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ukwala wrote: Sat Dec 25, 2021 4:24 pm
Enugu II wrote: Sat Dec 25, 2021 4:29 am
ukwala wrote: Sat Dec 25, 2021 3:36 am
ukwala wrote: Fri Dec 24, 2021 11:44 am Also I want to believe that teams in richer countries travel by air and are well rested by match time.
I recollect Barcelona having to travel to Milan by road during the volcanic ash cloud in Europe some years back and cited the road trip as the reason for their loss. The road trip from Barcelona to Milan may be longer than the longest road trip in Nigeria but may not be faster because of the bad roads, multiple check points, rickety (almost) buses and general insecurity in Nigeria. Road trips do take their toll on players, fact.
Sorry, but may be faster, in fact is faster and more comfortable. Our teams travel in ‘Toyota Coaster’ type buses (mini-buses) and not in proper coaches popularly called Luxurious buses.
Good 👉 point. It is indeed grueling. For comparison, take a look at the example of trips made by MFM that I mentioned earlier. All but one are longer than the Barcelona trip that you mentioned!

This reminds me of one revelation that most of us fail to realize - forget the political drawing of the globe and maps that we use which make Europe appear larger than it actually is and Africa smaller than it is. Although, this delves into the African continent but I use it to point out that merely looking at Nigeria on a map is deceptive. It is HUGE compared to England! In any case, the for the imagination of the size of the African continent please see Okonjo Iweala's recent mention of this. You can fit the whole of Europe into West Africa! Africa is a huge huge continent and political considerations lead to poor representations on maps drawn but take a look at actual measurement of continent sizes.

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Quite revealing.
No wonder the severely overpopulated China is trying to make incursions into Africa❗️


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Hmm...it's serious Boxing Day Drama in Enugu and Ibadan.....Finidi George and the People's Elephants have "killed" Flying Antelopes in Enugu. Coach Finito secured a big away win. 1-0 is final score there.

Ar Lekan Salami stadium, Kennedy Boboye and Akwa United are one goal up in Ibadan at the end of first half. Edith Agoye and his boys have another 45 minutes left to redeem themselves before Ibadan fans go crazy on them. Fingers are crossed for redemption hour. See you in the next 60 minutes.
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Toxicarrow wrote: Sun Dec 26, 2021 5:15 pm Hmm...it's serious Boxing Day Drama in Enugu and Ibadan.....Finidi George and the People's Elephants have "killed" Flying Antelopes in Enugu. Coach Finito secured a big away win. 1-0 is final score there.

Ar Lekan Salami stadium, Kennedy Boboye and Akwa United are one goal up in Ibadan at the end of first half. Edith Agoye and his boys have another 45 minutes left to redeem themselves before Ibadan fans go crazy on them. Fingers are crossed for redemption hour. See you in the next 60 minutes.
It was a narrow escape for Agoye and his boys....Ended 1-1. Now back to the drawing board, as the boys travel out to Makurdi to face the Lobi Stars on Wednesday !
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Matchday 2 Results:

Rangers 0-1 Enyimba

Nasarawa Utd 1-1 Gombe Utd

3SC 1-1 Akwa Utd

Pillars 0-0 Lobi Stars

Abia Warriors 1-0 Sunshine

Dakkada FC 2-0 MFM FC

Plateau Utd 1-0 Kwara Utd

Remo Stars 3-0 Heartland

Rivers Utd 3-0 Katsina Utd

Wikki Tourists 1-0 Tornadoes
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Toxicarrow wrote: Sun Dec 26, 2021 6:39 pm Matchday 2 Results:

Rangers 0-1 Enyimba

Nasarawa Utd 1-1 Gombe Utd

3SC 1-1 Akwa Utd

Pillars 0-0 Lobi Stars

Abia Warriors 1-0 Sunshine

Dakkada FC 2-0 MFM FC

Plateau Utd 1-0 Kwara Utd

Remo Stars 3-0 Heartland

Rivers Utd 3-0 Katsina Utd

Wikki Tourists 1-0 Tornadoes
Bad day in Enugu but we move on to the next game.
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Packed Lekan Salami stadium this afternoon....
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Toxicarrow wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 1:14 am Packed Lekan Salami stadium this afternoon....
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Week 3 Results
Enyimba 0-1 Rivers Utd
Remo Stars 0-0 Nasarawa Utd
Sunshine Stars 0-0 Rangers
Akwa Utd 1-0 Gombe Utd
Lobi Stars 2-1 3SC
Kwara Utd 1-0 Wikki Tourists
MFM FC 1-0 Plateau Utd
Heartland FC 1-0 Dakkada FC.
Niger Tornadoes 1-1 Abia Warriors
Katsina United 1-0 Kano Pillars
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Toxicarrow wrote: Thu Dec 30, 2021 9:10 pm Week 3 Results
Enyimba 0-1 Rivers Utd
Remo Stars 0-0 Nasarawa Utd
Sunshine Stars 0-0 Rangers
Akwa Utd 1-0 Gombe Utd
Lobi Stars 2-1 3SC
Kwara Utd 1-0 Wikki Tourists
MFM FC 1-0 Plateau Utd
Heartland FC 1-0 Dakkada FC.
Niger Tornadoes 1-1 Abia Warriors
Katsina United 1-0 Kano Pillars
Toxic,

As of now, the highlighted are clubs that I want to do quite well this year given their management/coaching status.
The difficulties of statistical thinking describes a puzzling limitation of our mind: our excessive confidence in what we believe we know, and our apparent inability to acknowledge the full extent of our ignorance and the uncertainty of the world we live in. We are prone to overestimate how much we understand about the world and to underestimate the role of chance in events -- Daniel Kahneman (2011), Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics
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Enugu II wrote: Thu Dec 30, 2021 9:31 pm
Toxicarrow wrote: Thu Dec 30, 2021 9:10 pm Week 3 Results
Enyimba 0-1 Rivers Utd
Remo Stars 0-0 Nasarawa Utd
Sunshine Stars 0-0 Rangers
Akwa Utd 1-0 Gombe Utd
Lobi Stars 2-1 3SC
Kwara Utd 1-0 Wikki Tourists
MFM FC 1-0 Plateau Utd
Heartland FC 1-0 Dakkada FC.
Niger Tornadoes 1-1 Abia Warriors
Katsina United 1-0 Kano Pillars
Toxic,

As of now, the highlighted are clubs that I want to do quite well this year given their management/coaching status.
EII,
3SC nko? Their management/coaching status is not up to scratch as usual? :taunt: :taunt:
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Toxicarrow wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 1:14 am Packed Lekan Salami stadium this afternoon....
I am unable to see the picture as it seems it is from Twitter which is still banned in Nigeria.
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Toxicarrow wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 3:20 pm
Not showing. Suppose it is the same Twitter ban wahala.
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ukwala wrote: Fri Dec 31, 2021 5:28 pm
Toxicarrow wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 1:14 am Packed Lekan Salami stadium this afternoon....
I am unable to see the picture as it seems it is from Twitter which is still banned in Nigeria.
yes, the pic is from Twitter. It might not have shown on your end if you are on Firefox browser on Mac. However, safari on Mac will show it. Likewise, Firefox on window/PC works fine.
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Enugu II wrote: Thu Dec 30, 2021 9:31 pm
Toxicarrow wrote: Thu Dec 30, 2021 9:10 pm Week 3 Results
Enyimba 0-1 Rivers Utd
Remo Stars 0-0 Nasarawa Utd
Sunshine Stars 0-0 Rangers
Akwa Utd 1-0 Gombe Utd
Lobi Stars 2-1 3SC
Kwara Utd 1-0 Wikki Tourists
MFM FC 1-0 Plateau Utd
Heartland FC 1-0 Dakkada FC.
Niger Tornadoes 1-1 Abia Warriors
Katsina United 1-0 Kano Pillars
Toxic,

As of now, the highlighted are clubs that I want to do quite well this year given their management/coaching status.
E11: All those teams are contenders,except Abia Warriors. I don't think Imama has found his tactical formula or magic to lead Abia Warriors to the title.
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ukwala wrote: Fri Dec 31, 2021 5:24 pm
Enugu II wrote: Thu Dec 30, 2021 9:31 pm
Toxicarrow wrote: Thu Dec 30, 2021 9:10 pm Week 3 Results
Enyimba 0-1 Rivers Utd
Remo Stars 0-0 Nasarawa Utd
Sunshine Stars 0-0 Rangers
Akwa Utd 1-0 Gombe Utd
Lobi Stars 2-1 3SC
Kwara Utd 1-0 Wikki Tourists
MFM FC 1-0 Plateau Utd
Heartland FC 1-0 Dakkada FC.
Niger Tornadoes 1-1 Abia Warriors
Katsina United 1-0 Kano Pillars
Toxic,

As of now, the highlighted are clubs that I want to do quite well this year given their management/coaching status.
EII,
3SC nko? Their management/coaching status is not up to scratch as usual? :taunt: :taunt:
Comrade Ukwala: Coaching is never a problem of Sooting....The problem is largely the management and the "chop-I-chop" folks around the club. If those folks can be at least "60-70 percent" professional and truly work in the best interest of the club and those of the club's fans, rest assured Oluyole Warriors will win the FA cup and the league without a problem.
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Toxicarrow wrote: Sat Jan 01, 2022 2:54 am
ukwala wrote: Fri Dec 31, 2021 5:24 pm
Enugu II wrote: Thu Dec 30, 2021 9:31 pm
Toxicarrow wrote: Thu Dec 30, 2021 9:10 pm Week 3 Results
Enyimba 0-1 Rivers Utd
Remo Stars 0-0 Nasarawa Utd
Sunshine Stars 0-0 Rangers
Akwa Utd 1-0 Gombe Utd
Lobi Stars 2-1 3SC
Kwara Utd 1-0 Wikki Tourists
MFM FC 1-0 Plateau Utd
Heartland FC 1-0 Dakkada FC.
Niger Tornadoes 1-1 Abia Warriors
Katsina United 1-0 Kano Pillars
Toxic,

As of now, the highlighted are clubs that I want to do quite well this year given their management/coaching status.
EII,
3SC nko? Their management/coaching status is not up to scratch as usual? :taunt: :taunt:
Comrade Ukwala: Coaching is never a problem of Sooting....The problem is largely the management and the "chop-I-chop" folks around the club. If those folks can be at least "60-70 percent" professional and truly work in the best interest of the club and those of the club's fans, rest assured Oluyole Warriors will win the FA cup and the league without a problem.
My concern with 3Sc is just the persistent political wrangling at the board level. If that is solved that club and its fan base deserve much better.
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Toxicarrow wrote: Sat Jan 01, 2022 2:54 am
ukwala wrote: Fri Dec 31, 2021 5:24 pm
Enugu II wrote: Thu Dec 30, 2021 9:31 pm
Toxicarrow wrote: Thu Dec 30, 2021 9:10 pm Week 3 Results
Enyimba 0-1 Rivers Utd
Remo Stars 0-0 Nasarawa Utd
Sunshine Stars 0-0 Rangers
Akwa Utd 1-0 Gombe Utd
Lobi Stars 2-1 3SC
Kwara Utd 1-0 Wikki Tourists
MFM FC 1-0 Plateau Utd
Heartland FC 1-0 Dakkada FC.
Niger Tornadoes 1-1 Abia Warriors
Katsina United 1-0 Kano Pillars
Toxic,

As of now, the highlighted are clubs that I want to do quite well this year given their management/coaching status.
EII,
3SC nko? Their management/coaching status is not up to scratch as usual? :taunt: :taunt:
Comrade Ukwala: Coaching is never a problem of Sooting....The problem is largely the management and the "chop-I-chop" folks around the club. If those folks can be at least "60-70 percent" professional and truly work in the best interest of the club and those of the club's fans, rest assured Oluyole Warriors will win the FA cup and the league without a problem.
Comrade Toxic, in other words, you need a modern day Chief Lekan Salami to instill some order in the place. It shows the depths to which the country has sunk that such an iconic club is left to flounder.
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Matchday 4 Results and Fixtures

Sunday 2nd January Results
Dakkada FC - Remo Stars 1:1
Enugu Rangers - Niger Tornadoes 4:0
Kano Pillars - Enyimba 2:0
Nasarawa United - Akwa United 2:0
Plateau United - Heartland 3:0
Rivers United - Sunshine Stars 0:0
Wikki Tourist - MFM FC 3:0

Monday 3rd January Fixtures
16:00Abia Warriors - Kwara United -:-
16:00Gombe - Lobi Stars -:-
16:00Shooting - Katsina Utd -:-
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NPFL League Table
P Pts
1. Remo Stars 4 8
2. Rivers Utd 4 8
3. Enugu Rangers 4 7
4. Akwa United 4 7
5. Nasarawa United 4 6
6. Kwara United 3 6
7. Wikki Tourists 3 6
8. Plateau Utd 4 6
9. Enyimba 4 6
10. Lobi Stars 3 5
11. Abia Warriors 3 4
12. Dakkada 4 4
13. Kano Pillars 4 4
14. Niger Tornadoes 4 4
15. Heartland 4 4
16. Katsina Utd 3 3
17. MFM 4 3
18. Gombe United 3 2
19. Shooting Stars 3 2
20. Sunshine Stars 3 2

Shooting in familiar territory lol.
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Monday evening game in Ibadan and another packed stadium (for 2nd home game of 3Sc):
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ukwala wrote: Mon Jan 03, 2022 1:07 pm Matchday 4 Results and Fixtures

Sunday 2nd January Results
Dakkada FC - Remo Stars 1:1
Enugu Rangers - Niger Tornadoes 4:0
Kano Pillars - Enyimba 2:0
Nasarawa United - Akwa United 2:0
Plateau United - Heartland 3:0
Rivers United - Sunshine Stars 0:0
Wikki Tourist - MFM FC 3:0

Monday 3rd January Fixtures
16:00Abia Warriors - Kwara United -:-
16:00Gombe - Lobi Stars -:-
16:00Shooting - Katsina Utd -:-
Monday 3rd January Fixtures
Abia Warriors 1 - Kwara United 1
Gombe 3 - Lobi Stars 0
Shooting 1 - Katsina Utd 0
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ukwala wrote: Mon Jan 03, 2022 1:36 pm NPFL League Table
P Pts
1. Remo Stars 4 8
2. Rivers Utd 4 8
3. Enugu Rangers 4 7
4. Akwa United 4 7
5. Nasarawa United 4 6
6. Kwara United 3 6
7. Wikki Tourists 3 6
8. Plateau Utd 4 6
9. Enyimba 4 6
10. Lobi Stars 3 5
11. Abia Warriors 3 4
12. Dakkada 4 4
13. Kano Pillars 4 4
14. Niger Tornadoes 4 4
15. Heartland 4 4
16. Katsina Utd 3 3
17. MFM 4 3
18. Gombe United 3 2
19. Shooting Stars 3 2
20. Sunshine Stars 3 2

Shooting in familiar territory lol.
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