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Eziachi:
When Yar Adua can't even confront those that killed his brother but is rather dinning with them, all in the name of being in power.

hmmmmm. . . . never occurred to me. . . . Yara is more spineless than I thought.

biina:
Yes sell him. Sell him to madrid. Sell him to us

£25m and hes yours.

BTW, is selling Javi Garcia a good idea?

[quote author=kay_pumpin link=topic=270819.msg4232440#msg4232440 date=1248282431]The season starts soonest,let me see if senility wouldn't obliterate any physical and mental edge Chelsea use to have over Arsenal.
I make bold to say we will challenge seriously for the EPL title this season.We may win it too. [/quote]One does not need verifocals to recognise the mental edge that Arsenal hold over Chelsea. That much was evident on seeing their leader crying and hitting the ground in a show of self-pity after a draw at Birmingham which still left them top of the table.

As for any claim to physical superiority, it is a shame that the greatest physical specimen in the Arsenal side has been largely sidelined due to antagonism from the fans. Of course I am referring to Mr Eboue!

BREAKING NEWS: Jon Obi Mikel Signs New Five-Year Deal At Chelsea

The Nigerian has committed his long-term future to the Stamford Bridge outfit,

Chelsea have today confirmed that midfielder Jon Obi Mikel has signed a new five-year contract at the club, joining French winger Florent Malouda, who yesterday inked a new three-year deal at the club, in committing himself to the Blues.

The powerful 22-year-old was delighted to have extended his time at the club, telling the Blues' official website, "It was easy to commit to because I am happy here and when the opportunity came it was good to sign after speaking to the club.
"My future with the new manager will be bright, and I think we have a good working relationship already,' he added.

"All the managers I have played for here have their own type of systems they want us to play, and whoever comes in will want to change little bits and pieces.

"There is not much to change but they all bring in different views, and the new manager wants us to play in a certain formation which we need to get used to before the season starts."

Obi Mikel featured for Chelsea in their friendly against Inter in the Rose Bowl last night, and is enjoying getting back to full sharpness under the management of Carlo Ancelotti, who has altered the Chelsea tactics, lining the side up in a 4-4-2 formation, with a diamond-shaped midfield.

"It has been hard work getting back to fitness but we all want to be sharp for the start of the season, training is hard work but we have to do it," the Nigerian international added.

"The new formation doesn't make too much difference to me in defensive midfield,' he explained, 'but perhaps it is a little harder as I have to cover more ground for the team, but I feel I am up to the task and I am sure I can do it."

Zack Wilson, Goal.com



Question: When is Cashley gonna sign? The greedy sod is asking for £125,000/week and has only a year left. Should we sell him?

I wonder if Arshavins comment that Arsenal need to "play like a big and strong team" portends a change in tactic to a more robust style of play. Does the "big and strong" in his statement allude to physicality or mentality? On both counts, Arsenal are well short of Chelsea, Liverpool and Man Utd.

[quote author=tpia. link=topic=298702.msg4232098#msg4232098 date=1248279693]if you want a good day then leave Yorubas alone if they're not disturbing you.[/quote]I wouldnt care if it was MASSOB or AREWA claiming this as a tribal attack on their land, my response will be the same. . . . . as I have said, do not tar me with ideas borne out of your sensitivity. . . . I have been arguing with Igbos about many things to do with Igbo/Ijaw relations for a long time and not one has labelled me a tribalist, so if you feel like for the first time I am addressing Yoruba/Ijaw issues and you want to kick up a fuss, then be my guest.

Have a nice day!

[quote author=tpia. link=topic=298702.msg4232018#msg4232018 date=1248279206]You're Ijaw and sensitive about Ijaw.

I'm Yoruba and sensitive about Yoruba.

Do you have a problem with my own sensitivity? Care to explain why?

have any Yorubas disturbed you about your bias?[/quote]Have a good day.

Afam:
Thus far, it is pretty obvious that Negro_Ntns is incapable of defending statements he made, even his questions when answered bring up inconsistencies that he usually ignores but would be quick to bring up other questions no matter how misleading or irrelevant.

I have been reading Negros comments and laughing at his self-proclaimed "mission to educate us about the civil war", for it is quite obvious that all this info is new to him and he is not well-versed in what he is attempting to educate us on. I have also learnt not to argue with Grandpa Dede1 on the technical details of the civil war cos Dede1 was physically present during the war and knows all the protagonists and antagonists personally.

The alarm should have been raised at the last budget when Yar'Adull set aside N440bn for the military, the greatest ever increase in defence spending by a long margin. Ledum Mittee immediately raised the alarm and told the nation that the last budget indicated that Yar'Adull was seeking a military solution to the Niger-Delta crisis as opposed to a diplomatic one. Since the last budget, oil production has almost halved, meaning less money for the next budget. . . . and perhaps YarAstupid will also skew the next meagre budget in favour of defence again. . . and so on and so forth.

[quote author=tpia. link=topic=298702.msg4231816#msg4231816 date=1248277867]try to live your life the way you did before you discovered there was a tribe called Yoruba and a place called lagos.

I'm sure you remember that period- so lead yourself back to happy times and quit hanging on Yoruba coattails.[/quote]Dont worry dear. This is not the first time you have shown sensitivity whenever the word Yoruba is mentioned, so I will not hold you to task. I have never held back from discussing politics freely and will not hold back just because it might offend your sensitivities. If you find anything wrong in my generic assertion that anyone who provides logistic support to any side cannot be neutral, then feel free to fly in the face of convention. Not only is Yoruba not neutral, but NO TRIBE is Nigeria is neutral as far as the Niger-Delta is concerned.

[quote author=tpia. link=topic=298702.msg4231650#msg4231650 date=1248276902]so from the research you did, Yorubas were the ones complaining about Biafrans on their territory? And which territory was that?


You've really taken your brains and thrown them away.

There was a time you sounded literate but now you function at the level of an elementary school drop out. Hope your  egunje "pay" can compensate.[/quote]I am sure there are some monkeys or gorrillas who will satisfy your lust for argument today, but I am not the one.

Pardon my mistake. Instead of using "crossed over into Yoruba territory", I should perhaps have used "advancing toward Yoruba territory". . . . there, situation cleared. . . I have my edited my original post accordingly. . . . if you have any problem with any of my other assertions, then feel free to raise complaints and tell me why disagree with generic logic.

Eziachi:
One Nigeria in full throttle. Lol

So what does those northern reps call the picutures of Ahmadu Bello and Tafaa Balewa on the Nigerian currency? What do they think Ahmadu Bello University, Tafawa Balewa Square or Shehu Yar Adua conference centre means? Maybe they are mixing IMMORTALITY with IMMORALITY

bwahahaha

[quote author=Aloy.Emeka link=topic=298702.msg4228361#msg4228361 date=1248245367]Is that Yoruba problem?[/quote]Of course it is. . . . its impossible to maintain neutrality in the face of injustice. . . . . this reminds me of Yorubas complaining when Biafran soldiers advanced in the direction of Yoruba territory, claiming they were neutral. . . . can you be neutral when Nigeria is fighting Biafra, and you are part of Nigeria?. . . can you be neutral when the capital of Nigeria is situated in Lagos and all logistics for the war against Biafra are carried out from there?. . . when all army supplies come through Lagos and battalions are stationed in Lagos for deployment to the warfront?. . . .  ol' boy, there is no neutrality when kwatar done start. . . . no tribe was neutral in the Biafran war, and no tribe is neutral in the Niger-Delta oil war, as long as they benefit from the largesse. . . . any oil installation in Nigeria is a legitimate target. . . . if OPC like, they should carry out reprisals. . . . that is the least of Niger-Deltan worries.

This thread will reach 20 pages!

Malthuss:
@ibime
Malthuss never chickens out . . .if u set up a thread ama drop first

It would be no long ting. .  . .even tonight, we can showdown. . . . you set up the thread. . . 24 lines

Ancelotti taking us back to a diamond formation?


Meanwhile, Malouda revealed that, despite signing a new contract, he will have to adapt to a new system with Ancelotti preferring a diamond formation up front. "This year he wants to try the new system with a diamond so I have to adapt myself and that is why we are training really hard to do what the manager wants," Malouda said.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/jul/21/chelsea-us-tour-shevchenko-drogba-ancelotti

So we beat them 2-0?

Nice result.

Was it their first team boys?

Yuno:
Quote: Ibime
The European Union is not a country,  i live in it just like you and we both know very well its an alliance of countries and not a country in the way Nigeria or the UK is

My sister/brother. . . . we are about to elect an EU president. . . .  . . . . the thought process is the same. . . with sufficient devolution, it wouldn't matter what our differences are.

Fhemmmy:
So which side are you on?
Division or unity?

If you know what MEND fights for, then you know which side Im on. . . . Im for one Nigeria, under a loose form of federalism. . . . I have no problem with any tribe in Africa. . . . . I like the weather and the disposition of the people in the North under normal conditions. . . when politics enters, na different game be that. . . . this year was an eye opener for me cos I travelled to a couple of muslim countries in West Africa and saw Fulanis, Mandinkas and many other muslim and Christian peoples living peacefully together. . . . it certainly went against everything I was brought up to believe. . . . so I asked why is it that we only have these Christian/Muslim problems in Nigeria. . . do you know we are the only people in West Africa with these problems?

Eziachi:
It's like trying to make the French become part of Germany as one country. In a million years it will not work.

France and Germany are already part of a country called the European Union. . . . the EU is proof that different peoples can live together very peacefully as long as power is devolved sufficiently to each individual people. . . .

nex:
I don't blame these people. It is because Fashola did not bomb Bayelsa state back. They forget that in practising the true federalism they are fighting for, a state has the right to defend itself against foreign enemies and to Lagos state, we Niger Deltans are foreigners.

Look at the rubbish that pork brained terrorist is spewing with confidence. Let them go and bomb an installation in Sokoto state and see what will happen to them. The bloody cowards keep punishing our own people and the friends and supporters of our people yet they claim to be freedom fighters. Whose freedom? The only people that are free from of being kidnapped, free to live their daily lives without fear of being bombed or contaminated with chemicals from bombed pipeline, free from rampaging cultists killing in the streets and drawing danger to their lives are still the people of the North.

If they claim that the plan of the North is to oppress and deprive us, then I see no reason why the Caliphate should not rest now because MEND is carrying on where they left off.

How many times have the Hausas agitated against Southerner and gone to start bombing the Fulani in Sokoto or the Kanuris in Maiduguri?

My greatest fears have been confirmed. We are mad!

Dnex, will you stop spitting bunkum?. . . . and stop using "we" like you are part of Niger-Delta. . . . you are not Naija-Delta and have never been, so stop acting like an insider, you bloody impostor  . . . . . I understand Bini boys dey kidnap pass PH boys now sef. . . . so which part of your Bini boys have anything to do with MEND?

Prince outstanding punchlines:

I got my clout right/ .  .  .  swear to beat this tot in outright/
Seven bottles of 'Guiness' .  .  he still can't put up a 'stout' fight/

Rap your old self up.  .  smoke it.  .  you still won't 'excel'yourself/


Malthus outstanding punch:

u gon need a MAN-U-script to win this championship



Prince won on multis, Malthus won on flow. Creativity was a tie

Malthus punches were weaker but more consistent.

I call this a draw.

DaLover:
I would like to start by saying that the actions of MEND have helped the Niger delta/Nigerian nation in the following ways
-It has greatly increased the global awareness on the nigerdelta issues,
-Federating units are begining to realise that laziness and dependence on monthly oil handouts is fading is not the way forward
-Days where of greedy Yoruba and Northerner domination of large chunks of the oil industry while nigerdeltans are pushed aside are numbered.



I am in full support of the strategy being deployed by MEND,
Please feel free to bomb where any point you feel would put pressure on the present youroba/hausa dominated federal government,
What do the crazy yoruba leaders mean by warning Mend, Lagos was developed with oil money at the same time the ND was being neglected,
These so call yoruba leaders have forgotten that yorubas dominate the Navy and Airforces presently bombing the hell out of villages in the ND, Maybe if all the yorubas in the Navy, airforce and Army were to dis-involve themselves from the ND military excecise then oil installations in the west will be left out, as if,


NigerDeltans did not at any point in history did not agree to conceed total control of oil resourses to the central government, this was done by a federal government which we all know has been controlled by Hausa/Yoruba domination. Hence if you call MEND people oil thieves, then the FG and others participation in the sharing oil money without the permission of the Nigerdeltans are also oil thieves,


MEND fighters may not be men of outstanding virtues, by our moral standards, but who do you think forms the ground soidiers in every army, certainly not those who we consider decent ones in the society,

GBAM!!!

Olumide7:
And the season hasn't even began, maybe that's a sign that he needs to add one more player to the squad!!

Not to worry, the deluded Messr Wenger has already touted Thomas Rosicky as the perfect replacement for Adebayor and similarly, I have no doubt he will put forward Gavin Hoyte as the perfect replacement for Samir Nasri. My assertion is not without a nod to precedence as Messr Wenger has continually shown a proclivity to eureka moments, such as his ephemeral idea that Denilson was a suitable replacement for Flamini and Gilberto Silva. Of course that hare-brained theory was hastily debunked when put into practice, despite the efforts of certain nincompoops to prove otherwise by way of satellite images. 

FBS:
West Ham United To Beat Arsenal For Chelsea Wonder-Kid Frank Nouble's Signature


The highly-rated attacker looks set to snub Arsenal in favour of a move to the East End.
West Ham United manager Gianfranco Zola could be set to seal a transfer coup by beating Arsenal and world-renowned talent nurturer Arsene Wenger to the signature of up-and-coming teenage forward Frank Nouble.

Referring to the above content, we can surmise that all hopes of the Gaynners making a much trumpeted "marquee signing" have now dissipated with the loss of this 'wonder-kid' to West Ham. 

tkb417:
ure gradually turning to Ibime

There is a compound in my village called Okujagu. Its literal translation is that weak men always rejoice loudest when a lion is injured. Because the usually faultless Ibime made a goof a while back, football nonentities cannot keep his name out of their mouth, in an effort to besmirch his reputation and involve him in their shared mediocrity.

Not unless Malcolm X is from Kenya.

back2back:
And so OBJ house-of-cards already started collapsing.

Apt summary.

Ofoka, who made you Don King? Bringing unneccesary battles into my domain.

In deference to Malthius, I shall let him spit first cos I have never seen his raps and I cant judge his level. I need to know whether to bring my A-game, B-game or C-game. Besides, as you said "Ibime is the current champion". A champion always enters the ring second. 

allboyz:
Wenger - We’re keeping an eye on Chamakh

Perusing over the content above, one cannot help but laud the foresight of Messr Mourinho for labelling Messr Wenger as a voyuer. Mr Wenger should be summoned to explain why he is still "keeping an eye" on Mr Chamakh after 5 years of doing just that. Wenger is known for baulking at any deal with a bid-ask spread of over £1m, hence his need to keep watchful eyes over his prospective investment until such a time as the ask price matches his bid price. Perhaps in the intervening 5 years of watching Messr Chamhakh, Mr Wenger's prying eyes have been privvy to the private details of Mr Chamhakhs world. Not only has he been 'keeping an eye' on Chamakh, one can assume (going by Mr Mourinhos assertions) that he has been aided by the wonders of modern technology such as telescopes and binoculars, as is the wont of a professional Viewer.

allboyz:
[size=14pt]Wenger - We’re keeping an eye on Chamakh[/size]

Perusing over the content above, one cannot help but laud the foresight of Messr Mourinho for labelling Messr Wenger as a Viewer. Mr Wenger should be summoned to explain why he is still "keeping an eye" on Mr Chamakh after 5 years of doing just that. Wenger is known for baulking at any deal with a bid-ask spread of over £1m pounds, hence his need to keep watchful eyes over his prospective investment until such a time as the ask price matches his bid price. Perhaps in the intervening 5 years of watching Messr Chamhakh, Mr Wenger's prying eyes have been privvy to the private details of Mr Chamhakhs world. Not only has he been 'keeping an eye' on Chamakh, one can assume (going by Mr Mourinhos assertions) that he has been aided by the wonders of modern technology such as telescopes and binoculars, as is the wont of a professional Viewer.

I am delighted when sentiment becomes obstructive of sound reason, especially when the same applies to a sworn adversary. It does not come as a surprise to anyone of a lucid mind that fanatics of the so-called Highbury Gunners would advocate against selling that impostor called Kolo Toure. One would presume that any sane manager would surreptitiously hawk the services of that charlatan to lesser clubs whilst seeking to replace him with any of the bountiful upgrades presently on the market. In other words, the continued presence of Messrs Toure at Arsenal fills me with satisfaction, safe in the knowledge that Le Prof's achilles heel (which has always been his defensive judgement) is still very much open to be exploited.

And all the gas we are busy flaring nko?

Visionless leadership.