BAYODE

Cool, gentle and reserved| Manchester City fan| Agriculturist| Lautech/UI alumni

[DON “Tobechukwu” Ade 👑 @Row_Haastrup]

Throwback to when Governor Adeleke finished Governor Okpebholo 🤣

This will forever be funny

[Ilemona @I_Am_Ilemona]

In all this, Lola's family probably objected as well. Apparently her father was a billionaire oil tycoon. Then she brought home an aspiring musician in an era when the industry was only just catching on?

"ah! Lola, at least get him a job in your father's office?"

"Send me his CV."

"Has he done NYSC?"

[. @agodliveshere]

They all did social media trial. These series of videos are Peter's first videos ever since these issues started. His brothers videos are everywhere.

What is good for your clients is also good for the other guy.

Why he's doing this at this time? That's his business. Your men did theirs. Perhaps, he thinks It's his turn.

We also understand that the truth don't always win in courts, especially Nigerian courts. Your track record shows you know this to be true.

People have heard the two sides of the story. Everyone with a brain will think for themselves, while your lords decide.

[Daniel @General_D__]

Rare picture of John terry against Gamba osaka in the AFC champions league final with 0 shots on target

[vanemrys @vanemrys15]

Dear Norway and Switzerland,

After Argentina confirmed their place in the World Cup final yesterday by eliminating England in the semi final, all Messi fans want to say a huge thank you to both of you for making our road to the final much easier.

Knocking out Colombia and Brazil for us was the best gift you could have given Messi fans because we all know how difficult it is to face fellow South American teams in the knockout stage like this. So, thank you very much for eliminating Brazil and Colombia for us.

Once again, thank you for making Argentina's path through the knockout stage much easier.

Signed,
Messi Fans Worldwide 🇦🇷🐐

[Akexkimm @kimm29398556]

@Mrbankstips I've seen it somewhere before. 😂

[ck49mvp @ck49mvp]

In an FA Cup Final btw, not a controversy then nor should it be now. Don't dive like that, simple as that

[Dr Bada By Far! @BadaAkintundeJ]

If a player deceived the ref to card a player who didn’t do anything wrong and VAR picked up the referee error, the person who committed the offence must get the yellow card. Embolo was deservedly sent off. You people need to go and sit down with your cheating and corruption agenda.

[Everest @novieverest]

Peter Obi was just too brutal in his last interview.
I have been warning Dave Umahi that Peter Obi does not respond to employees, he thought I was joking.

This guy will cry for the rest of 2026. 😂😂😂

[Ray Touchline @RayTouchline]

This take sounds nice, but it dodges the real issue.

Appreciating Ronaldo’s greatness is not the same thing as manufacturing “two GOATs” to protect him from comparison.

Nobody serious denies Ronaldo is one of football’s greatest ever players. The problem is that some people only became comfortable with “two GOATs” when Messi completed football and the argument became harder to sustain.

There is also a difference between respecting greatness and moving the goalpost. When Messi had no international trophy, it was used aggressively against him. When he won Copa América, it became “not enough.”

When he won the World Cup, suddenly the World Cup became “just six or seven games.” Ronaldo himself questioned whether one World Cup should define the best player in history, saying it is “6 games, 7 games” and asking if that is fair.

Then we heard the Euros being placed on the same level as the World Cup. Ronaldo said Portugal winning the Euros was “equivalent to winning a World Cup,” according to Fox Sports/AP. That is not neutral appreciation of greatness; that is clearly reframing the debate around what favours him.

So no, the issue is not that Ronaldo fans are “sensible” because they appreciate two legends. The issue is that many of them spent years reducing Messi’s legacy, then started preaching balance when the evidence no longer favoured their argument.

Ronaldo is an all-time great. That part is settled. But the “two GOATs” argument often feels less like fairness and more like damage control.

[Adedayo Agarau @adedayoagarau]

I've had it that we have to have a conversation as Yoruba people. Nothing is well. Nothing.

[Abidemi Babaolowo Rolihlahla 🇳🇬 @enyola]

You want to know why Lionel Messi is the GREATEST OF ALL TIME?

Just one man, Messi is being compared with:

Mbappe on World Cup performance
Cristiano Ronald on UCL achievements
Kane and Haaland on Goals in a season
Olise on assists at the World Cup
Neymar on Dribbling at all levels
Juninho on Free Kicks
Kelvins on chances creation and passes
Penaldo on penalties.

One man achievements against the combined achievement, aspiration, hopes and dreams of so many amazing players and you’re still wondering why he’s the GOAT?

[Enoch Δ @agyeitah]

Totally missed your response.

But this isn’t about pride, @garyalsmith. It’s about false narratives being given the time of day.

Underdogs lose leads to favourites. Everywhere. In every confederation.

When Japan lost a 2–0 lead to Belgium, people praised Belgium, gave Japan some slack and moved on. Nobody indicted Asian football.

Croatia scored first and lost yesterday.

It’s football.

But I find the way you build this supposed 30-year pattern strange.

Your most obvious pull was Nigeria in 1994. So I went back and checked the actual data.

All of it.

Since 1970, African teams have taken the lead in 79 World Cup matches.

They won 44, drew 21 and lost 14.

That means African teams avoided defeat 82.3% of the time after taking the lead.

Even in this tournament, the full picture is different from the story being told.

Yes, Côte d’Ivoire led and lost to Germany. DR Congo led and lost to England. Senegal led and lost to Belgium.

But Morocco led and drew with Brazil.

Egypt led and drew with Belgium and Iran.

Cape Verde led and drew with Uruguay.

Algeria led and drew with Austria.

South Africa led and beat South Korea.

Côte d’Ivoire led and won two games.

Egypt led and beat New Zealand.

Senegal led and beat Iraq.

Ghana led and beat Panama.

Algeria led and beat Jordan.

So African teams have led 15 times in this tournament: 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses.

That is not a continental pathology.

That is football.

And if this were an African problem, Africa should at least be uniquely bad at it.

We aren’t.

From 1970 to 2022, African teams lost 17.2% of World Cup matches after taking the lead.

AFC teams lost 20%.

CONCACAF teams lost 23.4%.

Even if we start from 1994, your 30-year window, it is CAF 16.4%, AFC 20% and CONCACAF 22.9%.

So where exactly is this unmistakable African pattern?

You have built a continental theory from a few painful games spread across decades.

To do that, you have to ignore Algeria holding against West Germany in ’82.

Cameroon repeatedly holding in ’90.

Nigeria seeing off Spain in ’98.

Ghana killing games in ’06.

And just four years ago, African teams led nine times at the 2022 World Cup and didn’t lose once.

Cameroon held against Brazil.

Tunisia held against France.

Morocco held against Belgium, Canada and Portugal.

That was four years ago. Not 30.

And before someone says these numbers are inflated by games against weaker opposition, let’s narrow the sample further.

Let’s look only at games where African teams took the lead against European and South American opposition.

Since 1970, it has happened 53 times.

African teams won 27.

Drew 14.

Lost 12.

That is a 77.4% non-loss rate after taking the lead against the two historically strongest footballing regions in the world.

So what you have identified is not a pattern.

It is a highlight reel of pain with the denominator deleted.

Yes, the collapses were real. Senegal’s was bad. DR Congo’s was bad. Côte d’Ivoire’s was bad.

But Japan’s against Belgium was bad too.

Croatia scored first and lost.

Spain’s collapse against Nigeria in 1998 was spectacular.

The difference is that those failures were attributed to the people who actually oversaw them: the players, the coach, the team.

Nobody said, “Croatia blew a lead, so Europeans lack concentration.”

Nobody built an Asian theory from Japan doing it more than once.

As for the coaches you cite, Thiaw was diagnosing Senegal’s game management.

That was his team in a game his team blew.

Senegal is a team.

Africa is a continent.

A coach owning his own failure is accountability. Stretching it into a verdict on 54 countries is your addition, not his.

And that is my pushback.

You may be coming from a place of good intentions. But Africa, and I must say this to you as an African, is diverse.

Sometimes coaches make bad decisions. Sometimes players panic. Sometimes underdogs sit too deep. Sometimes the better team comes back.

Sometimes a team just blows a lead.

[Rilwan @Real1_balogun]

That’s an 80% rate of progression from African teams, and Algeria may make it 90%.

They’ve justified that increased slots for Africa and they’ve made themselves proud.

Every single one of them except Tunisia has shown good levels. And they didn’t have the easiest groups.

Good stuff for African football.

The Round of 32 is a different kettle of fish though. But I tip another three to progress.

[Weffrey Jellington @jeffwellz]

You’re trying to reason with people who genuinely believe Spain intentionally drew with Cape Verde, and Uruguay somehow bottled a group with Saudi Arabia and Cape Verde just so Argentina could have an easier path as part of some grand FIFA conspiracy.

[ChocoTribe @Debbybruno3]

“Argentina always get an easy path”

Portugal can win against Colombia in the midnight, top their group and make the path hard for Argentina

[BAYODE @iam_bayode]

Make una calm down, he is back with the team after the birth of his child

[Sir Dickson @Wizarab10]

They are blowing this thing out of proportion. The wife would give birth during knock-out but the date is uncertain. He can fly for the delivery and fly back the next day.

Belgium's qualification is not even sure.
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Some women and her family would ask you to stay back and come after the match. But this thing is about focus. His mind would be on his wife and child. It is dicey because nobody wants to miss a world cup match. However, family should come first.

[cumi @fw_cumi]

look at that dummy to make messi shoot the ball comfortably

ronaldo stans tried to gaslight us he couldn’t have dummied that pass for fernandes to shoot😂

[UG @UgwunnaEjikem]

Someone in Govt should give Ogbeni CV an appointment so he can rest a little.

Even if na media assistant or PA to Dayo or something. Egbon don see say no way for Federal, e don pivot go State, y’all give that nigga something so we can hear word🥲