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melodyogonna:
So his position was the problem. I don't see how that's going to change this season, or any season as far as we have Sancho and Rashford but make dey watch sha.

There is no loss in loaning him out to see what he can before selling him off for peanuts. If he does not show significant improvement over the next 1-2 years we can then sell him. His contract expires in 4 years.

Remember if we can get good squad players from the youth team it will enable us go all out for the superstar talents as starters. If the academy had given us a good rotation LB for instance we won't have wasted money on Telles.

Itsrm:
Number 3 eventually stuck

E for Effort.

All those years on debating on Chelsea's thread have turned izzou into Amalinze the cat.

GloriousGbola:
this is the endemic problem that ensures there is an army of foot soldiers
no one can raise that many children properly
so who is actually raising them?
now take this madness and multiply it in the streets proper
the almaijiris are no longer content to beg the rich and wait for al-jannah

Clutching at straws on steroids.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Okay doc[/color]

At this point you guys are just throwing different accusations at the man looking for which one will stick.

From

1) He failed by not stopping Boko Haram in its infancy (obviously impossible as he wasn't governor then but it was another She)

to 2) He lobbied for amnesty for them (proven to be the other She)

to 3) that other She is now supporting this She. It can't be for free.

Scattergun attack. One must enter.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Okay doc, I agree with you.

Let's not blame him for it.

But the second issue is that the failure called Sheriff, is behind this one two.

So if Tinubu wins, Sheriff is still directly or Indirectly involved with governance[/color]

I have already stated earlier that with Tinubu's health i don't want him to be the next President. So this is not pro-Tinubu. I was just giving my opinion on your statement about Shettima failing to stop Boko Haram somehow being an indictment on his competence.

Only a President who somehow eliminated all the endemic socio-economic factors that were instrumental in allowing Boko Haram come into existence in the first place working with his intelligence chiefs and Army/Airforce chiefs utilizing the monies given to them appropriately while maintaining morale amongst soldiers could have stopped Boko Haram by 2012.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]A major terrorist organisation with serious links to Global terrorism, and a sitting governor was negotiating for Amnesty?

IPOB and BH are proscribed as terrorist groups.

He wasn't ruthless about it. Rather he was the chief negotiator and spokesperson during his tenure [/color]

His approach might have been wrong but by the time he became governor Boko Haram had passed what any governor could handle. I don't know the man so i am not holding brief for him specifically but trying to explain the nature of the beast.

By 2012 onwards only the President and the Nigerian Chiefs of Staff (Army and Airforce especially) and the rest of the top security big wigs could have done anything about that organization. Lack of leadership at the national level and corruption by the generals was what led to all the failures. That is my view anyway.

The time to stop Boko Haram at the local level was 2002-2006 during Ali Modu Sheriff's tenure when they were still fighting other sects and stoning the police not 2011 when they were bombing military barracks in Abuja and breaking 100 of their soldiers out of prison in Bauchi.

Itsrm:
Same thing Wike did with IPOB terrorists in Rivers state. Destroy them and be ruthless in the early stages. Once you allow them to grow wings, it becomes difficult to stop.

I suspect he was initially sympathetic to their plight and before he knew it, it spiralled out of control.

Early stages when he was not yet governor? Boko Haram grew during Ali Modu Sheriff's tenure and were already carrying out bombings in Bauchi, Abuja, Jos and breaking dozens of their members out of jail BEFORE Shettima became governor.

Unless early stages means another thing.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Be Ruthless....

Wike has shown that it works. Have you heard IPOB killed a mosquito in Rivers again?

Rather this one was fighting for amnesty for them.

Wait make e become Vice president first..Our eyes go clear well well[/color]

You are comparing Boko Haram a major terrorist organization with serious links to global terrorism and multiple victories against the Nigerian Army in its CV BEFORE Shettima became governor to IPOB?

melodyogonna:
Some things are obvious from the start even if a player isn't performing. How he moves, how he positions, the passes he wants to play, the space he wants to run into, the dribble he wants to make. The initiative is usually obvious even though they are not successful. Elanga played many matches for us last season he was mostly bland.

So who are the 6 players you want us to use for the front 3 this season?

P.S They kept using Elanga on the right last season in order to play Sancho or Rashford on the left. Even in the Under-18 where he was a baller he was useless on the right. I said so several times. Playing a youth player in his weaker position in a dysfunctional team is a recipe for disaster.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]I can understand Larride supporting APC. Na Party Guy.

But Oasis007 no be Party guy. The country dey bite two of us together. No matter how you rate Tinubu, he has to work with the useless and incompetent system he met there.

Shettima wey BokoHaram overrun him tenure na him dey competent?

Obi is just like them
Atiku is the same too

We have tried APC. E no work. Make we try another person[/color]

What do you think a governor could have done differently to prevent his state being overrun by Boko Haram.

Oasis007:


He's fuckin talented. I think he's more talented than Hannibal. You sabi pass Kagawa10 no be small sire.

All the hype was about Shoretire and Mejbri but i kept noticing from around end of 2020 when Zidane came back from his year long injury that he was as intelligent as both of them with the ball. Mejbri was/is bigger and stronger with the ball , faster and the better dribbler. Shoretire is also stronger, faster and has the best final/through pass of the 3 of them which is why he is often the most decisive but Zidane is not far off.

To summarize, those 2 had physical advantages over him but those advantages (especially size and strength) have reduced enough for his technical ability (which is at par with theirs) to start to get him noticed.

Oasis007:


IQBAL

You guys should be paying me money for scouting. Person wey we don scout tey tey.

Telles and AWB no dey redeemable jare. They were the 2 who made life difficult for the team in the first 10-15 mins of the 2nd half.

melodyogonna:
Savage. He's good. Calm and controlled.

Savage is probably the best long range passer in the team right now. That his left foot get radar. My only worry is that he is not that quick. But he is rugged and energetic like his father and does not shy away from tackling.

Searchingvictor:
Una feel Telles at CB?

You say what?

Dalot still having rush of blood moments. To calm down and square the ball is anathema to him.

Ellexy:
You like trouble oo

That's such a harsh accusation.

I am a pacifist.

patrickmuf:
For Pre season?

Abeg na just argument we get here make una no come turn the thread to Bruno vs VDB...We want all of them t9 be at their best.

Medicine after death. Why closing the stable door after the horse has bolted?

The 2 gang leaders are notoriously unforgiving on this thread.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Yeah. Quite true

But it poses lesser issues compared to field both from the same religion or zone[/color]

Both sides have a point. Personally i don't have a problem with a same religion ticket especially if it is a nominal Muslim like Tinubu, however i see how the optics would give cause for alarm.

1) The North would never accept a Christian-Christian ticket so why should the South accept theirs. Goose and gander things.

2) A Muslim-Muslim ticket in these perilous times will grant the more obnoxious and extremist factions in Islam the confidence to carry out even more dastardly and audacious acts. They will assume the ticket gives them carte blanche to do what they will with Christians, similar to how the Trump presidency emboldened those who invaded the US Capitol building.

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Gambit001:
Guys please where can I watch the friendly

MUTV.

Oasis007:


Reserve

1-0 to Bruno. VDB lagging behind for now but it is only pre-season.

patrickmuf:
Garnacho, Chong, Garner and Tuanzebe what do you think of their chances?

Garnacho is still a fair distance off in my opinion. He needs to play the full Reserve this season and maybe the odd Europa league appearance.

Chong's time is almost up as i hear he is about to go back to Holland. Quite unfortunate cos he is one player who would have been well suited to ETH's style. He presses quite well and he has decent speed and technical ability. He just never had any good coaching right from the academy.

i believe Garner will be a regular squad member this season. ETH will give him the opportunity to displace McFred. It is now up to him to seize the opportunity. I have noticed that as he has moved up into more senior football he has become less adventurous with his passing.

Tuanzebe is at the age where only regular football is of any use. If he won't start we should sell him both for the club and for the player.

hatakekakashi:
Hmm, ok. Thanks.

A loan move will be better for him to see how well he can handle top division football.

A comfortably mid-table championship club that plays attacking football. Not those ones fighting relegation that will stick him on the bench cos they are afraid of him making mistakes.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Well said.

I see it as God's way of retiring the party sef.

His loss in the Southern part of Nigeria will shock him[/color]

This religion is another major stumbling block in this country. The country's demographics as good as eliminates any Southern Muslim or Northern Christian from running for the presidency, no matter their individual qualities.

hatakekakashi:
Why's Shoretire not with the team, the coach doesn't fancy him?

Shoretire is about a year younger than those 2 so it is not too surprising if he is a bit behind in development. I also read somewhere that a loan move is being discussed for him. ETH probably believes getting regular minutes is more important at this stage of his development and i think at this point a firm decision should be made about his main position (AM for me).

Some are reporting that Iqbal impressed and surprised ETH the most during the first week of training. With Mejbri joining the camp later i won't be surprised if it comes down to a straight tussle between them for who will be the squad rotation player with the loser going away on loan.

If Laird stays fit i believe he can compete with anybody presently in the squad for the RB position in ETH's system. He is probably better than Dalot going forward but neither of them is as good as AWB in defending.

Looking forward to see what ETH does with the academy players this season. I suspect 1 out of Laird, Mejbri, Iqbal will become a regular rotation player.

izzou:

BOOKMARKED!

Roland17:
SAP was a poorly timed policy. The introduction of SAP was like putting the horse before the carriage. A thriving economic era would have benefited immensely from SAP.

Oil prices had dropped significantly, we were witnessing 40% inflation rates, near absence of food, population explosion and huge foreign debts that were stifling the nation and Babangida thought restricting importation, over valuing the Naira by pegging exchange rates (@ Larride, this is one of the reasons I am against the single exchange rate you suggested) would resolve some of these problem. Problem is, when you over value the naira, the foreign market will not be interested because it is not the true reflection of your economic realities.

Another problem was, while poor Nigerians were making adjustments to the suffering, Maradona and the political class were robbing the Nation of whatever that was saved. I stand to be corrected, I am not sure we have witnessed the degree of unaccounted corruption as witnessed during the Babangida regime. It was reckless, wild and a free for all. Our debt profile got worse, the naira at this point was dead, the political instability and killings meant foreign markets avoided us even more and the decline of the manufacturing sector started from here.

Here we are making the same mistakes again. We closed the borders, restricted importation of agricultural produce but that did not reduce the cost of food prices, instead we have witnessed significant jump in prices of food. Outside of oil, we are not exporting anything that generates competitive revenue, we are witnessing another population explosion and the middle class in Nigeria is nearly non-existent. The CBN and Emefiele in a bid to control the foreign exchange market and peg prices have made things even worse because the current Naira is the true reflection of the realities of Nigeria. The manufacturing sector is going under because of our energy crisis while insecurity has ensured foreign investors are moving out.

Different times, same issues, same solutions, same results. Guess the similarity between both presidents from both eras? They are both from the Military.

I am pretty certain that SAP involved REMOVING the administrative pegging of exchange rates leading to devaluation of the naira NOT imposition of restriction or overvaluing the naira.
SAP also loosened the restrictions on prices, interests rates, and imports.

I think it is the austerity measures of the Shagari and Buhari/Idiagbon regimes that you are referring to. They were the ones who restricted imports and imposed controls on interest rates and the exchange rate (artificially overvaluing the Naira).

Khanben:
Teams like Blazers and Wizards are going nowhere. Dame and Beal are all about the money and should stop talking about winning

They don't call him Dame Dolla for nothing.