European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by afrodoc2: 7:24am On Jun 19, 2023 |
Ibime: The lead actor in The Last Kingdom looks too soft, he is not as barbaric as the protagonist in the books and his accent as the narrator is off-putting. It would have been better without narration.
Vikings series though not historically accurate was a good series until Ragnars sons came into play, then it all turned to nonsense. Thats when I stopped watching
There is another Viking series on Netflix called Vikings Valhalla. The first season was fire, I'm yet to watch the second one.
The best Vikings book for conversion to series will be the trilogy of books by Tim Severin. If that one is turned into series, it will melt faces. Tim Severins books had more entertainment/dramatic value than Bernard Cornwells. That story is like Vikings meets Passport of Mallam Ilya meets Count of Monte Cristo Yeah. In terms of entertainment and overall Vikings was better than The Last Kingdom. i just didn't like the way Vikings tried to do a concoction of almost every single Viking story into the series, whether the locations or timelines gelled or not. You are also right about the casting. Funny thing the Uhtred actor is German which should make him more believable as a Viking while Ragnar was portrayed by an Aussie. I have not read Tim Severin's books. Yeah Bernard Cornwell writes his books almost as history not for pure entertainment. There are so many good source materials for epic series that could even rival GOT if done right. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by afrodoc2: 2:36am On Jun 19, 2023 |
Ibime: I loved Rome, Spartacus and Vikings
Because of that, I need to check out The White Princess and The White Queen
Not a fan of The Last Kingdom maybe because I read the books by Bernard Cornwell and find the series a poor adaptation of them, or perhaps because I can't stand the lead actor I read the books too. The rule of thumb is that TV series are usually poor adaptations of the source material, with the odd exception here and there. That is why whenever i watch historical series i prepare myself beforehand, so that i won't spend the whole time criticizing. The advantage The Last Kingdom has over Vikings is that it tries to keep an accurate historical narrative. Vikings, for entertainment value, conflated different Viking stories from different locales and even different time periods into the same narrative. For instance how can Rollo who died around 930 be the uncle of Ivar the Boneless who died 60 years before around 870. Rollo in particular does not fit with the Ragnar story but there are other smaller discrepancies. |
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 8:34am On Jun 11, 2023*. Modified: 8:59am On Jun 11, 2023 |
There are several keepers who are at least as good as Onana on the ball while being better shot stoppers as well.
If ordinary Onana could convert some DDG fans I wonder what football they have been watching these past few years. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 8:30am On Jun 11, 2023 |
Expert17: Bastoni is the only defender comfortable playing out from the back, the same as Lisandro Martinez at United BUT DDG fans will blame defenders for all his rubbish passes. Yeah Bastoni is the exception, which is why I didn’t mention him. Acerbi is like Maguire in that if everything is set for him his passing range is good but if you start asking him repeatedly to turn here and there before passing the ball, wahala ma sele. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 7:48am On Jun 11, 2023 |
Imagine trying to play out from the back with DDG, shaky shaky Darmian, and Acerbi wey stiff like NEPA pole.  The great Chinua will resurrect to rewrite Things Fall Apart. Acerbi can pass but DDG will carry him to where he no know. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 7:40am On Jun 11, 2023 |
odizeey: Chai. If Ten Had watch that game yesterday, him eyes go open o.
De Gea is gone.
Gone but never forgotten. Chaiii😭😭 So it took only 1 game by Onana to convince a diehard DDG fan like you. Shebi last week you said DDG until your dying days. This just shows most of you here just close your eyes and ears and enter an argument. Or that you guys only watch Man Utd games. Cos I can’t imagine how a single regular Onana performance will be converting DDG fans like this, when there have been hundreds of games to watch this season alone. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 7:33am On Jun 11, 2023 |
Jokerman: My eyes are now open on the frails of DeGea after seeing Onana yesterday... I have now understood LOL. In the words of the great Fela, “Whether you like or you no like” ……………. If we keep DDG as our no1 for the next few years we will all suffer it together. So no shaking. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 5:11am On Jun 11, 2023*. Modified: 12:39am On Jan 20, 2024 |
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by afrodoc2: 9:17pm On Jun 10, 2023 |
Romelu! Remember your left!
Do it for the culture. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by afrodoc2: 5:30pm On Jun 10, 2023 |
Ibime: The famous trashing of Bayern? No. The 1st leg. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by afrodoc2: 5:21pm On Jun 10, 2023 |
Ibime: This cannot be the starting 11 in 1995. Kanu did not start 1995 final. This must be from a random game This was the starting lineup in the semi-final. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by afrodoc2: 5:03pm On Jun 10, 2023 |
Segedinho: And d kingdom of God suffereth violence Envy is one of the 7 deadly sins. Putting down another person won't gain her supporters. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by afrodoc2: 4:52pm On Jun 10, 2023 |
Debroslink: 1995 UCL winners. I can still recognise 8 faces. Back row : van der Sar, Seedorf, Rijkaard, Kanu , Blind, de Boer Front row: Litmanen, Reiziger, de Boer, Overmars, Finidi |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 11:28am On Jun 10, 2023 |
maik99: He wants the manager to rant so that he’ll not drag him when bad results start Ten Hag is out there in England thinking about how to show that his hand no dey Coming out to rant against your employers almost never works, and this has definitely been the case with the Glazers. ETH should just be praying for a quick club sale and a more competent management team to urgently come in and aid him in improving the team. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 11:19am On Jun 10, 2023 |
ChristineC: the Bruno replacement is barely an attacking midfielder in Ligue 1. the Rashford replacement is tales by moonlight at best. Hassem Aouar has not progressed as expected. He was one of the most highly rated teenagers in Europe but seems to have stagnated over the past couple of years. Selling Rashford for Harvey Barnes is just asking for trouble. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 11:11am On Jun 10, 2023 |
It is only at Manchester United that scouts and negotiating teams have to be dragged kicking and screaming to do their job.
4-5 different managers but it is still the same thing. The manager must press the necks of these people publicly to do their job or else it’s the manager’s fault, even though the managers that pressed necks got the sack as well. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 11:00am On Jun 10, 2023 |
TrebleChamp: This is how we will go this window and not make any signing until maybe after the first few games of next season. A manager should show is frustration when needs are not being met, the useless board will still keep their jobs if he is eventually sacked for poor result. This was how Ole was licking their ass and telling us he is happy with his current players, he was sacked laslas and Murtough still dey office.... Shey Mourinho that voiced out his frustration was not sacked abi? It is quite incredible to me that our managers have to voice out frustration before the club management does its basic job. That is if we discount the fact that voicing out frustration has not been proven to make any difference at this club. People should do their jobs. Shikena. Abi at your workplace do you do your job only when your colleagues voice out their frustration? |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by afrodoc2: 10:14am On Jun 10, 2023 |
BlueRayDick: Hilda is not even Igbo ! Who dey born these dumb gehs this new millennium ? 🤦♂️ That is one thing Buhari got right. Most Nigerian youths are lazy. Before the era of social media people had to study and read hundreds of pages of books in order to be informed. These days someone just spends a few minutes browsing twitter and starts believing he/she is Bertrand Russell. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by afrodoc2: 9:59am On Jun 10, 2023 |
lordfalcao: it's the one who was beating the Bayern and Madrid of this world that has the mandate.
This treble must be done and dusted today..
It has been written in the skies that this day must happen. We, football lovers have waited patiently for this day. Ifa forbids it, Heaven forbids it, Ahura Mazda forbids it, Aton forbids it. On Inter’s mandate we stand. Agreement is eh, agreement. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by afrodoc2: 9:48am On Jun 10, 2023 |
Apari is a football demi-god and never a fraud, but today we stand with the good people of Milan and their mandate.
By the grace of Ahura Mazda and the Lord of Light, Inter Milan’s mandate will not be stolen today. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by afrodoc2: 2:44am On Jun 10, 2023 |
So these people can’t decide whether Emefiele was working with Tinubu or not? Aiye akamara.  |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by afrodoc2: 6:06pm On Jun 09, 2023 |
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 2:17pm On Jun 09, 2023 |
Jokerman: Is this guy not better than Mount? They don’t play the same position. Chiesa is an out and out winger. Mount is an attacking midfielder but our senior men here say he can play central midfield for us. With Rashford and Garnacho in our squad we don’t need Chiesa. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by afrodoc2: 10:35am On Jun 09, 2023 |
izzou: [color=royalblue]We are repeating it tomorrow.
Join us in prayers, tonight, my doc[/color] By the grace of Ahura Mazda. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by afrodoc2: 8:13am On Jun 09, 2023 |
izzou:
 Ivan Cordoba. That guy vertical jump na die. Like Zamorano too. NBA grade vertical jump. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by afrodoc2: 6:04am On Jun 09, 2023 |
OasisX: "Today is my best day, today I’m so happy that I’m an elected member seeing my President talking. In fact I’ve never knew that this man is so intelligent.
"I’ve never knew that this man is so prepared to serve this country I saw the love, I saw the character, I saw the the Charisma, the believe that Nigeria can be a better nation. So I’m so glad that the meeting we have today is going to take us a little bit to a more stabilized house.
"Now, Even without talking to us again, we’ve agreed that we are going towards the government decision. Not minding, I’m of Labour Party. As at now, the party is not the issue; we’re talking about building the Nation, we’re talking about the unity of the Nation.”
- Amobi Godwin Ogah [LP Abia State]
https://twitter.com/9lives881/status/1667024168829743111?t=3TQvJyAfJWFf7cMmNBduiw&s=19[/quote]This one must be a demon. He is not interested in reclaiming the stolen mandate. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 4:53pm On Jun 07, 2023 |
melodyogonna: I understand, shey our own transfer window never open or what? Wetin be this lack of activity? Welcome to yet another thrilling season of the award-winning series "Blame the manager".  |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by afrodoc2: 4:51pm On Jun 07, 2023 |
Itsrm: You'll be surprised what palmpay has carefully hidden in fine print.
Something along the lines of "You are waiving your rights to institute legal action against palmpay or any of its associates."
I just wonder what they will do after arresting him. I don't think there's any law that prescribes jail term for a debtor. There is nothing in fine or ugly print that can trump a citizen's constitutional rights. Lending someone money under the condition that he waives his rights is even illegal. Palmpay must pay. Dey don enter one chance. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by afrodoc2: 4:49pm On Jun 07, 2023 |
Roland17: Debt collection is a civil matter, not criminal. Legally, even the Nigerian Police have no right to be involved in loan agreement issue between 2 parties because it is a civil matter that is adjudicated primarily by the court. The problem is, Nigerians don't know the law and how to protect their rights.
There is a process for loan collection as established by the law. There are due diligent steps that must be taken by creditors to recover their loan even before they approach the court. Palmpay infringed on a lot of that guy's rights with their unconstitutional actions. Also, no written agreement overrides a citizens constitutional human rights, absolutely none, it is universally accepted! This is why I say many Nigerian companies are taking advantage of people/ workers with ridiculous actions.
If this was the US, lawyers for don dey blow up this guy phone with calls and texts because this is an easy case! Very important message there. No law trumps the constitution. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 3:38pm On Jun 07, 2023 |
Leyqute: So, you're saying Haaland will break his own PL record next season? He does not have to break it to prove that they haven't adapted to him. As long as he keeps scoring goals in bunches and being at the top of the charts he is okay. It is like you don't understand the physical and mental advantage Haland has over almost all defenders. If nearly all the teams can suddenly get defenders who are very tall, very fast, very powerful, and have the anticipation and reflexes of wild cats, yes they will adapt to him. He might break it but as his game evolves and he starts to get more involved in build-up play he also might not break it. Messi and CR7 did not break their own records every season but no Bible-believing defender, team, or league can claim that they adapted to Messi or CR7. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by afrodoc2: 3:26pm On Jun 07, 2023 |
Ibime: I know several families where the difference between Japa and stay at home is like night and day. Often the ones who stayed home did it by choice because their families were very OK.
I laughed the other day when I saw two of my childhood friends who both lived on the same Estate chatting on Linkedin about settlements between their companies. One was asking the other to review some rebates due to his company. He is a Vice President and the other is a Global Head of Logistics, both in multinationals. In my mind I was laughing that any Oyinbo viewing this conversation will not know that these niggas are Rumuibekwe boys who have known each other for 30 plus years.
Then I remembered both their brothers back home and the difference in condition. Even though their brothers are not struggling, mehn the difference is clear. Life is sometimes like an expressway with traffic lights. 2 guys will be driving almost next to each other and one of them will beat red light but the red light will catch the other one. That single instant can make a lifetime of difference. |