₦airaland Forum

NaijaNaWaa:
GEJ should sack FARIDA WAZIRI immediately and bring in the fearless IBRAHIM LAMORDE. I am SURE that Lamorde will go after the cabal without waiting for presidential orders. Lamorde is as FEARLESS as NUHU RIBADU his MENTOR who fought corruption to a standstill. Away with IBORI's girlfriend. Long live RIBADU's righthand man and brother from Adamawa.

Newsflash. . . . Waziri was sacked long ago.


NAIRALAND, THESE HACKERS HAVE DONE WHAT WE ALL EXPECT EFCC TO DO.

What is the spineless retardeen waiting for?

semid4lyfe:
^^ A case of crying wolf when there is none.

Moving on jare. . . . . . .

There is no crying wolf here. . . ACN states are the only states to allow the people protest freely without imposing curfew like all the South-Eastern States and some of the Northern states.

That is motive enough for the Government to try and impose their own curfew by way of "State of Emergency"

In a democratic dispensation we must always defend the right to protest.

The curfew imposed by PDP states is completely undemocratic and totalitarian.

I have never seen a curfew imposed in any truely democratic or Western country. Even during the London riots, we had no curfew. Anarchists and such protest on a monthly basis in the UK and we have no curfew.

Who gave the PDP Governors carte blanche to impose a curfew?

noblezone:
You guys are so funny & uninformed.

1. Our enocomy in the South East is more of entreprenuership than civil service & oil companies. Most of our income is not slary based. We work hard, and I mean that we work hard. If fuel increases, our goods & services will also increase. Market forces will simply help us to balance up.

You are the one who is funny and uninformed.

Market forces will not help you balance up anything. You will still make the same margin per sale, but volume of sales will be halved as purchasing power has been halved.

The only way market forces balance up is if earnings per capita keep pace with inflation. . .

There is no difference between an Igbo man in Onitsha and an Igbo man in Lagos.

Igbos in Onitsha would protest if they felt they had the freedom to, or if they had the civil society structures to organise those protests.

If the Igbo felt no need to protest, the Igbo Governors would not display overeager totalitarianism in imposing curfews. We have feudal overlords in the South East and less freedom of expression.

The reason protest runs wild in the West and North is that (a.) ACN have no interest in stopping protests and (b.) the anger in the North (over a Christian stealing their slot) cannot be contained.

South Easterners are not used to gathering to protest. Even in the days of MASSOB, any gathering of more than ten MASSOB members would be swiftly dealt with.

Also we have a lot of killers, Osiskankwus and ex-militants running around in the South East. Guys who would be let loose on the population by the feudal overlords. . . . and the population know it.

Put an Igbo man in Lagos and he will happily join the protest. Transfer the same Igbo man to Owerri or PortHarcourt and he will not even look outside his window. We got Government-hired killers out here man!

Lasinoh:
I vote against.
Nigerians stop borrowing. OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE A LOT TO SHOW FOR THEIR DEBTS. . . WHAT DO YOU HAVE?
You have nothing to show for your borrow-borrow. . . GHANA IS SURVIVING. . .YOU LAZY DRONES CAN TOO!

NO ALLOWANCES FOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. Let them use their own personal vehicles/homes for a change. Or put them in living furnished quarters.  Basic allowance should be no less than 1million Naira a month for ALL politicians. . . INCLUDING JONATHAN GOODLUCK HIMSELF.
You had oil subsidy. . .you did not use it wisely. You allowed your lootocrats to steal all the so-called subsidy.

Jonathan Goodluck is not responsible. THE IMF HAS REFUSED TO GRANT NIGERIA ANY MORE LOANS!!!

Learn to live within your means.
Next time concentrate on triming the allowances of your execu-thieves!
Next time, stay away from gay-marriages and stop being the #1 violators of human rights.

HA! No more loans for your lazy behinds!
The masses would be forced to turn against the lootocrats.
May all their houses be burned down!

If you were not a fool, you would know that Nigeria was not going to IMF until GEJ came in and re-started borrowing, first after clearing N14bln in the excess crude account left by Yar'Adua, then as if that wasnt enough, going cap in hand to IMF to restart a borrowing regime. . . . all in the effort to buy the Governors and others for election. Any debt we are witnessing now is simply a result of Retardeens lust for power.

According to former American Ambassador to Nigeria, Nigeria can easily afford subsidy. What they cant afford is the waste and corruption in Govt which GEJ has shown no inclination or backbone to tackle.

Nobody talked of loan when Yar'Adua was producing 800,000 barrells per day 2 years ago. Now Nigeria is producing 2m and its still not enough for the ravenous GEJ who goes to borrow ontop. If you follow the money, it is clear that GEJ has bribed Nigeria dry. When I spoke of his record-breaking waste as Governor of Bayelsa, some well-known retardeens on this site were quick to call me all sorts of names, but the exact same scenario is playing out with Nigeria. A leopard cannot change its spots. This "debt" issue is an issue entirely precipitated by the man in charge.

Goodluck Jonathan. . . . thats my kin/
I swag like him/ plus I wear a hat like him/
But this verse isn’t meant to defend/
cos our dress-code . . . is where the resemblance ends!/
I told my family, vote Buhari or die/
cos I don’t live there. . . but I don’t wanna see y’all cry/
All these politicians want is a piece of pie/
And for that National Cake, they g’on bleed y’all dry/
I ask Jesus why/ we dey suffer for here/
Some of us dey pack shyte. . . cos gutter must clear/
Some of us dey even sell pure water for there/
They make a hawker of the daughter you bare . . It’s utter despair!/
Thank God say I comot that year/
Jand done open my eye. . . oya make we stop and compare/
If dem say jand too much/ dem dey yarn you dust/
But for jand/ your fellow man/ no fit harrass you much/
You no dey pay egunje to clear your van for Port/
You no dey settle teacher to pass exam and such/
School no dey strike, every class is taught/
Every instrument thats needed in the lab is bought/
And no jungle justice. . . dem must charge you court/
We expect the same in Naij. . . they say we ask too much/
Look. . . . I ain’t tryna act all stiff/
But I feel that Nigerians deserve to have all this/
cos during War Against Indiscipline. . . .  we had all this!/
So when you thumbed Umbrella. . .  that’s a fact y’all missed!/
Now it’s subsidy issue/ but lets press rewind/
one year ago. . . before election time/
When Goodluck depleted Excess Crude Account/
Then ran to IMF to loan the same amount/
You see. . . the enemy only works to devour/
They asked for subsidy removal to halve your purchasing power/
You aint gotta guess the message. . .
That Goodluck's election expenses. . . led to the IMF directives!/
Saying we cant afford subsidy is a fatal assumption/
What we really cant afford. . . is waste and corruption!/
I’m a Port Harcourt son/ Amadi where I reside in/
Last year, BoyLoaf  sent me Christmas tidings/
He used to be my neighbour. . .an avuncular fellow/
And so was Dame Patience. . . before her pumpkin was yellow/
but you see. . . I aint blinded by filial ties/
Especially when corruption is killing my guys/
Most of y'all would be really surprised/
That when the revolution start. . . . Goodluck the first nigga to die!/
I always told y’all that son was phony/
Spineless dude . . . who refused to confront his cronies/
He'd rather leave the costs to the masses to bear/
And finally, I see Nigerians spring to action this year/
We have to prepare/ to stand for the cause/
So for all out there. . . here’s a round of applause/

coogar:
haha

lalaboi dethroned!

You've been doing really well Sharon. You are the only team so far to match the trajectory of Ipukulu Marines in the last 6 weeks.

ritchboy:
I just realized i face Ipukulu Marines next in H2H, now i know his real motive for wildcarding early!

Why do nuucahs like Chamotex and Ibime keep wildcarding when they are facing me? The fear of the CockBlockerz is the beginning of wisdom!

Anyways I'm already 15 points clear in the race for qualification so this is a game i can afford to lose, but I'll probably still WIN!

Nigguh my wildcard aint got nothing to do with you. Didn't even know we were playing. . . . but since we are, please allow me through boss!

Cahill will work very well with Terry as long as Chelsea defend deep. They seem to have a good partnership when I've seen em with England. Any attempt to play high-line will expose both players lack of pace.

Secondly, it looks like Kalou is back in London to discuss a transfer with Arsenal. . . . one reason I thought Gael Kakuta shoulda been retained for the rest of the season to provide bodies on the wing in the absence of Kalou and Anelka. BTW, Kalou is going to prove a lot of people wrong if he is ever deployed as a central striker. He is too careless with the ball to play on the wing, but I back him to flourish as a striker any day of the week.

Could not think of a better club for McEachran to go on loan to. Swansea is the best passing side outside Chelsea, Citeh and Arsenal and also Brendan Rodgers has been his manager since Rodgers used ta manage Chelsea youth and reserves.

Chelsea seem to be pushing ahead with the deal for De Bruyne for summer 2012. De Bruyne has good end product (cross + shot) but I thunk we mostly need a winger that can really dribble and stretch play. I hope AVB shine his eye well and look at Hoillet. The reason I like Hoillet is cos he is really careful in possession. A lot of wingers these days can dribble the scales off a snake, only to give the ball away cheaply. I like wingers who look like they would not be out of place if played in central midfield and Hoillet is one of them. Question marks remain on his shooting and crossing though but Im sure he'll fix up in due time.

Finally, if Chelsea have diminished use for Lamps, they should not have denied Manure request to speak to him. £150,000 per week sitting on the bench is not efficient use of money. Methinks AVB is scared of Lamps backfiring on him. AVB should not hesitate to let Drogba, Lamps, Torres, Kalou, Mikel and Malouda go if we receive bids in January, even if it means we struggle for the rest of the season. You will not get any other chance to sell such high-earning players.

Andre Uweh:
No Nateevs, please let's not go there.
There were series of test conducted on the lad 3 years ago that proved he was 16 then. He should be 19-20 now.
But like I said earlier, let's not go there please.

Which tests?

The same tests that the corrupt weasel Blatter whitewashed so as not to offend the host country?

The same test that told us that Fortune Chukwudi and Stanley Okoro are 16 years old?

Andre Uweh, stop your nonsense. Your corrupt mentality is bred in the innermost recesses of the jungle called Bongo.


The lad Omeruo is a good defender, 10 times better than Fortune Chukwudi. I was somewhat perplexed that SiaSia kept returning to Efe Ambrose when we had problems in central defence, rather than turn to Omeruo.

The Republic of Congo should not surprise you on that list.

Despite their late start they attacked education with vigour in the 1970's. Almost everyone in the Angolan ruling class studied in old Zaire due to its better quality of education. Almost all of ma Angolan friends claim their dad or mum studied in Zaire.

Conversely, I am not surprised at the low level of literacy amongst Ghanians. Contrary to widely held views, rarely do you meet a Ghanaian with good spoken English.

I am surprised at the low level of literacy amongst Sierra Leonians - for so long a bastion of education in West Africa. Our grandfathers used to go to school in Sierra Leone, including the forefather of Nigerian education - Bishop Ajayi Crowther. It is also surprising given that Sierra Leoneans are the only other country who I know as "sharp guys" beside Nigeria. Sierra Leoneans have a stranglehold on many sectors of the Gambian economy for example and are known to flourish anywhere just like Nigerians,

Having been to Cape Verde, I would hold their level of literacy as amongst the best in Africa, however it is not a country where education is valued. Rarely do they pursue education past the basic level. . . . they'd rather concern themselves with funana! 

nouveau riche

Well I never understood the rationale of Van Aanholt going on loan to Wigan where they have an established left-back in Figueroa although one of ma fellow Chelseans argued the opposite at the time.

Is AVB abandoning his high-line approach? He should not lose hope for the future just because we dont have pacy defenders at the moment. He can work in the present and still keep an eye on the future. His signing of slow-of-foot Gary Cahill signals a terminal end to high-line of defense.

Interesting subject. . . this is one of the issues that brings up beef with my fiance at-times, as I ask her to wear her hair natural or permed. . . but no weaves or extensions.

The dilemma is two-fold. . . black men (I speak for myself) do not like weaves, but also do not like short nappy hair (except the woman has the look to pull it off).

The comfortable medium lies somewhere inbetween such as the Lauryn Hill (twist) style, seventies afro, braid and afro, twisted blow-out etc etc.

I think there are many styles women can play with before resorting to weaves and extensions. . . . and even if you're hair is 3 inches long, there are some nice mohican-style cuts I see some girls rocking these days.

Well, I also have someone in my family whose life was ruined by gambling. Thankfully, he is no longer gambling (after 3 years of support from the family), the challenge now is to piece his life together having lost his job, fiance, house, confidence etc. Thankfully, he now has a part time job and can support himself small small as he works his way back to normal life. When the problem first started, I warned him severely that he would lose everything but he refused to listen, always going to the casino at night. Honestly, I dont think the OP has the patience or perseverance to see his uncle right because getting someone over this addiction requires you to sit the person at home for years, take away his car and other freedoms and slowly involve him in activities until he quenches his need for gambling over the passage of time. There is no instant remedy except tears, frustration (he will even steal from you), and a whole load of patience.

I also had a friend with two kids who is a severe frustration to his wife because of his penchant for gambling. It started as a joke back in uni days when one day we were watching football and someone suggested we should go place a bet - only £1. . . this was 2004 Champions League final won by Porto. Since then, we continued playing football every saturday and sometimes when we meet up to go play football on a saturday morning, he would make a quick stop at the bookies to place some bets. His addiction was so severe, sometimes you could tell he was not fully engaged in conversation cos he would be thinking which team to bet on. One day, he went to the cash point to withdraw some money to place a bet and left the money in the cash point cos he was so absent-minded. . . thinking about gambling and also ashamed that I was witnessing his addiction first hand. I would not be surprised if his wife has left him now cos all I used to get is complaints about his gambling addiction from her. I have not seen this fella for 3 years or more, and I hope all is well with him, but I remember what one of our friends said about him - "I would rather be an alcoholic than a gambler".

Marco Reus @ £14m is just as good as Higuain, Cavani and other players they quote @ £35m

How did Marco Reus join Dortmund for £14m?

We heard that Dortmund and Bayern went for him, but how come Chelsea name was not linked?

ritchboy:
Meanwhile, it fills my heart with joy to know some ninjahs have activated their wildcard prematurely

Dont worry about how I do what I do when I be doing what I do. . . especially when what I do is successful.

I've made 52 points on you in the last 5 gameweeks alone.

30th to 7th in 6 weeks. . . and should be 5th by the end of this gameweek. How does it feel sitting behind me? Can you smell that?. . . I just farted. 

I've spent £16k so far (including honeymoon, dowry and tombolo (door knocking)) and ma wedding is not due for another 11 weeks. . . not including engagement ring which also left a sizeable dent.

I estimate further spending for DJ, Grooms and Groomsmen wear (hired), photographer, wedding ring and any other unforeseen matter. . . . maybe another £2k, plus £1k spending money on honeymoon. Wedding of only 60 guests.

Now I wish I was a member of a church where some of my "brothers and sisters in Christ" can help with certain matters. My father claims he spent zilch on his wedding cos the church did everything.

Hoping to recoup 1/5 of the amount during the wedding. Please who knows wedding gifts service that converts vouchers into cash. John Lewis dey fall my hand and I dont want to ask guests for money make dem no yab me.

Ipukulu Marines could be further ahead. . . but we aint complaining. . . go Marines!

Tiiiiiiiiiim Hooooooooowaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaard!!!!

My goalie cops a goal.

Put am for ololo!!!!

The sad irony of Nateevs fantasy that AVB did not want Meireles at Porto is that AVB bought him again.

This would be the 2nd time that AVB "did not want Meireles" according to Nateevs.

I plead the Mancini - I need a psychologist to be able to deal with Balotelli Nateevs on Chelsea thread.

nateevs:
Hey oga! I'm curious! Where exactly did AVB make this supposed statement?
I put it into google but I cannot find it on any credible site except . . . . . . Tribal Football. 
Again!

Nateevs, must you make a fool of yourself? Instead of humbly admitting that your made-up fantasy that AVB kicked out Meireles is wrong, you have chosen to make a fool of yourself.

A fantasist over the age of 30 is a fool forever.

See his mouth like tribal football bla bla bla.

OK eeediot. . . . why not read it on Chelseafc.com

http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~2448532,00.html



"When I arrived at Porto he was already five years in Porto and had won a treble championship and two cups. He felt it was time for him to move. . . . . 'There was no pushing away of a player of his talent"

nateevs:
Find us again that link informing us that Meireles was on £30,000 at Liverpool.

No he was on £10,000.

Shebi anything to prove he didnt get a pay rise? Mugu!


You see. . . . a fool would plunge the depths of stupidity just to maintain his senseless argument.

I would give you a hundred links. . . . but BBC does not print player earnings so you might have to make do with certain websites. 

debosky:
@ Nateevs

I don't have proof, but it is unlikely that a player will move from Porto to Liverpool on lower pay at the peak of his career. Even with the verbal agreement to double his wages, I don't think he'd be earning less than at Porto.

Lemme help you.

Meireles was earning £30,000 per week at Pool or 1,872,000 Euros per annum. . . .and that was supposed to be doubled at year-end


Now look at the top 25 paid Portuguese players in 08/09 season. If you find Meireles name on the list, Ill give you £30,000 

Note that the highest paid player in Liga Sagres is Joao Moutinho on 1.2m Euros per annum


Even without the list below, your assumption was 100% correct. . . . but the nit-picking pedant wants you to prove what we all know. . .



Salários dos jogadores Portugueses 08/09


Clube Mensal Anual
1 Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United  7.440.000 €
2 Deco Chelsea FC  6.000.000 €
3 Ricardo Carvalho Chelsea FC  4.740.000 €
4 Paulo Ferreira Chelsea FC  3.600.000 €
5 Luís Figo Internazionale  3.480.000 €
6 José Bosingwa Chelsea FC  3.120.000 €
7 Simão Sabrosa Atlético Madrid  3.000.000 €
8 Ricardo Quaresma Internazionale  3.000.000 €
9 Maniche Atlético Madrid  3.000.000 €
10 Tiago Juventus FC  3.000.000 €
11 Petit Colonia 2.160.000 €
12 Jorge Andrade Juventus FC 1.980.000 €
13 Pedro Mendes Rangers FC  1.920.000 €
14 Nani Manchester United 1.800.000 €
15 Fernando Meira Galatasaray  1.740.000 €
16 Nuno Valente Everton  1.536.000 €
17 Pepe Real Madrid  1.500.000 €
18 Luís Boa Morte West Ham Utd  1.500.000 €
19 João Moutinho Sporting CP  1.200.000 €
20 Bruno Alves FC Porto  1.200.000 €
21 Ricardo Bétis Sevilha  1.200.000 €
22 Nuno Gomes SL Benfica  1.080.000 €
23 Hélder Postiga Sporting CP  € 1.080.000 €
24 Carlos Martins SL Benfica  960.000 €
25 Marco Caneira Sporting CP 900.000 €



AVB kicked out Meireles. . . . . from grass to grace!

You see, when a fool is speaking, its best to keep quiet or be tainted by association.

According to Nateevs:

nateevs:
And amongst the over 20 players that went, asked to leave was Meireles.

According to AVB:

Ibime:
When I arrived at Porto, he was already five years there and had won several championships and two cups and he felt it was time for him to move.

“We had a conversation when he arrived back from the national team from the World Cup and we decided it was time to part company.

“There was no pushing away of a player of his talent

So what is the fool still trying to debate?

nateevs:
You are dunce Ibime. Where will you go to next? The Sun?
I ask for proof and you are bringing Tribal football, Cautghtoffside?
Are these reliable links? You are one tabloid-reading dunce who who will go to any lengths to find anything.
You even go and quote forums? You are a disgrace.

The maga wants me to pull up quote from BBC knowing that BBC only report on a transfer after a bid is official.

In July, websites report that AVB is interested in Meireles as an option. In August, Meireles signs for Chelsea.

There can be smoke (rumours) without fire (action). . . . but there can never be fire without smoke.

Fire confirms smoke.

We saw the fire in August. . . but Nateevs is still arguing that the smoke in July was not correct.

I hope he doesnt die of smoke inhalation.  

debosky:
Excellent post - We must destroy every False Logic of Nateevs in 2012!

Imagine trying to use the fact that a player was sold as evidence that he isn't good enough, especially when he leaves to join a bigger club with more pay.  

Leave Nateevs. . . . ninjas in Portugal earn £30k if they are lucky. . . move to Prem and money is doubled. . . for Porto, you sell a 27 year old with 2 years on his contract (and refusing to sign new one) for £11m. . . . everyone is happy. . . . yet Nateevs is claiming Meireles left cos he was surplus to requirements. . . .


http://www.transferleague.co.uk/football-transfer-news/liverpool-sign-raul-meireles.html

Meireles is available for a low fee because he only has two years of his contract left and Porto have been trying to sell him rather than risk losing him on a free transfer in the future.

http://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/man-utd-arsenal-ahead-real-madrid-meireles-944671

Manchester United and Arsenal have asked Porto to keep them informed of Raul Meireles' situation

Meireles is ready to leave Porto this summer and knows all three European giants are keen on him



Chelsea boss hails his Porto 'snubber' Raul Meireles

“When I arrived at Porto, he was already five years there and had won several championships and two cups and he felt it was time for him to move.

“We had a conversation when he arrived back from the national team from the World Cup and we decided it was time to part company.

“There was no pushing away of a player of his talent, but I would say a common interest from club, player and manger for him to find a solution and that's what happened when he joined Liverpool.”


Ode Nateevs making up fantasies in his head once again.

nateevs:
Hehehe. Meireles was a target of Chelsea's from the beginning of the summer. Oya find one link. Bloody dreamer.
Now he claims to Chelsea wanted to keep the cost down. Liverpool already informed that anyone who wanted to buy Meireles will have to pay £13m. . What cost did Chelsea want to keep down? Are you serious? You are buffoon for telling such a lie. Just look at your next statement.


Anuofia!

Nateevs, whats the date on these posts?

http://www.anfieldforum.com/forum/liverpool-fc-transfer-rumours/2234/chelsea-interested-raul-meireles-6.html

http://www.caughtoffside.com/2011/07/30/chelsea-switch-attention-to-liverpool-midfielder-as-luka-modric-chase-runs-dry/

July no be so?

Anuofia!

coogar:
daft analogy!

i bought a car cos i have seen it race before at 500km/hr.
after acquiring the car, i refuse to service it like the first owner did. i never gave it oil, i mistreated it, often left it without care and blah blah blah and i still expect it to perform like it used to be. . . . .isn't that idiotic?

he failed to give any encouragement because he wasn't properly serviced.
he was never given a conducive environment to play his best - how can he show any small effizy.

this is like taking a newfie dog to nigeria without 24/7 split unit a/c provided.
the mongrel would give up the ghost in 20 mins.

Dont worry, we will know when the new striker is ready to carry our team when we see it. Until then, we would not expose ourselves to such risk.

Make we plan our game around a striker who seem to have lost his movement, sharpness and acceleration?

Last time I checked, Torres got Roy Hodgson the sack, so no the car was creaking under its previous owner.

Shebi Messi did not pop goals before Guardiola decided to build the team around him the false 9 position.

Ronaldo was not showing effizy before SAF decided to free him of all defensive responsibility?

Let Torres show some effizy first, then we'll consider it.

Its not hard. When he receive the ball, he should just demo small, dribble a few guys, enter box small etc etc etc.

Whether we play 4-2-3-1, 4-3-3, or WM formation, at least he should be able to trap ball properly before we hand him our future.

coogar:
torres is a spear-head. play him in a 4-2-3-1 formation.

Yet another parameter for the PARTICULAR striker? 

BTW, how come Chelsea are considering 6 bids for Gael Kakuta.

Would Gael Kakuta not offer better attacking options from the bench than the folks we paraded on the bench yesterday?

coogar:
one would think a player worth £50m should have the team built around him. if chelsea couldn't manage that simple task, why sign torres?
why would a club pay fortunes for the services of a striker and play him in a system that does not suit him.

Before you fork a girl, you must first kiss her. If she refuse to kiss you back, would you start unzipping your trousers?

Why should a team build around a striker who failed to give any encouragement? If we now build around him and he failed to deliver, how many millions (and points) woulda been wasted?

This is called prisoners dilemma. Game theory. Risk-reward ratio. Im sure all these mean something to you. Only a mad man would go about trying to mould team around Torres now.

nateevs:
2. No dear. I am not giving you a sermon about Meireles. It only just surprises me you will make a case for Dalglish and Redneck and burn your own in public. You seem to be suggesting that Redneck and Dalglish are doing better than AVB without taking all into consideration. Meireles was one of the first players AVB sold when arrived at Porto - I have made this point to Ibime before. Why then do you think Meireles will be the first player on AVB's list if not as a mere last minute alternative?

Chelsea were chasing Modric and even offered £40m on deadline transfer day thinking Spurs will accept. Meireles was never in the picture. We started to look for alternatives went it became apparent that Spurs were not going to sell. We had only hours. Do you know what it takes to transfer a player in hours? Are you trying to argue that if he had more time, we would not have bought another player?

Do you even remember that AVB wanted Alvaro Perreira and the club could not get him as well? As an objective fan, I expect you to be able to make a case. Would we have been better with Modric and Perreira in the side? However I don't expect you to, you are love peddling with the guys next door calling them heroes and leaving yours out to dry. I cannot understand your assessment.

And Ibime did not reply your point cos its the point of a fantasist. . . .especially as you are implying that Meireles was not good enough for Porto

Phil Jones was also the first player that Steve Kean sold when he arrived at Blackburn. . . . whilst Luis Suarez was one of the first players Martin Jol sold when he arrived at Ajax. 

What nonsense!

Bonafide Portuguese international who won Portuguese league 4 years in a row.

Meireles is a nigga who has been linked with multi-million pound moves for the last 5 years. It made economic sense for both Porto and Meireles to move, first because Meireles would not sign new contract, and second because wages are higher in Britain. . . . not because "AVB did not like him".

This is a ninja who won PFA Fans Player of the Year last year for Gods sake!

So because you perceive he is playing below par, you want to disown him[b] on behalf of AVB?[/b]

Meireles had been linked with Chelsea since start of summer, Chelsea were just trying to bring the price down. If Meireles was a 'panic buy', why did AVB not sign Axel Witsel, Steve Defour, Yoann Cabaye. . . all players of similar quality and price range?


Now, you are here talking about Alvaro Pereira as first choice. Nigga, Alvaro Pereira is no Maradona! He aint no Lampard, nor Meireles even. He's a left-back primarily who plays part-time in midfield for his National team. . . . a Ramires type player, although slightly better technically. His role would be to do exactly what Ramires is doing now. . . . play half-way between central midfield and left-wing. . . to free up the left-winger to stay forward. He aint no midfield dan, just an AVB type of player!

Oh. . . . and Modric was never AVB choice. Lets leave that to Roman. Going by Porto template, AVB never uses flamboyancy in central midfield, except Modric is willing to play DM (which is what AVB asked both Lampard (refused) and Joao Moutinho (accepted) to do for him) whilst Ramires, Freddy Guarin, Alvaro Perreira, Fernando and other pacy workhorses man the CM roles.


As for Lukaku, lets just say that if at any moment AVB feels that signing him would squeeze funds that he needs, then AVB would be a liliy-livered punk to accept such imposition, especially considering that he has more leverage as a new manager.

This Torres seems to be a very PARTICULAR striker.

The man himself claims he must have enough Spanish speakers in the dressing room for him to perform, as well as fast midfielders and reh reh reh.

Debosky says 30% of his goals should come from crosses whilst Coogar maintains that 100% of them must come from counterattack through-pass to put him one-on-one with goalie.

Next thing Coogar would tell us that the parabola which describes the motion of the pass over the top has to follow quadriatic cartesian co-ordinates whose second derivative must be exactly equal to the number 3.147, otherwise the pass will not be good enough for him to score. 

The match must be played at the particular time when the earth is 2/5th of the way through its full revolution round the sun, if not he would not score.

Oh yeah. . . . the goal which he is shooting at cannot be more than + or - 5 degrees in the direction of Mecca, if not he would not score.


That said, his all-round game was lively today and hopefully he is showing signs of revival. 

Make una leave matter for Mathias.

Some peeps accused Jamie Redknapp of nepotism when he said AVB should never bring off a 1 goal in 2.5 games player off against Fulham with 30 mins left.

Under constant attack from his manager, the part-time player has still bagged 9 goals.

What happened to the theory of the team going flat whenever Ramires doesnt start?

Ramires?

Oya!

Anyway make we celebrate the 3 points! Gaynners just lost.

Im scooting over to FPL to see how many of ma opponenents captained RVP. Suckas!  

Can our esteemed moderator Jarus please set-up a thread where we can monitor inflation as a result of this policy.

It would be informative for Nairalanders to be able to post the price of foodstuff as the year goes by so we can judge the wisdom of this policy and all its attendant effects.

Chelsea players hold seperate Christmas party for Anelka after Anelka was banned from Chelsea christmas party. Alex is back in Brazil.