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Omoakinsuyi:
Aside human rights violation, Nigeria was far better under him compared to now

you forgot to add looting and cold blooded murders.

emmayayodeji:
Another Red weekend

i shall not relent

off to forecast tommorows games

checking of time is wasting of time

uncle Guseh i go like am if u fit cc me for ur draws tommorow

na one team spoil my HNB ANB remix today. thanks








i sabi say i go still chop



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Thinkative Nice analysis
id love it if u can drop the analysis for the next England matches

cheers

thanks bro.
I have decided to focus on the English leagues. you can always expect my picks a day before their matchdays
cheers

ernesterioo:
food don done ooooooo

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1 milla project

lol. thanks bro

League Two
NB: most of the favourites in league 2 are playing away this weekend. if you're uncomfortable with packing ur selections with away wins like me, you can focus on goals market for the matches. or remove them totally sef. half bread is better than none...

Mansfield vs Morecambe
Many have quite a good defensive record for a team in 17th position. they have kept a clean sheet in 36% of their home ganes. but they have scored just 21 goals. however , their opponents are in terrible form. Morecambe have the worst defensive record in the league, conceding 38 goals. I go for 1X and under 4.5

Hartlepool vs Blackpool
though Hartlepool shredded a lot of tickets last week by drawing away against portsmouth, they are a terrible side at the back. they have conceded 37 goals and have the second worst defensive record. their manager will also be serving a touchline ban for this match. they come up against and inform Blackpool side who have scored in 82% of their away games. X2 and over 1.5 for me. or 2 if u are bold enough

Luton vs Colchester
two inform sides meet here. Luton are a bit inconsistent. but they have the best defensive record in the league. and they have scored in all their games this season. Colchester are playing well too. they have won 3 of their last four. but they have failed to beat Luton away at three attempts now. I go for 1X and ov 1.5

Notts County vs Doncaster
Notts co are in turmoil.they have suffered six straight defeats. they have not even scored shishi in their past four home league games. their owner has just sold the club in annoyance due to the abuse his family got from fans. Doncaster on the other hand have the best attacking record in the league, managed by Darren Ferguson, Sir Alex's son, they have picked up 16 points from their last eight games. I go for a straight away win here.

Crewe Alex vs Carlisle
Crewe have now conceded 8 goals in their last 3 games losing all three. defensive problems led to their relegation from league one last season. and they face high flying Carlisle who have only lost once in the league. they have scored 40 goals, the highest in the league. they have scored in 95% of their games. straight away win here

wow. its not easy
off to eat Xmas chicken now.
ernesterioo, baba abeg help me complete the booking. thanks

League One (shorter narratives)
Sheffield utd vs Oldham
this is a straightforward home win. Sheffield united are hot. Oldham are not. Sheffield have won 8 of their last 11. Oldham have had poor performances and slipped down the table. plus, they are having serious financial problems off the pitch. straight home win it is

Bolton vs Shrewsbury
Bolton have the best defensive record in league one. and they score goals. they have scored 17 goals in 11 home games. Shrewsbury have improved under their new manager but they have still lost 6 of their last 11 away games, conceding 19 goals.
I go for 1X and over 1.5

Oxford vs Northampton
two sides with contrasting form. Oxford are unbeaten in 8 games. Northampton have not won in 8 games. oxford have won 3 of their last 4 home games. I go for 1X and ov 1.5. a bolder bet would be Oxford straight win

Fleetwood vs Bury
simple put, anybody would beat bury right now. they have not won since September. they have lost eight straight away games. Fleetwood have won all oglf their last five games at home. in fact they have scored 21 games at home this season. I go for 1 and ov 2.5

Millwall vs Swindon
Millwall are back in the play off race. their midweek win will have been a major boost. they have won four of their last six at home and have an edge over Rochdale who have lost five of their last six away. I go for 1X and ov 1.5

Peterborough vs Gillingham
Peterborough are an ultra attacking side. the y score goals for fun. their array of attacking players have contributed 23 goals at home. Gillingham are very inconsistent. however they are terrible at the back. no clean sheet away this season conceding 25 goals. they have lost 8 of their last 11 away games. I go for Peterborough straight win. risk takers can go for gwion Williams as any time scorer. his beautiful solo goals have been all over YouTube recently

Rochdale vs chesterfield
Rochdale have the second best home record this season. 8 wins in 11 home ganes. chesterfield have lost 8 of their last 11 away games. it should be a straight forward home win but my instinct says 1X and ov 1.5

remains my league two picks

Okosisiadada:
Let's see your whole selections

i will definitely post the booking number here. the matches are still tomorrow.

I'm posting all these epistle so people can use the information to rework and maybe even drop some matches

if everyone plays the games the same way, a single upset can send us all to the village. but by having info that can help us diversify the picks a bit, there's more chance that someone will land alabi an uppercut on boxing day

Championship

Aston Villa vs Burton
Steve Bruce has got villa stable again. they have the championship's only unbeaten home record. and I read somewhere that villa park will be filled for the first time in five years on boxing day. I expect the fans to leave happy after watching villa dispatch the championship's smallest club. Burton have performed better than most people expect but they are yet to win away. infact, Burton have the second worst away record on the league. villa straight win it is!

Preston vs Leeds
Preston have gone under the radar a bit. they are a team that rarely grab the headlines, apart from when their two strikers Beckford and Doyle were sent off for exchanging punches on the pitch a few weeks back. they have served their bans so they should play against Leeds. let's hope they pass to each other. Preston have only lost 3 of their last 16 matches. 3 of these defeats have come against Almighty Newcastle. they have won 5 of their last 8 games at home. Leeds are on form too. they have won 7 of their last 9 matches. however, they have failed to score in 40% of their away games this season. Preston are difficult to beat at home, so I go for 1X and under 3.5

Huddersfield vs Nottingham Forrest
Huddersfield seem to have stabilized after a rocky patch. they have won their last 3 matches and are looking to make it 4 straight wins against a forest side who are terrible at the back. forest have only kept one clean sheet in their matches this season. they have lost 64% of their way games too. I see lots of goals here particularly with ellias kachunga and nakhi wells hitting form for Huddersfield. I go for 1X and over 2.5. but Huddersfield straight win is a decent bet too

Reading vs Norwich
Jaap Stam has got reading punching above their weight. on the other hand, Alex Neil is under pressure at Norwich as his team are in free fall. reading have the second best home record in the league. they have won 7 of their last 9 home games. Norwich are the exact opposite, losing 7 of their last 9 away games. I would have gone for reading straight win, but for some reason, the bookies rate Norwich as favourites. so I go for 1X and over 1.5. I will definitely include reading straight win in my 'finish alabi' slip

Newcastle vs Sheffield Wed
this is a big battle between two form teams. The temptation is to choose Newcastle without thinking. However, sheff Wednesday have one of the best away defensive records. their manager , Carlos carvahal is a Portuguese in the mould of Jose mourinho. over the past two seasons, he has succeeded in packing midfield and securing away goalless draws against bigger promotion rivals like Brighton,hull and Norwich. with that I mind, I go for 1X and under 3.5

remains my league 1 and 2 picks. lemme rest a bit. e no easy to type on this my palasa phone

I have decided to use my extensive knowledge of the English leagues to assist us in making our boxing day picks. I also used info from freesupertips which I believe is a very good site.

My aim is not to make exact predictions but to provide information we can all use. Anyone with comments, suggestions or objections should quote me. Don't quote the whole post cos it's gonna be very long....

Premier League

Chelsea - Bournemouth
In spite of the absence of kante and Costa, I see Chelsea winning this comfortably. Bournemouth are an attacking team and are usually very open. a midfield of wilshere,arter and maybe goslings will find it hard to track hazard,willian and Pedro. more importantly, ake is ineligible to play. without his youthfulness at the pack, Francis and cook's lack of pace will be exposed brutally.

Leicester vs Everton
the champions are struggled badly this season, but I fancy them to get a result. despite their wobbles, Leicester have won 7, drawn 3 and only lost 2 of their last 12 home games. Everton on the other hand have lost 5 of their last 6 away games. Lukaku, who remains their chief attacking threat will find it hard to bully Morgan and Huth. and slimani should prove to be a decent stand in for the suspended vardy. there may not be many goals in this so I go for 1X and under 4.5

Man Utd vs Sunderland
As a united fan, I often avoid their games to avoid clouding my judgement. but I fancy a win today. Sunderland are usually ultra negative in away games. they pack the midfield and play anichebe on the left, leaving Defoe isolated. despite this approach, they have lost five of their last six way games failing to score on each occasion. Their injury hit squad will surely be found out against a united team who seem to have stumbled on stability, winning 7 and drawing 4 of their last 11. I go for united straight win

Arsenal vs West From
Arsenal have lost their last two and were comprehensively outplayed in the second half of their last visit at city. but o expect them to beat west brom here. Pulis is expected to play four centre backs in defence and try to frustrate arsenal. But the gunners have players like Sanchez,ozil,iwobi and Walcott who may think and move too fast for the physical but slow west brom defenders like Evans, mcauley,Dawson,olsson and nyom. the only reason I'm cautious about an arsenal straight win is west brom's expertise at set pieces. so I go for 1X and under 4.5

Burnley vs Middleborough
Burnley may be sitting just above the relegation zone but they are a nightmare to play at home. they have won five, drawn one and lost two of their last eight home games. those defeats have come against arsenal and man city, both narrow losses. Boro have been poor away. they put up great performances away against the big boys, drawing against arsenal, man city and Leicester. but they have lost against the smaller teams. also, they struggle to score regularly, with their top scorer, negredo struggling to find consistency. I go for 1X and under 4.5. punters who are less risk averse may go for a Burnley straight win

Hull vs Man City
Hull have gone 4 games unbeaten at home. but they are having a torrid season. with the worst defensive record in the league, they are bottom on the log. they have also failed to win for seven straight games. city have won 6 and lost 2 of their last 8 away. even without aguero and fernandinho, they should be able to dispatch a hull team which concedes goals for fun. city straight win it is.

my picks from the championship, league one and league two loading. over 25 games in all.

kilonso001:
what a great loss.. I also lost a bet worth 540,000 today..B912WSAAPPRWR-1099538

very painful. especially when its just one game

kilonso001:
sorry bro, better luck next time.

lots of near misses today.
saw a game posted here today and watered it down to B924WSARCQTEZ-2062730
But Livingston decided to be unfortunate
someone should help me with that I will not cry meme...
kingofcasting and co... do the needful

BraniacX:
How can you logically arrive at the conclusion you just made ***phew*** smh

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While to you it might seem any admission is an admission, to me and others of like mind amongst which i believe the young lady falls in, only the best is good enough, if not, this topic wouldn't have been up for conversation in the first place and if you don't understand what i just typed, imagine being paid a groat for doing a job worth a pound.

I know wat you mean. but honestly, I have seen better results than hers that did not make it into medicine in Ife. the competition is scary. in fact, on the other thread, a guy posted details of his kid sister who scored higher than aror and was not offered admission

yes she did a job worth a pound but hundreds of others did a job worth more than a pound. unfortunately, the university only has a few pounds to share around

BraniacX:
My initial point if you read it through thoroughly was that Nigerian schools in general were tribalistic, some more so than others. That you argue with sentiment and self righteous conviction does not make you right, my goal post never shifted, i only gave you leeway to validate my point to the limit of your understanding vis-a-vis nepotism not being tribalism and i suffered your lack of conceptualisation of my points making me patiently explain to you with hypothetical scenarios! That you still don't get it is no fault of mine! I am only responsible for what i say and imply, you on the other hand are responsible for how you interpret it
If this were an academic rebate you'll have huffed and puffed fruitlessly talking a lot and saying very little
I leave you to your socially utopian detribalised south-western academic communities!
Wallow in your denial alone and leave me out of it, I'm done with you.

sorry, you are the one in denial here.

this is probably the end of my involvement in this intellectual masturbation.

you claim ur initial point was that schools in Nigeria were generally tribalistic. that's a lie from the pit of hades! You actually said south western schools are monoethnic.

you saw a post about a lady with good scores who wasn't admitted into OAU. instead of 'thinking' about what the possible causes could be. and ways to help out....

you went for tribalism...with virtually no proof. unfortunately, you scored an own goal. ur mouth has been left bloodied. dazed and faced with the fact that the lady is already a student and there may be a mixup somewhere, you stagger around and stumble on some 'concepts'...

to refresh ur memory, here is the comment that got my attention

Phi001:
BrainiacX and baum1, have you seen this thread?

help me tell the brainiac fellow. he was mouthing off about tribalism and nepotism on the other thread

longjohnsilver:
Funny enough my little sister is number 96 on the list and she was not admitted either.

eeyah! this is another painful case

and her second choice of pharmacy is also competitive.

tell her to keep her head up and go again

babyfaceafrica:
which kain thing be dat?..so its now is OAU Harvard abi?...Nigerian schools been killing student destiny since 1905...if some people call Nigeria Zoo now..una go dey vex?...you can't blame her student for a technical fault?...if the government and school has invested much on IT..this could have been avoided!!!...so she has to be complaining up and down to rectify it.....you guys have really accepted mediocrity from these schools......

you don't get my point. it is easier for her to complain and get the issue resolved than for anyone to get the school to invest in a top notch portal.

we have to deal with the reality of life here. Nigeria cannot CHANGE.

Anyway, its obvious that she didn't even know that submitting only 7 subjects will set her back

by the way, why would I be angry if someone calls Nigeria a zoo? today makes it 2 months without power supply in my area.
in fact... Nigeria is a zoo!

barragan:
I observed the bolded in her narrative as well, seems she was a bit too over confident. That been said, she deserves a place in the department, I hope the school find a solution for her, help her cross over from her current department if possible.

unfortunately, it is very rare to find cases where students cross to medicine in OAU. they make it sound as if its a piece of cake if you have good grades but its only to console u at the point of rejection. in most cases, another rejection awaits when u try to transfer

I know a friend who was allowed to leave his dept. but medicine rejected him and he couldn't go back to his department. left in limbo, he had to go beg at faculty of agric for one terrible course

babyfaceafrica:
come,is it her fault that there is a glitch in the portal?....how did she handle it with levity?..in a sane society should there be glitches that can cause this type of error in a top school like OAU.....the school messed up!!!...simple!!!!......ca dis happen in Harvard and MIT?....

that's the problem with Nigerians. we don't stay true to our existential reality. Does OAU look like MIT?

some things are bound to happen in this country. you have to adapt to survive. the portal is probably archaic and will remain so for years.

if this country was perfect, we won't be having this argument. JAMB rules state that an undergraduate should not sit for UTME. but the lady, who is already an undergraduate did. isn't she blocking the pathway of some schooleavers who have no admission yet?

Donpre:
I believe other oau aspirants should be able to confirm her 'claim'.

Also, you seem to blame her for not following up with the portal's error, and saying she handled her admission loosely, which is quite wrong. Though, she should have but then its the school's fault the portal had an error, and other errors after that is no one's fault but the school's

Simply put, if they had build a good portal, the girl'd have been an excellent doc 8 years from now

you are taking her word for gospel.

how come others were able to upload the 8 subjects? the guy who quoted her tweet said he tried again the next day and was able to upload.

to make matters worse, it appears she didn't realize that uploading only 7 subjects would set her back in the competition!

baum1:
No wonder, the man is a pastor. I suspected..Seeing his picture, I knew he was approachable. I liked the way he provided a great insight into the matter. Unfortunately, their assumptions on the student's 8th subject and the lack of submission of the 8th subject by the student have cost the student a place on a programme that she is well qualified for.

Yes. coupled with her own levity. admission into medicine shouldn't be treated with levity.

medical rehab to computer centre is barely five mins walk. she should have gone their to complain about the failed upload of the 8th subject

lessons abound to be learnt in this case

johnsonjosbles:
the Way God Works Is diferent, i thank God OAU Fraustrated me to go to unimaid, i got job a year after i graduated because of conectn i got wit a kanuri man i met during my admisn, judgin frm dis girl case, its not good deny her admitn for these flimsy excuses, i knw many ppl oau had contributed to dia destiny failure due to wrong choice, noting is special abt OAU as some ppl speculated, afterall buhari has no Bsc, I have more than 5 oau Cv wit me begging for jobs, wit their 2:1, when u r busy shouting gr8 ife, those graduated frm UDU,KANO,UNIMAID,PH,UNCAL, etc ful NNPC, wt nNa yeye OAU, who oau epp sef! the girl shld just change her institutn to UNIMAID sef, UNIVESITY OF MAIDUGURI TEACHING HOSPITAL is stil the best in heart sugery, go and findout or google it,

dunno whether to laugh or cry.....

I can choose to reason like you and say that UNIMAID gave us boko haram. but I won't.

on behalf of OAU alumnus worldwide, I apologize for whatever wrong OAU has done to you in the past.

Donpre:
the portal refused to accept computer, which is a subject introduced sometime around 2006... How is that her fault?.... they should give her admission jor, she clearly merited it

she 'claimed' the portal refused to accept computer. you and I were not there so we can't say if that's true or not

She is already a student and is used to the system. I believe she should have gone to computer centre to complain.

While it is clear that she has a fantastic result, I believe she has handled this her admission with levity. such a pity

babyface224:
this is just too much...what rubbish? I mean she got a very good grade..Wats d ish all abt?? give her d damn admission 4christ sake. or are dey saying dat someone who has 190 is better or only average students are admitted? little wonder why most of our geniuses go out of d country to help themselves... my question is what difference will it make to add her amongst those to be admitted? then if she is not performing well according to the standard marked out for her, then dats where lots of questions are to come in..but den again is Education the true test of knowledge??

she has very good grades. correct

but she made an error that set her back in a competitive admission process.

exceptions can't be made for that

johnsonjosbles:
ur baastard father is duller than me, it doesn't matter sch i attend or how smart i'm, i got job a year after my graduation, thank God, No 1 In ur generation can attain that lady's merit, upload ur waec 4us wit prove, ediot u, dem swear for u, u dnt know, how many OAU graduates r curently ruling dis country at federal level, ode oponun, ABU ZARIA has produced 4presidents ever, u dat u r not dul r there riding okada wit ur OAU smart cert. oloriburuku oponu, wht is lai muhamed representing u doing? there, werey

calm down bros. the fact that you didn't get admission into OAU does not mean the admission process was rigged against you.

stop carrying this hate around with you....

duni04:
If this is your contribution to the topic at hand or you're just another "provost praiser" angry at seeing someone question your demigod provost, please visit other threads and leave this one.
I'm very concerned and angry that a brilliant young woman has been robbed in broad day light. What is more annoying is that the robbers are here pretending to be her saviours and brandishing all kinds of twisted logic to justify their robbery.
Mr provost, please publish the entire list of 100 level Medicine and surgery students that have been registered for the new session with the breakdown of their UTME and O level grades.

I understand the anger. her result is too good to not get her admission

however, she only uploaded 7 subjects. she claims she was unable to include the 8th subject due to an issue with the portal. I think she should have been more forceful and she should have complained. see her tweet below....

duni04:
What rubbish is this? Are you the PA to the provost? Or is this an alternate moniker the provost has created to defend himself?

Lol. see nairaland logic

seriously, the case should be put to bed. she should go and pay the provost a visit to know if there's still a way.

Come to think of it, isnt it a crime for an undergraduate to write UTME?

OBAGADAFFI:
With saga OAU management will victimize the lady if she finally gets admitted.
I will kindly suggest the young lady, ignore OAU and look for another school.

she is already a student of OAU. studying medical rehab

BraniacX:
And this proof says it is the fault of the schools e-portal admin/designers who made one of her subjects unavailable on the day she filled and submitted her form as is corroborated by the other twitter user with whom she's having the conversation so still the schools fault!

But then again the school knows that and they also demanded for scanned copies of results for verification purposes and the computer science she was unable to compile into the form she filled online was very ambiguous in it so if they must calculate her o'levels over 8 subjects, what is their excuse this time? except to give excuses and apportion blame to the student which will fly on superficial examinations but fail when critically assessed

can you see ur tribalism and nepotism spew has fallen flat on its face in this case? you and others like you need to take matters based on their merits!

I knew there was a mistake somewhere... hope its resolved in her favour tho

BraniacX:
No i wasn't, at what point does tribalism become nepotism and vice-versa?
The distinction between the two is very blurry and gray if there's any distinction whatsoever!
For example, you're in charge of admissions and you're from lagos, two students, one from cross rivers and one from a place near your ancestral home in lag who happens to be your second cousin fall on the lower spectrum of the confidence interval for a given course and you have to pick one of them to complete your list, the cross rivers applicant edges the lagos applicant by 0.005% points which is statistically insignificant but that difference exists, you pick the lagos student knowing he's a vague relation of yours but rationalise it as it being his luck, afterall, 0.005% is insignificant forgetting that the other student and people from his area won't see it as such and they allege favouritism which let's be honest it is, so on your scale of morality, nepotism is less worse than tribalism but how are you going to reconcile it to your conscience? That it is not tribalism? Good luck convincing yourself

ur initial point that irked me was that south western schools were tribalistic

now you have shifted the goal posts. I will no longer engage you in this dance of folly.

to set the record straight. you suggested that this particular girl did not gain admossion into OAU because she was from delta state and not from the south west.

now that its apparent that she is already a student of the school, you have 'changed mouth' and danced away from the crux of our argument.

the fact is you made a baseless, ill informed , biased and hopelessly unfounded statement. and it came back to bite you...

the lady is a student of OAU. and she is not Yoruba. deal with that....then we can talk about nepotism

BraniacX:
Okay!
One of the -ism's then

but definitely not tribalism. u were bang out of order there.

BraniacX:
Here we are again

Learnt on this thread that results are scanned and uploaded online so the point of her making an omission in filling her subjects is now null and void

learnt on this thread that she is already a student of the university. so ur point that she was not offered admission based on tribalism is null and void.

I still insist that there was a mistake somewhere. but its not due to tribalism. maybe nepotism...but not tribalism!

toothyGrin:
they made an error in her grading and are making up excuses for it, and the world should be giving them a pat on their backs.

It's his job to show concern for issues that could give his institution a bad name. He's paid heavily for it.

they didn't make an error in her grading. the error was hers. she uploaded only 7 subjects instead of 8.

I will tag u with her transcript when I find it

Ariel20:
Very funny.

Why do I have this feeling Wizkid didn't know someone was trying to hug him.

The media can blow things out of proportion

watched the video and i can your feeling would only be valid if he was drunk or blind!