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Nihilist:
Baba IS better than Ake. The issue is that Azpilicueta is better than both at LB and not too good at Right Back. Azpi has chased away Ashley Cole, Betrand, and Filipe Luis. It is madness to believe that he can be displaced that easily.

For Baba to develop he needs proper gametime, that he will not get this season at the club. After Bayern and Dortmund, Schalke has a good argument to claim that they are the next biggest(or at least one of the biggest) teams in Germany. Schalke will not request Baba if he is not good.

If he can establish himself at Schalke this season, then he will be very well developed to either come back and challenge for a spot, or build solid transfer value.

That Baba is a baba nla of a defensive liability in my own opinion, aside his lovely pullouts not much to offer.

Nihilist:
Young players develop with game time. Baba is only 22. He needed game time to adapt to the EPL, and he didn't get enough.

Baba has now been loaned to a European regular, that has finished finished in top 4 positions 3 times over the last 4 seasons.

If Baba can cement a first team role at Schalke, then this could be very good for his development, which would be very good for us...either on the pitch or on the bank balance

Chelsea is not making any bank balance gains from Rahman, he is going to be sold at a loss. All he has done is dog-in-a-mangerly block the growth of the Chelsea youth. Ake is miles better at left back despite Ake himself preferring Central Midfield.
It makes no sense to sign mediocre mercenaries for millions and not play your youth team players who are even better and have real potential for improvement.....if you are waiting for this "22 year old" Ghanaman to get better as he approaches his "peak" you are on a long thing.

That is why I was asking if loftus cheek was better than Chalobah some months ago.
In terms of true midfield play Chalobah is much better than RLC.

Fabregas in a 4-2-4 midfield would leave you guys exposed defensively

GBR1:
It's a long story bro but some guys like Afrodoc2 can you give you a good recap.

LOL so na me be amebo abi?

Fussbot:
I've been meaning to ask... Abeg watin do coogar?

E chop girl clean mouth, the girl no complain. Na him e come chop the girl money clean mouth on top, the girl lahun!
Both Nairaland Police and Metropolitan Police for London dey involved, the last we heard was Coog promising to return like Arnold Shwarzenegger or Abija wara bi ekun.

Men you guys have energy and time sha!
Some of these convoluted arguments have no resolution, so why persist? By the time you and another poster have 4,5 posts on a matter and neither of you budges wetin remain to debate?

All these mysterious geniuses sef. They should check the MER of SAF, Hittzfeld and Guardiola.
Tony Pulis has a better MER than Wenger, but who is the better manager?

elrony:
Nihilist una get that kind name for una club?

is he a comedian?

No he is a magician. He was signed by Chelsea and the next day he vanished into thin air.

PietroRico:
agreed.
What's also equally or even more shocking is paying a kobo for djibololojiibidigidi

That is not his name, it is Jibola Jibiti.......... the greatest jibiti of the decade. The 3m pounds used to buy that guy would have been better spent buying trophy cabinet for Arsenal.

SailorXY:
i hope you ain't banking on assumption these guys will command a significantly lesser sum

no surprise if Madrid ask for £70m for either

Maybe for Kroos but not for Modric with his age. More likely about 50-60m for Kroos if they are greedy and we are desperate.
Use another 30 on matuidi and another 40-50 on Mahrez.
Might be wishful thinking but seems a smarter way of spending 120m to me rather than blowing it all on one guy

I won't lose sleep if the deal collapses.
We should just jejely get Kroos or Modric from Madrid if they get Pogba. We can use the rest of the Pogba intended money to buy Mahrez and Matuidi.

Dadehmola:
Rumour has it that Pogba's agent is asking for a fee that would take the whole transfer funds to £130m

Mino Raiola is as greedy as they come. I hear he wants about 20m....

Keky:
Disrespecting your future to please some pensioner who's gonna stay just one year. Proper management that.

We will have to take your comment seriously seeing how proper management has delivered countless European trophies to your manager and club.

SailorXY:
@ dadehmola: you don criticize too much so let me know your thoughts on this matter...

Let's scrap the players Jose has already brought in & want to bring in.

If you are given £200m for this summer transfers with your knowledge of the squad needs, who are the guys you'll bring in? {realistic targets}

cc afrodoc2
cc elampiro

Similar to what Dadehmola said. Allow Real buy Pogba and buy either Modric or Kroos from them.......there are also rumours that Rakitic is available. We could have gone for Pjanic earlier. We can still go for Matuidi.
I would have gone for Aubameyang instead of Zlatan or even Mkhtaryan.

Modric/Kroos
Matuidi/Rakitic/Pjanic
Aubameyang
Mahrez/Mkhatryan/Mane
Varane/Bailly

I am not against spending money, just not for spending truck loads of money on the wrong player.
It is not about whether Pogba is better than the other options BUT whether what he offers is what we need right now.
We need people that control the game continuously and move the ball in a way that shields the defence but still creates lots of chances for our attackers.
Instead of us to strengthen our team in the best possible way for US people are coming here to say we should buy this guy at this amount just to tesojue for Madrid

Siddon look mode activated. I am not in support of buying a player for 100m especially one that does not want to come anyway and that wont score goals at Cronaldo levels.
We will "crush" Madrid by buying the right players at the right price and defeating them at the Champs League final NOT by wasting money on players while other clubs like Barca, Real, Juve and Bayern add wisely to their squads.
We wasted money on Falcao, wasted money on Di Maria and hopefully this wont be another waste. These Glazers are natural misers people should not think the funds will continue to flow like this, the money should be used in the best way possible cos these funds whether you accept it or not are limited.
Pogba is good but at this point i believe we need someone in the mode of Verrati, Modric ,Kroos e.t.c And actually this Pogba money could get 2 classy midfielders e.g Verrati n Modric/Kroos e.t.c

Its a no brainer. Sanchez at this point is the better player. He is superior in ball control, dribbling technique, he is able to be involved in fluid team play without killing the flow i.e he is not a black hole of moves. He is better defensively, he is physically and mentally tougher. His finishing is more consistent than hazard's, he plays with more heart and more balls and more brain . There are so many facets of the game in which sanchez beats hazard

It takes a healthy dose of Vitamin D....elusion to be an Arsenal fan.

Miki played quite well in the first half, however that is not surprising. The question is how quickly can he adapt to the pace and physicality of the EPL.
Bailly looked confident on the ball, sometimes too confident
Depay was crappy, Shaw looked okay for someone coming back from a serious injury

PietroRico:
but how many 'big nights' are we going to be playing next season?
Perhaps if uncle moyes and grandpa lvg ha zlatan to perform on the 'small nights' their stories wound have been different

LOL

Someone is saying Zlatan is not better than Bendtner? You don't rate Zlatan but you rate Lee Cattermole, Marcos Rojo and David Moyes?

Dadehmola:
The Azzuri was also 100% Serie A players...

The likes of Di Natalè, Pirlo, De Rossi & Gilardino etc were among the best players in the Serie A just before the world cup.

Since Italy failed woefully at the worldcup, the Serie A (wey produce the winners of the CL a few months to the WC) was the worst in Europe, you deluded Nincompoop!



That's the point Afrodoc has been trying to infuse into that Apodacious head of yours but unfortunately, kèlèbe ti occupy gbobo space toh wa nibe!!

Between 2004-2009, the EPL dominated Europe while the England NT dissapointed - a testament to the fact that your logic is infinitely & Shockingly stùpid!


Judging by your terribly impaired cognitive abilities, we seem to be looking at a severe case of Trisomy 21/Autism!!

From the look of things, Afrodoc might need to admit you...

I have tried for the guy but he has made a vow against knowledge

1976-1984 English league was at a peak dominating Europe and sodomizing German Clubs in finals .....English NT was useless

2004-2010 English clubs with multiple UCLs and countless other finals..........English NT was useless

Yet Dayo comes with logic straight from the bottom of a keg of oguro to equate NT performance to the quality of the league

A40:
Lloris also made some excellent saves tbvh. Mueller and Euros just don't seem to gel it seems

Very maddening penalty to concede in a game my boys were dominating. At the worst possible time too


The French were due their ominara sha lati 1958.

In retrospect I think Low should have gone with Ozil central and 2 wide guys with pace with Muller as the arrowhead I.e Schweinsteiger on the bench. You would have had maybe less possession but more penetration

elrony:
Hehehehe does it make any difference now?

no burnthisleaguedown player in the final... deal with that

Renato Sanches is a Burnthisliga player o

raumdeuter:
I have asked you to explain how the English NT thats 100% EPL isnt a reflection of the EPL and you have been running away since

Most of the biggest stars are not English and most of the useless players are English..... Very simple
The current EPL is great INSPITE OF the English players not because of them

Now was the English League garbage between 1976 and 1984?

A40:
No excuses. Just too many missed chances. Can't explain why Schweinsteiger who was having a monster game till that point went on to pull that stunt. Very soft P.K but you don't put an Italian ref who you just knocked his country out of the tourney in a position to make call

And Loew as always bringing on Goetze when the damage is done

Btw is Mueller having problems with the Missus? His form over the past 3 months have been abysmal

Stories that touch. ntorr

On a serious note though Germany is out because they lack a finisher. This team with tournament Klose or normal tournament Muller would have beaten my French boys

elrony:
Ram is a Fraudulent olodo!

always shapeshifting like an amoebic lunatic!!!

he's that shameless!!!
tufia!!!!

Don't mind the protean wayo man.
I have exposed him today as an amoebic shapeshifter lol
Yes or no question he is writing epistle to the Gentiles lwkmd

pamcode:
trying to reason with dayo is like trying to teach a wild bear ballet you will get no where.


But bro you take style be woman wrapper o, why is it that it only females you follow. My two hands dey up o.

Lol most of those females are just "younglings" that I have been advising on the "facts of life" like facing their studies and avoiding bad boys like you, Adelana and dopejemi.

elrony:
Baba just answer the simple question na(yes or no),shuo!!!! ..

Dadehmola is this why you referred to Egbon Ram-the-third as a "contour-headed charlatan"?

The guy na wayo man , I am beginning to suspect he is Arif , Coogars notorious money man lol
Was English league useless between 1978 and 1984, simple yes or no ..... Watch him contort like an Atilogwu dancer

raumdeuter:
Again I ask you, How can we divorce the uselessness of the English NT from the EPL when they have 100% players in the EPL

Lol I knew you would not answer, your wayo logic has been exposed.

Get back to me when you can explain how a useless league can win 7 out of 8 European Cups or how a league can win 7 out 8 European Cups while the NT struggles to qualify for World Cups and European Championships

raumdeuter:
So tell us why the English NT is garbage and how we can divorce their performance from the EPL especially when 100% of their players come from the league

Again I ask you , was the English league garbage between 1976 and 1984?

raumdeuter:
The English NT in that time was garbage inspired by their EPL dominated players

I agree the English NT was garbage but the question I asked you was about the league
Again I ask you was the English league garbage between 1976 and 1984?

raumdeuter:
Where do most of the English NT play? Where do they learn their football? where do they play every weekend

You see its morronic to attempt to absolve the EPL of the English NT failure.

La Liga carried Spain to win, Bundesliga carried Germany to win, Serie A carried Italy and France to win.

The uselessness of the English NT cant be separated from the EPL

Lol answer the question. Was the English league crap between 1976 and 1984?