Nihilist: This is the first time that I've understood where you're coming from.
But Ibime be honest.
Is there any opinion I've made that you haven't abused me for?
Why are you taking this thing so personal?
Mate its football and that's it.
I'm not mocking you. We've had our arguments in the past but surely you should know that there is no animosity from my side na?
Oya I promise that from henceforth I will not say anything that would come across as clowning or mocking you.
I am sorry
Aiite ma nigga. It's all good.
All my footie debates go without stating the obvious because I expect that everyone reading knows the background context to what I'm debating, being football followers.
Most of my debate is within specific context, for example I expect ninjas to already know that Modric, Willian and Iniesta are good players before I debate what I think is lacking in their game.
No be for ninjas to dey clown later out of context with the original discussion.
It's all good. Lets keep it pushing. Make I go enjoy Witsel game if he plays. He surely cannot be worse than Ramires or Mikel.
Jack Cork just thoroughly outperformed Callum Chambers this season - someone he was asking for 3 weeks ago.
Jack Cork was proposed as a 4th/5th choice midfielder and 2nd/3rd choice right back, is Cobham trained and was available on a free transfer the coming summer.
Callum Chambers can also play two positions, is English trained (but not Chelsea trained) and was last transferred for £16m.
I understood his argument of having Callum Chambers as a versatile squad player for maybe £10-£12m who fulfills English trained criteria, and I didn't try to clown him about it.
But out of nowhere, he plucks Jack Cork out of the air and wants to reduce my suggestion of Jack Cork 18 months ago to a duplicitous simplification just to mock me.
Wetin concern today with Jack Cork? Is it necessary, or is it a case of trouble dey sleep, yanga go wake am.
Nihilist: Trying to start an argument that I'm not even interested in. OK Jack Cork started 28 games for a relegation candidate...he is Chelsea quality. Happy?
Nobody mentioned your name. I referred to a discussion that I was involved in.
Yes of course. Discussion you and I were involved in on Schweinsteiger, Modric and Jack Cork keep popping in your mind out of nowhere. . . .yet you are only discussing football. . . . . like I said nigga, stay your lane, I stay my lane. If you address me indirectly, I will address you directly. Keep it simple and let's keep it moving. Ibime has no business with you.
Nihilist: Demola can you tell me what I've done today?
See me see wahala o.
I was talking about Oscar and dude jumped in. That's cool. I was talking about Modric and referring to a conversation in which there were several people on both sides of the debate, and BOOM! Insult.
I didn't mention names or abuse any person.
But when someone who follows my account and who I've seen viewing my diary thread turns round to accuse me of being obsessed with him...I don't know what to say.
I really don't.
I'm not sure if you know this guy's MO. If we rewind back to that Emenalo debate, you will see that the guy jumped in with insults, and asked not to be disturbed....when he wasn't invited in the first place!
Even when I said, "no vex, please be going I will discuss with others"...he refused to be 'undisturbed' and started asking people not to 'educate that nigga'
Maturity my azz...what you're seeing here is a classic display of mental illness.
Check the history of the thread, and you will see he has tried it with everybody...from Nateevs to Griffon to Bigkesh...and many others.
Dude wants to be number 1 on the thread...which is fine by Nihilist.
All I want to do is post...so in the words of the eternal Jay-Z...."Can I live?"
What a childish ninja.
So you are the only one that read the Oscar report? Oscar is not a Chelsea player for me to comment on again? Did I reference you? Have you even joined this thread when we started discussing Oscar on these pages?
You went and brought one silly Modric comment referring to me, I warned you to stay your lane, you said you are only here to discuss footie. We left it there.
Then again, you went and brought a comment on Schweinsteiger claiming he can't play 90 minutes after his recent injury saying "look at the pensioner someone wanted us to sign". And then again, you felicitously went and brought up Jack Cork referencing me once again, claiming he can't even get in Swansea team (which shows you don't watch footie).
I recommended Jack Cork 18 months ago as a Home-Grown squad player with clear reasoning. I rated him as 5/10 player and said he would make a good 4th/5th choice midfielder and can also play right-back if needed. He is also Cobham trained and can help us meet our Home-Grown quota whilst doing a job if needed.
The same Jack Cork just played 35 league games for Swansea this season, of which he started 28. He played better than any Chelsea CM when they dominated Chelsea 1-0 just 2 months ago. He posted 7.05 Whoscored stats for the season compared against our first choice DM who posted 6.68. . . . . and this is the 4th/5th choice squad filler vs current no 1.
But in your obsession with Ibime, you want to clown and mock with duplicitous simplification of my football debates.
I have told you, keep me out your mouth nigga. I no get any business with you. Kindly leave me alone and focus on the hippopotamus you keep at home. Ibime no get business with you.
I remember at the start of the season, when there were calls to sign this pensioner and Jack Cork(who isn't even 1st choice at Swansea) as the solutions to our midfield problems.
Mehn...Hindsight is a wonderful thing
When I say you are obsesssed with me, you would start claiming you cannot discuss football without Ibime making it all about him, yet you keep referencing me.
If Ibime likes Kante, you will claim Kante is Ramires. If Schweinsteiger is coming back from injury and says he can't play 90 minutes, you will say look who Ibime wanted that can't last 90 minutes. . . .
Get off my dick. A hippopotamus needs your attention.
Nihilist: I've just seen that Modric had the 2nd highest pass completion rate in the whole la liga last season and made the la liga AND Champions league team of the season.
Not bad for a player who's been described as lacking first time vision.
Are you talking out of the side of your mouth again? Wetin dey bite you for nyash?
So you did not know he had such pass completion rate when that debate was going on? Or you are just seeing it now.
That debate was only brought up because someone compared his first-time vision to Lampard, which I had to set straight . . . . it was a debate not on how many passes a ninja makes, but how often he makes killer first-time passes that lead to goals.
Mr man, kindly don't refer to me on these pages again, especially not in the duplicitious and simplistic manner you paint my footie debates. Ibime has never been your mate in football, or life. Thanks.
Brazil are overhyped piece of trash yet our technical director keep going to Brazil to sign their cast offs (Adrian, Pato, Wallace, Kenedy etc) on top of Oscar and Willian.
BTW, if Roma won't sell Naingolan, lets move on jare. Is he the only midfielder in the market? Mscheeeew.
FBS: Ah. My bad. Of course they do. So pack amfs full team. Good job. Willian may not be scoring goals for Chelsea but his work rate is exceptional. Conte will value that that much.
There is no Chelsea fan that does not love Willian, myself included.
But make we face facts. There is reason Brazil is struggling right now in Copa with likes of Willian at the forefront of the attack.
We don't send attacking midfielders to Lagos to go and count bridge. We send them to win games!
Workrate is good but does he create danger with that workrate eg Antonio Valencia of old that would unbalance opposition whole leftside with pure workrate and power? Different type of workrate dey.
Economics also follow.
Willian is at his peak financially while Mkhitaryan is at his lowest price.
Griffon: According to Gazzetta dello Sport, Rudiger's agents were in London yesterday for talks with Chelsea directors after Roma triggered the permanent option in his loan deal with Sttuttgart on Monday.
Gazzetta dello Sport says the German has already given his approval to the Chelsea move, with Roma seeking €25m to sell.
The walls have ears!
Can he play LCB? I always see him at RCB.
We already have Zouma, Cahill and Christensen at RCB.
Griffon: According to our chief scout, Roman will be backing Conte with unlimited transfer funds. That's in other words, an open cheque.
If that inference is anything to go by, then I say go re-sign Rudiger from Roma. If it would be difficult to actualize, then I say bring on Bonucci. Make the acquisition of two CMs a priority - a promising one that would serve a need in the future - Ajax's Bazoer or Anderlecht's Tielemann, then an established one that would help save us now - Roma's Naingollan or Leicester's N'kante. Then we'd also need a forward who knows where the goals are - Griezmann or Lukaku. Gentlemen can we swap Rahman for home-grown Cresswell? I wouldn't mind having that transfer.
Transfer In: Rudiger/Bonucci, Naingollan/Kante, Bazoer/Tielemann, Griezmann/Lukaku, Cresswell.
Transfer Out: Cahill, Rahman, Mikel, Oscar, Remy, Pato.
First XI:
Courtois
Azpilicueta Zouma Rudiger/Bonucci Cresswell
Fabregas(c) Naingollan/Kante Matic
Willian Costa/Griezmann/Lukaku Hazard
Second XI:
Begovic
Ivanovic Cristensen JT(c) Ake
Loftus-Cheek Bazoer/Tielemann Baker
Pedro Traore Kennedy
Alternate Formation: 4-2-2-2
Courtois
Ivanovic Zouma Rudiger/Bonucci Azpilicueta
Naingollan/Kante Matic
Willian Hazard
Griezmann/Lukaku Costa
The mentality of our current squad is weak, and can't stay mentally alert for a consistent level. Competition is needed to bring out that drive n' keep them fighting to prove a point every game. That's the only way we can challenge next term.
We wouldn't have any European game to honor, so fixture congestion isn't going to be a worry. A 25-man squad that's well managed can win us the league and the FA Cup.
I'd love to read your views too.
I'm not getting involved in squad speculation or getting my hopes up this summer. Every summer we hope for the same thing.
Make I just watch Euros, COPA and Olympics jejely without fretting about our transfer direction. I go see wetin dey on ground when season start.