And with that comes one of the most memorable lines in Nigerian political history: “When the come comes to become, they will know that we, the men of timber and calibre, and of caterpillars and bulldozers, have come to stop all stoppables and bulldoze all bulldoze-ables.” — K. O. Mbadiwe. 😂
If you’re dropping flair out of it, then Ashley Cole is slightly a better left back than Marcelo.
Marcelo was obviously more gifted on the ball. The dribbling, the technique, the combinations, the little touches in midfield areas, he could make you forget he was a left-back. He was a proper Joga Bonito. But if we’re judging the actual position of LEFT-BACK, Ashley Cole has a very strong argument to be slightly better.
He could defend 1v1 better, recover quickly, read danger, tackle better too. His defensive intelligence was probably his biggest strength.
He was not just good defensively too, Ashley Cole finished his Premier League career with 385 apps, 31 assists, 616 tackles, 336 interceptions, 1,120 recoveries and 147 clean sheets. His tackle success was 74%. He also created 200 chances in 229 Premier League appearances for Chelsea alone. That’s a solid and balanced numbers.
Ashley Cole could actually play. He wasn’t Marcelo going forward, obviously, but he was still a very good attacking full back. He overlapped, combined with midfielders and wingers, delivered crosses and created chances consistently. During his Chelsea years, he was among the Premier League’s top 5 defenders for chances created, tackles and successful passes.
Marcelo gives you more flair, Marcelo is the more aesthetically pleasing player to watch.
But Ashley Cole gives you elite defending, elite recovery ability, elite 1v1 defending, physicality, consistency and enough quality going forward to still be a genuine attacking threat.
That balance is what makes him better ability for ability.
He was the left-back in title winning Arsenal and Chelsea teams, including the Invincibles.
Unless, what you mean by Ability is only the attacking aspect.
Drake held a concert in Manchester, I bought tickets and went.
The Weeknd held a concert in Manchester, I was also there.
Burna Boy, I dey there.
Chris Brown, I dey front row.
Rema at the O2, na me arrange the seats for everybody.
I have attended so many other concerts and will attend more.
Nobody objected, faulted me or called me a lost cause for attending these concerts or going to stadiums to watch football.
I also have no right to call anyone a lost cause if they go to a stadium for religious activity.
I’d be a tall chunk of hypocrisy if such comments ever came out of me.
Just recently, you held a watch party for an Arsenal game and Arsenal fans attended and there was gleeful moments + memories made. Nobody called them a lost cause.
Do the same.
Leave people alone to do what they like. Stop forming fake deep every time because of the small faux intellectualism you think you’ve come upon. Leave people alone. We will all die eventually, and in 300 years nobody will remember we existed.
Leave people alone.
There is something really satisfying about reading the first page of a book and immediately something in your brain tell you “oh, I'm going to like this” and then every page read proves you right.
In a country of over 200 million people
Just because you have 2000 yahoo boys with their lean 10k USD and 200 Yahoo boys with their 50k USD and above
- You started selling polo shirts for 85k.
- You started selling phones with 500k markup.
- You started giving out hotel rooms in dead and economically handicapped cities like Benin, Owerri, Asaba, Calabar, for 100k a night.
- You started selling soggy and oily rice in plastic plates for 15k
When you're asked why, you will say "I know my target audience"
Don't worry
See this country? One group go run and it will be flat heads like you.
The reset will happen and in the next 5 years, it will be red.