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Hand him over to the US and watch him say goodbye to life almost immediately...

Dadehmola:
Eden Hazard Rumours??

Very unlikely if you ask me, atleast not with Madrid circling around him...

See how mentally deranged folks are trying to sway people's opinion and support of the present administration from the OP...From what i can deduce, Obiagelli is rightly asking us to apply caution to the wind and not saying her dissatisfaction with the current administration...
I share in her views 100%, i'm gonna start accessing the government by the end of the year...

elampiro:
So where do we find a Vidic or an Evra kind of players this January? Remember too it took Vidic and Evra six months to adapt. But Carrick adapted straight away. Same way we think Mane should adapt if bought.

Those scouts should end their pay

elampiro:
We need a quick fix. Local players will not need to adapt to the rhythm of EPL.

Foreign players aren't ruled out when available. Quality ones.

Just wondering what y'all said when we signed a certain Nemanja Vidic and Patrice Evra...
At this point in time, i'd say English league players are gonna be quite expensive compared to the bargains we can get out there...
I really don't know what our scouts are doing at this point...

AdeLaNa1:
Herrera has been shifed from DM to CM to CAM and he's delivered regardless of the system. Same can be said of Ashley Young who has been played in different positions more dan any other player. He has delivered regardless of d system. Same goes for Martial.

patrickmuf, what he said!!

You're making a case against overseas players and your best bet is Herrera and Martial who overseas import, bravo!
Young apart from the last match against swansea has been a big disappointment everywhere he has played bar the left wing...
If we do an analysis of Overseas and EPL players, you'd realize the local buys have hardly fared better...

bigkesh:
I would have called you a big waste to the society but that wont be fair so I will just keep shut

You must be a big fan to wait until this moment to quote me...

capricornian:
Bro.... we all know how bad the Manager has been and am sure we all have same beliefs about him BUTTTTT some of those players have been bunch of disappointments hiding under the failures of the Manager. Players like De fool, Mata and Rooney should be serving us better irrespective of the system

But rooney isn't a new case, Mata is more about the composition of the team, he works well when he has players doing all the running, tackling and the dirty work generally for him...
Depay is highly inconsistent, ever wondered why he was beaten to the best player award in the Eredivisie by Wjdnaldum?

AdeLaNa1:
United dont ve dat luxury of time anymore. We cant constantly throw a player who has refused to develop in 6 months into the starting 11 and hope he comes good eventually. By d time he does, all our rivals would ve had a significant head start on us.

And we cant go to foreign leagues looking to buy players like Bernardo Silva or Halilovic(who has said he wants to spend his life in Barca by the way) hoping they come good and just integrate themselves perfectly into the system of a new league. No time for dat abeg.

Our best bet is to look at players in the EPL. Mane, Kane, Mahrez, Eriksen, Lukaku, Stones, etc. These are established EPL players who ll hit the ground running for us. These players + some of the good ones already on ground + a different manager other than LVG(obviously) and we can become an unstoppable force again....

Depay has been a failure. Thanks to LVG Di Maria was a failure. Blind and Rojo have been average at best....

I bet you wouldn't say the same if this players were put in a system that appreciate their strength and covers their weakness...

Y'all scared of dropping a comment...How art the mighty fallen as someone observed a couple of days ago...
I sha know i'll party here today by hook or by crook...

AdeLaNa1:
Sure! Good idea! Lets buy everybody that plays similarly to Messi and C.Ro!!

It seems u haven't learned from our recent failures in the Transfer Market!!

Our failures have more to do with our manger than the players themselves...And who exactly do you classify as a failure?

AdeLaNa1:
U guys are just calling names of players we dont know becoz dey had good seasons at their respective clubs.
Leroy Sane who is still a teenager. Bernardo Silva becoz he was Monaco's best player.

Wasn't Depay one of PSV's and The Eredivisie's best players?? Abeg jare.

No need for big name and big money signings who could eventually come and flop.......for now at least.
If the board are smart enough, then they should steal a page from Bayern's playbook and poach the best players from the EPL coupled with a manager who can squeeze titles out of dem. At least dat way, we'd be guaranteed of challenging for the EPL and domestic cups every year.

Only then should we now start looking to sign big players across Europe in search of more success in d UCL....

I'm talking about cultured footballers here, even before we signed Depay, most of us here knew he was a very frustrating player but one that'll definitely come good in future with hard work...I'm sure you'd have preferred Cleverly to David Silva going by your take here...If you don't know much about Bernardo Silva or Halilovic, i suggest you start following their progress cos those two are definitely gonna be big in the coming seasons

Alen Halilovic of Barca currently on loan at Sporting Gijon is another wonderful prospect, together with Bernardo Silva, they're the closest players in style to Lionel Messi...Quick feet, Balance and Pace over short distances...

weedtaker:
i don't fancy all dis abroad buys, we should just get the tested n trusted ones, mahrez won't cost more than 25mil, he has 13goals nd 7assist dis season Playing counter attacking football, 25mil would be a steal make we no dull abeg.

Bernardo silva is more like david silva with better dribbling skills, he has done it at a higher level compared to Mahrez who might just be a flash in the pan...

dopeJemi:
Left of right footed?

Left footed

dopeJemi:
Haven't heard of him, make we just buy mahrez if na so

He was Monaco's best player in their eye catching run to the ucl quarter finals seasons back...Dude tormented Juve's backline like i have never seen before

dopeJemi:
Since van gaal is notorious for playing players out of position, i'm certain that's where he's going to play him cause I see no reason why we are going for him if he's not going to be playing on that right flank... there's no harm in trying out mahrez though but I feel it's going to be a big gamble considering the fact that he's red hot at the moment and would cost us a huge sum... if that sane is really good like people say he is, then we should get him


I don't even think leicester would be willing to sell mahrez sef

Sane is another good prospect, saw him against Madrid and i was impressed...Only thing of concern is his pace...
Another good player i'll recommend is Bernardo Silva of AS Monaco, he is a joy to watch...

At best, Chelsea should come out with a point today, don't see you guys getting anything more...
The relegation dogfight is real...

elampiro:
Mane is Sterling 0.7

He still has to develop his game. But I like his balance. I think he's more of a Wing Forward than a traditional winger who could use the flanks to provide width. He's played more as an AMC (in the hole) this season.

It appears he thrive more in the final third, but not one to rely on to carry the ball forward with speed from our own half, something I think we also desperately need.

He can definitely carry the ball forward but the end product is definitely lacking, Tadic and Mahrez can see the pass and they're potential goal scorers much more than Mane...
Overall, the quality of good players has really dropped for us here to be fixated on Mane, Mahrez, Tadic etc

we love #tyrantbuhari...Go hang yourselves haters

dopeJemi:
What? Mane is a very intelligent footballer plus he has pace and power and that is what we need on that right flank.. I wouldn't mind Tadic though, he steady for ground

I just have this penchant for left footers operating from the right...Pace and Power is mata's greatest undoing, Mahrez doesn't have so much strength but his left foot is sweet...

bigkesh:
Isn't it just classless and plain Stupid to chant the name of a manager who has never managed your team??.......Add to the fact that he just left your rivals.....



This team is soo desperate..... no standard or class

Classless is moving from 1st to 16th all in the space of one year...
Stupidity is comparing Hidden Hazard to Neymar and CR7...
Absolute stupidity if i may add, is coming here to write trash when you have a game against Crystal Palace which you'll most definitely get beaten...#BlueIsTheColorAndLosingIsTheirWay...

Mane isn't good enough for us, i'd rather have us go for Mahrez or Tadic who have better footballing brains...Another good player out there is that Anderson look alike in Westham utd

Elxandre:
Martial is something else!
He owned ALL the left flank.

Nice win though.

Would you say Elampiro has been justified about Rooney?

Far from it, our best players were Martial and Young...De Gea was also impressive...

Jarus:
Thanks for the recognition. Came as a suprise given the fact that I have not been active on NL as I used to 5, 6 years ago.

I will like to talk to you about academics...Sent you a PM

Happy birthday/new year Odunharry...2016 promises to be a lot better

Happy new year wonderful folks...
May we soar higher as a CLUB and as individuals, 2016 comes with a chance for us as individuals and as a club (Manchester United) to start on a clean slate and God willing, we'll prevail...

Elamps is a robot, i'm sorry to admit...

SailorXY:
I think Martial should have led the line. Rooney played better than recently but still didn't stay upfront enough to trouble Chelshit's CB pair.

In all honesty, I'ld have taken Rooney off instead of Mata for Memphis as CF.
We need a direct player on the right flank to replace Mata in this transfer window so we can launch a full 4-3-3 formation for the rest of the season. Mane will do here.

We also need another CM with pace to partner Morgan. Bastian cannot last the whole game but he's still a very useful player.
We must also recall Januzaj & Wilson cuz our strength in depth is poor.

Great game from Jackson, he seem to improve with every minute he gets.

The average position below shows Ivanovic, Zouma & Mikel on Martial. If Rooney had maintained a CF position or we had another direct forward on the right, more chances would have opened up.

I was really impressed with Barthwick Johnson, i don't mind moving young to RWF and Darmian back to his favoured position...We can alternate between Johnson and Blind for now, in the hope that Jones stays fit

adjm6677:
Pls read this:

It has long been established that a subordinate has no legal obligation to obey illegal orders from his/her superior. This point is important as we examine the recent nauseating revelations about the huge sums of money that the former finance minister, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Central Bank governor, Godwin Emefiele, made available to the now arrested former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki.

Few days ago, Okonjo-Iweala admitted giving Sambo Dasuki the sum of $322m on the orders of former President Goodluck Jonathan. Before that the same Okonjo-Iweala admitted spending $2bn

from the Excess Crude Oil account on the orders of the former President. The Central Bank of Nigeria under Godwin Emefiele has admitted giving Sambo Dasuki billions of Naira and dollars on the orders of the former president. A good part of these monies were given to Sambo Dasuki in cash in clear contravention of existing anti-money laundering laws by the country’s chief banker. Let us put the money laundering issue to the side for now. 

The problem with the orders from the former President to the then finance minister and current CBN governor is that they were illegal. Neither the President nor any other government official in Nigeria has the legal authority to order the spending of funds that have not been appropriated by the National Assembly! Both subordinates knew or ought to know that the orders they were obeying were illegal and should have refused to comply. Resignation was an option. Between these two subordinates they cost the nation in excess of $5B by obeying the referenced illegal orders. That is just what we know so far and this kind of behavior is going on at every level of government everyday. 

The arrest and prosecution of Okonjo-Iweala and Godwin Emediefe will send out the message that “the president ordered the payment” is not a defense known to the laws of Nigeria. Their prosecution is imperative in light of the fact that a lot of the money being stolen in the country is not in the custody of the people stealing them. They rely on a group of people that I call facilitators in an upcoming article to get access to public funds in the custody of the facilittors. 


In almost every case of monies made available to Sambo Dasuki, all those making the money available were following illegal orders and they knew it. The time has come for Buhari to beam the searchlight on this group of people. The commercial bankers who allow government officials to come into their banks and withdraw millions and billions in cash in apparent violation of anti-money laundering laws are facilitators of corruption because they know the funds are dirty hence the need to terminate the paper trail through cash withdrawal. The bankers ought to be in jail too partly because they make tracing these funds more complicated.

To understand the importance of subordinates not obeying illegal orders, imagine that Okonjo-Iweala, NNPC and Godwin Emefiele refused to obey the former President’s illegal orders and resigned under pressure and spilled the beans. With Nigerians fully aware of the attempted fraud it would have been difficult for their replacements to obey the same illegal orders. Buhari’s anti-corruption war must involve establishing a culture that encourages civil servants, and bank employees to disobey illegal orders. This will prevent our money from leaving the treasury rather than chasing after the money after it has been stolen. 

Before closing I will like to remind people that a majority of the civilians and military officers who were tried, executed or jailed by the post-World War 2 Nuremberg Trials courts in Germany were obeying orders from Adolf Hitler. The problem was that Adolf Hitler had no legal basis for issuing the orders and those who ended up being executed for obeying the orders had no obligation to obey the orders. 


Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Godwin Emefiele should be familiar with the Nuremberg Trials. The lesson is that a superior cannot order a subordinate to do anything that the superior has no authority to do himself/herself. Nigerians must rid themselves of the idea that a President has the power to order anyone to do anything in the absence of enabling legislation. Na oga say make I do am is not a defense.

By Ilesanmi Omabomi

Apt...No rest for the wicked

lol

The OP isn't as smart as she thinks, see how she exposed GEJ...
GEJ represents everything we don't want for our beloved country going forward