afrodoc2: Apologies, na small vex cause am. No vex. Me just no like when people try to win debates by going personal against people you know nothing personal about .
Ibime: This is stupid. The Zamfara/Katsina/Sokoto bandits attack Fulani and others alike. Infact the bandits are known to attack herdsmen frequently same as Boko Haram. Bandits, Herdsmen and Boko are not interchangeable. They are distinct groups who attack and kill each other also.
Part of the problem with herdsmen for example, is that Herdsmen traditionally graze their cattle most of the year in North East, old Gongola (Adamawa) area before coming South to bring them to market. But they have been unable to do so for some years due to Boko Haram rustling their cattle. So they come down South to graze instead leading to farmer conflicts.
There is no radio station for "bandits". Bandits are a different set borne out of gold mining conflicts in Zamfara. The radio station is for herdsmen to better disseminate information on weather patterns, safe grazing routes etc to minimise conflict.
A sitting President would not provide support to "bandits" that are attacking his own hometown, never mind threatening the seat of Sardauna of Sokoto which is the heart of Fulani empire. The bandits case is a case of Fulani empire collapsing on it's self due to extreme poverty, overpopulation, mining conflicts and other factors.
Nigeria is on the road to Somalia, nevermind Rwanda but not for the factors you mentioned above.
afrodoc2: You should be smarter than this, and if you are not at least pretend. It is not everyone that will come here to be repeating the "i played football, i played football" mantra here to validate himself. I played football, basketball, and handball for my school at national level AND was called to NYSC state camp for football (for those who love throwing imaginary shade).
That was how Coogar (thinking i lived in Nigeria) was using a measly 54k pounds to boast here until i set him straight.
you should have known better then. I didn't expect that from you
raumdeuter: DO you think ability to pass in minute 5, declines compared to minute 85?
I have given you a list of like 7 players who were regarded as some of the best passers of the past decade, How many of them do you associate strenght with
weedtaker: Lol, are you trolling or what, if you don't have strength you'll just be mehh, even with you skills to pass ball go be like heavy task, you sure say you play ball while growing up so? or you just be keeper?
these arguments just dey expose some people wey no play any kind of football. Lol.
airmark: No misinterpretation here. If you don't have strength/stamina how do you use your skills optimally in a football match?
i was even more surprised to see afrodoc say that PED does not improve dribbling.
Seems like a lot of our old guys did not even play monkey post.. How can someone who ever played any kind of football downplay the importance of strength in football.
raumdeuter: Inferiority complex will send you to your grave.
Nihilist that you said has a point was saying exactly the same thing I posted but because of your poor education and lack of understanding
2 similar points. To you one has a point and the other
Is claiming high IQ and education
Look I'm not responsible for your current misfortune in life look further for the source of your problems
lol. You are just having headache over nothing. You know that i have agreed with you on some issues on this board. I am not like you who attack any idea from someone you don't like. That i had to quote only his post to say that he made a point is just a coincidence. I know that both of you were saying the same thing...
BTW, the only thing i considered a point is that part where PED can not make a player know how to do what he doesn't know how to do.
But, it definitely makes a player execute a skill he already has better and consistently throughout the course of a match
PietroRick: I no know wether people dey dope or not for football. But at the level I play(Dean's cup), where we are all terrible and coaching input is zero, the class with no exam in sight, and more time to train, hence more fitness usually outperforms all the others.
My class won the competition when we were in 200l (non exam year) mainly because we could outrun and outlast every other team
I Don represent my medical school at national level for football, that's as close to any pinnacle that I have to reach and when your body is tired, trust me the mind follows. You will be seeing the right thing to do but will simply be unable
nihilistjnr: lol bruv weed and tramadol are more likely to knock you, than give you energy to play ball.
It's like you've never smoked weed before
PEDs cannot give you football skill, only physical power. Usain Bolt the world fastest man could not even make 1st eleven in Australian league, that's how inconsequential pure athleticism can be in the sport of football.
11 Dirk Kuyts won't win world cup.
for the weed part, i think it works differently on different systems or it has a different reaction if used for a longer time.
I remember my first and last experience with weed. School was on strike and i decided not to travel back home. One of my friend who was leaving in a lodge where weed is like groundnut for every one in the lodge, used the stuff to cook beans. I was very hungry. So, i decided to eat the food with him even after he told me that he used weed to prepare it. My brother!! Beans dey sweet me dey go, as in, i no gree belle full.
After 2 hours, the guys in the lodge started playing football. My guy was playing with them while i stood at a corner watching them. My guy was running tirelessly and his team was winning every set that came in. Later, they asked me to join them, which i agreed to. My brother, immediately i entered the field, i had not even ran for 30 seconds when the whole energy in my body disappeared. God! I stated wondering what was happening to me. I had even forgotten about the weed beans. I could not even see my opponent post clearly. I was panting like a Christmas goat. My brother, in short, i no get myself throughout the match, i almost fainted, Meanwhile, this my friend that i ate the beans with was running tirelessly.
After the match when i remembered i had eaten weed beans, i went to explain what was happening to me to my friend. That was when he told me that he father smokes weed and that he has been eating weed since he was little. Mehn! I said, no wonder.
So, i believe weed has different reactions in different systems or maybe if taken over time, it will start having a different reaction
raumdeuter: The nature of team sports makes it less dependent on physical abilities. If you take steroids daily, as a basketballer it won't improve your shooting accuracy ability to fake and deceive opponents or ability to block shots
PED won't make Lukaku suddenly able to trap ball better or dribble like Messi
Aside midfielders most players only sprint in bursts. When the ball is not with you, you usually catch a breather and prepare for the next sprint, most of the movement on the pitch is jogging until the action comes to you and you sprint
That's why Africans can be fit and strong like Hanks Anuku but when they pass the ball around them at the world cups they end up chasing shadows and lose
I saw an article where Man City was the 12th rated team in the EPL in distance covered. That's because they have the method of conserving energy for crucial moments
Huddersfield who ended the season with 16 points and just 3 wins were 6th on the distance covered chart
do you know that, with PED, Marcus Alonso can dribble better? He has the ability, but lack the strength.
This is how you know mourinho fans are just stupid and cannot be reasoned with. Pelligrini beat mourinho 3-0 in this game and his loyalist came up with the excuse that man City had a better squad than Chelsea and that was the reason for our defeat which I instantly refuted but trust them to rain insult as usual. Fast forward to last season his Manchester United side faced pelligrini again this time around he was westham manager and the results were more or less the same.Now I asked them if westham had a better team than Manchester United they began to grasping at straw.
Ibime: The manager getting one signing does not mean he should be satisfied. There may be 3 or 4 other positions where they asked him to make do with scraps, besides Morata was a young boy you might want for squad position knowing you have Mandzukic to carry the main load.
Conte did not get a single first choice signing at Chelsea except Kante.
City fans like to bark on about Pep spending was to replace Sagna, Clichy, Zabaleta as if Chelsea did not need to replace Terry, Ivanovic, Cahill and even Baba Rahman in the last 3 years.
You ask for Alex Sandro, VVD and Walker to replace them, ask you to manage Alonso, Luiz, Zappacosta. Despite this you still won the league yet they keep giving you scraps.
Take City net spend of £380m and Chelsea net spend of £210 and tell me whether the difference is not money talking that would get you VVD, Walker, Alex Sandro.
Now imagine that £60m of Chelseas £210m net spend is for Pulisic who will only play next season, and that money will be offset by selling your top talent Hazard bringing your net spend down to around £130m vs City £380m.
Who said the difference is not money, when that difference will allow you to point and kill everywhere with VVD, Sandro, Walker and co.
don't mind them. They just want to win argument. The truth is staring at them, but they will change narrative just to win argument. Tomorrow they will still change position
popizaino: The same coach had Bertrand, Loaned him out and converted azip to a LB Wasn't satisfied ask for Felipe Luiz Only to show his displeasure again And ask for the hottest prospect in bundesliga Baba Rahman all in the space of 2years ➕ only to fail and blame the board of not getting his targets and the mumu fans actually believed him
you must be the mumu fan.
Don't ever come here to claim chelsea fan again. You don't know what happens at our club.
Mourinho asked for baba rahman?
You go respect yourself for this our thread o. See person wey dey claim chelsea fan.
Eruditor: Where were you when I detailed E'too and Pep's issue? Busy being ignorant is my guess.
Let me humour you, E'too's most impressive output statistically is under Pep. E'too also said Pep is the best tactician he ever worked with. E'too ended up calling Mou a fool. If you did your research, you would have known that.
You are right that only Mou would have achieved what he achieved with Porto the way he achieved it. Same for Ranieri and Poch. But how good is their good? Best team ever good?
Someone said what good is it in winning a rat race when you are a rat even if you win? What have Poch and co actually achieved? Improved the team without anything to show for it award? LOL.
Stop picking me to debate with. You lack the gravitas.
oga, respect yourself. You were the first to quote my comment.
popizaino: Thinking Sarri is similar to Pep guardiola is the least comment I expected from you.
with hazard alone, sarri has made two finals and top 4 finish. Think of what he would do if he had aguero, KDB, david silva, hazard, walker, Fernandinho etc
popizaino: They are only below average because they are not playing for pep guardiola we know they would have been called worldclass should they be playing for pep guardiola.
you said 75m is now the price for average defenders. That should make Rudiger and Emerson bought for way less to be below average
airmark: The difference between City's 'point and kill' order and Chelsea's 'we pick for you', makes this your view fall on its face.
don't mind them. They don't want the truth. As if conte will open eyes and tell chelsea board to bring Giroud, Alonso and the likes for him to win title for them
Eruditor: At this rate, anyone who refutes anything I say about Pep is a fool. I am a self-professed fan of his who not only roots for him to win but can predict his thought-processes having observed and studied him for a while. I am also intelligent enough to know BS and the regular tricks agents play to generate buzz over their players. If you don't know it, that is on you.
you mean like the one you told us that he was going to give Poch the heaviest defeat of his coaching career?
Eruditor: You are so fixated on your vitriol that you cannot even spot a trend. It shows that if another club had those players, Pep would have sold what he had and tried to acquire them. Because like Michelangelo, he could see the David in the stone where Rijkaard and other managers did not.
If Pep did not coach that team they would NEVER have been that good. There is not one of those players who separates their success in football from their time with him.
As for your RM thrashing nonsense. That is what it is. If you knew anything about football you would know Bayern lost that game through set pieces and nothing else.
just like he did not see the david in eto but Mourinho did. Just like if, Mourinho did not coach that porto team, they wouldn't have been that good. If Poch did not coach this Tottenham they wouldn’t have been this good. If raineri didn't coach that Leicester they wouldn't have been that good.
The man has coached two clubs in the past six years and we keep hearing the same excuse each time he is dumped out.
Offside goal Post Bar Var Set pieces etc.
For you, Pep is the Jesus of football. Jesus that does not know how to do miracles without when met with better teams or teams of equal or less strength.