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nitrogen:
Naso now. After buying, they will start saying our scouts and board don’t buy well. We should have gone for a player like Yamal.

Do our scouts and board buy well?

Let's leave the confusion in your mind when the same board that according to you keeps hiring the wrong coaches is somehow managing to buy the right players.

We said no to Toni Kroos when Moyes wanted him and got Fellaini instead.

When Gabriel Barbosa and Gabriel Jesus were available, we tried to get Barbosa while Jesus went to City. Barbosa finally came to Europe and failed quickly before heading back to Brazil.

When Antony and Raphinha were available we paid 82m for Antony while Raphinha went to Barca for 50m.

We bought AWB (a RIGHTBACK o) who was obviously never going to be a top-level footballer for 50m. We bought Maguire a molue-slow CB from a lower level EPL team for 80m. This was YEARS ago, and even now top-level strikers are still going for 60-70m. But we bought 2 mediocre defenders for 130m.

If we have been appointing the wrong coaches for years, then we have also been buying the wrong players for years. People here keep talking about how the players can't be bad since they were doing well at their previous clubs before coming here. Well, that excuse can also be made for the managers. They also were doing well in their previous clubs before coming here.

My point was that fans should not get too giddy over any new signing based off reputation until they show us their quality in our club, but you and your coven of contrarian spirits must always find something to complain about.

iamharkinwaley:
Help me understand sir, are you saying you’re not please if we eventually sign him.

I am no longer impressed by name or reputation until they start performing for us.

BlueRayDick:
You remember that Young female doctor who died in the elevator at Lagos Island General hospital? As at the last time I checked , the elevator is yet to be fixed.

Poju no gree talk about that o. At least that was a lady that refused to Japa and doing exactly what Poju expects her to do.(Working in an unconducive work environment)

For months after the accident at least they did not fix the elevator.

The temerity of a pastorpreneur who belongs to the group which after the Nigerian government impoverishes Nigerians the most, to be trying to guilt people into remaining at subsistence level.

sleekdot:
He knows the doctors he met, he spoke to them and probably knows their views about Nigeria which they probably shared with him, Probably heard about consistent negativity about the country that gave them the biggest head start in life.

He has not told anyone to japada. He doesn't even have the power to do that, Some people decided to japada like the doctor at John Hopkins and some decided to embrace their new country

He should keep quiet and keep winning souls for Christ and collecting offering and tithe into his own pocket.

Leyqute:
The Cunha rumors are getting louder. Am I the only one not going gaga over this possibility?

Apart from maybe Yamal i do not think there is any transfer that can make me go gaga, and even that one is not sure.

Siddon look mode activated. Let the people whose job it is to wake up and go to work from 9 to 5 scouting and assessing players for the club, let those ones do their job. Me sef get my own job to do.

sleekdot:
As a start by not tearing down everything about Nigeria. You can be critical while still acknowledge some good things that you got from the broken country

Some people all they see about Nigeria is negativity, even in America some people who were born in America and lived all their lives in America yet all they see is negativity. For example I see some positives about growing up in Nigeria while acknowledging the negatives

Others if you dare say anything positive about Nigeria they will tear your shirt check on this thread for example

And he was able to research into those doctors' lives just by meeting them briefly on his visit and find out that they never said anything good about Nigeria. He is a joker. And if it is actually that he wants them to japada (and you are just turning amala on his behalf) he is a bigger joker.

Na the emotional blackmail wey dem like to play be that. Highly selective and radioactive thunder will fire anybody who intends to gaslight Nigerian doctors to continue working in an unsafe, unhealthy, and highly injurious environment while the leaders at the top siphon the funds meant to establish a better healthcare system.

sleekdot:
You show you are grateful by appreciating the Nigerian govt for giving you and I a headstart in life. If at 16yrs they have asked me to pay $20k per session to become an Engineer, How would I or my parents afford it? My total family networth was not close to $20K

No one is blaming anyone for taking the opportunity at least he is saying be grateful to those who provided the opportunity

That is one of the good things Nigeria afforded us. You and I

And the doctors he met abroad did not appreciate the government?

He called them ungrateful. In what way were they ungrateful?

Can you tell us in what way he wanted them to appreciate the Nigerian government?

sleekdot:
Every graduate got subsidized education, Doctors was just an example of highly paid profession whose training gulps a lot of money

I don't think Poju is saying anyone should not japa. Anyone that japa and uses his Naija certificate to get a high paying job should be grateful for getting a subsidized education his peers abroad are not getting

My colleagues abroad are still paying student loans and I am grateful that Naija govt provided it to me for cheap

He said the ones in the US were ungrateful because they had subsidized education in Nigeria. In what way did he want them to show that they were grateful? What did he mean when he said they were ungrateful?

P.S We have seen it several times where they almost always use doctors. No be today. Na gaslight. I didn't come to Lagos to count bridge sir.

BlueRayDick:


Dem dey always pick on Doctors as if even person wey get B.Sc Social Work wey japa go dey do Care Job abroad no benefit from Subsidized education. They always make it seem like it is only doctors and nurses that must pay the ultimate price being the sole beneficiary of subsidized education.

It is a phucking disgrace.

I keep hearing this nonsensical stuff as if other courses were paying millions or billions of naira while only medical students' education was subsidized.

sleekdot:
I was in America and I sat down with some Nigerians and they started. I told them that in Nigeria, a person will graduate as a medical doctor and spend N500, 000 throughout to become a doctor and they are working. You will graduate from John Hopkins as a doctor and you spend $2000, are you okay? Do you know how much money you will spend?

That was Pojus tatement regarding the medical education in Nigeria vs the US. What is wrong with that statement

Fact is if we are to go the full way without subsidized education by the Nigerian govt, Many of us wont be able to afford it

Full gaslight.

He should face his pastoral job and win souls. If he is allergic to minding his business he can start alphabetically from Accounting, Actuarial Sciences, Engineering, Law etc before coming to try to gaslight Medicine. When those ones too have gone to Aso Rock to prostrate and the ones abroad have come back, we will consider it.

Any doctor who allows himself to be gaslit not to japa should return his brain to his creator.

Everybody who schooled in a public university in Nigeria benefitted from subsidized education. It is not only doctors. Engineers, Lawyers, Accountants, Architects, Computer Scientists too should not japa and they can start the prostration.

BlueRayDick:
Afrodoc this is Ur constituency.

Poju Oyemade say wan dey cap, Association of Resident doctors quickly carry peer review journal to take counter am

Una Doctors sef Sabi hang ball o

Was this a real response?

What was Poju Oyemade's initial statement.

CapitalCee:
Are you sure nitrogen agrees, or he is lining up another manager to take over in the summer

I was talking about IF Amorim is here next season he won't get all of next season to prove himself.

Consider this scenario. What if we don't win Europa League and we keep losing and sliding down the league table this season, with no improvement in either result or quality of play.

If we lose league games and win the Europa League, there might be a defense for keeping him on. If we lose Europa but our league form and results improve there is another defense. If neither happens then serious discussions would have to be held at the end of this season.

In the words of Kenny Rogers, you have to know when to hold and know when to fold.

CapitalCee:
I was collaborating your point.

Oh ok.

At this point I believe everybody on this forum agrees on that.

No more blind faith in the face of contrary evidence.

larride:
Well I said average at best doc.

I except significant improvement next season though else he will have to go. Whether mid season or end of season.

He has not been average in the league. Unless average has another meaning.

He has been below average. Way below average. He has been quite bad so far in the league.

His saving grace is that he came during the season and did not have a preseason or a proper transfer window. Next season those excuses won’t be available for him.

nihilistjnr:
RIP the Pope.

Hell of a day to go though. Easter Monday is as close to a perfect day for the pontiff to depart this dunya.

What did JD Vance serve him when they met yesterday?

JD Vance cried yesterday, Pope died today………….

Roland17:
Doc, you are right about Amass but with United’s EPL season gone without any risk of relegation, I think increased game time during these final games will help with improving the deficit with his physical play.

Also, I won’t worry too much about the position he is playing right now because he has the talent but the focus should be about improving a critical aspect of his game.

Yeah, with the league season over I would start in him in most of the remaining league games.

CapitalCee:
For Me Kovar is not at our level, he is Below Avarage I jave watched him at Leverkusen a couple of times, he is error prone

We can get a 29-32 year old GKs that will be fantastic, Inter sold us the Bum Onana, and got Yan Sommer for like 5m and he was 34 that time, Van der Sar was languishing at Fulham 34 before fergie got him, he won us the UCL. No be everytime spending big solves problem. How old is Mat Sels at Forest. GK is a different of position.

I think you intended to quote me here. If Kovar is also error prone then our scouts need to get to work.
We can’t afford another keeper who spreads confusion in the back line.

CapitalCee:
I read it somewhere too just now, I think Amorim is going for Maturity in Age. I know he won't want to risk Shaw, he played 50+35 minutes on Thursday.

Yeah. Shaw played close to a full game.

It might be Maz LCB and Fredricson RCB with Lindelof as CCB.

patrickmuf:
You haven't mentioned this one before...Let me go check him out.

He was the best rated CB in Mainoo’s set and actually made a Europa League squad for the senior team as far back as 2022, then he got injured the next month and did not come back until last year.

I still think it’s not going to happen for him here cos that injury took away his top level speed but it’s still good to see him at least get this chance. He is getting it most likely because he is the most mature and senior team ready CB in the academy, not because he has a longterm future here.

patrickmuf:
I think I will watch the game today just the see what the youngsters can do...A few experienced heads mixed with youth should make for an interesting game.

I just read that Tyler Fredricson will get a start at CB today. An out of left field decision for a player whose United hopes I thought had been permanently dashed due to injuries.

It might be Fredricson, Lindelof, Maz at the back.

CapitalCee:
I don't know if it's me, but I don't want us to sign Cunha

The market is not easy. Who are the players you would like us to sign?

CapitalCee:
If that guy click eeh he might be like Caicedo or Baleba

Hopefully. He is naturally smaller than them but I like the way he plays with tempo and tenacity. There is real potential in his progressive passing and ball carrying.

afrodoc2:

Maybe we should jejely get Kovar to come back.

We don’t need mad keeping ability. Just someone who is not error-prone.

CapitalCee:
Obi is 17,he is a bright prospect. But he is not better Hojlund at this moment, make we de calm down.

I am not sure about that statement. It has more to do with how poor Rasmus than how good Obi is.

I personally don’t think Rasmus is better. My main concern is that rushing Obi might interfere with his football development as an individual player.and stop him from maximising his talent. Rasmus is so bad right now that I can’t say for sure that playing him over Obi gives us a better chance at winning.

CapitalCee:
For me,
Shaw is just coming back from injury, and played 90mins on Thursday, that might be too much of an ask for him. We need to be careful with him.
I will also want Hojlund to start he didn't play that much, he need to biuld his confidence more.

You are right about Shaw. It’s probably too soon after playing 60mins. I however think it is crucial we rest Maguire and Yoro to avoid season ending injury. Maguire himself just passed fitness tests a couple of weeks ago. Yoro has played a lot this month and had probably being our best defender in that period.

Unless Amorim wants to risk Kukonki instead of Shaw which is unlikely. Heaven would have been the obvious choice but he got injured again in training. Those players have made things difficult by allowing that match go into extra time.

You also have a point about Rasmus but we have played him over and over again this season and the confidence is still nowhere to be found. At this point I think we should start looking at building our own confidence for the future rather than prioritising a single player’s confidence. We need to find out how ready Obi in particular is to contribute to the team.

engrelvis:
lt seems De ligt is injury prone. l still prefer Obi to Hojlund for Europa. He contribute absolutely nothing

Obi can’t play Europa. He was not registered.

engrelvis:
Personally I don't want Rashford in our present squad. Our youths are elvoving.

lol that is what I was saying na.

Englishisamust:
Why u dey rest hojlund!!!

If Hojlund gets injured we will have no striker in Europa.

Until season ends we should play Hojlund in Europe and Obi in EPL.