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medjai:
We've been reported to be tracking Hercules' youngster, Kiko Fementia. He's an attacking midfielder.

Funny enough, I've not taken notice of the guy - I need to go watch his videos to see. You know anything about him?

AS FOR TONIGHT:
If we play our possession game without losing concentration, the cup is ours. Abidal to stay back, allowing only Alves to bomb forward. Our forwards must be ruthless and clinical.

Brca wins 3-1 in Jesus' name. AMEN!!!

And these are the players I will like to see promoted from the Juvenil A to the B team:

Deulofeu
Rafinha (Thiago's brother)
Etock (Etoo's brother camerounian)

Guys,

Finally, here is my long-promised list of the players I'll like to see in the team next season and why.

GOALKEEPER:
No changes. Olazabal to play a few more matches as the season allows.

DEFENCE:
IN:
Botia (buy-back)
Caceres (loan recall)
Fontas (promotion)
Henrique (loan recall)
Jose Angel (rumours has it that we got him already)

OUT:
Milito (sale)
Maxwell (sale)

Reasons:
I like both Maxwell and milito but surely neither of them is likely to improve any more and there's no point keeping them in roles where they're even behind youth players to start.
With the arrival of Angel, I expect us to use Abi more in CB with Angel & Adriano as the main LBs. There's still no sub for Alves per se, but both Adriano and Caceres can play that role whenever Alves is out. I'll have put Van der Wiel from Ajax, but I think it's better to let Bartra/Montoya develop into this position after one more season in the B team.
Henrique has been good on his loan spells with Leverkusen & Racing Santander. Botia and caceres have also been solid since they left Barca.

MIDFIELD
IN:
Thiago (promotion)
Keisuke Honda (purchase) OR Cesc (if he will buy out his Arsenal contract)

OUT:
Hleb
Victor Sanchez

Reasons:
I think Cesc is a wonderful player, but he's too good for the bench and not yet there as a starter. Do we want to pay 30m plus for such a player? NO! I've chosen Honda as a player who can fill the gap between Xavi and the time Thiago & Sergi Roberto mature enough to be truly world class. We may not need Honda much if Xavi stays in good ashape, while the youngsters grow up, however, Honda will also help Barcelona commercially as the club will have a start to attract Asian fans.
Hleb should be sold. Buying him was not such  bad idea, but Pep rarely gave him a look in. We should cut our losses and move on. Sanchez is one of the many good products from La Masia - the problem is that he is not GREAT. I think he can be a starter in many teams and the club should cash in on him.

ATTACK:
IN:
2 young out-and-out strikers:
Keirrison (loan recall)
Soriano (promotion)
Papiss Demba Cisse (purchase)
An aggresive attacker: Podolski or Tevez

OUT:
Nolito (Sad to see him go, but he has made up his mind).
Jeffren: 1 year loan within Spain
Bojan: 1 year loan in Spain or England. The boy needs to re-discover his spark.
Ibra: Sale to AC Milan or Man City

Reasons
Ok, I've obviously interested in a lot of attackers! That's because I'll like to see both Bojan and Jeffren go on loans to have regular playing time. I'll also like to see Afellay play as a midfielder, rather than n attacker. He's so much better in that Iniesta-like role. Here are my reasons for weach of the attackers I have chosen:

Keirrison: I'll actually like to see him recalled - he's wasting his time sitting on the bench for Fiorentina, Benfica and now Santos, when he can be learning the Barca style. I don't mind if he's sent to the B team for a season just to get integrted to the barca system. I've seen this guy's videos and he is a good striker.
Soriano: Our B team has always lacked strikers (producing many midfielders). But since this guy arrived, he has been a bomber for the team. I'll like to see him in the first team to see what he can do and also ensure he doesn't leave like Nolito.
Cisse: This guy is an Etoo-like player who plys for Freiburg. I watched a no of Bundesliga matches this season and this is a good striker. He's also good in the air (he's same height as Keita). He will not be expensive and won't mind sitting on the bench.
Podolski: He is direct, aggresive and has a lethal left foot. This is the kind of player who can give us additional options when Villa or Pedro aren't giving their best.
Tevez: He is also aggresive and direct. He can play as the striker or out wide like Villa. He is Argentine, which means Messi can still be happy with Milito out. The only problem is tht Man City may ask for a lot of money, in which case I will rather get Podolski.

Overall, the team should spend no more than Eur40m on players, with most of tht money offset by players being sold.

Here is my team for next season (new players in blue)

GK:
Valdes, Pinto

Defenders:
Alves, Puyol, Pique, Abidal, Adriano, Fontas, Caceres, Botia, Henrique, Angel
Midfielders:
Xavi, busquests, Iniesta, Keita, Mascherano, Afellay, Thiago, Honda
Attackers:
Messi, Villa, Pedro, Cisse, Soriano, Tevez, Keirrison (alternating in B team if possible)

medjai:
I'd love to see Pep play Masch over Abidal in defence.
My preferred line up:
Valdes; Alves, Masch, Pique, Puyol; Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta; Pedro, Messi, Villa.

Abidal is yet to hit top form since his return and with Valencia playing down the right for United, playing a not-so-fit Abidal will be suicidal.

I'll still prefer Abi to start. He just needs to minimize his runs forward. That way, we can have Puyl where we need him most: in CB. Much as I like Masch, I think he'll have to sit this one on the bench & possibly come in for Busi towards the end of the game (hopefully, we'll be winning comfortably).

As for Abi, once he gets tired, Adriano can come in to maintain the shape.

medjai:
Interestingly guys, under Pep, we've never lost in any game where Pique, Puyol, Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta and Messi have all played. We've only failed to win 13 times(13 draws) when they've all played.
In games they've all featured in:
51 played
38 wins
13 draws
0 loss
In games they all started:
29 played
23 wins
6 draws
0 loss

Nice one! We must continue the record of wins tomorrow.

AjanleKoko:
That signing kind of mystifies me. I hope it's not that Madrid are trying to sell shirts in Turkey, with the signing of Altintorp as well.
Sahin is good, but I was expecting a bigger midfield signing from the Whites. If I'm right, Oezil, Kaka, and Sahin will now contend for central midfield roles. Altintorp will probably replace Diarra.

Interesting, maybe Jose is abandoning his big-guy philosophy after all

I hate to say this but madrid is smarter than Barca when it comes to transfers. They either do expensive marquee signings for commercial purposes or get good players for sensible amounts. Look at Oezil- he was almost begging for Barca to get him, but we let him go to real for peanuts & he's now one of their most dangerous assets. We lost out similarly on arshavin after euro 2008. Thank God we were smart with Afellay. We usually pay too high for players, from Alves to Masch to Ibra to Keirrison to Villa, prob because we go to transfer negotiations looking desperate. Now the rumours are out that we want to pay 30m euros for Rossi, again too much for a good, but back-up player.

holydante:
Stealthy, you left your secluded comfort zone and came to town and experienced lasgidi traffick maze, now you appreciate how we race home after work trying to catch up with 7:45pm slated matches

Lol! I grew up in lag so I'm kinda used to the stress, but the traffic always gets to me. I still visit lag at least once in 2 months - we should arrange a Cules hangout sometime.

AjanleKoko:
Welcome back Stealthy.

You could also argue that a lot of those teams (Sevilla, Villareal) had precious little left in the tank when they faced a rapacious Madrid that was bitter about going out in the CL semis. Also, Madrid's play is more direct and physical, they run faster, and can slice through these teams easily, while Barca take time to break down the opposition.

Doesn't matter. Madrid's last few matches just confirm what la liga critics have been saying recently about the lack of quality opposition to the big 2. You dont see these kind of high-scoring, extremely one-sided matches so often in other leagues & these matches dont show la liga in good light. I dont wanna see us scoring manitas every weekend - we need the occasional nail biters too.

Guys. Sorry I've not posted in a while. I was in Lagos and only had my phone to browse with. Plus I spent most of my days driving.

I'm happy our B team won yesterday. The boys are very good & will only get better by playing with the regulars.

Congrats to CR7 for his 40 goal record- it's phenomenal. The only issue is that with the way teams defended against RM in the last few weeks, it's difficult for la liga to claim to be the best league in europe. Seasoned teams like valencia & sevilla were shipping goals like 2nd division teams. There have been too many easy games for the big 2, a far cry from tight encounters in years past.

Thanks Pharoah for ur unbiased comments on Barca- Cules & Madridistas got along quite well until the divisive Mou came along.

I'll send my transfer recommendations soon.

For today and next week, I'll like Pep to rest most of the 1st team players, but also give some of them minutes to ensure match readiness for the 28th.

My line-up for today:

Valdes
Alves-Fontas-Abidal-Maxwell

Thiago-Masch-Keita

Afellay-Villa-Pedro
Subs: Puyol for Maxwell (Abidal moves to LB). Messi for Villa. Deulofeu for Pedro.

Next weekend:

Pinto

Batra-Fontas-Abidal-Adriano

Xavi-Busquests-Thiago

Bojan-Soriano-Nolito

Subs: Oier Olazabal for Pinto, Pique for Adriano (Abidal moves to LB). Iniesta for Xavi.

I'll like Pep to try Nolito-Soriano because they're both 24 (like Vasquez) and will most likely move on very soon if not given opportunities in the 1st team. These guys have set the Segunda division alight and it'll be nice to see how they can adapt to the senior team.

I missed a barca match for the 1st time in ages. Heavy rain made sure DSTV isnt working. I'll cat the highlights sometime. The important thing is that we're champions.

AjanleKoko:
Don't look at it from that point of view.
Vasquez probably needs the experience, he has suffered years of inury, and he's not getting any younger. Plus, players are not necessarily valued in millions of euros just because they play for Barcelona. In this case a cadet Barcelona squad. I'm sure if you put Busquets on the market, diving and all, we would be talking maybe 20-35 million euros minimum. Even Bojan would command good money.

Off topic, I was wondering, who knows what players are being tracked by Barca scouts?

I understand Vasquez needs the experience and was never going to make the 1st team at his age (Nolito & Soriano have a similar problem - I hope they are promoted though). But we could have sold him rather than let the contract expire. Like I said, this happens too often with Barca. Gai Assulin, Henry, Botia, Marquez, Rochina. I'm sure if we asked for some money, clubs would pay up - it might not be so much, but at least the guys wont all leave for free. La Masia graduates are highly valued across Europe so the club can capitalize on that. I feel that Barca gets literally scammed in transfer negotiations. We need a Galliani in Barca - that's the transfer don!

I am aware of the Fernebache players being tracked. Dortmund have said they wont release Hummels & Goetze (whom we were also tracking). To me we don't need to buy much. Just Botia, & a striker plus recall some of the guys on loans. I'll do a detailed write-up of my suggested transfer dealings later.

Happy birthday to JP88 & iniesta.

http://www.goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2011/05/10/2479883/club-brugge-confirm-signing-of-barcelonas-victor-vazquez

We just lost Victor Vasquez to Brugges. I think he's a decent player, but I also recognize that not every La Masia player can get into the 1st team. The only annoying thing for me is that once again, we've let a player go for nothing! Don't the guys at the Barca helm know anything about finance?

We have sold the following players for little or nothing in the last few years: Henry, Marquez, Botia have all gone on free deals. Rochina was sold to Blackburn for 450k eur reportedly. We lost money in the Ibra & Chyg sales. We're becoming a charity not just for Unicef, but for rival clubs too - no wonder the club has such debts!

dayokanu:
BUSQUETS MOM

https://i.imgur.com/aY0sQ.gif

Lol! Very funny

Another win tonight. One more point (assuming Madrid wins on Tuesday) needed to win the league!

Messi & Iniesta were brilliant. Villa was horrible - I don't know what's wrong with him. Funny enough, Ibra started to mess up at about the same time last season. Anyway, he can play rubbish in the league, so long as he gets his scoring boots against ManU on 28th.

Talking of ManU, those guys will be a formidable opposition. Good at the back, fast in attack. We'll need to keep the ball very well and be quick & decisive in attack to beat them. All our guys need to be on their best form on the day. We can do it - we will do it!

AjanleKoko:
Erm . . . should that not entitle Ibra to call himself the 'Extra-Special One'? Or let me be a bit more expansive. He once said he was the best player in the world as far as he was concerned. He must not be articulate enough, he needs to give more interviews probably

Lol! It's quite an impressive stat and he's surely one of the best strikers around. He just doesn't fit the Barca style and I'm still miffed that Pep & co allowed Inter to outsmart them in that most stupid of stupid deals.

Ronaldo has now overtaken Messi in the pichichi race, thanks to Sevilla's shambolic defending today. I don't like this cos I know Pep & Messi well enough to know that Messi will now play all of the remaining league matches, to ensure he wins the pichichi title. Hence, he won't be rested at all before the Champions league final  

An update on our on-loan players:

Ibra won the league with AC Milan early today. He continues his impressive record of winning the league with every team he plays for.

Henrique scored the wining goal for Racing Santander away to Hercules, almost guaranteeing survival for Racing.

Caceres got a nasty head injury last weekend and is out for the season. His presence is sorely missed as Sevilla are defending like amateurs against Madrid.

Keirrison is not doing very well in Santos. With players like Ganso & Neymar, he has to be on the bench. I'd rather have him playing in our B team than sitting on the bench for Benfica, Fiorentina & now Santos.

Hleb also sits on the bench most of the time for Birmingham City. It's not been a great return to England for him.

AjanleKoko:
^^
Knock it off jare, all of you guys

Meanwhile, I just saw this on Goal.com. Hilarious!!!
http://www.goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2011/05/06/2474489/real-madrids-jose-mourinho-will-no-longer-talk-unless-uefa

Poor baby. He has gone into a permanent sulk. This guy is amazing!

Mou is being his childish, petulant self again!

It looks like we won't win the league this weekend. Madrid are thrashing Sevilla right now so we have to wait at least one more week to win the league.

^^^
Yeah. We've had a classico overdose this season. If we had other strong teams in the league, surely Barca & Real will have more to think of, rather than each other. I long for the days of Super Depor and Mestalla being a fortress. Hopefully Valencia & Villareal can get some cash injection and invest in squads deep enough to maintain the tempo for a full season.

AjanleKoko:
^^
Actually the ref disallowed the goal because Ronaldo had impeded a defender, albeit accidentally.
Though you could say that the goal could have stood, if the ref had seen Pique's foul on Ronaldo and allowed advantage play. But the ref had raised his hand before Higuain put the ball in the net.

If you look at the foul by Pique on Ronaldo, I think the goal should have been given. But the ref seems to have missed that one, and caught the trip by Ronaldo instead.
But Madrid have spent this CL tie complaining, rather than focus on the game. That, plus the overt fouling, in my opinion, is what did them in. If you're committing too many fouls, the other side is bound to make a meal of it, and the referee will react at some point. In tonight's game, MAscherano was clearly trying to get Adebayor sent off, but the ref didn't fall for it. Not to say that Adebayor helped the matter much, with his idiotic challenges.

I think too many games in such a short space of time is the real issue. That plus the Mourinho factor. Too much bad blood all round.

hannie:
Thank you for admitting the obvious . . .

I guess your fellow cules would gladly call u out for agreeing that the Ref should have allowed the goal, I doubt Stealthy will differ though . . .

As I watched the match, I thought it was a legit goal and I still do. These things happen. Referees make mistakes every now and then. The problem is that Mou magnifies every single mistake the refs make and that's really not good for the game. Madrid has got some favourable calls and some not favourable. Same things Barca - these things even out over time. Madrid has got many more penalties than Barca in La Liga this season, but Pep wont complain. If it was the other way round, this would be headline news courtesy Mou. The ref actually made a lot of effort not to book madrid players yesterday, but that is not right. Coaches like Mou should leave the refs to do their work fairly and not under unnecessary pressure.

All said and done, Madrid disappointed most watchers of the game with their excessive physicality and these classicos were not an advert for La Liga as we all hoped. We have been having classicos for many years but none were so controversial. Mou is the difference and I think the spanish national team might suffer for this.

Barcelona is not invincible and teams have shown that we can be beaten. A team like Madrid has the players to beat Barca fairly - it's quite a disappointment that mou tried to beat us by playing rugby.

I'm happy. The guys did just enough to qualify. I would have preferred 0-0 though. Why? Cos Marcelo's goal is the 1st to be scored by any Real Madrid player in Nou Camp since 2007!  I would have liked that record to continue, but no wahala sha.

Fortunately, we didn't get any suspensions for the final and also no injuries (Pedro should be fine hopefully).

We can start to prepare for the final and also prepare to celebrate winning la liga.

Pep can afford to rotate the squad in the upcoming league matches, once we lock in the league title.

Good night cules!

I'm surprised Abidal is in the squad. I really hope they're not rushing him too much. I know doctors usually recommend no exercise for 6 weeks after a major surgery. I think we can cope without him for this match (and realy for the rest of the season) to give him a full recovery. I don't want him to relapse as Puyol did after the 1st classico.

As for tonight, I think we should try to make the match boring. Yes, boring! The same way we played the last classico - just keep the ball as much as possible (without attacking until necessary) and let madrid chase till they get frustrated.

Anyhow, I'm sure we'll win. If Mou defends, that's his wahala - we have no urgency to attack. If Mou attacks, we'll have the space to kill off his team.

I know Madrid is dangerous, but we can shut mou up for a long time after today.

I don't want any controversial red cards for madrid & also any controversial goals or diving from our guys. Let's beat them silly and beat them clean - no excuses for mou.

Finally, I hope Masch & lves can avoid yellow cards - we need them in the final.

sweetguy10:
Cules who's that blond guy beside s.roberto yesterday?the camera was on him most of the second half.is he the junior messi they're talking about? Is he that good?he looks very confident, i like that.

That's Gerrard Deulofeu. He plays for the Juvenil A (the youth team, not the reserves, which is Barca B). He is very good and of our most talked about youth players. There are a no of other good petentials in Juvenil A like Etock (from Cameroun) & Rafinha (Thiago's brother).

I've seen Deulofeu's videos and he's something special.

AjanleKoko:
He's not a CB, that's just what it is. He has had great games in the middle of late, recovers balls well, has a strong tackle and recovery, but doesn't hold up the ball and pass well enough for me. He has no business playing center back, neither him nor Busi. But I think with them both, we are covered in defensive midfield next year.

It always surprises me that Keita struggles in defensive midfield. I think its just because of his age, he's slower and does not seem to have the tactical discipline, though the natural ability is there. Shoot me now. But I think we should sign Cesc. We need his Premier League experience. I would pay for that.

That's my point! I didn't make that statement assuming that Masch is a normal CB. He doesn't pass well enough (in the DMF role) to displace Busi yet. I actually prefer Masch because of his speed and ball recovery, but I know Pep will continue to use Busi 1st so long as Masch does not improve his passing. Hopefully he does and seals the starting role he deserves. He has been an asset this season, especially covering for missing CBs.

As medjai pointed out, Keita is not a DMF. He's actually quite poor defensively. I'll like to see him attack more sef, since he gives us some aerial abilities upfront and I remember his nasty shots when he was in Sevilla - these days, he doesn't shoot nearly as much.

I have few issues with the loss, since Madrid also lost (and our boys were understandably more relaxed than they should have been). We'll seal the league sooner than later so no problems there. The big boys were mostly rested (I would have liked Messi to rest as well) in readiness for Madrid on Tuesday. After that, they can kill off the league and prepare for ManU in wembley.

I'll shoot you for that Cesc statement lol!

Medjai's analysis below:

medjai:
Keita is not a natural DM, he's a central midfielder like Xavi. He's better at attacking than at defending. The DM position is too deep for him.
As per Cesc, I think they're gonna make a move for him because Arsenal are willing to sell. I'm quite ambivalent about the issue myself.
Why I think we should sign Cesc:
- He really wants to play for us and he would wear his heart on his sleeve each time he wears the blue and claret jersey.
- He is really good and experienced, the team could use a little more quality.
- Most importantly, he's a goal scoring midfielder. We hardly have goal scorers outside MVP and bringing Cesc would take some burden off them. He's also good from setplays.

Why we shouldn't sign Cesc:
-We don't really need him. MVP are always gonna score goals. Xavi and Iniesta are always gonna dominate the midfield and set up goals. The squad is near perfect. Only our defence needs reinforcements.
- Who's he gonna displace in the starting line up? We can't spend all that money and he would be on the bench.
-What would happen to Thiago? He'll certainly be an obstacle to our ever improving Thiago's progress.
-The least he would go for is £ 30 million. Certainly a gyp
.
-We would have to sell Keita.

I like Cesc and I'll go for him other than the price, but for between Eur30m (Barca's valuation) & 50m (Arsenal's valuation), he's much too expensive for someone who is: not desperately needed, used to be our own youth player and who will be on the bench a lot at least in his 1st season.

I'll say we should leave Cesc till his value drops some more. Xavi can still perform for another 2 years, while Thiago starts to play more regularly for the senior team. If Cesc comes in 2 years' time, we can get him for much cheaper (unless he is dumb enough to renew his Arsenal contract again - remember his renewed contract is what gives Arsenal the confidence to price him so high), IF we still decide he's necessary. Thiago can be as good as Cesc and we only need to give him more playing time to see what he can do.

Finally, I think buying Cesc sends out a wrong message to other cantera players (eg Deulofeu) who are being hounded by foreign clubs. They don't have to wait their turn, but can go out, knowing that Barca will pay anything to buy them back. Meanwhile, players like Thiago, JDS, Rafa Alcantara, Etock, etc who have been loyal to the club will be the ones to lose out.

I forgot to add that Pinto was great in goal, but couldn't do much about the 2 goals, which were both from defensive blunders.

AjanleKoko:
Well, we were beaten 2-1. So champagne on ice, and it ups the stakes.
At least Sociedad get a valuable 3 points. Since Real Madrid also lost, I think we can rest easy and write this one down to the shambolic performances in central defence. Once Pique went out, it was all messy at the end.

Thank God these defeats come at the right time - when it has the least consequences.

I agree.

The curse of injuries also reared its head. Thankfully, the players who got injured (Montoya, Milito) are not 1st team starters.

There are a no of observations for me:

Milito played his best game of the season IMO - he did quite well in CB today.

Fontas also looked comfortable at the back, though he had some mis-timed passes.

Jeffren was lively and confident.

We missed the presence of a DMF. Neither Xavi nor Keita is comfortable in that role & didn't provide our defence the necessary cover.

Afellay looks like he'll be better suited to be an impact sub with his pace & directness.

Thiago is a very good player (didn't we know before?!). Surely, we cannot be stupid enough to still try to buy Cesc for tens of millions of dollars!

Delofeu warmed up for a long time, but unfortunately, we didn't see him due to the silly penalty given away by Masch. Masch needs to improve his passing as that lets him down too often & he cannot displace Busi in the starting 11 until he can pass like a true Barca player.

Interesting line-up for us:

Pinto

Montoya-Pique-Milito-Fontas

Xavi-Keita-Thiago

Afellay-Messi-Jeffren

There's less pressure on our guys, with Madrid losing, so hope the young guns can prove themselves.

I'm not too happy to see Messi not rested, but if he can go off after 60 or so mins, I'll be ok. Afterall, we can't play all youth in the league just yet since the title isn't won yet.

Our old nemesis Raul Tamudo is in the line-up for Sociedad. Abeg, make him no try to use us shine today o.

Lol! Madrid cannot stop losing at home! Spain is definitely Mou's nemesis. He came with an unbeaten home record and now he has already lost 3 out of 4 matches at home, lol!

mrjingles:
THIS IS AN EXCELLENT POLICY ask me how i Know this- BECAUSE MOST POSTERS HERE DISAGREE WITH IT! Clearly most posters  don't understand the policy and are just displaying their ignorance. For those who are not aware this is just a phase in a process that commenced YEARS ago.

There is now no "ring-fenced" payment systems which means all cards would work on all atms pos and other channels. Cash Transaction limits was 10million before and it was just reduced to the figures disclosed. Most government transactions have been via e-payment for the past 2-3 years. Bank account numbers have been standardized so issues of sort code and bank codes have been dealt with and cheque sizes have also been standardized. The recent update of customer account details is also part of the process.

It is obvious a lot of posters dont use the clearing system because you would know that clearing cycles have reduced. As per infrastructure we are just being alarmist- the average pos terminal is like a mobile phone and it runs on battery. We already have payment platforms, Nigerian Electronic Funds Transfer system (NEFT), Nigerian Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS), Nigerian Automated Clearing System (NACS)- Non of the above has been in use for less than 5 years so they are tested and proven systems. Mobile payment licenses have been issued so TRUE mobile payments would soon commence.

Everything is coming together gradually and we are making steady progress. Decisions arrived at by CBN and Bankers' Committee are not "beer palour" decisions. For all those posting rubbish here, how many of you have run a bank before? You can disagree with the decision but insulting people  shows how poorly a lot of us are thinking. Either you key in or be left behind. I foresee an explosion in e-business and support services. Advise to some Nlanders- you dont have to post on EVERY thread, some issues are beyond your sphere of knowledge.

Abeg, get of your high horse & stop acting like you know it all! I know all these things you're talking about and I still think it's a dumb idea. The banker's committee will regret this because people will dice their transactions, resulting in more work for banks (well the staff, not the ogas that are sipping tea with SLS), but no increase in value. Also, a lot of cash will now go out of the banking system - tell the onitsha traders that they can only withdraw so much before they're fined & they won't even bother using the banks again.

Also, we don't have the necessary legal and credit framework necessary for credit payments to become the order of the day. Cheques can only be used for so many transactions.

Finally, if this was a great idea, I'm sure we'll see many countries with similar practices. Pls show me any country where you can only withdraw/deposit $1,000 in a day.

As I stated in my earlier post, all CBN needs to do is put the right infrastructure, plus right environment in place. People will naturally choose the good/convenient/safe option. Did CBN have to force people to start using internet banking or ATMs or any of the recent banking tools? But people embrace these things because it makes life easier for them. Apart from senators & paranoid people, who likes to carry bags of cash around? Once people are sure their money is safe, they'll go along & even demand that banks allow electronic banking.

Dis Guy:
do you feel inadequate if you dont get to see your money in real cash, you feel less poor seeing the money with ya koroko eye so?

someone with several millions will already have enough sense to get internet banking and ATM cards anyway, so keep counting those kobos

there are already several shops and locations accepting cards for payment, mobile banking is also taking off, these directives will only make banks and pos promoters hasten up and get those lil machines out there, most business are already operating with inadequate power anyway and in 12 months time we should be several MW up


some banks already charge for withdraw less than 100k or 50k or something to encourage people to use atm

This is not true! Banks started it, but CBN intervened and said that people should not be forced to use ATMs (a lot of which still have issues). CBN does not allow banks to charge customers anymore for doing over-the-counter transactions below 50k or 100k.

Johnpaul88:
Cules, is Puyol's exclusion from the squad that will take on Real sociedad, as a result of injury or simply to rest him, given that he completed 90 mins in the Bernabeu? I want him to play on tuesday. His presence is always a big boost.

Puyol is being rested. Messi has a slight knock. Pep has realized that we don't need to win all the remaining league matches. We need 7 points from now to ensure we win the league (assuming real win all their remaining matches).