₦airaland Forum

popizaino:
@blueraydick
@jodera


Good evening.

Spy360:
Arteta nominated for coach of the month at the same time Ozil gets suspended.

Good riddance.

Emmynator:
Na time like this i dey learn say everybody na hypocrite
Those that credited Jorginho for Italy's success, wont credit him for their failures.
Those that discredited him for their success, will credit him for their failure.

Skimpledawg:
Let it go man.

Allow Jorgs to 'enjoy' this moment

1. Without Tinubu, and by extension the South-West, Buhari could not have been president today. This is one fact that president’s men who now dominate the political space and brook no opposition will hate to admit, but it remains true, regardless.
But being essentially Buhari’s kingmaker, it was political naivety to decide to hang around in the expectation that he would share power. The old Machiavellian advice is that the prince must first destroy the one who made him king. Reason? Because he could decide tomorrow to make another king.
Writing in The Prince, the legendary Niccolo Machiavelli noted “…he who is the cause of another becoming powerful is ruined; because that predominancy has been brought about by astuteness or else by force, and both are distrusted by him who has been raised to power.”

[b]2. Of course, it should have been obvious that, in helping to make Buhari president, Tinubu was jeopardizing his political career and plunging the South-West, and by extension Southern Nigeria, into political slavery whose only parallel in the country’s political history is the late Emeka Ojukwu leading the Igbo to war in 1967.
With respect to the Biafra War, blaming Ojukwu for embarking on it could earn one exile in the Igbo country. But if truth be told, the war was avoidable and could have been avoided if Ojukwu had not been too stiff to listen to the likes of Zik and other intellectuals who understood better, international politics and diplomacy. This is not to say, nonetheless, that Ojukwu was not sufficiently provoked by the killings of the Igbo in the North in the aftermath of the July 1966 revenge coup that threw up Yakubu Gowon as head of state, and indeed the actions – or lack of it – of the Gowon-led federal side. Regardless, it was still in his hands to accept to fight or toe the path of diplomacy which, given the circumstances, was the best option and the only way to win international support for his secession quest. In the event, he went to war and only succeeded in sacrificing more Igbo lives and weakening the Igbo politically[/b]

3.But given Buhari’s antecedents, was there any grounds for the South-West, particularly, to have given him benefit of the doubt in 2015? Absolutely none in my reckoning. However, it would appear that emotion rather than sound political calculation informed their support for Buhari in 2015. It was, perhaps, more to spite the East than love for Buhari.

4.Until 2014/15, Buhari was a regional hero who believed he could become president by winning elections in the North and never thought seriously about campaigning in the South. However, in 2014/15, the Tinubu led South-West gave him an undeserved national platform, and through heavy media propaganda, dressed him in the robe of a born again democrat. But old habits die hard.
Once in power, Buhari did not hesitate to take off the borrowed garb of a nationalist and democrat to put on his original robe of sectionalism. Right from his first set of appointments, he made clear his intentions. And as it stands, he has completely consolidated power in the hands of the North.

izzou:
[color=royalblue] Jorginho spirit taking vengeance against Popi

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BlueMann:
Na really the season of debates

As if they've been following recent arguments in this board, the Champions League put up a poll on their twitter asking fans to choose between Mikel and Essien.

https://twitter.com/ChampionsLeague/status/1507032374567129103?s=20&t=pq23McGzh3kI-2qH1pKaKw[/quote]Popi in the mud

Jodera:
I just saw that news this evening.

Ferner suspends Ozil indefinitely
Na wa oo

YoungZee1:
Chai..Arsenal don dey regret selling Aubameyang…

GloriousGbola:
This here.

The fooking local govt chairmen are more concerned with collecting undocumented tax receipts than with enforcing any kind of order.

Same way multiple walkways and roads all over lagos have been converted to okada Park, market, etc.

One literally sees as they start to grow one stall at a time, like cancer, until they have metasized into a full grown market blocking a road. If the lga is finally forced to intervene, there are cries of wickedness etal.

And they have their right to complain as local govt as been collecting tax revenue from them

Tinubus Lagos

timbros:
On this day in 2012 we said "I do".

Guys join me in celebrating our 10th year wedding anniversary.

It's been God all the way.

One decade down, forever to go...

emmyluizzz:
oga abeg shut up

enough of this stupid argument

nonsense

popizaino:
Mikel Obi due to the manager's pattern then and being a junior member of the squad wasn't given that much freedom unlike Jorginho who has the freedom to as will because we now play attacking football but will choose the wrong option by going sideways or playing a back pass.

Jodera:
But one of the things Popi castigate jorginho for is that he hardly gives forward/creative pass even bringing alerts of other midfielders who does so. How he now rates Mikel as one of African best when he lacks that key facet of the game is what is surprising

Jodera:
Forget Mikel. Na u-20 eye we take dey take dey look am. We all know he had the talent than what he ordinarily dished us but as long as him no dish us him main talent na kolewerk.

We can say Mou turned his game upside down but that's another topic entirely. The koko is that what he played as a Chelsea player no even deserve him being named top 5 best African midfielders.

raumdeuter:
Horse racing and polo means he is flogging animals for sport. Another criminal. Very soon he will get bolder and invade Yemen.

We dont want. Go find better Saintly buyer

popizaino:
I have never seen a more bitter fan than Arsenal fan they would rather commit suicide than say anything good about us.

armyofone:
Don't let boss hear you took work time to go fry samosa
I love india goat/spiced samosa - not so much others ( chicken or vegetables samosa)

Spy360:
The emboldened is a rational point of argument. This is very correct. This is what I expect everyone here to say. This is equally my personal view.

But taking this discussion (no longer an argument) now a bit further.

We know that defending starts from the pressers in front. That is to say that defending (not defenders) is inclusive of every player, so also attacking (not necessarily attackers) as many teams start attack from their defenders even some from goalkeepers.

Our strength in defending set pieces is not attributed to the defenders alone but also the front guys that do the man/zonal marking.

In essence, our attacking and defensive solidity is the summation of the contributions of the entire team.

Jodera:
Oh, now I get it thanks. I hope the duration is long enough oo, make all these bad belle clubs no come dey hover around am.

If Saka is given 120k he deserves it, same with ESR too. I hope their duration of the contract will be long too

Jodera:
Mehn, this our wage structure is doping dope. No cap, Arteta did a very very good job cutting down the wage bill. It means if Lacazette goes, we'll have just only partey on 200k while the rest on less than 150k. So make sense.


But how the hell did martinelli gets up to £90k esp when he's coming from the division 4 in Brazil? It's high na.

Na Emery people dash am dat one?