popizaino: I'm still on my knees begging for forgiveness sir. I was about to say DM should be called Makelele's role after watching this,but i quickly reminded myself that the role was already been named after him.
And he didn't leave Madrid because of a racist coach but cos he felt he was not appreciated compared to the flashier galacticos who were receiving bumper pay. I think the final straw that broke the camel's back was when Beckham arrived and was getting around 120k weekly which was in line with the other big boys Zidane, Figo, Raul, Ronaldo while Makelele was on 24k weekly.
The story goes that he found out about the wage gap on the pitch during preseason training and he walked off and refused to continue training. He then asked for a pay rise but Perez who was even back then the club president said he couldn't head the ball or pass more than 3 yards and so didn't deserve a mega salary like the galacticos.
You'll think he's the only Saint in the Country. He sabi rant nonsense on AriseTV eh. Wike is cooking better breakfast for Abati right now.
Tundun don collect, she don humble small.
You see why the country be as e be?
Shebi this is one of the freedom fighters. Maybe the leaders wrecked the country in the 70s and 80s but now it is citizens who are producing wretched leaders.
popizaino: Father lord forgive me for ever thinking Kante was close to this guy. The coach that sold this guy from real Madrid must be a fuckin racist.
Hehehe. That time if people argued about it you guys will think we were dissing a current Chelsea player. The cerebral level at which Makelele played that CDM position is not easy to match.
I can't name any CDM that i watched that is definitively better in totality and i am pretty confident none of the ones i watched was better defensively.
Let me also add that the AKs are cheaper when compared to Tavors and this will continue to influence it's popularity when added to it's simplicity and durability. However, the Tavors are lighter in weight and superior when comes to efficiency and night use in addition to the ones you mentioned above.
patrickmuf: Saying a player is erratic in possession is not being too hard on him. The players who still pose good numbers yet are not so erratic, no be human beings them be?
You can point out the flaws in players or managers you don't like but you're quick to label a fan base as toxic just because it about your favorite...
Go and see how Madrid fans behave...Bale was at the receiving end...
Visit Chelsea thread and see how they take Jorginho to the cleaners whenever he plays back...
If you know any Liverpool fan, ask him about Hendo when he was first signed and the reaction of Liverpool fans to his early horrible displays...
He has a point though. Our fans take it to the next level and are unnecessarily divisive.
Most Martial fans then used to attack Rashford for any little mistake and vice versa. When Bruno got here most Pogba fans automatically hated him and most Pogba critics immediately became his Stans.
It might exist to a certain level at other clubs but we take it to pantomime levels. Hatred for the sake of hatred.
...... just wanna show you they know better coz its their profession.
That does not prove anything bros. The same Toyota that makes durable cars also makes faulty cars that will be recalled. Nobody is infallible. The most advanced military sometimes make mistakes in terms of production of armaments not to talk of a cottage industry in Nigeria.
Instead of analysing that particular vehicle and telling us exactly how it would be effective in the war against terrorism in Nigeria you are showing us videos of a different vehicle.
Expert17: I understand your point perfectly, the bolded part is similar to how Bruno's contract was reviewed and upgraded some months ago.
The agent and player are aware of the figures earned by average players at United- Shaw, Jones, Lingard, Martial, Rashford, etc... so I don't see them accepting 50k for a player who was balling so well in Portugal.
That is where negotiation skill and not being desperate (or not appearing desperate) comes in. Where else will he get 50-60k weekly and the social media/endorsement exposure that comes with playing for Man Utd? And if he still refuses you forget him and get someone else. After a while players and agents will know not to ask for ridiculous wages.
ChristineC: we are saying the same thing, only in revised grammar. if you are a United executive and you approach me with a contract that will give me an opportunity to compete for a starting position in your team, I can look at the average wage in your establishment and make a salary demand. moreso, if I see a salary of Phil Jones, a man everybody knows hasn't kicked a ball for more than 100mins in the last 4 years... then how can I be expected to agree to a lesser wage?
This theory works when the United executive is a dunderhead with no negotiation skills because…….
Expert17: Tuazebe is on 50k. Shaw 150k. Dalot 65k AWB 90k Van De Beek moved from 40k to 120k.
You don't expect the hottest LB in Portuguese Liga that was meant to be our 1st choice to accept a 50k contract.
So he is yet another bad deal in a catalogue of bad deals. But saying he was a good deal? Fa fa fa foul.
If we continue signing players with that mindset of because Player X is on this amount then incoming Player Y must get this amount we will never clear the bad contracts.
Imagine Malacia asking for 90k because useless Telles is on 78k. Meanwhile Malacia’s contract back home was 7.5 k.
ChristineC: you should also remember we signed him for £15m and another ~£20m spread to cover his salary over 4 years. again what you said makes sense but I prefer the bird view. if there is to be a squad wage review it needs to start from the top. we shouldn't have a player earning above £300k and one earning £30k in the same first team. I don't know how others may view it but there needs to be reasonable differences which are subject to review based on performances. if a player is so poor as cannot be reflected on his wages then he should be sold, no options. look at Phil Jones for example. how can United sign any player for the first team and offer him wages lower than Phil Jones? it isn't rational in any way.
It should start from everywhere not only the top. It is the main reason we struggle to offload players, and your Phil Jones example is even faulty. You can't compound one mistake by making another mistake.
So in order to correct the mistake we made by offering Phil Jones 75k weekly we should then make another mistake by offering any new player we buy a higher salary than Jones's 75k salary even if that player is really worth only 40k? Have you ever heard 2 wrongs do not make a right?
Expert17: 78k // 5 years contract for a player that was supposed to be our first-choice LB is/was not a bad deal.
He was on 25k in his former club and it was not like there was a bidding war for him. Double his salary and give him 50k. not 78k. Supposed to be is still a risk. Give him 50k and after 2 years of balling you can upgrade him to 100k sef if he is worth it.
He is not the only one. Our squad is littered with mediocre players on huge salaries. That is why we always struggle to offload players, it is not because other clubs have a conspiracy against United.
ChristineC: for £78k weekly? any club asking for some sort of rebate on this salary is not serious to sign him. I'd rather we keep him.
He was on 25k weekly at Porto. Why did we multiply his salary by 3 just like that. He should not be getting anything more than 50k so those potential buyers are being smart. He is at best a squad player for a top team or a starter for mid-level team, and he is a full back not a striker.
Zinchenko was on 59k weekly at City with their Arab money and Telles is siphoning 78k at United.
patrickmuf: Those clubs won't pay Telles what he earns at United so, it will be difficult for us to sell unless we sell for a ridiculously low fee or at best send him out on loan and take responsibility for half of his wages as is being muted here...
The evil that Woodward did lives after him. Bruv was handing out huge contracts like Jerome Udoji.
Ellexy: Boggles the mind how he was performing at a high level in Ajax but can't seem to do the basics here.
He was not really performing at a high level. He was just OK in a very good system. When he was at Ajax i noted here that his passing numbers were low for a CM in a possession based side. He does not get involved in midfield play enough and he has always been like that.
Leyqute: Ethan Laird doesn’t seem to offer more than Dalot going forward- from what I’ve seen this preseason. But his defensive abilities is way better than Dalot’s though.
And maybe he just needs to play with the first team to properly gauge his performance .
Laird is better than Dalot going forward. Sure me die. It is defensively that i have worries cos he sometimes switches off but going forward let him play 2-3 games with Sancho first and maintain fitness.
Ellexy: He's still caught out of position many times
Yes. That is the main problem and i think it is due to lack of game time at RB at senior level. He played RB at youth level but at senior level on loan he mainly played at RWB.
Dalot can start for now but Laird should play Europa League and some low profile games. He is over 2 years younger than Dalot so he will take the shirt sooner or later.
elrony: Ethan Laird deserves a place on the squad, sell Spiderman already
I bin telling people. Only fitness struggles stop him from benching Dalot. If Dalot mistakenly allows Laird to get a run of games he won't get his shirt back.
Our Army are not doing bad though. We should as well know they're overstretched. Fighting BH, ISWAP in the North East. Bandits in North West. Pirates, Militants, Oil Bunkers in South South. IPOB, UGM in South East. Kidnappers and Bandits also in South West and North Central.
When BAT mentioned 50m Youths need to be recruited in the Army, some of you thought he's bluffing.
Forget that gaffe. You can't defend it reasonably. Just say it was a slip of the tongue and move on. Combined US, British, and Soviet Armies during WW2 was about 30m but you want Nigeria to pay 50m men to fight bandits and terrorists.
I believe its not just designed for fun. It's designed after thorough research of Nigeria Army Operations.
We ain't professional here, so it's unlikely to debate fairly and objectively regarding the hardware.
That a product was produced does not mean it will serve its purpose effectively. Even more advanced countries have had to scrap certain lines of production when they found out there were limitations in the field.
Everybody knows that less armour and weight will translate into better speed BUT there has to be a balance. I would not be happy with NO armour or protection just for increased speed, we are not going for 100m race. You can still have some light armour and maintain good speeds.
This is actually very important in Nigeria's situation whereby these soldiers do not have the air and radar support of their American counterparts. In Nigeria these soldiers will be surprised and ambushed a lot with practically no protection whereas their American counterparts would have been warned about the enemy fighters minutes to hours ahead.
This vehicle looks more like a transport for soldiers (probably officers) for an army that is fighting with well defined enemy lines and so might be good for moving from the command centre to the enemy lines BUT that is not the war we are fighting here.