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patrickmuf:
Yes, I just checked him out. Plays for Lille.

We have been linked to him in the past. He is a proper baller and understands the assignment fully.

izzou:


Give Popiziano a break, please

He gon learn by force.

4-4-2 that most teams phased out after successive years of losing to 4-3-3 is what he is stanning.

popizaino:
I didn't not watch the game so i can't say much on it but maybe the execution of that formation might have been wrong.

You don’t say.

Dem whipe 4-4-2 like person wey thief Gala for market.

TrebleChamp:
I guess this also put Tonali out of the picture, unless we will ditch Fernandes for Tonali and get a proper DM..

Yes. After getting Ederson I think we should only get one out of Fernandes, Tonali, Scott. That is my order of preference for the 3.

The other player should be a more defensively minded player like Tchouameni, Garner, etc.

I would have gone Tchouameni, Garner, and Fernandes/Tonali and not gone for Ederson but that ship has sailed.

Tchouameni, Garner, Mainoo, Fernandes OR Tchouameni, Garner, Mainoo, Tonali is league challenging midfield group IMO.

It is true.

After getting Ederson I don’t think we should get both Fernandes and Scott.

Fernandes and a more defensive midfielder would make more sense.

fredoooooo:
The system Automatically push them out to the wing ..
Lots of skillfull black players out there but they will turn them to a defensive player..
If they choose to fight the system they will force them out. They have no choice but to accept it, afterall na survival for us.

Mikel is a good example.

Mikel is not a good example. It was not the system that happened to Mikel but Mourinho.

The manner in which Mourinho ironed out the skills of Mikel and Joe Cole needs to be studied at postgraduate level.

MRTA7:
I like Anderson, I think he's fantastic but I dont think we should be spending £120m+ on him.

That fee is for clubs like Man City whose squad is nearly complete and need only 1 or 2 cherry on top signings and who also have the deep pockets to have a 100m player like Grealish flop and not have any major negative effects.

We need 5 to 6 buys this summer not 1 or 2. We can buy 2 top quality midfielders for between 120m-140m.

Akor Adams has noticed that Inacio is as weak as wet tissue paper so he is sticking to him and leaving Ruben Dias alone.

monerozi5590:
Like I said, you are just ignorant of the whole discuss.

My point is respect people's culture. That's the message I am trying to pass but your mind is made up already. No need explanation anything to you.

It is discourse not discuss.

I don’t need explanations from a Stockholm Syndrome victim.

BlueRayDick:
He has actually been brainwashed to the extent that he cowers to oppression and calls it "respecting the northern Muslims culture".

When we mention some of the bizarre realities some of us lived through in the course of our one year mandatory NYSC service in the core north, he tries to make light of it. Like it's normal.

I believe he's like that because he's been brainwashed even as a northern Christian he claims to be. Even the northern Christian and irreligious people some of us encountered and interacted with in our stay in the north, they complain about these things he termed "respecting the northern Muslim's culture".

Talking about Respect.

The people who were killed in the North during Miss World riots and those killed during the Danish Mohammed cartoon in 2006 I wonder who they disrespected.

The army had to be called in to guard certain NYSC camps during the Mohammed cartoon riots when the mob wanted to go in and slaughter Christians and Southerners en masse.

raumdeuter:
In my time the NYSC DG made it illegal to change your posting

I don forget his name

Brig-Gen Yusuf Bomoi.

People with the right connection and money still did it sha.

TemporaryHansel:
People who served in places like this, is it just love of adventure? I'm genuinely curious, because you can work the posting to a more favourable location so why willingly go to places that are still in the 18th century?

Everybody can’t work it.
Either you don’t have the connection or you don’t have the money. Even if you have those things your money and connection might fail you.

One of my guys had a close friend (another corper) living in that village so we carried ourselves to visit them so they won’t feel isolated. The place looked like it was from a different time period.

larride:
Thank you. I'll be on the lookout.

Just replied you.

izzou:
Now, the comments from pastors are changing.

Thank you, Pastor Phillip.

NYSC should be cancelled.

larride:
UPDATE

Finally went to general hospital today, apparently I dont have malaria at all. Malaria parasite was negative. My BP was 191/121 so they have given me mandatory 2 days bed rest. I've been admitted.

I did an abdominal pelvic scan for the stomach ache, I sent the result to your DM. I need a second opinion. Kindly check your DM.

Thank you

Ok. I am travelling. I will get back to you this evening (your Saturday morning).

Most of the players we are rumoured to be signing will not be at World Cup.
I expect them to come in for preseason well rested, fit, and ready to go.

engrelvis:
"The main thing Nigeria hospitals diagnose is malaria and typhoid.. .lf uv not done yr medical outside the shores of this country u might really understand this.lol.
Another one is high blood pressure.Some people dnt v business with blood pressure drugs iif proper diagnosis is done.

Typhoid is over diagnosed in Nigeria due to the utilisation of a serological test like Widal test.

Hypertension is the opposite. It is actually under diagnosed because Nigerians rarely go for routine regular checks unless they are unwell. There are many people walking the streets of Nigeria with dangerously high BP and they have no idea because they have not carried out checks.

There might be the odd case of someone being prescribed anti hypertensive medication inappropriately but the overall picture is one of under diagnosis.

Iraola to Liverpool. I didn’t trust him to do well at United but this has made Liverpool better for next season. I really wanted them to keep Slot.

BlueRayDick:
Na this morning I dey prepare for parade na. Yesterday night na sleep got me as I reach house because I know we get big day ahead today.

Best Regards. 🚶‍♂️

Awwww.

BlueRayDick:
😂😂😂

I just dey wake ni. I been no get strength to face Una association of haters yesternight, so I just go sleep as I reach house as champions of England.

How far na? I dey look for you yesterday about one job recruitment issue. Shey na because of simple Champions League Final defeat you no answer me? 🥲

Liverpool sacking Slot is actually bad news for us. With all the negativity and unhappy players in the dressing room the team was primed to implode next season with Slot in charge.

Now they might get a good manager who could get Isak, Wirtz, etc firing.

Leyqute:
The only issue I have with Fernandes is his physicality. A midfield trio of Mainoo, Bruno and Fernandes isn’t physical enough for the EPL.

Anderson would elevate our physical levels but I’m worried about his consistency and price tag.

The 3rd person we get should be very physical.

In my mind our starting CM should be one out of Mainoo or M. Fernandes and another more physical CDM.

Fernandes and Mainoo should be competing for the No 8 position and we get a no 6. This makes the Ederson move a bad one.

I watched another video of Ederson today and even his highlights were worrying. I sincerely hope I am wrong.

akwesenana:
I've seen a video of a soldier joining a bandit tiktok live.

Those are the “they are our brothers” gang.

The government is compromised and the military is compromised both by 5th columnists and by economic saboteurs who are misappropriating funds meant to be used to solve the crisis.

2006 Nigeria will be crying for 2026 Nigeria.

Leyqute:
Hope we won’t be saying the same thing about Anderson a year from now.

I’m always cautious about paying hefty sums for players who haven’t replicated the same level of performance for years.

I think Fernandes is at the point where Anderson was about 2 years ago. If we can’t afford Anderson we might get something close to him with Fernandes.

The 3rd CM we get will then depend on how the club profiles Ederson, M Fernandes, and Mainoo. Do we add a pure defensive guy like Tchouameni or do we add another all-rounder like Tonali, Baleba etc.

The most important question though is how much money does the club have to spend. INEOS so far have been better at controlling the narrative on this compared to the Glazers.

TemporaryHansel:
Anybody physically in Nigeria can be tracked by DSS/SSS. Forget story.

Any insecurity that last more than a month the government is benefiting from it.

Ok

BlueRayDick:
I get that part, what I was expecting is that if there's a way the videos can be used to narrow down the search area within which security agents can trace and track them.

For example let's say they make a video deep in the forest in Ogbomoso and had to locate the nearest network cell tower to upload and send the video out on social media; can't security agents start tracking right from that moment and put into consideration the maximum distance the kidnappers can cover on foot with their victims within a specific time frame? At least they can guess they either move deep in the forests in Oyo state, Osun State or go as far as Kwara state forests. I mean can't they combine forensic analysis, common sense and security/detective skills to widen their search net and catch these guys ?

The whole thing just look as if our security agents are incapable of getting things done when it matters most. Or maybe it's because the people involved are not really VIP.

I remember the former Lagos CP Hakeem Odumosu's wife was kidnapped sometimes and the security agents eventually arrested her kidnappers after securing her release.

Is it a case of willpower?

Lack of will power. Corrupt and compromised security services etc.

With regards to the specific case of uploading videos, the ones uploading it do not have to be in the forest with them. The video can be sent privately to an accomplice in Lagos, Kano, or Accra who then uploads it.

That does not mean the security services should not be employing other measures to locate and capture them.

BlueRayDick:
The videos kidnappers always release showing victims in their custody being tortured and even the ones they decapitated; abeg where dem dey always send those videos to?

Is it not possible for security agencies to use those videos to trace the kidnappers' location?

They are not stationary. They can kidnap people in Ekiti State and move through the bush to Ondo State and then Kogi.

Youngzero2:
Do you still think baleba a good option considering you fancied him last season

The worry I have with Baleba is not his quality but his mentality.

If he intentionally downed tools at the start of the season because he was not able to join us that is a red flag.

If he truly lost form and focus because he was not able to join us that is a red flag.

Those red flags remain even if his true level is 24-25 and this 25-26 season was just a blip.

MRTA7:
Bruno G is about to be 29 in November. Doesn't sound like a smart investment.

Yeah the age is an issue especially with the unwritten INEOS rule. But he is turning 29 not 33. We are 1 or 2 windows away from competing so a 28-29yr old is not as bad an idea as a few years ago when we were far off.

Anyway it does not have to be him. In a period where Liverpool win the league and followed it with a 400m pound window if we are not ready to spend 200m plus on that midfield then we are not ready.

ChristineC:
what players were you looking at aside Fernandes?
the Real Madrid guy is not an option, primarily because Man United will not pay near 100m for a single player and secondly, I don't think he's all that. that's my view of his skillset.
Anderson is not considering us, which if we are to go by recent recruitment policy of going after only players who want to be here, rules him out as well. he's got one good season also, I didn't hear his stories last summer. will it be wise to take that expensive plunge?
Adam Wharton I think, lacks the agility and maybe stamina we need.
I was hoping we'd be hot on the heels of Bruno Guimaeres as the pl proven option this summer but it's seemingly all crickets on that front, at least so far.
Tonali will demand a fee I believe will make us walk away from the negotiations.

Anderson, Guimaraes, Tonali, Fernandes, Joao Gomez, Tchouameni.

I am not sure about Tchouameni’s passing and press resistance but he would improve our defending considerably.

MRTA7:
This sounds like the exact way Ugarte was described before we signed him.

He is better on the ball than Ugarte. He is stronger physically than Ugarte.

I was certain Ugarte would fail. I have doubts about Ederson but not as sure about him.

I would personally have used that money on Fernandes. My hope was that we would buy 3 CMs this summer of which Fernandes would be the least accomplished. That would have raised the bottom level of our squad considerably.

everton4life:
I think Ederson is more of an Ugarte replacement than a casemiro replacement.

I know that but we should be looking for an Ugarte massive Improvement than an Ugarte replacement.

We won’t get anywhere fast if we replace a shyte player with a slightly less shyte player.