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Politics › Re: I Built Lekki Deep Seaport ; Tinubu, Sanwo-olu Took Glory’ - amaechi by Pootle: 8:31pm On Oct 08
and the port in his state is not functioning,
Romance › Re: 'men Don't Come Near Me, I Lie On My Bed And Cry': Real Madrid Star Castillo by Pootle: 6:36pm On Oct 08
tanigororo:
Who is she?
a short female footballer
Crime › Re: Ogun Court Jails Businessman For Selling Fake Coleman Wires by Pootle: 6:31pm On Oct 08
wire wey go burn house. SON need to do more against counterfeit goods
Travel › Re: Passenger Who Tried To Open Emergency Door On Kenya Airways Flight To Lagos Dies by Pootle: 6:21pm On Oct 08
another one seeking means to book his 72virgins
Travel › Re: I Visited Ouaga Mall In Burkina Faso… I Wasn’t Expecting This! (video) by Pootle: 6:20pm On Oct 08
they should deport this one abeg
Romance › Re: What's Going On by Pootle: 5:37pm On Oct 08
post it here let me see
Celebrities › Re: Peller & Jarvis Announce First Pregnancy (pictures) by Pootle: 11:16am On Oct 08
jubrilELsudan:
LIKE SEY NO BE YOU GIST ME WHEN WE DEY GOSSIP
shocked see me wahala o, oga tony never release the wan wey enter him wife o
Crime › Re: AAU Lecturer, Mathew Uwuigbe Dies In Hotel 'After Meeting With Sex Worker' by Pootle: 10:56am On Oct 08
ThePEACEFULBOY:
There are just so many commercial ways to die. No activity is safe
1000 ways to die, the good old days of GOtv
Celebrities › Re: Peller & Jarvis Announce First Pregnancy (pictures) by Pootle: 10:55am On Oct 08
jubrilELsudan:
I HEAR SEY PELLER NA VIRGIN WHEN HE MEET JARVIS AND JARVIS KÙKÚÑÁSÉ NA COMMUNITY PROPERTY
faceless forum no go helep u you oo my hand no dey
Celebrities › Re: Peller & Jarvis Announce First Pregnancy (pictures) by Pootle: 10:54am On Oct 08
person wey go soon enter labour for canada
Culture › Re: Traditional Chief Shot Dead At Burial Ceremony In Ondo by Pootle: 10:17am On Oct 08
person die bury him in peace, you said no now see the result
Crime › Re: Yobe Police Arrest 9-Year-Old Boy For Killing His 2 Stepmothers & 2 Brothers by Pootle: 10:08am On Oct 08
Exousiang01:
My people will take that boy somewhere and silently pkuff him.

We Africans had ways of dealing with situations like this. At 9 he is already stealing chicken, not sweet or biscuits, a whole fowl

Then when corrected he kills 4 people.

Our ancestors would usually take him out to ensure he doesn't breed and reproduce his kind, it was another way of keeping the society in check.

This is not about bad parenting, his father is obviously trying to discipline him.

This is just an Evil child.

He will grow up to be a bandit kingpin slau*htering people in videos....


Na why for Africa almost every culture wipes out children like this. It was after the white man came and stopped such killings that we now have them breeding all over the place, now we have so many demons in the flesh.

Even the whites have it, they go about creating names for it and talking about therapy. How else can one explain a child who goes into school and shoots his teachers and class mates and his reason is that he hates Mondays. Then scientists create a name for it and create a profession threat it to get people paid.
the law made provision for juvenile cells, and a good judge can keep him in there till his 18 and sentence him accordingly. some judge will even pass the judgment at this age because he carried out a serious crime
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Cristiano Ronaldo Hails Messi On His Retirement by Pootle: 8:19pm On Oct 07
Niom:
Messi will be happy the real goat acknowledged him 😁😁😁
person wey dey do suiii for inside bathroom grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Cristiano Ronaldo Hails Messi On His Retirement by Pootle: 7:47pm On Oct 07
what the midget will never do
Fashion › Re: Stop Wearing Joggers Only At Home: Here’s How To Style Them For Any Occasion by Pootle: 7:46pm On Oct 07
yahoo boys uniform, i rather wear jean
Car Talk › Re: Only Experienced Drivers Will Get This Right. Which Mirror Is Correct? (Photo) by Pootle: 7:36pm On Oct 07
tragergeorge:
what is a blind spot ? plss
an area around the car you cant see
Car Talk › Re: Only Experienced Drivers Will Get This Right. Which Mirror Is Correct? (Photo) by Pootle: 7:29pm On Oct 07
C no blind spot the car body and the road in clear sight
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Complete Ronaldo Statement On The Issue With Jorge Jesus by Pootle(op): 8:49am On Oct 07
This is the truth on what has happened with Jorge Jesus.

As I promised, I decided to recount, in the first person and directly, the circumstances surrounding the last training camp of the National Team.

After the 2026 World Cup I prepared a letter to the Portuguese people, which I still keep, with the words I want to address to them when I leave our team for good.

At the end of the competition, already on the flight back from the United States, the President of the Federation asked and insisted that I reconsider the decision to leave, because the FPF wanted me to continue.

Right afterwards he asked me for my opinion on the name of the current head coach, which he was considering alongside other names he did not reveal to me.

I told the President of the Federation that, in my opinion, it would be the right choice.
That is why, on the day the current head coach was presented, I was genuinely happy with the choice. It was the right option, as the results are confirming.

A few days later I received a first contact from the new national team coach saying he would like to meet me in person. I said yes and we scheduled it for the end of my holidays.

We met at the Cidade do Futebol, where my club was holding its pre-season training camp.

That day the coach told me he was counting on me and that my presence was fundamental to his project. He presented me, right there, with a plan for my participation. He told me I would play the first match and the last one, and that for reasons of physical management he would always make three to four changes per match.

At that point he raised the possibility of me not travelling with the national team to Norway and Denmark. He proposed that I play the first match and stay in Portugal, then rejoin before the match at the Dragão.

I refused this proposal immediately. It seemed obvious to me that I could not accept it. It was not because I would not play the matches abroad that I would stop captaining our team. That privilege of staying in Portugal would not be a good example.
The coach ended up agreeing with my analysis.

This conversation was attended by Simão Coutinho, sporting director of Al Nassr, the person to whom the current coach reported throughout last season and one of those responsible for his signing by the club in 2025.

On the eve of the start of the camp the coach came to my house in Lisbon, at his request, for another conversation with me. The conversation was calm and all the principles agreed in August were maintained.

I played the match at Alvalade and, although substituted, I made no problem of it. I put the armband on Bruno Fernandes myself, far from imagining that I might be taking my last steps as a player and captain of the National Team. What mattered to me that day was our victory. Winning is always good; in Portugal and for my country, even better.

At lunchtime on the day of the match in Norway, an assistant to the coach came to the table where the group was having lunch and informed me that the coach wanted to speak to me.

To my absolute surprise, the coach asked me if I was fit to play 30 minutes. I was fully focused on my physical recovery, integrated with my teammates as always, and thinking that I would not play that day. Without any problem.

This request was something outside my physical recovery and training plan — because I was only going to play on the 4th at the Dragão — but of course I said yes. He replied that I should then be ready because I would play 30 minutes.
The rest everyone knows. I warmed up from half-time, watched the minutes go by, and was not called.

The coach had broken his word to me.

At the end of the match I only wanted everything to finish with the victory and to be alone. I did not go to greet the fans. A failing that is solely my responsibility and that should not have happened. I apologise to the Portuguese who supported us intensely there, I apologise to the fans, and I apologise to those who, without being Portuguese, may have travelled there to see me and whom I may have disappointed.

Forty-eight hours later we had a conversation — myself, the coach and Simão Coutinho — since he had been the one accompanying our conversations in August. It was a deep moment, very frank, without any kind of filter.

We agreed that there was only one way to close this 'case': that the coach repeat what he had just told me in private, in the presence of Simão Coutinho, but in the press room.

What was agreed was simple: the coach would begin the press conference with this subject, seeking to close the matter by telling the truth. He would say that I never asked to play any minutes, that it was the coach and no one else who proposed the plan for this camp to me, and that it was a mistake to put me on to warm up and then not bring me on, and that if it happened again he would not do it.

We ended that meeting with the coach asking me for a hug, promising me that he would say at the conference what he had just said to me, and that the matter would be overcome. I would not play in Denmark and I would play the match at the Dragão. All of this in the presence of Simão Coutinho, always.

At the coach's request, a meeting then took place between himself, Simão Coutinho and Tiago Craveiro by video conference, in which what we had discussed was summarised.

A short document was produced which I myself validated and which, with my knowledge, was delivered to the coach, as he had requested.
The conference was what is known: the posture had nothing to do with our meeting; I heard expressions and an aggressiveness that I do not believe I deserved, an attitude of 'I want, I can and I command' that he never showed me, not even remotely, in private the day before.

The notes I validated were the following:

'I think it is important, also because it is the truth, to clarify a few things before talking about Denmark:

1. I myself, and no one else, proposed to Cristiano a plan for him this sporting season with the National Team. It was a long and very good conversation.

2. I know how much he lives and loves the national team and the weight he has in the world, and even more the weight and the positive influence he has had on the national team for 24 consecutive years.

3. The plan I proposed to Cristiano was accepted.

4. He never questioned my options. He was exemplary, loyal and professional.

5. The match in Norway was not part of the plan I drew up for him. However, I felt that he had managed to recover physically from the first match and I warned him that I might have to use him. Cristiano agreed.

6. I made a mistake by putting someone of the stature of Pelé or Maradona on to warm up and then not putting him in the game. If it were today I would not do it.

7. To close the subject: I want Cristiano in the National Team. In fact I do not want him a little, I want him a lot. Fortunately he also believes in me. He believed at Al Nassr and he does here as well.

8. About not greeting the fans. We have already spoken about that. Someone who has played more than 230 matches for the national team does not receive lessons from me on love for Portugal. It was a moment of frustration that erases nothing. He is the player who gives the most autographs, takes the most selfies, and shows the most affection to the fans. Let us not invent problems where they do not exist. When we are not happy we react. That was all.

None of these notes, therefore, said that the coach should even apologise to me.

It was the second time he had broken his word to me.

I decided to leave the camp without waiting for any further breach of word. For me the truth is still the most important thing in the relationship between people. However much it hurts, let them tell me the truth.

In fact, in a conversation I had with the President of the FPF and with the coach on the morning of the day of that press conference — they can certainly confirm this — I reaffirmed that if they did not want me there they should tell me. It was enough for them to be frank with me. I would accept that and I promised that we would prepare something beautiful, as I dream will happen, and no one would be left angry.

I remember it as if it were today. They replied in unison that no. That my place was in the National Team.
Never, at any moment, have I interfered in any technical or tactical decision of any coach or national team manager in almost 25 years of career.

I accept, for better or worse, what they propose that I do. I respect the decision, and when they break their word to me, I feel that my place is not there.

I also owe an apology to my national team teammates for having left the camp.

Despite the absolute breach of trust in the coach's word, as those who witnessed these conversations can attest, I should not have done it. The responsibility is exclusively mine.

I apologise to the Portuguese people once again, but the breaking of one's word has, for me, a defining impact. I felt that, from that point on, my remaining would only harm the working group, and I did what I have always said I would do if I did not feel useful: I packed my bags and left.

The consequence of this act of mine must be assessed and punished by the Portuguese Football Federation. I understand that the punishment should have no mitigating factors. I am not just any player; I am team captain, and that constitutes an aggravating factor.

I have already apologised, but I know that attitudes must have consequences. Anyone who is in football as I am knows that, regardless of each person's status, the rules are the same for everyone.

On this subject, I have heard a great deal of talk about farewell matches, that I must have a dignified farewell and that the Federation wants to give me that opportunity.

I learned in life, often hungry and with nothing to eat, that no one gives anything to anyone.

I can promise all my fans, naturally and especially all Portuguese people, that we will have one or more farewell matches; there will be time for that.

But when I think of the national team, what I really think of is competing. That is what I thought on the day I was given the news of my father's death.

I was at a camp with our national team and I decided to stay there until the end of the match the following day. I did for the country what I would never do for any club.

Therefore, if I am physically well, playing for my club, with goals I hope, after serving the suspension that may be applied to me, I will be available, as I have always been until today, to compete and win for our national team.
This is, believe me, the purest of truths.

Cristiano Ronaldo

Car Talk › Re: Cars You Can Still Buy Under N10 Million In Nigeria (october 2026 List) by Pootle: 8:57pm On Oct 06
njokuuche77:
08 to 010 honda civic. One of the best underrated cars, especially in the high cost of fuel regime.
A tokunbo goes between 6m to 8m.
Clean naija used about 3 to 4m.
irobot very sharp car but urgly looks
Literature › Re: Momsie's Boyfriend by Pootle: 8:21pm On Oct 06
cock and bull story but lets read and see if there is something to learn
Literature › Re: 'Even the Devil Wears a Pretty Smile' By Godspower Oshodin by Pootle: 8:14pm On Oct 06
devil this devil that what if his a good man or deity?
Family › Re: Why Do People Stop Having Sex When They Get Married? by Pootle: 7:53pm On Oct 06
omo me and my woman cant still get enough of each other o
Foreign Affairs › Re: Netanyahu: 'Anyone Involved In The Attack Against Us Lives On Borrowed Time' by Pootle: 5:29pm On Oct 06
including sympathizers of terrorist on this forum
NYSC › Re: 2,101 NYSC Corps Members Are Sworn-In In Enugu State by Pootle: 12:02pm On Oct 06
adebayo201:
What's this, sirehuh 🤣 🤣

Would you say same for any of your siblings?
i once served too, the need for this scheme is gone, billions is allocated for this to what end, and what is wrong in working in a mechanized plantation with the level of food imported into the country, the state i served we requested for 15hectres for planting of maize for dry corn. note i did not read agricultural related course but the out come was worth it.
Nairaland General › Re: What Advice Would You Give To Men In Their 20s As A Man In Your 30s/40s? by Pootle: 11:42am On Oct 06
nothing to advise anybody, do what suit yourself both legit and illegal. many people must have advise portable but i guess his the one advising them now with his money. na who them catch be thief,
NYSC › Re: 2,101 NYSC Corps Members Are Sworn-In In Enugu State by Pootle: 11:37am On Oct 06
nyse should be sent to a federal run plantations
Politics › Re: Names Of 25 Victims Killed In Ondo Aircraft Crash (Full List) by Pootle: 11:20am On Oct 06
very sad, imagine the family of the bereaved now
Politics › Re: Give An Example Of A Politician That Was Strong Like Wike Before ? by Pootle: 11:16am On Oct 06
yarimo:
Late Adedibu politics start and end in Oyo state like the late saraki in Kwara state. None of them campaign and win any governorship election in another state. TINUBU did in osun and ekiti state aside Lagos state
many underrate tinubu maybe because of age, but man stood his ground at the start of second republic and never allowed any other western state influence his strong hold, the fact he withstand OBJ at the peck of OBJ rule speck alot and at some point almost all the states in nigeria was under PDP rule yet he made sure he held on with AD. i dont support him but i admire his resilient and his skirmish ways of achieving his goals
Foreign Affairs › Re: Trump Approves Death Of Nidal Malik Hasan By Firing Squad by Pootle: 10:55am On Oct 06
was happy to read this verdict on bbc this morning, you cant take 13lives outside a war zone and expect yours to be spared. am in support of capital punishment, the president and governors of nigeria need to sign more execution order in nigeria so we can brig sanity to the country
Celebrities › Re: Cubana Chief Priest Shows Off His Weight-Loss Progress by Pootle: 8:52pm On Oct 05
this one done go do gastric surgery
Celebrities › Re: Ozonna Soludo Sparks Performs In London by Pootle: 4:26pm On Oct 05
at least his better than that rainbow son of gringory obi

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