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PoliticsRe: The Truth About FFK: Yemisi Wada’s Camp Rips Femi Olu-Kayode Apart - TheElitesng by White007(m): 9:53am On Aug 12, 2015
And to think that this junky was once a minister of the federal republic is all the more baffling. Whoever appointed this man minister deserve to have his head examined and be locked up in a psychiatric home.
PoliticsRe: Dogara Is A Better Leader, More Competent Than Gbajabiamila - Tambuwal by White007(m): 12:20am On Aug 11, 2015
What goes around comes around.

Femi got served, he deserve more than what tambuwal has thrown his way. Btw they are both narcissistic pigs. They both has a text book Narcissistic personality disorder which is defined by a pervasive disorder characterized by self-centeredness, lack of empathy, and an exaggerated sense of self-importance.
CrimeRe: Ghanaian Lady Allegedly Commits Suicide Because Husband Was Sleeping With Mum by White007(m): 9:38am On Aug 10, 2015
tellwisdom:
Bro, Are you saying there's no way they could have helped in saving her life?? I'm 200% certain I will take a bold step in ensuring she soft lands if I was there.
CcCc fransixe, sile12, icedude, Secrets11,
You are kidding right?
CrimeRe: Ghanaian Lady Allegedly Commits Suicide Because Husband Was Sleeping With Mum by White007(m): 9:36am On Aug 10, 2015
shocked

CrimeRe: Teenagers Attack Shops, Stab Three To Death by White007(m): 5:27am On Aug 04, 2015
The hoodlums cum day light robbers or whatever name you wanna term them, must not be allowed to go unpunished, there should be a massive manhunt to arrest this criminals and prosecut them. This is absoluely unacceptable.
PoliticsRe: Rabe Abubakar, Spokesperson Of The Defence Headquarters by White007(m): 10:14pm On Aug 03, 2015
As was expected, nothing new here, i wasn't expecting anything different from Buhari's appointment.

Kudos!
PoliticsRe: He Thought Buhari Was The Reall Change, Now He Wants To Die-pics by White007(m): 5:13pm On Aug 03, 2015
You try
RomanceRe: Must Read: My Chat With A White Lady by White007(m): 5:12pm On Aug 03, 2015
undecided

Typical!

CrimeRe: Ghanaian Man Killed Pregnant Nigerian And Remove The Organs (Photo) by White007(m): 12:44pm On Aug 03, 2015
shocked

PoliticsRe: Missing Tega Esabunor 1st Year Student Of Unlag Has Been Found by White007(m): 11:14am On Aug 03, 2015
He will be found alive
PoliticsRe: Why Is Buhari Always Telling Nigerian's In Diaspora To Stay Where They Are!!!! by White007(m): 10:49pm On Aug 02, 2015
...b'cuz he has no clue as to how to govern those already living in Nigeria, so he doesn't want more Nigerians coming back home. He already has the feeling that the next 4 yrs is going to be a disaster. So if we look at it holistically, he is being honest to himself.
PoliticsRe: Oshiomhole And His Wife Iara Visit Wole Soyinka(pics by White007(m): 10:43pm On Aug 02, 2015
Hope all is well
PoliticsRe: Creativity Igbos At It Again Proudly 5% T Shirt Selling Now In South East-pics by White007(m): 10:30pm On Aug 02, 2015
undecided
PoliticsRe: President Buhari's Incredible Come Back Journey In one Picture by White007(m): 10:22pm On Aug 02, 2015
undecided

So?
RomanceRe: 600 Men Slept With Me In One Year, Says 24-year-old Student by White007(m): 11:01am On Aug 02, 2015
600 Men? shocked shocked shocked

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by White007(m): 10:51am On Aug 02, 2015
Radamel Falcao could cost Chelsea the Premier League


Jose Mourinho's ego stretches far and wide. It is all encompassing, and anybody in the vicinity of it is in danger of being sucked inside, much like a tornado.

And like a tornado, the Portuguese has destructive elements, as well as others that leave spectators in awe. He is more aware than most that he is capable of great things, and is not shy in letting the world know.

He has worked collective miracles in his career, winning the Champions League with Porto and Inter Milan against all odds. His CV is full of successes.

Despite this, his work with individuals is less impressive; Joe Cole improved immeasurably under his tutelage, but aside from the London-born winger, it's hard to think of an example of a player whose development would have been hindered were it not for Jose's help.

There is no doubt that the Special One has been beneficial to many players, however, there is also a feeling that players like Frank Lampard and John Terry would have scaled the heights of their profession regardless of his input. This is what makes Chelsea's decision to sign Radamel Falcao, albeit on loan, all the more baffling.


STUCK IN THE PAST?

Quite what Jose has in mind when envisioning Falcao's future with the blues is perhaps clear to those inside the club, but outside there are raised eye brows and much head scratching.

Mourinho has mentioned the fearsome partnership that Falcao struck up with Diego Costa during their time together at Atletico Madrid, however, a fearsome partnership requires both men to be at their snarling, aggressive best, and right now only Costa can claim to be performing near to the higher level of his capabilities.

The manager has been a father figure to many Chelsea players over the years, however, he isn't Father Time. He can't turn back the clock to when El Tigre had yet to suffer serious injuries to both knees, and was turning in shots from seemingly impossible angles at Athletico.

OLD FALCAO, OR NEW FERNANDO?

Mourinho kept faith with Fernando Torres for a season at the beginning of his second reign at the helm of the club, but couldn't reverse his fortunes and quickly shipped him out.

Like Torres before him, when he lopped off his honey blonde locks, Falcao has attempted a change of image, almost as a last, desperate attempt at reinvention. Also similarly to his decision to give Torres a chance, their seems to be an undercurrent of Mourinho's superiority complex creeping into his choices.

Did he keep faith with Torres to prove that he could succeed where Rafael Benitez failed in restoring him to his past self? Is he using Falcao to the same ends and trying to get one over his old mentor Louis van Gaal?

SPEAKING HIS LANGUAGE

Mourinho's decision to sign Falcao looks increasingly like a vanity project. He is hoping that the Spanish speaking contingent at Stamford Bridge will help the Colombian rediscover himself, but weren't there Spanish speakers at Chelsea when Torres was struggling for form and confidence? Fernando still cut a desperately lonely figure.

THIN UP TOP?

If Costa suffers a reoccurrence of the hamstring injuries that hampered him last season, and Loic Remy struggles to fill his boots, then it will fall to Falcao to fire Chelsea to glory.

For Mourinho, a man who expects Chelsea to challenge on all fronts, the decision to enter into the season with only three front men, including one who has shown nothing in recent outings for Columbia to suggest that he can return to form, seems an odd one.

Class is, they say, permanent. All lights that were once bright will continue to flicker, think Thierry Henry and his comeback goal for Arsenal against Leeds. We can expect Falcao to hit the back of the net on occasion, possibly against lesser teams in lesser competitions.

To expect him to register the requisite number of goals to push Chelsea to silverware may be beyond even Mourinho's powers of black magic.

by Sean Natton
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CrimeRe: We Rape Our Victims Before Killing Them – Robbery Suspects (Picture And Weapon) by White007(m): 1:33pm On Aug 01, 2015
I think it's time robbers, murderers, pedophiles and corrupt politicians should be given death sentence. That's the only way curb this menace.
PoliticsRe: To Your Tents O South East? - Thisday by White007(m):
That is what happened when you go back to our painful past to pick a crass illiterate who constantly forgets the name of his political party, forgets the name of his vice and who really has no business of governing in the first place to head a nation of 170million. This is exactly what you get - cluelessness.

PoliticsRe: Fashola And Amaechi Visit Wole Soyinka In Abeokuta (Photos) by White007(m): 11:13pm On Jul 31, 2015
undecided

Soyinka the creature of fraternity in our university, little wonder he still lives a secluded life in the forest.
PoliticsRe: A Nairalander's Nasty Encounter With A Doberman [dog] by White007(m): 10:57pm On Jul 31, 2015
You were lucky it wasn't a Pitt, you would have been on nairaland telling your story.
PoliticsRe: Man Alleges Police Brutality At Sango Police Station, Ibadan (photos) by White007(m): 10:52pm On Jul 31, 2015
undecided
PoliticsRe: Will Boko Haram Ever Attack Lagos? by White007(m): 4:12pm On Jul 31, 2015
See question
CrimeRe: 14-month Old Baby Rescued From Kidnappers (Picture) by White007(m): 4:02pm On Jul 31, 2015
See thier ugly faces, they should be given a long jail sentence.
PoliticsRe: See What Someone Did To Oshiomole Pix On Instagram by White007(m): 3:57pm On Jul 31, 2015
cheesy
PoliticsRe: Prostitution Is Not A Crime, It Is A Fundamental Right – Amnesty International by White007(m): 3:52pm On Jul 31, 2015
undecided

PoliticsRe: Produce Apc Membership Card Of Dg Of Dss Or Shut Up, Apc Tells Pdp by White007(m):
undecided

The hypocrisy of this guys are mind bugling.
PoliticsRe: BREAKING: Many Feared Killed In Maiduguri Bus Station Explosion by White007(m): 2:54pm On Jul 31, 2015
undecided

The Would be suicide bomber in Cameroon and Chad were caught, but in Nigeria they succeed. Our northern brothers should stop providing material support to this evil sect, there's nothing Islamic/holy about their heinous, despicable crime they keep committing.

Without the support of the local community terrorist activities will disappear.
CelebritiesRe: When I Come To This World, I Will Like To Come Back As A Gay Man – Kenny Badmus by White007(m): 12:40pm On Jul 31, 2015
Orishirishi nkan nbe!
PoliticsRe: Spot The Difference Between GEJ And PMB Service Chiefs by White007(m): 12:29pm On Jul 31, 2015
undecided
CelebritiesRe: Dbanj Blasts Nigerians Who Laugh At Him For Selling Garri by White007(m): 3:51pm On Jul 30, 2015
I don't see anything wrong with it TBH.

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