Mohammed Adamu

Game Changer. Touch bearer for Hi-Shells.

[Mohammed Adamu @mogination]

Born for this!

[Mohammed Adamu @mogination]

@tichyburner Your tears have not even started flowing!

[Mohammed Adamu @mogination]

@Wizarab10 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I told you nah

[Mohammed Adamu @mogination]

@EFCxGoat Yes. I am with you.

[Mohammed Adamu @mogination]

@lovelambogpt CR7 could play in the Somalian league if he likes, we don't freaking care. We know what we see with our eyes when both players have the ball on their feet, he is not even half the footballer Messi is... Dominated my foot.

[Mohammed Adamu @mogination]

@idiare_Official If he can give us..

3 goals
3 goals
2 goals
2 goals
1 goal

In the knockout stages. It will be too lit. I know it is very unlikely, but one can dream.

[Mohammed Adamu @mogination]

@zikohercules It is tiring debating with them.

[Mohammed Adamu @mogination]

Well written. Well done!

[Rafael Cardoso Sampaio @cardososampaio]

O futebol é o esporte mais bonito já inventado. E pelos motivos mais loucos. 

Em primeiro e mais importante lugar, porque decidiu contrariar o corpo humano.

Parece exagero, mas não é. A nossa espécie passou milênios se gabando das mãos. Polegar opositor, ferramenta, escrita, espada, bisturi, controle remoto, celular. Quase tudo o que fazemos bem passa por elas. A mão é a arrogância anatômica do ser humano.

O futebol olhou para isso e disse que não.

No futebol, a parte mais habilidosa do corpo é quase proibida. As mãos ficam ali, inúteis, penduradas, como se fossem um acessório constrangedor. Só um sujeito pode usá-las, justamente aquele colocado para impedir a alegria dos outros. O resto precisa resolver a vida com os pés, com a cabeça, com o peito, com o ombro, com o improviso e com uma dose generosa de erro.

Isso muda tudo.

Com as mãos, o corpo obedece. Basta ver um jogo de basquete para entender. A bola parece extensão natural do atleta. Ela vai, volta, quica, gira, entra. Há beleza nisso, claro. Mas há também uma certa obediência do mundo. A mão manda e a bola aceita.

Com os pés, a bola negocia.

Ela escapa meio metro. Ela bate na canela. Ela quica no gramado ruim. Ela trai o craque e humilha o perna de pau. Ela transforma um domínio simples em pequena tragédia. Ela permite que um passe fácil vire lateral e que um chute torto entre no ângulo.

Essa é uma parte enorme da graça. O futebol é difícil porque é jogado contra a própria anatomia. Um drible perfeito vale mais porque não deveria ser tão limpo. Um lançamento de quarenta metros vale mais porque saiu de uma parte do corpo que, em tese, foi feita para caminhar. Uma bicicleta vale mais porque desafia a física, o bom senso e a lombar.

Com as mãos, muita coisa parece possível. Com os pés, quase tudo parece improvável. O futebol nasce desse quase.

O segundo motivo é igualmente insano. O futebol é o único esporte em que tudo foi pensado para ter o mínimo possível de pontos ou gols. Foi desenhado para torná-lo raro.

O impedimento existe para atrapalhar o gol. O goleiro existe para atrapalhar o gol. A defesa existe para transformar o caminho até a rede em um labirinto de pernas, faltas, desvios, tropeços e gritos de “sobe”.

Sem goleiro e sem impedimento, o futebol seria outra coisa. Talvez um esporte de placar alto. Talvez mais palatável para quem precisa de pontuação constante para acreditar que algo está acontecendo. Mas seria menos futebol.

O futebol vive da espera.

Boa parte da partida é feita de aproximações. Um passe que não entra. Um cruzamento alto demais. Um atacante que sai um segundo antes. Uma bola na trave. Uma defesa impossível. O jogo vai acumulando tensão. A torcida sabe que o gol pode não vir. E justamente por isso, quando vem, ele rasga tudo.

O gol não é apenas um ponto. É uma explosão, uma libertação de toda a tensão acumulada. 

É gente abraçando desconhecido. É pai lembrando do filho. É filho lembrando do pai. É cerveja voando e todos achando razoável. É arquibancada virando corpo coletivo por alguns segundos. Ninguém comemora uma cesta de três pontos como comemora um gol aos 43 do segundo tempo. Não há equivalência possível. O gol é raro demais para ser tratado com educação.

Por isso o futebol incomoda tanto aqueles que se acostumaram a muitos pontos. Ele não entrega recompensa em intervalos regulares. Ele não promete justiça proporcional. Um time pode ter a bola o jogo inteiro, criar quinze chances, chutar na trave, obrigar o goleiro adversário a fazer a melhor partida da carreira e perder de um a zero em um escanteio mal defendido.

Isso não é falha do futebol. 

É futebol.

A retranca pode ser feia, mas pode funcionar. A posse de bola pode ser elegante, mas nem sempre resolve. O time inferior pode se fechar, sofrer, gastar tempo, buscar uma falta lateral e achar um gol chorado no fim. O empate pode ser grande resultado. O zero a zero pode ser uma operação de sobrevivência.

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[Mohammed Adamu @mogination]

@7fakiy @tichyburner I am a Barca and Messi fan myself, but it is always funny to me when people shit on a super great player like Zidane just to drive an agenda.

[Yewande @LionessAtEase]

My mum owns a primary and secondary school somewhere in Akeja, Ogun Sate. There is this man, Papilo, a supplier who handles FMCG products in that area. He comes Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Sundays are for my mum and other school owners stocking up for students during break.
He is not the only one. They are everywhere like that.

One thing I know is that most of these sellers don’t pay him immediately, They pay on the next supply day or after a week. Sometimes it stretches to 3 supplies before payment clears.

I've watched him argue back and forth with customers who say no money yet. He still gives them all or little. I've seen this for over 15 years growing up. This is the practice across every informal market in Nigeria. This is Africa’s informal supply chain.

Papilo knows all his customers. He knows their children’s names. He argues, negotiates, and finds a middle ground. No App or AI can replicate this.
Papilo now runs plenty of small kekes distributed all over Akeja and beyond.

In African businesses, relationships aren’t just nice-to-haves. They are part of the infrastructure. And this is where the majority of our builders get it wrong.

A techie once went to get bread at a store and stumbles on a sole distributor supplying them wines. He thinks “so this is how these get their stocks” he goes home to google the numbers and sees millions of retailers, no central database, orders on phone call, cash payments, manual records. He sees the classic Manufacturer → Distributor → Wholesaler → Retailer chain and he goes “yes! This is a gap. This is untapped. I can build this on an app”.
Actually, he is right. But here is what he missed;

The supplier extends credit
The wholesaler knows who always pays at each time.
The sales rep knows whose child just got admitted into university.
The delivery driver knows which shop opens late or earlier
None of this can fit in an app database because they are the everyday circumstantial reality of Nigerian business owners. Your app can’t document this.

A retailer doesn’t always buy from who is cheaper. She buys from who’s delivered consistently for years. The one who lets her pay next week. The one who picks up the phone immediately there is a problem.

See your app can calculate credit just fine. But the distributor knows Mama Olomi missed payment because her shop flooded last week. That context is the business in this part of the world.

You will think funding fixes this but marketForce had $42M and still died. Sendy had $27M, Medsaf had $7M.

Your investors will push you to the usual playbook; free delivery, discounts, cashback, promotions, etc and growth will look incredible at first but the moment the subsidies disappear, you will start to compete with relationships using economics alone.

Then you’d realize your capital didn't buy survival, it brought speed to a broken model. Somebody say Reality!

Now let’s look at the ones who didn’t die. They simply mutated.
Sabi moved into traceability/export infra. OmniRetail leaned into embedded finance.
Sendy’s co-founder built TABB on trade credit data.

Rather than say we’re replacing distributors, they became the operating system behind the distributors helping them;
📍 Manage inventory
📍 Collect payment
📍 Access financing
📍 Discover retailers
📍 Forecast demand
📍 Coordinate logistics

This is the lesson for anyone building in African informal market.

Don’t ask How do i remove the middleman

Ask, what valuable job is the middleman doing that technology can make easier?

Don’t compete with the market woman, equip her. Build the layer she can’t build herself (credit history, verified supply chains, payment infrastructure, etc).

This is because Africa’s distribution problem was never about apps vs humans. It’s about who controls the trust layer. Build that, not the marketplace.

@blocstreets

[Mohammed Adamu @mogination]

Your tears never even start... Lol

[DEJI MIGUEL FERNADES 🇵🇹 @just_deji_]

POV: You’re a Messi fan in this 2026 World Cup mode 😂

Suddenly goals are EVERYTHING. Every Messi tap in goal and poor keeping now counts a ‘record breaker’, they are now counting every single goal like it’s the Ten Commandments.
Spamming ‘GOAT settled forever’ stats.

But rewind to any Ronaldo milestone like 900, 950, and countdowns for the 1000 goals… y’all were singing a different tune:
‘Penalties tho 💀’
‘Just a goal scorer’
‘Messi has better ratio in fewer games anyway’
‘Look at goal contributions not just goals’

The same people who downplayed pure
goalscoring for years are now deepthroating goal tallies like it’s their new religion.
World Cup really changed the script.
All of a sudden goals records matters?🤣🤣🤣

[Mohammed Adamu @mogination]

@Horizon1573 @messssiiio @taylornotswft1 @PAPKicker @jmorleylfc So people are not allowed to choose their preferred player without you guys accusing them of being envious?

[Mohammed Adamu @mogination]

@PAPKicker @jmorleylfc So how about the Man United fans that say Messi is better. Are they trying to be performative too?

[Mohammed Adamu @mogination]

@tichyburner It is crazy to see that you have joined the conspiracy theory side... You should honestly stop hate watching Messi, so you don't suffer a mental breakdown before the world cup ends.

I enjoy you content by the way, except the fake Messi hate gimmick.

[Mohammed Adamu @mogination]

The fact that you guys have to lie, make up idiotic narratives in your head and come up with all sort of conspiracy theories, just so you can continue to deny that Messi is a superior footballer to Cristiano is insane. Tueh!

[Faithfulness Okom @AttorneyF_]

This right here was the turning point in the GOAT debate, and it perfectly sums up the Ronaldo vs. Messi dynamic.

There is a fundamental asymmetry in how both sides operate. Ronaldo fans are generally content with their preference; they back their man and leave it at its that. But engaging with the typical Messi fan feels entirely different, there is a distinct, missionary smugness to it.

To them, supporting Ronaldo isn't just a differing opinion; it’s treated as an intellectual failure, a literal scandal. Their arrogance doesn't stop at mere preference; it’s a collective superiority complex that actively seeks to manufacture a narrative and enforce it as absolute truth.

That’s why the narrative surrounding the 2022 World Cup felt so hollow. The overwhelming sentiment, even from the footballing hierarchy, was that Messi "deserved" a World Cup. But nobody deserves anything in sports, especially when what previously held you back wasn't injury, but your own failure on the pitch.

Once the sport decided a player "deserved" a specific outcome, the integrity of the game took a backseat. It all stems from the immense pity his brief, calculated retirement garnered. That moment sent alarm bells ringing across the Messi fanbase, triggering a frantic need to secure his legacy. Coupled with the existing condescending, righteous rage of a fanbase that believes their icon is untouchable, it completely altered the dynamic; transforming them from sports fans into political or religious zealots enforcing a dogma.

Thankfully people are waking up to it. 🙏🏾

[Lara @0m0lara]

Not sure anyone has explained it better!

[AM☬ @AbsoluteMxssi]

An entire stadium filled with people wishing Messi a happy birthday 😳❤️

[Mohammed Adamu @mogination]

Clown!

[III @Cerebrone]

There’s a general need to stick it to Ronaldo that is quite obsessive. If you hate the guy, you should have reached the mountain when his rival won the World Cup 4 years ago.

To still feel the need to remain this obsessed with sticking it to him is weird.

[Mohammed Adamu @mogination]

Singlehandedly, for champions league that Madrid still won twice after he left there and could not win it with Juve 🤣

Singlehandedly but una dey here dey cry say Bruno Fernandez no give am pass versus Congo. Make una try get small shame.

[Ehis @ahm_ehiz]

Yep. Messi was not like Ronaldo.

While Ronaldo was almost single handedly overturning deficients and leading his club to victories, Messi was failing in spectacular fashion. Bayern, Liverpool and Roma were creating lores at his demise.

While Ronaldo was turning inescapable defeats to victories, Messi was the leading accomplice in turning sure victories into shameful losses.

You move away from their club careers to their countries and the story is almost similar.

While Ronaldo was turning his second tier footballing nation into a first tier one by making sure they no longer missed a World Cup and pulled the team to its very first international trophy, Messi was threatening his continental association with resignation. They had to make Copa America to an annual event until he finally got it.

Let's be clear, they are not on the same stratosphere. On a footballing level, on a narrative level and on a mental level.

Ronaldo is easily twice the football that Messi is

[Mohammed Adamu @mogination]

@YOUNGYUPPIE22 @winexviv I am not arguing with you, you have made your choice. Just get your facts right, that's all.