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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 2:50pm On Sep 01, 2023

And what delights me most about this board is their ability to strike the right balance in squad building.

Unlike the Emenalo or Marina led boards that’ll stockpile the team with attacking talents while paying little attention to setting up a solid midfield base, this current board had that addressed with the signings of Lavia, Caicedo, Enzo and Ugochukwu.

This clearly underlines the level of footballing knowledge these guys possess. No attacking band flourishes without a core midfield base and we have a few that can challenge for years to come.

We are definitely in the right hands.

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 2:40pm On Sep 01, 2023

Ballzproblem2:
Chelsea stocking talents for raining days,if stadium rebuild starts y'all think they'll keep spending? 🤡

You got that out of my head. I’ve been thinking in that line, these signings, the age bracket, the players’ spread across every area of the pitch, the so much bandied about “project” etc all smears of a long term plan.

Todd and his crew might not be clueless as many have come to believe. Man can’t acquire a big franchise like ours and won’t have a plan on ground. He and his team in July agreed a deal in principle to buy a 1.2-acre site belonging to Stoll, next to Stamford Bridge.

Albeit rebuilding plans haven’t been made public, one can easily see through what they’re doing. Assembling a young squad that CAN compete while getting them to pen down lengthy contracts, looking away from the transfer market for years, whilst directing incoming funds and revenue to the Stadium plans.

There’s a big future ahead. Little wonder every chap that joined us had the “project” word on their lips.

I’ll be there no matter what cool

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 7:11am On Sep 01, 2023

Na correct mad man dey manage Bayern’s media handle grin

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 9:53pm On Aug 31, 2023

Wetin be this?

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by Griffon: 9:35am On Aug 31, 2023

Spy360:
If the West have no business then why did France ask to invade Niger? Why does France keep a military base in Africa? Why are the Niger people and other Francophone countries pointing fingers at France?

Tell me how the West has no business in Africa.

“He who controls necessities controls the world, at least for as long as he maintains his logistical dominance.”

- Vizie in the book “The Forbidden Knowledge”

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by Griffon: 7:44am On Aug 31, 2023

Ibime:
It's simple. BFaso, Mali and co should float their own currency and escape the French Colonial tax. Mali left in 1962 and begged to return in 1984. Nobody is holding them. Lies can travel round the world but facts are stubborn.

Blame France, blame France, yet you don't want to leave CFA and go your own way because you know how CFA is subsidising you.

You have your facts and they’re richly written boss.

However, why is this your analysis not capturing the fact that France is allowed to appropriate about 85% of their former colonies’ annual income. These countries face financial difficulties, and have to borrow back their own money from the French central bank as debts. To reclaim their funds, these countries are limited to applying for no more than 20% of the transferred amount. If they seek a larger sum, it can be vetoed. France argues that it is the money it spent on buildings and infrastructure constructed more than a century ago.

I hope it’s not equally lies traveling around the world when France introduced more conditions to this “taxation” having seen that these countries are rich in Natural resources.

These includes; (1) In the award of government contracts, French companies must be considered first, and only after that these countries could look elsewhere. It doesn’t matter if the african countries can obtain better value for money elsewhere. (2) , France has the first right to buy any natural resources found in the land of its ex-colonies. It’s only after France would say, “I’m not interested”, that the African countries are allowed to seek other partners. (3) France allows them to access only 15% of the money in any given year. If they need more than that, they have to borrow the extra money from their own 65% from the French Treasury at commercial rates. (4) France impose a cap on the amount of money the countries could borrow from the reserve. The cap is fixed at 20% of their public revenue in the preceding year. If the countries need to borrow more than 20% of their own money, France has a veto.(5) France will be in charge of redeployment of Troops by this countries, France will also be in charge of acquiring Military equipments for this countries.

I hope these aren’t lies too sir?

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 1:51am On Aug 31, 2023

Thazard:
That Chelsea and this Chelsea would murder 2023 Chelsea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53eUkVPv-8A

What the fvck??

How did we end up with these bums?

Omo Diego Costa had an overwhelming influence on this team. He had a hand in almost every goal scored right here.

Big nine.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by Griffon: 11:51pm On Aug 30, 2023

Ibime:
I'm waiting for Griffon or Okpansukkaisbae to explain the colonial tax to me. At least for the benefit of the reading public, I for like make this lie get debunked or proven

CFA Franc was at some point perceived to be a tool for the French neocolonial subjugation over 8 of her West African and 6 Central African colonies.

14 of these colonies who used CFA Francs were required to store 50% of their currency reserves with the Banque de France, and the currencies were attached to the euro.

Depending on the narrative you choose to believe, the French explained that this arrangement was aimed at shielding those colonies that issued their own currencies from the horrible effects of price inflation. To these colonies, however, it was believed to be a “neocolonial tax”, a brake on economic growth and a spit on their sovereignties.

No be today this thing play out.

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 9:46pm On Aug 30, 2023

Guys at the Chelsea app calling it a massive win, our intel Blueangel calling it a massive win.

For what was supposed to be a routine win against a League two side?

It’s really going to be a long season.

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 9:18pm On Aug 30, 2023

Enzo boy!

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by Griffon: 9:17pm On Aug 30, 2023

Ibime:
Central Africa is a basket case

Will never forget the case of the first King of Central African Republic who spent one quarter of the country's budget on his coronation

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 7:58pm On Aug 30, 2023

And one can’t even watch live on the official app. It’s on audio live cheesy

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 7:55pm On Aug 30, 2023

Itsrm:
Dstv is not showing Chelseas match but showing Donchester Everton. What sort of fuckery is this?

Such fuckery!

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 7:41pm On Aug 30, 2023

raumdeuter:
Imagine someone claiming to know football rating Frank Lebouef, Terry Gallas and Cahill as defenders better than Boateng.

In a league where he was found out, these ones thrived.

Suck it up.

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 7:14pm On Aug 30, 2023

andrewbaba44:
How many boateng hype here on nairaland ,how many Bayern fans do we even have here on nairaland ? Dude is even underrated if we are to be sincere

Boateng is a nobody yet he achieved more than those frauds you parade as Chelsea legends

I am sure boteng was lucky to win the World Cup ,while Chelsea legend John Terry was unlucky with the English golden generation

You’re very stupid to write these down here.

I can’t believe I read this nonsense without ushering you a slap. So in your right senses, you would want to compare Boateng with the likes of Frank Leboeuf, William Gallas, Ricardo Carvalho, Marcel Dessaily, JT, Gary Cahill, Branislav Ivanovic or even Ron Harris?

Mugu.

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 7:05pm On Aug 30, 2023

Sportsweb:
Sounds to me like poor mentality.

Why sign someone Nkunku can easily bench, why not look for someone as good or even better than Nkunku. Lol.

You are always funny with your explanation as if you work closely with Todd Boehly

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by Griffon: 6:36pm On Aug 30, 2023

obainojazz:
They say West making Africa poor yen yen… But Asia and Middle East is thriving.

Your politicians looting funds for world class hospitals and schools to buy properties abroad.

There is no set out plan to attract investments… we just borrow and loot

You people take this your Africa resources too serious like other parts of the world don’t have gold and crude oil.

Middle East were in charge of Islamic imperialism themselves. It would be blatant hypocrisy for you to say they were under imperial and colonial rule. The Arab conquerors acted in a typically imperialist fashion from the start, whilst Asia jettisoned the ideas of the West over a century ago. You can’t bring these continents to a debate about how much grip and influence the European governments had and still has on their African colonies.

By having their lapdogs at the helm of affairs in Africa, European “colonialists” keep contributing to the lack of development, political thuggery, and endemic violence whose roots lie mainly in tribal culture, and sectarian conflicts. It’s a proven fact.

Even after independence, France still forces 14 of its former colonies to pay colonial taxes for the ‘benefits of colonialization’. You can’t revolt against your master, best you can do is to steal your own and contribute to the decay.

Nobody knows much more than the other about the poor leadership in Africa, we were all born into it, and it’s been on for decades.

Every election period, we see international observers flying into Africa to act like they care. Even after the elections, when the populace agitate against malpractices, what happens? What exactly are the roles of these so called international observers? This is the starting point of your colonial masters foisting their preferred candidate on you.

How many policies have been proposed by your ruling government that never passed through the corridors of your colonial masters? How many? How many barrels of oil do you ship to them quarterly? You think with this level of extortion, any leader would be accountable?

When Thomas Sankara challenged this idea and passionately resisted imperialism and colonialism, because he understood the depth of patriarchal oppression and its devastating impacts on the lives of Africans, no be kill dey kill am?

So we wey understand this should also challenge our leaders and hold them accountable, according to you and Roland17 and others on this issue? Make them kill us through the orders of their colonial masters why you enjoy your life abroad? When we challenged the killings of innocent civilians in this country by security forces, Shey no be shoot them shoot us, what was the response of the European governments who care so much about Africa?

Who pays the piper dictates the tone. What Africa needs is total revolutionary war to be free from the oppressive grip of their colonial masters and I’m happy some people don dey discharge bullets already.

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by Griffon: 5:41pm On Aug 30, 2023

popizaino:
The blind won't see what ? Be specific abeg.

Spy360:
European government install criminal leadership in Africa so that they can continue to rule. Coups are just the only way to attempt a correction until another criminal comes to power.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by Griffon: 5:37pm On Aug 30, 2023

Spy360:
It was French military that overpowered Lauren Gbagbo of Ivory Coast and handed power to Allasane Ouatarra.

French Embassy in Niger has refused to shutdown and their military base refused to close.

ETC

European government install criminal leadership in Africa so that they can continue to rule. Coups are just the only way to attempt a correction until another criminal comes to power.

Only the blind won’t see this.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 5:33pm On Aug 30, 2023

drisham:
living God how? buying too many young player that need to work on decision making and end product?

If you’ve been active these past few weeks, you’ll find me complaining about the lack of threat we pose upfield.

As it stands, I believe Palmer presents a greater threat than Noni Madueke, Angelo and to some extent Mudryk. At the moment, only the rejuvenated Sterling, Nkunku and Jackson seems to be the attacking bite we have and that’s a fact.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 4:49pm On Aug 30, 2023

raumdeuter:
Boateng is greater than every defender that ever played for Chelsea bar Dessailly

Dem suppose sha shoot you.

Boateng that can never dare wipe the boots of our youth product Mancienne. If Boateng was at Chelsea, he’ll be training with the development squad as he cant be considered good enough for the main team.

Your board considers boys like Kim and De Ligt as upgrades to Boateng but somehow your demigod is a top defender. Things we read on a Nigerian online forum cheesy

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by Griffon: 4:29pm On Aug 30, 2023

A40:
See how the man dey shake like shaky shaky daddy. Don't these fools even care for their health?

Omo eh shey you’ve seen that video?

Tueh!

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by Griffon: 2:56pm On Aug 30, 2023

Roland17:
When will African countries, especially the educated minds start holding their leaders primarily accountable for the state of the continent, instead of the West?

He who pays the piper dictates the tone.

These useless, greedy leaders to a large extent are foisted upon Africans by the West, they’re like lapdogs who must do the biddings of their masters. We’ve had countless crises, electoral malpractices etc that have been aided and abetted by the West over the years, which were all swept under the rug.

I was just watching a video on my phone of Emmanuel Macron hugging and holding the just ousted stroke ridden Ali Bongo, the latter was literally shaking to death right from his convoy to the podium where he stood with the French president. Unfit to rule, but accepted and backed by his colonial masters to run for a third term.

If you look at the effects of the West’s imperialism in Africa, the sort driven by the greed of adventurers like Cecil Rhodes and George Goldie, you can’t help but think they’re behind every misfortune that has plagued this black continent.

Our leaders are in Washington today, tomorrow they’re in Paris. All being summoned around like schoolchildren, these are not good optics for the continent.

Try to stand for what is right, and you’ll be taken out like Patrice Lumumba and Thomas Sankara.

He who pays the piper dictates the tone, even though man must find way japa cheesy

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 2:31pm On Aug 30, 2023

Many City fans will be disappointed to see Palmer join a direct rival club.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 1:10pm On Aug 30, 2023

From the little I’ve seen, Palmer has more influence, and is much more effective and deadly on the final third than both Angelo and Noni.

But like someone rightly said, these are more of inexperienced lads we are assembling. When push comes to shove, I doubt they’ll be able to carry the team like top players do.

It just feels like Arsenal of yore. We are excited about this project but are convinced it’s not going to transcend beyond beautiful football with zero titles.

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Career › Re: How To Make N10k Daily With These 10 Businesses With No Capital. by Griffon: 12:03pm On Aug 30, 2023

I texted you on WhatsApp bro.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 11:54am On Aug 30, 2023

Omo eh. I hear say Cole Palmer is on his way.

Am I not serving a living God?!

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 11:25am On Aug 30, 2023

timbros:
What really happened to this guy?

It's so sad Mehn!

Eden is one talented lazy footballer who God-knows-how he made it to a professional level.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 11:22am On Aug 30, 2023

Omo I’ve been watching passing highlights of Colwil on a Chelsea blog, one won’t believe those were just cropped from three games, it seems like an entire seasonal highlights.

We really got a gem in that boy.

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by Griffon: 7:29pm On Aug 29, 2023

Ibime:
That's good, but how many of them hold it compared to the population of yahoo boys

From what I know, most young men in PH are into Yahoo now but the population that blow from it will be 1 in 1,000

Example, I caught my young cousin Simon who relies on me for monthly subsistence doing Yahoo work from his Watsapp profile. This guy is dead broke. These are the other 999 Saheeds/Simons that haven't made it.

This one na serious life threatening advice grin

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 12:45pm On Aug 24, 2023

Our medic unit must be buzzing with rolling wheelchairs, stretchers and bandages.

This is getting very frustrating.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 12:43pm On Aug 24, 2023

BlueMann:
Inter London

Makes sense tho.

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