Politics › Re: Tinubu Should Be Disqualified! by Illimitable: 1:13am On Jul 02 |
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by Illimitable: 10:46pm On Jul 01*. Modified: 11:17pm On Jul 01 |
Spy360: Port concession means that the government can restrict the development of ports.
There is a reason FG over the years have been unwilling to allow the upgrade the ports in the SE.
They know that Lagos will lose it relevance. Why can’t your Governors put hands together and develop their own port? You people speak as if foreigners are ruling the South East. You people have collectively elected bandits, armed robbers and rogues as Governors since 1999. Lagos State government in collaboration with some private stake holders have constructed Lekki Deep Sea Port and it’s currently at 50% operational capacity. What are your own Governors doing in the SE that they cannot replicate this sort of project? |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 9:17pm On Jul 01 |
Mrviktor: Tonali and Fernandez Is what they promised us
Now Tottenham will lineup with a midfield3 of tonali. Maddison and Fernandez.
God
Van dear ven. Porro.. Spence and van heka
The only weak link on paper is their injury prone striker..
I'm just imagining them going for Greenwood.. den omor This is why some United fans didn’t want Carrick to get the job. It’s not like they don’t love Carrick, it’s because they know he won’t be able to confront INEOS for reinforcements like a proper manager. De Zerbi must have looked at Tottenham’s board in the eye and told them there must be signings before he put pen to paper. He’s a proper manager and most of his wishes would be respected. Carrick is too happy to have the job. He will never complain no matter the caliber of players INEOS sign for him and this can only end in a disaster. The results Carrick got last season was mostly because he had one competition to play per week. He could afford to play the same team for most parts. He will not get the same luxury next season. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 8:52pm On Jul 01 |
Jamiuokolaa: While it’s interesting that you had to dig 33 years into football history to find a single comparable case, the example still doesn’t hold.
Roy Keane wasn’t some random relegated punt ; he had already dragged lowly Nottingham Forest to two Wembley finals (1991 FA Cup, 1992 League Cup) and was a recognised, influential figure across Britain before United paid the British‑record fee for him.
Matheus Fernandes is nowhere near that profile. He’s been a standout in relegated Southampton and relegated West Ham, which is a completely different résumé.
He may develop into something valuable, but right now Spurs are taking a massive gamble - the type that United can’t be criticised for choosing not to participate in. United paid British transfer record for Keane. The £85m West Ham was asking isn’t the British transfer record. Elliot Anderson’s £130m is the British transfer record. West Ham asked for £85m. That’s 65% of the British transfer record which is very very fair for a talent like Mateus Fernandes. Keane of 92/93 is not different from Mateus Fernandes of 25/26. 21 years of age, the shining light in a relegated club that was seeking a move to a bigger club. If United could pay a British transfer record for Keane, £85m should be a stroll in the park for Fernandes - especially for a club like United with a huge midfield problem.
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 3:04pm On Jul 01*. Modified: 8:15pm On Jul 01 |
Jamiuokolaa: Status wise, Matteus is the midfield Version of Delap and he's going for 85m 
I am all for spending / investing wisely and reasonably.
85m for a 21yr old from Relegated West Ham looks somehow tbh. The 250k/week rumoured salary even makes it worse.
I trust that our scouts would do their job well. Roy Keane relegated Nottingham Forest in 92/93 season. Alex Ferguson still had to convince him to sign for Man Utd instead of Blackburn FC(the moneybags of Premier League) back then. Sir Alex paid British record transfer fee for Keane in 1993 to sign him. Imagine if United had this INEOS attitude in 1993, Keane would never have played for Man Utd. Did Keane perform or not?  If your rivals are getting these players, you have no other choice than to get them too so you can compete. These players are going to make United’s rivals better and United will not be able to compete. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 12:44am On Jul 01*. Modified: 12:27pm On Jul 01 |
odizeey: Buy Tonali, una say no, e too cost. 😃 Buy Fernandez, e too cost for am. We go see who them go buy One universal law I know is:- if you buy cheap, you will pay thrice.When Rice was available at £105m, United board concluded he was too expensive for that price and they settled for cheaper options. They recruited bargain basement players like Ugarte(£50m), Mount(£60m), Amrabat(£10m loan fee). Those 3 options have not solved the midfield problem till date. The folks that paid £105m are the current PL champions. When Kane was available for £100m in 2023, United also decided he was too expensive. They went for the cheaper options paying moderate fee on Hojlund(£70m), Zirkzee(£36m), Seško(£74m). United ended up spending £180m on a problem £100m Harry Kane could have solved. Kane has won multiple titles while United have resold Hojlund and Zirkzee is on the chopping block. His growth has stagnated. Man Utd is the epitome of Penny Wise Pound Foolish.  The club is doomed. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 6:34pm On Jun 30 |
chrisley024: this seems to often come with higher probability of flopping. I'm curious to see the midfielders they'll get It’s a high risk, low reward venture. Arteta has turned the PL into WWE or UFC. Premier League proven players come with lower risk of adaptation. It took Sesko 6 months to adjust but Cunha and Mbeumo clicked like they have been playing at Old Trafford for several years. There’s a reason for that. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 6:16pm On Jun 30*. Modified: 6:46pm On Jun 30 |
odizeey: Hmmm. Because this idea of only going for people who want to be here purely for passion will leave us with scrubs. It’s what unambitious people do. Imagine a guy saying I only want to woo girls that want me. But but but - you have to persuade the woman too. United don’t want to compete at all - they just want to wait for players who are only interested in United.  . Majority of these players have agents whose income is tied to the transfer fees and other bonuses. How won’t they sway their clients to go for the bigger pay day? Who has love helped?  I just pity Carrick. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 6:10pm On Jun 30 |
odizeey: We don't want to spend money like serious clubs but want serious results. (Adjusted for inflation) - This list is the highest transfer fees paid in the history of the English Premier League(1992-2026). Man Utd featured 12 times in a list of 44 names. Yet people wonder why SAF was super successful over the years despite making use of many academy players. It’s because he buys the best talents in the market and mix them with brilliant academy players. INEOS strategy will make United a mid table team for years to come.
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 6:04pm On Jun 30 |
MRTA7: Its disappointing to lose out on the player to Spurs but its also important to stand firm on wages and transfer fees. So if a Messi regen emerges today and everyone can see the talents and the high ceiling, United should not touch him because of high transfer fees and high wages? How will United ever win a MAJOR trophy again with that attitude? Mediocre players win mediocre trophies Elite players win elite trophies. INEOS are such a disgrace. They have lost 2 of their prime targets to their rivals. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 5:56pm On Jun 30 |
Ellexy: Ornstein bomber. 85 million pounds is crazy. Carrick will be sacked within the next 18 months. Man Utd have betrayed another manager. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Illimitable: 5:52pm On Jun 30 |
A40: 5 players from a possible 250 or more. Why are you now saying it like it's the norm rather than the exception. I do not understand your argument. This is football not marathon race
Humans have only grown by about 3inches over the last 150 years
Between the 90s and today that is infinitesmal. So I don't know why you keep harping on such insignificant gains You moved the goalpost from nobody has crossed 11KM on the pitch to only 5 players have done 13KM. That leap is hilarious. Why are you people so immune to simple facts? Instead of you to concede to the superior argument, you double down on your ignorance that the gains are insignificant? I will wait and see how you untie yourself from this deep rooted ignorance. Over to you. 
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Illimitable: 12:45am On Jun 30 |
Shegzdave: Go and check his penalties stats please and leave these blame apportionments
You didn’t blame waltermade who lost his penalty despite playing fewer minutes than Harvertz but you blamed the player that scored the equalizer
Weldone It was the first shootout. You have to set the tone with that first kick. If he scored that particular kick, Germany would have won. His miss transmitted panic to the rest of his team mates. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Illimitable: 12:32am On Jun 30 |
Shegzdave: This worldcup get as e be sha 
Harvertz pack your load Dey come emirates joor No manager should be letting an Arsenal player take part in a shootout. Havertz brought his bad luck to Germany. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Illimitable: 12:30am On Jun 30 |
This is the worst German team in history.
Germany are usually very reliable from 12 yards. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Illimitable: 12:29am On Jun 30 |
raumdeuter: Germany didn't deserve to qualify They scored a legit goal that was disallowed. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Illimitable: 12:28am On Jun 30 |
Germany OUT!!!! |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Illimitable: 12:28am On Jun 30 |
Jonathan Tah has sold Germany. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Illimitable: 12:27am On Jun 30 |
Another miss!
Germany have a God in heaven. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Illimitable: 12:26am On Jun 30 |
Neuer has to save this last penalty.
He has to! |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Illimitable: 12:26am On Jun 30 |
Amiri scores. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Illimitable: 12:25am On Jun 30 |
Paraguay misses.
He missed the target completely. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Illimitable: 12:24am On Jun 30 |
Woltemade misses. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Illimitable: 12:22am On Jun 30 |
Musiala scores |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Illimitable: 12:20am On Jun 30 |
Kimmich scores. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Illimitable: 12:19am On Jun 30 |
This Havertz is so useless.
Waited that long to miss his kick. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Illimitable: 12:18am On Jun 30 |
wman: Germany to kick first.
Havertz. 60% chance the team that kicks first wins. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Illimitable: 12:14am On Jun 30 |
A40: This is cap. 13km ke? When even the highest is under 12km
Besides ability to run all over the pitch like okete is not commensurate to sheer abilities as you can see from this graphic
Longer careers yes due to sports medicine. That has nothing to do with ability. Italy have not had players as good as Del Piero, Totti, Maldini or Nesta
Stronger and taller how?? You are just making that up. Who measured the strength and height of today's players. Is there a bench press competition I don't know about. On average, humans have grown 1cm each decade. The nutrition gets better every 10 years. I never said current athletes have more skills than the 90s athletes, I said the athletes are physically better today. I don’t know where you got your stats from but it’s totally wrong. Plenty of players cover 13KM with ease in the PL.
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Illimitable: 11:49pm On Jun 29 |
PGMOL should be taking notes. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Illimitable: 11:21pm On Jun 29 |
A40: Better at what? Nobody has successfully explained that to me. There has been massive advances in sports science, professionalism, nutrition, training, recovery and body work. Athletes today easily cover 13KM running on the pitch for 90 mins. The average distance covered in the 90s was around 9KM. They are much more stronger and taller today - they also tend to have longer careers now than what it used to be in the Rudi Voller days. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Illimitable: 11:05pm On Jun 29 |
A40: I grew up in the era of gunmen like Klinsmann, Voller that's why I am always upset whenever people claim athletes today are better.
When Germany was still Germany who born all these maga to see shirt. Sane, Havertz, Wirtz, Pavlovic Athletes are better today but zero football skills. There’s no way Sane or Havertz or Wirtz starts for any German team in the 70s, 80s or 90s. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Illimitable: 8:59pm On Jun 27 |
BlueRayDick: Cap 🧢
In which planet is Okocha Africa's best talent? 🤡 I am uncomfortable with this Okocha disrespect. What is wrong with you people? 
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