₦airaland Forum

nonut:
Ole, who dash you? Always claiming Igbo when it's convenient for them.

Delta is no longer part of Biafra?

eph12:
Well let's see how it plays out. I just don't think we can afford to lose another year. Progress has to be made this year

Most definitely, another year without progress will see us go the Liverpool route wherein for decades we might not be in contention for big trophies...

eph12:
I think ETH is just being careful as a new comer. Plus he may be listening to the wrong people. My fear is that we will lose a good coach soon because of all these nonsense

Bro, it took sometime for ETH to accept our offer, it was reported that among other things that saw the negotiations protracted was his demand to bring in his own backroom staff and have the overall control over the first team in the process having a say over who is signed, whose contract is renewed or not, determining who is surplus to requirement...As a new manager, the board will not want to risk his resignation before a game is played especially regarding lack of activity in the transfer market as it will trigger a mass protest from fans.

For now, I'll be patient waiting for when the preseason starts to see if we get 4-5 players or if ETH will say anything.

I can't fault both of them.

As Malami rightly submitted, you be clamoring for restructuring on one hand whilst against the autonomy of the local government on another hand, it just doesn't make sense...Imagine the role Governors played in the APC national convention especially as regards power shift to the South. In their respective states, can LG Chairperson's collectively come together to make demands regarding power shift during elections, resource sharing and so on? Definitely not...

Akeredolu too is right. 52% of the total allocation retained by the FG is too high...The FG is consumed by taking up so mich responsibility which wouldn't be the case if there's a fair dissolution of power...A system where each State/region control their resources and only remits let's say 10% to the FG will see massive development across the country as most States/regions will have no option than to sit up...The dependence on FAAC is making most State government lazy.

eph12:
I just don't want to believe that we're going into a new season without replacing Pogba, Matic and Mata, and not throwing Fred and Tom to the bench.

If ETH is comfortable with them, then he should be ready to take the blame if we falter else he should make it clear that the board is not meeting their end of the bargain by getting him the players he needs...Silence means he is comfortable with the players he has...

Joezinho:
This their movement is gradually turning into a charade of cult-like wannabes Dumbos.

Either you blend or we mend you..

Congrats hommie. One less narcissistic biitch to worry about..

popizaino:
You are confusing me and at the same time contradicting yourself.

Go through all we said and tell where you stand.

Baba, I no get energy....

popizaino:
So if you knew their wages would still be expensive even if they come free then why did you say the below






......Your statement makes it seems Conte shouldnt be expected to win the league because he is going for free players

Do you really know what purchasing power entails? In this case, it is money available for signing players and paying their wages...

If Conte had his way, will he be after Perisic? He is signing players within the budget of Spurs...

solmusdesigns:
Well that's what your mental capacity can come up with

It's a shame tho

Good old days when sensible people where on Nairaland to give logical argument, this days it's name calling and shallow comments

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Back in the day. The lead up to the 2015 elections was particularly interesting...

DeadPresidents:
That's just Pogba PR there. The man has always wanted to run down his contract and move on a free preferably with a bidding war between clubs wishing to offer him insane wages. Unfortunately for him, his messiah died and he is not as valuable as he thinks.

There is a reason his agent and brothers always chatted shiit about the club on international breaks over the years and Pogba never issued out any contrary statements.

Do not be deceived. . .it was all about the game

Spot on...

popizaino:
Are you saying we should focus on money rather than quality?


Pls I would really like to know were you stand.

Quality players are expensive to buy and even if they come on a free, their wages are expensive thus even if Messi is free, Brighton still cannot afford him. Also, their aspirations are at parallels...

popizaino:
A club that can cough out 100m for Grealish can afford Messi's salary including a club that paid record fee for pogba,Maguire etc.


My point is simple,let not always talk about how much a coach is spending on players as that is far less important than the quality of player himself. Pep Guardiola can sign me for 40m pounds whiles conte will be going for a free Cristiano, does that mean because Ronaldo was brought free so man city is supposed to win the league with signing me for 40m?

So, Spurs can go toe-to-toe with Manchester United and City in the transfer market?

Context bro, context!

popizaino:
This is a lie.

Will you have a free Messi on the market and go for 100m Grealish because you have the purchasing power?

Will you say someone like Louis van Gaal who managed man united,Barcelona, Bayern Munich and would rather pick players from Academy rather than go all out in the transfer market as those clubs not having purchasing power?

Where do I even start?

How many clubs can afford Messi's salary? Are they even up to the standard to approach Messi?

JoyousFurnitire:
He has taken a step, that Country (in this same Africa) have done it successfully.

He isn't going there to go learn engineering drawing of a power plant or how to use AutoCad software for drawing road network plans.

Three days is enough to meet key people, places and talk about how he'll be interested in their framework when he emerge as the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

What I personally want is what, how and when...If none of the candidates present me with a SMART narrative, I won't vote...

raumdeuter:
Why not? It depends on their priority

The choice of player a club bids for is directly proportional to the resources at their disposal...No?

For 3 days, is it possible to do all that he has set out to do? Power, Education, policy formulation and implementation?

Sounds too good but unrealistic...

raumdeuter:
Even if they offer the same wage, Will Messi leave PSG and go to Brighton? Bravo!!

Can they?

raumdeuter:
Why not? If Messi is free, he still has the option to choose where he wants to play and which club will meet his football goals. If Brighton meet his goals then why wont he? If Brighton and PSG offer same money to Messi where do you think he will go?

Like they can offer same wages abi? Bravo!

raumdeuter:
How does that concern us here? How much Is the salary for Mazroui, Christensen Rudiger etc that have gone on free transfers. Now we don dey count salary? When its time for agenda we start counting salary, flight ticket, hotel bills

When Man Utd had the highest wage bill in Europe, all we heard was its transfer fees that matter. Now we have to start doing opening petty cashbook to the nearest kobo

Messi joined PSG on a free, I guess Brighton too stood a chance...

raumdeuter:
Teams sign free transfers all the time. Madrid Barca Bayern all signed free transfers they are not cmplaining

Even the free transfers, how many teams can pay the salary required or attract quality players who are free?

raumdeuter:
Cuntay got his priority signing is what counts. If for free thats his luck the same way Bayern Barca Madrid etc got their priority signings for free

Only Cuntay will his fans be giving excuse before season start. Like Cuntay who will giveup before kickoff

Priority for a man who is worth £1m can't the same with a man worth £1bn...It boils down to purchasing power...

FirstbornWds:
Shouldn't amount to that astute disrespect, still.

Man has given his all, well above any name there except for Pique.

So, he should be paid more because of his past exploits?

afrodoc2:
Other targets IN OTHER POSITIONS.

At this pace when will we buy the other players needed. Or is it that ETH has still not submitted a list, just like Ole?

On Skysports, they reported that ETH wants the midfield sorted out first...

afrodoc2:
And other targets? Are we going to be doing 1 target every 1-2 months?

Timber too is at his boyhood club. Will that one also take another 2 months to complete?

We are seeing what we have seen for the last decade before ETH became manager and you guys are placing the blame on ETH already.

Do you remember the debate here a few years ago when people claimed Ole did not make a transfer list and this was why we were slow in the window? We are just seeing a variant of it. That time it was Ole that did not make his list on time, this time it is ETH that has not completed his list on time.
People then even said Ole's list was a 1 man list of Sancho, and now you guys seem to be suggesting that ETH's list is a 1 man list of de Jong.

I believe it's FDJ he wants regardless of other players in the market...I might be wrong though but then, FDJ is perfect for the kind of football he plays...

ChristoBam:
It shouldn't for real. 2 weeks is enough for this. If you can't convince him in a week, then he can fvck off. As for negotiations with Barca,it shouldn't take too long. Total price should be set asap and the structure of the payment should be the thing being argued.

Neves is the club's second choice target, what happens when Chelsea suddenly goes in for him. We'll then use the same UCL excuse again?

Maybe ETH is insisting that we get him...

afrodoc2:
Wanting to spend money and efficiency of negotiations are 2 different things. I am talking about their speed (or lack of it) in negotiations, and their lack of expertise. We will drag and drag and drag like happened with AWB, Sancho, Maguire and still end up paying what the other club wanted.

I get now...However, I'll wait to see how we handle other less complex deals...

afrodoc2:
Wanting to spend money and efficiency of negotiations are 2 different things. I am talking about their speed (or lack of it) in negotiations, and their lack of expertise. We will drag and drag and drag like happened with AWB, Sancho, Maguire and still end up paying what the other club wanted.

Someone clearly explained here that FDJ is at his boyhood club, one that is in the UCL and with a better chance to win trophies compared to ours hence the difficulty is convincing him to join us thereby opting for UEL football...Also,there's a case of agreeing a deal with Barcelona who rightly see him as one of their prized assets (They got him for £65m)...It is always going to take time.

ChristoBam:
There's no way you thought I was literally asking you to list name of the players.

You sounded as if you didn't read the reports where he was quoted as saying this same players finished 2nd 2 seasons ago in a move that saw him stand at odds with the position of Rangnick...

If ETH who held out for control of everything football as far as the first team is concerned during contract negotiations is of the position that the players are not as bad as our position made them look, preferring to assess the players himself, who am I to question him?

ChristoBam:
Are you not a Nigerian?

So?

ChristoBam:
Access which players? While the available players are being bought left, right, center.

The way this thing is starting looks like something that'll end funny. All these Ajax players we're being linked to lmao. This is not the fvcking dutch league.

We can't leave recruitment to him. This is what I've been shouting about from the beginning! People said it's because of Rangnick. Ten Hag has never being the main guy in the recruitments of players. They give him different choices and he picks one.

But I'm seeing Dejong, Athony, Timber. Who next? The only None Ajax player I can say we were truly going to sign was Nunez. And he's gone to Liverpool.

Sorry, I don't have the contact of ETH...

afrodoc2:
The same can be said for you. You chose to believe one set of reports but chose to ignore the other set. Even when Fabrizio Romano and other tier one transfer journalists said we have been in talks with Timber for instance you are saying nothing concrete. To each his own but i don't like the assessment lamba that people have been peddling.

The excuse is already laid out. If we don't buy players on time it is because ETH did not submit list. Because ETH was here when we chased Sancho for over 2 years.

The Glazers should be called the Otumba Lamba family. Their propaganda game is real strong.

But you claimed that the board only spends when we fail to make the UCL and when a new coach arrives...What has changed?