₦airaland Forum

Ajayi. 2 mistakes in the first 2 minutes.

The Moroccan fullbacks will be a tactical problem in this game especially if we don't control the midfield.

DeadPresidents:
Main thing i dislike about NL:

Poster > Makes a claim

Us < Do you have evidence for the claim?

Poster > Sure! Here’s a 7 million character essay.

Us < Superb writing skills! But my plate is still empty boss

If you have no evidence of lobbying being the reason Paypal opened up their services to the country, state your opinion as what it is—an opinion.

LMAO

GloriousGbola:
IMHO he understands trumps game. Likely the lobbying firm is attached to Trump family one way or another. That is the trump way.

Inflated lobbying contract. Lobbying firm has links to Trump allies.

Dot connected. What’s understood need not be explained.

BlueRayDick:
Obligatory!

It seems almost everyone expects u to inflate project costs and pay kickbacks the moment you get a contract from any government ministry/department/agency. It seems everyone has accepted it to be the way to go

I had one Chilean woman who survived the horrors of Pinochet consoling me today for coming from Nigeria based on all the negative news she has been hearing with banditry, terrorism, and corruption.

BlueRayDick:
Meanwhile, Godswill Akpabio stadium that was built in Akwa Ibom between 2012 and 2014 cost $96 million despite our own stadium being completed 12 years earlier and our own stadium having 30k capacity while the Moroccan stadium has 69k capacity 🤦‍♂️.

Some people must have made mad-ass money from that Akwa Ibom stadium that can't even stand toe to toe with the Moroccan stadium.

Naija matter na like trying to use hand to stop a basket from leaking. I no sure say any project gets done anywhere in this country without inflation of figures and kickbacks.

Ibime:
I used to go and watch Amiesimaka play some Sundays in 1994/95, I've forgotten the name of the team he played for, one old boys team. He won't have been more than 38 years old then and he wasn't fantastic. At that age you should be hanging with street level footballers even if you were a decent amateur, but he wasn't a top player in those matches I watched.

Bros if you shift this goalpost pass this one you go enter stadium car park o.

Na post-retirement football you wan take judge them again? I have seen soccer aid matches where YouTubers were doing better than retired legends.

All we need to know is that when it mattered most (AFCON Final) Big Seg, Adokiye, Muda and co walloped Algeria and gave us our 1st title. The same Algeria that beat European Champions West Germany 2 yrs later.

Ghanian referee does not even favour us IMO.

Ibime:
Socrates was playing for Corinthians, Adokiye was playing for Unilag, big difference

Brazil no be Nigeria. Socrates is a midfield GOAT contender for Brazil.

We are just campaigning for Odegbami, Muda, Adokiye, Chairman Chukwu to be considered for Nigeria’s all-time team, not represent the world against an alien team. Allow them drink water and drop cup.

timbros:
Nothing do you bros.

No wahala 🙏

Ibime:
I dey feel you, but how was Amiesimaka juggling lectures with playing for Super Eagles?

When you are good you are good.

Socrates was juggling medical school with Brazilian league.

Adokiye made the national team only in his final year of university . We have secondary school age boys making national teams regularly now.

Ibime:
82 from 80 is a long time. Rabah Madjer done ripe by 82

82 from 80 is a long time but you dey use 1974 Zaire performance judge them.

You didn’t use 1982 performance of the Algeria dey flogged 3-0.
You didn’t use 1978 performance of the Tunisia that barely scraped past them but flogged Mexico 3-1 and battled Boniek and Lato’s Poland gamely to a 1-0 loss.

timbros:
Sigh.

You know what? Garba Lawal is the RB in MY OWN all time list. He MUST be in my line up. He is too important for the team because of his versatility. RB is the position I can slot him in, and I trust him to play that role very well. So he is in MY team.

Can peace reign now?

Which one be can peace reign? War dey before?

Everybody here is just having back and forth discussion on their opinion. No be fight. Cheers.

timbros:
You got me wrong.

What I meant is that Lawal is so versatile that you can slot him into RB for your all time just to make sure he is in the team. That's how important he is to the team.

You can’t slot someone into a role he never played even once in his life ahead of people who played it at a high level.

If we were looking for a CM, CDM, or LB it is a different matter. Lawal had work rate and tactical discipline. Those were his strengths, not speed or technique needed to play as an inverted full back.

timbros:
That RB wey una dey drag who go occupy, Mr Lawal go perfectly slot in there. The goat himself.

Lawal was left footed. He slotted in at LB sometimes. With his average technique a left footer like him is not slotting in at any RB.

Leave the tales by moonlight story to indomie generation that did not watch him play.

Ibime:
The only reason I'm sceptical about the level of football in the 1970s and early 80s when Odegbami held sway was how poor Zaire were in the World Cup and they were dominant in Africa.

Adokiye Amiesimaka who was the 3rd star of the team behind Odegbami and Muda Lawal (and very close to their level) was a law student in Unilag and barely had any club career yet was running things in National Team. Imagine going from Law Class to National team and still running things, then back to school same evening

Muda Lawal was a mechanic who offed his mechanic overall and within the same year was already playing for Super Eagles

Level was low in Odegbamis time, can't really compare him to players in 1990s

Stop that breakdance.

The Algerian team that Odegbami, Muda, Adokiye, and Owo Blow slaughtered 3-0 in Lagos in 1980 went to 82 World Cup and won 2 games including defeating tournament favourites West Germany.

timbros:
I see all of you list Naija all time XI and none of you included the ever reliable Mr Versatile, the GOAT himself, Garba Lawal.

Stats don spoil this beautiful game, I swear.

Hehehe. No be his grade. He was a useful player but this one pass him level.

Oliseh is clear so we are just looking for a partner for him. In this all time team it has to be a more attacking partner. Muda, Mikel, Okocha. Take your pick.

MorataFC:
This table you are shaking , OK ooo😅😂😅

Shake ke?

Table wey I dey use axe smash.

TrebleChamp:
You were not the only person that responded to my post that day, maybe should should help post the link to that page make we read through the comments again...

I was the one you accused of using it for an Amorim agenda. The others who responded only did so briefly and dropped only a few words.
engrelvis supported you. Leyqute encouraged you that Kone was looking sharp and would get a chance that preseason.

The point i was trying to make is that we all have favourites amongst academy players that we want to see during preseason but we all can't be satisfied in that regards because a manager uses preseason for more than just allowing every fan to see his or her own personal favourite.
I wanted to see more of Ethan Williams and was disappointed that Lacey got injured before the preseason.

You somehow turned it into an Amorim agenda issue. It is tiring to discuss on this forum if every statement is viewed in terms of Pro or Anti.

Kanu attended 6 AFCONS and played 27 matches. He scored 0 goals.

Kanu attended 3 World Cups and played 5 matches. He scored 0 goals.

He does not belong on that list.

TrebleChamp:
Shebi i was hoping to see Kone play pre season (pre season ooh) and some people turned it to an agenda against Amorim, but if Kone is sold and he becomes a beast midfielder now, we go dey the Manager did not have good players to work with...

When you said this same thing that day i corrected you immediately that i meant a selfish agenda for your favourite player, yet you are here repeating the same accusation months later. What do you gain from this?

This was the first post that you twisted.

afrodoc:
Lol. We are getting the truth small small. Another fan who likes Reece Munro will be lamenting and criticising Amorim for not giving him minutes.
Another fan who likes Dermot Mee would say the same.
Even me that likes Ethan Williams can criticize Amorim for not giving him more minutes instead of 50m patient Mason Mount.


Meanwhile the manager wants to prepare the team for the start of the season but each fan with his own selfish agenda wants to feed his eyes on his own personal academy favourite.

Which one do you think is more relevant? LMAO

And this was second post where i explained further to you.

afrodoc2:
1) I agree that Kone is more talented than Collyer. Might be way more talented sef. I also think one has to consider his physical development.

2) I didn't say or mean agenda against Amorim. Unless guilty conscience is catching you.

I meant an agenda to watch your favourite academy player. Someone like me my agenda this preseason is for Mount to be benched completely, and all his minutes should be given to Ethan Williams but i know a manager who is 2-3 months away from potential sack won't go to that extreme. He will balance minutes for those who can help him right now and those who might be more helpful in 6-12 months or even 2-3 years' time.

I have to believe he is making his decisions based on what he and his staff are seeing in training and in the gym. If things continue this way for months on end and the preferred players are playing rubbish, then i will join you to petition the club.

Ibime:
@ Afrodoc2, do you know why Mike Obiku was shunned by Super Eagles? I mean, this is a stellar record

2 words. Rashidi Yekini.

Obiku like Richard Owubokiri suffered the fate of those Westerhof believed could not play with Yekini.

Every other regular attacking player was versatile. The team was settled and Westerhof would have allowed only people who knew their place or who were exceptional beyond what he had into that group.

Unlimited22:
I am actually surprised nobody attempted to argue Enyeama and Rufai


At least just for argument sake 😂😂😂

Enyeama is clear.

Out of the oldies. Odegbami, Muda Lawal, and Christian Chukwu in that order have the best claims.

Odegbami is battling Finidi. That’s tough. He was the greatest Nigerian player pre that 1994 squad sha.

Muda Lawal is now forgotten because he died young but he was probably next to Odegbami in terms of ability and prestige.

Christian Chukwu’s coaching misdemeanours make people view him a certain way.

Roland17:
Still not enough.

Eguavoen has the appearances including qualifiers, an AFCON winner and WC participant.

That is more body work than Aina has. If Aina was on this roster and go all the way, then I can concede. I will still pick Yobo ahead of him.

We can’t just put all the AFCON winners and WC participants straight into the list. We have to consider what you individually did or did not do in those appearances.

You would place Yobo ahead of him at RB based off 10 caps?

Roland17:
Does he have the body of work with the SE in comparison to Aina?

That is the question..

At RB he does not.

Roland17:
I'd rather Eguavoen or Yobo at RB than this Aina I am seeing everywhere.

Nothing against Aina but he doesn't have the body of work in the SE to get into the ALL TIME list.

We are talking ALL TIME here...

Eguavoen played 49 times and Aina already has 48 caps. Eguavoen was also consistently a weak link in the team.

Yobo played primarily as a CB and maybe 10-15 caps early on as RB.

We have not produced many good RBs so it is slim pickings.

Kanu has no business in that lineup.

4-4-2.

Yekini, Osimhen, Keshi, Finidi, Uche Okechukwu must enter.


---------------------------------Enyeama---------------------------------------

-----Aina---------Keshi......................Okechukwu.........Iroha-------

------Finidi-------Oliseh--------Muda Lawal---------Lookman----------

----------------Yekini----------------Osimhen------------------------------

Muda Lawal retired as the most capped player in our history, winning our 1st AFCON and was a dominant box to box midfielder who would slot in better than the other options with Oliseh in a 2-man midfield.

Odegbami barely loses out to Finidi. Odegbami even though primarily a winger retired as our top scorer winning AFCON as top scorer and being the best player in our 1st golden era.

Amuneke just loses out to Lookman because his peak was too short.

Kanu can't get in ahead of Yekini or Osimhen. Atlanta 96 was an age-grade competition with a sprinkling of senior players. Also, one swallow does not make a summer. His subsequent AFCON performances were not good enough to oust those 2 players.

Aina gets in by default. There is no one else.

Ibime:
Someone please alert Donald Trump to send Tomahawk to this nigga location. We have fentanyl supplier in our midst.

Bought and paid for by the hospital. We move weight legally.

Fentanyl+Proprofol or Morphine+Midazolam.

The Fentanyl+Proprofol works faster, and the recovery is quicker but if you are a non-STEM doctor and your arithmetic is not on point it is less forgiving.

Ibime:
Elon Musk has gone full "Apartheid Boy" as I always knew him to be, the werey no dey even hide am again. Praising the golden days of Rhodesia and South Africa under apartheid.

Like the Nazi salute was not enough. Hehehehe.

GloriousGbola:
And that there is another major issue

Unless it is an extremely flagrant case of negligence, doctors will simply quietly cover up for each other.

What you will see in teaching hospitals in particular is if you are an insider, your family will be steered away from some doctors if there is need for an operation. If you don't have that insider track oyo.

Yeah, that is an issue. Unless it is an egregious case people tend to avoid snitching.

patrickmuf:
For me, I think we need to first decide if we want to sign players to fit into what a coach wants or the designated system the club intends to adopt in the long run. Looking at Cunha and Mbeumo, they do not look like out and out wingers rather inverted forwards, their signings favors the systems Amorim plays but in a 4-3-3, I don't think they'll be that effective (Mbeumo can still do a job though)...

We need to identify good players. That is the first thing. The club has already decided on buying for the club rather buying coach-specific players. I read that this was the reason for the fallout between Wilcox and Amorim this January. It was after Wilcox informed him about this that he had his meltdown.

So that side is sorted. We now need to identify good players.

GloriousGbola:
Has any doctor in Nigeria faced disciplinary action for negligence? Or any hospital?

All that happens is what chimamanda is doing right now. It remains to be seen if she will follow through with a hard lawsuit or stop at calling out the hospital.

Especially when you consider how slow courts are in Nigeria. It will likely drag for years. Especially as lagos state does not have active malpractice laws as far as I can tell.

And the hospital is probably quickly forging different documents and reports as most hospitals in Nigeria

You may also find they do not even have proper patient records. No HIPAA or it's equivalent here.

They do face sanctions although I agree that it is probably less than it should be.

I just did some digging. In 2021 3 doctors had their registration permanently erased and 12 others were suspended for about 6 months each.

These are all MDCN cases. That is the body that can sanction a doctor professionally. This is different from the law courts who deal with civil or criminal punishment of the doctor.