₦airaland Forum

if i should say the french league is better than the epl because lyon beat man city based on his own logic you will start reading shalaye that will fill this whole thread

jihday:
Some bunch of Hungarian part-timers dumped Celtic out of this season's UCL, does that mean the Hungarian league is better than the Scottish league?

this right here is what Nigerians should make up their mind about. we want good education but we (ASUU) don't want to realistically pay for it.

increase VAT by a little margin we complain whereas countries we love to use in knocking nigeria eg. ghana and co have higher VAT.

foreign exchange is scarce so we need to get off the import bill stuff we can grow here which will help our farmers but we prefer cheaper imports.

anyway I think gradually but surely our brains are being reset that sustainable development will not happen by magic

obailala:
Buhari may be worst in many areas, but are you aware that despite oil selling averagely above $100 in his tenure and the govt receiving almost 3-4 times more revenue than any other administration, GEJ's government in 5 years borrowed just about the same amount of money which Buhari has borrowed in 5 years?... I'd be damned if you know this cos 99% of Nigerians dont. We live and analyse data purely on sensational and political headlines.

If Nigeria couldn't survive without borrowing when oil was $100, then why exactly is anyone surprised that we have to borrow now that oil sells for $30-40? Oh I forgot, it's because Buhari is a dullard.

Oil price is down, country's revenue is down, Nigerians dont want to be taxed, Nigerians dont want fuel subsidy to be removed, Nigerians dont want electricity subsidy to be removed, Nigerians dont want educational subsidies to be removed, Nigerians dont want roads to be tolled, and we dont also want govt to borrow despite the low oil prices/revenue? Are we sure we arent a confused nation? Maybe it's truly Buhari's fault, he should miraculously mint money.

Danielnino00:
Foreign managers have come to the premier league and dominate it..
Abeg,how many English managers have gone abroad and dominate?

lol you make me remember Gary Neville that will be using Arsene Wenger to be doing PowerPoint presentation. When Spanish league showed him pepper nobody told him before he ran back. What about David Moyes? The ones that even tried still struggled a bit like Roy Hodgson and the late English coach can't remember his name who once coached Barcelona

yes good question. like I said before we generate more power than we distribute so i'm guessing it's the excess that we generate that gets sold to those countries even then i don't think it's up to 150 MW but i'm not sure

Mistakemaker:
Nice one

But neighboring countries Nigeria sell electricity to have constant power

at least they have won La liga, cups and UCL before Messi came. Please how many trophies una win before russian hushpuppi join una?

forgiveness:
Is it part of the history you are talking about. Barca without Messi is useless.

See dem dey beg am upadan.

one trophy in how many decades before Abrahamovic? even Hamburg that won UCL way before Barca no get mouth na Chelsea go come dey talk? abeg

forgiveness:
Does this epistle changes the fact that Chelsea won an UEFA organised competition ahead of Barcelona even before the Russian came?

Barca won the UCL for the first time in the 90s Chelsea had to wait for sugar daddy till this past decade to win something. if not for sugar daddy Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa would have been called a bigger club than your team.

before arrival of sugar daddy you had only won one league title in 50 years. Enyimba that was founded in the 90s had already won more league titles before arrival of russian sinzu money

Through decades great players like Cruff, Maradona, Romario, Koeman, Stoichkov have graced the stage of nou camp whereas before Abrahamovic na dennis wise, poyet and co be una biggest legends

forgiveness:
When did Barcelona become an historical club?

You don't know anything.

Before the Russian came Chelsea won laurels in Europe before Barcelona.

a bit complex but here's my laymans understanding of the issues and solutions to them.

1. We don't generate enough megawatts. Nigeria considering the size of population and manufacturing capability would probably need between 30000-50000 MW to guarantee 24/7 electricity. not sure if the combined power generation stations can produce up to 20000 MW.

solution would be to build more power stations which will take time and money. some are already being built in mambilla, taraba. we also need more investment in alternate sources of power like solar wind and water.

2. our transmission and distribution network is poor and decrepit. system needs modernizing so that the little we generate can be effectively distributed. The recently announced siemens deal should hopefully help in that regard. currently we only enjoy 3000-4000 of the 7000 MW generated. when siemens God willing is done with the first phase that should double the transmission and distribution capacity.

3. Government needs to help the power industry through proper regulation establish itself as a proper business enterprise the way GSM did in the early 2000s. this will enable foreign investment and expertise to come in. currently the industry is not conducive for investors to put their money in because they are not sure of making their money back. the increase in electricity tariff was supposed to address that but sadly poor nigerians will be unable to pay due to estimated billing and lack of meters.

hopefully a combination of the siemens deal and scaled up metering should help nigeria get some appreciable amount of power which would reduce reliance on petrol and deisel powered generators.

4. Gas supply is another important issue that should be resolved. good there are some gas pipeline projects coming up which will supply our power stations adequate gas.

Mistakemaker:
What exactly is stopping Nigeria from having 24/7 electricity and making money form it as well as stabilising the economy?

Let's hear people's thoughts

Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich are historical clubs that have been great for many decades. it wasn't today money just entered those clubs. years of successful and attractive football built on sound football philosophy earned followers and sponsors to those clubs.

compare to clubs like Chelsea and Man City that are where they are today because of Arab and Russian sugar daddies.

forgiveness:
Is it not money that is making Real Madrid, Barcelona, PSG, Bayern Munich etc look good?

sometimes you have to be a man and live with the consequences of your decision

barackodam:


Dele Alli did that, right? Yeah, I get your point. But it's a hard thing for them, really.

Imagine them saying they won't play for Nigeria, England already knows for certainty, so they won't rush.

Look at Tomori. Had he come out to say no to Nigeria publicly. England wouldn't have capped him yet, and he wouldn't be able to play for Nigeria again. The shame, because he already denounced.


Exactly the problem Billing is having. Denmark knows for sure he won't play for Nigeria, there's no need to rush to captie him. And he, he can't rescind his decision again. Shame no go allow am

i honestly don't hold a grudge against any Nigerian born player if they choose not to play for us. the commercial opportunities they get playing for England is hard to ignore not forgetting most of them grew up in the english system. plus they hardly have any connection to home except through their parents.

The only thing I would appreciate is from day one they let us know they are not interested and not use us to get clout.

barackodam:
I think they all know very well, and are willing to risk it. Let's not forget, most of them have never been to Nigeria before. It's very easy for them to take the risk, which they don't even consider a risk sef.


Like komekn says, they prestige that comes with being called an English international is too much to pass on

honestly i doubt a times if he's as knowledgeable about football like he likes to claim. recently Leeds that just gained promotion bought a player from valencia a whole la liga side o but going by his logic championship is bigger than la liga because valencia has no money smh.

i think from now on i will just limit the debates i engage him on

barackodam:
The only thing you know and care about is money. Money, money, money!

And that's the ONLY thing EPL has over other leagues. Money! They don't play better technical football, they don't play better defensive football, they don't play better tactical football. They only play better money football.

komekn:
I understand your capacity is limited when it comes to a substantive discourse.

yes my capacity is limited to absorbing so much BS

komekn:
I guess because you have nothing if substance to present, may l suggest.

Quarrel no deh.

no because having a discussion with you it's like talking to a brick wall sometimes and I'm not in the mood tonight. Take care

komekn:
You start your contribution with a negative jibe.

First of all my approach was objective and without prejudice and plainly truthful.

Once again l expected some indepth factual led appraisal. But you have not done that, that's dissapointing. I want a discourse not a sentiment based sparring session.

You didn't say he has great pace, you didn't say he has outstanding anticipation, stamina, determination, aerial dominance, physical dominance, exceptional skills and technicality.

No, No, none of that but you concluded with in your opinion the one most important overriding ATTRIBUTE for success that he has is " he's still young" Thats all he needs Chei !!! See analysis.

And if you even examine that assumed attribute in the context of Nigeria it is open too many questions.

Awaziem has been in Portugal with Porto for 6 years and he is no longer a young youthful prospect. He is now a proven experienced football professional. And his attributes are clearly established and proven over the past 6 years as being passable average at best. He is not going to change into Koulibaly, Can Dyke or Thiago next season.

Please stop dreaming.

please I have no time to engage with you in any empty back and forth.

After all this epistles you have written we all know you will go back to your tried-and-tested Here and Now quotation once time has proved you wrong.

lol trust you to show up.

anyway like I said he's still young he will surely improve.

komekn:
There has to be established potential for that to happen.

Objectively speaking he has been at Porto for about 6 years and has never been considered good enough for the first team.

He has been a journey man trying to prove quality but never succeeding. In France he was not outstanding nobody was interested so he returned to the backwaters of Turkey. Then he got to a low level relegation bound Seria A club and was once again not outstandin.

So how on earth is he going to become the best defender in the Portuguese league.

What are his unique outstanding attributes that makes him potentially better than all the CB's in the Portuguese league.

ok he's still young. if he can improve his game and stamp his authority he could become one of the best defenders in the league thereby raising his profile

andrewbaba44:
Awaziem joining Boavista when I was expecting him to join a laliga team or the French league

why?

andrewbaba44:
I hate this move

awesome news finally years of going on loan and uncertainty about where he will go next are finally ended. now he can improve and build his game

TheSuperNerd:
Official: Chidozie Awaziem loaned to Boavista

Chidozie will wear Jersey #5.

One year loan with option to buy and get a four year contract.

well iwobi is our only half decent AMF for now. personally i would start alex but I understand why forgiveness pick that kind of starting line up. it would seriously make use of our attacking threat. this starting IX can still be devastating without having to rely on a number 10.

IDENNAA:
This team lacks creativity!

i foresee haaland ending up in bayern or r.madrid in 2 seasons time if he continues to progress

andrewbaba44:
Monaco is a selling club and so do bvb benfica and some few others

If the right offers come bvb will sell haaland immediately and they will replace him immediately also

You can see that they almost sold sancho to Man U

i'm very optimistic on the bold. I'm praying he can stay injury free. he has that hunger which quality strikers have to always score all the time. wish him all the best.

Starboytwo:
Osihmen will score above 25 goals this new season... I almost said 30....

I have no single doubts about the guy, he would score and keep on scoring..:. Again he would be Africa’s representatives when they are calling STRIKERS....

Just see the quality of his goals, see the way he whoops that shot at the near post, d keeper can’t keep up in the first hat trick match.. his accuracy is Unbelievable, I mean he looks up,saw the small space and whooosh...Goal...

Yesterday,one of my friend’s got tired of me singing BEST YOUNG STRIKER IN THE WORLD...

At the end of the season osihmen would be in the Top 5 highest goal scorer in seria A... he is that good... No hype, just facts....

Lastly, I never watched yekini live for the eagles, maybe I did, probably with my dad as he is a yekini fan boy, same state, same physique but in osihmen we have our own Updated yekini...

He would break and set a new goal record for the NT, He would win multiple Afcon(my mind day tell me 3)and even captain D team and lift one...

The post is long, so is my love for the No 9.... oh victor is not lucky to be in Napoli, the city of Naples are lucky to have him.....

it wasn't CAF. it was the egyptian fa the trophy was stolen from. They have a replica of the cup for winning it 3 times

seankafor:
Learnt that our useless caf lost the afcon cup of nations trophy in Egypt

When you thought you have heard it all, their dumbs keeps getting dumber

Even lowly rated concacaf isnt this bad for crying out loud

Who cursed Africa?

sad news former super eagles player Ajibade Babalade has passed away. may God comfort his family

what does multiple mean in your language mr english teacher?

onze d'or award ko ozone layer ni. we are talking about someone who was among the top 3 players in the world you are mentioning some local champion award.

AFCON nko? no answer

3 UCL nko? no answer

highest goal scorer in the history of the AFCON nko? Ogbeni lo jo ko jare!

forgiveness:
Eto won Laliga thrice. Nothing like multi times, abeg.

Olympic remains an age grade competition. Nothing more nothing less.

Drogba finish 4th in 2007 balon d'Or and FIFA world player of the year.

Won 2004 Onze d'Or award.

There's nothing to reason. Both are in the same level.

Nice play from Osimhen. what can i say Osigoal knows where the back of the net is

my only critique of him is his link play today though ok could be better but i'm sure that will come as he gets used to his teammates.

His burst of pace and movement will be a real devastating weapon against Seria A defenders can't wait.

Happy he took his goals well that can only boost his confidence and make his teammates trust him more when he asks for the ball.

still early days more learning to be done but like elyte rightly said it's from the morning you will know how the day will pan out. praying for an injury free season for Victor.

TheSuperNerd:
Osimhen today against a much stronger side than L'aquila and he still bagged a hattrick.

He did it playing without Insigne and Mertens. He was flanked by Lozano and Politano. Younes played behind him and even assisted his third goal. Lozano assisted his first. Politano kinda assisted his third. Would pass that as an assist.

No Mertens behind him, no Insigne. Yet Victor delivered another three goals masterclass.

My people, we know this already but we must emphasize that Victor is truly dangerous. He is an assassin.

Hold-up play on point, link-up play very good even if he did misplaced few passes. He took some risks and tried to do some combo plays with his wingers especially Lozano some of which paid off and their understanding is beginning to grow.

Victor loves to play with his wingers. He loves to merge his game play IQ with theirs and produce fine combo plays. He does this with Chukwueze in the national team and I see another growing quickly at Napoli with Lozano and Insigne.



Serie A beware.... Our Monster Machine is coming. And scoring is not all he can do. There is more.

thanks chief

Melvinity:
Edopesin, Andy, Daniel, Subzero, elyte I just dey enjoy una since... Shout out to Forgiveness and argument. And Chrisooblog, u are going well.....

2000 Cameroonian Olympic football team. He was part and parcel of the squad that won gold.

do4luv14:
Wait.... Which year did Eto win Olympic gold?

3X UCL winner

multiple La Liga championships, Spanish cups etc.

Seria A league winner

2x AFCON Winner

highest ever AFCON goal scorer

Olympic gold medalist

finished 3rd 2006 balon d'or


you need more reasons?

forgiveness:
Okay! Why is Eto better? I want to learn.

for real? jokes apart he never won a MOTM? that will be a nice basis for a trick question in a quiz

Danielnino00:
Drogba never even won the premier league player of the month award

yeah but still an achievement considering this past campaign was his first proper season

TheSuperNerd:
Nice one for the lad.

Even though in the end, I know TAA will take it. But this is good recognition all the same.

this should not be a debate na! Etoo the greatest African player to come out of the african continent same level as drogba? where? how?

make una dey take am easy with the football blasphemy you are spewing this afternoon

forgiveness:
Eto is not a better player. They are both in the same level. Gbam