You have been here for a very long time, but in all that time you really haven't even posted all that much in the forum, that's not talking about the content of your posts you have now, but you have to be involved in the forum (through reading, posting and contributing) to earn 100 merits, you wouldn't just post sparingly and log in one day and see you have 100 merits now. Having said that, as far as the quality of your post goes, if you stick around like i have said and frequent sections that MS and users with merits go to, you'd stand a chance to slowly but surely earn merits and move up in the ranks.
Who would ever consider you a total newbie, lol  

Well, that's the biggest regret for Pep Guardiola and all of Manchester City fans, the League Leaders had already lost to Everton a day before, so it was an opportunity for City to go within two points of Arsenal. More frustration for Pep and City, and i am pretty sure they would be kicking themselves for not capitalizing on the opportunity that presented itself.

Having said that, City have been charged by the Premier League FA today for FFP reasons, and i don't know how this will affect their push to retain their premier league title, most times off the field issues like this can affect the players performances. Arsenal have the advantage at this moment, and i think they are ready to go all the way. Maybe City should prolly concentrate on winning the CL this season.

If you can't afford loss, it basically means you wouldn't invest in anything at all, you wouldn't also start a business in real life, or buy a car, or start your brand, etc; nearly everything we do in life has its own form of risk, but the thing is, it is always preferable to minimize the risk involved when taking a move.

Having said that, in the crypto market it is altcoins that are pump and dump coins, and as a newbie that you are you should steer clear of them until maybe when you have the experience; but Bitcoin is great if you are prepared to hold for the long term, but it as well requires patience and understanding of the market; right now i think you should not think about investing in crypto, but garnering knowledge, once you have enough of it, your journey would be seamless.

Mind you that you mustn't have mentors/experts you can call to help you choose your investment or the coins you should throw your money on, if you want to understand crypto investments properly, you have to do it yourself, with adequate research you would get the right advice and information without needing to contact anyone who you would/might continually depend on before making any move, doing things that way could get you misled or scammed.
Diversification of your investment increases your income if you buy different assets (that are non-crypto), it is prolly best to basically just buy Bitcoin, and buy other assets like gold, etc.

Well, i don't think anybody in Napoli (both the fans, players and hierarchy at the club) would want Victor Osimhen to leave for another team, but sometimes it is what it is and there is nothing you can do to block some moves from happening. It is just like Dortmund that builds up world class players and eventually sell them to other teams; it isn't as if Dortmund do not want to hold on to their players, but when a player stares at their dream club, there is nothing you can do to block it, except you want to be left with an unhappy player in your team.

Having said that, Victor Osimhen is completely committed to Napoli for now, and he is definitely set to win the highest goal scorer in the League, and the Seria A title to add to that, but afterwards the question about his future would arise. I expect quite a lot of top clubs to bid for Osimhen in the summer. I think if a club like Real Madrid should come for the Nigerian striker, i don't think he can turn them down. Napoli might struggle to hold on to their star striker in the summer.

Well with the number of players they've recruited in the last two transfer windows, it is expected that they perform superbly next season, but i am not still sure about that, and that's because of the manager they have, i have been critical of Graham Potter since his day 1 at Chelsea, not because he isn't a good manager (of course he did an excellent job at Brighton), but because i don't think he has that mentality to manage a big club like Chelsea, he looks properly suited for a mid-table team.

Having said that, another thing is there's still quite enough time for them to at least rescue CL football for next season, but after that disappointing and uninspiring draw against Fulham yesterday, it goes a long way to show how difficult it's going to be for them to achieve that. I wonder what it will be like for all these quality players they have, with their respective egos if they end up not being involved in Europe at all next season.

This is definitely not a right decision and nobody should actually be trying something like this. If you memorized your seed phrase, i enjoin you right now to get a piece of paper and pencil and write it down. It is completely wrong to trust your brain to hold your seed phrase for you, you could forget it like magic, come upon amnesia or after a long while start mixing up the words or something. If you don't want to lock yourself out of your funds, do not memorize your seed phrase, but stick to the proven method of paper and pencil.

Binance doesn't have to rug-pull its customers for them to lose funds, they can basically use their customers money wrongly, face government sanctions, be hacked or do one thing or the other and their customers would be left with no funds, but just digits in their wallets that they can't access.

Having said that, mind you that you shouldn't rely on any crypto exchange to store your assets for even awhile. How exactly did Binance perform during the Luna and FTX crash? All they do when another exchange is on the verge of crashing is how they can use the situation to their advantage, they try to use it to allure more reputation to their exchange and make money, don't be fooled into believing that Binance has your best interest at heart.

Cristiano Ronaldo's exit from Manchester United was somewhat of a blessing to Marcus Rashford, i don't mean Ronaldo was his problem when he was in the team, but sometimes the presence of a bigger player in a team can affect the confidence and responsibility of other players that aren't as big as them. Once Ronaldo was no longer in the picture for Manchester United, Rashford knew he now carries quite a lot of responsibilities on his shoulders, and he has to deliver.

Having said that, the Manager Erik Ten Hag has also put quite a lot of faith and trust in Rashford, this has helped to build up his confidence, and by extension, his performances; for the sake of Manchester United i hope he continues like this and win more individual awards and titles for his boyhood club.

Do you feel Bayern Munich are now clear favorites in this tie because Mbappe would prolly miss the first leg encounter? Mbappe is obviously a very important player for PSG, but they are a team with an array of stars that can definitely cover up for what they'll be lacking without Mbappe. Neymar is in tremendous form, and the best player in the world (Lionel Messi) is also in this same team, these kind of players live for big games such are this, and i am pretty sure they are going to turn up on that day and put up a show. Well, even if PSG loses the first leg, i would never think it is because Mbappe was absent, but because Bayerm Munich were the better of the two sides on the night.

Psg and Ziyech are fuming right now, PSG have even threatened not to do business anymore with Chelsea because they feel the club purposely did things that made the deal fall through; for Ziyech it would be a disappointing and embarrassing moment for him, having already flown to France to complete the deal, only to fly back to England still a Chelsea player. The biggest picture in all of this is where he stands now in Potter's team, would a player who was so eager to leave have the motivation to play for the club anymore, and if he is going to sit on the bench for the remainder of the season, it raises the question of why then did Chelsea do what they did that made the deal fall through.
Chelsea finally got their man in the eleventh hour, imo he is definitely not worth anything close to that amount, but i guess it is what it is and i hope he performs for his new club.

If i were you i'd prolly not be confused and invest in Bitcoin straightaway, but that's because i know that Bitcoin has an actual utility and is quite different from most altcoins without any utility at all. Because Bitcoin has an actual utility it is sustainable for the long term, thus you can hold your coins for as long as you like, but with altcoins you have to be actively checking for when it is either going to pump or dump, you basically have to buy before it pumps, and sell before it dumps, that's the nature of altcoins and why it's somewhat like you're just gambling.

Naija na blessed country, i no sure say e get person wey fit doubt/dispute that one, as Naija be so ehn, we get everything wey fit make this country better, but look where we they right now, i no go call wetin they for your OP as achievements because e no get any impact/change on the lives of average Nigerians in the country.

Having said that, Nigeria na example say person fit get everything wey go make am happy for this life but e still they suffer, i know say the the rest of Africa and the world go they laugh Naija, because they know say Naija suppose be that country wey go spring up from Africa to shine make the rest of the world see her glory, but corruption hold us like persom wey hold thief for neck. Every problem wey we they endure as Nigerians stem from corruption, if we fit tackle corruption from the root, then Nigeria go be better place to live.

That is what they say so as not to get into any trouble if the crypto they are shilling crashes so bad. Following anyone's advice is always at your own risk, but it doesn't exempt the person who popularized the idea from blame, especially when the person is a celebrity who knows that many of their followers listen to what they say. I know we enjoin people to: "DYOR", but i understand some of them do not know how to accurately do that, so they fall into the hands of some of these influencers who pitch scam/bad projects to them which doesn't end well. Thus even if investing is at your own risk, i think influencers should also be held responsible for promoting scams.

I don't know if Chelsea are going to get themselves into FFP problems because of the amount of money they have spent, both in last summer's transfer window and the just concluded January winter transfer window. Anyway i'm pretty sure the club knows what they are doing and they ought to know how to circumvent all that.

Having said that, Graham Potter is one of the few managers in the world right now that's spoilt for choice on players to select per game, it is a good thing to have, but it can also come with problems of too much rotation and struggles of keeping big players happy; there'd also be a huge amount of pressure on the manager to deliver, Potter has to ensure Chelsea finish in the top four, and then he has to win titles next season, or else he'll prolly be fired.

I think this reverse fixture between City and Spurs would be completely different from what we witnessed in the first fixture. The first leg was a game of two halfs, Spurs had the first half (of which they were leading 2-nil at the break), whilst City had a second half to remember (of which they came back from two goals down to win 4-2). I think this time around it is going to be a pretty straightforward victory for City; i sense that Pep's men are going to have an extra spring in their steps from now until the end of the season, we have come to the business end of the season, and the CL is even about to restart, thus i am pretty sure Pep would be looking at his boys and telling them that this is the right time to rediscover their impeccable form.

Congratulations to all the winners, this contest never disappoints in bringing the community together, and this one didn't too. Well Done icopress and GazetaBitcoin for the seamless organization of this Bitcointalk award show yet again. Great gesture from the sponsors as well: Betnomi and Cryptios, to add rewards to it. Thank you all.

I know some of the first place winners woudn't accept the physical items they've won for privacy reasons, it is what it is, and as Bitcoiners it is completely understandable, but it is great there's a Bitcoin reward, and of course no problem about privacy violation on that one (part of the reason we love Bitcoin eh ). Cheers guys!

The thing is, these altcoins can go either way, they could pump or they could dump, that's why they are called pump and dump projects/coins, and as a result of that, they are very much more risky than investing in Bitcoin. In the short term altcoins (if you are lucky to get a good one) can generate quite a huge ROI for its investor before it dumps (which is somewhat a certainty). Thus your 'mentor' might have been lucky to stake his money on these coins at the right time, but on another day he might not be that lucky. If you want to hold your crypto for a long term after investing what you can afford to lose, then the crypto of your choice should be Bitcoin that is sustainable for the long term.

Well, to win the EPL a team needs a big squad, the depth in the squad goes a long way to help a team become EPL champions, Arteta knows this, he was a multiple time EPL winner with Manchester City (as their assistant manager). Jorginho's signing is along the lines of bolstering the Arsenal squad, so that there is enough replacements should injuries happen.

Having said that, Arsenal have a very stable squad atm, thus i don't expect Jorginho to break into it immediately and become a main player for them, but his time will definitely come, and i'm pretty sure that notwithstanding the number of minutes he gets under his belt this season for Arsenal, he is going to give his absolute best. Overall Arsenal have done great business this winter and they are set to go all the way to the title.

Imo i think this fixture is evenly balanced at 50/50, the both teams are somewhat of equal strength and if we are to take their respective league performances into account, then they are both struggling and in a pretty bad shape, Spurs are in fifth position in the EPL standings, whilst AC Milan are also fifth in the Seria A table as well. Having said that, i expect it to be an entertaining game, but a very difficult one to call/predict, if i am to throw my weight behind one of these teams in this fixture, then i'd say AC Milan would progress, but only very little would separate the teams in the end.