₦airaland Forum

ChristineC:
{~~} \___/

Hahaha
ChristineC, na wetin be this?

Oasis007:
“He’s [Mkhtaryan] got something that very few players in that position have, which is pace.

“You think of Juan Mata, Mesut Ozil, David Silva – great technicians – but they don’t have that pace.

“And I think that was vital in the first goal.”

- Jamie Carragher

AdisaOwala

You can see that when we talk about pace, it's not about jambody players. You can have pace and skills. Nani had both, although not a creative player. We need quick legs to exploit spaces before opposition regroup.

The major mistake Rooney made was to allow his pace to die too early. Pace kept Arjen Robben relevant for long.

Bollove:
Don't limit the thread to banking sector alone ......

Refer to my first post on the topic. I said my posts was limited to banking sector, it didnt address other sectors.

Bollove:
When a Branch staff gets to the head office, he/she needs to be trained for the workload therein. Also, where a staff from HO gets transferred to the BO, he/she shall be trained on the operability of the branch .....

Responsibilities differ also the environment differs .....

The truth is, from my experience, branch staff excel when transferred to head office. Head office staff struggle when sent to the branch.

Bollove:
H/O is mainly strategic in nature and don't forget the HO has to respond to the daily request of all Branches worldwide while BO only takes care of their own operation as well as their own challenges !!!

BO is mainly Operational in nature so together they complement one another and make a SYSTEM !!!

An H/O staff is to respond to all branches on only his line of expertise/duty. The branch staff has to specialize in all aspect and keep updating himself with ever changing policies and processes in all of the functions. The branch staff deals with virtually all the departments in head office and all other branches having customer's issues to resolve with him/her. Each head office department passes mails to the branch staff (operations head particularly) like it's the only department the branch staff has to relate with. As a branch staff, you might get an urgent report/request from the IT unit, they need it in 30 minutes, then treasury might need their own report in 15 minutes, card unit might need theirs before the end of the day, credit unit might need an instant report, etc. Yet the branch staff has to deliver all of these with the added pressure to satisfy customers. There might be a very heavy crowd on the day. Remember there is the cash management and control aspect.

The branch staff has to familiarize himself and updated on various kinds of credits- personal loans, business loans, overdraft, form etc. The documentations to open all kind of accounts, e-banking (cards services to customer, online banking, ATM, etc). He has to proof his internal GL accounts, reconcile them and balance all of them. He has to go defend his figures in regional meetings. The list is endless, and all these are not part of the pressure from the customers. Pressure is not just about customer waiting to withdraw or pay in. Imagine when a deputy governor has a delayed FX transfer to settle a bill abroad, and as a branch staff you have to track the transaction via head office.

In summary, a branch staff has to be very knowledgeable (an expert) in all things. Common account opening documentation can let a branch staff down when for instance he has to go deep with a customer who wants to open association account or company account, etc. The documenation are diffent and you are not going to tell the customer you want to consult your manual. When you go into credit, it is a very large area. Remember the risk that goes with operations, processing error can be catastrophic. Nobody will remember one was under pressure on the day the error was committed. Even little things as your cashier unable to balance means you can't go home.

Bollove:
Personally,
I prefer working in the H/O simply because I love it at Strategic level of Management where you rub shoulder to shoulder with the big guns and be a party to advanced decision making while also monitoring its effective and efficient implementation throughout the network !!!

Also, you are critical to the overall success of the organisation and not just from perspective of your branch..... Also, I love the swagger that comes with being an HO staff especially when you visit the BO for some kinda inspection .... The rep and the attention u kno !!! "

HO staffs get HO rating while BO staffs get BO rating

It depends. I don't see H/O staff as any special. Although we try to pally with H/O staff to get our transactions and issues resolved faster than other branches. Some of our colleagues have left branches to H/O, so we know how it is. At some point in my career, I worked in a unit that required me going to H/O almost weekly. There I saw many things and also visited some of our staff who left branch to H/O, they were so much relieved of the branch stress. I personally wouldn't choose to work in Lagos though. I started my career there, but I left at the slightest opportunity. I hate the traffic. That was the terrible traffic before Fashola came as governor.

Jarus:
You're taking mental/intellectual load for laziness.

HO guys are more of strategy/tactical guys who use their brains more.

Branch activities are mainly operational - process. Less strategic thinking.

They're not lazy. Their work just requires more brain than routine processing oof document which take more time and less mental requirement.

This is a wrong impression. The branch staff combine brain and work load including customer distractions. The head office staff only uses his brain and mislead himself with thought he is smarter than the branch staff. The branch staff is a Champion of multitasking. He meets and manages the highest men the society - the Obas, Governor, Deputy Governor, Jdges, Army Commander, etc. Mind you, there is a limited time everyday to accomplish so much.

Branch staff excell when they get to head office. Head office staff are exposed when they get to the branch, their laziness and lack of proper decision making is easily exposed.

Again branch staff have to specialize in several areas. Credit, Risk Management, Operations, Relationship, Forex, etc. Head office staff has to specialize in one area - IT or Credit or Treasury or One part of Operations, etc

I have had a reason to train in head office for a particular function for two weeks. The first week was the training, the second week I had to perform the task. Truth be told, head office staff think they are busy but they don't know what it means to be really busy. I was almost forced to ask 'is this all you do'? I got bored. I even had to ask them why exactly they were closing late because it was just their making, not necessarily work load.

They are just enjoying. True. I will gadly be happy to use only my brain without the distractions and fire from the customers.

Jarus:
Head office for me

Pros of Head Office

1, You tend to be noticed easily by key decision makers and that may speed up your rise in the company

Con of Head Office

1, More pressure

Pro of Branch

1, Less pressure, and a little more independence (or if you like, laziness)

Con

1, Folks at HO may have faster promotion
2, At some point, you may lose motivation and become complacent and probably static in your career

What you listed above is just the opposite in banking. The only thing that is true is that head office staff get promoted faster.... for doing little.

annexworld:
Head office. Branch na for the lazy ones. Say your mind on the issues affecting nigeria's educational issue. Say it now on [url]forum.insideeducation.ng[/url]

To me, head office is for lazy ones when it comes to banking. I don't know of others.

Valencia has won Player Of The Month for the second time this season. He beat Phil Jones and Rashford to the January award.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic insists that Hull goalkeeper Eldin Jakupovic does not deserve praise despite keeping a clean sheet against Manchester United.

Jakupovic made a total of six saves at Old Trafford, including two from Ibrahimovic, to help hand Hull a vital point in their bid for survival.

The 32-year-old also made an eye-catching save from a Juan Mata chance in the second half, but Ibrahimovic was less than forgiving in his assessment.

“I did not see any chances where it was difficult for the goalkeeper. It was not a good save from Juan Mata, it was a bad finish. Some saves he made for the cameras.

[Source: football365.com] #MUFC #Ibrahimovic

patrickmuf:
Pogba had a superb game on Wednesday but folks here are on his case like he played poorly, Ibra and Rashford wasted what should have been certain goals. We just need to work on finishing our chances when they come and we will be just fine.

Mata missed the best chance though. He hesitated for a second and that made the keeper to recover.

MRTA7:
This is where it starts and ends for me. We're not good enough. Manager is doing a terrible job and we only have 15 or so games left. Quality of our attack and quality of the chances we create isn't great. This has been the case all season.

Exactly.

Funlordmaniac:
And this will help mourinho how exactly?

Save money to buy players in the summer. If Martial delivers a high level performance week after week, it will be hard to put money into consideration. But someone his average form meant he could be afford to be toyed with.

PietroRico:
does that clause have a time frame? Is it not whenever he reaches the agreed number of goals?

We do not have all the details. I believe there is a time frame. You cannot just say when he scores so so number (any year) the club releases €10m. It doesn't make sense, and not a motivating or yielding target.

May be Mourinho benches Martial because he doesn't want the lad to meeting his scoring target when we will pay more money to Monaco. Mourinho has said he is gathering money for Summer transfer. That was when he said Schneiderlin and Mephis

ZachHugo:
Manchester united has a good team, they are just lacking ability to score goals when needed. . . And This is a Serious issue. .that jose needs to tackle

The team is not just good enough. It's not a coincidence that we struggle to score and have many draws. We are close to being top class, but we are not really top class.

Funlordmaniac:
Go and change your spectacles grandpa...did you not READ the part where i wrote that I WAS THINKING THAT DEPAY WOULD HAVE BEEN PART OF A SWAP DEAL in my earlier post? I never mentioned any player apart from depay and Ashley young and rooney have no sell on value so they can't be used for such a deal! Maybe fellaini instead! Anyway na you sabi....lets us wait till summer to see who comes in! I want grizzy, you want aubameyang....as long as they come and contribute to the teams success..i no send which of them go show?

How can you say Depay should have been used for swap when we are talking about a future deal for Greizmann?

You talk sef... Most times it looks like I am talking with a two years old.

Good bye

Funlordmaniac:
Elamps what is wrong with a player plus cash method of transferring players again? Na everything you dey complain about ni?

Was depay productive? NO! So what would have been wrong if we had bargained with him in the summer and said "athletico take depay make we add 30m or 35m for the griezmann......is that a loss too?

Is Depay still in United?

And don't tell me Ashley Young or Rooney or Schweinsteiger will be used to bargain.

Griezmann is not worth all these your talks.

Funlordmania:
We are the purchasing club...we cannot dictate....the aces are all in athletico madrid hands! We can as well do a player plus cash deal....i actually thought depay would been part of the deal!

Player plus cash for Griezmann? Na wao!

Elxandre:
Spot on!

What we seriously need:
A deadly CF
A right back better than Valencia who can't cross past the first man.
A left back too.
An actual right winger.

Greizmann isn't even a dribbler.
A prime Ronaldo would cost 300 million in this age.

On Valencia.

He is very good na. Which match you dey watch and where will you get a better right back? He is putting in the best crosses for us, even more than the wingers - Martial, Rashford, Mata, etc. Most of the crosses are coming from Valencia, but Ibrahimovic is marked out whike no other forward can head. Even Ibrahimovic is old. Fellaini would have converted yesterday.

All the right backs in EPL and everywhere do stamp, even wingers stamp. Go and watch Clyne and co

Funlordmania:
You for go help the board price am na? Or maybe you can help us advice athletico madrid to help us tear up his 5 year contract so that we can negotiate from scratch then we fit dash them 50k for their stress!

Dembele in celtic was priced £40m by chelsea on monday....aubameyang's starting price is £65m......so what's your point? I also noticed you did not give me any sort of name what so ever....abi na spirit make we sign?

I will take Aubameyang over Griezmann any day. We should pay for Aubameyang now if that is his price.

Funlordmania:
Good! Griezmann would be a waste of money? So kindly tell me who we should buy that would:

1: Be in the same bracket goals/assist/talent wise in this current market or available!

2: That would not be a "waste of money"!

8 goals, 4 Assists in 19 matches should not worth more than £40m

AdisaOwala,

You criticized Pogba in a match you did not watch. Just because some criticized him.

Apart from his missed chance, Pogba was our best player yesterday. All the long balls he provided for Ibrahimovic, Rashford were wasted. He went deep to start our attacks.

Waste of money. Not worth it.

BIG #BREAKING news from France. Canal+ journalist Pierre Menes reports that Antoine Greizmann has agreed terms with Manchester United for a summer transfer! United will pay €100m release clause.

Instead of Ibrahimovic to force the defenders to make weak clearances, he was gifting them fouls with his high kicks.

It looks like we will need Mata and Fellaini
Mata to create
Fellaini to score one of these crosses

Pogba missed

We are really not penetrating, it's getting better though. Rashford and Mkhitaryan have to be more creative.

Ww have very good four cetral defenders, if we add Blind we could say we have five. We can rank them and say let's play the best two. but it doesn't always work that way. There have to be partnership that will work. If we conclude that Jones and Bailly are our best, we have to also check their compatibility. Although I honestly beleibe Jones and Rojo are our best two (first and second) at the moment. They also have a better reading of the game.

for the partnership:
Jones and Rojo... working very well. best pairing so far.
Jones and Smalling.. working well
Bailly and Blind... worked very well at some point.
Bailly and Smalling... Average
Bially and Jones... did not work in the pre-season but Jones was not fit.
Bailly and Rojo.... will work