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tkb417:
are u saying Babel isnt a good player?
so the Obertan player isnt gud?

hmm, CR7 wasnt tht good when he came to UTD but SAF polished him
SAF must have seen somethin in him

Why would Bordeaux sell him for £3m if he is a hot prospect? I am 75% confident that Obertan will flop.

Dont get me wrong, the boy can dribble here and there, but he has actually regressed from a couple of years ago. Unfortunately Channel 4 stopped showing French football midway through the season so I dont know if he exploded into life or something for Man Utd to be interested in him.

See your mouth like CR7. . . . you think say everyday na Christmas. .  . CR7 was a maffia when SAF bought him. No player leaves Portugal for £12m in 2003 unless he is something special. At that point, CR was probably the most expensive player sold by a Portuguese club. CR7 was actually toying with niggas during the Euro U-21 Championship of 2003. He was literally a one-man wrecking crew whose talent was obvious to anyone with one eye. Even Chelsea tried to hijack his transfer at the last minute.

I predict that the orangutan will be a flop at Man Utd. Despite having some skills, his legs are too long and his physiology will never allow him to get his final delivery right, no matter how hard he tries, eg Kalou, Babel and all the other long legged k-leg motherphockers who have no final delivery.

CIA been involved in many skitznels, one of the earliest evidenced cases being their support of Mobutu's dethronement of Kasa-Vubu as well as the assassination of Lumumba, hence I wont be surprised if they chook head for Naija business as well.

Who is arguing with this plank called Kobojunkie?. . . . has she ever raised any salient point for me to mull over on Nairaland?. . . she loves entering my debates by proxy, never addressing me directly. .  . . chatting incoherent balderdash most of the time. . . .  I have largely ignored her but I had to give her the mortar and pistle this time around. . . .

Some people I just dont have time for and I will not excuse my brusque attitude to their likes. . . . .  other reasonable contributors like Debosky, Bamowolo etc will always have my time and patience even if they chat rubbish. . . . but a serial opata-yarner like Kobojunkie will always get short shrift from me. . .

Kobojunkie:
@Ibime, if you have not noticed by now, I ignore you and your continous need to throw a tantrum on here whenever I do not agree with you.

Maybe you ought to learn to respect yourself first, rather than continuing to insult yourself on here thinking I will stoop low enough to consider what you have to say as even valid in the arguing. I never read what you have to say because I see a child throwing a tantrum from the start and I am not here to indulge such silly behaviour!

When you learn to respect yourself, maybe then I will continue what you have to say. Till then, Stop, I repeat, Stop wasting your time responding to my posts in hopes it will be considered.  This is not an order but a suggestion!!!!

Look at this pea-brained doofus. . . .the one day I decided to humour your asinine comments, you dey yarn opata. . . . FYI, I ignore almost all your comments cos you have the brain of a silverback gorrilla and your opinions are ill-formed and not worth responding to. . . . if you dont like getting dissed, keep your stupid comments to yourself whenever you see me discussing an issue. . . . otherwise, if you dont like my response, then report to moderator. . . . idiot!

debosky:
@ allboyz

Kolo and Djourou can both play at RB, so I am not really worried about Eboue leaving.

Djorou play which right back?. . . . see your mouth. . . . what technique does Djorou have to play right-back. . . . the baby-giraffe would trip over his own feet if he has to do anything more elaborate than hoofing the ball clear. . . . Gallas can play right-back. . . . Djorou is a waste-pipe who should be sold ASAP!

@ Sauron,

No need to grade the lines. . . . those are just a few fillers wey I spit troway. . . . useless lines. . . . I have another 40 lines waiting for Wordsmith if he would set up another battle. . . . 

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=293124.msg4144714#msg4144714 date=1246903350]Nah. . . . .this didn't connect well. . . . .2/5
Gun will be holding court? [/quote]That was the most intelligent line of the whole verse. . .  of course I expect it to fly over ya head


The Globes my theatre. . . . Im built for this poets sport

^^ alluding to Shakespeares Globe Theatre where all his plays were performed


You could Shake Spear. . . . but my gun will be holding court

^^ alluding that you cannot bring a spear to a gunfight. . . .

Of course 'holding court' is medieval parlance. . . . he can shake his spear but my gun will be holding court. . . . i.e my gun is superior/the boss/ calling the shots etc . . . . . 'holding court' also alludes to 'The Globe Theatre' where Shakespeare used to hold court. . .


Anyway, Im waiting for a proper battle. . . . I have hot lead to dump on Wordsmith

Ifygurl, thanks for the links.

Ifygurl:
This is the one i'm reading right now about an igbo slave that escaped from his master
http://books.google.com/books?id=PrPxWLSrp78C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0

This particular link was quite useful in understanding the old Ijaw/Ibibio/Aro/Igbo links to the slave trade.


The first link also shows the map of Igboland circa 1700 A.D.

Interesting to note that the Igbo boundary includes Diobu, therefore Ikwerres can never again claim not to be Igbo cos as far back as 1700, they were counted as Igbos.

Im not interested in trading endless watery keystyles with no voting mechanism. . . . set up a new thread, lets drop one verse each (30-40 lines) and let the public vote on it. . . . either do it properly or dont do it at all. . . . until then lemme humour you with a few lines. . . . . but set-up a proper thread for a proper battle. . . .



You have no idea how to rap/
Ya rhymes lack identity. . . . like Jay Z. . . . with No I.D on the track!/
My rhymes are Ferraris, and yours are Toyotas dude/
So this verse here. . . .is the death of your auto-tune!/
Ya punches lack follow-through/ . . .they’re weak and frail/
Like muslim girls without burkhas. . . my rhymes pre-veil/
The globes my theatre. . . Im built for this poets sport/
You could Shake Spear. . . but my gun will be holding court/
I fold ya fort/ get under ya skin like melanoma warts/
If ya think ya better than me. . . .then hold that thought. . . .


SET UP A NEW THREAD!

This woman called Kobojunkie will always take the opposite view of logic in any debate. . . . perhaps aggressive minority should stop proferring opinions when wise majority are yarning. . .

Kobojunkie:
I know for a fact that during Tinubu’s time in office, he at least was able to get an independent organization to confirm that Lagos population was as suggested by a state organization. Someone mentioned Orji doing something on another thread but it seems all he did was try to argue with not much but the same old tactic of estimating from decades old records.

Maybe you are trying to suggest that census figures are correct?

I just dont understand how your brain works. No one has ever claimed that Southern census figures are understated so any independent Lagos census should corroborate the State census. The claim is always that Northern census figures have been overstated.

shieeet. . . . don't let Becomerich enter this thread now o. 

Kobojunkie:
BINGO!!

Because the North prostitutes the political system, must the South also be fraudulent? I dont know how you Nigerians reason.

If there is no way that we can conduct politics in a fair and transparent manner without double-bluffing, I suggest we go our seperate ways, lest internal machinations leave us too weak to function as a country.

It is also asinine to juxtapose the unity of a 500 year old theocratic empire against the unity of disparate Southern groups, even if many of the Southern peoples do find common purpose together. However it is not too much to ask that the rights of the minority are upheld whilst pursuing the wishes of the majority. It is a fact that the wishes of Northern Nigeria trample upon the rights of Southerners as we have no common purpose. Whilst they may look politically savvy by managing to outmanouvre Southerners at the political table, they are also politically naive because any member of the polity who cannot get his voice heard will resort to militant agitation, as seen in the Niger Delta, Igbo regions and Middle-Belt.

In a country that has only fleetingly known democracy, you ask a lot of Southern Politicians. The fact that a national conference is even up for discussion shows the progress made so far, considering that the balance of power has always lain with the Northern-dominated military for the most part of our existence as a Nation.

By reading Asha80's original post, I would expect anyone with two brain cells to be able to tell which part of the polity is progressive and which part is not, unfortunately that is too much to expect from Kobojunkie.

Wordsmith:
i need to spar. . . .

the elite, where are you?

I dey here. . . .set up the thread. . .

Dis Guy:
are the northern senators more than the southern senators
one thing im sure of is that the southern senators have never won any 'tussle'
so many 'strategic meetings' to protect the interest of the south east,south south etc etc nothing is achieved at the
end of it-they are useless!!

Pls google search before making prepostorous comments.

How can the South have more senators than the North in a country where no of seats are determined by population and where the Northerners have falsified census results since 1952, claiming a majority of 54%.

The misappropriation of census figures is the most grievous political trick the North has ever played on the South, and if some Northern senators cannot be convinced to cross the aisle, perhaps the growing restiveness in the South would convince them to do so if militant agitation was visited upon their jurisdiction.

Nice post. . . .

We can see from this post who exactly is holding Nigeria back. Whilst the South is asking for council autonomy, the North are wholly insistent on maintaining the status-quo. This is the crux of all disturbances in Nigeria as Wole Soyinka rightly pointed out by stating that the time has come for Nigeria to resolve the 1967 question of federalism.

IMO, it is not just about DERIVATION. . . .

There is no such thing as DERIVATION in a federal set-up.

Govt does not give out money to regions, regions pay Govt tax.

Govt does not set laws for regions, except what the regions agree should be the Govt remit.

I am talking about Land Acts, Environmental Laws etc.

If Govt continue this irresponsible approach of not coming down hard on oil coy's environmentally harmful acts (flaring gas etc), then the individual regions should take that responsibility away from Govt.

Finally, it requires a complete overhaul of the current State system and redrawing of boundaries for federalism to bear any fruit for Nigeria.

We can have regions as small as Rhode Island or as large as Texas. It doesn't matter, as long as each individual people have the power to control their destiny.

The example of Belgium where the Flemish and French groups mind their own business and have fully devolved power should provide a good example for Nigeria.

Until we sort out the mish-mash that is our state system and reconstitute our politics, 50% derivation will make little difference except to the pockets of the likes of Odili. It is sine qua non that any change in constitution must be in tandem with a stern approach to corruption, and if Federal Govt has a softly-softly approach, then let each individual region deal with corruption in its own way (same as kidnapping which carries death sentence in Rivers and Abia State).

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=268431.msg4142667#msg4142667 date=1246884191]Van Persie is a waste of space. . . . . .[/quote]I have long known that Arsenal fans lack the gumption to notice the bleeding obvious, but despite this foreknowledge, I am continuously amazed that they haven't deferred to the gospel truth which thou hath spoken in the quoted content, even after 5 years of seeing the charlatan flatter to deceive.

Nice article!

Gabby Obertan is a baby giraffe. I will LAUGH my head off when he starts falling over his own feet whilst playing for United. He's quite skillful though.



[center]Gabriel Obertan Close To Manchester United Deal - Bordeaux President[/center]

Manchester United are close to signing Bordeaux starlet Gabriel Obertan, according to the French club.

The midfielder, who was loaned out to Lorient by coach Laurent Blanc for part of last season, is highly-rated in France.

Bordeaux president Jean-Louis Triaud is now claiming the deal is close to being confirmed.

"There is a very strong likelihood that the deal will go ahead," Triaud told L'Equipe.

"Manchester United want to sign him and, for our part, we would be delighted to see Gabriel playing for such a prestigious club.

"We will make the official announcement when the time is right."

Arsenal, Inter and Milan are all believed to have trailed Obertan in the past.

The Under-21 international is just 20-years-old but has featured in les Girondins' first team since he was 17.

[center]Yuri Zhirkov Signs For Chelsea[/center]
Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed that the "Russian Ronaldinho" has joined the Blues,

Chelsea have made their first major signing of the summer as CSKA Moscow winger Yuri Zhirkov was named as a confirmed acquisition at Carlo Ancelotti's unveiling as the latest boss of the Stamford Bridge outfit.

Ancelotti, enunciating clearly in assured English, said, "I think that Zhirkov, Turnbull, and Sturridge are all Chelsea players. I don't know very well Sturridge or Turnbull, but I know Zhirkov."

When asked if he had signed Zhirkov, he said, "Yes."

The 25-year-old played 139 games for his former club, scoring 15 goals. He was a shortlisted candidate for last year's Ballon d'Or, and has developed a growing reputation as one of the most fearsome prospects down the left flank.

Zhirkov has also displayed his credentials on the international scene in last summer's European Championship where, like Arsenal's Andrey Arshavin, he shone brightly.

Zhirkov is believed to have signed in an £18 million deal. He will provide competition for both Ashley Cole at full back, and Florent Malouda at left wing.

hehehehehe. . . . . Jomo Gbomo is a comedian. . . . its about time they disowned Clark as well.

This is late. MEND are already using drones.

Abi una no know say JTF shot down a a drone from MEND earlier this year?

Bialegend:
Oil from where?

hehehehe. . . . MEND would soon start paying those poor Niger nomads to blow up that pipeline. . .

It is not a rumour.

Chelsea confirmed on their website that they have turned down a bid (£30m) for JT.

Rumours say Chelsea would accept £40m

I say sell him for £35m considering he is 28 and his back is bad.

We would miss him badly though.

IMO, without Terry to organise our defence, all our other defenders are headless chickens (including Carvalho).

Lets see what happens.

Any son of Ndigbo 'hoping' for their turn to propagate this aimless and shameless caricature called Nigeria should be ashamed. . .

If I was an Igbo man, I would never want an Igbo President under some PDP Quota system. . .

This is a sick country, perpetually working toward the same wrong outcome. If the outcome every 4 years is the geographical origin of the President, then we are well and truly lost. They call it 'do and undo'. . . . Yara will put his Northern pallies in positions, then Mr Igbo President will undo all of Yaras decisions, putting his Igbo brothers in positions. . . then Mr Yoruba President will do the same on the next merry go-round. . . . none of this benefits the man on the street. . . its simply a chance for different ethnic-compositions of looters to eat the National cake, turn by turn as they say. . . . the idea itself is inherently corrupt. . .

Under any rotational Presidency, only the blackest sheep of Ndigo will rise to the top. . . Nzeribe, Odili, Kalu, etc. . . .

[center]Fiorentina: We Are In Negotiations To Sell Felipe Melo To Arsenal[/center]

Fiorentina have made an official announcement on the rumours surrounding Felipe Melo,

Arsenal are the only club to have made a bid for Fiorentina star Felipe Melo, the Italian club have announced. The Viola appear prepared to sell the Brazilian star with Emmanuel Eboue moving the other way as part of the deal.

Sky Sport Italia claimed earlier today that Juventus had reached an agreement with Felipe Melo’s agents, and that the Bianconeri would meet with Fiorentina officials on Tuesday in order to conclude a transfer fee.

However, Fiorentina have now posted an official announcement on their website, in which transfer chief Pantaleo Corvino sets the record straight.

Corvino claims that Arsenal are the only club to have tabled an offer for Felipe Melo, who has a release clause of €25 million, and suggests that Fiorentina are prepared to sell if Emmanuel Eboue is included as part of the exchange.

“The director [Corvino] points out that Arsenal FC are the only club that has come close to [Felipe Melo’s] release clause.

“Fiorentina, in turn, has proposed that the clubs reduce the amount of this clause by entering into negotiations the right back Eboue.”

On the rumours of an alleged agreement between Felipe Melo's agents and Juventus, Fiorentina did not deny that those two parties may have reached an accord.

"In the event that the player has already agreed terms with another club, the buy-out clause the player has with his club to the value of €25 million does not take into consideration any technical exchanges (player exchanges), unless Fiorentina is in agreement."

OFFICIAL: Daniel Sturridge Joins Chelsea From Manchester City

Chelsea have today officially confirmed that they have signed 19-year-old English striker Daniel Sturridge from Manchester City, with the player signing a four-year contract.

As Sturridge is still under 24 years of age, City are due compensation for the player, which in this case will be decided by tribunal.

The player, whose uncle Dean Sturridge played in the Premier League with Derby County and Leicester City a decade ago, netted four goals for the Citizens last season, as he featured in 26 games, starting ten.

Sturridge is an England Under-20 international, and was voted Young Player of the Year at Eastlands last season.

The striker will link up with his new team-mates when the squad convene for pre-season training next week after their summer break.

Zack Wilson, Goal.com

The term "United States" emphasises that all States in the union are seperate political units. All units come together to surrender some of their sovereignty (by negotiation, not by force) to the Federal Govt and adopt Federal Law, whilst the states get to choose which laws they wanna keep at State Law. The States  take charge of their own financial and legal affairs, and only pay tax to the Federal Government. The emphasis on "United" States shows that the "Unity" is a willful decision made by representation. There is NO unity without federalism, and NO unity without devolution.

Nigeria on the other hand is a country which allows Northern States to usurp Federal Law by implementing Sharia, yet forces edicts on all its other member states, of which Rivers State, Cross-Rivers, Delta, Imo, Abia and Bayelsa are most severely and unjustly affected. There are no States in Nigeria, just silly political contraptions aimed at dividing or solidifying political power.

Nigeria is a failed state!

@ Sauron and Dr Kit,

How much improvement did Henry and Trezeguet have to make to go from sub-20 goalscorers (league goals) to plus-20 goalscorers in the space of a couple of seasons?

How about Anelka who could only notch 10 goals in two seasons @ PSG. Were Ronaldinho and Okocha not feeding him?

I insist that anyone who pops 30 goals plus in France is made of something, the odd exception not withstanding (Guivarch etc).

There is a reason why France is the lowest scoring league in Europe. Unlike the headless chickens available in the EPL, DM's in France actually know how to protect their back-four.

Relative nonentities in France have proved to be great DMs and CMs in other countries: Keita, Diarra, Makelele, Flamini, Song, Petit etc etc etc

Relative nonentities in France have proved to be International class defenders in the EPL: Bassong, Gallas, Evra, Sagna, Herita Ilunga, Pascal Chimbonda etc. . . . all these guys are a dime a dozen in France.

France is the league with the most black players, the fastest African-blooded motherphockers who can cover 100 metres in 10 seconds flat, therefore space is at a premium in French League. . . . anyone who can find enough space to pop 30 goals in a season is talented, no doubt, especially a player who is not a "Fox in the box" like Guivarch, Pauleta, Steve Savidan etc, but one who does most of his work outside the box like Benzema.

dnex:
@Ibime

na wah for you O! I knew I'd seen this ID somewhere before. So it is you whom we share poetry together and learn from each other that this word Biafra has now brought out the beast in? I can't believe this. If this is how serious the Biafran matter has gotten, then I think it's time you people went your way.

Have you ever wonder how your Hausa neighbour whom you gist with everyday can just turn around at the mention of Allahu Akbar and draw a dagger o you, that's you can pull a gun at your Edo neighbour whom you share a beer and some literature with at the mention of Biafra. Byebye.

That your poem sweet no be small. . . . I no know say na you be this sef . . . . oya, no vex. . . . . but your views on Ijaw and Igbo issues are highly inflammatory. . . . I wasnt even attacking you for this thread per se, but for all the bollocks you been spewing every time Ijaw and Biafra issues are mentioned. . .

dnex:
@Ibime

you ignorant lunatic, get the hell off my thread so learned people can come and contribute.

@Kobojunkie

I just wanted to know what meaning the word Biafra carried that it could inspire such passion and fever. That's my offence O! I thought there was a meaning that if translated to the rest of us, we will begin to understand why they act the way they do. Instead, one deranged confusionist is telling me about a bight. Well, at least the fool was sane enough to finally admit he wasn't sure. Is that not madness? When a man isn't sure what he's going haywire about.


Arewa means the north or the upper areas or zone.

Oodua is after the founder of the Yoruba whose original name Izoduwa means "I've chosen prosperity" so Oodua actually means prosperity.

I'm trying to find meaning and understand my agitated brothers and a gang of psychopaths just decided to start trailing and stalking me all over the place.

You fat face phock. . . . just like I said, this thread has no purpose except for this pernicious LovePeddler-mongrel to tell us that Biafra has no meaning. . . . so what?. . . . .is Biafra the first place not to have a meaning?. . . . of all the pea-brained excuses you can employ to denigrate the dreams of a Biafran, it is that the name has no meaning. . . . so what have you proved?. . . . employing your bovine logic, it is better to fight for a place which has no meaning, than a place which is "annoying" (Benin). . . .