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On the back of their recent shocking struggle against a young AC Milan side, critics, including my fellow Milan fan, Momodou Sisay Dibba, in his article "Barcelona Need A Plan B", have quickly jumped to remind us of how deficient and predictable the Tiki-taka system of Barcelona is. Yes, we expect that from critics but I’m rather surprised by how easily Barcelona fans have jumped ship and choose to join the nay-sayers.

Without even pulling statistics, let's see reasons they should have jumped to the defense of their team and a system that is arguably the best football fans have ever seen in the history of the beautiful game.

Barcelona Need a Plan B

Last year Maximilliano Allegri(AC Milan Coach) stated “Barcelona are predictable’ shortly before their champions league quarter final match with Barcelona in 2012. Upon hearing this, I thought this guy cannot be serious, for we are talking about a team many argue is up there with any other club team football has seen. After the first leg, I was somehow convinced that the man had clear ideas when he stated that. And that is: They will pass, pass, pass and pass and look for the killer pass. Where is the surprise? None! This is completely different from one’s inability to stop a  killer pass. I could not see any even after the second leg when they won in controversial circumstances. We will come to that in a moment, for now let us state the Hypothesis and look for empirical evidence to either reject or fail to reject it.

January 28, 2013

Your Excellency,

On 4 days of Official Work: An Open Letter to The President

Discussions among Gambians over the past week have been centered on the recent announcement that effective February 1^st, 2013, the official workweek will be reduced from 5 days to 4 days. From elites and intellectuals in offices and online; home and abroad, to university and high school students in taxis, to the average man and woman on the streets and in market places, discussions have continued and I’ve heard many view points. There are many talking points, opinions and sentiments. However, the one common sentiment I have ascertained from all the discussions I’ve heard is UNCERTAINTY! Too many Gambians are unsure and afraid of what this change will mean to their daily lives and livelihood; social and economic.

UCL PREVIEW: CHELSEA VS JUVENTUS

Chelsea are unbeaten in a competitive match against Juventus. At first sight, that sends shivers into the Juve fans, or anyone wishing for a Juventus win tonight. The Blues knocked out Juve    3-2 on aggregate at the second round of the same competition in 2009. Further to that, Juventus holds a dismal record of only 2 wins on English soil (against Villa 82-83 and Man United 96-97). With that, all the Chelsea fans could be forgiven for harboring dreams of a routine win against their Italian counterparts. Without context, that could be misleading.

 Juventus are on a 42 match unbeaten run in Seria A, and one could argue that this is no ordinary Juventus team.  Granted they are nowhere near the all conquering Juventus team of the mid-90s; the likes of Zidane, Davids, Del Piero and Antonio Conte.

Section 18(1) of the 1997 Constitution provides for the right to life. It states that:

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