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Actions are beginning to come in thick and fast in the English Premier league, as it makes her midweek debut appearance of the season. Manchester United and Arsenal set the ball rolling for a mouthwatering clash in the weekend, as they both were on the winning side of high scoring encounters. Tottenham dropping point is becoming a regularity, and Riyad Mahrez’s magical goal ensured that Spurs were beaten at the King Power stadium. Burnley and Chelsea continued in their splendid form as both teams picked up slim victories against Bournemouth and Swansea, respectively. More importantly, City survived on the back of yet another Sterling performance, as Southampton could not do enough to seal the deal. But here are  the five things we learnt this past week on the EPL.  1. Be Patient, Wilfred Ndidi (Patience) is the next best thing after Kante.  Signed from Belgian side, Genk, the teenage Nigerian midfield sensation, was supposed to come in at Leciester City and...

BY IKECHUKWU KENNETH   Hello guys and welcome to the weekly review of the Epl round of matches. After Week 13 round of matches, it is glaring that there is trouble in Wembley, and Everton isn’t faring better either. Also, both Manchester clubs barely managed to grind out narrow victories, as Chelsea and Liverpool dropped points playing out an entertaining 1-1 draw at the Anfield. Arsenal got lucky against Burnley, and Leciester City held West ham to a draw. But here are the five things we learnt this past week on the EPL.  1.GUESS WHAT THE PULL IS, NOW THAT TONY IS GONE. After the week 12 round of fixtures, West Brom manager, Tony Pulis, was laid off as coach of The Baggies. The now former manager had led the club to a very poor start in  the English Premier league this season, as they currently sit 17th on the log. The scandalous loss against Antonio Conte's men at the Hawthorns was the final straw that broke the camel’s back, and Tony Pulis’ head was on a...

Week #12 resumes with a bang,  from the boring international break, and there were goals aplenty from every corner. Everton fc continue their resurgence, after winning a point from their 2-2 draw at the Selhurst park. Manchester united and Lukaku return to good form, as their noisy neighbors continue their steady march towards the English Premier league title. Liverpool made light work of Southampton, as Sean Dyche's Burnley kept all three points for themselves, against the Swans. Also, there were wins for London clubs, Chelsea and Arsenal, meaning only Tottenham dropped points of the top six.  But what exactly did we come away with this past week on the Epl?  1. Poch’s fear of failure would only kill Tottenham’s hot spur.  Argentine coach, Mauricio Pochettino, has catapulted Tottenham from what they were to the world beaters that they are now, but how much longer before the fans grow tired of the fact that beating the best of the best doesn’t always...

 I finished my national youth service recently, and in the spirit of POP, I went on instagram in search of POP pictures I can like, or probably repost. I am a sucker for captions, so I was on the lookout.( P.s this is the only time I will admit to myself that I was a corp member cos am not very patriotic).   I saw quite a number of cool and colorful pictures after refreshing and refreshing, ones I might have clicked the like button for. However I noticed a terrible trend, I mean a sickening trend. This trend is not peculiar to ex corp member pictures, this trend is something have constantly noticed with social media post over the years so I think it is high time I wrote about it. Like what the shoot is wrong with us? “Hell No” am not inclusive. Why do you post pictures with terrible captions? I mean who are you fighting with? Who is your enemy? Because you seem to acknowledge them with every post. Every post is a constant reminder that someone is your enemy, that s...

Knowing your way or dying on the way. Candy Crush has taught me over again that a game is never over until it is really over. One could remain on a particular level for weeks. You play, you lose, lose all the lives, return after 30-45 minutes to play, lose all the lives again, and this goes on and on for days, sometimes running into weeks.  At times, you don't understand what the rule of a particular level is, yet you go on playing. This part is my favorite because the Creator of life doesn't always show us the full picture of our lives, yet we keep living, trying hard, trusting blindly, never giving up and at the end of the day, you either come to understand the rule after several trials and errors OR you just pass the stage in a way you can't even explain...just like that! Many a times you make a wrong move and you wish you could  Ctrl Z  on Candy Crush to undo the wrong but then, you just have to live with the mistake. In the same vein, we don't alw...

Over the weekend, it was a battle of supremacy for clubs from London and Manchester. Whilst City took Arsenal to the cleaners, Manchester united were completely outplayed and outclassed by Antonio Conte's men. Also, Tottenham could not build on thier midweek victory over Real Madrid, but they did manage to take all three points against Crystal Palace, as Hueng meng Son's solitary strike was enough to seal the deal. There were away wins for Burnley and Bournemouth, while new boys, Brighton and Huddersfield, also managed to take all three points courtesy of one nil wins. However, the most impresive was Everton's comeback against Watford from a two goal deficit, to win the match 3-2. But what really are the five things we learnt this past week on the Epl? Mou vs Conte...Matic vs Bakayoko...Morata vs Lukaku...and the winner is Eden Hazard. The most anticipated English premiership fixture of the calendar year (2017) has come and gone, with The Blues emerging vic...