European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 9:21am On Apr 23, 2024 |
monerozi5590: You go UK go seek for asylum, UK carry go Rwanda. Those asylum seekers no go d happy oh. Wahala be like bicycle! Imagine say person japa illegally go UK only to land back in Rwanda as refugee. Is it not even better to use the original money wasted on japa to fly to Rwanda and settle there dey hustle? |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 8:39am On Apr 23, 2024 |
PendragonVII: This is exactly what happened I thought as much. They always put people like that on a different page from the current graduating class for that course. Anybody who has gone through a typical convocation brochure of a Nigerian public university will be conversant with the practice. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 8:32am On Apr 23, 2024 |
Forty six hundred! |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 8:27am On Apr 23, 2024 |
liveLongNprospa: Apparently this happened in lautech.
Isn't this a major indictment on the lecturers? This screenshot may be misleading. We need to see a full list screenshot of the convocation brochure to actually know wetin dey sup. For all u know, they may be carryover students who had extra year and just who finally get cleared a year or two after their mates convoked. U know if for example ur mates graduated in 2022 and after doing extra year u later passed the courses holding u; ur name will be in 2024 graduating list. That 2024 graduating list ur name appears, ur class of degree will be stated. they won't list u along with those whose original year of graduation is 2024. So, these people on that list may be extra year students who just finished their extras. Nobody expects them to graduate with first class, 2:1 or 2:2 after Carryover has done much damage to their CGPA |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 7:23am On Apr 23, 2024 |
There was a caught !
Imagine person wey dey spend hours to extract palm oil from palm fruit just to save 1k (which she would've used to buy a bottle of palm oil ) broke shaming a guy that doesn't have 150k .... smh
Female Daniel Regha radarada 😏
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 7:21am On Apr 23, 2024 |
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Politics › Re: Edo 2024: INEC Publishes Final List Of Candidates by BlueRayDick: 7:17am On Apr 23, 2024 |
I think it is discriminatory to publish the list breakdown by disability . It makes no sense to me . |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 7:15am On Apr 23, 2024 |
Wrong thread 🤦♂️ |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 6:50pm On Apr 22, 2024 |
GloriousGbola: https://punchng.com/pictorial-inside-the-most-expensive-school-in-nigeria/
There is something off about this Charterhouse imho
All pictures of the school look like sterile renders.
I have to wonder if the school is actually standing or if it is still an ongoing concept. Their director of communications already mentioned it in the punch story I posted the other day that it is still under construction. Those pictures are more like 3D rendering of what it will look like upon completion . |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by BlueRayDick: 1:24pm On Apr 22, 2024 |
nihilistjnr: It isn't a long back and forth at all. If Newcastle has conceded the same 52 goals that we have conceded but are above us, I just need your opinion on why that is the case.
Newcastle, Spurs and Aston Villa have removed any theoretical element from the discussion because, defensively at least, in terms of goals conceded, they are on our level.
So when you ask me if we keep the same defence that has conceded 52 goals, but sign at least one solid striker, I will point at Newcastle, I will point at Villa, and I will point at Spurs to ask how they have managed to be higher on the log.
The simple answer to me is that they have scored more goals (in Villas case a lot more) than Chelsea , but I might be missing something - so maybe you can advise better on why a better attack with this same defence wouldn't be doing much better on the log.
Over to you BlueRay. If season ends and Chelsea decides to sign a striker to replace Jackson and maybe another attacker as back up & then close shop without doing anything to Chelsea's defense as it is, do U believe Chelsea will compete well next season with this same set of defenders? |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 1:07pm On Apr 22, 2024 |
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 12:48pm On Apr 22, 2024 |
afrodoc2: Series.
2 seasons only and was then cancelled because of the high production costs.
It is one of the best series of Ancient Rome there is. Where can I download it ? |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 12:16pm On Apr 22, 2024 |
afrodoc2: Have you seen Rome? I don't think I have. Is it a series or movie? |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by BlueRayDick: 12:11pm On Apr 22, 2024 |
nihilistjnr: You cannot in one breadth be talking about how bad Sheffield are defensively, concededing 88 goals in 32 matches ( the worst defensive record in EPL history btw) and then in the same breadth be telling me that Chelsea should be looking to lock up shop against them.
This is a team thar on average chops 3 goals a match. There was one particular period where they choped 21 goals in 4 games. Back to back to back 5 goals, then Arsenal topped them up with 6
Even if they score 3 against you (for example like they did against Fulham) you should be able to put at least 3 past them again e.g Fulham.
With a team like Sheffield, it does not matter of they score, because they have proven that they can score against any team in the league. What matters is that they cannot defend against anybody, hence, and it bears repeating again, them having the worst defence in EPL history.
Using goals conceded to claim 'both attack and defence' need work is a fallacious cop out. Yesterday I asked you why Newscastle with 52 goals conceded (exactly the same as Chelsea) are not struggling with mid-table obscurity like us, and you did not answer
Aston Villa with 50 goals and Spurs with 49 goals conceded are fighting for UCL places. Sheffield united scored against these guys too. Can you please provide your theory on why these guys with the same 'bad defence' are in 4th and 5th place, not 9th and praying for weapons to form against Brighton? In all of this, u still didn't answer my question: Let me understand u here; are u saying if season ends and Chelsea decides to sign a striker to replace Jackson and maybe another attacker as back up & then close shop without doing anything to Chelsea's defence do U believe Chelsea will compete well next season with this same set of defenders? I didn't answer the question yesterday because I wasn't ready for a long back and forth that will end up in us losing focus of the initial discussion which is Chelsea balancing attack with defense. I had a premonition that u will make the discussion seem like I'm advocating for fixing defense while neglecting attack. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by BlueRayDick: 11:37am On Apr 22, 2024 |
nihilistjnr: Liverpool and Mancity have the joint 2nd best defence on the league, and Sheffield scored against them...
Is that an indictment on their defence too?
Infact, the only teams in the top 10 of the league this season that Sheffield United's 'blunt attack' has not scored against are Arsenal and Newcastle.
So what's your point? Are relegation teams are not allowed to score in EPL?
The difference is that every single team that has faced Sheffield has destroyed them...except for us. How many goals did they score against each of those top 10 teams? Nobody is saying they don't score. Let me understand u here; are u saying if season ends and Chelsea decides to sign a striker to replace Jackson and maybe another attacker as back up & then close shop without doing anything to Chelsea's defence U believe Chelsea will compete well next season with this same set of defenders? I've never advocated for sorting defense alone but both defense and attack. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by BlueRayDick: 11:14am On Apr 22, 2024 |
nihilistjnr: You're talking about a team that has conceded 88 goals and you're mentioning defence.
Even if we gave them 2 goals, We should be beating them 5-2.
Conceding against them is irrelevant. They scored against Liverpool at Anfield and were even drawing until the 85th minute, and Liverpool still piped them 3-1. Same with Manyoo. The stupid team was leading Fulham 3-1 and still drew.
Abeg abeg I'm not interested in any conversation that involves defending against Sheffield. Not interested at all. Lolz . The same Sheffield scored the least goals in the league . I'm not asking u to go ultra defensive against them ; but it's an indictment that their blunt attack can score against ur "okay defense" |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by BlueRayDick: 10:54am On Apr 22, 2024 |
nihilistjnr: I was really irritated watching our match against those guys that day, and na wetin make me flame Timbros up.
I was right on the touchline, and when Jackson came to overlap that wing with Madueke, i wanted to stone him with my phone.
How can we be talking attack vs defence against those guys? That's why I believe Chelsea needs to fix both attack and defence. Chelsea has no business playing 2-2 vs Sheffield; both attack and defense are culprits. Same thing with Chelsea Vs 10-man Burnley. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by BlueRayDick: 10:40am On Apr 22, 2024*. Modified: 10:55am On Apr 22, 2024 |
When Sheffield United finally gets relegated, dem no supposed allow them come EPL again for at least 5 years. That team is just so shambolic.
They have conceded 88 goals as at game week 33 and there's a chance they might swallow up to 100 goals this season. Even Southampton that was placed 20th last season conceded 73 goals in 38 matches.
Haba! That Sheffield no just try at all. I doubt they will win up to 5 matches before this season end sef(They are currently on 3) |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 10:30am On Apr 22, 2024 |
Ibime: Stop wasting BlueRaydick time with Marco Polo and Black Sails
None of those series ended well, they degenerated into a farce I've actually watched Marco Polo around 2014. I think the show was cancelled after the second season |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 8:58am On Apr 22, 2024 |
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 8:42am On Apr 22, 2024 |
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 8:36am On Apr 22, 2024 |
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 8:13am On Apr 22, 2024 |
larride: Niger Republic will hold 1000 US troop hostage?
Is this playing? He say na the dozens of Russian troops wey go install & train Niger troops on the use of Russian air defense system for Niger help them hold 1000 US troops hostage  |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 7:48am On Apr 22, 2024 |
nihilistjnr: Army vs Army in conventional warfare, the 1000 US troops is probably enough to do some hefty damage to Nigerien army, maybe even irreparable damage.
This kind of fight is not like hunting insurgents hiding in the Bush. The US troops know where the Nigeriens are going to be. They know their Army base locations. They know their airforce base locations. They know where the presidential Palace is.
The idea that Niger can hold odindin 1000 US soldiers that are already on ground hostage is beyond laughable.
Like you said, US has been sacked from Niger. We can leave it at that, without drawing fantasy narratives from thin air. That was why I was Laughing at Okpa for getting himself drawn-in into such make-me-feel-good propaganda.  Like they will hold 1000 US soldiers hostage and their military head of state go dey sleep and wake in peace inside the presidential palace? With US having access to full satellite imagery of Niger as a country ? The kind damage all these fantasy don do to people like Okpa ehn... |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 7:22am On Apr 22, 2024 |
OkpaNsukkaisBae: Russian military is already in Niger Republic.
Ransom payment by the US didn't start today. They paid Iran 6billion dollars just for 5 American citizens. And u believe Russian military will hold 1,000 US troops hostage in Niger republic ? And it won't lead to an international crisis ? I'm sorry bro , believing this kinda propaganda is just delusion . The Niger government has sacked the US military to leave and that they have done. That screenshot u attached is just propaganda trying to make mountain out of molehill . This is not the first time an African government is severing ties with a world power for another . Russia would not be fooolish enough to hold the troops of US hostage in Niger. The US will also not risk same with Russian forces if they switch places . U should be able to decipher propaganda when u see one |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 6:44am On Apr 22, 2024*. Modified: 8:22am On Apr 22, 2024 |
OkpaNsukkaisBae: 100 million dollar military base don go.  U are literally letting propaganda get the better of u. I actually like the idea of Niger military government sacking the US and charting their own course for themselves by choosing to align with Russia or any other world power. But do u seriously believe the Niger military held 1,000 US troops hostage ? Like they held 1,000 US troops against their will in Niamey or any shitty Nigerian city ?  |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 2:38pm On Apr 21, 2024 |
raumdeuter: See the new Mr BlueRayDick Dangote Mr Ramdeter Otedola  Money will do automatic baptism and change of name for person sharp sharp |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by BlueRayDick: 1:51pm On Apr 21, 2024 |
nihilistjnr: The only way to win a match is to outscore your opponent. You cannot out-cleansheet an opponent - if both teams keep a cleansheet, it's called a draw.
West Ham have conceded 6 goals more than Chelsea this season and are higher in the log with -6 goal difference.
Newcastle that has conceded the same 52 goals are in 6th place. Villa and Spurs that have conceded just 3 goals less than Chelsea are fighting for UCL positions.
When you look at the trends, except for a TWO outliers like West Ham and Manyoo, 6 out of the 8 teams above Chelsea have outscored Chelsea this season, with half of then conceding around the same number of goals we've conceded.
Meanwhile, nobody from 10th place down has scored up to us, with a a couple of teams having actually conceded less than Chelsea this season.
Without resorting to absolutist and reductive arguments like attack good, defence bad, it is clear to me that Chelsea’s problems stem not from an inability to lock up shop, but an inability to kill off games..which are slightly overlapping but entirely different concepts.
That's why I focus very heavily on Sheffield in my analysis. A team like Chelsea should be expecting to outscore rhe team with the worst defensive record in EPL history. Even if they score 1, they should be loaded with 2 more in response.
At one point yesterday, Burnley had the same 2-1 scoreline that we held against Sheffield. The difference is, instead of wasting attacks or not even attacking at all (Nicolas Jackson didn't even bother to shoot on or off target that day), Burnley went and pumped them 2 more.
If the 19th placed team in the league can beat Sheffield 9-1(home and away) this season, then how cam we be discussing defending against such a team? That's football anathema.
Thank God we all saw what Jackson did yesterday. Tomorrow now, someone will start spinning a narrative that City defence locked up shop for a 1-0 win, instead of tbe truth that if Jackson wasn't such a disgraceful attacker, we might have won that match 3-1 Baba . Ur attack still manages to score over 1.5 goals almost every match , but ur defence ship in goals almost every game. Ur attack as bad as it is scored 2 goals against Arsenal that has the best defense in the league . That shows ur attack is not as bad as u want to assume . But guess what ? Ur defense still allowed arsenal score score 2 goals . Anyways I believe both ur attack and defense should be fixed sha for u to compete with other top teams |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 12:12pm On Apr 21, 2024 |
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 12:03pm On Apr 21, 2024 |
Kofo Abayomi: A Nigerian Who Changed His Name Just To Marry A Widow In 1930
In Colonial Lagos , Lady Oyinkan Ajasa (Lady Oyinkan Abayomi) was born daughter of Sir Kitoye Ajasa, a Yoruba aristocrat who was the first Nigerian to be knighted by the British, and Lucretia Olayinka Moore, a princess of Egba royal family, in Lagos, was born on March 6, 1897.
She schooled at the Anglican Girls' Seminary in Lagos and graduated in 1909. From there to Young Ladies Academy at Ryford Hall, Gloucestershire. In 1917, she attended the Royal Academy of Music in London. She moved back to Lagos in 1920 and became a music teacher at the Anglican Girls' Seminary.
It was during this time when she met a lawyer named Mr Moronfolu Abayomi ( the love of her life ) whom she married in 1923.
He was aasasinated 2 months later in court, she was devastated and didn't want to marry anyone ever again .
Dr Kofo John wanted to marry her and her response was, "you have to change your name to my late husband's name - Abayomi" Guess what happened?
He agreed, married her and changed his name to Dr Kofo Abayomi . The very famous Dr Kofo Abayomi
In this picture , Lady Oyinkan Abayomi arrives a social function in Lagos with her husband Dr Kofo Abayomi
Things men do for love ! As an aside , the lady's father was a billionaire and she inherited his wealth .
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by BlueRayDick: 12:00pm On Apr 21, 2024 |
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by BlueRayDick: 11:52am On Apr 21, 2024 |
lordfalcao: not just conceding in 9 out of 10 games.
The conceding majorly comes in 2 goals or more Don't mind them . They always troll guardiola for spending the budget of Comoros and Central African Republic on buying defenders ; they thought he didn't know what he was doing before he added a goal machine like Halaand . |