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Yes ooh dear, I feel very strongly about single women dating married men, it sure takes 2 to tango, I just could not go into details on what I will do the man, cos I might get banned for being too threatening

Abekeade, You are hereby banned for threatening igbogal.

@Poster,
I get some friends in the UK they wont mind getting some of the goodies. Since its like you are having a promo

I have heard rumours that Mike Adenuga drove cabs while in the US sef

So dont be ashamed of Anwauslam the hood that made you

Schweinsteiger joined their academy at 14 after winning a high profile youth tournament with his previous team

For clarity, which Youth tournament did Bastian Schweinsteiger win before joining Bayern Youth team in 1998

No one is saying CR7 is a product of Man Utd academy or Ronaldo Lima is a product of Barcelona but only a fool will argue SAF did not hone Ronaldo's skills or Sir Bobby Robson did not have a positive influence in Ronaldo Lima's football development

bayern honed the skills of Ribery, Liverpool did the same for Torres and Chelsea for Drogba and Essien.

The point is Arsenal academy is a waste and out of 100 youths 5 turn out to be good footballers

How do you know he was pre-pubescent? do individuals develop at the same rate? anyway that didn't prevent him winning Youth competitions in Germany and Cesc also won a youth competition.

You mean a regional competiton is on the same level as a WoRLD FIFA organised one?

Iya Basira is a CEO of her Amala joint and Bill gates too is a CEO.

GAYYNER logic sha.

Simple question: Ronaldo Lima too can be said to be a product of Barcelona since he joined at 18 or CR7 Manure

Are you trying to tell me he paid cash for the trucks from his cab driving? common on!. Anyone can get trailers with good credit. I know a nigerian who has 3 trucks here and uses it for his trucking biz here. He is yet to finish his payment on the trucks

He paid cash on these trucks. The trucks are like 1989-1990 model. The same money his cab driving mates were spraying on Wasiu and Obesere was the one he pooled together to buy the trucks

Dayo, think about it well. Are you planning to going into the cabbie biz? Seems you are interested. Do a very good study b4 u venture into the biz. Ask other nigerians, pakistanis, and other africans in the biz. Nigerians will not tell you everything.

I am not going into the biz

PS: There are other jobs/biz that bring in better money.

Give examples of jobs someone without a good degree can do where he dictates the hours he work. Someone who just came into the country and probably doesnt speak good English to pass a job interview that would bring an excess of $40k ayr

Nigerians in UK have their own cab companies and they know the city well. Dude they make money very well oo. I can guarantee that. They do make money. You folks are just haters. If they are scamming you'll complain, now they are driving cab you are still mocking them. Oboi!!! We are too impossible in Nigeria.

I wont call it hate but maybe we are ignorant. I say once again the average bus driver even in Lagos take home times 3 of what Bank workers do.

I am all for anything that brings a LEGIT income. Its Nigerians that would prefer to wear suit and earn #40k a month when a bus driver spends that on beer, peppersoup and his numerous girlfriends in a month.

These informal sector make a lot of MONEY. Most of them non TAXABLE

How can you compare a pre-pubescent Schweini at 13-14 yrs to cesc who was already FIFA acclaimed?

So if a player wins tournament at age 8 he should be at the level of Cesc who won FIFA awards at 17. At the time Schweini joined Bayern, he wasnt decided whether to pursue a career in Skiing or football ONLY a GAYYner would compare that to a FIFA player of the tournament

So according to DK, playing for Cannes in Ligue 2 is the same as playing for Arsenal in the PL/UCL/FA cup. Pray, if they were that good why didnt they go straight into the first team

Someone who already played first team football for a professional side cant be claimed to be your product. If you want to lay claims stick to the Justin Hoytes of this world.

The only top player I can give you is Ashley Cole

And wasn't Phillip Osondu also a star at the world level?

Was philip Osondu the best player at a FIFA tournament?

MSTom,

The money he made from the cab was what he invested in the trucks in Nigeria.

How is Cesc a product of La Masia? Was he this good when he arrived from Barcelona?
Are we saying Cesc hasn't honed his skills the "WENGER" way since arriving over 6 years ago?

We can say Ronaldo was a product of manure academy, Ribery a product of bayern, Drogba a product of Chelsea and torres Liverpool Since they were not this good when they joined the club.

Sauron don't mind DK, all those guys he claims also didn't start out from Bayern's academy. Schweinsteiger joined their academy at 14 after winning a high profile youth tournament with his previous team.

Are you not laughing at yourself? Schweini joined at 14yrs and you want to compare that to those Walcott and Cesc who was already a star at the world level.

Also in Germany, they are not limited in the distance a kid has to live from the academy he attends like we have in the UK and that is why Bayern can always cream off the talent early from the smaller clubs in their vicinity.

How did manure manage to get Beckham, Scholes, Giggs Neville and co? Those ones lived in Olt trafford abi?

If he claims all those players, then he has no moral standing to say that the likes of Cesc, Clichy, Song and co are not our academy products.

Clichy and Song already played first team football for their respective teams. Cesc was best player at a FIFA tournament!!!!

He is also comfortable manipulating the age of the players when they joined, Theo was 16 and Ramsey 17 when he joined.

Theo was 2 months short of his 17 birthday and had already played 21 times for Southampton senior team!!!!!

The cut off age is 18, even though I also don't like to claim players like Aaron Ramsey cos we payed so much for him and he had already appeared in the FA cup for Cardiff

Some players are already icons before that age of 18. Cesc was FIFA recognised, Rooney was, Kroos was, Ronaldo Lima went to Barcelona at the age of 18 after being highest goal scorer in Holland so we can say Barca discovered him

Chickenshrimp be proud of your alma mata

What about Cesc, Walcott, Gibbs, Wilshere, etc?

Of these only cesc makes the first team

Cesc joined at the age of 16 after being crowned best U17 player

Walcott joined at age 17 after being tagged one of the best English talents

Kieran Gibbs joined at age 15 and I cant call him a first team member.

Jack Wilshere is a genuine Arsenal youth but I cant call him succesful just yet, What makes you think he isnt another owusu Abeyie in the making

Aaron ramsey joined Arsenal age 18 and was already high profile before he joined.

If Cesc, Walcott, Wishere and ramsey can be claimed by Arsenal they Manure shouldnt hesistate to claim Ronaldo and Rooney too

Whether Drogba went to Africa or Australia should not affect his ratio. The games he missed cannot affect his ratio.
Talking about Drogba missed easy group games. . . .Rooney also missed EASY European games and EASY Carling cup ties.

Which games did Rooney miss? Was he suspended for any of those games?

Rooney takes penalties for Manure while Drogba still doesnt take penalties.

If Drogba had taken all of Chelseas penalties, he might have added maybe 2 more goals

Rooney played more carling cup games than Drogba and Manure was eliminated early I think

I haven't heard that School's name in ages

You mean they didnt give you testimonial and transcripts or you dont want to look at your F9 parallel again?

Ah!!! Do not underestimate how rich the Nigerian cab drivers in Chitown, NY and Houston are!!! "We" know they  involved in other kinds of 'deliveries' that dont involve transporting people from point A-B!!!

Not only cab drivers do these. We have professionals who still peddle drugs.

We are talking about the honest ones here.

@DAYO, LOOK AT IT A CAB DRIVER'S SALARY USUALY AN AVERAGE OF $35,000
MANY MAKE LESS, A FEW MAKE MORE WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE
WHAT HAPPEN IF THIS PERSON FALL SICK WHICH MANY OF THEM DO
CAB DRIVER ALWAYS HAVE AN ONGOING BILLS, EXTREMELY HIGH CAB
INSURANCE, VERY HIGHT ASSOCIATION FEES, NO BENEFIT OF WHATSOEVERY,
MEANING IF YOU ARE SICK YOU GET ZERO INCOME BUT YOU HAVE TO PAY ALL THESE
BILLS PUTTING YOU AT NEGATIVE INCOME PLUS HAVING TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR
HEALTH CARE.
THERE ARE PERIODS OF THE YEAR WHERE CAB DRIVERS WORK LONG HOURS AND DONT
EVEN EARN A THING AFTER PAYING FOR GAS.

Lemme tell you one thing, All those insurance this insurance that are ways of making the system work and get insurance companies to stay in Biz.

I havent been to a doctor in 6yrs. and I have been paying all those health stuff. even while in naija. Atimes in anger I just go to the hospital and claim tired to get days off work.

Go long hours without making money cant happen in NY, Chicago or LA you have to know where to do the cab biz. i wont advise you doing that kind of biz in the South cos many ppl have cars there. But in NY and Chitown most people dont own cars cos of parking cost and traffic this is where cab biz is profitable.

A WORD IS ENOUGH FOR THE WISE, CAB DRIVING IS NOT THE WAY FOR ANYONE THAT
HAVE A CHOICE

IF YOU DEFINITELY HAVE TO DRIVE A CAB, ALWAYS GET A PLAN B
DO NOT GET STUCK IN THE DEAD END JOB OR END UP DEAD!!

YOU DONT MAKE MONEY IN CAB IF YOU PLAY BY THE RULES SO THE HIGH EARNERS IN CAB
DRIVING CHEATS THEIR PASSENGERS THROUGH VERIOUS MEANS MOST OF THE TIME.
SO HOW CAN YOU BE A CHRISTIAN OR MUSLIM AND BE A SUCCESFUL CAB DRIVER.

I RESPECT ALL NIGERIAN CAB DRIVERS FOR THE STRUGGLING SPIRIT IN THEM
I PRAY THAT GOD OPEN UP BETTER WAY FOR THEM

I am a person who would encourage any form of honest income. i would rather you work 20hrs in Walmart than try to do Fraud.

Like i said its a good starting point and I dont support making a career out of it. It can be done when you just come in and are trying to figure things out.

It doesnt require a degree and the work hours are flexible. I doubt you would find all these advantages in one for a person who just came in.

moreover if you are young. Under 35. Do it and get a better job and life afterwards.

Like you said I also pray God open a better way for the FOCUSED ones amongst them. Most of the broke ones have other expenses they wont tell you. They have those Alhaja sugar mummies, They dont miss Wasiu and Obesere concerts. they spend like Dangotes whenever they go to Nigeria Those are the unfocused ones.

Highlights here

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@stats people,

How many goals does Drog have now in the league and in all competitions?
What of Rooney?

Drogba
24 goals in 26 EPL games = 0.92 goal per game
30 goals in 36 all competitions = 0.83 goal per game

Wayne Rooney
26 goals in 29 EPL games = 0.89 goals per game
33 goals in 39 games All competition = 0.84goal per game

Well everyone is creaming over Rooney but Lets also remember Drogba went for ANC for about 3 weeks and in UEFA was banned for some easy group games vs APOEL, Athletico etc.

I think Rooney now takes penalties for Manure while lampard still takes for Chelsea

Drogba is having a phenomenal season right now

@dayo,
i do not doubt that sometimes they mey $200-$300/day,
i don not doubt that on one halloween day, a cab driver mad
$1300 but at the end of the year, when they minus their cost and expenses
they hardly make it out of the working class.
the time and risk involved in their work is very very high,

Whats their expenses, cost of medalion or gas? $1300 is about what a graduate makes every paycheck and someone made this a night without taxes.

I just mentioned Halloween. Think of those weekends, Thanksgiving weekend, and some crazy night like that when "Market shines on them"

Theres no job without a risk hope you know. The doctors self get sued crazy amounts a year, The security guards might get shot, The bank worker might be attacked by robbers, etc

In US if you are not making over $60,000 you are still in the working class
over 99.99% of cab drivers in everywhere else other than newyork fall into this class
New yorkers make more but cost of living reduce that benefit for them.
You guys may want to get a proper definition of rich.
do you know that a $100,000 salary in US is not considered rich?

Whats the percentage of the population that makes more than $50,000 a year.

The average starting salary of a University graduate is less than that hope you know?

Dont let the few rich one who make 6 figures skew your view. thats why 6 figure salary is even a status symbol of a comfortable person.

The average cab driver makes what a average degree holder make in a yr thats impressive for someone who probably didnt go to school, write aptitude test, go thru interview and in most cases foreigner and cant even speak good english.

3 of the second year scholars were recently released and we do chuck out a lot of them which is why DK can make fun of the likes of Lupoli and Abeyie who didnt' make it.
Actually in Bendtner's set which included the likes of Muamba, Larsson and Lupoli, I think he was the only one who made it through despite the fact that Lupoli was actually the prolific one in that reserve squad (later turned out B52 was the one doing most of the work and Lupoli was just a very good finisher).

An Academy where only 1 out of 40 make it is a poor one. Thats just what anyone can do. Debo self can gather 40 almajiris and hope one of them would get to Univerisity one day.

In your first team right now, How many are products of your academy though and through. Bendtner and who?

I can tell you that in the Bayern team right now we have badstuber 21yrs, Muller 20yrs, Contento 19 yrs and even 17yr  David Olatokunbo Alaba (Sorry Nigerians, he already played for Austrian National team) getting playing time. Not to mention Schweisteiger and Philip Lahm

80% of our matches this season have Lahm(Joined academy at age 12), Schweinsteiger(Joined academy at age 13) , Muller (Joined academy at age 11) , Badstuber (Joined academy at age 13), and either Contento (Joined academy at age 5)

thats what we call a productive academy not the sham WenGAY parades around

Cab drivers make a lot of money dont deceive yourself. While I was in Chicago, I witnessed this first hand.

I know a guy who was having his PhD in Nigeria before coming to US and he took to cab driving when he first got here.

At the moment he has completed his 4-flat in Nigeria, He owns a home in Chicago and he has 3 trailers in Nigeria right now. Was able to pay for his fees and has children also.

During the winter months the business is slow and they make like $200-300 a day but during Spring, Fall and especially Summer when Conferences are in abundance they make between 500-700dollars a day and these money are TAX FREE.

I know a guy who made 1300dollars on Halloween day of 2008!!!

I met a guy whose sister was getting married in naija he took FMLA from work and drove cab for 3weeks and he was able to send 7500dollars to them in naija for the wedding.

Most of them dont have any formal skill so they drive cabs and use the proceed to send themselves and their siblings to school, send money to Naija and make a good living. To know how much these guys are worth, Most of them dont have credit cards dont even have credit history they do everything CASH. They can travel to Naija given 24hours notice and still spend like crazy at home.

cab driving is not supposed to be a lifelong career but for people with limited education, People who just came into the country Its a good and legit way to raise money for school and stuff.

I have a friend who drove cabs part time while in school and paid his fees graduated without loans and still had enough for bills and stuff.

CAB DRIVERS IN US ARE NO WHERE NEAR RICH
BY US STANDARDS

they might be considered rich by Akure,owerri Aba sokoto standard
but as far as i know not by
Lagos or Abuja standard either.
thanks y'all

You dont know how much they make, do you? They dont get paychecks and W2 so you cant know

And one advice never underestimate someone whom you dont know his income.

Most Danfo drivers in Nigeria earn more that Bank workers FACT!!!

See them spending at nights in Bukas and beer parlour and you would see for yourself. Let a Bank worker who earns #200k a month try that.

In the US, I can tell you they are above average in the economy.

Anyone who makes $40,000 a yr is considered above average Is that figure right?

Leave am make he dey run mouth.

I always knew chickenshrimp na one of these local boys he come dey form say he go chrisland, live for off Allen when he went to Anwaruslam and lived at Ipodo

Gayyners on the course to being trophyless once again.

When would you deviate from the norm Dobo

Lucky goal.

if you had such lucky goals you wont be shipping 2 5 goals aggregate losses this season alone

Shameless fifu( Hausa accent)

The only league where top 4 in the last 4 season is constant is now said to be competitive

2005/2006
2006/2007
2007/2008
2008/2009

The top 4 never changed

2009/2010 we are still watching. 3 of the 4 have taken position waiting for the last team

TOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR


Robbennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

Absolutelyfcuking brilliant solo run and goal by Robben.

Evra don enter one chance

Nerver racking DFB Pokal game

Schalke vs bayern

112mins already still 0-0 seems it would be determined on penalties now.


We seriously dont need this kind of long match with our schedule for the next 3 weeks

You go bear am by force o.

Spineless Italian teams . Jose still dey boss una

Fantasy market sweet small o

With Drogba and lamps. If not for those misses Drgba should have had a hat trick and lamps a brace.

Thats what I call a good week