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He is in a rush because he isn't certain which way the leadership of the house will go with APC having the upper hand.

GloryIsaac:
Nicolas Pepe is the answer

Pepe, Ziyech, Sancho (I fear for the possible hype) etc Any of them will do a good-great job.

The only problem with this purchase is that he seem to prefer the LW from the clips I have seen of him. We need an expert RW and no another makeshift in that position.

Bridget95:
Lagos is enjoying unfair advantage above other states because of FG political reasons. Bayelsa has no port and airport and other exclusive rights FG gave Lagos.


use your head.

Don't be impossible, Lagos might enjoy more support and honestly should be doing much better but in comparison to Bayelsa with less population, Lagos is miles ahead.
This post isn't one for comparison tho so you bringing Lagos into the discourse is you being the typical Nigerian youth who is full of excuses and always go the way of ethnicity in their argument. Bayelsa for her allocation in comparison to population and land mass is doing very poorly, it has nothing to do with Lagos. Or is Ebonyi enjoying so much of Federal support?
Accountability is lost on most of you and that's why politicians still have their way most times.

Even if allocations drops by 2-3 billion, Bayelsa shouldn't be in red as insinuated by the Governor. If Ebonyi state is making verifiable progress even with the meagre federal allocation, Bayelsa has no right whatsoever to complain. Mr. Governor, I don't think you have done well.

I think it was last season Mourinho informed us that Ed was on holidays when clubs were scrambling to buy players and ship out deadwoods. Ole will probably not stand up to Ed even if he isn't making any move to bring in new players.
See Madrid for an instance, Militao, Jovic have been signed, deals for Hazard and Mendy are in the works but nothing concrete involving United yet. Even Liverpool are clearing the last badge of deadwood to replace them with potential first teamers.

VolvoS60:
^^^
Good point about digital, effective law enforcement. But sadly, that doesn't seem to be a priority of government. And that's why the 'serving offenders notice' option is unlikely to succeed - at least for now.

The Alibaba option attracted my attention because it looks like it may considerably reduce the madness on our roads - and in a very short time frame too. There are few deterrents like 'government direct debit' via BVN. The problem (and it is admittedly a big one) with this proposal is potential abuse by government. And that's why I proposed special appeal courts to handle appeals by alleged offenders - courts with specialist know-how in handling video evidence etc.

I think Alibaba's plan (or at least elements of it) will work.


P.S. You mentioned tracking vehicles by number plate. Is this really possible? Picture this: My name is Abubakar Amechi Abiodun. My last known address on my vehicle documents with MVAA is c/o Lagos State civil service. But I no longer work there. I am untraceable through MVAA documents - I no longer use the phone lines I supplied on their database and I no longer reside at the address I supplied. For argument's sake, let us assume there are millions of people in Nigeria with the name Abubakar Amechi Abiodun. How can I be traced?

I am referring to the number plate of the car, it can be flagged so that wherever that number plate is seen, the driver can be arrested by law enforcement agents. That's to say, they must all have a device that keeps records (Number plate and make of the vehicle) of traffic offenders who have yet to comply. It's a rough idea that can be polished and put to good use.

VolvoS60:
^^^
Good contribution. But serving the offender notice may be hard to do in practice.

My old work address is on my vehicle licence. I left that place years ago and haven't updated my details on autoreg. My other auto documents - roadworthiness certificate, insurance etc. also have invalid addresses. How can I be served? And I know there are hundreds of thousands of motorists in the same position.

Even if offenders are served, I can imagine most will simply ignore the notice until a big stick is wielded. And that's where things will get difficult - every day there are hundreds of thousands of traffic offences committed. At any point in time, there will no doubt be a huge backlog of new and serial traffic offenders with the number increasing exponentially. Arresting all these offenders over their failure to pay will be a logistical nightmare. There are simply not enough police/FRSC/bailiffs to do this.

P.S. Ignore those who are talking about politics. They are only interested in the problem and not the solution.

I get your point, it will be difficult to implement but it is possible especially if the number plate of the car is noted. That way, the vehicle can be tracked. But we will need a more effective and digital law enforcement agency rather than what we have now. We just have to bring back some form of sanity in our system.

Leyqute:
I don’t like that guy. Fullstop.

I really like Maddison, he has spatial awareness, can pass, shoot and is willing to put in the hard work. His deliveries are a joy.
It's after watching James Maddison that I knew Kagawa10 knew his football...

I have shared similar idea with friends, only difference is that rather than deduct the money automatically, the offender should be served with a notice to make payments of which failure to do so will have him/her arrested.

See Nigerians, instead of debating his proposed solution to the traffic problems we experience, they're talking absolute rubbish about his ambitions.

Happy birthday elrony, more wins...

Hamid7:
Was there any time in the past where Barca had unrepentant back passers?
There was Deco, Edmilson, Van Bommel, then came Rafael Marquez, Ronaldinho, Xavi, Iniesta even Yaya Toure, not all these players are attacking midfielders but none of them continually made back passes like timid 19 year old
Creativity is not a character of attacking midfielder only. An attacking midfielder is basically, a deep sitting striker with pace, acceleration and dribbling skills, even then, good passes have to com from the midfielders, without that, the attacking midfielder is useless. If Busquets isn't the player he was, does that warrant lack of creativity from all the midfielders. Do you realise the primary role of a C.midfielder is to find spaces and exploit them by making good passes to the appropriate player, this doesn't require that he attacks, he can choose to remain to prevent sudden counters. When did you becomevan Fc Barcelona fan?

Okay

Hamid7:
Rakitic doesn't have to be an attacking midfielder to be creative. That guy has no vision for passes, he either pass backwards or sideways. Side and back passes are for defensive midfielders when under pressure. Neither Xavi nor Iniesta you mentioned above was a visionless back passer. A good central midfielder can send the opposition defense into a frenzy with a pass.

Xavi and Iniesta didn't need to create that much, up front was Messi at his peak, Henry and Eto and other times, it was Villa and a very clinical Pedro who finished off chances created by Messi and Alves not so much from Xavi and Iniesta. Also, when it was Xavi and Iniesta, the back line was a lot more balanced with Abidal stay back while Alves bombed forward, now you have Alba and Semedo both bombing forward yet you want Rakitic to still assume an attacking role, have you also considered that Busquet is not the player he once was? At his peak, he gave Xavi and Iniesta the freedom to play and join the attack when necessary. You can't compare the set up and personnel then and now.

Hamid7:
That makes Rakitic one of our problems. We need a playmaker in that midfield so Messi can concentrate on attack, the last one there was iniesta, since then, Barca have been blunt in midfield.

No, Rakitic is not the problem. You can't have 2 attention full backs and expect Rakitic to function as an AMF especially when your DMF is not Kante or a much younger Busi.
You have Alba attacking on the one side and Sergi Roberto/Semedo doing same on the other side and still expect your CM to join the attack, that will be suicide. When Pep was at Barca, Abidal was the LB, he sat back for Alves to attack thus Iniesta on the LMF was free to also attack as an AMF.
At Liverpool where they have 2 flying fullbacks, they don't play with an out and out attacking midfielder because Robertson and Arnold need cover when they bombard forward.
At City, when ever Mendy players, Walker curtails his forays forward and it is so even when Zichenko starts. They have to be a balance. In Pep's season, Kolarov and Zabaleta were constantly pushing forward and it left gapping holes as De Bruyne and David Silva are not known for their defensive contributions, he corrected that mistake in his second season.
You can also check Hynckes Bayern team, with Alaba and Lahm as attacking wingbacks, he constantly had Martinez and Bastian Schweinsteiger sitting deep and Kroos in CM. When Pep took over at Bayern, for some reason, he opted to play Martinez as CB, a move that left them exposed to counter attacks.

I have highlighted all this scenarios to show you that Rakitic is not the problem rather the system/personnel...

Itsmedozie:
if ole is successful
I also hope you won't delete your comments
cause I will be harvesting then

Abeg leave the guy, he has his reservations about Ole maybe he is not using the right choice of words but I think we all understand him. Enough of the unnecessary back and forth.

stanleyravos:
what did you know about jurisdiction, leave the judges alone and focus on how you people can remove oshiomhole instead disturbing the cyber space.

Don't be impossible, the appeal court sitting on the Ned Nwoko vs Nwaoboshi case held that the Federal High Court had no jurisdiction to hear or even give judgement on the case as they ruled in favor of Nwaoboshi.
Judiciary is really a mess.

Joke of a union, suspending what never was...

It's ironical that he is referred to as the common sense senator when in all honesty, he is anything but intelligent (Common sense)...If he had any sense, he shouldn't let us see this kinda pics as it betrays the position he most often take when in the full glare of the public. He belongs to the elite class that has messed up the system and continues to do so. He and Dino Melaye are jokers, they go on Twitter pretending to fight for us while they partake in sharing the largesse when they go behind closed doors.

Modified: If you want to change this country, all you have to do is declared a 2-3 years emergency in the key sectors (Education, Healthcare and power generation/supply). At the expiration of the 2 year emergency, a ban should be placed on all public officials from traveling out to access their Healthcare needs just as all wards of public officials must have their education here otherwise the person resigns. For the power sector, a complete ban on the importation of generator should do for a start and gradually the phasing out of generators. The elites will kick against it but with the support of the masses, it is achievable...We allow a lot of nonsense go unchallenged in this country and it is sickening...

weedtaker:
Jose and van gaal failed, i don't know where dis confidence in poch is coming from cuz both jose and gaal were proven managers.

Van gaal was just coming off an impresive third place win in the world cup with a clear tactical knowlegde to take over us, yet he failed.


You think van gaal would've been sacked despite winning the F.A CUP if he was at spurs?


We don already carry PL and player development proven with low netspend in moyes and we finish 7th playing 972crosses per match. I no need another one, make we try rookie OGS.

Van Gaal was stubborn, for him it was his method or nothing...
With Jose it is down to him because he was well supported in the market, Bailly, Mkhitaryan, Lukaku, Pogba, Dalot, Fred, Matic Lindelof etc his one issue was sticking with the deadwoods in the team and they failed him and this is the fear with Ole, he is really nice and comes across like that boss that doesn't want to hurt anybody.
If Pep was our manager, we'd have seen the back of wastemen like Young, Smalling, Jones, Lingard etc
Check Spurs when Poch joined and now, he has managed to clear much of the deadwoods there even with the little resources at his disposal.
As much as any manager will succeed here, the chances depends on whether or not he sticks with the many deadwoods we parade. Pep, Klopp and Poch will move them on, I hope Ole does but I'm seriously not certain especially with talks of a new contract for Mata and Rojo coming out to say he is in the manager's plans for next season like wtf!

Lana1:
Not denying any of this. But whether Kane or Alli, one of them should have made way for Moura.
I'm not in anyway trying to put all the blame on Poch like some rètarded OGS haters because Son also missed an easy chance. But, Moura should ve played at the least more than 45 mins yesterday.

You're right on Moura...I feel with the resources available at United, it's much easier to win even though the pressure is higher.

Lana1:
No one don mention Alli for here even tho he has been playing rubbish since their QF. Question is why was Moura that scored the hattrick that sent them through dropped for an half fit Kane??

The presence of Kane on the pitch is itself a big boost for Spurs and the neutrals, when the lineups came out yesterday, Spurs odd dropped because Kane was in the line up. It's Alli who has not been very productive that really shouldn't have started especially in place of Moura.
If you listen the commentary yesterday, at some point the commentator pointed out that Erikson was shunted out to the wing to accommodate Alli, something which shouldn't be happening not when you have a right winger in Moura on the bench.

elampiro2:
Has Dele Ali not been part of their victory till the final match? Why does anyone suggest he should have been dropped?

He has had a below par season, severally I have heard commentators mention it and it's quite obvious if you follow Spurs. The Alli of last season isn't the same Alli of this season, I do3know whether it's because his place in the team is somewhat guaranteed but he has been terrible for a while now.

Abeg make una calm down, Poch is a very good manager, you wonder what he will achieve with more money, definitely more success...
Ole needs time to get his players in so we can access him but if ever I am given the option of Ole or Poch, I'll always go with Poch but as a Manchester United fan, the decision of the board is Ole and rightly so thus we've got to support him at least for now...The jury is still out on him considering our sudden slump towards the season end but let's see what the summer holds.

airmark:
Raumdeuter, will tell you his eyes became his source.

raumdeuter:
It can only be his fault if he was directly responsible like the second goal vs Barcelona.

He was not the best liverpool player on the field, he was not even the best liverpool defender on the field

Actually he read just better than 1 defender in a final.
Was that how boateng Ramos Vidic and co beasted finals?

Where is your source for your rating? And remember that your source will be used against you in the near future...I am waiting...

raumdeuter:
How did he beast a final when he wasn't even the best defender on the field
Of the 4 liverpool defenders that played 90mins yesterday, he was only better than one

In the semis he wasn't the best defender either. Which war? The one others bailed him out

If Liverpool had conceded, you'd have looked for a way to put the blame on him so why is it too hard for you to praise him when he deserves it? Even the commentators yesterday noted that he completely nullified the threat of Kane and when he came up against in a battle for Pace, he stook his ground.

Ibime:
He's been traumatised by his major finals thesis being brutally exposed and thrown in the bin.

Hensben always said.for years that football is not lawn tennis.

Reports reaching me are that Henderson may be greater than Ballack now based on "Major finals" theory.

Raumdeuter set himself up for this with his constant reference to big performance in a major final. I can't fault those who use his logic to whip him, Henderson was terrific yesterday, he did what Ballack couldn't do in his career according to aparisport CEO so, the reports reaching you is spot on...

raumdeuter:
See your MCM in a final

My people, this one Dayo don dey call semi final final so erh sure say no be ploy to cover up for the bashing wey him dey receive for Lewy? Oga Dayo, that's a Semi Final, a battle he lost only to win the war at the end. You can Google for his photo yesterday.
Van Dijk BEASTED the final, you've got nothing on him.

Both Klopp and Poch made the same mistake starting Firmino and Kane respectively however, the difference is that Klopp quickly removed Firmino when it was obvious he wasn't in the game. On Pochettino's side, he should have taken of both Kane and Alli for Llorente and Moura or just replace Alli with Moura...
Spurs decision not to strengthen has been their undoing as their players were obviously fatigued before the hour mark.

Van Dijk has answered your query, now you just have to admit he is the best currently...
Raumdeuter, how market?

Truth is Okorocha didn't loot anything, it's probably staffs and his aides.

Worst governor we have had since the return of democracy and most likely the worst we'll ever have unless he reincarnates...