First Democratically Elected Head Boy of Iman International School. Former SRC President of Baze University, and Vice President (External Affairs) of NANS
@ahmadmsani3902 I pity your analogy🤣
You were making noise about: your average signings, the transfer business of other teams especially crying on transfer fees and number of signings, and then at the same time disturbing everyone with complaints that your management are only exploring players
Football has now evolved. Top teams are not built in a season or transfer window (no matter the signings). To build a top team in this competitive football era especially in Premier league, you need a top coach/manager to be given time & tools, patience and good transfer windows.
@AhmanUmar The issue with his tactics is just defensively. Though I am still not convinced that Xabi is an upgrade on Maresca. Our attacking prowess is largely individual brilliance rather than tactics. But take nothing away from him, he is a good manager but not a better coach than Maresca
This is my preferred first 11 for Chelsea moving forward. If Alonso can be able to get the best out of each of these players and get them to play as a team, we will do well this season.
I remember years ago, I will sit down to watch Chelsea play against Arsenal with so much confidence that we will win.
That must be what Arsenal fans must be feeling over the past few years now whenever they are playing Chelsea. It’s quite sad.
We don't need to do any panic buy. The clubs of the suitable replacements like Alex Scott, Kone, and Camara are not willing to sell, so why must we look elsewhere when we still have Caicedo, Lavia, Reece James, Barco, Henderson and Gusto? Only two will play. Let's hold on for now
Few days ago, we were debating if Chelsea need to sign 2 midfielders or 1 midfielder after selling Enzo Fernandez.
Now, we are not even sure of signing one midfielder. Lol
I dont like the idea of selling Enzo Fernandez to Man City, we aren't just losing a very good player, we are strengthening direct Rivals. But if we must get replacement I believe Alex Scott will be the ideal replacement even if it means waiting. Kone is just a more physical Lavia
"How have they actually made life better for the common man?" That's a tough one to answer convincingly.
I also heard a theory of the importance of putting pepper in food, wai it makes the eater(s) to take lots of water after, which will cover up even if the food is not enough🤣
I decided do my breakfast at Mai Shayi yesterday. Honestly, sitting there and mingling with people is always an experience, it’s the best place to get a unfiltered pulse of the street and see how the masses really feel about the government. You hear so much interesting talk.
My main takeaway from there is that APC has a massive hill to climb in the 2027 election. Wallahi, people are genuinely frustrated with Tinubu’s reforms. Even if you try to argue that some of these policies are necessary painful steps, they’ll hit you with one simple question:
I posted this when we were 3-0 up, only for us to concede seconds later and somehow go on to concede 3 goals from a three-goal lead. As dangerous as our counter-attacking is this season, Xabi Alonso has to fix that backline. If we do, it could be a very interesting season.