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BlueMann:
Anselmino's hamstring gone?

Damn! He's upset. I was rooting for him. Very technically-astute player.

See Tosin dey jog like snail.

That counter was fire!!!

drisham:
You see Jackson is not a true goalscorer, but he is a better footballer than delap , he brings something to the table, his turns, linkup and ball carrying
Sad that he is F9 when it comes to scoring

palmer and JP would benefit if he stays

Palmer, JP, and Rogers will all benefit.

Griffon:
Well nateevs, shortly after the Milan game, Alonso made your point and prove my suspicions right that he actually intends setting us up looking unpredictable.

His speech was built on tactical versatility and unpredictability. Hence the incoherent styles of play at our friendlies.

Funny enough I just listened to the interview and was coming to say the same to you. It is indeed what we were saying.

Enzo5:
yes o, I agree

You see how that palestra played lwb ⭐, I enjoyed that 3 atb today

Don't let Popi and Ibime catch you liking a 3ATB. . They

I never understand why the default sentiment towards 3ATB is regressive and ultra defensive. People go dey see personnel, starting positions of players and the intricacies in the set-up, but still close mind.

Make una praise the Lord, Lavia play 90 mins o.

I still have hope.

Skimpledawg:
Egbon, how you see this Mudryk?

This ship sailed long ago. We should loan him, because nobody go buy am.

FBS:
Quenda - positive minded. I like.

Now see Quenda and Estevao together.

Alonso already has a problem, because my boy Quenda must get minutes.

AirBere:
Alonso and Chelsea would be first or second by December. Amorim on the other hand, gosh that man woulved relegated Manunited.

Alonso that is setting up to win the league. E go shock many people.

Let Chavaria, Rogers, Lacroix, James and Wharton/Scott join the team.

Wow! Great strike Caicedo.

Training ground stuff.

hensben:
Honestly, we have not be playing well since Alonso came in, we play like average country side. It’s not about the result for now but the pattern of play is not convincing. We are even playing against seria a sides that play slow football.

Playing well during pre season has no value. Fitness and cohesion matter more.

It's pretty much conclusive now that we are playing 3ATB for the season.

popizaino:
Tinubu be killing me with diesel ⛽ prices.

“Fuel is way expensive here in Nigeria compared to Europe” — White tourist touring Nigeria shares his observation pic.twitter.com/O1yFf7nXFF

— YabaLeftOnline (@yabaleftonline) August 6, 2026

You and OP are wrong. People dey here wey dey live for Europe, just ask them directly.

I can tell you diesel per litre in the UK is N3,400/N3,500 per litre on motorways.

Enzo5:
Between Raggie Watson and Mahdi Jazuli-Nicoll, who do you think is the bigger talent?

Strasbourg supposed to be eating good with these talents, there's loan limit but not purchase limit

I was just about to address this same. For the pivot role, I think Watson just edges Jazuli. However, as an all round player, Jazuli is better.

Interesting fact about Jazuli, he can play 6, 8 and 10 with nearly equal effectiveness. And he started out playing in defence for a while.

Enzo5:
makes Chelsea signing Europa player of the year a good deal now.

This summer market is crazy, we are seeing many players going for 80m+ I think like up to 10 players

Diomande, Rogers, Elliot, Tolani, Fernandes, Gordon, I think Summerville went to Saudi for 70m+, Bruno

Tolani bawo?

Sportsweb:
He loves Xabi Alonso right now. Wait till Alonso wins a trophy

You can pretty much wipe Alonso of the list. Alonso played 3ATB today.

Griffon:
TBH, I’m still trying to wrap my head around Alonso’s style of play.

Is he working with a possession based strategy, counterattacks or playing the channels?

Nothing is quite defined so far.

As far as I know, he wants his teams to do all 3. It might be the reason why it all looks very incoherent at the moment. It's a lot to master in only 4 weeks.

zeusis:
There is a similarity in how olise and quenda moves

You get eye. They have identical football intelligence, with Quenda packing more pace.

Quenda and Palestra are lighting up this right hand side.

Well well well. 3ATB is finally here.

drisham:
Liam delap

Diego Costa Regen

See I’m not ready for this next season pic.twitter.com/Dl5l7S8ju3

— OB (@CFC_OBED) August 5, 2026

Another Airmark stan.

Ishilove:
Guns don't kill people. People kill people. How you use a weapon is what makes it dangerous. In the UK with very strict gun laws, lunatics and degenerates weaponise vehicles and knives to commit atrocities. In some states any sociopath can walk into a store and buy weapons. That is where America's problems with guns lie.

That, and the dangerous liberalism that causes their society to spray perfume on bullshit.

Just when I was explaining Dayo's theory of simplistic arguments to you, you've gone ahead and done one of your own.

It's a completely simplistic argument to say guns don't kill people.


For instance, you cannot possibly give me the lethal equivalent of an AR15 in a knife.

Two assailants with murderous intent walk into a venue - one with a knife, the other with an AR15 rifle. No matter what kind of Samurai skills you have, you cannot unalive 100 people with a knife in 15 secs. The most skillful assailant with a knife gets no more than 2/3 people within said 15 secs .......on the assumption that people are running away from them. But you can, with an AR15, whether or not the people are running away from assailant.

So what killed the rest 97 persons, the assailant or the gun?

Extrapolating for even finer context, it is the equivalent of saying bombs don't kill people, people kill people.

Simplistic arguments never get us anywhere.

Ishilove:
I was born and raised in Nigeria, and after reading everyone's perspectives, I've decided not to comment any further on a matter I don't yet fully understand. I've never experienced racism firsthand, having lived all my life in a largely racially homogeneous society.

The race issue in the US is far more complex than I initially thought, and, as a friend of mine following this thread observed, we homegrown Nigerians don't always do well with issues that are this nuanced.

That said, I do believe racism exists in the US. It may not always be overt, but it often manifests in more subtle ways, particularly through racial profiling. While Dayo may disagree that blacks are victims of racism today, it's important not to ignore the historical context behind that profiling.

Not too long ago, many blacks communities faced systemic barriers that limited opportunities, were the poorest and had to take to crime. Even though the system has changed significantly over time, the legacy of those attitudes has lingered. That lingering bias, whether conscious or subconscious, continues to influence how the whites perceive and treat blacks in the US today.

Cococandy made some very salient observations about how differently white and black kids are treated over the same crimes. You even gave an example about your homeboy's kid, which is quite disgusting really ( how can a full squad pull up over CANDY nitori Olorun??).

And for heaven's sakes, one shooting in a day?? If it were minorities behind these shootings, I can bet every buck I have that there will be a massive crackdown on these minorities.

Goodness, this one pass my power. Let me face the agbero, bandit and olodo uprising in Nigeria. I have a better understanding of those matters than the insanity happening in "God's Own Country".

The problem with Dayo and his crew is engaging many times in complicated arguments, using simplistic understanding. Such arguments are characterised by statements such as:

.... there cannot be institutionalised racism because the government has not explicitly created any law that impedes the endeavour of a black man.....

Matter of fact, if there is no law to the effect, it does not exist, therefore there's no argument.



Quite frankly, it's a mentally immature way of looking at socially-sensitive topics.

Marco Rubio: "Under President Trump, the United States will stand with the Jewish Community. We have implemented a vigorous new visa policy, that will prevent foreign nationals from coming to the United States to ferment hatred against our Jewish community......."


Essentially, no visa for you to the United States, if you criticise Israel.

But guess what, you can get a visa to the United States, if you criticise the United States.

Enzo5:
Buying players won't solve our issue, getting rid of the horrible ones will, let's just know we don't have and use youth players instead

This is not true. If the accounting allows, we can buy quality players that elevate overall team quality, and we can choose not to register those that don't, until they can be offloaded.

We did the same for the likes of Sterling, Chilwell.

FBS:
Ok it's pre-season but not that much time left to get the team ready for the season.

Rogers, Caicedo, Lacroix, Enzo, James, Penders, not in the squad. Potentially Scott, Wharton and a new LB to join the team.

This game should be noted for exactly what it is - player conditioning exercise, tactical understanding/deployment , and overall personnel evaluation for team management.

Plenty of the man dem are going out on loan/out of the club.

Satpayev

2nd game in a row Anselmino plays at LB. Is Alonso on to something?

Red Card!

Gittens is the only player to have played in every one of the pre season games so far.

Enzo5:
That build up from lavia, resist press plays the pass for the counter

That's Lavia at his core......Albeit an unfit one.