Mikel Merino on @Arsenal’s path to winning the @premierleague title: “What wasn’t so funny was Wolves.
One slip, and all we heard was ‘same old Arsenal.’ To be honest, there were doubts inside the team too. Giving away a 2–0 lead should never happen. But the day after the game, the players had a meeting inside the dressing room, without the boss. Everyone spoke up. Nobody talked about tactics. This was about how a group of human beings handle adversity together. I spoke about how I saw the team from the outside, and I said that this was something we as players had to handle, because the boss couldn’t do everything for us. When one person has so many tasks at one club, you need leaders who can figure things out on their own.
Well, at this club, we do.
In my view, that was the day we won the title.
Even when we lost to Bournemouth and City, that meeting kept us together. We decided to use all the criticism as fuel, and thanks to social media we saw everything.
We were bottlers. Runners-up. Second, second, second. Boring. Set-piece team. Couldn’t score from open play. Couldn’t handle the pressure. When they questioned our professionalism, we grew even closer.
The guy with the bottle on TV? We just laughed.
‘Bantah,’ like the English say.
The boss was on fire. Every team talk, he reached into our hearts. He spoke about looking out for one another, like a family. The culture we have is thanks to him. Even when the world expected us to collapse, I felt confident that the title would be ours.” https://t.co/PI5ONVFwcc
Dear Mum , Hon Minister @Hon_Anifa , mine is not defending an ethical behavior but just to explain something others are not telling you - “THE POCKETING DR,”leave alone saying I know Dr Candia Robert who was one year behind me. I was his President at Medical School. A disciplined and always smiling Dr. The clinical coat has very many uses to a clinician. I won’t enumerate them but one of them , is what I have witnessed over the years: when a Dr is exhausted, instead of leaning against a wall or sitting down , many times he /she chooses to rest his / her hands in the lower coat pockets to find balance and rest on his / her feet, can you imagine. But also , to keep his hands from hanging everywhere and falling in contact with the surfaces on the ward , to keep them fairly clean before touching to examine another client, disinfect and keep again. It develops into a habit among health workers who work for long hrs or teaching, common among senior health workers.
Please , please, let me plead for Dr Chadia, he is that nice son of yours - try and find out. Again , sometimes health workers use those white pockets to hide their glove - powdered hands - not dirty as such.
I bet you , you will meet many , including very senior Drs pocketing.
I could be wrong, I am sorry, that’s just my humble but orthodox view.
@TheUMAofficial@MinofHealthUG@RubabindaJr
You asked for "factual exactitude"? Let’s look at the UBOS Census 2024 and MEMD data for the very country you serve as Energy Minister:
93.1% of Ugandan households rely on biomass (firewood/charcoal) for cooking. Less than 3% cook using electricity or gas.
National grid coverage sits at just 25.3%. In your own constituency, Nebbi District, grid connection drops to a dismal 4.1% in West Nile, leaving, 95% of households dependent on firewood and charcoal!
As a First-Class Development Studies graduate and Minister, answering the LOP with hypothetical "alternative energy" options while pushing a charcoal ban/regulation before rural infrastructure or grid subsidies exist isn't a technical answer, it's administrative delusion.
Hiding behind parliamentary procedures doesn't change the fact that your policies remain completely detached from the daily realities of mothers in Nebbi and across Uganda.
Learn to listen to citizens without arrogance!
Yes, the pride that many of you carry is the one that brings the influential energy down. Tiktokers are down to earth, the greet and engage with people. Naye mwe wano, you only know your fellow "influencers" gig mates, ku ground you don't even want to that we exist. Whatever challenges you guys are facing you deserve it and double 🤧