₦airaland Forum

Am sorry, Ivanovic is simply World Class. Av never seen him make a mistake or look shaky in ma life.

Good game by Alex. I dont know what boys were complaining about him 4.

Good game by Malu in central midfield also.

Ferreira has surprisingly played well @ left-back.

Ps. . . Drogba made his first successful pass to a teammate @ 45:20 (to Lampard). . . . if Im lying, watch the tape and count it yourself. . . I dont understand how a professional footballer can go 45 minutes with only one successful pass.

I dont know how someone can make a legitimate trade complaint, and Nairalanders begin dey make tribal jagbajantis.

Make una tell una corrupt officials to leave these guys alone o! If una go without Suya for one month, una go hear am.

dayokanu:
Yeah The fans who booed Eboue till he cried off the field

Speaking of Eboue, is he not better than Sagna this season?

I see the Gayyners chatting bunkum about Theo again. . . Theo don see awoof like Burnley that would give him enough space to land an aeroplane. . . no worries, Ashley Cole or Patrice Evra will pocket him when it really matters.

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=334732.msg5640520#msg5640520 date=1267907747]It's like the whole of Spain want Barca to win the league again.
Strange decisions after decisions.[/quote]No mind em. . . first the ref gave Barca a non-existent freekick. . . then he forced the Almeria wall to stand WAY more than 10 yards away. . . its like the ref was willing Barca to score.

Krayola:
puyol own goal 1-2

Good!

The ref phucking cheated to help Barca get back in the game anyway.

FFS, Bendtner could have had a hattrick and copped me x amount of points by now. . . . anyway, Team Roc is already outta here. . .

EzeUche:
Wrong! We should have kept our fuel source open. Plus, the 'South-South' would have given us access to the sea where we could get supplies from Israel and France. Without access to the sea or fuel forces, we lost the war. Securing the Niger Delta and eliminating the saboteurs would have done wonders.

When we invaded the Midwest, we turned those people against us.

Wrong! Biafra had already secured Port Harcourt throughout the war. . . infact, PH was one of the last places to fall to the Nigerian forces. . . but by then the Igbo heartland was already fallen.

Anybody hoping to secede from Nigeria must first take the war up North. You cannot defend your borders indefinitely cos they will surely fall.

EzeUche:
The greatest mistake we Biafrans did was invading the Midwest.

This is why you are not a military strategist.

You cannot win a secession war by being defensive and fighting in your own territory.

Go and ask France why the Maginot line led to their downfall in WW2. They hoped to defeat Germany by defending their borders, rather than attacking Germany.

Static defensive combat is a sure way to lose a war.

The minute Biafra failed in their mission to take Lagos (via the Midwest), the war was lost.

[quote author=Tayo-D link=topic=391760.msg5636567#msg5636567 date=1267834083]And here's a list of whom/what will not be blamed
1. Barrack Hussein Obama (mmm, mmm, mmm)
2. Barrack Hussein Obama (mmm, mmm, mmm)
3. Barrack Hussein Obama (mmm, mmm, mmm)[/quote]The topic of the thread reads "Republican Racism in Disguise" . . . one does not have to go far to uncover the disguise. . . I wonder why a Nigerian should be accentuating the middle name of Mr President (and all the connotations that go with it) if not for being spoonfed racism in disguise through their Rush Limbaugh shows. . . and these people wonder why we question their education. . . I thought these people would have quit Nairaland already since their threat to leave Nairaland received no response from the moderators.

Our leaders are more interested in story, story and machiavellian survivalism than rule of law. The guy above should just shut up and stop running his mouth like borehole. Leaders in other countries only talk about policy, whilst our leader love to talk about dem say dem say.

biina:
For level 1-3 (1 +1 +34 =36?)
North East (5): Adamawa (2), Bauchi(1), Borno(1), Gombe(0), Taraba(0), Yobe(1)
North West(8 ): Kaduna(2), Katsina(3), Kano(2), Kebbi(1), Sokoto(0), Jigawa(0), Zamfara(0)
North Central (4): Benue(0), Kogi(1), Kwara(2), Nasarawa(0), Niger(1), Plateau(0)
South East (5): Anambra(0), Enugu(1), Imo(2), Abia(2), Ebonyi(0)
South West(6): Lagos(1), Ekiti(1), Oyo(3), Osun(1), Ondo(0), Ogun(1)
South South (6): Akwa Ibom(1), Cross River(0), Edo(2), Delta(1), Rivers(2), Bayelsa(0)

North 17 South 17?
Jaurus numbers doesnt seem to add up for level 3 management and he quoted Ogun 2x

Ideally you would want 6 seats per region and 1 per state, but that is impractical, as there will always be temporary imbalance. You can make a case for the NW (and particularly Katsina) edging their neighbors, but you cannot accuse the North of having an overwhelming majority over the south.

As per oil producing states, there are 9 oil producing states: Southsouth - Bayelsa, Delta, Rivers State, Akwa-Ibom, Cross River, and Edo; Southeast - Abia and Imo; and Southwest - Ondo. In total they have 10 out of 34 positions which is 30% and fair enough given that they are 9 of 36 states (25%). Anambra is not yet an oil producing state to my knowledge.

Since when did NNPC become a political post that we should allocate management positions according to tribe?

Can you please tell me the ethnic demographics of the Nigerian Army?. . .  lets see whether the North like to keep to Federal Character when it comes to bearing arms.

My pops and many other Niger-Deltans won Shell Scholarships to study in the UK, only to come home and find incompetent bozos running the NNPC and such.

If we are to go by merit, go and find the percentage of Northerners working for Shell, and that should give you an accurate reflection of what percentage the North should make up at NNPC.

NNPC is a technical post, not a political one.

This is why Nigeria is dying dead.

All this one na yarn.

Just introduce death penalty for corruption and all our problems are solved.

[quote author=OYB_MEND link=topic=408661.msg5635960#msg5635960 date=1267825816]The way you guys talk about book cooking makes me laugh

so far has Sanusi gone around the country to count the money in each Bank's vault?
It is still the balance sheet of these banks he audited, of which any smart MD who was possibly cooking books like you guys claim can always get some smart accountantants to balance the books, report some losses and collect money from the CBN which they did not need in the first place.[/quote]Anyone who makes an assumption that Nigerians in leadership positions do not engage in fraudulent practices is seriously misguided. . . I have heard many arguments against Sanusi, but none so inane as someone giving their word that the Ibrus et al are clean.

Corruption is so interwoven into the fabric of our soceity that the default position of any wise observer should be that corruption is endemic in every sphere of our society . . . from Public to Private sector.

PapaBrowne:
Hehehe! Ibime!
Danjuma is a thief because he sold his oil block for a grand prize abi??
How about Adenuga?? He's gat an oil block too? How come in our books he is an astute business man?

But seriously, while I agree that the oil communities should be the largest beneficiaries of the proceeds from the crude, someone has to drill that oil. If it is Danjuma, E.k Clark, Shell or whoever thats gets to drill it, that person has the right to sell the bloc when he feels like and get freaking wealthy from the sale.
Thats just what Danjuma did and we shouldn't call him thief for just been a shroud business man.
Its FOCs AND THE FG that I have a bigger problem with.

IMO, no Niger-Deltan should ever justify the forced requisition of our land by Government and subsequent sale to any single person. . . not even Lulu Briggs!

Danjuma is a weasel of the highest order. . . from the murder of Ironsi to his co-conspiracy in the 1966 pogroms, his war crimes in the civil war, his overseeing (as Minister of Defence) of the mass murder of the people of Odi and Zaki Biam. . .and his subsequent protection of the murderers. . . infact, any Niger Deltan defending this criminal called Danjuma needs a reality check.

I supported Jonathan because it was constitutional for him to take over. . . but I cannot speak for his decency. . . he is a crook and a political survivalist just like the rest of them. . . . Jonathans nickname amongst his own people is "Federal Houseboy".

PapaBrowne:
Nonsense talk!!

Why is it a crime in your books for a Nigerian to own an oil block??
Shell, Chevron, and all sorts of oil companies have numerous oil blocks.
They drill the oil and send 40% per cent of the proceeds to their own countries which is then used to build their infrastructures, pay dividends to their investors, give loans to their citizens etc.

T.Y Danjuma is not like the average General. He has always been an astute business man. Oil is not his only source of income. He sits on the board of numerous blue chip companies. He is a professional and a very well respected one at that.
His presence in the Advisory committee would provide guidance in areas like defense and security. There is no person more suitable than T.Y.

The pedigree of members of the Advisory council is without question extremely excellent. A list where you have the likes of Fola Adeola, Maryam Uwais, Emeka Anyaoku, Barth Nnaji, M.D Yusuf, Kaase Lawal, Basil Omiyi- these are folks that have excelled beyond their peers!

The selection of these fellows speaks volumes about Jonathan. The man has a knack for excellence!!

Shaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaap!!!

Imagine a Niger-Deltan defending Danjuma all in the name of defending a crook like Jonathan.

It is thinking like this that makes people like you defend the Ibrus et al, just because they are Niger-Deltans.

Danjuma is a thief and mass murderer.

The oil-bloc he sold belongs to a community whose lands were seized illegaly by the Government and dashed to him under the inhumane Land Use Act.

[quote author=OYB_MEND link=topic=408661.msg5635133#msg5635133 date=1267815726]What is the difference between this comment and those who said Nigeria's economy can withstand the global financial crisis?[/quote]Nigeria could withstand the global financial crisis and the attendant repatriation of hot money. . . what Nigeria couldn't survive (in both long and short term) is monumental fraud and book cooking.

Sanusi has no power to affect the Presidential situation.

If he starts bleating that Yara absence is affecting investors, you all will start harping that he is affecting investors confidence.

In the meantime, it is important to let investors know that Jonathan supports the reform, and that reform will carry on regardless who is the substantive President. This stresses the relative independence of the CBN.

I wouldnt expect any CBN Governor to say different.

sulad82i:
What are u talking about? 9yr old in 9ja are[b] mostly[/b] in primary school!

Emphasis on the word mostly. . . I started JSS 1 at the age of 9.


Anyway, I think the journalists made a mistake here. . . they may be talking about 6th form college (A-Levels) as opposed to Secondary School. . .

In UK, the usual age for entering Year 7 (1st class of Sec Sch) is 10.

In that case, theres nothing amazing about their achievement.

debosky:
Will every player develop early like Rooney, Messi or Fabregas? 

Where was DD at 21? Where was Luca Toni? Where was Pires?

Pires was a mafioso at Metz.

DD and Toni still havent developed any technique. Na gra gra and physical prowess dem dey use dominate games.

debosky:
Not everybody develops at the same pace - Walcott was a late starter to football, we all know that. And because of that, it will take longer for him to get to the level of development expected from him. Make no mistake about it - the disruptive injuries have taken their toll and it will take him time to get to a consistent performance level.

Its a shame we should be talking about a so-called "next Thierry Henry" in these terms. How do you go from being the next TH to making excuses that his technique isnt up to scratch cos he started late?

Lets be honest, there are basic things even an amateur footballer can do that Theo cant do. He has no football intelligence. Relying solely on speed all his life, he has never had a chance to develop some basic game intelligence. Infact, some of the things I have learnt from common monkey post would help TW go a long way toward becoming a better player! 

v3:
Now A-40 listed some of em, all of which faded before they reached their peak. I still remember the days of Owen (The EP creamed over him like he was the messiah of English football but when he suffered a loss of form, they were VERY vile in their use of words towards him), there was ALSO David Beckham (with his deadly freekick abilities, that too soon faded), when he suffered that foot injury of his, the whole of England kept vigil & held masses in churches for him to get well(Where is Beckham today?). Wayne Rooney till date is the ONLY english player that survived the so-called "media-hype" disease.

Stop chatting rubbish. . . Beckham has achieved everything in his career. . . he only faded out due to old age.

Woodgate was the best English defender (potentially), but he only plays 10-15 games a season cos of injury. . . and still, when he does play, he always plays brilliantly.

Owen achieved everything also, and was only hampered by injuries. He was EPOTY and a proven international.  He is only shot now because he has lost his pace due to injuries.

Theo hasnt achieved anything. He still has all his pace. His deficiency is a technical one, not a physical one. As Gallas said, Theo simply refused to learn. Lets hope Theo will not be the new Jesper Gronkjaer! 

As the homies say/ Maga no need pay . . .
. . but what if that’s the only way/ to pass a lonely day?/

hehehehe. . . I need a link to weeks 1, 2, 3 and 4!

duduspace:
maybe that didn't come out right, in terms of development I meant, not achievement. As in the basic attributes of the player are already strongly defined at this period and the player is already close to a ceiling in terms of technical improvement (at 21, in fact long before that we all knew CR7 and Messi could easily beat defenders, we knew Rooney was strong and a workaholic with good technical ability, we knew Cesc was already at pass master at 18).

Well said.

duduspace:
It is a bit of a pity that all we can still associate with Theo right now is pace and a little bit of movement which is wasted on the wings, no touch, composure, vision, skills and most other thing that makes a football player.
I'm almost resigned to it now, Theo might never be better than Ashley Young the way things are going. Ashley Young knows exactly what he can do and doesn't do too much so he usually makes better decision than Theo, maybe its about time we understood Theo's limitations and stop trying to make him do too much but anyway Arsene knows.

At least with Ashley Young, whenever he gets the ball on that left wing, he does the same trick, ALWAYS makes space for the cross, and then delivers the cross perfectly. That is consistency.

What can we associate with Theo Walcott in terms of consistency?

Spurs. . . always been my 2nd favourite team.

There is no single cabal in Nigeria.

Every leader has a cabal who have vested interest in him, whether he is a leader at State level or Federal level.

OBJ had his own cabal, Yara had his own cabal, and now Jonathan has his own cabal (mostly made up from OBJ cabal).

[quote author=paddy_lo link=topic=406915.msg5626407#msg5626407 date=1267709574]listen my friend. . the silly federal character has totally screwed up Nigeria. .[/quote]I agree. . . Im not a fan of incompetent Northerners. . . but Sanusi is not one. . . I file him under the same bracket as Ribadu for example.

khanye:
BREAKING NEWS: Carvalho out for 4 months

Stop lying. . . where's the link?

follypimpi:
Walcott is a waste man PERIOD!!!!!!

What do you expect from a kiddo who only started playing footie at the age of 12?

No touch, no technique, no passing ability, cant dribble. . . . his only weapon is to knock the ball into space and chase it like Speedy Gonzalez.

If God hadnt blessed Theo Walcott with pace, he would be at University of Southampton studying Media Marketing right now.

[quote author=paddy_lo link=topic=406915.msg5625861#msg5625861 date=1267703790]a CBN governor(or Federal reserve chairman),speaks less and does more behind the scenes
cause any word he says,is interpreted by the markets and can be destabilizing

They most times let action speak for them,by cutting rates or raising them
or making rare policy speeches once in while[/quote]Stop talking rubbish. This issue was politicised from the get-go by ethnic jingoists and corrupt CEO's looking to preserve their empires. Sanusi does not make much statements beyond the norm.

For example, I went and read the speech in which Sanusi is said to have criticised Soludo, and TBH, it was a pretty routine policy statement. Some journalists just took it and flipped the script, causing all sorts of brouhaha.

Nigerians deserve mediocrity since they are given to wanton misinformation and outright lies.

honeric01:
we have 2 more friendlies i think, April 26th and 29th, not sure of the date but i saw it somewhere sha.

That would be home-based friendly cos there are no FIFA dates at that time. . . . April 26 should be the period of the Champions League semi-Final's.

We cant learn anything from these nonsense friendlies. . . this Congolese team is made up mostly of Mazembe players. . . considering that Mazembe lost to a New Zealand club side in the World Club Cup, I would say that their level is very low. . . .

Amodu was right. . . most home-based players are worthless.