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@ RichyBlack,

There is a difference between snide sarcasm and well-meaning sarcasm.

I take it you abhor snide sarcasm as anyone should, but well-meaning and funny sarcasm is OK and is actually healthy for human relationships.

Don't mind Urhobo people. . . . one day we shall all live in peace.

KarmaMod:
Do you agree with him?

What are you doing with a dude that drinks palmwine anyway? Is he 80 years old? Yuck

Wetin palmwine do you na? Palmwine is my favourite beverage oh! Got 2 bottles in my fridge right now. Keeps you young 

Anyway, ladies should stick to classy drinks like Wine, Rose, Southern Comfort and Coke etc. . . . .a lady drinking stout looks a little crude and uncouth.

[quote author=CY_clone link=topic=163757.msg2713056#msg2713056 date=1219828070]You call writing on your body parts "memory trigger", we call it cheating in an exam! Sorry dude, but that ain't something you should be proud of.[/quote]Him without sin should cast the first stone. I thank God you were not in my class. You would have been one of those uppity types who never like to work together - and still get lower scores because you did not work with your classmates

My team (Ijawboys United) just dey phock up. Too many inexperienced youngsters in there. All these Nani, Anderson and Samir Nasri are not helping me at all. Defoe, Bent and Berbatov are yet to score and Brad Friedel is conceding goals like no mans business. I should have chosen at least one of Gerrard or Lamps.

Muki, wetin be your team name?

The N:
Again, I believe the choise of course determines the number of First class graduates in a class. it is easier to make a first class in mathematical courses than in theoritical courses. In the school where I did my first degree, Faculty of Social Sciences hadn't turned out  a first class graduate in 15yrs, meanwhile, Depts of Maths and Engineering turned out an average of 10 first class graduates yearly.

100% correct. Simply because Maths has a 'yes' or 'no' answer and a set system of doing it.

But another thing I seemed to notice is that naturally brilliant guys do not usually gravitate toward the social sciences anyway. On top of that, Scientists and Mathematicians seem to be more interested in politics and Social Sciences than the Social Science students themselves. For example, my girlfriend will never watch a political discussion, although she has a degree in International Relations. She couldn't even tell me who Angela Merkel, Lula or Juan Perron is, but she will tell me who Justin Timberlake is dating, no problem. For me, finance and politics is my hobby. I study that out of interest more than anything else.

I always believe that when studying Social Sciences, one must be informed. One must live that life. Read broadsheet newspapers, not tabloids. Watch News and documentaries everyday. Read the Financial Times or Wall Street Journal everyday. I always said that you can never understand politics until you understand Finance or Macroeconomics. The law of supply and demand runs through every political decision. Soon, you will find that every lecture becomes a breeze. These days, no political event can happen without me understand the significance, what it is borne out of, the historical precedents and how it links in economically. Therefore, do not study Social Sciences just because you hate Physics, Maths and Chemistry. Study it because you enjoy it.

Well Davidlyan, I will agree with you there but it can be simpler than that. I am very disorganised, but I still managed to make it without going through all those long process. Sometimes, it requires Naijaman mentality. . . .

Firstly, Natural brilliance is a must

Secondly, get all the past papers and run them through two or three times each.

In exams, always write some 'memory triggers' on your body parts. Funny, but it works. With Mathematics you work with processes and formulas and this can be a lifesaver.

For coursework, always pally up with the most brilliant students. If your colleague asks for your help, go one step further and email him/her your whole work. This will build trust so him/her will always help you in the future. Form a group of four or five brilliant students who always do homework together. Sometimes, you have to take the lead in doing all the work and let others copy yours. Next time, when you are not so on top, they will help you and vice-versa. Remember that you are not competing against your classmates but against principalities and powers. . . I mean, examiners. . . . . so feel free to pam your classmates work and let expo see you through. Amen.

For dissertations, always choose a topic of interest but one which is not familiar to your supervisor. NEVER [b]choose a dissertation topic on which the supervisor is an expert. He will pick holes in your work. [/b]I always picked dissertations on topics which were outside the syllabus.

For example, for my undergrad dissertation, I chose The Mathematics of Google Page Ranking - a new Mathematics which only came out in 2000. My supervisor graduated in the early 80's so he was not so familiar with the work. When he read my thesis, he was learning and felt good enough to award me 71%, although the thesis was probably a 60% at best. He loved it so much, he requested a copy for his files.

For my Masters dissertation, I did the same thing. My supervisor was a computational mathematician so I chose to do Algorithms for European and Basket Options - needless to say, finance wasn't his strongest point. He read my thesis and learnt from it, also requesting a personal copy. He scored me 70%, although the thesis was probably only worth 60%.


So use Naija mentality because it shall profit you.

Yeah, this Robinho stuff is gathering pace, no be small.

Well, seeing how I have 1st class in Mathematics, I would give y'all my secrets. . . but you have to pay for it.

EFCC should stop producing results for different zones. It doesn't help National Unity at all.

Hannibal:
@ Dayokanu,

Now i know u are a simpleton.
Bojan was the best player in the under 17 tourney save for the RED CARD he copped. . . .That really tarnished his image.
Remember Zidane coulda suffered the same fate at the last world cup but FIFA confirmed he was chosen before he slammed Materazzi.
How can u compare Bojan's ability to anyone. . . .Toni Kroos?? Get out of here.
Sani Kaita played better than Kroos.

Wow - so Sani Kaita is now in Under 17 World Cup? Hannibal, go to sleep before you make further goofs. Sani Kaita was in WYC in 2005 and even played against Ivory Coast in semi-final of ANC 2006. Yakubu Alfa was the one who played DM in the Under 17 World Cup.

Hannibal:
Ronaldo misses more chances than Rooney. . . . .Go and check Ronnie's number of shots on goal compared to actual goals.
Even Adebayor has a better conversion rate than Ronaldo so always back up your facts before spewing shyte.

Really?

Total shots attempted:

Ronaldo 131
Adebayor 104
Torres 96
Gerrard 89
Rooney 85
Bentley 83
Berbatov 82
Tevez 82
Carew 80
Santa Cruz 77


Shots per goal:

Ronaldo = 131/31 = 4.26

Rooney = 85/12 = 7.08

Adebayor = 104/24 = 4.33


GBAM!


Go and read these threads before spouting bunkum here:


https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-26376.96.htm

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-43352.0.html


Rooney is a good player, don't get me wrong. . . . but comparison with Ronaldo is extremely foolish.

Hannibal:
Henry is zero for France. . . . . .

Yeah. . . . and France's all time top scorer.

Hannibal:
I don't expect u to understand how Man Utd play. . . . . . You are so used to one route football so u won't get the drift.
When Ronaldo loses the ball, he sits down there throwing tantrums or moaning to the referee for a freekick.
Watch when Rooney or Tevez loses the ball. . . . They track miles back to retrieve it thus building an attack from there.

Did Rooney play as a winger last season?? Of course.
Against Barcelona. . . . .Ronaldo was deployed as a centre forward and many many games like that.
Once Fergie wants to step up the gear. . . . .He asks the dynamic duo to switch positions and Rooney drifts wide.

Please dude. . . . . Rooney only played 6 or 7 games as winger last season . . . . . Roma and Barca in the Champions League and Wigan away plus maybe one or two more games. . . . stop trying to rewrite history. . . . . Wayne Rooney is not worth half of Ronaldo's left foot. . . . . BTW, Ronaldo only scored 4 penalties last season and probably about 3 freekicks.

All I know is that Ronaldo's opposing full back never got behind him once so all this one you are yarning is just dust. . . . I remember in 2005, MOTD did an analysis of Ronaldo's game and they found he covered backward just as much as he goes forward.

Rooney covers about 11.5km per game which is extremely high for a striker. . . . I am sure Ronaldo covers just the same, even more. Ballack covers about 13km, believe it or not, even more than Lampard. As a winger, Ronaldo's stats should be about 12km.


Maybe if Rooney creates all the chances as you say, he will be in the assists chart:

Assists

Fabregas 17
Young 14
Barry 10
Kalou 10
Rooney 10
Bentley 9
Berbatov 9
Elano 9
Nani 9
Shorey 9


Or he may be involved in a high percentage of Man Utd's goals.


Percentage of goals involved in

Cristiano Ronaldo 47%
Roque Santa Cruz 47%
Fernando Torres 42%
Elano 39%
Emmanuel Adebayor 37%

WOW! Ronaldo is involved in HALF of Man Utd's goals. Glad to see no Chelsea player there. It shows we are not a one man team like the wankers.


OK, maybe Rooney wins more fouls than Ronaldo:


Minutes per foul won

Mikel Arteta 28.8
Alan Hutton 28.9
Cristiano Ronaldo 31.2
Kevin Davies 31.9
Luis Boa Morte 33.1


But Rooney DOES take a lot of shots. Its just that he can't score them.


Total shots attempted

Ronaldo 131
Adebayor 104
Torres 96
Gerrard 89
Rooney 85
Bentley 83
Berbatov 82
Tevez 82
Carew 80
Santa Cruz 77


http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/may/14/premierleague3

grafikdon:
Someone Islamic nut case sent him a disturbing threat masquerading as warning/word of advice. It's been awhile so I don't know if some jobless imbeciles are still playing that game.

I suspect MC Usman.

[quote author=$$Rhino link=topic=164162.msg2710627#msg2710627 date=1219773576]Well, it is no more a matter of how people will feel if ruled by Ijaw man, he is the second in comman, he is the VP of the nation, and he will be the ruler and the next president if the president died.[/quote]Really? In this present time of Niger-Delta crisis? Do you not think that is a risky game for Nigeria to be playing?

My best bet is that the constitution will be suspended and an interim government put in place.

I aint defensive dawg. What are your thoughts on Goodluck as President of Nigeria? Or should we suspend the constitution in the event that Yar'Adua is R.I.P? Hmmmmm. . . . . . I wonder how Nigerians would feel if they are ruled by an Ijaw man.  

bawomolo:
this brings an important question. what happens if goodluck jonathan the pride of niger delta becomes president.

Bawomolo, I see your little hiatus has not taught you any sense. Welcome back anyway. 

Moving on. . . . . . . who told you that Goodluck is the pride of Niger Delta? Is this the same Goodluck that we refer to as Federal Houseboy?

And if so, what do you find to be wrong with Goodluck? Is is that he is from Niger Delta or is it that he is corrupt? Last time I checked, corruption has never stopped anyone from becoming President of Nigeria and Goodluck does not exactly rank highly in the hall of fame of corruption.

Or do you think Goodluck supports militants?

Shed more light on your above statement please.

Hannibal:
Time will tell if Ronaldo can function WITHOUT Wayne Rooney/Tevez who do the dirty work, tracks back and grafts.
By the time the ball gets to the opponents danger area, the duo aint there to do the simple tap-ins thus giving Ronaldo(I AM THE ONE) the simple task of finishing off.

Nigga please! Nobody does Ronaldo's dirty work for him. A winger's only tactical instruction is to make sure his opposing full back doesn't get behind him. Seeing how full backs are always in their own half, worried to death about Ronaldo, he fulfills all his tactical requirements perfectly.

Like Dayo said, by the time you start making excuses for strikers saying they work hard, they track back etc - that is the problem right there. Real world class forwards do not need to track back because defenders are so scared of them, they don't venture forward. We saw a typical Wayne Rooney miss against Portsmouth last night. Man Utd is nothing without Ronaldo. Full stop.

tkb417:
my friend, im here to add my cents to european footie just like any football buff will do.

You're welcome

tkb417:
Toni Kroos? highly rated? by who?
ok fine. Christantus is also one of the highly rated youngsters in the world.

Of course Toni Kroos is still a youngster but very highly rated. You may have noticed that he was the only conspicuous player for Gremany in Under 17 World Cup. He is also on the list of the 50 best youngsters by World Soccer Magazine, although he is probably the youngest on that list at 17 years old as of Dec 2007. Dayo is entitled to shout his name, just as Jackal is entitled to shout about Fabio and Rafael and Arsenal fans are entitled to shout about Luke Wiltshire and such. Personally, I prefer Marko Marin or Rakitic if I am to name the top youngster in Germany, although they are slightly older.

Did the Nigerian stock market crash?

I must have missed that news.

Anyway, you are right. I also said it would crash soon. Its an open secret that a lot of companies are cooking their books

Don't mind Jackal. He has been hating on Ronaldo since Ronaldo said he wants to leave their rubbish team.

Nigga, Ronaldo scores WAYYYYY more than Rooney - and he does it mostly from the wing, except the last few games of last season where he played striker - unlike Rooney who is upfront and missing goals wily nily.

Your beloved Wayne Rooney can never compare to Ronaldo. Soon as Ronaldo leaves, Man Utd is finished!

tkb417:
@Ibime
are u alright? do u want to compare the Lique 1 to the EPL?
take any parameter, the EPL is a billion miles ahead of that rubbish league

@Dayo
shut up. your Bayern stink. i pray we fall in the same group.
and by the way, stop shouting Toni Kroos everywhere. what can he do?
let him go and play Under-20 for his country and learn the trade very well before u start shouting here

stop jumping to conclusions. . . where is the quote where I said Ligue 1 is better than Prem?. . . . this thread is for European football only, stop bringing Premiership arguments in here. . . . if you don't care for European football, just look away.

BTW, Toni Kroos is one of the highly rated youngsters in Europe with Marko Marin. Maybe in five years time, you will be the one shouting his praises. Afterall, all our stars in the Prem come from Europe. Better to find them first.

nateevs:
I will like to see Ivanovic of all take up that role. I defer to all on one point though I prefer to see Ballack in an LFS setup than Essien.
Reason is: quite right Ballack has not got the legs Essien has got but Ballack is a better all round player than Essien is.
Intelligent (not saying Essien isn't). . . . great passing ability( check the final ball to Jole Cole against pompey for 1st goal Essien can't do that.) . . . can score from dead ball situations (check out free-kicks he sored last season) . . . big threat in the air and he keeps the passing game flowing.

As harsh as it seems Essien is the one of our entire midfielders that will be a victim of his versatility. Not being particularly excellent at a particular role is sometimes a problem and I think LFS has seen that and he won't play as many games as will Deco, Lamp, Mikel and Ballack.

I love Essien but have we ever asked ourselves this question what is it that Essien does best?.

Essien plays the law of percentages. . . over time, he will create more chances for Chelsea than Ballack. . . . plus he provides width on the right hand side of that midfield diamond. . . . Ballack on the right is not so effective. . . . I can just imagine the havoc that Essien and Bosingwa will cause down that right-wing. . . . Ballack can play at home but Essien must play away. We need his darting runs and physical strength in those games.

We already dealt with Sheva's transfer 2 days ago.

We also dealt with Paim's transfer on Thursday.

What is this SWP stuff?

Yeah I agree. It has to be Lamps or Ballack. Essien, Deco and Mikel automatically collect a shirt. At this moment, Ballack should be chilling on the bench till we have an injury.

Hehehehe. . . . old Beretonians. I was in Bereton for a term in 1996 before I had to travel abroad.

[quote author=Ruby_Pearl link=topic=162560.msg2690038#msg2690038 date=1219374726]Lawd, Jesus!!

_{Now, am convinced that I have essay phobia} [/quote]Pink essay phobia to be precise.

nateevs:
You still did not tell me if you meant TECHNICALLY GIFTED or ADAPTABILITY. .
Maka is highly technical and can't play any other role than his role.

So if hargreaves can play the right it does not make him more technically gifted than any other who can't rather more adaptable.

Gerrard is not technically gifted or intelligent enough to play as a conventional midfielder in a 4-4-2. The fact that he is not adaptable is just the final nail in his coffin as far as his England career is concerned. No manager would trust him as a conventional midfielder in a 4-4-2, that is why Benitez always give him the role that requires the least discipline, behind the main striker with Alonso and Mascherano sitting behind him. That is why McLaren was begging Paul Scholes to come out of retirement to control England's midfield for him. Gerrard is only suited to playing at the top of a 5 man midfield. . . . and that, I admit he does very well, even better than Lampard. . . . but since England only play 4-4-2 and he is not adaptable, that is the nail in his coffin.

debosky:
those two statements sound contradictory to me - how can you appeal to a 'as wide an audience base as possible' and offer 'myopic views' at the same time? Is offering a myopic view not the exact opposite to appealing to a wide audience base?

It is myopic cos it is too Anglocentric.

lol. . . . my junior brother posted a spoof comedy on youtube showing off his football skills and trying to sell himself to football clubs. . . I can't stop laughing. . .


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XRLiNT2EeM