bazooka1:


One would think Man city would not have to resort to sponsorship padding to get ahead of the financial fair play since they have the most merchandise and sales.

forgiveness:


I want Tom Dele Bashir and Ofoborh in the team.

TheGoodJoe:


Not true. Is the open check book Bernardo Silva, Sane Gundogan? Is it Stones, Laporte or Walker? These were no Stella names. What of Gabriel Jesus? We did not go big in the market compared to buys like Van Dijk, Keita, Salah, Mane, Firmino. The gulf in clout is far ahead. Guardiola is even cash strapped because of the inflation in market. He wanted the like Fred, Neves, Sanchez, De Jong, Bonucci, Jorginho and others but lost in securing those players because we do not run a open checkbook policy contrary to your claims.

Look at Manchester United buying Sanchez, Lukaku, Matic, Pogba.

Guardiola did not buy his players that way. He deserves respect but unfortunately, people will continue downplaying his impact because of their bias.

bazooka1:


What was Liverpool's league position when Rogers was sacked and Klopp appointed mid season? If it wasn't 10th, prove me wrong.
Infact make your research and get back to me.

Klopp didn't spent £75M on any defender last season and got to the finals of the champions league.
Someone had to stand up to Man city's bulshit and match their spending at some point. Without mancity inflating the transfer market, I'm very sure Van Dyk wouldn't have gone for £75M.

Im not berating Pep. I think he's a good manager but he has had advantage over others with the open check book policy Mancity operates.

TheGoodJoe:


Which Manchester City bullish... Sorry but, Manchester City lost Kolarov, Sagna, Zabaleta, Clichy and Demichelis.

Buying Mendy, Walker, Danillo and Stones was replacing lost players, not spending sake. Not checkbook win.

Guardiola has been amazing. His impact transformed the Premier league.

Danielnino00:
Saw a post somewhere that Morocco have lined up a friendly with the super eagles on France in June...

tbaba1234:


I think, those 2 are sure of making the team baring injury.

Unfortunately, some of the others are considered too young to make the team.

Example 17 year old goalkeeper, Jonathan Zaccala is considered one for the future and too young for the team. But we keep Detan Ogundare who is already in his 30s in the team.

jihday:
Pep is a great coach no doubt anybody saying other wise I'd just saying it for bants or doesn't know football, but those names you mentioned there are expensive buys o aside Mane and Firmino the rest dey expensive

tbaba1234:


I think, those 2 are sure of making the team baring injury.

Unfortunately, some of the others are considered too young to make the team.

Example 17 year old goalkeeper, Jonathan Zaccala is considered one for the future and too young for the team. But we keep Detan Ogundare who is already in his 30s in the team.

Lucque:

You are a gud analyst but ur obvious bias wen pep, city, or iheanacho is mentioned isnt doing ur reputation any gud broda... It will make ppl like me who rili look at ur sound judgement to dismiss ur comments without reading dem... So ask urself, are those 3 rili worth it?... D guy said guardiola is a gud manager which is true, but he is not klopp... Klopp for me is beta... Great manager dat can create something out of nothing... Add small money to his purse and he does wonders... Guardiola cannot do dat nd u nd i know its true ..... If not for how much he was allowed to spend... He will not be fighting for this epl title nd u know it.... If he was given same amount as klopp, even tho his baseline man city was already beta dan d baseline liverpool klopp inherited, he would have flopped badly.

forgiveness:


What is the purpose of this age grade competitions? Is it not to expose these so called too young talented players to the world and hope that they develop into world class players that will be useful for a very long time in both the national team and club?

Why do our Nigerian coaches want to sell us old expired players that will not last long before they worn out and finally get expired?

I think NFF is to be blamed for this. They should call Paul Aigbogun to order. We don't want to win the WYC with old expired players.

It seems there are many foreign born players in the camp. I didn't even know Jonathan Zaccala is in the camp.

I expected Paul Aigbogun to call Arthur Okonkwo who is already training with Arsenal first team but no he wan carry grandfafa go world cup.

What a shame.

tbaba1234:


Ofoborh is top top class, sure to make the team after his performance yesterday. Hamdi Akujobi will be dropped, no space for him. So Kingsley Michael, Jamil Muhammad, Ofoborh and Tom dele bashiru are your midfielders.

Ash Kigbu was not released by his club.

Baba Henry Offia is a sure banker. Success Makanjuola is likely to make the team too.

AIG07:
As much as we do not like to admit it, komekn and his friend have always been right...
From Iheanacho, to bribery allegations against our local coaches, to league rankings, these two guys have been spot on... We often think they are sentimental in their discourse. Some tag them haters, tribalists, English asslikers... and so on.

But repeatedly, they've been vindicated... I like how komekn handles those who oppose him. He back up and defend his opinions without resorting to insults and name callings... I think it will be good if forgiveness too can do same.

TIME, overtime has proven these guys right. Still watching Solanke... The only thing they both seem not to get right yet.

chrisooblog:
well like all of us sometimes they are right but a times they are way off the mark.

on the iheanacho issue we thought KC was doing decently but sadly his form has dropped. even some of their favourites who they were hyping as the next big thing haven't come good so it cuts both ways.

how is it breaking news that some of our local coaches are corrupt? what i always argued against is them using the corruption tag as an excuse for average or below average players they like not called up.

on the league ranking issue la liga is still better. UCL finalists from spain twice in the past 10 whereas this is the EPL's first in a decade. Spanish finalists 9 in 10 EPL 7. Europa league spanish clubs won 6 in the last 10 years england 2 barring this years own.

bro solanke is one in many they have gotten wrong

forgiveness:


Glad you tell me the other I got wrong?

Oh! You just want to be noticed. I see!

chrisooblog:
ajagun and tiago ilori say hi

forgiveness:



What happened to Ajagun?

Where is Tiago Ilori today?

You just want to make noise. That's all.

chrisooblog:
ajagun the greatest midfielder that ever liveth has disappeared like hillary clinton's presidential ambition

ilori after failing to cut in france england is now struggling to revive his career back home in portugal

solanke sef that your tag team partner denied follow for the matter

forgiveness:



Okocha the greatest mildfielder disappeared like a smoke in the air.

Footballers get live span.

How come you are too slow to understand this?

It is their achievements that lives on. Next!

Oh! I see. Ebuehi is struggling to revive his career in Portugal?

The Portuguese league must be a usefulness one.

Imagine, our hero Nwakali is struggling in Portugal in the second league for that matter.

How are the mighty fallen!

forgiveness:



Okocha the greatest mildfielder disappeared like a smoke in the air.

Footballers get live span.

How come you are too slow to understand this?

It is their achievements that lives on. Next!

Oh! I see. Ebuehi is struggling to revive his career in Portugal?

The Portuguese league must be a usefulness one.

Imagine, our hero Nwakali is struggling in Portugal in the second league for that matter.

How are the mighty fallen!

chrisooblog:
well like all of us sometimes they are right but a times they are way off the mark.

on the iheanacho issue we thought KC was doing decently but sadly his form has dropped. even some of their favourites who they were hyping as the next big thing haven't come good so it cuts both ways.

how is it breaking news that some of our local coaches are corrupt? what i always argued against is them using the corruption tag as an excuse for average or below average players they like not called up.

on the league ranking issue la liga is still better. UCL finalists from spain twice in the past 10 whereas this is the EPL's first in a decade. Spanish finalists 9 in 10 EPL 7. Europa league spanish clubs won 6 in the last 10 years england 2 barring this years own.

bro solanke is one in many they have gotten wrong

andrew444:


Concerning the league ranking issue ,laliga will remain first and best

Epl has already won the champions league

But Spain has dominate for 5 years and they have produce all Spanish final twice in the past 5 years ,thou man you and Chelsea firstly done that on 2008

English team should dominate counting from now on to the next 5 years then you can be first ,but I know that won't happen .

Liverpool fans Tottenham no go gree for una o ,make I dey observe sha

Bro our local coaches are corrupt

I am a big fan of iheanacho and I am hoping he will be back to his best .

chrisooblog:
i agree about our local coaches being corrupt but it's the way they argue the matter that ticks me off. look at tbaba how he has been calling out aigbogun with verifiable evidence. not the ''chrisooblog drops andrew444 because of poor form in camp. na lie chrisooblog is corrupt"

TheGoodJoe:


First of all, I stand for the truth than build a reputation to appease people. Guardiola, Nacho or whoever is not worth as much as the truth. I will always stand for the truth.

The idea that Guardiola would flop without money is far from fact. Purely fiction and you have no statistical backing to prove that.

Guardiola lost five defenders due to age coupled with the fact he was using Kolarov as a central defender to steady the ship. Shows his ability to deal with pressure.

Guardiola had to replace those players, not buying to bolster his squad. The likes of Bernardo, Sane, Gabby Jesus are young players which are to make an impact later. Even Mahrez is not a regular in the squad but someone with the sight for the future.

So where the idea of Guardiola needing money to excel comes from baffles me. Klopp has actually been the one spending to build the formidability of his team.

They are both fantastic managers and I will not run both for buying because all coaches need to spend to compete at the highest stage. You can not crucify one for buying and praise another for doing the same. That shows bias and not standing for the truth.

Bunique:


you are not really getting the point. pep for me is the best coach currently but to be honest, his quick successes in the EPL is largely due to the amount of cash at his disposal.
the replacements were necessary and justifiable but pep was able to carryout the cleansing exercise quickly because there was cash available to do that.
look at Arsenal for example, the coach will have to work with the players he has despite everyone knowing the players are not really good enough. It will take Emery several transfer windows to get the squad of his own choice.
in all honesty do you think pep would have achieved this much with city if he was handed 70m as transfer budget? pep would have eventually transformed city but it would have taken time like say 2 to 3 seasons to get them to this current level.

chrisooblog:
the point goodjoe is making is that other clubs are also not spending peanuts everyone has spent big to compete. when it gets to that point it's then coaching ability that will separate men from boys. let's even analyze who were the lynchpins for pep's success last season aguero, sterling,david silva, de-bruye, fernadinho, Kompany was it pep that bought all these guys?

one thing i always find funny is why the same energy is not maintained to criticize mourinho, alex ferguson, ancelloti to say they bought the league

andrew444:


You don't need to think pep is a good manager

The world knows pep is one do the best in the game

Eruditor:


Sponsorship padding is the one you have investigated or the one that happened years before Pep showed up. Make up your mind about the argument you are trying to make.

bazooka1:

I have maintained Pep is a good manager but I wont over celebrate his success because that was expected after the massive investment by the Abu Dabi group.

By the way you didn't get back to me on Liverpool's league position when Klopp took over. I want to hear you say it.

Eruditor:


You are so correct!

The core of his squad is the one he inherited. The rest are to augment the depth. He literally improved every single player in the club. All of them have exceeded their past performances bar none. I don't understand all these lies about money. The only player City signed this season was Mahrez. Add to that, KDB who was City's best player last year was out for long yet they are going to peep LFC to the title. How many times the key players go down and yet Pep reinvented the squad to compete. I don't know how people don't see that as great coaching. Someone even tried to make Zinczenko look like a formidable buy. A winger that Pep has turned to a LB. I can't deal.

Liverpool are having their best ever season historically (at least by numbers) but they are still behind this juggernaut called City. Somehow people forget the quality of City's play and make it look like City were always this way. I mean, every English team spent money. Chelsea have spent more in the last 2 seasons than City but nobody says peem about them.