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Spy360:
I respect the following coaches...

Wenger, Pocchentino, Ranieri, Flores, Howe, Martinez, even Garde , others are Allegri, Conte, Tuchel, Simeone, Sarri etc

I do not respect Mourinho, Enrique, Mancini, Guardiola, etc. My lack of respect is because they are not judged on the same scale as others. They are hyped.

Take for example Mourinho, just one challenge he faced at Chelsea, the team comes crashing.

I think LvG is underated recently, mainly due to his pride. He comes accross as too arrogant. Besides which I respect him as a good manager.

My sentiment with Wenger apart, he is good because he plays good football and maintains his club at a top level position consistently even with average players. Give him kids, he will still give you good soccer and finish in the top 4. That is without doubt.

Pocchentino has consistently been remarkable bringing up young players. His work with Southampton and now with Tottenham earns him my respect.

Ranieri, may be he has stopped tinkering. He needs to show consistency too.

Guardiola they say is the best tactically but can he do it without breaking bank? I will respect him after I see him when he joins Man City next season. But he should manage what he has got, not that he will rush to sign Neymar and Pogba. If given the same squad Pelligrini has got, I doubt if he will do better. On that basis I think he may be overrated.

Spy360:
My point is that those we call 'big coaches' because they win titles in most cases succeed because of the MATERIALS available to them.

Take for example Luis Enrique, he just won best manager after leading Barca to six titles or so last season. But many forget that his first coaching job was at Roma and he almost got them relegated before he was sacked. His second job was at Celta Vigo, the same thing happened. Suddenly he joins Barca and he has become best manager.

Where is Frank Rijkaard today?

If tomorrow Gary Neuville joins Madrid and wins Copa they tell us he is top manager.

For me a true test of a manager's acumen is how effective he manages within his limited resources. You use Messi, Neymar and Suarez to win a league and think you are a classical manager. Nonsense.

Give me Barca, all I need to do is give the boys ice cream, and they will win me six trophies.

dammytosh:
Saraki na the target.

Keneking:
Ok, I am sure he was referring to Saraki (indirectly)

Sai Obasanjo...amazing statement

dustydee:
He is doing that already and the weakest link is the senate president.

manny4life:
Speaking on 1.9 million voters, did you hear the question? Or are you quick to jump into conclusion. Watch from 6:07, the lady chanted "Vote for Change" and that's why he said, "Yes we voted, but did we really vote"? My interpretation: how can you chant "Vote for Change", yet Kano doesn't seem to have the same mantra of change, so where's the disconnect.

I did not hear about Buhari's certificate come up (I only watched Part 2 and 3 on YouTube), perhaps you can post the clip and I will watch it. Again, I did not watch the part whether anyone won or lost, the part I watched was Part 2 and three. This could have been Part 1, but then again I don't know.

Lmao... You mean the same "tactical" move in which GEJ wanted to remove subsidy is the same tactic employed by Buhari? Haha, the govt lacks clear "ECONOMIC" direction - Mr. Onov. Since I started following Nigerian Politics, I have never heard of a missing or retracted budget. I have never heard a budget presented 4 months after the deadline... Let's be real here, Buhari's critics are criticising him based on what they've seen.

I agree the election is over, but it doesn't seem like it's over for PMB and his team, it's full of accusation, it started from Saraki to GEJ to Dasuki to Metuh and the list is endless, even Jesus Christ was accused. Several months later after being sworn in, we don't have a "CLEAR ECONOMIC direction on where we are let alone where we're going. Tell me, how are we supposed to dig ourselves out of this mess? The sooner this administration seats up and get to work, the better.

Haywhymido:
lest i 4get mou beat in pep's last season in la liga, flogged him 3-1 n win the league plus copa d trophy. #show boss sum respect

Haywhymido:
why do u ask pep the same question? How many ucl has he won at bayern?

Haywhymido:
won more in shorter time with a ready made team u didnt complete ur sentence. They ask him abt not winning champe, u said his home record in b. liga is enough to equal that. Is there any sense in dat

Haywhymido:
just as pep has done right Porto finished 5th on the table in 2001, he carried them to 3rd place n also won their fa cup in 2002, he won the league in 2003, he won champe 2004, now isnt dat a well done job What more do u people want frm him I say let pep catch up with what mou has done, n let him do dat by coaching a team outside top 4(fulham r the only team out top four offering him job as at now). Why does he alway go to teams which its cake need icing? Why cant he start frm nothing??

Haywhymido:
atleast he carried a team outside top 4 to win the league n even won them champe. Wake me up, when pep do dat pls!!!

TheSonOfMark:
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You're a subscriber to the mob ideology Fani Kayode keeps alluding to - APC internet bullies with one-track minds coupled with nadir-esque comprehension skills who continually churn your party's stale propagandist hogwash to deceive the gullible masses while the reality of the many failures of Buhari and his cronies stare you in the face like the foggy haze in harmattan.

Keep living the illusion!
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anonimi:
You may wish to be educated by the bro below =>

anonimi:
I guess one must also be confused to follow the daft, dumb & dull Confused One from Daura, innit
Read the OP and the title again.
Thanks.

Kenobus:
There is so much ignorance out there! Subsidy hasn't been removed. Nigerians are now paying the Govt subsidy. Subsidy is now in negative. This is absurd! If subsidy is removed fully, the product would be selling around N90 per litre because the Govt would no longer determines the profit level of the marketers. That is deregulation. Buhari doesn't know what he is doing.

anonimi:
Firstly, to be taken serious, please show where the federal government under Jonathan was proposing N149 for a product that was to be DEREGULATED completely as agreed with 36 governors.

Secondly, abeg how much was crude oil in January 2012?
How much is it now
Thanks.

Blizzy9ja:
Same subsidy that people occupied Lagos when GEJ's govt tried to remove

Meanwhile PMS still goes for N140 in Port Harcourt and nobody cares

elampiro:
Please don't bring up already trashed issues. We have already compared strikers against strikers. Where were you when I did the comparison of Rooney, Suarez, RVP? Whoscored also already told us their style of play. 2011/2012, RVP was playing for Arsenal, so I don't get it. On dribbles, Rooney once done 2.3 per game, something RVP never got close to.

I also have addressed the issue of RVP not winning the league for us in 2012/2013 with stats and facts, if you didn't join the debate then forget it. Am I going to be debating with new people everyday on same issues? Whoscored computer generated style of play has already settled this issue sef.

I am in the Church, and it’s my very last post on the subject.


Happy new year.

elampiro:
There are three stats mainly:

1.*shots from outside the box
2. number of Passes per match
3. Dribbling

I told you you have to look at their over all seasons. Not one season.

However, whoscored had settled it all. I haven't time to go through this anymore.

elampiro:
I never referred to his days before he became a striker. Again you brought one video, even Chicharito and Izhaghi have some days and moments outside the box if you isolate moments.

They understood what they meant when they brought the word 'poacher' to this argument. I didn't introduce it. They also knew very well what we meant by hyena.





But why you come dey come when I don tire? Hope you won't make me go repeat all that I have been saying for days and nights now.

maestroferddi:
You think I have the time to waste on half-wits like you?

So in your warped imagination and oblique reasoning the courts or any relevant body vested with the task on trying offenders need Buhari's imprimatur before applying the requisite punitive measures?

If you have anything resembling a functional brain, you should have reckoned that Buhari's noises are hardly needed for the judiciary to discharge its responsibility unless we are talking of the present scenario where the oppressive/dictatorial APC government is teleguiding and muzzling the judiciary to do its bidding.

BTW Let the cat keep looking at the king...

maestroferddi:
I am sure I was as explicit as possible as per my views on the topic.

It cannot, however, be my fault if you chose to have a convoluted sense of understanding things.

I am not sure we are on the same book much less the same page...

maestroferddi:
Buhari should stop all these noise and get down to the business of governance and delivery of the dividends of democracy.

Even the most vociferous APC supporters are getting disillusioned with the many sounds and fury that are beginning to typify/characterise this Buhari government.

Is Buhari not giving ammunition to the traducers that raise serious questions about his ability to obey the rule of law?

The last time I checked, it is the business of the law courts to try suspects and convict them if found guilty. When has the role of convicting suspects fallen to the executive arm?

Must the president sound like an uninformed despot/dictator from the 1960s?

TonyeBarcanista:
Earlier today(Tuesday) President Muhammadu Buhari presented the 2016 budget before the joint session of the National Assembly. The budget he tagged "Budget of Change". While commending President Buhari for personally presenting the budget, it is important to ask the kind of change that the budget reflect.

What Is The Rationale Behind $38 Oil Benchmark?
In the budget, the government pegged oil benchmark at $38 per barrel. The problem here is that since the beginning of the second half of 2014, crude oil price has been on a free fall. In December 2014, it stood at $61 per barrel. As at today, the price of crude oil has dropped to $36 per barrel. Note that the price of crude as at june 2014 was $117 per barrel. With Iran poised to resume supply in 2016, Russia and USA entering the market, it means that the price of the product may go lower in 2016. What then is the rationale behind pegging the price of crude at $38 per barrel for 2016 budget? How will Nigeria meet up with its attendant deficit in revenue?

2. According to the 2016 Budget, Nigeria's projected revenue for 2016 is N3.86 trillion and deficit of N2.22 trillion with oil benchmark at $38 dollar per barrel. The government dedicated N1.8 trillion ie 30% set aside for capital expenditure, and projected to incur loan of N1.84 trillion.

The above means that the government plan to incur loan to finance capital project and use the leftover for recurrent expenditure. Which country in the world can survive on such arrangement? Considering that oil price is sinking deeper, it means even the projected revenue may not be met and government could be forced to take more loans to meet up the deficit. Where is the wisdom here?

More Debt?
As at June 30, 2015 the former permanent secretary of the finance ministry put the debt owed by the FG alone at N8.396 trillion and $7.74 (N1.4trillion) for local and external debt respectively. With the government proposing to borrow another N1.84trillion to finance 2016 budget, this will mean more money to finance these huge debts. Considering that we will likely borrow more due to oil decline, I don't think there is any wisdom in this. Are we going back to pre-1999?

Will Government Ever Learn?
When the last administration presented the 2015 budget, they pegged crude oil price at $65 per barrel. As at time of presenting the budget, the crude oil price stood at $61 per barrel. The effect was what we witnessed in 2015 where the government had to resort to borrowing because they couldn't meet revenue expectation. President Buhari is now following the same route. Pegging crude oil price at $38 per barrel when the price at present is lower. That means there will be increased borrowing should the crude oil price fail to rise at the benchmark.

I believe Nigeria should learn from Greece and not go down same lane. Already, we have serious problem of depleting customers for our major export(oil) and also we face challenge of competing with more entrants(USA, Russia and Iran) in the market. Government budget should reflect on the reality and not hinged on political correctness. Honestly, I see no positive change in this budget, all I see is burden on Nigerians.



May God Bless Nigeria

A40:
Well Bayern don't play that megedefegede. I don't need to tell you the difference in mannerisms btw a German and a Latin ninja. Had to lineup the replacement ASAP


Of course we were open to an extension and made sure he lacked nothing. Even took his side at the expense of our longstanding physio. Has he repaid that? Not quite. Though we are indifferent because bigger managers have coached Bayern


Mandzukic did well at Atleti. He suffered injuries but definitely didn't flop. I have told you before a guy like Mandzukic needs service to thrive. He is an old school #9. Both seasons at Bayern he netted over 20goals each. Mandzu is nothing like Gallas or Balotelli. This is a serious exaggeration! How come he had no issues with Jupp?


Underwhelming but they beat you the defending champions convincingly despite going a man down and two goals down just 20mins into the game. Ok!!!
At the start of the 2011/2012 season show me who would predict Bayern getting to a CL Final.
Losing at home would always sting a bit more but we were unlucky not outclassed and made to look incompetent like we did under Pep. We had never lost at home to Madrid, I would always hold that against Pep
The core of that team went on to win the WC that summer proving they were not the problem but Pep's tactics were


Dortmund lost 3-2 not 3-0. Don't deliberately misrepresent facts. And no disrespect to Atleti or Dortmund but we are superior to both teams. Jupp's teams were also possesion based, infact Madrid would have been the ones needing to counter. The difference being we would not see those crazy highlines and a complete disregard of defensive duties. We also saw this same Messi tamed by a Boateng led defence that was not why we lost the tie

NavierStokes:
You wouldn't be writing what you wrote here if you had any clue to what's at stake. It is common knowledge that at the moment companies are efficiently allocating their scarce resources to the most promising projects, all are working on the strategy of increasing production volumes and cutting down on exploration. Is there any rationale for an NNPC that is grappling with difficulties in paying cash calls and putting on hold several oil projects across the country that could have added barrels for us, going ahead to invest billions in desert exploration at this time? Increasing reserves is a good idea but all well run corporations around the world are giving less priority to that at the moment considering the harsh realities in the industry.
Also talking about refining, which do you think is easier to refine our Bonny light crude which had been the darling of the international or a venezuelan orinoco grade crude that is more difficult to refine and has been avoided by buyers in the market. Please don't mention me again if you can not put your arguments without referring to mine as "nonsense" we must not be of the same views, but I represent the views of experts in this industry.