The Silent Spectator

I practice medicine, love Chelsea FC and spend the greater part of my time perusing football stats & tactics. Words on @FirstPost.

[The Silent Spectator @msreya]

For @FirstpostSports, I wrote an ode to @KAKA - the effortless playmaker and a true gentleman. #kaka #KAKA22 https://t.co/8h06KZW69E?amp=1

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

I saw a post on Reddit that said that “The underlying purpose of AI is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth.” And I don’t think I’ve ever seen AI described so incisively.

[Neil Clark @NeilClark66]

I saw it. You saw it. Millions if not billions around the world saw it. Iran were hindered from progressing in this World Cup because the powers-that-be didn’t want them to progress. But we’re all meant to shrug our shoulders, and say ‘they were just unlucky’ and move on as if what we saw with our own eyes never happened.

[Maddox @Maddox_CFC]

🚨 Didier Drogba on Kai Havertz:

🗣️ “Kai Havertz spent years telling everyone that winning the Champions League with Arsenal would mean more than winning it with Chelsea. The problem is that to compare trophies, you first have to win them.

Chelsea gave him the biggest night of his career. One goal, one Champions League, and a place in football history. Instead of appreciating it, he acted like it was only a warm-up for something greater.

He celebrated every goal against Chelsea as if he had something to prove. Last night proved the only thing that matters: talking about the Champions League is not the same as winning it.

The medal in his cabinet still has Chelsea's name on it. The trophy he dreamed of winning with Arsenal is still missing.

Football is a cruel game. Sometimes it waits patiently before reminding people where they achieved their greatest success.

Kai wanted to show the world that Chelsea was just a stepping stone. Instead, he discovered that Chelsea was the peak.

Some players leave Chelsea and become legends elsewhere. Others leave Chelsea and spend years chasing the standards they already had.

The Champions League doesn't care about feelings, interviews, or celebrations. It only remembers winners. And the last time Kai Havertz was one, he was wearing blue..."

[Rushil @RushilM_]

Paying for an AC cab and then having to BEG the driver to increase the AC from 1 to 2 has somehow become the new normal.

Uber/Ola/Rapido are genuinely getting out of hand -
and there is zero accountability anymore.

You pay for an AC cab.
The driver purposely keeps the AC at 1.

The airflow is terrible.
The cab feels suffocating within minutes.

Instead of cooling you down -
it just gives you a headache and makes the ride unbearably uncomfortable.

The moment you ask to increase the AC to 2 or 3 -
you get looked at with so much disgust and anger as if you’ve committed a crime.

The worst part?

We are literally paying a premium for comfort -
only to travel uncomfortably.

If drivers don’t want to run the AC properly, they shouldn’t be accepting AC rides in the first place.

The apps already have non-AC categories for a reason.

At this point, this feels less like an occasional problem and more like an accepted scam.

Basic comfort in an AC cab should not feel like a luxury anymore.

Do better, @Uber @Olacabs @rapidobikeapp.

[The Silent Spectator @msreya]

. @IndiGo6E Very poor service at the Kempegowda International Terminal 1, your FFWD counter isn't working and Ms. Navya at the baggage check-in kiosk is extremely unprofessional, created unnecessary nuisance for our family.

[ᴢ ᴀ ɪ ʙ ɪ @_xaibii]

Randy Orton did not "turn heel" on SmackDown. He simply gave us and Cody Rhodes what we wanted all along. But there is one detail people are missing.

When was the last time Orton was truly seen as a bad guy? We have to go back to WrestleMania 37.

That night, Alexa Bliss appeared in a different form and cost Bray Wyatt, as The Fiend, his match against Orton. Wyatt soon disappeared from TV while Alexa Bliss moved on with Lilly.

The story changed Randy Orton. He was already a legend, but in the years since he has become something different. A locker room leader. A loyal veteran that many fans respect in a way they may not have earlier in his career.

He stopped listening to the voices and formed RK-Bro with Matt Riddle. Ever since then, he has talked about keeping the voices in his head in check. He was not fully embracing them anymore.

For the past 18 months, Orton has had his eye on Cody Rhodes and the WWE Championship. They fought in the King of the Ring final at Night of Champions, and he also faced John Cena at Backlash. But the old Randy Orton did not appear.

What finally brought him back was not just Cody Rhodes pushing him. Orton knows WrestleMania 42 could be his last chance at a true defining moment as a 15-time World Champion.

A year ago Orton had nothing. Joe Hendry answered an open challenge and Orton beat him easily. Now he is back in a major WrestleMania story. Getting this close to the top again has reawakened what the Bray Wyatt story had put to sleep. He is not doing this to be a heel. This is simply who Randy Orton is.

The fans cheered because they understood that. Many are also tired of Cody... But this story might not be finished yet. Cody Rhodes has been teasing darker behavior for weeks through his interactions with Sami Zayn and Jacob Fatu.

So maybe Orton did not just turn heel. Maybe this moment was the catalyst for the real heel turn still to come.

If Cody Rhodes wants any chance of beating the "true" Randy Orton, he has to become an even more ruthless version of the friend he said he loves. The fans will hate him for it, but that's the point. Randy will teach Cody his final lesson at WrestleMania.

(Kyle from EWwrestlingnews on fb)

[Dr Scarface📍🩺 @king_pearxe]

How do you come to the hospital by 11pm complaining that your child has been stooling and vomiting for 3 days.

That you just want the doctor to give him an injection to stop it.

The doctor told you that the child needs admission to be treated properly, you said doctors like money a lot and you took the child and went home

[The Silent Spectator @msreya]

So many of our lives, including mine, changed after that day.

I didn't realise what grief actually is till I lost my grandfather to COVID.

I graduated as a medico prior to the pandemic, but it taught me more about the human aspect of medicine than anything else could.

[BNO News @BNOFeed]

6 years ago today: A man in Wuhan, China starts feeling ill, becoming the first confirmed case of COVID-19

[Parth MN @parthpunter]

Life has come full circle for Amol Muzumdar.

He is one of the greatest cricketers to never play for India.

He announced himself as the next big thing, scoring 260 on his Ranji Trophy debut for Mumbai.

He didn't stop there. He went on to score over 11,000 more and absolutely bossed domestic cricket along the way.

Sadly, he played in an era when the Indian middle order had Dravid, Tendulkar, Laxman and Ganguly.

In 2014, he retired from first class cricket, ending his illustrious career that lasted 21 years.

But he never wore the illusive India cap.

11 years after retirement, as the coach of the Indian women's team, he lifts the ODI World Cup.

It's a story of grit, resilience and redemption.

It's got a bit of Kabir Khan in it, isn't it? That too on SRK's 60th birthday.

#ICCWomensWorldCup2025

[Adit³ 🇮🇳 M4X @aditstappen]

he took that podium celebration at silverstone personally won't blame him

[Box Box || 🇦🇺 🥇x9🥈x11🥉x8 @BoxBoxAndStop]

Adam Norris literally bought Lando an F1 seat by investing in McLaren when they were about to go bust.

So WTF is Lando talking about?

Also, Oscar doesn’t come from a racing family, yet he won 3 consecutive junior titles, and is also currently beating Lando.

Just lame excuses.

[TheLungDoctor @SidhaantNangia]

Why do patients keep blaming doctors for corporate hospital, i am not fixing the price of medicines, investigations, ventilators.
If tomorrow i get admitted, i am also paying the same price

[F1 TROLL @f1trollofficial]

Nobody wants that 2nd seat

[RBR Daily @RBR_Daily]

Max Verstappen gapped the McLarens by 19 SECONDS.

We ran it back 2023 style ❤️

[Alethiometer @PoisonOfChoice]

Anyone who insists that the rightful place for an animal is the streets, is no lover of animals. They're just miserable fucks looking for an easy access to the dopamine hit that throwing some crumbs at animals gets them. These fanatics are neither reasonable, nor responsible.

[Naimisha (ନୈମିଷା) 🇮🇳 @SpeakNaimisha]

I love dogs I have even adopted strays myself.
But I also know people who have been bitten badly by them. I personally take longer routes just to avoid stray dogs, especially in the early morning or late at night.

To those who say “Just vaccinate them” will that stop them from biting? No. We don’t even want those teeth on our bones.

It’s easy to protest when you’ve never suffered. If you’re fine with being bitten, that’s your choice but don’t put other people’s lives in danger.

And for those who say “There are bigger issues in the country” this is a big issue. It affects a lot of people. Just because it doesn’t impact you doesn’t make it unimportant.

#straydogs #SupremeCourt

[Ankit Jain @indiantweeter]

honestly, stray dog problem is a poor man’s problem, a stray dog will always bite a poor man who is carrying trash or watchmen or cleaners. Dog lovers are basically denying these poor people their right to roam freely on streets because they themselves belong to the elite class

[` @chixxsays]

We’ll tell future generations that BCCI forced him into retirement to stop him from reaching 100 centuries

[Anuradha Tiwari @talk2anuradha]

My basic questions to government on Ethanol blending:

- Why aren’t we given the option to choose?
- Why no price cut when ethanol costs less?
- How it will reduce fuel consumption when mileage drops by 10-15%?

Silence isn’t an answer. Time for govt to come clean!

[lais @laistappen]

behind every depressed person is an even more depressed person