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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 1:13am On Dec 29, 2022
FBS:
Ibime never followed him, you never did, certainly I did not. Not sure if anyone did.
As per Ibime's theory - never sign a player from the World Cup - James Rodriguez comes to mind.

Amrabaat is energetic, committed and I watched his 50m recovery run- I like that but he also gave the ball away in dangerous areas.

My concern is this - are you guys proposing the club buy this guy because he is on a cheap or because he is good enough. Is he the long term solution or a quick fix?

Forget all those half turns megedefegede Ibime mentioned, strikers have way better half turns, that's how they are sometimes able to beat their markers in tight spaces.
Let the scouts go and their job having been given introduction at World Cup

The best way to scout a CM/DM is type in "their name vs" in YouTube and watch all their touches in a particular set of matches. This will tell you if they have the required technique. I did this for Amrabat vs Juventus and was satisfied. Following Bimffos set of posts, I will go and review more.

That's how you scout central midfielders as a layman rather than highlight reels which do not identify weaknesses. Using this method is how I saw Bakayoko was a fugazi and a danger to his own team, when everyone was hyping him here. A good central midfielder is summarized by the absence of his weaknesses, both technical, physical and positioning, and watching all actions in a game should give clearer picture.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 1:02am On Dec 29, 2022
Ballzproblem2:
I'm not saying he is worth it, I'm saying we need Midfielders like now ,hence desperate times calls for desperate measures,and if it is to trigger Enzo Fernandez clause,so be it ,see as casemeiro change man U Midfield set up ,is it worth paying that amount for a 30 years old? no ,is it necessary yes
Copying other clubs spending obscene amount because it worked for them is no guarantee it will work out well for you

That's how VVD success convinced Manure to spend same money on Maguire, and Bayern to mumu themaelf for Hernandez, while Allison success convinced us to mumu ourself for Kepa. Same for Dembele, Coutinho, Griezmann, Joao Felix and Lukaku. The hardest mistake to undo is big mistake. It's best you try to scout well within reasonable sums than make big mistake. Spending £100m is no guarantee of success anymore than £40m, infact the failure rate is higher at the larger sums. Those are sums that wreck clubs for years. See dead Barka for example
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 12:51am On Dec 29, 2022
swiz123:
I don't know why I think you are using cost to hide your concerns that Enzo's versatility could mean Jorgiboy continues as a DM for Chelsea.

Like I said before, Enzo will come and learn from Jorginho himself and perhaps take over from him soon.
You are projecting your insecurities on me and hoping Chelsea sign a CM to play alongside Jogginghoe rather than a DM to kick him out after 5 years without competition for his spot

Am I mad to agree with Chelsea paying £105m for a DM? You no know me before?
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 12:06am On Dec 29, 2022
Ballzproblem2:
all of you barking Enzo is not worth that amount,we know, but we want to address Midfield issue,If we ignore am now same idiots we be barking like dogs ,the money no dey affect you ,my happiness is jorginho is finally leaving,no more hiding for that fraud
No be so you dey shout say Kukuruku and Fofana money is worth it to address problem at leftback and centreback? You done start another shout

Rational people believe if you spend £105m on DM, other areas will suffer,or you will need £2bln to complete a full team. DM job is to keep you competitive in the game, not to win you the game. There are many DMs that will keep you competitive for £30m

Well, it seems Boehly has come up with a convincing scheme to deceive UEFA that Chelsea are within FFP boundaries while splashing £1bln on players. Make we dey watch
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 11:51pm On Dec 28, 2022
Bimffo:
This are Jorginho's stats in yesterday's match, against Zagreb and against Arsenal.

Was not impressive yesterday but he created 2 chances. Made 1 tackle. Made 3 long balls

Against Zagreb, he had 2 interception. Made 1 long ball. Created 2 chances. Won 4 out of 5 tackles. Made 76 passes.

Against Arsenal, Attempted 7 long balls because we were defending, interception 2. Tackles 3. Jorginho even jumped once and he won that duel.


If in all these matches, we castigated Jorginho and said he had a bad day in office, then why are we romancing Amrabat.

Is it because France President said Amrabat is the best midfielder in the tournament? grin grin

Person wey Onuaihi (abi wetin be that young player name) dey carry along.


IF WE CLAIM JORGINHO IS NOT GOOD FOR CHELSEA, THEN AMRABAT IS NOT THE PLAYE FOR US. It is not about forming busy for camera. Are you really doing the work? Lukaku of Midfield.
Comparing Jorgjnho vs Bournemouth or Zagreb vs a Moroccan midfielder vs possession heavy teams like Portugal, Spain and Croatia is the height of comparing apples with oranges

Secondly learn to differentiate between being dispossessed and pass not finding opponent. The way you kept quoting "Amrabat lost possession 9 times" as if 9 of Jorginho passes do not go astray per game. You then used poetic licence to frame it as "losing possession" in dangerous areas, even if he attempted a long pass and it got cut out

Amrabat was dispossessed 0.4 times per game in the World Cup on average, similar to Jorginho stats in EPL

Secondly in Serie A, Amrabat attempts more passes for Fiorentina than Jogginghoe does for Chelsea

We don't need a DM at 10/10 in passing. 8/10 is OK, while the other parts of his game are also 7-8/10

Unlike Jogginghoe whose passing is 10/10 against small teams, 5/10 against mid-teams and belleface back to sender against big teams with no risk taken at all. While Jogginghoes physical attributes are 1/10.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by Ibime(m): 11:04am On Dec 28, 2022
afrodoc:
The only coding I know is when you are secretly kpanning a babe and you don’t want your friends to know. cry
grin grin grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 4:44am On Dec 28, 2022
FBS:
Is that based on his world cup performances or have you been following the player before that?
Last I remember, you've always preached against signing players who perform well in the said tournament?
Central midfield play is different to strikers and wingers like El Hadji Diouf or Enner Valencia hammering in a tournament. If you watch a CM or DM a few times for 90 minutes, you can tell if they have it or not, unlike a forward that might just be going through a purple patch

I'm talking touch, not losing ball under pressure, proficiency on the half-turn, pressing, positioning and following runners. This is what you use to judge a DM and a tournament can tell you enough, certainly enough for me to go review his tapes. The icing on the cake for me was after showing all these, he chased Mbappe down from the halfway line in a straight footrace and caught him in the game against France. That shows me a DM that you can play aggressive football with without fearing counterattack too much

His contract expires 2024 which pegs his price around £25m. That makes sense unlike spending £100m plus on a DM which is the height of foolishness. For £100m, you better score me 40 goals a season , that's what the big money is paid for,.not yeomen positions
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 1:51am On Dec 28, 2022
Forget Enzo Fernandez deal, sign Amrabat for £25m, use another £25m sign another one. We need two DM, not one

It's only Chelsea that will sign 10 forwards and be managing 0 to 1 DM for the last 10 years, that DM will be getting overworked
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by Ibime(m): 11:44pm On Dec 27, 2022
Ibime:
Tesla down another 10% today while Nasdaq, DJ30 and S&P500 are flat

Rats fleeing sinking ship
Update - make that 13%.

Stock wey dey behave like rugpull

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 11:10pm On Dec 27, 2022
swiz123:
While at it, analyse the maestros game today.
Not interested in maestro that only plays when the opposition is weak and parks bus or escorts when they are mid-to-good
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 10:42pm On Dec 27, 2022
Ballzproblem2:
hmm , nawao the Kain players wey we get on loan ,which one be dujon Sterling,his name isn't quality self grin, nevertheless I don't think they are considering him ,how you see today performance?
I slept off after returning from plenty waka. I go look highlight later
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 10:35pm On Dec 27, 2022
Ballzproblem2:
they're smarter now , cucurella and fofana really burn us
They should recall Dujon Sterling for now and plan well for the summer
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by Ibime(m): 10:27pm On Dec 27, 2022
adamusuleiman3:
A Michigan federal Judge Robert Jonker (appointed by George W. Bush) sentenced a man convicted of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to 16 years in prison on Tuesday.

Prosecutors said that Adam Fox was the leader of a plot to kidnap the Democratic governor from her summer home in 2020.
Good morning Benaldinho Benalvino3

Entrap ko, entrap ni
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 10:21pm On Dec 27, 2022
Whoever they recruit to replace James, the name Dumbfries should not come into their thinking please
RomanceRe: I'm 32years Old, Look Very Thin And Small And Only Weigh 35kg . by Ibime(m): 5:51pm On Dec 27, 2022
PoliteActivist:
How do you know how tall he is? He could have just said he is thin, but he said he is thin AND small.
Also the 35kg could have been just to emphasize he is really small
If he is really 35kg then he is really short and that's the main problem, not his weight

My 6 year old daughter is 4 ft tall, skinny and weighs 25kg. How will a grown man be claiming 35kg unless he is extremely vertically challenged

Any man over 5 ft 5 will weigh 50kg at least even after 1 year of hunger and famine
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by Ibime(m): 5:48pm On Dec 27, 2022
Tesla down another 10% today while Nasdaq, DJ30 and S&P500 are flat

Rats fleeing sinking ship
RomanceRe: I'm 32years Old, Look Very Thin And Small And Only Weigh 35kg . by Ibime(m): 5:12pm On Dec 27, 2022
PoliteActivist:
Well, below is what that weight looks like.
And this person even wants to lose more weight.
So u wrong
That's a 5ft 1 inch woman
RomanceRe: I'm 32years Old, Look Very Thin And Small And Only Weigh 35kg . by Ibime(m): 10:16pm On Dec 26, 2022
A fully grown man's bones and internal organs alone should weigh more than 35 kg unless he is a dwarf

This information is not complete
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Nairaland Fantasy Premier League 2022/23 by Ibime(op): 9:46pm On Dec 26, 2022
Emaprince:
I benched mitrovic thinking he was injured. Chai
Rookie mistake. . .I done cook you. . .
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by Ibime(m): 9:38pm On Dec 26, 2022
OasisX:
grin


.... Omo! Naija trained Teachers can't teach in the UK o.

https://twitter.com/MohAli___/status/1606991454999842816?t=ziiFuZer77hfr9h94dEbaw&s=19[/font][/quote]No normal Naijaman can teach in UK. Even we that were trained in Naija system showed teachers sege. I remember how we frustrated life out of our A Levels Economics teacher telling her to her face that we run the class and she is a poor teacher. It was later that she told me she is good friends with my Aunty, shame catch me. I tried to then get my colleagues on her side but the template was already set for her. I ended up dropping her course cos no learning was taking place in that environment.

Still, japa is japa and UK Govt are opening up japa route for teachers in March. If teaching no favour, you can blend something else

https://punchng.com/uk-opens-door-for-nigerian-teachers/
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 9:53am On Dec 26, 2022
MorataFC:
@ eddie7 that story doesn't belong to Okocha, I think it's CR7's
Both stories are fake
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 11:10pm On Dec 25, 2022
Havertz10:
Looking for alternatives is more dangerous to western nations than a nuclear attack, but no need to spoil the mood of the day with some hard truths


So enjoy your chicken that has been overly processed to the point that it taste like cardboard
In God we Trust literally means we trust your sense of justice and fairness, your legal process, your rule of law and your democracy, so we are comfortable holding our wealth in your hands. We trust that our money won't be taken from us on the whims of a dictator like what happened to Jack Ma, numerous Russian Oligarchs, Saudi Princes and MKO Abiola

You are yet to see that people hold dollar because there is no autocrat that will turn them from a billionaire to a pauper at the click of a finger like what happens in the countries you idolise

If sanctions should be lifted on Russia today, Russian Oligarchs will still still rush to store their wealth in dollars because Putin cannot pauperise them easily in dollar like he has done to dozens of Oligarchs before.

Any wahala anywhere in the world, we run to dollar. Every billionaire or multi-millionaire holds vast majority of their wealth in dollar. That's why despite dollar being printed egregiously, they are still rushing it.

Besides, China is interested in a strong dollar so their exports stay competitive, so nobody is buying that lamba

In God We Trust

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 12:26pm On Dec 25, 2022
Havertz10:
Merry pointless holidays to you ibime grin
Merry Xmas

You literally posted a screenshot saying greenback is too strong and increasing in strength this year hence the search for alternative. I thought it's supposed to have collapsed by now? You never see something

In God We Trust

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 12:08pm On Dec 25, 2022
TLona1:
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lol. This meme na cruise
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 12:04pm On Dec 25, 2022
BlaqFaze:
mehn....he gave his all to Napoli, he doesn't have the pace anymore to compete at the highest level (or the pace to do "legacy defending"wink...fifa players go understand.

He should learn tactical defending from Thiago and Van Dijk
I rather feel he got too comfortable in Napoli and did not keep up his.physical condition

That's what happens when you are a big fish in a small pond for too long and operating on cruise control.. it can easily happen to centrebacks and they won't be exposed unlike fullbacks or midfielders where if your sharpness drop, everyone can tell and you will lose your spot. Centrebacks can cruise for a long time below physical condition. We can see it with VVD at Liverpool
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 1:36am On Dec 25, 2022
BlaqFaze:
Koulibaly should be around 45 years old if we are being real
He was born in France

That guy just let himself go physically in Napoli
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 1:36am On Dec 25, 2022
Amoto94:
Chelsea are opening to selling Kalidou Koulibaly, with Inter Milan interested in a potential deal.

{Tutto Mercato Web}
They should sell him ASAP
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 4:52pm On Dec 24, 2022
Brazil 1958 team and 1970 team are two different teams, totally different set of players with the exception of Pele

Brazil 1970 team did not win after Pele

Brazil 1958 team did not win before Pele

Brazil 1958 also got knocked out in group stage in 1966 when Pele got injured

Pele changed that nation
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 12:20pm On Dec 24, 2022
MorataFC:
cheesy grin grin
Clown shït
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by Ibime(m): 8:24pm On Dec 22, 2022
benalvino3:
Do you mean 2022?
Tesla is in the EV market, LCID is down 85%. in fact all the players in the EV are in a worse position than tesla
EV start-ups are narrative stocks which pumped in the post-Covid bubble as retail investors and Reddit crowd searched for "the Next Tesla" eg. NIO, LCID etc

Those are small caps which pump fast and crash fast as it doesn't take much volume to move price in small caps. Tesla is not a small cap but a behemoth which had higher marketcap than the next 5 automakers put together. It's behaving like a small cap because it's a pump and dump. Other automakers are down 20-45%, while Tesla is down 70% and will continue sliding
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by Ibime(m): 7:41pm On Dec 22, 2022
benalvino3:
that's hilarious coming from a guy defending a disgraced Ponzi scheme thief SBF. Arguing that stealing people's money by using it without their consent is not actually stealing. it is okay though, you are almost always wrong on matters like this.

Tesla has seen a 65% drop YOY, but their Competitors have seen or are doing worse which only tells you this is not unique to Tesla. Pretty soon they will be producing some new products and that will drive stock up in 2023.
You are getting too emotional.

Automakers are not down 70% in 2023, only Tesla is. As a high beta stock, it will continue to underperform the market through the bear

Tesla has always been a massive pump and dump scheme, you can follow my arguments on this from early 2021 by following below

Elon gained over 10% of Teslas shares as performance bonus tied to pumping the marketcap of Tesla, and he did so with Arkk innovation fund and other cowboy investors and social media hype. Tesla is built on fluff not fundamentals

Ibime:
Tesla is the poster boy for the current market bubble, more than octupling in price in 1 year and with a Price-Earnings ratio 50 times the S&P average. A lot of people will cry when Tesla burst.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by Ibime(m): 6:38pm On Dec 22, 2022
American MMM aka Tesla in freefall today, down 10%

When market opens in January expect more bloodbaths and the biggest bubbles such as Tesla will collapse steeper

The rats are finally fleeing the biggest bubble stock in USA history. $70 - $80 is a potential buying target

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