Zacchaeus

@chelseafc addicted fan 💙💙. Time answers all questions . Dreamer 🙏🏻

[TobyWrites @tobyasky]

No, it is not opinionated.

It is factual.

Again, can I ask you, who is better between R9 and CR7, if you say CR7, tell me why CR7 is better?

Those things you’re going to list, like BDOR, golden boots, individual trophies, name them, those things will be your reason why CR7 is better than R9.

Let’s flip it, every of the aforementioned, Messi has it over Ronaldo, so we’re not talking opinions here, we’re speaking facts.

Like what exactly can you put on the table to say Ronaldo > Messi, I’d be really curious.

Your lingo should be, Ronaldo is MY Goat, but Messi is THE GOAT. Be like Diomande today, you can have a preference and still acknowledge the better player.

Trophies and Personal achievements, Messi is higher,

Even the goals Ronaldo is bent on, Messi averages more goals than him, so Messi is even a better goalscorer than him, while still playmaking.

How in God’s name do you compare someone who is only bothered about goals most of his career to someone who can playmake, dribble more, create chances, and still do what Ronaldo does😂

I can swear on my life that if we switch it, you would never say Messi is at par with Ronaldo. This is why you Ronaldo fans are always saying “There are two GOATS”, you’ll never hear that from anyone who rates Messi as the better player,

Same lingo.
“There are two goats”
“Let’s enjoy them”

It’s consolation bro.

[TobyWrites @tobyasky]

My oga, there are no two GOATs.

This term is usually used by people who love Ronaldo so much, but deep down they know Messi is the better player.

So, they try to out them together, you her terms like "let us enjoy them", "why compare them when you can just enjoy them".

Rio Ferdinand is the master of those terms if you watch his podcast well. They're too ashamed to acknowledge, I mean, what will people think if I admit?

So, they rather say, "there are two GOATs", there are no two GOATs. If Ronaldo won or achieved what Messi has achieved, you will never hear two GOATs, the arrogance will start from Ronaldo himself, and drop down to his fans.

Sir Dick, there are no two GOATs, Messi is the greatest player to ever touch football. The records are there, the titles are there, if we remove them all, eye test is there, you dey whine us baba mi

[Zacchaeus @zacchaeus95]

It is clear from this that, we are still under slavery and colonialism . We are never a sovereign state. At least allow due process .

[Osagyefo Oliver Barker-Vormawor @barkervogues]

ORAL ADDRESS TO THE WIND - What the Court refused to hear.

In the matter of Abu Trica

1. May it please the Court. I rise this morning with a question I had hoped never to carry into this room. What is the point of justice?

2. I ask it not as a matter of being impolite but as a matter of record, because the conduct of the Republic in this matter has pressed the question into my hands and left me no honest way to set it down.

3. Your Honour will recall that we last stood before this Court. We came ex parte, seeking an order to restrain the removal of Mr Frederick Kumi from the jurisdiction until his application could be heard. This Court, mindful of the liberty of the individual and mindful equally of the sovereignty of the State, declined to make an interim order. The Court directed that the matter proceed on notice, so that the State might be heard before any order touching it was made. We did not quarrel with that direction. We accepted it. We accepted it because we came to this Court in good faith, and because we assumed that same good faith on every side.

4. I also pressed the Court as to the difficulties we were having in having access to our Client. That we had written to the Attorney-General to grant us access to Mr Frederick Kumi and that that request had not been acceded to. We contacted the Interpol Division of the Ghana Police Service, which had custody over him; they told us they did not have him in their custody. We contacted the lawyer on record representing the Attorney-General, he failed to respond to our request even though the message was delivered.

5. This Court again expressed grace, and stayed its hand. The Court directed that we should make all private attempts to get the Attorney-General to grant us access to our client; and that if that fails, this court would grant an order for us to see the client, the next morning. On the Court’s direction, we went to the AGs Office, searched for the lawyer on record to no avail.

6. We reported back to the Court that these attempts had failed; but the Court in its continuous grace decided against the order and directed that we appear today at 11 am.

7. Yesterday, we found out through whistleblowers that he had been sent to the Police Hospital to conduct the preparing to take him out of the Country. We put people on standby, surveilled their vehicle and realized that he was being held in BNI custody.

8. So Yesterday, myself and three other lawyers followed up to the BNI Headquarters and after hours of waiting, we were told that our request to see him was approved. So we should proceed to Blue Gate where he was being kept.

9. When we got there, we were told that it was too late and they wont grant us access. They told us to come back the next day today. This morning on our way to the BNI, we found that Frederick Kumi had been removed at 7am.

10. I must now tell this Court what has reached us since this matter was set down, and, I believe, since I entered this room. The public press this morning reports that Mr Frederick Kumi was removed from this jurisdiction earlier today, aboard Delta Air Lines flight 157, an aircraft that departed at sixteen minutes past nine o'clock. I do not ask this Court to take that report as proved upon my word.

11. I invite the State, which alone holds the truth of it, to rise and tell this Court plainly whether it is so.

12. And if it is so, then let this Court weigh the hour. At sixteen minutes past nine, as this Court had convened us to consider whether a detained man might be permitted to see his lawyers, that man, if the report is true, was already above the clouds and already beyond our borders. The hearing this Court fixed, in fairness, so that the State could be heard, was overtaken by the very party for whose benefit it was fixed.

[Osagyefo Oliver Barker-Vormawor @barkervogues]

ORAL ADDRESS TO THE WIND - What the Court refused to hear.

In the matter of Abu Trica

1. May it please the Court. I rise this morning with a question I had hoped never to carry into this room. What is the point of justice?

2. I ask it not as a matter of being impolite but as a matter of record, because the conduct of the Republic in this matter has pressed the question into my hands and left me no honest way to set it down.

3. Your Honour will recall that we last stood before this Court. We came ex parte, seeking an order to restrain the removal of Mr Frederick Kumi from the jurisdiction until his application could be heard. This Court, mindful of the liberty of the individual and mindful equally of the sovereignty of the State, declined to make an interim order. The Court directed that the matter proceed on notice, so that the State might be heard before any order touching it was made. We did not quarrel with that direction. We accepted it. We accepted it because we came to this Court in good faith, and because we assumed that same good faith on every side.

4. I also pressed the Court as to the difficulties we were having in having access to our Client. That we had written to the Attorney-General to grant us access to Mr Frederick Kumi and that that request had not been acceded to. We contacted the Interpol Division of the Ghana Police Service, which had custody over him; they told us they did not have him in their custody. We contacted the lawyer on record representing the Attorney-General, he failed to respond to our request even though the message was delivered.

5. This Court again expressed grace, and stayed its hand. The Court directed that we should make all private attempts to get the Attorney-General to grant us access to our client; and that if that fails, this court would grant an order for us to see the client, the next morning. On the Court’s direction, we went to the AGs Office, searched for the lawyer on record to no avail.

6. We reported back to the Court that these attempts had failed; but the Court in its continuous grace decided against the order and directed that we appear today at 11 am.

7. Yesterday, we found out through whistleblowers that he had been sent to the Police Hospital to conduct the preparing to take him out of the Country. We put people on standby, surveilled their vehicle and realized that he was being held in BNI custody.

8. So Yesterday, myself and three other lawyers followed up to the BNI Headquarters and after hours of waiting, we were told that our request to see him was approved. So we should proceed to Blue Gate where he was being kept.

9. When we got there, we were told that it was too late and they wont grant us access. They told us to come back the next day today. This morning on our way to the BNI, we found that Frederick Kumi had been removed at 7am.

10. I must now tell this Court what has reached us since this matter was set down, and, I believe, since I entered this room. The public press this morning reports that Mr Frederick Kumi was removed from this jurisdiction earlier today, aboard Delta Air Lines flight 157, an aircraft that departed at sixteen minutes past nine o'clock. I do not ask this Court to take that report as proved upon my word.

11. I invite the State, which alone holds the truth of it, to rise and tell this Court plainly whether it is so.

12. And if it is so, then let this Court weigh the hour. At sixteen minutes past nine, as this Court had convened us to consider whether a detained man might be permitted to see his lawyers, that man, if the report is true, was already above the clouds and already beyond our borders. The hearing this Court fixed, in fairness, so that the State could be heard, was overtaken by the very party for whose benefit it was fixed.

[Zacchaeus @zacchaeus95]

@barkervogues Well it seems we are still under slavery and colonialism .

[Zacchaeus @zacchaeus95]

@staroilghana France 5 Morocco 2

[Chelsea FC @ChelseaFC]

He's here. 👊

[Маnu Gutiérrez @ManuSportsVE]

Tuvimos una muy amena charla, con otro de los héroes de la fecha: ENZO FERNÁNDEZ.

[Маnu Gutiérrez @ManuSportsVE]

¡PARA USTEDES!

Después de semejante partido y victoria de Argentina, estábamos obligados de hacer todo lo posible para traerles las declaraciones de Leo, pero sinceramente no tuvimos que hacer mucho, ya que Messi se detuvo inmediatamente y nos dedicó un tiempo considerable para responder nuestras preguntas.

[Osagyefo Oliver Barker-Vormawor @barkervogues]

I have just found out from sources at the Police Hospital that Abu Trica has been rushed to the hospital.

It has been over a week; we haven’t been allowed access to Abu Trica as lawyers; and our request for him to meet him as his lawyers has not been granted.

Infact we have no idea where is he being held and Interpol which first had custody to him say they don’t have him.

We will be filing a habeas corpus application by tomorrow if the Republic continues to deny him something as basic as his right to counsel.

Let’s keep treating our citizens as animals to please the FBI. We are doing well.

Today, it’s a “fraud boy”. Tomorrow it will be a politician.

Shalom.

[Zacchaeus @zacchaeus95]

@iamdaymienn You've not seen "fraud boy" in quotes..?

[Kofi Nunoo-Mensah 🇬🇧🇬🇭 @pastor_mensah]

Dear Mr Kurt @kurtokraku your days are the FA is numbered, trust me with the help of Ghanaians we will dissolve the FA and get proper structures for the Association.

I just signed a @theactionnet petition: Dissolving the current structures of Ghana Football Association . Sign here: https://t.co/Gtx5OkkjAA

[Kofi Nunoo-Mensah 🇬🇧🇬🇭 @pastor_mensah]

To the good people of Ghana:

Our voices are being heard. The fact that some people are choosing to block us instead of engaging with our concerns shows that our calls for accountability are making an impact.

This movement is not about individuals—it is about the future of Ghana football. We will continue to speak peacefully, demand transparency, and advocate for reforms that we believe are in the best interest of the game and the nation.

Let's remain united, respectful, and determined. Together, our voices matter, and together we can continue to call for accountability and positive change in Ghana football.

#WeAreTakingBackOurFootball #Accountability #GhanaFootball

[Gary Al-Smith @garyalsmith]

By the end of the day, he will get a few phone calls, if he hasn't already. Normal. He lives in the UK, so it may easier for him to be at arm's length. But Rahman is a tough guy, he'll be OK.

@Fentuo_ said it in his article, now @iamrahmanosman has also hinted it: people have no idea how vicious the people in charge of football have been against journalists these last 5 years. The long list of court cases against our colleagues bear witness. As do the threats to families and physical attacks that cannot be proven to be linked to them.

The public want accountability and need our help. But are they willing to assist us with the protection required from these people?

The answer, so far, has been a big no.

We will continue to do our best.

[Rahman osman @iamrahmanosman]

The real problems at the GFA, why the president is naked and the only group that can get instant results. And oh yes journalists have a role in it.

[Chelsea FC Women @ChelseaFCW]

There's a new Blue in SW6. 🔵

Welcome, Manaka Matsukubo. 🇯🇵

[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.

[Frontierism @frontierism]

“I would rather die than withdraw.”

In 1991, after H.W. Bush nominated Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court, a woman claimed that Thomas sexually harassed her as her supervisor at two separate jobs. She was questioned on why she followed Thomas to the second job, after allegedly being harassed at the first.

At the hearing, led by Senate Judiciary Committee chair Joe Biden, Thomas vehemently and completely denied the allegations. He pointed to white liberals attempting to block a black conservative from taking a Supreme Court for having the wrong opinions, calling it a “high-tech lynching for uppity blacks who in any way deign to think for themselves, to do for themselves, to have different ideas, and it is a message that unless you kowtow to an old order, this is what will happen to you.”

The Senate confirmed Thomas to the Supreme Court by a vote of 52-48.

He’s faced the mob before, and he ascended in spite of it. We merely adopted the dark. He was born in it, molded by it. Clarence Thomas is the GOAT and the blueprint.

[Bright Simons @BBSimons]

I am watching a fascinating video of military relief operations in & around Tema Newtown, rescuing residents stranded by floodwaters. See the GAF PR attached.

The Sentuo Refinery footage is very revealing.

Ghana imports most of its refined fuel despite having domestic crude. So, naturally, Sentuo is seen as a totem of the country's industrial future.

The flooded refinery would no doubt spark more moralising about “building in waterways.”

For good reason.

6 years ago, EPA resisted the refinery site. They said the land sat in a sensitive wetland & flood-buffer system linked to Chemu Lagoon.

Tema City authorities disagreed. They insisted that Ghana must industrialise & create jobs. Sentuo land was thus rezoned.

That is the real tension of SERIOUS POLICY.

There are at least 5 levels of analysis when it comes to the intersection among waterways, flood risk & urban development. From direct obstruction to buffers to accelerants.

A city & its natural setting are both living organisms. There is no fixed hydrological or urban reality.

Yet elites continue to treat it as simple with their lazy moralising. Identify structures. Demolish them. Punish offenders. Problem solved.

In the theory of katanomics, that only answers WHAT.

The HOW is where the mess lives & where elites are too aloof to go.

Who mapped the waterway? By which flood standard? Is the wetland legally protected? Did the assembly, TDC, Lands Commission, EPA & Hydrological Authority agree on one binding map?

Sentuo was given permission because they promised to develop a drainage channelway for that whole part of Newtown. I can't see it. Can you?

Is there a group of elite Tema citizens that paid attention? Demanded permit conditions? Studied & published dissent or modifications? Mobilised civic pressure? I will save you the hassle. No.

This is katanomics in its rawest form.

It is easy to see the WHAT: free waterways.

But the real burden is in disaggregated execution: buffer widths, culvert levels, catchment maps, retention ponds, permit triggers, maintenance bonds, etc.

It is not our busy Makola mothers who work from 4am to 7pm and then rush home to cook that can mount such citizen surveillance. Only the educated Middle Class elites can. "Critical Policy Audiences" in the katanomics vocabulary.

If only they would sacrifice a few English Premier League matches.

Moralising is cheap. It makes people feel good about themselves. Digging for info, organising, thinking deep about alternatives, & then mounting civic pressure is HARD.

That is why it is seldom done. But elites in some places get it.

In Curitiba, Brazil, citizens made drainage, transport and zoning civic obsessions. They scrutinised flood maps & pushed neighbourhood drills. In Taiwan, citizen groups have forced environmental review and industrial-siting questions into public politics. Officials hold public sessions & folks video proceedings for social media.

That is the katanomic remedy: critical policy audiences.

[Zacchaeus @zacchaeus95]

@tony_andoh45262 @Sammens Is that how you were brought up ?