₦airaland Forum

tpia:
A million mile journey begins with a single step.

The overseas skyscrapers and amenities you're admiring, have a headstart almost a hundred years ahead of Nigeria. So if you're going to compare, do it from a proper perspective.

Oyibos themselves dont come to Africa expecting to see the exact same infrastructure they left behind in their countries. But Nigerians want gold paved streets in every village just because they went abroad.

Be realistic.

No one is being unrealistic here,but i do not think a governor that utilizes financial allocation for what it is meant for is worthy of news.He is just doing the service he/she is elected for.

It is bizzare and grotesque how these elected officials are termed messiahs for doing their job.

I cringe when i see and read these politicians and their boot-lickers spin and list neccesities and must-haves as achievements and dividends of democracy.

Help check this pls:

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Thanks

That the likes of Jimoh Ibrahim are given listening ear at all says so much about our country._{O ka iwe,ko ka ogbon ori at all}

Incisive,insightful and on-point.

But how come i still feel this is all "dog eat dog" antics of a typical politician.

More so,wasn't Ibori active during OBJ's govt?Why wasn't he tried then?Oh i forgot! he was immuned!

But then,so was Alameisgha(i am sure the spelling is wrong),Dariye,Fayose et al.

And OBJ could have given him(Ibori) the same treatment he gave the likes of Mimiko.

This is all just B.S,and until this men(all the dramatis personae in our declining fortune) are lined up and made to face the firing squad,i am sure the future is extremely bleak.

BTW El Rufai,wasn't it ur demi-god OBJ that imposed Yaradua(an unwilling ally at that time) on us?

Game over!

Arsenal is turning into a team of 2nd half.From a mundane first-half to a celestial 2nd-half performance.

The turning moment was the substitution of Denilson;it made the mid-field non-static and dynamic.

Song!What can i say;this dude is turning into another Flamini,works hard,covers " hectres of land" and he has added finesse to his game.Capped his MOTM performance with a goal that will make Messi green.

Next stop Villareal,but for our defence,i wouldn't be scared but let's wait and see,

Great match all in all.Up gunners

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

Song is class

GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL

Arshavin

Song has to be the most improved gooner this term.

WTF is that frm Bramble

dayokanu:
Kay Pumping,

Sorry oh You seem to be the lone voice in the desert.

DAMN WIGAN!!!

Sorry ke?

You need it more than i do after the mid-week rape by Barca.

God but this same Gibbs played against Wigan in the Crling Cup and held his own.Why is he jittery now?

Valencia plese don't kill Gibbs.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLLLLLLL

Silvestre

mukina2:
Kay, you're making me laff .

We look dire Muki and it is annoying.

It is a good one we have scored though via Walcott.

Did you see Silvestre with his pathetic blunder?

I just do not know how we will survive next week with the kinda defending.We just seem to be in total dissaray anytime we are attacked

Pheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew!

What a save by the post! and Gibbs was lucky to get away with just a yellow card for that foul on Valencia._{Me think he was the last man}

Not the best of half for us at all.The defence was just clueless most times and Djorou had to be taken off.
It is not looking good for us going into the most crucial week of our season.

Let's just hope we can conjure some magic in the other half as we have a great bench comprising of Nasri,Persie and Manu.

Go ye Red and White army!

Djorou out injured again, 
WTF is happening now.

We are stripped dowm to the bone in our defence.One more injury and we might have to call Bendtner to play at the back

We need divine intervention sincerely.

dayokanu:
Where are Arsenal fans? I thought it was only scummies that run away from their thread when they are losing?

Guess Arsenal fans are now so clairvoyant to know they will lose the match before kick-off?

It is match day and everyone is no where to be found
Wigan just scored and i can't but feel this injuries to our defence-line when it matters most MAY cost us dearly.
Our defence today just look out of place with Gibbs,Djorou,and Fabianski all looking low on confidence.

Maybe it is too early though to judge,just maybe,

Does acrobatic goals count for double

Let our strikers do the primary job of scoring first,and consistently to boot.

I can't remember Yekini aesthetizing his goals yet we all could not fault him 'cos of his consistency in banging in the goals.

PS:But then if you are a sucker for "goals with beauty",you can check out Martins goal against Bolton at Tyneside this season.I think that was acrobatic enough.

olodo:
i hope we will not allow this 1-1 get into our head, we need to correct all the mistakes before next week game.
please can somebody tell me how bad was Alms injury for him to have call to the bench for sub?
he had a rough tackle on his right leg and he got back to his feet but after the rocket of a shot by Sena he was afraid more will come so he chickened out
please take a second look at the game and you will see that he could have stayed till the end of the game assuming Sena did not score

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=252254.msg3708643#msg3708643 date=1239229320]2003 Juventus eliminated Real Madrid, AC Milan eliminated Juventus, AC Milan Champion

2004 Monaco eliminated Real Madrid, Porto eliminated Monaco, Porto Champion

2005 Juventus eliminated Real Madrid, Liverpool eliminated Juventus, Liverpool Champion

2006 Arsenal eliminated Real Madrid, Barca eliminated Arsenal, Barca Champion

2007 Bayern eliminated Real Madrid, AC Milan eliminated Bayern, AC Milan Champion

2008 AS Roma eliminated Real Madrid, Manchester United eliminated AS Roma, Man Utd Champion.

2009 Liverpool eliminated Real Madrid, Chelsea WILL ELIMINATE Liverpool, . . . . . . . . . . .[/quote]Debo,the common factor is the enboldened,REAL MADRID.
Nice discovery Sauron.

But the work is done on the FIELD.

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=252254.msg3708643#msg3708643 date=1239229320]I think Chelsea might win the CL this season.
The Liverpool win might give em a powerful knock on effect like it did last season when they pushed United all the way in the CL/EPL.
Everything is pointing in their direction and Essien and Drogba couldn't have returned at a more appropriate time.
Take a look at this stat i noticed down the years. . . . .

2003 Juventus eliminated Real Madrid, AC Milan eliminated Juventus, AC Milan Champion

2004 Monaco eliminated Real Madrid, Porto eliminated Monaco, Porto Champion

2005 Juventus eliminated Real Madrid, Liverpool eliminated Juventus, Liverpool Champion

2006 Arsenal eliminated Real Madrid, Barca eliminated Arsenal, Barca Champion

2007 Bayern eliminated Real Madrid, AC Milan eliminated Bayern, AC Milan Champion

2008 AS Roma eliminated Real Madrid, Manchester United eliminated AS Roma, Man Utd Champion.

2009 Liverpool eliminated Real Madrid, Chelsea WILL ELIMINATE Liverpool, . . . . . . . . . . .

Ferguson won't like this. [/quote] Not so Infact Bleep it

But then, isn't statistics just what they are;STATISTICS.

I have always known the Hiddink factor will manifest as the season pans out,especially in Europe.

But then let's WAIT and SEE,the 8 teams are still in with a SHOUT

debosky:
the ending of a 32 match unbeaten run at home must sting for Rafa's men.

Oh Liverpool were on an unbeaten run too?
Me think Anfield is over-rated as they cup too many draws there,especially in the EPL and mostly against minnows.

I do not see Liverpool coming back from this.In fact,Chelsea can afford to field the likes of Sinclair,Santos,Hilario et al.

It is going to be a cracker when a tactical Hiddink leads Chelsea against a Barca team that is on fire but tutored by a supposed green-horned Guardiola.

The semi-final slots for this fixture were sealed tonight,except of course a miracle happens in less than 7 days in the return legs.

nateevs:
Where's Dayo sef?

He's drowing himself in some local sapele water texted to him by Ibime.

The key tonight is ESSIEN.Discplined,calm and professional.He killed 2 birds with one stone with his disciplined performance i.e stiffling Gerrard thus making Torres useless.

Kudos to Chelsea.Hiddink is the man really,

Rafa has never had it this close in 2 competitions since he came to England i.e EPL and UCL.
Definately the bubble has to bust somewhere.
What a mighty fall.What a disciplined team Chelsea have turned out to be tonight
No doubt, it is a Barca/Chelsea S/F.

Adebayorrrrrr give him the ball and he WILL score, _{ofcourse after a few squandered chances and a coupla offside}

That goal is a flaber-whelming piece of art a la Da Vinci's Mona Lisa.

In all the events of saturday till yeserday,the constant pair of Fab-ayor seem to just lend credence to Kit's assertion all these while;bring Fab back and Manu will deliver.

Kit i hail thee oo,your Togo jireh-jazz is really working for your boy.

The downside of yesterday's match is the yellow cards and injuries sustained by Al' and Billie.I hope Fabianski will be fabulous enough till Al's return and Djorou will be solid enough to take Billie's spot._{Pls Wenger no silvestre pls}.

As we continue to bask in the glory of Ade's wonder goal,here is something i lifted off arsenal-mania.Posted by a forumite and i kinda concur with the enboldened part:

Is it the hair?

Has an awesome season last year but gets dreads cut off and hits a bad form patch, now hes growing his hair back = goal scoring spree with something more than a little special tonight.

We need to stick a clause in his contract banning him from having a haircut.

Cristalz:
@allboyz

Dude, are you from Warri?

allboyz:
يضحك في العربية (Laughing in Arabic) Warri ke? lol Crizz . . HELL No , . i be confirm Yoruba boy from Lagos (Parents from Ogun state) any qualms?

Cristalz:
@allboyz

Nah. . .nothing serious

@Criz

You gat jokes init?

How i WISH Porto can go ahead and qualify cos of this disciplined performance(save for the costly error of gifting Rude[/b]ney the first goal) [b]BUT they wouldn't.
It is going to be difficult but Man U will carry the day._{Of course i prefer playing this jaded scummies to playing a determined Porto in the semis,that's if we qualify.}

olodo:
hey guys i hope you have an opportunity to take a second look at our match against manc the defence is still very shambolic with a team like Villarreal we have to do better than what we did against manc
pf our defence can afford not to concede early goal in both 1st nd 2nd half then we will win by a lone goal IE arsenal 1 vill 0

A defence that curbed SWP,Craig Bellamy and Robinho for 90+ mins can't be termed shambolic,that will be a misnomer.
Maybe the occasional loss of concentration that is due to the fact that we were too comfortable.
This team is not a perfect one,but it is definately on the rise and they can only be beaten by themselves

tkb417:
Kay-Pumping
UTD over rated? hehehehe,
then arsenal is what?

I never know you to be someone that reads posts cursorily.
My post was directed at the over-rated A.Young and Agbonlahor who couldn't nasrilized a senile Neville who was theirs for the taking.
And of course a tactically deficient Martin O Neil who refused to insist his boys should to their forte rather than start defending from the 70th minute.
Blimey,sometimes these small teams just seem to prove DK right as per their cluelessness

nyabinghi:
Arsenal will lose to villareal. Arsenal's bad run starts tomorrow.

Devil smiled

Dr Kitaun:
@Deb

name me a school that isnt a glorified secondary school ?

in considering what a UNIVERSITY is; do u consider structures alone ?

do u know that its a known fact that over 70% of our University garduates are half-baked graduates . . .

havent u seen some graduates that cant write nor comprehend simple speeches ?

havent u met with our Naija graduates that would so massacre the language of the QUEEN even whilst trying to show their mastery of same . . .

when it comes to these things there are no hard and fast rules . . .explains why even students from Private Universities dont know jackshit

the truth of the matter is the standard of education in the country is poor generally . . . forget the fact that someone flashes a 1st class degree in ur face, in some institutions its not worth more than 3rd class but above all PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT is what is required for individuals to attain true levels of INGENUITY required from graduates . . .

QED

GBAM!

eldee:
@TOH
C'mon, it has to be Ready to Die

His first-person description of the Rags To Riches story is next only to Nas

Kanye is prolly the most underrated rapper of our time
I don't get ths thing about 'hiphop heads' discriminating against people that speak middle-class English
He's prolly the only rapper I'll be able to relate one-on-one with, if we met this evening

Besides, his bravery is out-of-this world . . . started the whole respectable gentleman thingy in hiphop
For once rappers didn't have to put the whole costume up to drop bars, his creativity?? damn . . . another day's topic

Maybe you are my run-away twin brother that i have been looking for.
Just maybe,
I couldn't have said it better .

Kanye is a creative rapper and i love his "attitude" i.e swagga.

I gotta run to the over-rated players thread and add Ashley Young and Agbonlahor._{And add Martin O Neil as an over-rated coach also}