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larride:
You sabi works of sycophant pass to dey talk like this. I dey tell you say Seyi no go even smell senate ticket you dey talk of Governorship. 😂

Some people also doubted Tinubu will contest for the election when his support group started springing up .

In every rumor there’s always an element of truth sha .

GloriousGbola:
i personally see seyi tinubu as a non-starter

there is this perception that it all starts and ends with tinubu - but in the stories of ambode and obasa there was a consensus that they shoudl be removed

seyi tinubu has no pedigree outside of the fact that he is Tinubus son. he has not even run as senator. i have no idea what all the seyi tinubu movement is about - but i cannot see the guy clinching any nomination

Nobody knew Sanwoolu outside LSDPC until he was nominated to replace Ambode . Me and u know being Lagos governor has nothing to do with pedigree ; once Tinubu is able to sell the his anointed candidate to the party then the person will get the ticket .

I’m not saying with certainty that Seyi will get the ticket o, but I’m saying if Tinubu is disireous of nominating Seyi then he will most likely get the ticket .

larride:
Remi later got Senate as compensation for Tinubu dropping his senate bid in 2007.

Leave Seyi matter. Nothing dey there.

Only time will tell sha . If there’s nothing there , why is Seyi not calling his friends to order ? One of the groups that has endorsed his governorship bid is Friends of Seyi Tinubu which he is the grand patron .

I don’t think all of them will just start shouting his name without him being interested in the post .

TrebleChamp:
Hamzat will not get the ticket, Tinubu will never give that ticket to a core politician. GAC were pushing for Gbajabiamila, and i am sure he is singing his ambition into Tinubu's ears daily, but Tinubu has the final say concerning the Party's Governorship Candidate in Lagos and HMO is the Tinubu anointed candidate. It is even a reason Tinubu moved him to Abuja as his principal secretary. I like Obafemi Hamzat but i prefer HMO as Sanwo-Olu's successor.

I prefer Tokunbo Wahab sha

mostob:
Bro.. I think it is better to strike while the iron is still hot. Transfer decisions shouldn't be for short term only but for long term as well. Arsenal have been chasing Zubimendi for a year now and even discussed his transfers during Merino' s negotiation.

Jorginho and Partey will likely not be with us next season so it is better to make preparations early.

BTW heard the deal for Vlahovic is off but Kolo Muani is being considered. What do you think of Kolo?

I don’t like Kolo Muani at all ; he’s one of those players who is just more brawn and less brain .

We should do well to sign more intelligent players jare .

Roland17:
When Liverpool moved on from Klopp and hired Slot who is now topping the table, in his first season, did they burden themselves with that question?

When Chelsea fired Poch and hired Maresca who is now competing for a top 4 in his first season, were they asking that question? If they did, did it stop them from firing Poch?

When United against my wishes fired ETH and hired Amorim, who knocked us out of the FA Cup with 10 men and now repositioning United, did that question stop them?

When Barcelona fired a title winning coach in Xavi and hired Flick were they held back?

Do you want me to go on?

These clubs did their due deligence. It is the responsibility of the club to find a suitable replacement. You don’t hold on to a coach, now in his 6th year and can’t get you further, just because of that question.. You are pretty much admitting you are content with our situation.

The fact that u can’t come up with a name or two despite being someone who follows football leagues across Europe religiously only suggests one thing ; There’s a dearth of good coaches currently in the market .


That means they will be forced to take anybody out of the many coaches available that may not necessarily better our lot . I believe the management not sacking him for the managers currently available in the market is they doing due diligence.

If the management overlook a possible replacement that we all know of his proven track record , then we can lampoon them for still forcing Arteta on us . From where I stand, that’s not the case.

iamoyindamola:
I actually don't see anything bad supporting the manager
Making him look like he's doing us favour, or he's our Messiah is my issue
So because Alonso go unbeaten and win the league, some set of fans should now immortalize him
The truth is if he leaves today arsenal will get another manager that will do better than him, whatever he's doing is not for free
He's the second highest paid after apari
To whom which much is given, same much is expected

That's where u are getting it wrong. Nobody is saying Arteta is doing us a favor, nobody is immortalizing him ; at least not on this thread that I know of.

The truth is if the management feels he's performing way below their expectations, they would've long sacked him. I understand that we've been in the wilderness for long and that has affected the tolerance level of the fans , but then management of the club that has disbursed funds for him to strengthen the team will not just close eyes , sack him, pay him huge severance package without any assurance that the next manager will take us to win a major trophy almost immediately.

If the management does not see tested and proven managers like Guardiola, Zidane, Ancelotti, etc in the market, I'm afraid they may not be willing to gamble by sacking Arteta not knowing what his replacement will be bringing to the table.

iamoyindamola:
That second is looking like a big deal to you which is why I am complaining
We are too comfortable with mediocrity, the manner we took the second position twice was disappointing, slot is going to win the league on his debut season
This is something arteta bottled on 2 occasions and you claimed we took second like we over took club instead we left the top position to settle for it

The second position is actually not a big deal to me. Remember as at the time we signed Arteta, most big manager didn't want to take the Arsenal job because of the trenches we were coming from.

We've had this discussion before, I'm not averse to Arteta being sacked and replaced with a better manager; but the issue is who is that manager that will replace him?

This has nothing to do with being comfortable with mediocrity. I saw man utd sacking one manager after another in a bid to get things right but things never worked out for them. I'm kinda apprehensive that sacking Arteta and replacing him with a manager that is not better than him may not take us anywhere.

One thing u should understand is that until the club replaces him, some of us have no choice but to support him and cheer our team. We will praise him and the team when they do well and chastise them when they do otherwise.

iamoyindamola:
Even at this he failed in the players he bought in
That Havertz signing is enough to sack everyone involved just the way Pepe signature made some people lose their jobs

The difference is that Pepe signing made us finish way below top 4, while we finished second in the league with Havertz signing.

This is not me supporting Havertz signing (because I actually don't like Havertz as a player), but just stating facts and putting things into context.

I believe Havertz siging is most stupid signing we ever made after Willian's.

Roland17:
Considering the length of his tenure and the credible amount of free rein he has been granted alongside financial support, he has failed in my opinion in managing the club. Any coach who can’t take Arsenal to our current situation with the dynamics I have listed will also be considered a failure.

Which other manager are we supposed to compare him with post Wenger? Ebening? Are we comparing transfer budget? Length of stay? Control of the club? What exactly are we comparing here? Arteta is now the 2nd highest earning manager in the EPL, for achieving what exactly?

Has he brought out the best of the players he signed? The players he did not sign that have become the corner stone of our team were already great. For the sake of clarity, Arteta has had total and full control of our transfers, particularly after his 2nd year. It is the reason he can chase a druggie and match asking prices until Chelsea saved us.

A manager's wages is not necessarily a direct indication of how well the manager is doing as regards managing the team. Most times manager's wages are as a result of negotiations between his agent and the management of the club.

I'm sure he didn't force the club management to hand him a contract that made him the second highest paid manager in the league.

Taking Arsenal from where we were before he joined to where we are now is a feat some other managers have not been able to do with their club. I doubt the club management will sack him because he came second.

In fact, I doubt any club in the premier league will sack their manager because the team came second having spent money on players. You as a fan may call such manager a failure, but the management of the club are will not use emotion to sack a coach that came second in the league, pay him huge severance package and then sign a new manager whom they are not sure will make top 4 the next season.

This is my personal opinion.

larride:
Him sef dey among the line up, depends on the senatorial district that they finally decide to zone it to. Candidates yapa.

Another dark horse is Senator Abiru.

You see now that Abiru has trumped ur initial stance that all past governors have been taken from Lagos state service. If Abiru can be considered, the any other person too can be considered including Seyi.

To be honest I won't rule out Seyi at all. The fact that Remi was a senator , I'm not putting it past Seyi getting governorship ticket

larride:
Check all those that has been Governor after Tinubu, you will notice a pattern. They were all groomed from the Lagos state service taking. Someone already in the system. A confirm technocrat.

Them no go even give Seyi Senate ticket, talkless of Governorship ticket.

But Seyi has been getting different groups to drum support for him. He's been having some of them go on TV stations calling for him to declare his intentions to run. I saw a video one of the guys claiming Seyi is his mentor and wherever he goes they will go with him.

Talking about patterns, I see Seyi following the pattern of his father prior to him declaring to run for presidency, different support groups were already calling him out to contest and all.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]The deputy will get the ticket.[/color]

larride:
Currently HMO is the front runner.

Seyi no even dey consideration at all.

Issokay o, different permutation and combinations.

What of Tokunbo Wahab? Is he not eyeing the seat?

larride:
He knew about the impeachment. He was told to travel out to save face.

Good for him then.

I am patiently waiting for how Lagos state governorship will play out o. I will wait for things to unfold before I hold u for neck.

Remember u dismissed the idea of Seyi Tinubu being given the APC governorship ticket in 2027, but the way things are going and different support groups springing up here and there for him; I doubt he's not eyeing the seat like u posited earlier.

Roland17:
Baba let’s not do this because your man has been a disaster at managing funds. Edu did not chase or buy any player that Arteta did not personally anoint. Arteta has the free rein on our transfer and that is part of why Edu is no longer with the club. Every single player we have signed is Arteta’s want, so let’s not even start a new narrative.

As recent as the nearly 90M we wasted on Merino and a luxury Calafiori was all Arteta. Let’s not even talk about Gbavertz who has been Arteta’s personal project, bought to be L8, failed there and can’t lead a line to a tangible competition. Yet he keeps forcing it down our throat because it wants to justify it. We can go on and on but let’s be honest about your man’s failures.

Calling him a failure doesn't change the fact that he has performed better than every other manager bar Wenger before his final days with us.

I already mentioned that I don't know how players are signed at Arsenal and I will claim to know what I don't have an idea of based on rumors/people's personal bias since I don't have any reliable internal source.

Yes, the club signed players that have turned out to be flops , but that is not exclusive to Arteta's tenure.

My point tackling Iamoyindamola's post is that coaches are judged on players performance during their time in charge irrespective of who signed the player. A coach is expected to bring out the best in the players he has at his disposal. When Tuchel won Champions league with Chelsea, how many players did he sign to achieve that? But till tomorrow he will always be adjudged as the coach that won Chelsea their second UCL.

That's the point. I'm not interested in debating whether Areta has failed or otherwise.

iamoyindamola:
Are you for real right now 🤣🤣

Anybody that does transactional sexxx without wearing protection deserves to have pregnancy forced on them!

Na lack of sense and taking unnecessary risk

iamoyindamola:
Hold on first
Was he part of those making decisions on players to sign or not
I mean does he have the right to drop names of players he want or not?

I don't know how player signing at Arsenal is done specifically.

But I do know that for most clubs, the manager will drop multiple names of players he desires the club to sign. The club will then try to sign some of those players based on their availability, the willingness of their current club to sell them at a fair price, the desire of such player to join the team, scout reports, etc.

In instances where the club is unable to get the specific players due to one or two reasons mentioned above, the club management will try and get alternative players which the coach will have no choice but to work with.

iamoyindamola:
And have you seen any video of him accepting the child too, it could be a transactional sex , it could be anything.
Until he agrees, It's not by force

Transactional sexx where they don't wear condom?

Na so!

Whatever it is, once it is unprotected sexx they have then there is a likelihood that a pregnancy materialized from the intercourse. I watched the lady's video account of what happened and she mentioned how she still spoke with him while she was pregnant.

It was only after she delivered the baby and sent him the picture that he said "That thing cannot be my child". Refusing to take responsibility doesn't make the child not his own, it is only a negative DNA test that will make the child not his. We all know he won't submit himself for DNA for fear of what the result will reveal

mostob:
Arsenal hoping to strike deal with Real Sociedad for Martin Zubimendi.

Although his arrival might be delayed till Summer.

Martin - Mikel - Martin reunion.
Let's hope their partnership last longer and be more productive than MMM.

Why is it that we are always buying players that will not join us immediately ? What's the essence of signing players that cannot join the team instantly and start helping the team?

I detest all these futuristic signings like mad.

iamoyindamola:
That's why I wrote a disclaimer there
Moreover he's the highest spending manager in our history,those one didn't get the luxury he's getting.
Are you saying edu didn't seek arteta approval to buy kaikai or arteta didn't prioritize buying more defenders than getting attackers

He will surely be the highest spending manager because of time value of money and also the fact that he became our manager at a time we were free of the Emirates stadium debt we've been paying the past. Agreed the other coaches didn't get the luxury he's getting but the other coaches also didn't achieve much with us bar Arsene Wenger who remains our best coach of all time till date.

Whether Edu seeks his approval or not in signing players for the club, the koko is a manager is judged by how well he uses the players at his disposal.The fact that he could get the best out of players like Xhaka whom we had all written off, he was able to turn Odegaard into one of the best AM in England, transform our backline from the leaking roof we had during the times of Mustafi, Kolasinac, Sokratis, etc shows he's made progress with this team compared to where he met them.

If he leaves the club today, the new manager would already have his job well cut out for him. Whoever becomes the new manager will only need to make few signings and take the club on an ascendancy. Same cannot be said about rivals like Man Utd whose team has been in disarray despite spending heavily almost every transfer window for the past few years now.

iamoyindamola:
You sounded like you are there when they were having the sex

Have u seen any video or post of Cubana Chief Priest denying ever having unprotected sexx with her?

TemporaryHansel:
If he says he's not the father, then he's not the father. Case closed.
No be by force 😏

Just Dey play . When he Dey pour akamu inside he no know say Akamu Dey form baby Abi ? 😏

iamoyindamola:
After 5 years and £700m, the best goalkeeper, defender, midfielder, winger and striker to have played under Arteta weren't signed by him.

What did he really use the huge amount for?

Arteta must go.

#copied I am just a messenger 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I can also direct you to the page in case you have questions

I thought a manager’s job is to manage players at his disposal at all times. A manager’s job is not to sign players .

That’s why managers are judged based on how well they manage the players the club management provide the manager to work with .

I honestly don’t think it makes much sense to be skating a manager that his best players were not signed by him. Shebi those same players that were not signed by him were used by other managers and they dragging us down without us smelling the top 4.

He was thinking of how best to give Obasa back hand service that will knock him out of the competition in an instant .

And that service was well delivered !

KingTom:
No mind permanentGretel, Wizkid denied his second son until DNA hold am, even the great Drake sef denied his own until DNA hold am. Yakubu Gowon sef deny that him half igbo son, man dey chop igbo woman work dey still dey fight war with them

Don't mind him jare. No be today men dey deny their pikin for reasons best known to them.

iamoyindamola:
Exactly and she only shared the conversation that favor her course, we don't know the agreement that's the key factor here

So u are agreeing he may likely be the father Shey ?

U see ehn, as a fellow man with the way he’s moving one can tell he’s the father of the boy . He just doesn’t want to accept him for now .

That’s why I said he’s more the first person to deny a pregnancy and he won’t be the last . There was a lady we went to primary school together whose dad denied her pregnancy but by the time she was done with university the father was looking for the mother all over the place to beg her cos he feels the reason he didn’t have a child in his present marriage was because he denied her back then. ( Not like I believe in such line of thought sha ).

iamoyindamola:
I am making a point the picture you shared before showing the child look like CCP, even the mother of the child look like CCP
We weren't there when they had the sex (even protection isn't 100%) or the agreement, all we know is a lady crying around SM

Cubana chief priest has not denied not knowing the lady . He has not denied not sleeping with her .

The lady has screenshot of their conversation which she had with him during her pregnancy and after giving birth . She kept in contact with him.

He just doesn’t want to accept the child , it’s not like he doesn’t know he fathered the child . He just doesn’t want to accept that reality . He’s not the first person to do that and he won’t be the last person . Men don Dey deny pregnancy from time immemorial

iamoyindamola:
Blueraydick
Efcc will still go after obasa and probably seize some of his assets, I think the impeachment is a starter
https://www.nairaland.com/8316433/many-sins-cost-former-lagos

We all knew these things na .

There was a thread on Nairaland back then when Sahara reporters did a story on the 64 different bank accounts Obasa operated . A lot of APC supporters on Nairaland dismissed the story and called Sahara reporters all sorts of name ; they claimed Sahara reporters was sharing fake news as usual .

The thing is Obasa had a whole lot of corruption cases to answer to but the leadership of the ruling party APC have always protected him . Now that he has overplayed his hand and has fallen out of favor with them, I think the best thing is for him to just lie low and just continue as a floor member of the house till 2027.

If he decides to make any move that is when he will have the EFCC unleashed on him .

iamoyindamola:
So let me ask you who you think is the father of this boy
You will say Jay Z abi
Gloriousgbola asked that if CCP run mad or was arrested will she still be claiming he's the father
I don't understand this entitlement mentality of forcing a child of someone, 2 adults had sex one was stupid to keep without prior agreement
Unless you are telling me it's a crime to have unprotected sex

I don’t know who the baby in the picture is neither do I know who the woman carrying the baby is . I don’t know their relationship with Jay Z and I don’t know how this relates with Cubana Chief Priest matter .

I never said it’s a crime to have unprotected sex but we all know that in the natural order of things, if two adults that are fertile have unprotected sex, there is a high chance of the lady getting pregnant . If u don’t want to get a lady pregnant , the reasonable thing to do is to use protection . It is as simple as that .

And I hope u know that in most societies Abortion is still illegal and could possibly lead to health complications or worse still , death of the woman involved .

Any man that doesn’t want a lady to pin pregnancy on him will do well to use protection. If u don’t use protection , u lose leverage and will lose out if the key refuse to terminate the resultant pregnancy .

TemporaryHansel:
Do you want to force the son on him. Baba said the child doesn't belong to him.
If he's truly the owner of the child, I'm sure he would've gotten involved in the life of the kid irrespective of what he says online.

Lmao 😂

Like he will be the first man to deny the son he sired in his loins ?

You know nothing . From time immemorial people have denied kids despite they being the father; he won’t be the first or the last to do that .

Amigoss:

Mandate don carry dem enter Black Maria 😂

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