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Leyqute:
He only played the first half.

After the City game, we have a fairly favorable run of fixtures. So maybe we will see him soon.

Although the midfield is a bit congested -Case, Amrabat, Eriksen, McTom- Mainoo still has a good chance to be a starter, especially for midweek cup games.

He will get minutes. The main thing is not to rush him back before time do it is good that we have enough options in midfield.

MRTA7:
Oh wow, I didnt realise that Rasmus had siblings in Copenhagen.

They are said to be decent as well. Copenhagen has beaten everybody in the group.

Leyqute:
https://twitter.com/tenhagera/status/1716838597012177284?s=46

Did you watch the game?

No i couldn’t, but I heard he and Gore did okay in midfield.

One of Hojlund’s younger twin brothers played for Copenhagen in attack and the other twin is in the senior squad to face us tonight.

Englishisamust:
I swear . Thats why I want man u to get new Dof....

Don't let it pain you too much ehn. Ndo.

MRTA you are right. Mainoo is starting for the Under-19s today in the UEFA Youth League.

MRTA7:
I hear Mainoo will be getting some game time with the youth team before getting back in with the seniors. I think that is a good idea.

Not a bad idea for him to him to use them to regain fitness over the next couple of weeks, but i expect him to be getting senior minutes by mid-November at the latest.

Englishisamust:
Hope rising without Good Dof. How come?? .

Eyah. This own goal pain you sha.

Pele

Casemiro and Reguilon are back in group training. AWB has started individual workouts on grass. Hope rising.

BlueRayDick:
Exactly ! Naija no dey carry last when it comes to socializing . I just feel most of those tiktok and whatsapp videos are ust content creators giving their fans some content from the diaspora

Some might be content creators but some might really be going through it. The trick about socializing in a strange land is to put in the effort.
The easiest way for an average Nigerian is through church and mosque settings.

You can also meet people through work, either colleagues or other people that you come across as a result of your duties. If it is a big organization that is better as the chances of meeting people that you share interests with increases.

Another easy way over here is through sports. When i first landed i joined football and basketball leagues and through that kind of setting you get to make friends. And for those who want to rub minds and be given in toto details of their new surroundings there are mixed leagues (male and female combination teams).

Then there are other options like the gym, book clubs, volunteering at non-profit organizations, joining an interest group (hiking, gaming, rock climbing, walking), or signing up for a multifaceted social platform like Meetup) The more extroverted can easily make friends from just walking around at shopping malls, bars, the beach etc.

It usually takes being an introvert and being a bit lazy to struggle to make friends out here. The extrovert does it with ease but an introvert that puts in the effort will still get the job done.

BlueRayDick:
It may take some time but Nigerians will always adapt into the system .

It’s not even like all these issues are just cropping up now, even Nigerians that japa in the late 90’s/early 2000’s faced some of these issues too. It’s just that we are in social media age where people put on camera and ring light over any small thing to give their “fans” content . Na why e dey be like say dem dey make new revelations

It was even worse back then. There were fewer Nigerians abroad compared to now and foreigners were less likely to socialize with a Naija person not to talk of allowing a Nigerian to tosibe. Now most countries have formal and informal Naija communities and eyes have opened enough that the average Naija person will be able to make friends if he puts in the effort.

Ibime:
Even those Persians are usually moderate. Correct me if I'm wrong but Afghan is a Sunni society so those Pashtuns are drawing their fervour from Wahabis, not from Iran

Yes Persians are often more moderate. Wahhabism in my opinion is just the latest of several radical forms of Islam that rise from time to time from Arabia. A good example of an early form are the Kharijites. I sure say Wahhabis sef go fear those ones.

I think there is something in the Arabic psyche that lends itself to these extreme forms of the religion which are not easily accepted in other cultures.

In Afghanistan for instance if not for the war against the Soviet Union and the importation of thousands of mujahideen to fight the invaders I don’t think these radical forms would have thrived.

Ibime:
It's not because they came late to the party. Wahabiism is a recent phenomenon. Prostitution, sexual freedom and even homosexuality existed in Constantinople under the Ottomans

The Ottomans were Turks so that all points towards the Turks being more moderate from time.
I know Wahhabism is recent but even pre Wahhabism the Ottoman Turks were more moderate than the Arabs IMO, employing loads of foreigners and even the rulers marrying foreign Christian wives.

BlueRayDick:
Illetracy and that Feudalism in Northern Nigeria did a lot of damage

It’s a penkelemes.

BlueRayDick:
I agree with u on the turks being moderate muslims; dem no dey carry the kind radicalism Arabs put for head.

Maybe because they came late to the party, but so did Northern Nigerians.

Ibime:
Turkic people no get any business with radicalism. . . except the ones in Afghanistan

Yes they don’t. The Turkic people in Afghanistan are a small minority sef. The country is majorly Iranic not Turkic.

You go explain tire. No evidence.

Own goal stands. Game don restart sef.

BlueRayDick:
Hmmmm. And Kazakhstan is a country where 70% of the population practise Islam .

But if it was Nigeria that doesn’t have that much Muslims MURIC , NSCIA etc no go allow us hear word claiming they are trampling on their fundamental human right 🤦‍♂️

Kazakhstan is ex-Soviet Union so the people must have been indoctrinated with the spirit of secularism for a long time.

Secondly, it has a significant Russian Christian minority and is closely allied with Russia. Enforcing radical Islam might make things sticky for the ethnic Russians.

Finally, they are Turkic people and I find that generally speaking they favour moderate Islam compared to their Arab brethren.

Leyqute:
Abi. Onana to Mount type.

Person short, get MO, BO, come bald join. But as his life coach, you’re adamant he’ll get a gf once he buys a wig.

The BO and MO will magically disappear abi?

Hahaha.

Expert17:
Hahahahahaha

Correct own goal 🤣🤣

Bad one sef. From outside the 18yd box. After, e come dey beg referee to check VAR. For where!

Goal stands!

Leyqute:
Bebeto

The guy score long range own goal.

It is a low down dirty shame.

Englishisamust:
My brother good DOF is the key.. Good Dof will make us win treble, play good football...

If that is what you believe I can’t press your neck.

Now go and chop your own goal in peace. Next time don’t use an example that will give you an L.

Englishisamust:
So thats why they are playing good football.. We should change Dof too so that we can be playing like Aston villa

This your explanation has no evidence. I am only here to provide information. Make of it what you will

Englishisamust:
And they change Dof

Hahaha. Own goal.

They actually did. Monchi the great Sevilla sporting director joined them.

raumdeuter:
I think it was August 2008 to like April 2009. There was a time trading in the NSE was suspended

Yeah it was around August that it started. Initially slowly but then it picked up pace. Investment analysts kept boboing the public that it would bounce back while secretly offloading the stocks of their high value clients. When everybody finally realised stocks plummeted.

Jokerman:
Don't you know he spent 2B😬

That’s true. Skipped my mind.

Even Mr Good ebening got Aston Villa playing exciting football.

MRTA7:
Some agreement with that. But first remember they wanted to back the new manager. secondly, They were not in the position to tell the manager that this player is not worth this money when the manager has just worked with this said player for the last few years. I can accept missteps for other signings but Antony one I cannot forget. Antony would not look out of place in the championship.

I don't want to turn this into a long argument cos like i said it is majorly on ETH. I just want to ask you, after how many games did you start getting horror vibes about Antony?

I also don't agree with this mindset that the manager has to be backed up to the point of foolishness. Fans can think like that but not the top brass making the difficult decisions. If that is their mindset, then they probably should not be holding those jobs. This is how we blew hundreds of millions of dollars over the past decade while building a team that has not given us even 1 single full season of good quality football. This is also how we accumulated junk players who keep dragging the club down 2-3 years after the manager who hired them has been fired.

There have been several occasions in which Man City have pulled out of a deal because either the transfer fee was too high or the player demands were excessive, however nobody can turn around and claim that Pep was not backed. Backing the manager does not mean that those who are paid to carry out the due diligence should lose their cognitive ability.

P.S Yes, he won't look out of place in the championship. I can bet big money that he would not dominate even at that level. He is a nothing player and he would most likely still be stinking up the joint for us years after ETH has been fired.

Donkogbe:
Something happened in my church yesterday and its so strange to me.

Yesterday was the youth anniversary so the youth president has been soliciting for funds and yes people complied and myself also. it was time for thanksgiving and all youth danced to the altar then the pastor openly reject the money contributed by the youth to the amount of 50k in the sense that its too small and also making reference to 2years ago when the youth as at that time bought the church drum set to the amount of 250k. he rejected the money and prayed for us.

This is has been disturbing my mind since yesterday and i am just wondering how a pastor will openly reject amount contributed by people.

note this is not mandatory donations and a man of God reject 50k in this economy of Tinubu? i am just having a mix feelings and its disturbing. what your view on this

File Photo: Used for illustration

His gaslighting attempt and manipulation has started working on you and maybe even more on the rest of the youth.

You should be relieved and not be disturbed. At least he has cleared all doubt and revealed himself to be a chop chop pastor.

MRTA7:
No blame to share,, Antony is 100% on ETH.

Possibly. I am not going to die on that hill. I will say most of the blame is on him but it is rarely 100% one person’s fault. There are several other people being paid big bucks to do a job in that organisation.

Putting the blame 100% on one person without looking at the whole picture is why we keep regressing while sacking manager after manager. Nobody in that whole place could look ETH in the face and say, “excuse me sir but it is like your head is hitting the ground if you think this guy will be our new right wing star”, or look at Murtough and say “excuse me sir but it is like they are cooking on your head if you think this salsa dancer is worth 80m pounds”.

Heck Murtough and ETH should have been able to tell each other that.

Onkoolos:
Useless player wey ten hag buy... .... Amad go later bench the werey because that amad they give me saka vibes. I don't know how player will play 20 matches and he will not create chances, score or do assist!!!... Man u scout should stop using YouTube highlight to find players!!!!

Unfortunately, this time we can't blame the scouts. ETH was his manager for 2 years at Ajax and he was the one that okayed the deal. One can criticize the management for going as high as 80m pounds for him because they initially dragged their feet but even for that ETH has to share in the blame. The rational reaction ETH should have given the club after hearing the potential fee was HELL NO!

Jokerman:
The top 4 this season looks scary 😱

Top 4 don go longest time. I think i said it over a month ago. Our team is not well constructed and the other teams in contention have managers that are as good if not better than our manager. We can probably pray for a typical end of season Spurs collapse cos that is the only possible route into that top 4.

YourBestWriter:
Along with his legendary status, he is also a symbol of manutd history. Haven survived the plane crash in Munich and won manutd its first champions league.

R.I.p to the legend

Yes. Over 60yrs of service.