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starlingbawa:
As a Chelsea fan I guess I'd be rooting for Manchester United to come good with the spoils!

That said I think City will go out all guns blazing considering they have lost their last 2 games.

It promises to be an exciting game on sunday afternoon.

I know Chelsea fans would want United to win but I don't see Chelsea keeping their unbeaten run for long.

Eggcelent:
Gorgeous58. I'm impressed seeing a lady who knows her football this well. As to your point; it is valid. Mangala, as I suspected he would, has been struggling. Consequent on this, I don't Pellegrini using him tomorrow. Even at that, I still believe that City will win comfortably. And that is for one reason; United. this season, have struggled against all the teams that have attacked them. They will equally struggle against City, who arguably have the best attack in the EPL.

True talk! Great analysis... Fingers crossed. Can't wait for tomorrow.

I saw a video of people (guys) at Shoprite, Polo park, Enugu, Enugu state undressing a lady. Reason being that she stole a blackberry phone. This incident happened sometime last year. As I watched the video, I became very upset. Why is it that people find any excuse to UnCloth a lady. If she stole a phone, what purpose does undressing her serve?

Some incapacitated men find it proper to UnCloth a woman! Quoting how she deserved it and stuff like that!

On another matter, Then there are men that hisses, complain and sigh any time they see a woman they feel is improperly dressed. Some men have even gone as far as undressing a woman in public just to embarrass her in the guise of her dressing improperly!

Every woman has a right to dress to comfortability! Every woman has a choice to dress to confidency! There is nothing that makes me sick like 'amebo' men trying to teach us women how to dress! Why does it bother you what am wearing if you aint filling my closet? Why does it bother you what another woman is wearing when you have a girlfriend/wife at home that you can't manage?

It's disgusting that I come across people supporting assault! NO MAN HAS ANY RIGHT TO UnCloth A WOMAN no matter what she's putting on! Or whatever crime she may or may not have committed! None at all! Its assault to touch a woman without her permission let alone undressing her nude! You talk of wanting women to dress well and publicly UnCloth them exposing their nudity and showing your desire to have them!

Am I saying women should walk half naked? NO! What am saying is that two wrongs will never make a right! Its disrespectful to strip any woman! Can our men learn on how to pass on a request! I see so many men walk around with trousers half worn! Am yet to see women gang up and strip them nude! You may feel that lady deserves to dress better, approach her and talk to her!

Shame on any woman supporting that wicked act!

'Amebo' men, you know you can do better than that!

Eggcelent:
Your form before coming into a derby doesn't count on the day. The 2 teams are devastating going forward. However, City are stronger defensively. I expect them to pick United off at the back. City are at home and they have a lot to prove. Silva's absence will be a big miss; no doubt. However, Nasri is back & will compensate. Finally, United have struggled against all the teams who have attacked them this season; Leicester, West Brom, etc. There is hardly any better attacking team in the EPL today than City. United are bound to struggle.

Both have defensive concerns but I think United defend better as a team. City's Mangala has been the weak link in their team. Hoping United to exploit that link.

Eggcelent:
A Big Win For City. Definitely.

Even with City missing Silva through injury? Also remember that United are begging to gel.

The potion of fine of 50,000 is too meager. There should,kt be option of fine or the fine should be placed above a million naira.

Manchester Derby features two teams with
opposite levels of confidence
October 31, 2014 12:25:56 PM PDT
By Miguel Delaney

It's the kind of detail that specifically shows why derbies can be different, why the edge in the stands can be transferred to the pitch. As Ryan Giggs presented Louis van Gaal with analysis of Manchester City this week, the United manager sensed a slight change in his assistant. "I felt more tension with him," Van Gaal explained. "That was good to see. He has transferred the idea of emotion and I have transferred the idea of how we have to play."

The United boss is clearly confident, and feeling like things are coming together. That could be influential at the Etihad. Issues of psychology like that can sometimes be
overplayed in football but, ahead of Sunday's
Manchester derby, it's hard not to think it will be one of the main factors -- at least in the build-up.

Consider, on the other side, Manchester City.
Pellegrini's mood has clearly been affected by his team's form, to the point that his surliness is so markedly different from the sophisticated figure so often portrayed last season. He is feeling the pressure. It is not just raining for City right now. It feels like the levy is in danger of breaking. Their defence, certainly, is already very fragile. It is totally undependable, as Sam Allardyce all too gleefully pointed out following West Ham United's
2-1 win last week. In front of that backline, Yaya Toure is totally off form, while David Silva is now out for a month. Given that the Spanish attacker is one of the only City players performing anywhere close to his best
right now, his injury was at the worst possible
point, particularly when you consider the context of their current form. A return of just four wins from their last 12 games -- and only six from 14 in all competitions -- is their worst since late 2009. It's worth noting that was a point before they'd ended a long trophy drought, before they knew how to properly win.

Now, as City also fret about getting through to the Champions League last 16, that very winning mentality is being questioned anew. They are being pushed to the edge, stripped to the baseline. That in itself could be revealing, and potentially telling. Because, even last season, it was difficult to tell
where that baseline was. City never sank to the point where they needed to really dig in. They never had the kind of deep crisis that demanded these shows of character. They got to the title by soaring there, with football to be revered alongside the most supreme ever seen in England. The feeling was that, although City's best was better than everyone else's, and they were more capable of regularly reaching it, their worst performance level could sink lower than Chelsea's worst due to the absence of that deeper durability.
It is telling that was no real decisive or defining moment for them in the title race last season. They all came elsewhere, at Anfield and Selhurst Park, as it was Liverpool who let them back in. It's also possible that it is one reason why this team have so far seemed to struggle in defending their title, just like in 2012-13. Johan Cruyff once summed up the eternal problem that all champions are presented with in this regard:
"Experience told me that, after success,
unconsciously, there's a lack of concentration. You want to blame the players, but at the same time you can't really blame them because it's a human reaction."

The problem is exacerbated because City have
never needed to develop the necessary resilience to otherwise get by. Their football has generally been enough, but is now looking lacking. The recent stat about City's dismal inability to win games after going behind is case in point. It is as if, when the team are on it they are unstoppable but, when they are off it, they don't have all that much to fall back on. Pellegrini made a small admission as
regards this after the midweek League Cup defeat to Newcastle United. "Maybe it's all linked with the lack of trust."

On the other side of the derby, it is precisely
moments like Van Persie's injury-time equaliser
against Chelsea last week that builds trust. It felt like the kind of moment that has been missing from Manchester United for some time. That's because it has. It was the first goal of consequence they'd scored after a 90th minute since the 4-3 victory over Newcastle United on Dec. 26, 2012. It's little wonder, then, that some have got a little
carried away after the goal, that there's suddenly talk of United "on a roll". They're still eighth in the table and without a win in three games.

At the same, it isn't completely outlandish or
misplaced to describe Van Persie's goal as
"transformative." Even before the kind of defining moments that decide trophies, teams need the kind of moments that bring them together, that provide that base for belief. That is what this is about.
For the first time in some time, United have that baseline, that reference point. It is the type of strike that fosters belief a philosophy is right, that strengthens conviction results will come if you keep doing the job correctly.
That is the real difference, not the moment itself.

Doubt and hesitation are diminished. Alex Ferguson himself used to often reference the value of such instances. Of course, everything falling into place for one moment does not mean that everything is immediately fixed.
United still have issues throughout the structures of their team, and real deficiencies in defence. Those problems are going to take hard work and likely signings to resolve. They could well be found wanting this weekend. They now just have that greater level of trust to compensate, something to fall back on.

It may be the kind of moment City are themselves missing. Pointedly, Pellegrini claimed this week that last season's corresponding fixture -- when his team
beat United 4-1 -- offered something like it.
"The game we played here at the Etihad was in a moment when I was new here, when maybe there were a lot of doubts about the results that we were taking, but I didn't change in my mind in the way we had to play against every team." City just need to change their mood. United need to build on theirs.

Source: m.espn.go.com/soccer/blogs/blogpost?w=1ejfi&i=TOP&id=2120111&topslot=1&wjb=

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Who do you think is going to win the first Manchester derby of 2014/2015 season. My bet is on Manchester United to win 3-1. Any spoilers?

I don't think that its wrong to cook for your guy. At least it shows your homely side and that your mama trained you well in the kitchen. Afterall it is events during 'friendship' or courtship that will lead to marriage!

My 2 cents!

Babies are so cute...

Election is here again, therefore new associations are formed. I can't fathom the number of new organisation(sycophants) that springs up during elections, endorsing whatever candidates. What is their end game? Why do they allow #1500 and half bag of rice to sway them? Nigerian youth eh, Wake up!

Na the title of this thread carry me come here

Nice observation

I wonder how far the ball will go?

From my own perspective, is this an assumption or generalization?. It is easier said than done depending on who is the breadwinner, and who is the backup. Every relationship is different, and each difficult period is resolved based on case by case basis

Good points!

Lord have mercy on your children

tpia6:
ma'am, why are you squawking all over the place throwing accusations left right and centre?

you be satan?

Don't understand you. What accusations are you talking about?

Merlissa:
Sad!

RIP

You took the word outta my mouth. At least the doctor has been arrested

This is a beast in human form. Why molest a lady. What happens to chyking, courting, and marriage? Over to the police!

CHoccolaTE:
Na your mama and papa be tiger, no be me.
Shameless jobless man.

@zboyd, excellent post

Wow! The term 'Tiger' as used in the post is not anyway derogatory. I don't know what to say other that what you speak reflects who you are! By the way I aint a dude!

CHoccolaTE:
Thank you jare. That was the first thing I thought when I read OP's post. Either this is a jobless and poor dude looking for a gf to support him or its some lonely woman desperately seeking male attention. His/her points had no depth, no meaningful intellectual analysis, nothing in short. Just shallow aspersions.

@zboyd: Men like your hubby are just a delight. I am not even the type that wants to depend on a man but I can appreciate guys that are capable of taking care of themselves and don't need a woman's help.
So many lazy and pussified slobs these days. You want to lead me and at the same time you want me to take care of you and your house with my money.
Pure crap.

Easy tiger! That's just my opinion in my post. Attack the post not my person. By the way, I'm not looking for a man cos I've got my own... Cheers!

egopersonified:
Op, on a lighter note, how many pms have you received? I am just curious oh.

Over 20 and counting... It's fun though!

ocheu:
fantastic, maybe she's looking for a husband and feels posting this will help trap one. I wonder if the women in the market, banks and other organizations are men or probably ghosts. Women are even competing with men this days even in businesses. Please do i have supporters here

I'm not looking for a husband. I just say the way things are!

Love his songs especially his 'stainless video'

Yes! What one speaks reflect what they are inside!

jearile:
Nice post but I think there's a little misconception. The true definition of love is incomplete without commitment. Once commitment is missing, it's termed feelings. Feelings change from day to day, hour to hour, even moment to moment. Feelings cannot be trusted, not cus they change so often, but cus they also lie.
So in nutshell, there's NO LOVE WITHOUT COMMITMENT. Forget about how's it's been interpreted nowadays in movies... U see it's like giving; there's no love without commitment but there can be commitment without love. He/she can be committed for several ulterior motives that aint necessary based on love.
Love may look or sound so simple but it's very deep...

Great! Wonderful analysis!

kandiikane:
@gorgeous58, Ok, even though I am all up for women working and having their own income but what i want to know is whether cooking, cleaning, taking care of the house, giving birth, bringing up the children, making sure the man is fed and taken cared of etc are all part of the woman being a liability to the man?

Or you mean those who sit down and do absolutely nothing but to sit and chop money because the latter are a minority compared to the women earning their income or taking care of the home.

Seriously, some women do the later. As for the former, taking care of house chores won't cut it if the man becomes financially handicapped tomorrow. The woman should at least have something to offer when trying times come around. What if she becomes widowed? What then?