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901  Local / Off-topic (Naija) / Re: Always inform your relative about your whereabouts on: September 28, 2023, 01:12:17 PM
I know say this thing dey very important but e no dey easy to do.  E dey hard to tell your people every of your waka o. As a young bobo, once once you must involve in illegal movements,  how u wan take tell your people say you wan enter Casablanca?

Even as person wey don marry, you gat chill out sometimes make family stress no kill you.... base on that, how e go be to tell wifey say you dey enter some kind illegal place? Abi you wan scatter your family?

Wetin I go advise be say, person suppose get one trusted person wey you go dey relate your illigal movements to wey no go cast you o. Then wifey and family members fit know the normal movements them. Na sense them take dey survive for this life,  meanwhile, my comment na for the guy men them... no be for our Deeper Life members o  Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy

I enjoy how you take nack the nail on top the point even though I no like the name illegal sha. Person wey dey innocent or old school  fit translate am something else. But na the koko and matter be that. As we dey young so, na so we dey hunt for our freedom. Freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of association and freedom of movement.

As person dey mature na so him want make them allow am talk. Na so him wan contribute for every conversation whether e consine am or not. Him wan chuk mouth for any Mattias. But as person don dey grow old again, na so him go know say, there's power and wisdom in silence. When you don't talk necessarily, you save more words for the future use. And na so u go leave people inside incognita mode. E dey okay make life be like that.

As for freedom of association and movement, as plenty of us dey mature na so we wan dey jump from one place to another con dey wan make plenty OGs at same time. We want make people dey hail us, make.dem sabi say we dey exist. Always trying to become relevant and get some validations or blueticks from people. But as you don dey grow, na so you go still realize say e no be anything. Na as we dey get that freedom of association, na so we dey pursue freedom of movement.

Every place we wan go, we wan follow-follow and we wan dey waka, waka go different places, including places wey fit spoil our character (na that one be the illegal place wey u mention). We wan pull up with guys, we wan make dem hear us for street and na plenty reasons why youngsters dey quick-quick push themselves go early grave be that.

Clearly at OP, ur family and trustees no fit save guard u where dem supposed harm u just by telling them ur whereabouts. Just as ur storyline, if the guys has told their parents (trustees) about their where to or whereabouts and they kidnapers hit them, how the family (trustees) want take give save guard response to that scenes?

You talk am well, mate. Telling your family your whereabouts is not just enough. Being able to identify your boundaries as in places and periods to move around will be very helpful. Also make you try to understand the terrain wey u dey enter go really help a long way because most places wey these kind things they happen deybget signature (track records) unless on exceptional cases. So e good make we discipline ourselves well and monitor our movements as well as people around us (the passersby) and the environment at large. When you notice Surugege dance (suspicion), no body need tell you japa.

Prayer na the roadblock to any evil and devil irrespective of how much them be or the number of attacks. No weapon that is fashioned against you shall prosper, and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment which also includes ill-fated attacks from enemies and frenemies. Person wey God don protect, man no fit harm am no matter how them gather.

As a person you suppose get this mindset after you don exhaust all other precautionary measures because for this our country, not even the family and friends, dey secure again. And kidnappers no dey send numbers of target before them hit.

To back up your prayers na to set up emergency numbers for your phone so you fit phone a friend or family when you're in danger. Also try make you know how to dial the 911 number so that you can reach out to the security deposits close to your vicinity. Some of them they work and dem fit rescue you sharply. No just underrated any options in the event it happens (God forbid) and learn how to shout and cry out loud when that could bring a solution to the situation.
902  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: September 28, 2023, 07:50:52 AM
There is a lot of tension at Manchester United. The relationship between Erik Ten Hag and Sancho is going sour everyday. I don’t even expect the coach to be tendering apology to players who are at fault and are being punished. In Sancho’s case I think it is normal, these things happen in all clubs but what differentiates them is the approach to resolve these conflict by managers. I hope Erik Ten Hag finds a way to resolve this issues and for all parties to be happy in the end.
If I'm not mistaken, someone from the club who tried to reconcile the conflict between the two asked Jadon Sancho to apologize but the player refused, and I think when a player makes a mistake but is reluctant to apologize then he will be very difficult to evaluate so that he can develop further because of him is a person who is anti-criticism.
Jadon Sancho at Manchester United is not a player who can develop well, there is nothing particularly encouraging about his game and with him no longer allowed to use all the club facilities I think it is time for his agent to find a way to terminate his player contract at Manchester United and find a new club for him can still play.

MU just need to let him go. That will solve the problem between ten hag and sancho. The club didn't even need him anymore as manchester united has martial and hojlund. Manchester united can also decrease its salary cap when he will be leaving from the club.
Sancho's performance was also being far from good. Hojlund is many times better than him. I hope manchester united will try to get rid of him very soon. It's caused by united has great replacement for him at this moment.

I don't see what was the reason to make him stay far longer in the club. Sancho can't cooperate with his coach and that's it. Selling/Terminate him from the club will become the best answer to solve the problem between ten haag and him.
MU needs only focus how to build a club with better formation to face other hard fixtures that will come soon. Sancho out please. It will make club better than when sancho stay in the club.

But why do we think it's just that cool and easy to chase a player out of a club when they had a misunderstanding with the management. Like, is that how I will run a company with such capitalist ideologies?

I think it boils down to how the club is able to settle it's scores with the player. And since others are advising Sancho to tender an apology to the boss Erik Ten Hag, he should just go ahead and do so, at least for peace to reign between them. Sancho has been since sidelined by Ten Hag in matches and banned from making use of the club's facilities ever since. Earlier this morning, Cristiano Ronaldo also came out to advise Sancho to apologize to Ten Hag after their fallout. A situation that is similar to his own case while he was still with the Red Devils about a year ago.

Ten Hag should work out a better way of managing these players instead of the direct attacks on them through the loud disapprovals and disputes. I see this step as a discredit to the team. Because, the club should not exercise too much supremacy on the players like some supremacist groups.
903  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: September 28, 2023, 06:43:23 AM
I think Osimhen needs to leave the team and it looks like it will happen in January. I think Real Madrid should add him to their squad during the January transfer window. Because the team that most urgently needs such a striker in Europe is Real. If they get Osimhen, they will have great power.

It is good that Victor Osimhen has decided to resolve the disputes between the club social media handler amidst the controversy surrounding the tiktok video. Victor Osimhen professionalism meant he started Napoli game tonight and scored too, Osimhen scored the second goal in Napoli 4-1 Victory at home to Udinese.

With a title charge to defend, Napoli should get to work now and begin a title charge before Inter Milan or AC Milan runs away with the league haha

Yesterday's match witb Udinese further solidifies my opinion that the club must learn to respect and apologize to players and allow them to thrive. It also solidifies my opinion that Osimhen is a strong play to reckon with and needs to be placed high in the scheme of works. It also goes on to affirm that the management needs little more efforts of conflict management and conflict resolution to keep the team stronger. If Osimhen doesn't play well for the team because of the team's inability to respect the play, the team will be at the losing side. It will affect them more than it will affect the player. Transferring Osimhen to another club of interest could be an option to the team, but retaining him until a more formidable sub is acquired will be better of. Let's see how Napoli is able to manage Osimhen in the couple of days to come.
904  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin recognized as digital currency in Shanghai on: September 28, 2023, 06:34:39 AM
I recieved this news as a good news. I may not be aware of the details and the intention of the court and government in identifying Bitcoin as a unique currency, however, it is generally a beautiful idea that can thrive when fully brought to live and implemented.

Lending from their idea of demystifying Bitcoin above any other virtual or digital currency boils down to how the currency has consistently maintained it's relevance and dignity over the years through its open source technology and decentralization. Like the article mentioned at a point, owning Bitcoin is a personal decision and how you intend to use it is still left to the owner.

The value of the digital currency goes up and down by the time, as it's reflective of the market trends and investment bloom over the time. Nonetheless, it's fluctuations in value is reasonably okay and could be easily monitored and predicted. This is adrift of other currencies which are closed to a centralized system and the volatility of the market is almost-always horrendous.

What gives me joy about this news is that if China is able to adopt Bitcoin as a means of transaction as investment currency, that will further strengthen the power of the currency across the globe taking into consideration, the influence and population of the country, China.
905  Local / Nigeria (Naija) / Joe Biden Appoints Two Nigerians As Special Advisers on: September 27, 2023, 11:18:48 PM
This one na good news o. Make una help the Nigerians celebrate. At least, it shows our efforts out there and how the world continues to scout out for us regardless of the disparities and differences flaunt out there.


Source

American President Joe Biden has selected two Nigerians to join his Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement.

Biden’s 12-person council will now include two Nigerian-Americans; Osagie Imasogie and Chinenye Joy Ogwumike.

Reacting to the development, executive chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, congratulated the duo on their nomination, according to a statement by the Commission’s Head of Media and Public Relations, Abdur-Rahman Balogun.

Dabiri-Erewa wey be Chairman for Nigerians in Diaspora Commission talk am today, that the nomination of the two great Nigerians into the advisory council was a welcome development, adding that their recognition and appointment into the 12-member advisory council is a motivation for other Nigerians and Africans in general.

31-year-old Chinenye Ogwumike is a Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) star and ESPN basketball analyst.

In 2014, she and her sister, WNBA star Nneka Ogwumike, launched a UNICEF fundraiser following the kidnapping of Chibok girls by Boko Haram.
She is one of the only full-time professional athletes to also currently hold a full-time regular national sports media broadcast position.

In August 2020, she became the first Black woman to host a national, daily sports talk radio show.

However, Osagie Imasogie is a serial entrepreneur and Chairman of the Investment Bank and SEC/FINRA registered Broker-Dealer, Quoin Capital, and Quoin Advisors.

In addition, Osagie is a co-founder of PIPV Capital, a private equity firm that is focused on the life sciences vertical and has invested over $1 billion into that industry.

Prior to co-founding PIPV Capital, he established GlaxoSmithKline Ventures and was its founding Vice President.

Source: The White House
906  Local / Nigeria (Naija) / Re: Nija sun fit knack sense comot for your brain on: September 27, 2023, 09:29:53 PM
My country  people, I trowe salute give una o!

You know, one bad thing I know too like about us as Nigerians na say we too de adapt to things too easily. Like, the intensity of sun for the country don really de worry like this on a serious note and we seem not to be bothered about it.

Even though now na raining season, any day when sun wan burst out like this, e no de easy at all.

The worst part is that our government and private sectors are doing absolutely nothing feasible to reduce the rate at which the activities of companies flaring gases and the cars putting out poisonous smoke in the surroundings can be curbed.
My mate, I like the part wey u mention the effect of over industrialization in the country that is caused by rhe government and private sectors in the country and the negligence from the Government and the people at large. How for God sake Sun no go flog us. How many people dey even advocate for the reduction of these fossil fuels and climate change, talk more of how government go take put eye into these things. Our government wey we know, no really care much since dem go fit put food for them tables. But the importance of these advocacies cannot be overstated.
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People are not even being sensitized that much in society regarding the importance of planting trees in our surroundings and even d trees that are already planted have started  being cut down lately.

I fear for the future of our country because the whole issue about climate change is being taken for granted and it appears as though we are just concerned about the presence at the detriment of the disaster that awaits us in the future.

Now to comment on the issue of tree planting na to also talk about the massive deforestation wey dey go on for the country across it's length and breathe. Make we dey ask ourselves this question, how many times we dey use charcoal for Abacha stove and we no bother ask about how that charcoal take come. Before you fit use charcoal, person gaz to cut down a timber/tree and burn am. Another heat go comot there as dem dey remove natural resources wey dey country get to protect us against this ozone layer depletion. Why rain no go dey fall anyhow?
907  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: September 27, 2023, 05:14:09 PM
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It's strange to me that Barcelona couldn't win away yesterday... I guess they were lucky to get a draw... I didn't think Mallorca would be a difficult club for Barca... Today Real have a good opportunity to take the first place... I think they will win...

Mallorca played a very good match yesterday with Barcelona, their performance was great in the match they used their experience to get drew with Barcelona, since the first half end Mallorca are pressing the clubs very well and that makes the goalkeeper make and errors and Mallorca have the opportunity to score them, something you will see xavi is coaching well in some matches but yesterday he made a mistake in his lineups is suppose to start with Lewandowski in any much Because he is a very gifted and skilled player, Lamine Yamal changes Barcelona's game when he comes into the pitch, I believe that if Xavi continues to use him, he will serve the club extremely well in the features.

Barcelona performance was very poor from the beginning of the match that gave Mallorca the opportunity to lead the first half 2-1, because Barcelona was experiencing some challenges in the midfield at the moment that caused the failure from the match. And if not that Mallorca player received red card from the match, Barcelona would have be defeated by Mallorca because the red card made them not to have more strength to make the goals 3-2 than to played a defending game to made the match ended up 2-2 draw . I think, Real Madrid will use this opportunity to defeat Las Palmas 2-0 to improve their points because their coach is not happy about the disgrace they received from their opponent last match that dropped their points in the la Liga league table.

Exactly, I can say Barcelona midfielders played very poor games yesterday, I didn't expect Mallorca to draw or defeat Barcelona yesterday because I believe the club is in good form this season, I expected that no one can stop them from winning matches until they meet Real Madrid next month in Camp Nou, Real Madrid and the fans are very happy when Barcelona draws with Mallorca because they have the opportunity to top the league again, and am very sure Madrid will defeat Las Palmas because they can continue toping the laliga league, and some of Madrid players are still in injury but he can't stop them winning today match against palmas because Madrid are more stronger then them very well.

The news on La Liga's Player of The Month (POTM) for this month of September is now official and Bellingham has again been enlisted for this. Last month of August, Bellingham was announced as the best Player of The Month (POTM) by La Liga which maked him the first English player to be announced for such award after he had scored four goals and provided an assist in the three matches to make Ancelotti proud. Now he has been nominated again.

This time around, let's have a bird's eye view at the current stats of the 5 nominees;



Name of Player Stats
Lewandowski4games, 4goals, 2assists
Lewandowski4games, 4goals, 2assists
Kubo3games, 3goals, 1assist
Savio 3games ,2goals, 2assists
Bellingham3games, 1goal

What player do you think will win this award?
908  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: September 27, 2023, 04:42:34 PM
If they lose to Brighton today, it won't be surprising either, Brighton are in great form, they beat Newcastle and Manchester United, and are currently third in the standings, so you understand everything.
Today's match is going to be a tough one for Chelsea against Brighton because Brighton seems to be very inform this season as of there last seven matches they have won five which is a good start, but there match between Manchester United was the one that got me surprise because I never believe Brighton will draw the match let alone win Manchester United 3:1, so putting there performance they had against Manchester United to  Chelsea match today is going to be tough on Chelsea and also Chelsea cannot afford to lose this match after what happened to them against Aston Villa, they will try as much as possible to either win or draw.

That's right, this will be a difficult night for Chelsea in the match between Chelsea and Brighton today. Hopefully this match will be a proving match for coach Mauricio Pochettino,
and also evidence from Caicedo that Chelsea was not wrong to buy him, but Brighton's good performance will be an obstacle for Chelsea to win the match. but Chelsea will definitely try their best to win. Hopefully this match will be a competitive and interesting match to enjoy
I think this will be an easy match for Brighton to win against Chelsea, and as I see in all the predictions, Chelsea is not favored in this match considering the games of the two teams are very different and Brighton is better than Chelsea.
Moreover, Chelsea's current condition is very bad, while Brighton is in good form. Apart from that, it is certain that many Chelsea players are injured and will not be able to appear in the match against Brighton. I want to see what Pochettino can do in the match against Brighton in the Carabao Cup, and I'm sure Brighton will win this match.

The FA has finally put its charge on the Chelsea star, Reece James for violating its rules and regulations (Rule E3) after his, what they reffered to as, “improper, insultive, or abusive” behavior and words in the club's match with Aston Villa towards a match official in the tunnel immediately after they had exited the pitch. I am pretty sure he was annoyed by the loss of the match over the Aston Villa's goal by Ollie Watkins.

For me that was a reaction taken too far and the FA took the right decision to have disciplined the player for his non-chalant behavior. Regardless of what happened at the pitch, you cannot transfer the aggression to an official over your failure to win a match. He didn't stop your club from winning, when you had the opportunity. Like the replies above-mentioned suggested, Chelsea is not in good form and most of your players are in injury, so, it is the duty of Pochettino to continue to restrategize for a win. Chelsea hss been consistent in it's underperformance and needs to brace up at this moment.

Reece James who is also the captain of the club needs to respond to the FA by 29th of this month.
909  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: September 27, 2023, 03:31:40 PM
It's nice to see Sevilla being productive again when it comes to scoring goals and in yesterday's match they silenced Almeria at home with a score of 5-1. Actually, I didn't expect Sevilla to score so many goals and at least I thought Almeria would put up quite a strong resistance. But seeing that in the first half, Sevilla was already ahead by just 3 goals, it could already confirm who would be the winner in that match.

Meanwhile, in the second half, Sevilla did not relax their attacks at all and they even managed to add 2 more goals. Almeria's only consolation goal was scored by Luis Suarez from the penalty spot. This result means that Sevilla can at least be in a better position and Almeria must be willing to be the caretaker team in the temporary relegation zone.

They  messed up too many bet slips by playing and scoring so much goals last night the least goal expected was in the range of two to three goals. Following predictions from betting sites the game should end a draw but Sevilla meant business as they would not to repeat the poor game pattern they had last season.
Barcelona had chance to win but they underated Mallorca. In general Barcelona defense should be looked at they had same problem from Celta Vigo to Mallorca.
Real Madrid at home today, they shouldn't draw to go ahead of Girona and Barcelona.

I don't think Real Madrid is ready to draw this match. Their mission is to win at home, today. I have also taken out of my time to check their last five matches with Las Palmas, it was a all straight win unless for the one they had in 2016 where Real Madrid played a draw with Las Palmas on an away match to remain at the top of the table. I don't think Real Madrid will find it difficult to thrash the Las Palmas on this game today to surpass Girona and Barca on the La Liga league table. Meanwhile, the team's formation shows their confidence to take this match as it pushes Joselu and Rodrygo forward in the strike.
910  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: September 27, 2023, 03:09:07 PM
Well this goes to show that the guy has overstayed his welcome at Napoli, don't you think? I just feel he should have left last season after helping them win the Italian league but I guess he felt he'd be regarded as king after his efforts. First it was him being called out for being rude in his actions when his time to be subbed came. Now, he's being trolled on X. This sort of thing should not be surprising as others before him have received such racist behavior and recently we heard of the one that Vini Jr suffered at Real Madrid.
 I feel Victor Osimhen should leave the club if he still wants to retain his dignity and mental health because if this could affect his football, more hate comments will be thrown his way and his playing pattern will reduce and his value will not only drop, he'd be lucky to have big clubs coming for him.
Well, Napoli management should have been able to release Osimhen in the transfer market yesterday and of course at that time the bargaining price was still quite high. Now the situation between him and the club is not good and will certainly have an impact on the team's performance. Now if the club takes action or gives him a penalty it will only make matters worse and Osimhen will definitely no longer feel comfortable at Napoli. Now Osimhen must have the courage to take a stand and ask the club to sell him immediately and it will be very painful if he chooses to stay.

It is good to see Victor Osimhen's being included and possible appearance in the Napoli's next match with Udinese amidst his loggerhead with the club. It goes to show how important and relevant he is to the team.

Regarding whether he has overstayed his welcome or being rude to the club is not the issue, I feel like he was underrated with the King of Napoli title which would ordinarily hurt him as a human. I feel like he felt underestimated to have skipped him to Kvara amidst his efforts to push the the club to a first league title in over 30 years last season. I can't imagine how he was mocked over the TikTok and other platforms for his mistake to miss the penalty and draw against Bologna. It is normal. Even Messi and Ronaldo have had mistakes in the past.

Another video emanated on the club's account as alleged, where Osimhen was compared to a coconut, which has increasingly hurt the player's personality the more. I just feel like Napoli's management is careless about the player's feeling. Osimhen was seen removing photos of him wearing the club's shirt on his IG. Isn't that bad for the club being the top goal scorer of the previous season? Won't you say the management lack some conflict management skills and so on?

As for him being rude to the team, I don't think that's any yardstick. It's simply to say that why couldn't the team performed any better before he turned up. Mind ypu, he shouldn't feel any remorse because he was signed into the team since the team isn't doing him any favour. He was paid to come and rescue the team and he did. He should be accorded same or similar respect.
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913  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: September 26, 2023, 05:56:43 PM
Mallorca vs Barcelona match will start this match will be amazing, we know Barcelona is currently the strongest team. La Liga, Barcelona is at the top of the points table, the attack between these two teams we can definitely say that Barcelona will try their best to win the match. And today's match will probably win Barcelona and they will take the top spot in the points table, although currently Girona and Barcelona are equal in points, Barcelona is ahead in the points table. If today's match is extended somehow against Mallorca which they cannot do for then they will surely drop out of first place. Anyway, in today's match, Barcelona has the best chance to win the match and I can say for sure, Barcelona will definitely win the match against Mallorca. Barcelona have excelled in every match they have played in La Liga this new season, and they will continue to do so today with a strong attack. And according to the bet avoidance of various casino platforms for today's match, it can be understood that of course Barcelona's supporters are more, according to which the match is in favor of Barcelona's victory.
It's normal that many people support Barcelona's victory in their away match against Mallorca. Not without reason, Barcelona is a team that is in good form and has a good winning trend. There are not many doubts about them in this match even though De Jong was actually absent due to an injury against Celta Vigo in the previous match. But Gavi, Romeu and Ilkay Gundogan look ready to do their good work again today.

Barcelona's victory can be expected considering their performance, after all, Barcelona is very motivated to win points so that they are firmly at the top of the standings with a 4 point advantage over Real Madrid. The ambition is there, but I don't expect Xavi to make a mistake regardless of the player rotation plans.

Barcelona seemed to be more proactive after the transfer out of Messi than Real Madrid's performance after the exit of Cristiano Ronaldo. I feel like these two top players made El-classico more interesting during their period and I have personally lost interest in the competition ever since they left. Barcelona took the last La Liga championship to show their feat while Real Madrid could not. Although Madrid have flexed more muscles in the UCL too. Yet, Barcelona is still topping this season of La Liga with Girona creating that gap between them as Barcelona is a point ahead of Real Madrid. Interesting days ahead!
914  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: September 26, 2023, 05:29:45 PM
So that's my opinion and maybe we will still see Manchester City and Real Madrid having a rematch in the Champions League this season.
It could happen, the both teams have played against each other in the last two seasons in the CL, Real Madrid eliminated City on the road to winning the CL title in the 2021/2022 season, whilst City as well defeated Real Madrid on the road to winning the CL title in the 2022/2023 season, thus if they meet this season, it will be the third time in a row, and who knows, this time it could be in the final.

Having said that, City are strong favorites to defend their CL trophy, there are other strong contenders like Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, but i think the time has come for City to dominate in Europe, and i am backing them to win the CL back to back.

I think, if the Real Madrid squad will remain like this, then it will likely be difficult for Real Madrid to reach the Champions League final this season. Unless, if in the transfer market later Real Madrid managed to bring in new players or maybe managed to bring Mbappe, then it will certainly make Real Madrid have a great chance to be able to play until the final match. But yes, if in the transfer market later Real Madrid do not make many changes, then I think the Champions League this season will likely be a strong competition between Manchester City and Bayern Munich, or maybe Inter will still have a chance too, who knows.

I am trying to rank up the efforts of the Gunners (Arsenal) of their possibility to take the champions league with the way they are playing so far and I think that is doable. But one thing that the team most do is to remain consistent and increase their chances through their squad depth. As for Real Madrid, it is easier to predict their chances too. One is because of their trajectory and the other points to the fact that they ain't doing badly so far too. Another team is the Barcelona, the El-classico contender, in the spirit they started too. Man city is right another strong force that's pushing hard this season. Overall, one of these 4 teams is likely to emerge in the season.
915  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 on: September 26, 2023, 05:15:16 PM
Resting Ronaldo was necessary because he isn't in his 20's again that he can play multiple games without getting tired. He's on his best form so far after leaving Real Madrid and have scored and started in all or most of his last games, he needed to rest because the opponents weren't much of a threat since Al Nassr has defeated them numerously very easily as well. Sadio mane was in the team and also Talisca and they both scored. Al Nassr winning 5:0 justified they didn't need Ronaldo although as a fan I would have wanted him in this game so he can get more goals to his name. This type of games would have given him a hattrick very easy. I hope in Al Nassr next game, the coach decision to rest Ronaldo pays up and not become a problem as he falls off form that he was on before the rest.
To correct the scores, it's actually 5:1. Five from the side of the Al Nassr FC and One from Ohod with Konrad scoring the goal. I enjoyed the way that the coach played out this game completely without the Saudi Pro League top goal scorer, Cristiano Ronaldo whom was absent in the match. Despite that, the team was in good standing to net those goals. Alternatively, he made use of upcoming stars like Stadio Mane, Aymeric Laporte, and Alex Tellas. That's what a simple squad depth depicts for a small team like that.

I don't think the Saudi Pro League can be compared to the Chinese Superb League because obviously, it's a very different way. The Saudi Pro League managed to bring in many star players while the Chinese Superb League, not at all. Therefore, with the success of the Saudi Pro League like this, then I believe the Saudi Pro League will not end up like the Chinese Superb League because they have a different budget and also a different way.

Therefore, I think the Saudi Pro League will still have continuous development, and certainly not just end up in vain. But yes, if we compare it to the Premier League and or other top European leagues then it is clear that the top European leagues are the main destination for footballers to become more popular in their careers. So yes, it is certainly difficult to match the popularity of the top European leagues, because they have developments that continue to occur every season.

Why you can't compare both league is how the earlier, Saudi Pro League, and the latter, Chinese Superb League. The earlier takes their time to scout for world recognized star players and give them mouth watering offers unlike the other. I think the Saudi Pro League has more money and comfort to offer including the security of live and properties, the tax cuts and other things.
916  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: September 26, 2023, 04:18:22 PM
The red card issue actually destabilized the entire game plan for Chelsea, from the replay of that tackle, and if it were to be some referee they might have considered that tackle as not a red card offense but should have been decided as a yellow card offense rather, the tackle in my opinion was not that intentional as they offender went for the ball first before matching on the opponents leg.  Anyways, performance was bad and Chelsea did have ample opportunity to have gotten a goal but they couldn't utilize any.

The laxity of the team is still one amongst the major reason why Chelsea has been underperforming which is resultant to the management and squad depth. The red card was avoidable as far as I am concerned and wasn't the fault of the referee. The way they performed was really bad and that alone would have frustrated the referee for real. Chelsea needs to brace up if at all they have future in this season. Not for the gains alone but for the fans.

That's why it's so difference to see the game play of chelsea compared with city. Chelsea being so clueless after malo got red card. I think that malo was doing unnecessary thing that put chelsea in disadvantage but this club obviously has no winner mentality.
I think that the referee has different take compared with has. We may have wrong about that. Chelsea's chance to be relegated becomes far bigger now caused by 6 games played and 5 points acquired by chelsea.
The chelsea's level is so standard at this moment. It's even worst compared with midtable team which is so weird. Pochettino keeps do more experiment to the club by putting some players out of their position.
Pochettino is getting offside in determining the suitable positions for his players. I saw that pochettino was clueless. He was not always putting the players on their actual positions.
A bunch of complaints have come toward him.

Like I've oftentimes mentioned is that both the coach and the players of the club lack confidence. For a team like Aston Villa, it is ought to be a straight win for Chelsea but the annoyingly lack that experience, expertise and vibe to win. Not in this season. If they don't improve in their playing style before the mid of the season, they might end up in the last half standings in the premier league.
917  Local / Nigeria (Naija) / Re: FG'll end corruption in Govt contract---AGF on: September 26, 2023, 03:34:05 PM
If no be because of the passion and hope wey we get for this country, we for don join others swear for this country. But instead, we go the pray for the progress and betterment of the country. How d country fit change turn better country na one aspect wey we dey focus on. Na why amongst other things, we dey work on the adoption of Bitcoin  in this part of the world

But bribery and corruption is one epidemic that has been infested in our society, for time immemorial now. It will take a lot of attitudinal change vis-a-vis constitutional reforms. I have discovered that, regardless of the nature of corruption, whether in the judiciary, legislature or executive, the ill act is sine qua non the decadence of our attitudes as individuals and citizens. It will therefore require us more holistic efforts to fight this.
918  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Auto running bitcoin core when turning on PC on: September 26, 2023, 08:30:34 AM
I was change the target into D disk, but when I restart the PC, bitcoin core success auto running, but it doesn't on the target, the core running on C disk (create new wallet like begining install)).

How to make it auto running on the D disk target when turning my PC?
Did you find solution to your problem from the above mentioned replies? If you are still battling with same issue I would also suggest that you do this, especially on a windows PC.

Firstly, I will advise you to shut down your windows PC completely, although it doesn't matter, but to refresh your PC memory.

Then, Close Bitcoin core if it's in anyway running in the background, then find your bitcoin.conf file, and change the datadir setting. e.g.

Code:
# [core]
# Specify a non-default location to store blockchain and other data.
datadir=D:\Bitcoin

Then re-open core. It should pick up where your wallet last synced to the drive D:.
I hope this helps!
919  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Will The USD (and military) remain a Global force for at least 5 more years? on: September 26, 2023, 06:24:24 AM
I'm pretty sure that your question boils down to how the long time power of USD (American giant economy) and the military power can be disrupted by the advent of other forces that negate the intentions of the USD dominations amongst other things.

Yes, one can say that, as time goes on, if there could be strong opposite global forces that can challenge the dollar domination across the globe, consistently for at least 3 to 5 decades, it could change the narrative. But we must realize that the dollar infestation and imposition on the global economy has given it that leverage to globally control the economic activities and military power. The strength of the dollar to the military power is side-by-side. Since military services (covertly and overtly) are capital intensive, one must be able to take control of the global economy which the USD has been consistently doing over the years.

Now, the possible force, that's likely to challenge the status quo is through the use of the BRICS. But when and how possible is another topic for discussion entirely. However, what I cab guarantee you is that Dollar will remain a Global force in the next 5 years or more.

The possibility of the BRICS to disrupt the USD and US military is very high, as they're a combination of globally rising economies and military forces that have identified the current dominance and are working towards it. If the energy will continue to move steadily, they can easily disrupt that power through the provision of laudable and mouthwatering alternatives.

However the case may be, the USA and US military will still be in hold of the global power for at least the next 5 years to come.
920  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: I took a proposal to my State Governor to accept Bitcoin Technology on: September 26, 2023, 05:56:57 AM
What is most important is even more important than a state-wide adoption, in some regions around the world, even though Bitcoin is not publicly adopted by the government but the citizens of such countries still engage in Bitcoin and take advantage of its numerous advantages.

In terms of the level of adoption or usage by the countrypeople, Bitcoin is yet one of the most embraced new technologies amongst the young demographics in Nigeria. It users have continued to increase on a daily basis, over time. Especially amongst the most educated people and most enlightened climes.

The only set back or bottleneck (if we may address it as such), is the acceptability of the government to at least recognize the digital currencies and grant it the usage by its citizens. That in itself will shoot up the number of individuals, brokers, miners, investors and many more in the country, which will make the market more noteworthy, as the digital currency will be more credibly embraced and people can now develop that confidence through the PR activities of the government which is coupled with the fact that we live a highly populated country.

The government's adoption could also speedily bring out the implementation of the Bitcoin/Blockchain technology as a legal tender in the country. Banks and other government institutions with large volume of resources will begin to use Bitcoin for their transactions. Which will give Bitcoin that needed attention we're advocating for.

Very interesting stuff op. I applaud your effort to try and help improve BTC adoption to some extent even though I have no clue about the Nigerian government's stance related to BTC and cryptocurrencies in general.

This one post in this forum sheds some positive light on your country which is mostly recognised for negativity(Scammers etc).
Bitcoin, Cryptocurrencies, generally, still recognized or at least perceived as a scam here in my country as, of today, by many people and the government. Source What will be able to change that narrative requires some serious work on communication and marketing. How I wish there's anything like a foundation where one can apply for grants to carry out such humanitarian efforts. A lot of people are still leaving in the Doomsday.

Nevertheless, let me share a bit of my next intended plan which is to take the idea to the public while we await the response of the government. I am still mapping out on how I can execute such plan but it won't take long before we will set out there.

I see these crusades as necessity and I am pretty sure with many convictions that this will help to uplift people from the bondage of fiat currencies.
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