European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 11:58am On May 31, 2022 |
odizeey: Why do you feel attacked?
You are mentioning structure like there is none. Murtough is the DOF. The structure you guys are clamouring for is not the way you want it to be. You made a blanket statement without addressing your mail so i had to clear your mind. I had several months of debates supporting ETH during the ETH vs Poch debate. Criticising the club for not appropriately utilizing the services of one of the best DoFs in football does not mean one wants ETH to fail. RR invited Paul Mitchell recently to the club but after his visit the club didn't offer him a position and he went to Monaco instead. In my opinion ETH's chances of success would have been better if he was supported by people who have successfully built teams in the past like Rangnick and Mitchell, rather than Fletcher and this Andy O'Boyle who are relative learners. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by afrodoc2: 11:14am On May 31, 2022 |
Jodera: Lol... You??
Lmao   Delusions of grandeur. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by afrodoc2: 9:20am On May 31, 2022 |
Roland17: THE BEST OF FOOTBALL DOC!!!!!!!!! Yeah. Produced and presented by Godwin Dudu-Orumen. Thinking back I think it was sponsored by Pepsi and not Cadbury. I think it was mid 90s cause I remember Finidi often made his team of the week on the right wing. It probably continued until the 2000s but by that time cable TV had superseded a lot of those programs. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by afrodoc2: 11:23pm On May 30, 2022 |
Roland17: Sir, Enipe? All over 50%….Guys wen I watch, don’t go there.
@Raumdeuter, Ibime, Airmark or anyone who knows, abeg remind me of that football highlight show that aired on Sunday afternoons in the late 90’s and early 2000s I think. They showed highlights of games from all the top European leagues. If una call am I go remember.
R. Makaay-78 Goals in 128 for Bayern G. Elber-139 Goals in 266 for Bayern L. Toni- 38 goals in 60 for Bayern M. Gomez- -113 goals in 174 appearances for Bayern C. Pizzaro-125 goals in 326 appearances for Bayern You have to remove Jancker from your original list sha. The guy was Giroud before Giroud. E no prolific anything. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by afrodoc2: 11:22pm On May 30, 2022 |
Roland17: Sir, Enipe? All over 50%….Guys wen I watch, don’t go there.
@Raumdeuter, Ibime, Airmark or anyone who knows, abeg remind me of that football highlight show that aired on Sunday afternoons in the late 90’s and early 2000s I think. They showed highlights of games from all the top European leagues. If una call am I go remember.
R. Makaay-78 Goals in 128 for Bayern G. Elber-139 Goals in 266 for Bayern L. Toni- 38 goals in 60 for Bayern M. Gomez- -113 goals in 174 appearances for Bayern C. Pizzaro-125 goals in 326 appearances for Bayern Are you talking about Cadbury’s The best of Football, though I think that was more mid 90s and on Sunday afternoons. The Rothman’s show that Dayo mentioned was early evening but I think it might have been just after the weekend but I am not sure. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 5:39pm On May 30, 2022 |
TrebleChamp: Doc Rafiu was not appointed DoF, he was to be a consultant. He new the terms and accepted to be consultant. I also wanted him as DoF at United. He was suppose to be a consultant, to help the club rebuild. But he accepted a full time job elsewhere, why would he do that if he was sincere about his plans for United? How was he suppose to focus on his consultancy role, while being a full time manager elsewhere? Should we start blaming Ten Haag for Rafiu's departure? Cos it seem obvious ETH didn't want him around... I am not blaming ETH for his departure. Even if ETH wants him gone it might be within his right based on what was discussed during job negotiations. I stated sometime ago that the consultancy role was too vague and might cause problems. If the club really wanted Rangnick he should have been promised DoF instead of Fletcher that has no experience at all. What are the powers of a consultant? Are they as well defined as that of a manager or that of a DoF. I am sure Rangnick saw the writing on the wall, which is why he took the Austrian job. What i don't understand is how you are assessing him as a consultant or DoF (or whatever) based on his coaching record. How many DoFs have been assessed based on how they coached? He was never a great coach (though he was a decent one) but he was a very good DoF. Then your friend was peddling the falsehood that a man who as DoF took RB Leipzig from 4th Division to Champions League semi-finalists in 8 years (the same time span we went from perennial league winners to perennial Top 4 hopefuls) was not successful as a DoF. There is almost no Top 5 list of DoFs from the past decade that does not have Rangnick in Top 5. We should actually just move on and give ETH the maximum support possible. Rangnick's chapter in the club is closed. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 3:16pm On May 30, 2022 |
Oasis007: Fabrizio Romano: In the conversation between Erik ten Hag and Ralf Rangnick, the plan was completely different to the expectations. There was no direct problem between the pair but it was complicated to have the same ideas. This i think was the problem and why ETH didn't want him to stay. Their football philosophies are similar but not identical. Rangnick would have wanted to go for physical players with decent technique while ETH would have wanted technical players with with decent physicality. I suspect Frenkie De Jong would have been a major point of disagreement. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by afrodoc2: 3:08pm On May 30, 2022 |
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by afrodoc2: 2:51pm On May 30, 2022 |
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 2:05pm On May 30, 2022 |
TrebleChamp: Nobody has told us why Rafiu accepted the Austrian job, when he already had a consultancy agreement in place at United. Why would he take up another job full time, when he is suppose to help United rebuild? Did the board felt betrayed he accepted another full time job? This story never clear well..... 1) Nobody has explained to us how Ajax not having a structure (allegedly) is a good thing for Manchester United to emulate. Example: Chike Obi did not study to pass his Mathematics exam, so Akpors too will not study. 2) Nobody has also explained how a man that took a club from Division 4 to Champions League semi-final in 8 years did not succeed as director football. The same Champions League semi-final that we haven't smelled in years o. 3) Nobody has also explained how a man that has almost always been on the list of Top 5 directors of football is now being judged with performances as an interim manager. In fact i will do giveaway if any Bible believing brother can mention another rated director of football who has been judged by his coaching record. Someone should pull up the coaching record of Marotta, Monchi, Zorc, Beguiristain, e.t.c. Let us check something. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 12:03pm On May 30, 2022 |
odizeey: Some of una want make Ten Hag fail, lowkey.
Talking about structure.
Well, it will be a win win situation for you.
Fail --- I told you so. Succeed --- we gather celebrate. I who vehemently supported ETH to be named manager definitely want him to succeed. We have been talking about structure and director of football here FOR YEARS. Or have you been living under a rock? |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 11:02am On May 30, 2022*. Modified: 11:21am On May 30, 2022 |
KingAlabi: ETH didn't want RR
As simple as that Exactly. And i don't want anybody to be forced on ETH. If he doesn't want RR then he should be allowed to do things as he wants , because i am sure there were certain conditions he insisted on being in place in terms of control before he got the job. But we shouldn't be celebrating the fact that Murtough and Fletcher are now the only people supporting ETH. The man might not appreciate how huge the task is. In his first presser he was talking about how the squad wasn't that bad because we came 2nd 2 seasons ago. If he is banking on that misleading info to assess the squad he might be in for a shocker next season. I desperately want him to succeed but if he depends on these same unreliable players he might be setting himself up for failure. These players will play well during preseason and then collapse once things get heated. We have seen the movie 4-5 times before starring Andreas Pereira and others. ETH has not even seen the preview. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 10:49am On May 30, 2022*. Modified: 11:45am On May 30, 2022 |
Leyqute: 1. Ten Haag worked in a structured environment at Ajax. He doesn’t have that at United.
2. Ajax has sufficient footballing people at top executive positions. At United, we have Fletcher, Murtough, and Nitrogen’s friends. They’re more interested in buying a player because he has lots of Instagram followers, not because he’s technically good and has drive and the tight mentality.
Erik Ten Hag hasn’t really worked in a gbasgbos environment like United. It’s a coin toss if he’ll do fine. And with less footballing people around to support him, his odds reduces. If an animal flourishes when they’re underwater, it doesn’t mean they’ll flourish on land. You are explaining these things to short-sighted people that have made their minds up. They will be the ones to drag ETH the most if he struggles here. It is not only religion that has extremism.  Somebody said Ajax did not have a structure (which is debatable anyway), but does that mean we also should not have a structure especially when we are competing against Man City, Liverpool, Chelsea and not Feyenoord and PSV. Another one said RR that took a team from 4th division in Germany to Champions League qualification in 6 years (and Champions League semi-finals in 8 years) has no success as director of football. But Darren Fletcher does.  Omo when one sees such hot takes morale to argue will just lazzident.  |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 10:40am On May 30, 2022 |
ChristoBam: All these comparisons y'all draw that are not in any way similar to each other. I don't get.  |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by afrodoc2: 4:49am On May 30, 2022 |
izzou: [color=royalblue]I saw make I laugh small

Votes from delegates in the North won't matter [/color]  |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 12:48pm On May 29, 2022 |
KingAlabi: Ronaldo left Madrid yesterday yah? You should never deny anybody his God given right to expose his foolishness. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by afrodoc2: 1:15am On May 29, 2022 |
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by afrodoc2: 10:34pm On May 28, 2022 |
League treble no easy. Go ask Liverpool.  |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by afrodoc2: 9:57pm On May 28, 2022 |
TAA  Sleeping on duty. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by afrodoc2: 8:49pm On May 28, 2022 |
popizaino: Ok.......but the advent of cyber crime is the reason why this is not so common again otherwise it would have still been happening under this democratic government at even a very higher rate with much more impunity. Oh i am not saying it is better now. I actually think it is worse now but i am not on ground to know for sure. I was just pointing out there was no guarantee of security even back then. As time passes people tend to look at past periods with rose-tinted glasses. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by afrodoc2: 8:22pm On May 28, 2022 |
BlueRayDick: Issokay , carry on with the updates.  You mean you want him to update us when Atiku wins? |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by afrodoc2: 8:18pm On May 28, 2022 |
BlueMann: Delayed for another 15 minutes
Conflicting reports...some are blaming UEFA and the French authorities, some are blaming Liverpool fans.
I just wan enjoy game  Very likely Liverpool fans came in hyped on alcohol and the French authorities overreacted. I am hearing they locked some of the gates meant for the Liverpool fans funnelling them through just 1 gate which is the worst thing to do with unruly fans i think. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by afrodoc2: 8:13pm On May 28, 2022 |
popizaino: Military guarantee your security,does this government do the same ? Guarantee security? It was during military rule that armed robbers started writing letters to entire streets telling them to get prepared for armed robbery exercise. It was during Abacha's rule that people started going missing in increasing numbers. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by afrodoc2: 8:06pm On May 28, 2022 |
BlueMann: Kickoff delayed by 15 minutes
Thousands of fans without tickets got in. Somebody dropped the ball big time. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by afrodoc2: 7:43pm On May 28, 2022 |
raumdeuter: After a while all the 5 political parties created adopted Abacha as their consensus candidate  That guy had Nigeria by the balls in a way that was unprecedented. Only a divine act ( or the long arm of the CIA) could extricate the country from such a vice-like grip. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by afrodoc2: 7:39pm On May 28, 2022 |
milann: na people like abacha fit Nigerians because we no dey get sense  |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by afrodoc2: 7:38pm On May 28, 2022 |
nihilistjnr: Bro trust me. Nothing better than to Japa and then comeback to Nigeria as a tourist.
Sleep in hotels all day when your mates are literally cooking in traffic. Enter clubs and bars at night with innit innit and small change and be very popular with the local talent.
The sweetest part of it is knowing that the moment Nigeria gets too much, or you start acclimatising to the madness of Lagos, you can just hop on the next plane and japa again. .
Nigeria is really enjoyable for the expatriates and the neegas that have some small change. That's why you have all these politicians who have the wealth and the means to retire abroad continuing to live in that hellhole, cos mehn make I no lie you.... Nigeria is sweet, as long as you're not trying to run a legitimate 9-5 hustle.
Instead you d trying to ask us what we are doing to fix the country, bro you better be plotting your exit.
That is the message i have been preaching. All this PVC talk is an exercise in futility. Every young able bodied person should have an exit strategy, while the country itself needs to be dismantled and sold as spare parts. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by afrodoc2: 7:28pm On May 28, 2022 |
BlueRayDick: This got me laughing 
I think they called them YEAA( Youths Earnestly Ask for Abacha); amovement found by one Daniel Kanu. They even did 2 million match for Abacha in 1998 . Those were the BMC of Abacha  Daniel Kanu’s YEAA was different from this one. This was the adults and other shameless politicians earnestly asking for Abacha. You have forgotten that 4 out of the 5 political parties nominated Abacha to run for President. Evan many of the traditional rulers were asking him to continue his good work. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by afrodoc2: 7:08pm On May 28, 2022 |
BlueRayDick: I think u are confusing that my post thinking I prefer Abacha’s dictatorship to democracy ; not at all. Even as a kid that was protected , I felt the hardship in the land then, wives even warn their husbands not to engage in any political discussion in the bus for fear of plain clothe detectives ( CID ) arresting them.
There was tension in the air and people were living on the edge .
My post above was only saying that the expectations of the people about democracy bringing succor their way was dashed with the way politicians have turned this country from bad to worse . Today so many armed groups have been created as a result of politicians’ selfish interests in a bid to cling on to power . There was this guy in Defence Intelligence that used to carry home Ghana must go bag full of money every Friday.  Abacha’s son was physically driving into CBN regularly with naira and driving out with dollars at a special preferential rate. The level of fear on the street and in homes was next level. Buses became very dangerous places to discuss politics. The part that makes me laugh now is when I remember every week NTA would show a state trying to outdo the others in the game of sycophancy. One week it would be Abia State women that will be dancing and shaking yansh in front of Abacha begging him to run for President, the next week it will be Ondo State women. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 6:52pm On May 28, 2022 |
Leyqute: That’s a bad rumor o.
It’s basically a repeat of the Matic error.
Thought those ineffectual scouts left? Kante who is now Dr Kante. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 6:51pm On May 28, 2022 |
ChristineC: you just cancelled the potential captain materials and say we have no captain materials. all three have experience and the right drive on the pitch.
a GK captain may not be what we need at this stage of team development. Bruno should get the band, form has nothing to do with it. it was an underwhelming season and it affected everybody to varying degrees. Ronaldo would have been the best option but it will probably be his last season with United. either way, one of the outfield players should get it and the other should be vice captain. Bruno did not have a great season and is not sure to keep his position in the team by the time all the new midfield arrivals are sorted. Making him captain might just lead to a situation whereby it would be difficult to drop the captain despite him not fitting into the football system. The captain should be named at the end of preseason and I think the safest bet would be DDG. He is the oldest in the team and would be the one whose shirt is most assured. Otherwise you can name CR7 the captain. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by afrodoc2: 2:44pm On May 28, 2022 |
BlueRayDick: We didn’t know politicians will show us shege. They only continued where Atiku started.
You know the funny thing, we used to have light then sef compared to the current state of electricity now. I remember only extremely upper middle class families had generators and they rarely use it; some got it just to show class No doubt economically we were way better off then but then one has to factor the hit squads and government ordered disappearances. |