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If your name was D¡ck Tracy, it would appear as Manliness Tracy on NL lmao

Losses so far
Man Yoo - Away
Man City - Away
Sunderland - Away
Chelsea - Home

Draws :
Westham - Away
Burnley - Away.
Yes we've recorded some awesome away wins at the mersey side fixtures but we've really got to improve on the away points stacking. Emirates is not that intimidating to opponents so WTH ?

Are Man City still in contention for the title ? I need to know how many teams should be taken seriously.

^ ;d

Awww, thank you Seun

Agathamari christy could you please explain aunty O's diatribe ?

@ Agatha, if i had a nickle for every third time Obama was criticised for being a bad leader on the American media i'd cure world hunger.
It's a public forum with hundreds of thousands of users, just a fraction of us not liking the U S could erroneously give that impression but that's so so far from the truth.

I meant "wouldn't mind switching nationality to"

I don't know for that Agathamari o, but i'm sure if a poll was taken on which country Nigerians wouldn't switching their nationality to, the U S and U K would come out tops

^ Most Nigerians hate the US ?

aloy, walahi you nor well.
Any ways, i suffer from an condition that makes my optic kini insensitive to pigment. simply put, i'm colour blind so can't spot the difference in both images. . Infact the problem now is if she'll be interested in a colour blind person.

BLACK BE GONE ? LOLs

Being a resident of Kd i'll advise not to mention any governor from the north , particularly the hausa states again. We talking of real places where humans exist with potential to develop and you're mentioning Maiduguri, Bauchi and Kogi ?

Yes cos Man U has a record for winning 4 consecutive trophies in the past. Even teams that had won 7 consecutive titles still want to win it back after a years drought so don't kid yourself about not being desperate.
Inter have 4 consecutive titles but seem more than AC to be desperate for it Crizzle

What nonsense ! If you guys don't know that they've offered i tell you

1. Vision 2020
2. 7 point Agenda
3. An ornamental Satellite in space.
4. They planned, built and Financed MTN, Nigeria's new NITEL.
5. Keke NAPEP
6. They've "promised" to end Gas flaring and make it available for domestic use one day, one fine day.
7. They've promised us an efficient passenger and freight rail service one day, one fine day.
You think It's easy to achieve all these things, just check the price of petrol in other OPEC countries and you'll understand.

^ keep quiet! Go and catch Chelsea first.
Eboue is in the clinic too.
What has happened to young Theo ? I fear for that guys future cos i'm a fan of his. English youngsters ala Pennant & Bentley found it hard at Arsenal too, is there some form of incompatibility with L'Arse soccer philosophy ? If so then Wilshere might be next in line.

kosher

PS: N1m will do.

^ I can't remember the last time 1 point felt so much like 3.
I now go into every game with a load in my chest, when will we get those strikers back (what the hell has happened to Eduardo ? I'm not even going to mention Walcot.).
Is it possible for a transfer to be concluded on the first day of transfer season ? Cos we've got a serious problem upfront.

@justcash Thanks
as for you who thinks 4000 Naira laptop is a joke, just go round our schools and see how many undergraduates dont even know how to send an email. We'll be in 2010 in a few days. Whether It's a 1mb RAM with hard drive of 10mb, the idea is to give them a practical knowledge of using a PC, ofcourse i wouldn't expect a doofus like you to understand something that simple

@justcash could you do us a favour by posting the story of the Nigerian monorail saga and a link to it if you have it ?
That plus your example on 4000 naira laptop should go a long way in telling people who still doubt how our progress is being undermined by a visionless and corrupt few.
I'll end by saying Hilary Clinton didn't directly refer to Nigeria as a failed state when she visited. To paraphrase What she said is that for a country that's one of the top ten oil exporters in the world to go round and import petroleum, that to her pretty much is the signal of a failed state.

well i on the other hand am refering to you, tensor77, the resident i.diot of naira land .

Tensor i swear your st.upidity has no boundaries . A project to provide 4,000 Naira laptops to engender IT is not move towards development for you right ? I hope Nigerians are reading what this Fo.ol is saying. I think I've made up my mind about you, and it is that you're THRASH. Probably feeding from the crumbs of the same people trying to keep a nation of men down. We will overcome you and your employers, yes you heard me right. WE WILL DESTROY YOUR TYPE IN THIS LAND. Incorrigible dckhead.

@aloy.emeka now i'm pissed with you for talking in that manner to a woman after my heart. And i thought someone said you were her betrothed ?
Let this be the last time you speak about the immaculate Miss T in that manner if you don't want to play the Russian roulette with me

How can a person partake in a system which is obviously not created with him in mind ? An aspiring leader reads his Manifesto to the electorate and presents his argument. He promises to bring bout development after studying the general clime of the nation. Then what do yo assess the success or failure of his administration based on ? Is it not on the promises he made before his ascent to the seat ?
After ascending you say that you cannot bring about development cos of the people who you rule, with the apparatus of the state at your disposal, don't want to develop. Isn't this the most stupid argument on God's earth. Is the average Nigerian as stubborn and unruly as the average Lagosian ? How does Fashola then achieve such feats not seen in these parts Inspite of being in the same country ?

An example of my point is your average PLC. If after years of continuous decline in revenue and general output of corporation X it is discovered that there is a need for a overhaul of the system, who decides this ? The shop floor workers of corporation X or the board of corporation X?
The govt is the principal reason why we have not moved not the common man on the street.

A focusless leadership will not inspire It's people. Look to Paul Kagame of Rwanda to know how one man can change the national psyche of his people- this is Inspite of his shady past.
American bankers with their "culture of greed" dragged the rest of the modern world into a recession. Who is leading the charge for a revolution in the financial sector ? I believe It's the president himself with the guardiance of an sound team of thinkers he selected himself. Why didn't the banks wake up and decide to "change their situation"?
Why do we have leaders ? Is it not to lead, inspire and show us the right path to promised land. If the common man could cause a change in the way things worked himself then why would he need to have someone tell him what and what not to do ?

Sorry i also need to add that we have to check the wide disparity in income distribution in Nigeria that's one of the worst on this planet.

@Kobojunkie, I'll take real economic growth alone anyday over stagnation.
Besides it is generally assumed that the higher the spending power of a person the higher the quality of life you can afford. Nigeria's growing at a rate economically that vis a vis population growth doesn't translate to much. If the national population remains at 140 million and economic growth remains as it is then i'd be impressed. But what about a scenario where you can't check procreation growth and migration from Chad and Niger? 7% growth won't mean much.

But what really happened to the rail project baba Iyabo said was in the pipelines ? Everything is transported by trucks in naija : from lagos to Maiduguri, porthacourt to sokoto, day or night, just any condition you see army of trucks on our narrow roads with small capacity(in comparison to rail) competing with cars on our roads as they also contribute to the exfoliation of the tar on the roads.
I want to know what happened to that rail project.

@justcash, Funny thing is i suspect they know exactly the same too. They're probably one of those who hold so much derision against the west that they think supporting this paradigm of development is tantamount to unpatriotism.

@depilot and tensor, do guys know what you're talking ? Why don't we change the topic to why businesses don't grow in Nigeria you say ?
Well unless you live in a welfare state like Libya, businesses are what will drive growth in an economy.
When you hear 500,000 jobs were added to American economy, do you think that's 500,000 additional civil servants ? Growth of small scale business directly reflects on: employment, tax, consumption and virtually all other aspects of life.

@kobojunkie, and who is(are) the person(s) who gave us this democracy on a platter of gold if i may ask ? Incase you don't remember around the period Abacha died, the south west of Nigeria was almost in chaos and in much unrest like the Niger Delta 3 months back. For all the talk of yoruba's backing away from encounter that was one situation where they would have dragged Nigeria to a point of no return - personally i wish it happened, but they were appeased with OBJ whom they never even really accepted.

As for development : How can a country of 140+ million experience any real development without rail freight ? Instead things are moved about by haulage(trucks). If you or the Nigerian government don't know this then i'm sorry for you both. Countries with 10% of our population know that rail freight is a crux of industrialisation(cheap, effective, . . ). OBJ knew this and promised us rail but i don't know about that subject anymore. Is it common Nigerians or the govt that will provide rail infrastructure ?

When all is said and done, what does a man need ?
He offer food, a roof over his head, a road to move on, certain liberties and justice, school for his children, electricity to watch nollywood, water wash clothes, for his opinion to matter, gainful employment, . . . . Are we saying it is impossible for us to get there things ? Then how much better are we than Somalia ? Not every one wants countless mistresses, 8 palaces and 12 cars to be content with life you know.