₦airaland Forum

Skimpledawg:
Omo, the sense you made here eh, dem fit take am construct another ASO Rock villa

I don tell myself say next year no go sha see me for this country

Day before yesterday I dreamt of myself in the UK having discussed relocation with someone a day before.....I tell my woman she Don turn am to prayer point already

izzou:
[color=royalblue]But even below the poverty line, almost everything we purchase is imported. Definitely with dollars

The Tokunboh cars are imported using dollars.

The Chinese knock off spare parts are purchased using dollars

Your phone, screen guards, covers, chargers, usb cords, flash drives, laptops, laptop bags, are purchased with dollars

90% of our drugs are purchased with dollars

Should we talk about generators, gas cylinders, inverters, clippers? All in dollars.

I'm going to far... Our Toothpicks, Balloons, fancy slippers, dresses, are mostly imported. Still the same dollars.

Nigeria is fvvked already. I don't even think Abokifx is part of the problem in any way. We virtually produce almost nothing. So the demand for dollar is so high[/color]

While u may not be totally wrong, let's look at it this way ; a friend who did study economics in the varsity told me the major drain of FX in this country is debt servicing. I won't claim to be an expert in this field, but if he's right according to him almost 90% of the FX we earn as a country flows out to service those debts accrued by the past and incumbent governments. That leaves us with the FX gotten through people abroad who send money home to their dependants.

I believe like Roland17 pointed out, this is where abokifx being part of the problem comes in. With abokifx setting some parallel rates which CBN believes is not in reality with the situation of things on ground, it will likely lead to triple inflation. Like others have said ; abokifx may not really be the main problem but he's part of the problem the naira to dollar situation is facing.

daveP:
Lol. I didn't even watch this match. Slept off. Work up seeing Odegaard trending.


Even if I've wanted that RB option, i want it to generally click for the club as a whole, no neccesarily cos of Pepe. The way its a contest of goals for Liverpool, it should be like that too at Arsenal.

Be like Pepe dey do something wey Arteta no dey notcie be that.

The match replay will be up on dstv during the week, try and watch it. See how Pepe keeps on doing himself disservice failing to control the ball when he needs to and pushing the attacknwhen we need him most. At this point it feels the club management is forcing him.to play cos of FIS price tag and nothing more.

raumdeuter:
Roland17 do not discount the millions of middle class Nigerians who buy foreign made products phones TVs cars. The under 50 employed Lagosian has gadgets that are purchased in dollars from importers who use dollars

Middle class is an allusion in this country. We were having a discussion in my office this past week and someone like u just did referred to us as middle class/emerging middle class ; funny thing is another person was able to make us see that the whole middle class talk na bobo.

On salary day u can categorically boast of being in the middle class and then a week after u've sorted Ur personal needs, catered for Ur aged parents whom Govt don't pay their pension, Ur sibling who is yet to get a job, Ur car maintenance, Ur personal savings and then u are living below poverty line before the next pay day.

The number of people living below poverty line makes it quite difficult for u to stay in the middle class in this country more than a month.

As regards Ur talk about buying new electronics and gadgets that has direct relationship with dollar, fogerit mehn!....All the so called middl3 class people in this country ride tokunbo vehicles; as a matter of fact only few MD's of companies buy new vehicles....now think of their subordinates who are supposed to be in the middle class

Make saka rest! That boy seems burn out ; somebody needs to give him like two or 3 weeks break....shebi Martinelli dey collect salary, make that one sef play na.

Saka played a whole of questionable football today, but I believe allowing him to rest and sit two or three games out will get him refreshed abeg!

Better 3 points! Considering man city and shakushaku 100m Graelish dey play 0-0

Kudos to Ramsdale for controlling his Aerial

Tomiyasu na better Japanese machine!

God bless VAR o

Mehn! White fumble!

iamoyindamola:
Rah
Leno make his job hard by himself, did you see ramsdale don't pass always

U didn't see where Ramsdale nearly gave the ball away first half?

Wo! I will not talk about pepe again....the thing go be like say I no just like am ; but the guy is full of shiit!

Roland17:
That CM does not suit Odegaard, he needs to be higher up the pitch.

I think say na only me see am. But Lokonga is coming in to correct this, Odegaard will replace Smith Rowe up field

See pepe failing at simple ball control for the umpteenth time

Oasis007:
Pepe shouldn't be starting for Arsenal at all. I will rather play Auba, Smith and Saka behind Laca or Smith, Odegard and Saka behind Auba, then pair partey with Lokonga/Xhaka as Pivot.

It's so annoying Pepe can't beat even a Goat.

Na dis thing I dey tell DaveP ó. He thinks pepe needs a decent RB to be at optimal level.

I honestly don't know why pepe just likes to have the ball to his feet instead of making a run into open space to receive pass.....No be evwrytime person go dey attempt dribble na. Haba!

Roland17:
Players are pointing where they want the ball and this delay has made it difficult for Saka/ ESR/ Pepe to get involved. You can see the result when we move the ball faster to our attacking players..

I just hope they will get sharper

Gabriel na abortion doctor....see how he abort that potential goal opportunity there

Which kind nonsense this ref dey blow so?

Goal boooooolu!

Roland17:
This is looking too mechanical for my liking. We are taking too long to initiate plays. Burnley on the other hand want to make this as physical as possible..

We are taking too long to transition the ball forward... It's just tiring to watch sef!

We need efficiency in this team going forward.

iamoyindamola:
It's risky against top team we should handle partey with care knowing his injuries history.
I wish he stay fit this season so we can really be free from xhaka troubles
Like play Leno is having seat belt on bench

Let's see how the Ramsdale experiment will play out; at least for his first five games. If he impresses over the first matches he starts,then maybe Leno should find a new club by January.

Line-up ; Thomas back to the starting line-up

If this formation works today, then maybe we may just have respite from Xhaka and his many troubles in the heart of our midfield

Spy360:
I am expecting maximum points again today. The players would be fresh, hungry and angry after missing out in the continental midweek actions.

I hope Partey starts in that midfield and ebey other player give their 100%.

Spy360:
I think Emery made a list of 5 captains of which the players would choose the main one. It's a better step for me than taking an autocratic decision. That way the team becomes more responsible in the actualisation of team objectives.

Let's just say personally I do not believe in democracy. It doesn't always bring out the best results.

Akposy:
Appreciation Post

I want to sincerely thank you all for my culinary progress. I owe over 90% of my food making/photo progress to this page.

I remember how i started here #shy. This group and its tenants spurred me. You guys spurred me to attend a culinary school, to improve on myself and many others things.

Permit me to use this opportunity to thank Madam Cococandy and every other person for the gifts I've gotten here. They were just the morales I needed to take a huge step. God bless you all.

I wish everybody here elevation. We can always do better than our present (a big no to mediocrity). I'm sorry for every time I've failed to drop a requested recipe; i try but life is hard and i get distracted/forget...make una darijimi bikonu.
Thanks for your understanding.

...before I go, make una patronize me o. I sell homemade/custom made spices (suya, curry, ginger, garlic, proteìn powder, etc). I also make different flavoured pap. I can also be your personal shopper (both processed and unprocessed). I also teach/guide at a very very affordable price. Please don't air me. You can always mention me (here or on an old thread) if you need any of my services. My PM is not that active so i might miss your messages.
Good night.

I'm really happy for u considering how well u are doing for Urself.

I remember at a time when some trolls tried to get at u with the ẹwà agoyin u posted and u took some time off to detox. I like how u've turn all the negative energy in this social media space to something that's spurred u on to even do better then u could've ever imagined.

Keep doing u bro! U dey motivate some of us that were naturally lazy before Ur posts, cococandy's, prestonn's, mariah's, poco's etc ginger us too to cook once in a while.

iamoyindamola:
But ebening was new, only Ramsey and bellerin were the old players after Kos left

I know, what I'm saying is he should have picked a player whom the rest players respect and who has leadership qualities instead of turning it to democracy where people elect the wrong set of people based majorly on sentiments and bias.

iamoyindamola:
Emery didn't do anything wrong, he was new and needed a leader he decided to throw it out for the players to pick.
Actually it's this apari bipolar that is wrong, he indirectly threw the whole team under the bus kdb might feel his teammates don't like him.
The fans are already ganging up against him with his recent outburst, I think ebening was just targeted cos of his language and accent

Personally I also feel that act by pep might just be a self destruct button he has pulled by himself. I am of the school of thought that a coach/manager as part of his job should be able to spot and select the captain for his leadership skills, his ability to coordinate and the general respect the team shows such player.

I believe it's a sign of weakness or attempt by the meneger to shift one of his responsibility to the players by putting the captaincy to a vote. Most players like most humans will do will surely make the mistake of putting sentiments first and may end up selecting the wrong person for the job ( like we do see in politics). However, if the manager and his assistants/management team already have a list of criteria upon which they will make their choice for the captain, it will help them get the right man for the job without the players' emotions/ sentiments getting in the way.

In summary, personally I think Emery was wrong and Pep is also wrong doing the same.

I just read this on FP now https://www.nairaland.com/6758507/kevin-de-bruyne-been-demoted

Should we revisit the discussion about Emery in his days at Arsenal putting the captaincy which most of us criticized seriously.

Now it's been revealed that since Kompany retired Pep has been putting man city' s captaincy to vote every season.

What do u guys think? Does it mean Emery didn't really do wrong nor show signs of bad leadership/incompetence when he put Arsenal captaincy to vote?

daveP:
Who watched Liverpool vs AC Milan?

That Trent-Arnold Goal?!

See how Salah was boxed to the touchline and without being told, TAA almost immediately ran into space, expecting that pass. Salah easily, now with 3 players static and on him, gave a pass that Led to a goal.




Tomiyasu-Pepe


Sounds familiar?

You just can't help urself by insisting it is a RB pepe needs to perform even when he's played with 3 different RB's and still counting....smh.

The earlier u understand Pepe's issues goes beyond having a mobile RB playing behind him, the better for u. Abi is it mobile RB that will be helping him to trap / keep the ball at his feet when he gets a pass? Or will the RB help him make up his mind whether to pass or dribble when he's faced with those choices on the pitch of play every match day?

The thing is I've played as RW/7 in the past as amateur player and I can tell u for free that Pepe only needs a decent RB to complement him and not to help him improve his own poor judgement and evident inadequate skillset.

Let Pepe improve himself first before u start making that RB excuse for him. When he was playing with Bellerin I've seen a number of times Bellerin wants to exchange 1-2 pass with him to release him into the opponent's box, but instead pepe will stay static Wishing to have the ball played to his feet. While it's not a crime to have the ball played to his feet being a dribbler, the result however in Pepe's case is always frustrating cos the fast Epl defenders close him down while he’s still trying to decide how to go about the dribble.

Roland17:
Baba, nobody dey follow you fight, na debate we dey debate.. after all Na you bring square shaped table with 3 legs wen we dey shake.
I no get power to dig, anyone wen get power fit help us dig through.

Let's just this argument.

It is obvious that no matter what we say Kokaneprodigy and Iamoyindamola believe the club should've signed as many midfielders as the club can lay it's hands on, while Mustafi and the other defenders should've continued in the defence.

Myself, Spy360 and you believe the club did fair enough to get Partey and Gabriel to at least touch both the defensive and midfield issues we had prior to the beginning of last season.

At this point make all of us just agree with each other to avoid constant back and forth on a topic we obviously don't seem to agree on.(Whatever this means)

iamoyindamola:
Wengay have used senderos,squillaci,silvestre, djorou etc to qualify for ucl over and over again
Just tell me any okay defenders we have during wengay last 10 years era, let's start from there
Even the likes of kos,vamelean are just there

The problem I always have posts like this is it doesn't put things into perspective. You are referring to an Era when we had Just 3 top teams we were competing with for a place in Europe.

Now we have Man city, Man Utd, Liverpool, Chelsea, Leicester city, Tottenham, Everton trying to book a place in Europe. These teams have had money pumped in over time.

What u know but may not admit is that those arsenal clowns u mentioned up there are only able to keep making wenger's team because the quality available all rounder in the league is not what u have today. This was the same period man utd had Phil Jones, Loserpool had Sakho, etc..... Now those teams have moved on to more quality players, Teams like man city have ditched clowns like Mangala....etc

Arsenal is not in Europe because Arsenal didn't move with the tide, Arsenal was left behind! While Everton, Tottenham, Leicester, Aston Villa, West Ham, etc were busy strengthening their teams, we were sleeping.

Trying to make this whole thing about Xhaka/the midfield alone is just all agenda and nothing more. Arsenal's problem goes beyond that.