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hopefulLandlord:
These numbers would most likely not stand up to scrutiny. many of these "users" own several accounts. yours truly has 4 (four) different WhatsApp accounts and I'm active in ALL of them so I will be regarded as 4 WhatsApp accounts that's active. Also many of these Twitter accounts are operated by single people many ran by bots even Elon alluded to this and the owners didn't deny.

people also overrate the influence of social media. Social media isn't influencing non social media people as much as the reverse, you think most of these "obedients" who are Yoruba and are criticising Wole Soyinka on SM right now would be doing so in real life and therefore influence Yorubas around them to criticise Soyinka? These social media people try to align with the trends just because they want to swim with the tides and may actually share a different opinion in real life. that probably was why it shocked most people that Ekiti was won by Tinubu when many thought differently. many of them don't share the opinions they post but are just moving with the crowd. add in algorithms that make you see things you agree with and shuts out opposing opinions then you can be deceived into thinking what you're seeing is how the real world is and can be in for rude awakening when it doesn't go that way.


on a slightly related note. I don't know if I'm surrounded by the most idiotic of Tinubu and Obi supporters but anytime I try to pick their brains to confirm the talk of "this generation of youths now think for themselves and will not be told what to think" I can't help but conclude that this is actually the youth that doesn't even know what to think but wait for some social media posts from people who are trying to maintain a particular narrative so these supporters can run with it. that's why a speech of 2hours 30min would be cut to 5 seconds and then go viral that the giver of the speech said something stupid. when you eventually do your own finding to confirm the stupidity of the speaker you'd accidentally confirm the stupidity of those who watched 5 second video and if you dare try to ask "What if this video doesn't show the context?" you'd be hounded for being obeedeeot or agbado. In my opinion this is the dumbest set of youths we've ever had, empty headed people who can't even question anything so long it fits their preconceived conclusions and anybody who doesn't do the same would be hounded, maybe cancelled. Most won't notice this cuz they're inside the game but just stand by and watch them go and you might share the same conclusion as me to a varying degree

This your conclusion get k-leg. You're a youth yourself. How many generations (sets) of youth have you witnessed personally at your young age?

In the youth demography in every generation of Nigerians, there are intelligent people and less intelligent ones, who are always more in number.

There are intelligent and unintelligent people in both Obidient and Agbado camps.

How sure are you "this is the dumbest set of youths we've had"?

Can you tell us the smartest set of youths we've had and in what year? If you know the dumbest, you most know the smartest as well.

I think you're focusing on only the less intelligent ones to draw your conclusion.

Kepa may be better than Curtois in another universe, perhaps in the dreamland, but certainly not in this Universe containing planet Earth.

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Ibime:
I just gave you 3 examples that happened literally within the last month

Yes, he has improved in short range, but he is still conceding one long range shots almost every week

Infact I guarantee that opponents are planning and encouraged to try these shots

Only two of those three examples happened within the last one month. We played Tottenham in late February, six weeks ago.

But I got your point. Kepa is good enough as a second keeper.

His shorter arms make him susceptible to conceding long-range shots.

Ibime:
Does Thibaut Courtiis concede long range shots every week

This is the selective sampling I'm talking about

"Oh only 30% of keepers would save that"

When you apply that every week over several weeks, you find that you have a goalkeeper underperforming all taller goalkeepers in long range shots stopping

Courtois may concede one of Kepas goals, but there are others he won't concede, then you'll find another keeper that will concede the ones Courtois will save

In probability, that's like applying an OR function, the probability keeps increasing

"Man Utd to defeat City AND Arsenal" is a lower probability than "Man Utd to defeat City OR Arsenal"

Courtois may concede Nunes goal OR Skipp goal OR McGinn goal, he won't concede Nunes goal AND Skipp goal AND McGinn goal

In all 3 of these goals I just mentioned, you will find a probability to absolve Kepa in each isolated incident, but not all 3 together

Kepa is an ANDroid, a guaranteed probability

Okay, Kepa's past mistakes still haunting him. In the past few months, he has improved massively and condeced lesser long-range shots.

He deserves to be our keeper, though not the primary keeper if we can get a better goalie.

But I think the goalkeeping position isn't our pressing need now. Getting a proven coach, a reliable striker, and a good DM are the top priorities.

Ibime:
Kepa will continue to be blameless and will continue to be the only keeper who concede long range shots every week

Every week we will continue to argue.

One week - "only 10% of keepers will save that shot".

Another week, "only 50% of keepers will save that shot"

Another week "only 60% of keepers will save that shot"

But one thing is for sure is that Kepa will be never be among the percentage that can save the shot

Make those arguments every week and you concede a long range goal every week, and opponents actively try those shots every week

Some of the best keepers in the world wouldn't save that shot, oga Ibime. Chukwueze scored a similar goal (the match decider) against Curtois yesterday, who is among the top goalkeepers in Europe.

I'm sure if it was Kepa who conceded that goal, some people would have blamed him saying top keepers in Europe would save it.

FBS:
I will respectfully disagree there. That was not just luck. The boys worked extremely hard for that trophy - our very first UCL. That was not only luck, that was hard hard, very hard work. Man I couldn't sleep that night.

Like Mourinho said, in football "you have to win by trying to exploit your qualities and try to hide your problems". We did just that.

The current crop of players don't yet have the balls to put up that kind of performance but anything can happen on the day. Anything.

You're right. The players gave everything then.

This was what I was hoping the current crop of players would do when Lampard was appointed. But it seems Chelsea as a whole, starting from the management, has written off this season totally.

If Lampard can motivate the boys to give their all in the remaining games of the season and there's a significant improvement, that will help his coaching career.

obainojazz:
Make i apologise before posting but I found this funny

Why Obidients call this Wole Soyinka

Lols.

Kepa had a decent game yesterday. He wasn't at fault for the lone goal, which was the match winner.

It's all down to coaching. We've the players to compete and win trophies, but no quality coach.

FBS:
Boli get agenda, just don't know what it is. Man is running this club down with his appointments and obviously thinks this is MLB or some other type of American sports. My hope is that his click will call him to order.

My take on Lampard is that he is doing this because
1. The club approached him and he couldn't say no. Bruno must have said he didn't want to do it.
2. Winning something will be good for his CV, not necessarily as a Chelsea manager.
3. Yesterday's match exposed his acute cluelessness but in times like this I expected the players to step up as well and be accountable.


Our match against Real Madrid will give everyone a definitive answer to all the pending questions.

We'll lose both legs against Madrid. Don't give yourself hope unnecessarily. Lampard doesn't have what it takes to defeat Ancelotti's Madrid.

This is 2023, not 2012 when Di Matteo used negative football tactics (park-the-bus) and luck to win UCL.

Unlike Di Matteo, Tuchel won the UCL for us convincingly and made some other finals showing his winning UCL wasn't by fluke or luck like Di Matteo.

I don get all the answers I needed about Lampard: Coaching is not his calling.

Those clowns managing Chelsea go soon run the club down. Bruno should have been persuaded to continue managing the team in the interim while the club expedites the process of hiring a quality coach.

But no, they had to bring back a Lampard that almost relegated Everton. Boli and his partner na mumu and maga.

Appointing Lampard again was a silly mistake.

rooftops:
Your James also was atrocious. I just hope the new right back comes in and outplace him.

Atrocious? Nah. You sure you watch this match? James was arguably the best player on the pitch today for our side.

BlueMann:
I don't deserve to suffer like this. I'm a good man.

I don't understand o. When the suffering go end like this?

Chelsea paying heavily for sacking Tuchel prematurely at the beginning of the season. Make Boli and him partner learn from their mistakes and take their time to appoint a quality manager.

As for Lampard, coaching no be him calling.

chrisooblog:
Yeah it's a special research paper looking at how Philippines uses a kind of special bilateral agreement to profit off of their nurses japaing

They still use the bilateral agreement?

I read the paper was published in 2014. Has the strategy really succeeded in curbing the "japa" wave in the health sector since the bilateral agreement was implemented?

Kante must have been reserved for for the match against Madrid, especially considering the fact that he just returned from a lengthy layoff and is fasting.

chrisooblog:
Without prejudice to the insightful contributions by Izzou and Unlimited being a medical doctor is an entirely special job that requires some element of self sacrifice same as law enforcement or the army. So going into these kinds of jobs expecting perfect conditions of service especially in a third world country like Nigeria will be hard. That said the least that medical doctors deserve is to receive decent pay and more than basic medical tools to work with.

I came across this article about the Filipino approach to how they handled their own medical worker japa syndrome. Can it work here in Nigeria?

https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---asia/---ro-bangkok/---ilo-manila/documents/publication/wcms_320609.pdf

Lols, this one na research paper o (thesis or dissertation). I clicked on the link without checking the whole link and knowing it's a PDF.

I go read am later. It's very lengthy.

FBS:
Really? Why?

I think the club or the previous coach thought he isn't ready yet for first-team football. I don't know for sure. I think he'd be going on a loan.

We'll know soon enough sha

FBS:
Whatever happened to the new DD, our striker?

I think he's with the under-21 team. I thought recalling him to the senior team should have been one of the first assignments for Lampard to do.

nateevs:
I believe he is more likely to go for a back 3 instead. And I hope for a change, he finds alternative solutions for Havertz.

I really don't mind seeing others given minutes.

OK

Unlimited22:
That's in essence what he's saying.

I should work 120+ hours weekly every week for 5 years so that you and your family can live.

Abi o, make the doctors wey go die die or make those ones wey go develop health issues fall sick due to stress and heavy workloads so him and his family go live long.

Lols

The bill na modern slavery bill. The way out of the brain drain quagmire in the health sector is to address the major reasons why doctors are leaving the country in droves in the first place.

That bill will only complicate things and make them worse.

Make the doctors sacrifice their lives for you now so you can live forever. Forever young

FirstbornWds:
Injury nearly finish that guy. I'm glad he's gaining back confidence in Leece. The guy sacrificed his career for the WC

When I see am for Leece side yesterday against Napoli, I was shocked.

Realtord43:
This is good if kante can stay fit. But is felix better than havertz upfront?

i see no difference btw both player in term of scoring.

Either of them can start today IMO. But starting Havertz is a must against Madrid on Tuesday.

Good luck to Lampard. He'll need lots of luck in the remaining games of the season starting with the match against Wolves in the afternoon.

NinjaXmetahuman:
remove Felix and put havertz.

Sterling for kovacic. They can come in as sub.

Okay. The keeper nko?

How you see am?

Ibeme:
Chimamanda will never top Half of a Yellow Sun

If Khaled Hosseini, Paolo Coelho and co never smell Nobel, who dash Chimamanda

Nobel Prize is just whatever narrative they pick. Bob Dylan of all people won it into 2016 for songwriting

That doesn't make it less prestigious, bros. More often than not, it's the best of the best that win a nobel prize in most fields.

Theflint1:
I'm sure you think by street you mean people that the only time they ever read novels was when they had to read it to pass exams ...that's not what I meant sha, I mean among people that generally read prose, plays and other types of books...Chinua Achebe ran the streets ragged, among those class of persons, and deservedly so.

You can actually make the same argument for any well-known author in the academic (literary) circles. It's not peculiar to Achebe.

Chimanmada Adichie is another writer I hope can win the Nobel prize in the near future for her works. But she needs to do much more better.

Theflint1:
Those writers are listed, did any of them win the Nobel Prize? We were talking about the complexity of his work, and I brought other writers with equally complex works (some translated texts even), who I enjoy and you're turning it to another thing.

The other writers are literary giants as well and are not known on the street. Achebe was a literary giant as well, who is not known on the street.

Only few people on the street can mention just the title of a novel written by Achebe, and even fewer people can mention the title of two of his works.

That doesn't take anything away from his works.

All these writers are popular in the academic circles, not on the street.

Street credibility isn't one of the requirements to win the Nobel Prize like WS did or win other awards like Achebe did.

You don't have to downplay Soyinka's achievements to praise Achebe's.

The fact is a nobel laureate is among the best of the best and will be more celebrated than his peers that were also geniuses but didn't win the most prestigious award in literature.

obainojazz:
Even Pete Obi is not safe from them Obiedients…. The movement has spiraled out of control especially on twitter.

Na their palaver. I no dey active on Twitter and no get time for mob activities.

Theflint1:
How did you manage to turn this argument into what the criteria for the Nobel Prize is?

You said Soyinka isn't known on the street to downplay his achievements as a nobel laureate and then listed other writers (literary giants) that are not also known on the street as well.

All these funny Nairaland arguments sef