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donjazet:
Look around this thread, see people idolizing a criminal. A thief who stole his country men's resources for himself and acquired initial wealth in the first place by killing rivals in cold blood.

As you are now, do you love tinubu, do you love Babaginda, do you love Abacha, do you love dangote??
All these are people who have partook in the plundering and decimating of national wealth for themselves and their cronies to the detriment of millions of working class citizens.

So if Abacha used stolen funds to fund your favorite club, you will decide to be blind to his kleptocracy?? You will start singing Abachas praises?
If any government now finally decided to bring the hammer down on Abacha, you will call it persecution??

ABRAHMOVIC IS A CRIMINAL.
If you see yourself defending and vociferously supporting a criminal like that then something is wrong with your moral compass. It means you have no right to ever complain about bad leadership.
I was blind, now my eyes are opened to seeing him for what he is. A cynical criminal who used stolen funds to buy hearts and minds.

Will you now go ahead and admit that Chelsea benefitted from the proceeds of corruption thus you rescind any form of membership or support you had for Chelsea?

You're taking a very extreme position on this matter...

Leyqute:


No more heat, no more kitchen.

See as Benzema humble you.

Can't you see I choose not to engage you further?

You are neither here nor there according to you just because you can't stand the banter when it comes so, it's pointless engaging you...

I am sure if it was possible for you to reinvent yourself as one who is not a fan of a particular club but rather a football fan in general, you'd take that option. You want to banter others but chicken out when the table turns because you can't take it...

You are not a Ronaldo fan boy, you don't have a fav not because you don't have but you choose to dissociate yourself from him/them whilst on Nairaland just so those you banter don't come for your head when the tables turn...

Let the likes of Doc, LostMyZe.al and others have their day, we know where they stand and they're ready to be on the receiving end of the banter when things go south not you though...

afrodoc2:
He is not dominating the Ligue 1 with his Fred scoring numbers.

He is not struggling in the UCL either as they have bounced his ass out the door like a club girl the morning after.

Are you concerned now?

I consider this season a failed one for Messi...

I already admitted before now...

Leyqute:
LoooL.

Comrade stay in the kitchen now. No be you dey threaten us with heat before?

When you dey run mouth about Messi and UCL you no know say day of reckoning dey come Abi?

Mr. 2 league goals in 8 months.

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Leyqute:
Mr. Man keep kwayet.

If Pessi, your lord and savior cannot take the heat, what gives you the balls to think you can stay in the (kitchen)?

And what makes you think I’m a CR7 fanboy? Comrade, are you also blind to my posts on here? Honest question.

Wetin you dey find, no be from me you go see am...

Enjoy yourself bro.

[quote author=Leyqute post=110926090][/quote]CR7 fan boy, are you ready for it?

If I start you'll chicken out as usual so, step aside and let those who can take the heat step inside (kitchen)...

afrodoc2:






See JUICE! JUICY, JUICY SALTY TEARS.

Nyem salt abeg bros. Aka n'ala abeg bros.

Doc getat...

Messi has, failed PSG...

No excuses here...

I hope some of you who are mentioning me won't go all out attack when the tables turn with your cheap attempt at emotional blackmail?

raumdeuter:
Patrickmuf and everyone

Who remembered this post

Thank God for time that shows everything

I remember a time when we used to argue that See the miracle Poch is doing with Spurs, Imagine the miracles he will do with a bigger budget

Dayo, Poch used to be one of my favs but it didn't take long before I realized he was and is a bottler...

ChristoBam:
2 years stand out for Ten Haag in the UCL. 2019 and this year. The year 2019 they had a great run, playing beautiful football. Remarkably knocked out Juventus before losing against Pochetino’s Tottenham. He was tactically outclassed that 2nd leg.

Anything can still happen this year.

So what’s the UCL achievements that’s putting a Ten Haag over Poch?

That Ajax team showed their inexperience that day. They completely dominated Spurs...

I see you want to cling onto that when they met line...

ChristoBam:
Poch was set up to fail by levy but he still managed to do something with that squad. A lot of players in that squad needed replacement and especially in the midfield. They waited till Dembele, Wanyama, Eriksen and co couldn’t do shit again. The ones that were average were never going to get replacements.

The thing is I see Poch doing the same thing at Ajax with that laid down structure. But I don’t see Ten Haag doing the same in Tottenham. You won’t get the best youngsters in the country. You’ll get a few really good players, combined with very average ones and then some youngsters that might not be so good. That’s what you’ll get at Tottenham or United.

As for the style of play, Poch has a definite style of play but he can manage with whatever he has which is what he has done at PSG. It’s not beautiful attacking football like Ten Haag but I think it’s something we can get used to pretty fast.


Thing is, in recent months, I’ve preferred Ten Haag over any candidate. But when I started to think deeply about it, I realized it’s because of the novelty to me. So I wanted to know what’s even the deal with the guy from others. I can see that with you, it’s definitely the beautiful style of play.

I can't get used to Poch, he bottled too many chances at Spurs and at PSG, he has struggled to stamp his authority on the team...

I accept the jury is out on Erik with regards to handling egoistic players but I rather take a punt on Erik as the pros outweighs the cons...

TrebleChamp:
The question is will he be able to manage the overbloayed ego of our players? This could just turn out to be another Andre Vilas Boas and Chelsea players. He is a very good manager no doubt

There's always a question on every managers neck unless you are Pep or Klopp...

ChristoBam:
I don't agree, we played Ajax( Manager was Peter Bosz) in the Europa league final, two years before they had that long run in the UCL. So they were in the ascendance in Europe even before Ten Haag came in. On the other hand, I don't remember Tottenham doing anything in Europe before Poch. Btwn that team Poch took to the UCL final was so badly stricken with zero to little investment of the recent years. So that's props to Poch.

What makes a good team to me is.
40% Manager
40% Players
20% Structure.

With that structure part, we're so far away from that Ten Haag style at United. Like years far away.

Erik ten Hag lost the core of the team after reaching the UCL Semis but he has quickly rebuilt without a noticeable drop in performance.

It's not like hee is doing wonders with world beaters but rather with players who were regarded as flops or not good enough elsewhere; the likes of Haller and Tadic comes to mind. Also, the likes of Antony were relatively unknown and so many others in the present Ajax team. It is this ability to rebuild his team whilst remaining competitive and playing progressive football that I like.

It is noteworthy that he didn't break the bank to assemble such as good team.

Now, compared to Pochettino's Spurs who began to falter when the team began to age especially in defense and midfield. He didn't have any solutions...

Also, I think Erik's team plays better attacking football than Poch.

NB: I am making a case for Erik using Ajax performance against teams in the UCL and not not the Eredivisie where they are a class above the rest bar PSV and to a lesser extent, Feyenoord.

Talking about structure, whilst I accept it is important, I also want to believe if Ole had opted for players who are more technical, the board would have gotten them rather than the likes of Maguire, James, AWB and the likes we have signed over the years. In essence, Erik won't go after big names for the sake of it but players who are technically gifted and can fit into his style of play.

Talking about style of play, with Erik, you know what you are getting and the type of players he will chase to play his brand of football but with Poch, I can't categorically say he has a distinctive style of play. His team's are just there, not excellent and not bad either...

In all, Erik edges it when it comes to ability to guide us through a rebuild whilst remaining competitive as he has shown with Ajax while Poch failed at Spurs.

He also edges it when it comes to playing beautiful attacking football.

And lastly, Erik prefers technical players much more than physical specimens. I think we need a coach that will bring in players who are very technical and that's where Erik comes in.

ChristoBam:
And he got into a UCL final while doing that, which is overachieving expectations.

Ten Haag is also expected to win their league, which is low pressure to me. And go as far as possible in the UCL. He's been in a low pressure environment to me as well.

It seems the only edge of Ten Haag is the novelty and beautiful football.

In the UCL, I will say Erik ten Hag and Ajax are not on the same level with Tottenham in recent times so, I'd give Erik more props for the performance of his team in the UCL over Poch.

Spurs spend more so, it is only normal that they should do better than Ajax but that has not been the case in recent times.

I accept that Ajax are a well run club but then, we have seen players come and go yet the team remain competitive with the only constant being Erik ten Hag and their board. One thing Erik has going for him is how he manages to turn a squad of good players to a functional unit (Team)...No matter how go a club is positioned, the quality of football they play is 70% on the coach and 30% on the players. I believe with proper coaching and a few additions in the right areas, we will be back challenging for titles...

Pochettino will do well in a low pressure environment where top 4 is the goal.

At Manchester United, there's pressure on the manager to win trophies. Top 4 isn't enough if not a huge section of the fan base won't have turned their back on Ole.

ChristoBam:
Can someone please tell me why he/she prefers Ten Haag to Pochetinho.

I'm not making a point, I'm genuinely curious cuz I don't get it and I really want to get it. Most of the things I hear people say are attacks against Pochetinho instead of praises of Ten Haag.

For example, people use the problems Pochetinho have with the powerful players at PSG and say he can't be successful cuz there's a similar type of power play at United. But thing is there's no iota of evidence Ten Haag can control these massive egos as well. Based on my knowledge, he makes use of majorly young players and players that struggled in top leagues.

Erik ten Hag's team plays beautiful attacking football which is in tune with what most top teams play.

His Ajax team lost most of their star players yet were still able to replace them without a drop in performance...

Erik ten Hag's team have not just done well in Holland but also in the UCL whilst operating on a budget.

If Manchester United were a club in Nigeria, I'll make bold to say the players are being owed months of weekly wages but far from it, this guys get paid weekly so, what exactly is the problem?

You can't say it's for lack of talent because we have seen players in small teams who themselves are average footballers do better against City...

At some point, some folks here thought Ole was bringing in the right players.

Gents, Ole brought in Maguire, AWB, James etc...The ones that were good players that he didn't sign, he simply relegated them to the bench...

Now, we have to start all over again...Jeez!

samwillyco1:
Russia is just ranting like a mad DOG . Let them try , USA, Monaco, Japan or South Korea and see how Israel will be involved in the War.

Israel? Same Israel that depends on the US?

Some of you just dabble into what you have no knowledge about...

Everywhere na AGENDA...

TrebleChamp:
I wonder what would happen when patrickmu.f catch you for street

E no serious like you think...

1stGenAmerican:
They suspended charges days ago. Even so, did they actually say no you can’t buy because you’re Black? The person listening on the phone understands the language? I also thought most Internet was down but video call is working so I guess not.

Internet is down in some parts but not all of Ukraine...

Someone on Twitter complained that she faced racial discrimination. If you have any Nigerian friend in Ukraine, you can make your own independent findings.

Litmus:
Actually, why would public transport be selling tickets in the first place ? you'd have thought Ukrainian authorities would suspend charging...

It's a shame to be honest.

I have seen many others on Twitter complain of the same issue (racial discrimination)...

bonechamberlain:
This is more of a western propaganda war. 80% of all news here supporting Ukraine are fake news spearheaded by the US.

What people have failed to realize is that the Russian army haven't gone all out, (I doubt if they have used 10% of their capabilities) as they are trying as much as possible to minimise civilian losses and make Ukrainian citizens believe that they aren't against them.
If Russia goes all out, probably use just 30% of their military capabilities. Zelensky, Klitschko and the elite forming Patriots would be the first to either go under ground or flee.

Exactly...Ukraine cannot stand Russia if they deploy the full force of their military...

We really should not read any meaning into that our win against Leeds...

See how Tottenham are beating them.

A colleague of mine called a friend on video call who is in Ukraine for studies. She said they are not selling tickets to blacks. They prioritized ticket sales to whites first...

This is not hear say, it was a video call and I saw it live. Since then, I no send the Ukrainians...

Nonpartisan1:
Stop shifting the goal post. Even as at today NATO build up of arms and personnel is unprecedented. Let your Putin try shit!

Ukraine is the shit, tell your NATO to go there and clean it up and see if Nukes won't rain.

Nonpartisan1:
Is Poland, Estonia, Romania not in its border? Next time, calm down and argue like a sane person. You are pouring spits everywhere.

Only Estonia shares a boarder with Russia. Poland shares a boarder with a Russian enclave away from Russia mainland...

Estonia is a tiny Country that will be leveled in 2 days if they misbehave...

Nonpartisan1:
At the end of the day Russia will become a pariah state cut off from the rest of the world. His people will revolt when all these economic sanctions by the West start weighing in.

Putin will never come out of this war the same again.

The LOSS:
1.NATO is going to beef up security with major deployments to its members bordering Russia.

2. Russia is going to be cut off from the rest of the world-trust me Russia is no China, the latest sanctions will bite very hard at home.

3. Many countries that have been reluctant to join NATO will freely come out now with applications, seeing how it was easy for Russia to invade a non member country.

4. When the latest Economic sanctions starts weighing in like say, 5months from now. The Russian massess will troop out in the streets and force a major regime change.

This is, I repeat a foolish war that Putin have chosen. And this could undo him in many ways..

Meanwhile, in other news: Here is Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko at the battlefront defending his country.

Klitschko is a former boxing champion and a millionaire, he could have fled Ukraine by private jet, live a happy life elsewhere, but he decided to fight for his country

Story. The attached Pic is old just like that of Zelensky in military attire...

Your entire postulation is not correct. China, Iran and most Islamic states will continue to trade with Russia and others will do so via the black market. You think Germany and Europe has an alternative to Russia energy?

Your 3rd point is laughable. How many countries have Russia invaded for no reason in the past 2 decades compared to the US and her NATO allies? If anything, most countries will begin their own uranium enrichment program with the aim of having their own nuclear weapons...

afrodoc2:
He has been unlucky in terms of timing of injuries and call ups. If not for his senior national call up he would have played more minutes now but he has gone for 2 international tournaments in the past couple of months and he has also had a few niggling injuries.

Elanga was just lucky. Without the Greenwood case and Martial’s push to leave he would not have had this opportunity. This is coupled of course with Rashford’s complete loss of form.

Hannibal has been on the bench a few times recently. He will get minutes if we are leasing 3-0 or 4-0. He plays a position that requires loads of experience.

Seeing the quality coming right behind him, if he doesn't break into the first team in 2-3 years, he might not make it here...

Away from Hannibal, do you think Garner has done enough to come back and hold a starting spot or a place on the bench next season?

afrodoc2:
Why do you think that is significant?

Because he'd stand a better chance if he had opted for France or any of the European power houses...

With the hype around him, I had expected him to get more minutes in the first team by now...I don't know if I am overthinking here but then, we have seen the likes of Shoretire and Elanga get game time with the first team.

I hope Hannibal is given his fair share of opportunities too...

afrodoc2:
Odegaard has always been gifted. I think the mistake he made was going to Madrid at such a young age. I believe he will only get better.

Hansen-Aaroen has that Modric style. Very good technically and like you said he has a top notch football brain.

Mainoo at 16 is a bully. He has the most complete physical and technical package I have seen in a United youth midfielder in a long time. His floor is relatively high even though a player like Hannibal as a higher ceiling.

Our youth recruitment is funny sha. We have too many good midfielders and not enough good defenders, full backs, or even wingers.

P.S I like that Pogba comparison. He is a less gifted but more defensively aware Pogba.

Seeing that Hannibal choose to represent Tunisia, I fear for his chances making it here in the long run...