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pazienza:
Well, I believe this post is directed at mine.

First of all, South East are not neighbors to Ika, as we don't share land boundary with Ndi Ika. Ika neighbors are Bini, Esan and Enu-ani people.

Secondly, Ndiigbo are not Empire builders and have no history of invading, subjugating and annexing non Igbo groups.

I have Ika friends on social media and in life who consider themselves Igbos. You have no right to speak for them on this issue, as their opinion is as important as yours.
Ika in itself is not a homogenous entity, many Ika towns have different opinions about their Igbo identity, and this even goes down to individuals within these groups.

Don't get it twisted or start having a misguided illusion of anyone in Igboland trying to annex your Ikaland, no one has time for such ish. We just are Naturally attracted to friendly Ika people who identify with Ndiigbo, and we believe strongly that they atleast deserve a chance to be heard, we would not throw away the child with the bath water.

Udo.

Lmao at the emboldened. What were your forefather doing in Ore and the Midwest?

A40:
Even Casemiro at DM is not making such excuses. @ me when Lemar scores a goal or provides an assist

2 goals 2 assists for €70m. Worst flop in Europe

Na you sabi. Lemar needs to play in his best role which is a wing forward or SS, I would only judge him after that. As for Mbappe, he should go learn the basic of not falling on his ass under no pressure.

A40:
I swear the next time Lemar scores or assists I will give testimony in Church and upload the video on this thread.

We're not judging forwards by goals and assists again it's now ball control. Orisirisi

Lemar hasn't played as a forward for months. So stop the ranting.

I'm more interested in Mbappe constantly falling on his ass under no pressure against manutd.

4X4:
IT IS VERY STUPID TO EAT YAM OR CASSAVA PEEL. . YOU MIGHT AS WELL EAT POTATO OR PINEAPLE PEEL. JUST LOOK AT THE APPEARANCE OF YAM AND CASSAVA PEELS. THEY PROBABLY CONTAIN POISON.

It's not Yam peel but the yam itself that is dried and later grounded. Same thing is obtained from dried plantain. It's not the peel that's is used.

PrecisionFx:
I don't get u sir.

Primarily u don't like wheat and I don't eat it.

But the wheat I know is white in color.

Wheat is brown in colour. I haven't seen a white one before.

Sterope:
My Wolof neighbours never cared about anything but Amala and Ewedu. Amala is basically yam flour.

Try and have a bite, if you don't like it, you can forget it

Amala can also be made from dried plantain. I love both but love the plantain one the best.

Bimpe29:
He must be kidding. Amala still remains one of the best meal in the world.

One of the best? It's the best!

PrecisionFx:
I don't have any problem with amala, Its a delicacy of a tribe in nigeria.

But that food is ugly n disgusting ghon. Foods should be appetizing to the eyes before e begin enter mouth n throat.

Amala colour isn't different from wheat colour. Are you saying you don't eat wheat also? Pathetic hater.

PRESENTATION:
The one from dried plantain is Amala also right ?

Yeah. I love it when the plantain is a bit ripe before it's dried. Just a little ripe.

Yummy.

A40:
My friend just alert me when Lemar adds to his meagre 2 goals and 1 assist per season numbers. I don't have time for endless back and forth over a barren forward or whatever role you claim he plays

Well, Lemar hasn't been playing as a forward for months now, he's been playing as a touchline winger for Atletico. So stop comparing his output with a forward output. Rather, let's compare Mbappe's ball control to that of Lemar.

Lemar didn't cost Atletico against juventus because the whole Atletico team was bad and he didn't have the chances Mbappe had against manutd but the true fact is Mbappe cost PSG advance into the next stage. Fact!

mrvitalis:
U can keep lying to yourself kaduna was the original cause of the war ...that's a known fact

Ironsi was just the most senior officer then ...and surrounded himself with north and western people that betrayed him ...

If kaduna was from ibadan would igbos have been attacked ? Yes or no

The intention of the coup plotters was to kill every regional leaders in the country including Azikiwe and ironsi who were marked down but the Ibos among the coup plotters hijacked the plan and leaked the secret to Azikiwe who fled the country. The Ibos also failed to kill other marked Ibo leaders. They found ways to protect them. Kaduna nzeogwu was angry when he learnt about it. He said and I quote "The intention wasn't tribal but the execution of the plan was tribal, especially in the South"

Hence it was an Ibo coup. Secondly, ibos were the large beneficiary after the coup. They were the ones who were mocking the Hausas until they snapped. Ibo caused everything from the start to the finish. So don't put the blame on anyone, your ancestors brought the woe on themselves.

[quote author=mrvitalis post=7him for the other.him him6660623]Nzeogwu is from anioma in the present day delta state but u called him igbo

Same u calm they are not igbos[/quote]It was ifeajuna then. I keep mistaking him for the other. Anyway, it was Ibo who tribalised the coup and hijacked the plan of the plot hence why it was named Ibo coup.

A40:
Its a crying pity nobody agrees with you. Not Simeone, not Deschamps and not Jardim. Why is everyone denying Lemar like the neighborhood olosho?

How do you sleep at night defending such a barren and unproductive player?

Same Lemar that did zilch against Juve both home and away?

Griezman was a wing forward until his move to Atletico. Lemar is a wing forward but at he's at his best as a SS. He's Simeone's best bet to replace Griezman.

Griezman, Atletico's main man did nothing against juventus as well but one fact is Lemar wouldn't fall on his ass if he had the chances Mbappe had against manutd. Fact!

A40:
Torres was already dipping in form even before leaving Liverpool. It was easy to bench Torres because aside his goal drought he was adding little to no value to the team. You don't expect a team trying to win games to continue coping with Shola Ameobi level production.

Fact is no player suddenly come into form after a long linjury ay off. They may have recuperated well but the mental aspect part of it still need to be taken care of. They would still be scared of combating on the pitch because of the niggling fear of suffering another injury would be on their mind. That was what happened to Torres but instaed of staying in a familair welcoming environment like Liverpool, he made a wrong move to Chelsea.

Anyway, Costa case is a different story. Costa should be playing either as a SS like he did at Atletico before his move to Chelsea or be deployed as the main striker without another similar forward competing with him. Morata holdup playing style suits Atletico 442 set up than Costa. Did you just say Morata can't hold up play? Lol. That was his best attribute at juventus. Mandzuki was brought in as a replacement after he left.

A40:
Listing Saul in the same mold as donkeys like Ramirez, Khedira, Vidal is laughable and shows how little you know about the game. Saul does not have Özil level creativity but suggesting he lacks creativity or tekkers is a dangerously ignorant claim. Have you watched him play for Spain at all?

How many players in World football can dictate play like Modric does? Why make such far flung comparisons. Smh

Look at the attachment below and tell me how Saul is a cm? Even whoscored listed him as a defender. You obviously haven't watched Saul play

A40:
Stop being so emotional mate. Take palmwine and calm down

Why isn't Griezmann working on the wings for France? Those of us that know Griezmann know he was not a natural winger.

Griezman has grown a reputation of being the best SS. He's the best in his position, so why move him from his best position?

A40:
You really need palmwine to calm your nerves.

Football is a make or miss sport. There are no trophies awarded for missed chances else 82 Brazil would have won the World cup

Whether they sacked Di Matteo is immaterial. He was never Chelsea's choice for starters plus Chelsea is a notoriously fickle club. Didn't they sack Mourinho after winning a league and cup double in 2007? Is this not Chelsea we're talking about here

Lol. Everyone and his dog knows Chelsea CL triumph was a lucky win. The team was struggling in 6ty position for crying out loud and that was when we didn't have Tottenham hurricane then. Abeg go and sit down in one place.

A40:
So Lemar can't function without Pogba? I laugh in Wolof

Best forward in a game that ended goalless? You're so desperate it's hilarious. Deschamps knew Lemar was useless to the French cause and that's why he never saw another minute at the World Cup. Common sense should dictate that an exceptional display should get him at least one more minute in the remaining 4 games of the competition.

No wonder the only game Lemar played in is the only game France failed to score. Barrenness following him up and down like a guided missile. How can an Attacking midfielder muster 2 goals and 2 assists by March!!! His goals against Girona and some team from the 4th division!! Jesus Christ!!!

Who says Lemar can't play without Pogba? Did he have Pogba at Monaco? I said Lemar needs a creative midfielder in the team even as Mbappe requires creative midfied behind him but one thing I know is Lemar would never fall on his ass under no pressure like Mbappe kept doing when he was provided with chances against manunited.

nineone:
Who was the direct beneficiary of the coup? Who made it as a point of ridiculing and mockery of all the tribes that lost their leaders? Did you expect a tap in the back when you were making jest of the abokis and threatening to kill and continue killing them? Claiming how you're chosen by god to lead and continue ruling Nigeria? Seems you actually don't know what really caused the attacks that led on the Igbo. Try and research this. The coup was just one of the least significant factors. Had the igbos not put an ethnic tune to it by claiming to be champions by benefiting from the coup, the counter coup would have just ended with assassination of the politicians and top military men just to enthrone a new government.

Don't mind him.

Besides, it was Ibo who hijacked the plot and tribalised it. Kaduna didn't want to spare any regional leaders including the Ibos but Ibo in the coup leaked the plot to Azikiwe and failed to kill other marked Ibo leaders. Kaduna was even angry and said Ibo tribalised the coup and their intention. The coup shouldn't have been Ibo coup but Ibo hijacked itn

mrvitalis:
See because of this same people we suffered the biafran war , when the whole Nigeria saw them as igbos we didn't deny them instead fought for them

...honestly they are not igbos ...let them be ...the time would come when they would know their true origin

We that accept we are igbos ...do your business ..expand ..but dont build a damn thing anywhere outside igbo land ...i know the competition in igbo land is turf so make enough money the set up a manufacturing company in igbo land ...source your raw material from north and west ...produce in the east sale to them and use the profit to build like we build

Nzeogwu, one of the Ibo coup plotter, is an Ibo man. Even ifeajuna said the coup was tribal. Ifeajuna's intention was pure which was to kill every leaders in the country, but the Ibos in the group hijacked the plots and tribalised it.

Get your fact right. Ojukwu even killed ifeajuna because he wasn't cooperative with his stupid ways.

A40:
Lemar does not have the football intelligence to get in those positions to begin with so he can never get the chances

Sha keep this energy when Lemar joins Yannick Carrasco in Changchun Yatai. The rest you're yarning na story

Lmao. Lemar off the Ball movement is on point. That's his best attribute. On his full debut for France, he scored two good goals. That he has been playing in a team that has little creativity nor require the wingforward to drift inside doesn't negate Lemar off the ball movement. Atletico's coach doesn't probably want competition for Griezman centre role like Mbappe competed with him at the world cup hence tthe reason why he instructed the wing forwards to always keep the width instead of drifting inside.

With Lemar, PSG would have proceeded to the next stage whereas Mbappe couldn't even control a simple ball.

A40:
You're repeating my point which is Torres was washed. You can argue about how Chelsea utilized him or not but it's clear to any objective person that Torres could not be saved by any playing style. Even when he had MAZACAR.

Torres did not even have the acceleration to beat his markers anymore and the few times he did lacked the confidence to simply finish. He was cooked. We had that debate ad nauseum on the Chelsea thread that year


What is this Dothraki you're chatting? Morata and hold up play in the same sentence? This is a bad joke. Since he got to Atletico how many goals has he scored due to his "hold up play"

Costa's breakout season (2013/2014) he was the target man with Adrian and Villa backing him from time to time.

I don't know if you're just addicted to excuses

Torres was just coming out of a severe injury lay off and needed enough creativity behind him to uplift his confidence which Chelsea couldn't offer him. Take Rooney for example, Rooney always take months before he could get back to his form after a long injury lay off. Torres wasn't afforded such at Chelsea. There was little creativity and he was even benched as soon as he wasn't scoring. As a result, his confidence sank. Maybe in another team, it would have gone well for him. Suffice to say some players destroy their career after making wrong career move. For example, Sahin move to Madrid.

A40:
You seem to confuse your ability to type verbose megedefegede as an indicator of football knowledge

Saul is a CM and barring a defensive crisis no right thinking coach would move him to a defensive role. Same way Modric, Gerrard,


Stop typing Captain Obvious things mate.


More Captain Obvious nonsense. If Lemar or Dembele had proven to be competent offensive weapons perhaps Deschamps does not resort to deploying Matuidi at that position.


Saul is not a DM same way a Schweinsteiger, Koke, Pogba, Scholes are not DM's. You're doing a tedious and annoying job of mistaking his defensive competence as proof that he's a DM. Unlike your acclaimed Lemar he is actually a true victim of his own versatility. That's why Simeone has him playing left back at times

Koke and Saul are capable of creativity but unfortunately they have no pace merchants to unleash at defenses.

Saul is a defensive midfielder like Khedira, Kante, Ramirez, Vidal. He's not the kind to dictate play like Modric does. He's not creative either. It's even stupid to argue this. Well, I know you have a brain of a 2years old, so I will indulge your stupidity.

A40:
Mbappe would be the difference maker in Atletico Madrid. If they ever want to conquer Europe he is exactly the type of player they need. I'm sure Simeone thought he was potentially getting that in Thomas Lemar else I don't see why he paid that much for him. Unfortunately that was a terrible judgement call.

Smart managers knew Lemar was a fraud quickly and stayed away so I'm surprised a whole Simeone could fall mugu

Lmao. Why didn't the first attempt of playing Griezman on the wing work for Atletico after all, he's also a pacy forward like Mbappe? You're a roaming lunatic if you can't see that Atletico set up doesn't fit a wing forward.

A40:
They beat Bayern and Barcelona in their respective buildings. Give them some credit! They knew they were out of the league running and devoted their energy to the CL like Milan and Liverpool did in the past

You are probably blind to not have seen so many chances that Barca and Bayern wasted agianst Chelsea. Why did you think Di Matteo was sacked despite the CL win? This was a team who struggled to occupy 6th in the premier League table. You really have a lot of catching up to do.

A40:
Lmaooooo. I thought Lemar was the master magician that could create without being fed by anybody. @ me when he scores or assists. We're in March no goals no assist. Flop of the season

Pogba was excellent to France style play, which is all about releasing the wing forwards in acres of space on the wing. Pogba was rested in the match Lemar played hence Lemar had to do with the least he has. He was still France's best forward in that match. One fact is Mbappe was provided with several chances from the midfield while at Monaco, PSG and even at France. If Lemar was given such opportunities, he wouldn't fall on his ass like Mbappe was doing against manunited.

A40:
Hahahaha. Oju o ti e.

2 goals and 2 assists in 2000 mins for €70m?

That's 1 goal 1 assist every 17 hours of football. Damn Lemar has flopped even beyond my worst predictions! Even I didn't think he would be this bad

If Lemar was given the chances Mbappe had against manunited, he would bury them home without falling on his ass every damn time.

A40:
My friend @ me when Lemar scores a goal and provides an assist in any competition. Even Principal's Cup. Is there a law banning Lemar from stepping up when Griezmann has a bad game? €70m flop

Lemar has two goals and two assists already at Atletico. Tell us when Mbappe would stop falling on his ass under no pressure?

A40:
That's the point. Deschamps, Simeone, Jardim all shunted Lemar from his role. 3 coaches from different nationalities all decided Lemar is not good enough for his preferred role. Does that not tell you he is mediocre at it? Or is he simply cursed?

Everyone that watched Griezmann from his Sociedad days knew he was not a true winger. Don't tell me what I know already Captain Obvious

I don't have time for this your Dothraki. What we have seen from Thomas Lemar is indefensible mediocrity for club and country for the past two seasons no matter who played ahead, behind or beside him

Griezman played on the wing during his Sociedad days. He looked good on the wing because Sociedad plays a free flowing football unlike the compact Atletico team. However, when he was deployed on the same wing for Atletico, he looked shite and didn't suit Atletico's style of play. In the long run, he was moved inside to play as a SS.

This is similar to Lemar. He's obviously not a winger but with a creative midfield behind him, he's capable of looking his best on the wing like he did at Monaco but can't seem to operate at his best on the wing for a defensive team like Atletico.

A40:
Müller and Draxler's continued inclusion in that German National team is one of the biggest problems. Löw must summon courage to drop both players, possibly Reus as well as he is always injured and move forward with a completely different footballing philosophy

No doubt Muller needs to be binned. Draxler is manageable especially now that Ozil has retired but the problem is Draxler isn't as creativite and he's also useless in the defensive aspect of his game.

Germany team as whole is actually lacking in many areas, not just the attack. Their defence is rubbish with the likes of ageing Boateng and slow Hummel. Niklas Sule is simply not the answer because he's even more useless. Their attack as we all know need a quality striker which they don't seem to have. That was why I suggested a 352 setup to make Reus play closer to the goal and also enable Sane to have his left wing role as a left wingback.

Also they haven't replaced Bastian schweisteiger in the Germany team. Kroos isn't a no 6. Eventhough he's a playmaker like Bastian, his playmaking style is all about going box-box hence, he's a box-box playmaker, not a playmaking no 6.

Rudy would have been perfect for that no 6 role but he ruined his career by going to sit on the bench at Bayern for two years, especially after he had a promising performance at the confederation cup. I think Gundogan should be integrated into the team to take over Bastian schweisteiger role as the playmaking no 6. Lastly, I think a box-box defensive midfielder would also be needed to complement the two playmaking midfielders (Kroos and Gundogan)) in the midfield except if both aforementioned players could up their defensive contribution. Khedira is more or less useless as a defensive box-box nowadays. Maybe Goretzka would do better.

A lineup like the one below should be good.

352 set-up

Ginter - Hummel - Diallo (if Germany could snatch him off France);

Kimmich - Kroos - Gundogan - Goretzka - Sane;

Reus - Werner.

A40:
I hope you maintain this same energy when Thomas Lemar is on loan at Brighton or sold to Changchun Yatai

At least Lemar went out of the farmers league to test his strength unlike Mbappe who's still operating in a farmer's league. Yeye dey smell.

A40:
Torres was also a popular player when he returned to Atletico. Problem is he was washed just like Costa and is busy accumulating yellows instead of goals.

Who is providing the creativity for Morata who has netted 3 goals since joining end of January. He should be on 5 goals but for VAR yet you are here releasing excuse after excuse. If the team is lacking creativity then that is also part of Lemar's brief which the stats clearly show he is failing woefully

Costa the one man MOPOL and battering ram? Whether Costa started out as an SS is immaterial. By 2013/2014 season he became the target man. Don't come here and serve us cool zobo! Some of us don tey pass Schnapps for this football game.

For the past 4-5 seasons Costa has been playing without any help at CF for club and country for at least 75% of his games. Try another excuse.

Why do you think Simeone signed Morata? If Costa does not shape up Morata will be his permanent replacement so if you like continue speaking country grammar

Torres had a severe injury and was already going downhill before his move to Chelsea. Besides, Chelsea was known to be a team whose style was centered around drogba's physique due to their love for making floating passes. We all know lampard was known for his goal scoring, not creativity. Most of lampard passes that led to goals were either crosses, simple passes whereas Liverpool had Gerard splitting passes which constantly released Torres at Liverpool.

Like I stated earlier, Morata's holdup playing style suits Atletico team than Costa. It's like you always fail to comprehend simple English. If Atletico wants to get the best out of Costa, he should be deployed in Griezman's position behind Morata like he was playing as a SS before his move to Chelsea. Or he should be deployed as the main striker without another forward like Griezman behind him.

A40:
The difference between a team like France and Atletico is merely speed merchants like Dembele, Lemar, Mbappe etc. Without those guys their personnel and M.O are essentially the same! The difference being Atleti lacking the personnel to transition from defense to attack quickly. Lemar is not a typical Simeone signing. He would rather buy LMs like Vitolo and co. Play a Koke who is more of a box to box mid on the wings than go out to buy an actual winger. Signing a guy like Lemar shows he wanted to try something different

Btw in what planet is Saul a DM? Looool.

Did you just say Saul isn't a DM? What are you? Are you 2 yrs old? That's why I said you should go learn more on football roles. Saul is a defensive box-box midfielder such like Ramirez, Khedira, Kante etc. Defensive midfield role can be either a defensive no 6 like we have Busquet, De Rossi, Declan Rice of Westham or a defensive box-box midfielder such as Kante, Khedira.

For an effective display coaches should always deploy a midfielder to complement whichever kind of defensive midfielder they employ in the midfield.

For example, Pirlo, a playmaking no 6 complemented a box-box defensive midfielder like Vidal. Busquet who is a defensive no 6 complemented Xavi, a box-box playmaker and so-on. While some coaches prefers to employ two playmakers who are defensively solid like Ancelotti had Alonso, a playmaking no 6 to complement Modric, a playmaking no 8 in his midfield because if one was to be manmarked, the other would take over.

You are really a neophyte when it comes to football roles. Position doesn't necessarily describe a player's role in a team. That was why I kept on hammering into you how Mathuidi was operating as a withdrawn midfielder on the wing for France at the world cup.

Anyway, the problem with Atletico is the coach who tends to deploys two defensive midfielders in the team. Rodri is a defensive no 6 as well as Saul who is a defensive box-box midfielder. There's no creative midfielder to release the wingers on the wing like we had Pogba with Mbappe at the world cup. Or like Scholes did with Giggs, Valencia and Nani for us. Not only this, Atletico don't have a ball playing defenders to help advance play like Rio Ferdinand did for us.

The Atletico's team is simply a one dimension pragmatic team that isn't flexible. If Mbappe played in such team, he would be a nonentity.

A40:
The same Atletico that scored 3 at Stamford Bridge? 4 against same Chelsea in the Supercup. Is it not the same Atletico that pumped 4 past Madrid in the Supercup? Stop chatting Dothraki. If you lose guard Atletico will pump goals pass you if need be. Their paucity of goals is more a personnel issue than anything else. Put guys like Mbappe in that squad and goals will flow. Not skirt man like Lemar with his 1 goals and 1 assists

Lol. Chelsea was Useless that season regardless of their lucky CL triumph. They were 6th that very season for crying out loud. Everyone and his dog knew Chelsea was there for the taking. Abeg goan siddon.

A40:
Abject Mbappe was France's best forward in 2 of France's 4 UNL games. The common denominator however is that your MCM Thomas Lemar did not play for even 5 seconds in France's 360minutes of that competition

That's where you got it wrong. Lemar played at the world cup unfortunately, the France team had no Pogba to release him with his long ball.

A40:
Don't mind diadem10. When Lemar ends up in Changchun Yatai this thread will not contain the two of us

If Griezman, Atletico's main man was a no show, why dwell on Lemar's performance?

See your worldie below. Mbappe couldn't even control a Ball.

https://mobile.twitter.com/1103699287966392320/status/1103699287966392320

naijaguy1234:
Femi will go to jail over his EFCC case , I only pity his young children . I know the wife will find someone else to fuuuck when he's in jail.

The children are not even his. They don't look like him one bit.

That's why it's not good to pick something from the floor or buy second hand phones.

Tolktob:
Obasanjo appointment him as a minister ! I agree with you dear .

Afi appointment na.

Iyanya Ole wanting to reap where he didn't sow.

Tolktob:
Appointment

No be Obasanjo appointed him and released the funds for Abuja development?

hardywaltz:
El-Rufia (FNIQS) one of, if not the best Quantity Surveyor in Nigeria

Exactly. The guy was the one who developed Abuja into what you see today with the help of Obasanjo who appointment him as a minister.

nwanyionitsha:
What has that got to do with this thread?

To tell you how Ibos hate sanitation.

nwanyionitsha:
It is history.
If it was on the list of these facts about igbos and igboland, you would have still been upset or started your propaganda.

Go and sit down. Fact is he was so desperate to have bought a land before the city was even ready. Too much Desperation.If Eko Atlantic city wasn't made a dream come true, would he come there to buy land?

Let him go and build his office in his SE village. Yeye.