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iamoyindamola:
Kuku kill Leicester but you have a point, if we can use torreira plus Nelson and 10m them suppose reason us for ndidi na

Two players Don too much. Nelson is enough but dem go still wan collect like 50m for Ndidi.... His football age still make sense and he's a good player ; one of their key men sef.

Jodera:
Absolutely boss. Now we know who the real mastermind is regarding all those egoistical players and the way arsenal is heading to presently.

It's a very good thing Edu and Arteta have a very good relationship. This article really touched on a lot of things, reason why I decided to share it here

Thank you for sharing.

Segedinho:
for those of us that aint atheist...we believe we are shielded by Grace..despite that..

*I don't drive/travel inter-state irrespective of whataoever

*i don't drive at night...always home b4 7pm.

* Don't really go into heated argument....i take my leave at any slight provocation.

*Abokies are always right...

Since 2019 I've not ventured into Lagos-Ibadan expressway for any reason. If u get anything do for travelling way and u are close to, I go just collect Ur account do small thing inside. I no dey enter express make some useless bandits kidnap person dey threaten him family.

Since the fallout out of the EndSARS protests ( with enough guns on the street), I no dey Waka for night....Security architecture Don real down, make person no dey test fate.

Personally I no dey always dey where people dey fight. Anywhere I dey and people wan begin fight, I dey move. I no just wan hear say I die on top matter wey I no even know.

Jodera:
A long but very interesting read about Arsenal's vision and future


Big-money flops were ‘killing’ Arsenal, admits Edu as he aims for a Champions League return

Edu will discover soon if he really did read the runes. The technical director told Mikel Arteta and the Arsenal board a couple of years back: ‘Guys, 2022-23 will be the season we are going to be much better.’

Edu’s forecast formed part of a new, five-year plan for Arsenal, devised after Unai Emery was sacked in late 2019.

Change, driven alongside Arteta, has been ruthless and expensive and, at times, painful.

‘If a guy is performing and has a big salary, that’s not a problem,’ Edu says. ‘When the player is 26-plus, big salary and he’s not performing, he’s killing you.

‘You don’t have a valuation to sell the player, the player is comfortable — Arsenal, London, beautiful, everything is fantastic — and a good salary. How many players with that kind of characteristics did we have in the past? Eighty per cent of the squad.’
Not any more. On Edu’s watch, around 40 players have been shipped out. Some, including Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Mesut Ozil, were paid to leave. Several more will go this summer.
Since last year, 10 outfield players have arrived. None older than 25
‘Try to avoid one more year with the problem in the dressing room,’ Edu says. ‘Take it out. Even if you have to pay because that guy is sometimes blocking someone.’ He considers it an investment
‘How many players in the squad have those characteristics today?’ Edu says. ‘Now, as part of the plan, we create value in our players because I don’t want to face that situation many times more. Now, if someone wants, say, Gabriel — OK, come here. No problem.

‘If we sell Bukayo Saka — that’s not going to happen but it’s just an example — we as a club have to prepare his replacement straight away. Someone has to be in the squad or we have to manage the market well.’

That scenario is not unthinkable, given Saka has yet to agree a new deal amid interest from clubs including Manchester City. ‘It’s normal,’ Edu insists. ‘He’s happy, we’re happy, so it’s just: sit down and find a solution.’

Edu was speaking in Orlando, shortly before Arsenal’s pre-season tour ended with an impressive victory over Chelsea. Oleksandr Zinchenko, their fifth summer signing, made his debut in the 4-0 win.

A club like Arsenal is not building to fight for fourth place, I’m sorry,’ says Edu, 44, who first signed for Arsenal as a player in 2001 before returning to be technical director in 2019. ‘We cannot accept it. That’s why I was really, really hurt when I arrived.

‘I said, ‘That’s not the mentality of this football club. What is happening? Everybody is comfortable, everybody is OK, OK, OK…’ F*** you. ‘OK’? No. I don’t want to lose games.’

Edu adds: ‘I want to see the physios, the masseurs, the scouts, everyone with that kind of feeling: ‘F****** hell, now we are going to really go for things’. And I think we are changing, we are putting good mentality in the squad.’

Last season, Arsenal’s push to return to the Champions League — one year ahead of schedule — fell apart.

‘I felt in some important moments we needed players like those we are signing,’ Edu says. ‘We need a bigger squad with personalities, with some behaviours that say, ‘I will kill someone but I don’t lose the game’.’
Hence why character ranks above all else in Arsenal’s scouting. Winning is now a habit for players like Gabriel Jesus, with whom Edu worked while he was general co-ordinator of Brazil.

‘I said, “Gabriel, I’m here to try to sign you. But not the Gabriel from this season”,’ Edu recalls. ‘You’ve lost your shine’.’ The forward’s reply? ‘You’re right.’

Not everyone can be persuaded. Both Lisandro Martinez and Raphinha went elsewhere this summer and Edu once walked away from a deal after money kept cropping up in talks with a player at Borussia Dortmund. ‘If I smell something wrong — ‘Thank you very much’, I go,’ he says.

Without them, Arsenal’s five-year plan approaches crunch time. They veered on to this new path after Emery left in November 2019. Not long after walking into Arteta’s house, Edu knew he was the perfect fit to be the new boss

‘We had a great relationship straight away,’ he says.

The plan should bear fruit this season. Unfortunately, Arsenal’s top-four rivals are strengthening, too. ‘It is difficult, which is why we have to be realistic. But also, why not? They may be good teams but they are not unbeaten like 2003-04,’ laughs Edu, a member of that Invincibles side.

‘I learned from Arsene Wenger,’ the Brazilian says. ‘He tried to look after you and your family. He was focused on taking care of people.’

Edu’s attempts to emulate Wenger’s on-field success go on.

I hope people can stop bitchingggg about Arteta not being a good man manager and all while referencing how Ozil and dem Auba left. People should stop the shithousery of saying he cant manage big players cos now it appears Edu was obviously the mastermind of their departure ; something he's set his mind on even before Arteta left Guardiola's golden cabinet.

iamoyindamola:
I read Leicester are holding out for a fee way above arsenal pocket for a player with a year left
Also Leicester were hoping there will be a bidding war but as it stands only arsenal are interested and are hoping they can sign him in January if he eventually stay at Leicester because he's not signing extension

Dem no know say we get enough time.to drag out the transfer saga. We fit even winchi dem by later signing him few days to end of the window just to make sure they don't get suitable.replacement.

Na Ndidi I for like make we carry but that his injury scared me sha.

Kloppo:
Can't hold a flag
Pees on himself
Suffers memory loss
He is old, looks sick and incapacitated
Surrounded with a lot of controversies
Calls his party Action Congress
Can't walk by himself on a staircase
Walks majestically in italics

A sick man wanting to lead a sick country....Notice those who wants this upon us and call themselves "intelligent" once told us buhari will handle security, osibanjo will handle economy,Fashola will fix power,the results are in the open for all to see...

Anybody who has a septuagenarian who he is close to as a family member will definitely know the age between 70-79 is not an age one should saddle such person with responsibility of taking adequate care of 1,000 people, not to talk of 150million Nigerians.

Anybody telling u septuagenarian that's visibly suffering from old age sickness already will pilot the ship of the Nigerian state to safe waters in view of the current economic realities is just capping.

Most people supporting the geriatric candidates ( Tinubu and Atiku inclusive) only want the privilege of " I told you so" when eventually their candidate gets elected ; just like Buhari supporters did but today they can't point out to one thing he's done right without creating excuse for his failure at almost everything.

Craving : Shaki

ObaIgwe1:
So we never made a bid or seriously pursued Raphinha.

Edu said he only asked Raphinha's agent (who is well known to him) about the current status on him, and the agent was sincere enough to tell him that they had an unwritten agreement with Barca months ago and he (Edu) only told him Ok, that if anything change he should let him know, and that was all.

So even Fabrizio Romano got it wrong.

I will not be surprised if no one from Arsenal has approached Tilemans or his agent.

It's being said that Tielmans has been waiting for Arsenal to make a bid since April. Obviously he wants to move and Arsenal seem to fancy him, but no offer has been made for him.

I guess Arteta and Edu have other things cooking, they just want to see how it goes before making a move.

afrodoc2:
Interesting. I agree with you that his left hand appears to be worse than the right but i believe the tremor is actually worse when he keeps his hands still which is why he attempts to hold his hands together when they are down. It only appears that the tremor is worse when he moves his hands because you pay more attention to them then.

I put it to you that the O.G has an asymmetrical resting tremor associated with bradykinesia and postural instability.

Will Somone suffering from this kinda disorder be able to function and engage in serious mental exercise which the post of a president requires?

afrodoc2:
LOL. You didn't answer the questions. I just wanted to confirm an observation i made but i don't want influence your answers..

Well, I'm not a doctor but I noticed the hand he was gesturing with seem to shake more than the other hand. (whatever is responsible for that)

I also observed while he's trying to steady himself, he shakes....when he's not using the hand or swinging it; his hands seem still kind of

afrodoc2:
I like this your no insult policy.

I won't you to watch that video closely, preferably without sound. Tell me 1) if you think the tremor is worse in one hand or equal AND 2) also tell me if it is worse when he keeps it down and still or worse when he moves the hand.

Even his soul is shaking sef....I using the two hands, man can't help himself

[quote author=donstan18 post=115065913]Smh!!!

This man is sick!!!!

God abeg 🤲🏾😩 pic.twitter.com/xbEsIRH0jy

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onyemaair:
You have come out guns blazing and you are taking no prisoners. fire on

Imagine how the families of this man will feel.....And Fashola said they've done well and every right thinking Nigerians should reward them with re-election

swiz123:
Interesting

Modric for Obvious reasons. Steven G prime na dirty where Modric prime dey ball.

Buhari will handle security. We saw how well he's doing that in the recent video released by the bandits/terrorists who kidnapped the train passengers; we saw how good security is under Buhari's government.

A government that would not face governance but rather invest so much time and resources in PR......

Well, another of such government is being pushed as the next best thing after party jollof by the same people that did PR for Buhari in the past 7 years. Hopefully the people will be wiser this time around

The same people who defended Buhari for the past 7 years despite his below average performance are here to hoodwink u into handling a sick country to a sick president-elect.

Use Ur head, no let them use it for u.

afrodoc2:
Same thing. Take him serious or listen to him. Na the same kpata.

If you want to insult people do it with your chest

Don’t use back door to call people fools and then say you don’t want to insult them. LMAO

You can listen to him and just laugh him off like one would do Primate Ayodele and late TB Joshua with their phantom prophesies that nevee come true.....Taking them serious is u entering the realms of clowns

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Please is this feasible, before I call it a SCAM?[/color]

https://www.nairaland.com/7244878/unimaid-teaching-hospital-spends-67

[color=royalblue]So they use 2 million naira daily on diesel?[/color]

If is very much possible depending on the capacity of the genrator; maybe it exactly 2m but something closer sha.

U will be surprised the amount some multinationals spend on diesel monthly. Na why Business development officers always get their targets reviewed upwards almost every quarter.

Some big multinationals have even take some drastic steps by stating the hours within which the generator will be on and staff are expected to get work done. It's that terrible now. A friend was telling me how they are dealing with the realities by putting off the gen by 3pm daily.

U know hospitals definitely have to run the gen 24/7 if the man's claim that the main electricity lines of the teaching hospital has been destroyed since 2021 is true

afrodoc2:
You said anybody who listens to the man is a foool and you are now saying you don’t want to insult people.

Ezemo cannot compute.

No, I didn't say those who listen to him; I said those who take him..serious are foooools. That man is ichabod in flesh and blood ( Anybody not familiar with the Christian faith can Google the word "ichabod" to know it's meaning and the context it's being used to refer to Tunde Bakare)

A simple minded person will take owing money as a pastor is the issue ….. but a more detribalized/ neutral person will know that a pastor owing as much as 9 billion and claiming his word is the lord speaking through him is a joke and shouldn’t be taken seriously . God spoke to u about taking the loan and didn’t tell u 4.5 billion will accrue to 9billion in a year and u would’nt be able to afford it .

Tell me another joke about another jester not named Tunde Bakare .

DissTroy:
Snide remarks are not the way. Go head-on in debates so it's easier to reference for people in retrospect.
These kids gloves you guys attack the lies peddled by these Agbadovillians isn't effective.

Everyone knows Tunde Bakare is a Rev. Mbaka with more sophistry. The pulpit bandit who protested fuel subsidy removal in hopes of being Buhari's VP only to lost his voice in way of Buhari's woeful performance and supporting the sidelining of the very religion on which alter he acquired his pilfered wealth? Who takes Mr. Bakare seriously these days? Not even Buhari, the APC or the delegates do.

It’s actually no snide remarks . One needs to put some of these tings out here let those sitgimg on the fence make their decisions without getting confrontational with anyone .

The truth is when 2023 election is over we will all still be each other’s brothers and sisters . No need insulting people who already made their choices on who to vote for , instead make points that those sitting on the fence can relate with and make their decisions .

At least we were here when people were making the mistake of voting Buhari ; 7 years after some people here are still defending him claiming he’s improved our security architecture till Buhari himself was attacked by the terrorists he’s treated with kids gloves . Some of us will be here to remind them when they are making the same mistake all over again . We need not fight them to convince them.

A “man of God” who can’t pay his debt is no man of God. Even Lannisters while at war pay their debts !

Pastor wey AMCON supposed take over him church dey preach and u dey get erection. It says a lot about u as a person actually . Have some decency and quote more reasonable and respected clergy , no dey quote man wey dey find every means to escape his liability with the hope that his man becomes president .

Amoto94:
Touch not my anointed and do my Prophet no harm. Any clergyman who ventured into partisan politics he's most likely to be worse than those he went in to "change" we have seen this happen over and over.

God’s anointed wey dey owe earthly bank 9 billion naira …… smh

Anybody taking him serious should be in a circus playing with monkeys, parrots and elephants .

Tunde Bakare is a shameless idiotttt…… anybody still taking him serious is a foool himself.

I’m saying this with my full chest !

Below is Tunde bakare saying he will succeed the failure called Buhari . https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/06/ill-succeed-buhari-in-2023-pastor-tunde-bakare-insists/amp/

Suddenly he’s Tinubu’s spokesman after losing the primary even when he claimed he carried the “god-factor “ that will make him the 16th president of the federal republic of Nigeria .

Eating out : Stir fried spaghetti + gizzard

I just saw the highlights of the match ; omo we got ourselves a good bargain going for Jesus . Niggga is sharp in front of goal and got no time for shekpeteri.

Saliba too was really good. I’m glad his loan worked out of him; I’m glad he didn’t spend the last year with us sitting on the bench which would’ve been inimical to his growth . The confidence he exudes now will most likely make him the preferred RCB while white will play RB pending when Tomiyasu is finally back and Arteta now has the headache of either starting a very solid Saliba while sacrificing the ball playing qualities of White and vice versa

Jodera:
1am Nigerian time

Shiiit! 4ck Americans and their awkward time zone. Na so we dey watch Atlanta 1996 for those kind awkward time

What time is our match versus Chelsea ? ( Nigerian time please )

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How the day is going : Rice + goat meat pepper soup