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Thinking out loud comes with advantages as it allows you to know other people's perspective on something you do personally and the chances this forum have availed us to think out our opinions loudly have solved so many problems for people out there.

I have stop subscribing for long a while now because I rarely have that time to watch the TV. Plus there's practically everything on the internet now so instead of those subscription, I prefer to leave my TV for my game console alone. Since it's a smart TV, I prefer to go on the internet to watch my programmes including football games. Although many may still see this as a personal decision to take, like single people won't see the need to pay for subscriptions, many married couples will see a reason to that.


What you did can be called recognizing value for money. It is better to invest than to subscribe in any instances but all lies on the interest of the beholder. Some people can go extra to satisfy their pleasure as they won't mind to go for multiple subscriptions where they could have saved such money for investments.

Your 4150 in Naira I presume will amount to around 4 dollars when converted to USDT and saving as little as that in a year can give you up to 50 dollars worth of investment. It could even go more than that in the event that the prices skyrocketed in the market. And that in itself is a great idea.

It is truly okay to ask FIFA to go ahead in questioning the referee on his decisions yesterday. I wonder why or what is the essence of bringing the VAR referee into the game when after 4 solid minutes spent, the VAR decision was not yet final.

This is not the first time we are encountering cases like this where the VAR corruption is addressed standard and despite that the VAR referee was employed to further right the wrongs in the making and losing of goals, it's decision are not regarded final.

It was further speculated that the goal awarded by the referee yesterday was as a result of home advantage since Arsenal was playing the game as away. Regardless of what it is, you do not use a home advantage to validate a goal that was utterly criticized.

I am pretty much ashamed of Arsenal over their performance yesterday, first half was fine and averagely okay but during their second half, the likes of Harvertz were meant to br immediately substituted while Arsenal continues to hunt for goals but they slacked all through to the lost that caused them the 3 points.

Currently, Bayern Munich sits second on the table of the league and is unbeatable in their last 8 games since the start of September until today in the Bundesliga and have drawn only like two times since then coupled with the last match yesterday against Dortmund in a 4-0 defeat. After I had made little analysis before that match, I predicted a sure win dor Bayern Munich but pegged it at a 3-1 win over Dortmund, unfortunately Dortmund did worse off.

It is a big blow for Dortmund to have let Bellingham go to the Real Madrid at this crucial time and on the other hand Bayern brought in Kane who has been consistently scoring goals for the club. Bayern Munich will be meeting with FC Heidenheim and Cologne both of which I have predicted for more wins for Bayern Munich. The last time Bayern met with Heidenheim, it was a 5-4 win over Heidenheim.

When Bayern met with Cologne, it was a slight win over Cologne with a 1-0. But since Bayern is now ever ready to take the table from Bayer Leverkusen, they will want to do all the best to bring these clubs down with goals which is possible for the sake of this analysis.

Manchester United has 3 points right now and their next match is with Copenhagen. I am also wishing Manchester united to win the next match so they go above Galatasaray and that will be another great day for the club. It will be a show of life for the Manchester United to quickly go back to form even as second in the table standing so they can move to the next level of round of 16 with other big teams.

Fans are always wishing that their club wins at every challenge they are faced with in the league. Besides it's not unfounded if Arsenal wins at every contest. Realize that they did not win in the last match they played with West Ham in the EFLeague and now here it is again. To be a strong and promising club with great performances at all the time. To win at the end of the tournament, it requires a lot of hard work and resilience.

It is funny to find Mikel Arteta criticizing the VAR over a contentious goal scored by Newcastle United but my concern is that he would have done better when they were still in the pitch. He had more opportunity to change the game in the second half but was relaxed.


I am not happy with today's performance by the Gunners. Now they have to fall back to the third position in the league with 24 points and a lost. My wish for Arsenal was for them to strike hard because they could have done better in my opinion. Manchester City performance in the last match was extremely good with the six goals over that of Bournemouth. Altho Haaland didn't score any goal in the last game.

Environment or society is one thing that affects people's mindset. The society where you live in and the people around you will greatly determine your mindset, the way you think and react to events around you. Most people with positive and productive minds are tied to the level of vibes they receive from the world around them.

We have a lot of creative minds here in Nigeria especially young and vibrant people, who are down for any idea and innovation but due to the societal vices around us, you will have little chances to thrive. This is why we will need to expand our tentacles across our confined areas.

In the world, other countries are thinking of big innovative ideas like catapulting satellites into the space, brain reading robots, 3D printing bones and so on. Whereas here it's a different case. We are still left behind in the comity of other countries of the world.

There are 5 gates that led to the mind of a mankind. They are the eye, ears, hands, nose and mouth. These are also known as the sense organs for many reasons because they are the first gateway to your mind and heart.

What ever passes through the nose, ears, eye, mouth and hands translates to the mind and back and they are what feeds the heart with the notions and series of events that either makes great decisions or worsen the situation.

Al Nassr needs to score in their 3-6 matches consistently to catch up with Al Hilal whereas Al Hilal will need to equally lose in some of their subsequent matches to allow Al Nassr pass them by which is pretty much difficult to do. Al Nassr has missed that opportunity to have lost in their two matches.

I enjoyed today's win which was 2-0 over Khaleej. Cristiano Ronaldo's goal was a great opening for the success of Al Nassr today. It is fantastic to have scored over 460 goals before the age of 30 and another 400 goals after the age of 30. I am so excited to see a young man with such great success.

I agree with your opinion on this mate, nevertheless, it is not impossible to find Zidane in the Old Trafford after Eric Ten Hag must have been exited. Sometimes managers make statements to make them more attractive and sought after by such big clubs. Truth is, Manchester united has that reputation and popularity to bring Zidane to the club as their manager. Zidane on the other hand will love to make more names and money from the club if he had the opportunity.

Zidane is a good manager and he is such a manager that Manchester United needs to reform their team for bigger challenges in the future. I don't think the club is in much troubles other than the manager and his management skills so far. Manchester has that squad depth to go into a simple contest but at the same, they lack that strong strategy and emotional support to win matches particularly against similarly big clubs.

If Manchester United can put a good negotiation on the table and approach the manager with it, Zidane will be willing to be a reformer and be a part of the success stories in the subsequent seasons.

Everything is just making more sense in the Asian world as an entirety and Saudi Pro League to be precise since they had that laudable decision to bring Cristiano Ronaldo to the league. Seems like a planned idea to shift the world's football attention to the country. FIFA has also taken another laudable decision in support of the Saudi Arabia which makes them the hosts of the next 2034 FIFA World Cup after the recent 22 FIFA World Cup hosted by Qatar.

Looks like a well executed plan to have subsequently opened its windows to other star players like Karim Benzema, Sadio Mane, Neymar Jr amongst other big names that have made it to the Ballon D'or ranking. By the time you factor in all these efforts, you will acknowledge the effort the country is putting to their league. After the transfer windows were closed, we had a total sum of 800 million dollars spent on transfer of players by the clubs in the league. Incredible.


Well I am finding it difficult to distinguish between the name and the quality. I suppose it is the quality of the players that determines the name they have made and it is something that have been gotten over time. The truth is that, it is not going to be easy for the league to get that performance and credibility like the European leagues. It is a gradual process though. If the league can consistently bring in more star players and upcoming young players, it will grow their fan base.

Lastly, I believe the Saudi Arabia FIFA World Cup will add more spices to the cake since that will be another avenue for them to promote the country.

Football is gradually getting it's worldwide recognition and interest across all countries including countries we thought won't pick interest in this game. Interesting, Saudi Arabia is working seriously hard to improve their league with the new trend of signing top performing star players to the league. Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Sadio Mane and Neymar are a testimony of this trend that will land Saudi Pro League into the UEFA and world limelight.

I equally have the same opinion as to what you opined. What maked the English leagues remains at the top in terms of watch and attention is simply because of their topnotch media hypes and promotions of their activities. This has gone to alsp affect positively on how the players in the English league and respected and valued.

When you have a good look at the trend out there, you will find out that most young and upcoming players are yearning to play a part of their career in the Premier League or UEFA championship league in general.

This is because it is one of the most talked about in the world right now and you want to have that validity as a player that you are at the top of your career performance and what not. La Liga would have done better too but there's little more competition to be added despite the El-Classico rivals which have great world attention too.

In the English teams, we have the likes of the London Derby, Manchester Derby and so on. I also see Saudi Pro League coming up with the amount of efforts those clubs are putting into recruiting reputable players lately.

Both Real Madrid and Mbappe have the ability and opportunities to end this highly speculated transfer saga in football history. I also had of the news that Real Madrid is ready to pay the player a huge amount of money that could make him one of the most valued players in the world but I think this is also as a result of the fact that Mbappe have turned down the Real Madrid's offer for three occasions. Hence the reason why Madrid wants to put in more efforts to the contract terms to secure this contract in no time.

One thing that I want Real Madrid to take note of is that they should always go into a contract that will favor the club and not that which will give Mbappe a wielding power over the activities of the club. For instance, allowing him to take a part of the decision making such as the first XI of the team. That will surely distabilise the club.

Mate, I agree with your submission on this matter but I am more of the opinion that Ten Hag should actually go. Let the club relief him of that duty as the manager if they can't right the wrongs in the several decisions he had made that have negatively affected Manchester United overall.

I see Ten Hag as a great coach but an overbearing manager who sees the possibility to match everyone within his toes and won't mind if they were emotionally downcasted as a result. All he is after is a result which i will say he probably see that more in the physical ability of the player and not the emotional and psychological support they require from the club.

My advise is for the club to change Ten Hag for the material time and replace him with a more experienced manager but more importantly, compassionate and teamwork. It is better to quench the fire regardless of the heat than to allow it to continue.

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I think this should be a thing of worry to short term investors, that is, those who invest for the purpose of making profit then exit. Most long-term investors must have been familiar with this trend and won't expect any magic to happen in the Bitcoin market that will trigger something unfounded.

Maybe newcomers too. Since they have a shallow understanding of how these things work and may end up too excited and carried away by the current market trends. It is also an advice that you should not put all the resources you have into the Bitcoin market as the bull or bear run will end up giving you a high blood pressure, although it is something pretty much expected by experts.

It was an impressive performance from them to have win this match despite their minus one player. I was scared of the game for Al Nassr, since I saw that red card on Talisca at the first half of the game and it was stil 0-0. In the second half, I was more impressed by the way they performed although they didn't meet my expectations, anyways.

It became more interesting when Hazazi of Al-Ettifaq got another red card by second half and the match was balanced with 10 to 10 squad instead of the 11. Ronaldo and Otavio got yellow cards too in the forward. But Al-Nassr got more possessions than Al-Ettifaq in the game.

Sadio Mane came on with the winning goal for Al-Nassr at the tail end of the game when he scored during the injury time. This is what it means to strive for Round of 16 in the King Cup of Champions. I like to watch teams challenge each other like this and all the fans had faith in God.

Until Ten Hag is ready to improve his managerial skills, the club will hardly win top challenging matches. Every other club has taken up the challenge to work hard and improve themselves over time, I don't see enough efforts from Ten Hag yet. Newcastle is in good shape like you mentioned above so they will put a whole lot of efforts to win this match. The last match both clubs played, Newcastle boys scored over the Manchester united. Yesterday's Manchester derby was not in isolation. Manchester United can do better when they wish to.

And I am sure they can do exceptionally well without Mbappe. It is better for Real Madrid to concentrate on those boys than bringing in any star player especially if it will require them to sign any weird contracts. There's one habit I like with a club which Barcelona exhibited earlier and it was their apologies to Gungodan and his wife over their complain of not being properly welcomed as rhe case may be.

How I wish Ten Hag can learn from that. It is not all about bossing around with your players but they also need emotional support some of which are gotten when you overlook somethings or encourage them in their worst periods. I don't see much of that courtesy with Ten Hag and I think that has contributed heavily on the underperformance of the club in this season.

Although the who news about the impeachment and other incidents surrounding it like the bombing of the state assembly complex and the shooting of the governor's envoy in an attempt to either shoot the governor or scare him off the power are still allegations pointing direct fingers at the former governor Wike who is now the minister of FCT.

What further makes the pointing of these accusing fingers fixated on Wike is not far from the reasons below.

1. It is a trajectory in the political history of River State where Godfatherism has always been a case between the predecessors and successors. Although, it is not Rivers state in isolation, it is a case that has been plaquing our democracy since from inception. As a foundation, before I come to Rivers, it has happened in Lagos in the case of Ambode who was to return to office for a second tenure but was truncated and given to another person, who seems to be more loyal to the godfather.

Another case was that of Adams Oshiomole and Godwin Obaseki, who was the voluntary Chairman of the Edo State Economic and Strategic Team and handled closely all the economic activities of the government. Because of how delicate that position was and the his performance in policies and other reforms, he became very close to his boss and was to later succeed him as the next Governor. Obaseki became the first Governor to be elected under the APC in the state through the Anointment of Oshiomole. Afterwards, he was to be controlled and micromanaged by the predecessor which caused them into chaos and the rift led the predecessor to be suspended in the party and subsequently, reduced popularity. This gave birth to the popular slogan "Edo no be Lagos".

Another one was in Ebonyi State between the governor and deputy governor. The governor, Elechi in Labour party never endorsed his deputy but the deputy, who later succeeded him as the governor, David Umahi ensured that the predecessor retired back to his farmland.

Similarly, it happened in Imo state when Rochas Okorocha anointed his son-in-law and tried to bring him to power but failed too. The same thing happened in Rivers state between the then Governor Rotimi Amaechi who brought his boy but failed ony for Wike to become his successor. And the list goes on.

So, ordinarily, when you see these incidents happen, a tussle and fight with an incumbent Governor, it is not far fetched to point accusing fingers to the predecessor.

2. Since the Rivers state crisis unfolded, with the case of the bombed state assembly complex and other cases, the past Governor, who is now the Minister of FCT, Wike, have not responded to calls from journalists and other media platforms to react to the incidents. Although he claimed in an interview with Channels that he would not interfere with the new government but there have been several news reading to his overbearing powers to install cabinets of the new Governor with or without his personal input. It is only natural to resolve that he is the masterplanner of the crisis since he has made himself unavailable to respond to these allegations leveled against him at this material time.

3. Another thing is that, the elder statesmen of Rivers state have traveled down to Abuja to meet with the Minister to iron out the differences they must have had with the incumbent Governor so that the rift can end amicably without further chaotic incidents. It is obvious that he is a key player in this, hence their move to meet and discuss with him.

4. The utterances coming from the governor further validates the notion that it's another incident of Godfatherism between him and his former boss. Wike single-handedly brought Fubara to power by campaigning for him across all the local government areas of the state as well as using the resources at his disposal to ensure Fubara emerged at the polls, so it is presumed to be a case of 'rub my back and I rub yours'. Now that Fubara have tasted the sweetness of power, he wants to be left alone to work for his people or run his government.

Will This Crisis Last-long or Be Short-lived?

The longevity of this Crisis will be dependent on the major actors in the resolution of this dispute.The Followers, The Elder Statesmen, The Incumbent Governor and The Minister of FCT.

The role of the followers is simply for them to stand with what is right and make their voices heard on it. Their clear interest and outcry to justice will speedy up the resolution of this dispute most especially as it will persuade the godfather to sheath his sword and let peace reign. Culminated in the followers include the Civil Society Organizations who should also put their words out there and ensure that they put pressure on the godfather to let peace reign.

The role of the Elder Statesmen is for them to hold on to the truth, gather the right information and approach the godfather with their stance in the case. Wike may be stubborn to follow their instructions but their level of composure and compulsion will help to pressurize Wike to let go of this fight. They also need to approach the president should their visit to Wike isn't honored as supposed, to mske sure Wike allows Fubara reign in his kingdom.

The role of the incumbent Governor is to stand for what is right and inform the negotiators or mediators of whatever commitments he had made to his boss before taking this seat. I am pretty sure there would be some covenants or commitments he must have made in terms of promises to follow his commands, he should let the negotiators eg. elder statesmen, know about it so they can find lasting solution to this problem.

Lastly, the role of the minister, Nyesom Wike, is to give a listening hear to whatever arrangements the negotiators come with and allow peace to reign. He should also realize that the development of the state is at stake and it is practically not possible to impeach the governor as he now commands some powers and respect. Wike must also learn to give in to the decision of the negotiators and agree to whatever solutions they intend to proffer especially as it positively impart on the people of the state.

Exciting news for Real Madrid fans to announce the extension of Vinicius Jr contract in the Real Madrid until 30th of June, 2027. Vinicius Jr was brought into the club in 2018 at the age of 18 from his former club, Flamengo and ever since, he has won couple of titles including 1 UEFA Champions League and Super Cup, 1 Copa Del Rey, 2 Spanish Super Cup, and 2 La Liga titles for the club. He was able to make all of these achievements in 6 seasons having made a total of 235 appearances, scoring 63 goals and winning 9 trophies.

After he scored the goal that made the club the 14th European cup and was awarded the Golden Ball at the 2022 club world cup,Vinicius Jr have been highly praised and identified as one of the most influential players of Real Madrid in the recent years. He was equally pronounced as the Best Young Player of the 2021/2022 champions league.

https://en.as.com/soccer/vinicius-jr-signs-contract-extension-with-real-madrid-until-2027-all-the-details-n/?outputType