2009: "I'm not obsessed with Messi, Iniesta is the danger. He makes the team work."

That is a journalists redaction. Every top player has quotes but the full quote is below:

"It wasn't really Messi who was the problem. It was Iniesta and Xavi. They can keep the ball all night long."


Once again that is a case of Iniesta being lauded for another mans work. If you talk of Barcelona choking the opposition of possession, Xavi was the critical element. Busquets is even more critical to that than Iniesta. You can check all the passing stats.

coded01:


Best goal of the Season...

mehn, it was AWESOME! but besides that, Leicester played some neat, straight to the point good football yesterday. One time passing, wingers doing their thing, the fullbacks worked tirelessly and that little engine room called Kante is some player..and the other guy Drinkwater. What a combo. I'm very much impressed.

Chestar5:


i dnt mean 'milf' as a word i mean midfielder...
Most of u lack manners n reasoning....

And where in midfielder does the "l" come before the "f"??
Who even trys to shorten midfielder to milf??
Aunty u need to take a seat....

Ibime:


That is a journalists redaction. Every top player has quotes but the full quote is below:

"It wasn't really Messi who was the problem. It was Iniesta and Xavi. They can keep the ball all night long."
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Once again that is a case of Iniesta being lauded for another mans work. If you talk of Barcelona choking the opposition of possession, Xavi was the critical element. Busquets is even more critical to that than Iniesta. You can check all the passing stats.

Ibime, kai, fuk shait with all them stats. na wetin? You no dey tire? Stats aint everything man. Abi you no dey take your own eye dey watch match ni? Something tells me you don't watch La Liga much sef.

AdeLaNa1:
And where in midfielder does the "l" come before the "f"??
Who even trys to shorten midfielder to milf??
Aunty u need to take a seat....

Lmaoooooooooooo

FBS:

Ibime, kai, fuk shait with all them stats. na wetin? You no dey tire? Stats aint everything man. Abi you no dey take your own eye dey watch match ni? Something tells me you don't watch La Liga much sef.

Understand the argument before jumping.

Fergie said his problem is Iniesta and Xavi because "they keep the ball all night long".

Who keeps the ball all night long? Xavi or Iniesta? Busquets even chokes possession more. The passing stats is therefore needed.

Ive seen Barca play in the flesh with Xavi and without Xavi. Its 2 different games.

Lets put it this way - Barca are more content to counterattack these days because the metronome Xavi is no longer there. He is the foundation of the Barcelona system.

These days they more rely on Neymar, Messi and Suarez to make a difference than on controlling the ball till the opponent is seasick.

Lets just say that if you take the UCL final last year and swap the strikers of both teams, Juve would win 3-0. So Iniesta is just a beneficiary.

With Xavi it is different. He could still choke Juventus to death with possession even if you swapped the strikers. The difference being in this scenario that Xavi is the orchestrator while Iniesta is the beneficiary.

AdeLaNa1:
And where in midfielder does the "l" come before the "f"??
Who even trys to shorten midfielder to milf??
Aunty u need to take a seat....

am not above making mistakes ryt...
What re u feelin lyk, Nland spelling tutor ...

Ibime:


Understand the argument before jumping.

Fergie said his problem is Iniesta and Xavi because "they keep the ball all night long".

Who keeps the ball all night long? Xavi or Iniesta? Busquets even chokes possession more.

Ive seen Barca play in the flesh with Xavi and without Xavi. Its 2 different games.

Lets put it this way - Barca are more content to counterattack these days because the metronome Xavi is no longer there. He is the foundation of the Barcelona system.

These days they more rely on Neymar, Messi and Suarez to make a difference than on controlling the ball till the opponent is seasick.

Lets just say that if you take the UCL final last year and swap the strikers of both teams, Juve would win 3-0. So Iniesta is just a beneficiary.

With Xavi it is different. He could still choke Juventus to death with possession even if you swapped the strikers. The difference being in this scenario that Xavi is the orchestrator while Iniesta is the beneficiary.

Sure I shouldn't have jumped in...not my style but just couldn't stand it. Placing stats above everything distorts both the arguments and the picture you are trying to paint.

There is a reason Fergie said Iniesta (drive the team forward) and Xavi (Game control). This has ZERO to do with stats. Its just the way they play. Geddit?

PS; aint taking sides, na just this over-reliance on stats that made me jump in.

homesteady:


Wow! So if you know everyone has his or her own opinion, why were you acting like a rabid dog on barcelona thread because some people called Xavi the greatest?
Or has your balls to attack anybody with that opinion disappeared? Oga, you are obviously scared of Ibime

You are sick in the head. I don't always like arguing with Chelsea fans because of idiotss like you who would hijack the situation and make it turn to high scale beef. Even at that I had argued with him here not once not twice, ask around. But the level of stvpidity shown on that your barca thread is second to none. you are the same guy that was ranking Valdes as one of the best in the world because of his superb ball distribution. I was thinking man utd fans had the most senseless fans on nl, when I discovered that only 3 barca fans have soccer brain , then I turned that place to my residence cos of comic reliefs. It's nice when a fun-seeking non drunkard is in the midst of senseless drunkards. Dmcdad should continue serving y'all legend beers. It brings more balderdash out of you guys and someone like me enjoy it.

Ibime:


That is a journalists redaction. Every top player has quotes but the full quote is below:

"It wasn't really Messi who was the problem. It was Iniesta and Xavi. They can keep the ball all night long."


Once again that is a case of Iniesta being lauded for another mans work. If you talk of Barcelona choking the opposition of possession, Xavi was the critical element. Busquets is even more critical to that than Iniesta. You can check all the passing stats.

That comment was made prior to the match and the one you posted was made after the match! It wasn't a redaction, it's all over the net.

Another comment from Ferguson -
As Sir Alex Ferguson famously said recently: "I don't think Iniesta and Xavi have ever given the ball away in their lives."

Iniesta was nicknamed El Ilusionista because of his ability to cling to the ball even when 20 players surrounds him!

Just watched the Leicester match again. They play, they entertain. They kick and press. MY kind of football.