The Sole Friendship for my Soul (Poem)

The colour of your friendship

As fresh as raindrops

I thirst for,

To keep dehydration at bay

Your friendship,

Beautiful as the colours of the rainbow

An umbrella against downpour

Your friendship, all weather it survives

A future secured

Not deterred by climate change

Your friendship,

A repellent to keep mosquitoes at bay

Life given another chance

Death dealt a heavy blow

Your friendship, my sole candidate

For the president of my heart

For the desired change

A love I desire to secure my future

Your love, the heart beat

For my survival

Your love, the air I breathe

To see the light of everyday

True friendship, your love I live

Written and composed by Taiwo, Kehinde Oluwaseyi

I Love Antonyms (Poem)

Antonyms you find in me, Kehinde Taiwo

Get it straight, not twisted, that’s my name

An antonym you always read

We first not to be the last

But the last could be the first

Many are called, few are chosen

Early to rise, late to bed

Fruit of thy labour, thy sow to reap

Once a tenant, now a landlord

Poverty we run from, riches we work to’

Life is hard, cursed in the former

Life is sweet, blessed with the latter

Selflessness, the sky nations fly to

In the spotlight, First world

Selfishness, the ground nations fall on

Into obscurity, Third world

What you love you don’t hate

But what you hate you could love

English exams, a failure to hate Jam’ by JAMB

But antonyms a love, pass’ by English to you

Forward ever, backward never

For better or worse, our hearts locked as one

Joy, we live forever together

Sorrow, separated

White or black, equally created

From one source, God

Racism, a fight with might

To be bright

Freedom of speech, the world preach’

Pitched against tyranny

But God’s wisdom the Bible teaches

To the kingdom,

Reached with freedom

Written and composed by Taiwo, Kehinde Oluwaseyi

Maya Angelou: An Angel uniting the World (Poem)

Maya Angelou, a poetic heroine of the black race

Celebrated all over the world with a loud ovation

Ear drums vibrates to her heartfelt words

From her words, lost hope is found

Inspiration is rejuvenated and defeat dealt a heavy blow

Beyond her death we are spurred to ‘exhume’ the hero in us

Life is short, her words outlives her life

Beyond her generation

To my generation

And generations unborn 

Maya, an Angel uniting the world

With her words, disunity unleashes unity

War, made peace

Good life, a better life

And life, given a meaning

Maya Angelou, rest in peace

Always!

Written and composed by Taiwo, Kehinde Oluwaseyi

THE 2015/2016 CONTENDERS RATING SCALE: Mathematically Predicting the final top 5 of in Europe’s elite football league?

                                                                         

                        



                                                           




 


    
 

In the course of the 2012/2013 season, the Contenders Rating Scale was introduced to provide a platform through which football lovers around the globe are clairvoyant of the teams that would have a top 5 finish at the end of the yearly football season. In achieving this, 5 of the elite football leagues - English Premier League, Spanish La Lliga, German Bundesliga, Italian Serie A and the French Ligue 1 – are analysed..

What is the Contenders Rating Scale (CRS): The CRS is a mathematical approach to predicting a minimum of the 3 teams that would have a top 5 finish in the major leagues across Europe. Please note that for the purpose of this work, every team in consideration would be referred to as the Contenders and interestingly, with the CRS, you don’t have to guess the final team placement in your favourite league in vain, as the CRS would get you being a clairvoyant.

The formula:

The formula/steps in achieving clairvoyance of the top 5 table standings at the end of the season is as follow;

1. Know the top 5 teams of the football league that is being reviewed in each of the last 5 years/seasons prior to the season that is being analysed. Thus the top 5 teams in the 2014/2015, 2013/2014, 2012/2013, 2011/2012 and 2010/2011.

2.  A 5 mark/point scale is credited to the teams based on their final league table placement. This is illustrated below

      i.            The 1^st placed teams will have 5 marks (mks)

    ii.            The 2^nd placed team will have 4 mks.

  iii.            The 3^rd placed team will have 3 mks.

  iv.            The 4the placed team will have 2 mks.

    v.            The 5^th placed team will have 1 mk.

3. The marks obtained by every team in the five years evaluated under study is summed up to arrive at the cumulative score.

4. The teams with the top 5 cumulative scores would make up the contenders.

NB. A minimum of 3 of these 5 teams – in no particular order of cumulative points accumulated – would at the end of the season constitute the Contenders Rating Table for the respective season that is being reviewed.

The Elite Seasons:

As earlier noted, the 5 leagues for analyses are the English Premier League, Spanish La Liga, Italian Serie A, French Ligue 1 and German Bundesliga

The English Premier League:  

2010/2011 Barclays Premier League (YEAR 1)

Teams	Positions	Marks
Man United	1st	5
Chelsea	2nd	4
Man City	3rd	3
Arsenal	4th	2
Tottenham Hotspur	5th	1

2011/2012 Barclays Premier League (YEAR 2)

Teams	Positions	Marks
Man City	1st	5
Man United	2nd	4
Arsenal	3rd	3
Tottenham Hotspur	4th	2
Newcastle	5th	1

2012/2013 Barclays Premier League (YEAR 3)

Teams	Positions	Marks
Man United	1st	5
Man City	2nd	4
Chelsea	3rd	3
Arsenal	4th	2
Tottenham	5th	1

2013/2014 Barclays Premier League (YEAR 4)

Teams	Positions	Marks
Man City	1st	5
Liverpool	2nd	4
Chelsea	3rd	3
Arsenal	4th	2
Everton	5th	1

2014/2015 Barclays Premier League (YEAR 5)

Teams	Positions	Marks
Chelsea	1st	5
Man City	2nd	4
Arsenal	3rd	3
Man United	4th	2
Tottenham Hotspur	5th	1

With the preceding years analysed, the following are notable highlights from the Contenders Rating Cumulative table below:

·         8 teams had a top 5 finish in one or more years in the last 5 seasons

·         The top 5 teams from the cumulative marks/scores obtained are Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur.

·         A minimum of 3 of the aforementioned 5 teams would have a top 5 finish

THE CONTENDERS RATING CUMULATIVE TABLE (Table 6)

Teams	Yr. 1 Scores	Yr. 2 Scores	Yr. 3 Scores	Yr. 4 Scores	Yr. 5 Scores	Cumulative Scores
Manchester City	3	5	4	5	4	21
Manchester United	5	4	5	0	2	16
Chelsea	4	0	3	3	5	15
Arsenal	2	3	2	2	3	12
Tottenham Hotspur	1	2	1	0	1	5
Liverpool	0	0	0	4	0	4
Newcastle United	0	1	0	0	0	1
Everton	0	0	0	0	1	1

Spanish La Liga:  

2010/2011 Spanish La Liga (YEAR 1)

With the Spanish La Liga analysed, observations from the forthcoming 2014/2015 season are as follows:

·         The projected top 5 teams in line with the Cumulative Table are Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Valencia and Sevilla

·         A minimum of 3 of these teams as exuded by table 6 below would have a top 5 finish at the end of the 2015/2016

2011/2012 Spanish La Liga (YEAR 2)

Teams	Positions	Marks
Barcelona	1st	5
Real Madrid	2nd	4
Valencia	3rd	3
Villarreal	4th	2
Sevilla	5th	1

2011/2012 Spanish La Liga (YEAR 2)

Teams	Positions	Marks
Real Madrid	1st	5
Barcelona	2nd	4
Valencia	3rd	3
Malaga	4th	2
Atletico Madrid	5th	1

2012/2013 Spanish La Liga (YEAR 3)

Teams	Positions	Marks
Barcelona	1st	5
Real Madrid	2nd	4
Atletico Madrid	3rd	3
Real Sociedad	4th	2
Valencia	5th	1

2013/2014 Spanish La Liga (YEAR 4)

Teams	Positions	Marks
Atletico Madrd	1st	5
Barcelona	2nd	4
Real Madrid	3rd	3
Athletic Bilbao	4th	2
Sevilla	5th	1

2014/2015 Spanish La Liga (YEAR 5)

Teams	Positions	Marks
Barcelona	1st	5
Real Madrid	2nd	4
Atletico Madrid	3rd	3
Valencia	4th	2
Sevilla	5th	1

THE CONTENDERS RATING CUMULATIVE TABLE (Table 6)

Teams	Yr. 1 Scores	Yr. 2 Scores	Yr. 3 Scores	Yr. 4 Scores 5	Yr. 5 Scores	Cumulative Scores
Barcelona	5	4	5	4	5	23
Real Madrid	4	5	4	3	4	20
Atletico Madrid	0	1	3	5	3	12
Valencia	3	3	1	0	2	9
Sevilla	1	0	0	1	1	3
Villarreal	2	0	0	0	0	2
Malaga	0	2	0	0	0	2
Real Sociedad	0	0	2	0	0	2
Athletic Bilbao	0	0	0	2	0	2

NB: 9 teams had a top 5 finish in one or more years in the last 5 Spanish La Liga seasons (2010/2011 – 2014/2015

The German Bundesliga:

The following are observations from the proceeding 6 tables to be discussed on the Bundesliga Contenders Rating Table:

·         10 teams had a top 5 finish in one or more years in the last 5 seasons (2010/2011 – 2014/2015

·         A minimum of 3 of  Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen, Schalke 04 and VFL Wolfsburg would have a top 5 finish at the end of the 2015/2016 season

2010/2011 Bundesliga (YEAR 1)

Teams	Positions	Marks
Borussia Dortmund	1st	5
Bayer Leverkusen	2nd	4
Bayern Munich	3rd	3
Hannover 96	4th	2
Mainz	5th	1

2011/2012 Bundesliga (YEAR 2)

Teams	Positions	Marks
Borussia Dortmund	1st	5
Bayern Munich	2nd	4
Schalke 04	3rd	3
Borussia Monchengladbach	4th	2
Bayer Leverkusen	5th	1

2012/2013 Bundesliga (YEAR 3)

Teams	Positions	Marks
Bayrn Munich	1st	5
Borussia Dortmund	2nd	4
Bayer Leverkusen	3rd	3
Schalke 04	4th	2
SC Freiburg	5th	1

2013/2014 Bundesliga (YEAR 4)

Teams	Positions	Marks
Bayern Munich	1st	5
Borussia Dortmund	2nd	4
Schalke 04	3rd	3
Bayer Leverkusen	4th	2
VFL Wolfsburg	5th	1

2014/2015 Bundesliga (YEAR 5)

Teams	Positions	Marks
Bayern Munich	1st	5
VFL Wolfsburg	2nd	4
Borussia Monchengladbach	3rd	3
Bayer Leverkusen	4th	2
FC Augsburg	5th	1

THE CONTENDERS RATING CUMULATIVE TABLE (Table 6)

Teams	Yr. 1 Scores	Yr. 2 Scores	Yr. 3 Scores	Yr. 4 Scores 5	Yr. 5 Scores	Cumulative Scores
Bayern Munich	3	4	5	5	5	22
Borussia Dortmund	5	5	4	4	0	18
Bayer Leverkusen	4	1	3	2	2	12
Schalke 04	0	3	2	3	0	8
Vfl Wolfsburg	0	0	0	1	4	5
Borussia Monchengladbach	0	1	0	0	3	4
Hannover 96	2	0	0	0	0	2
Mainz	1	0	0	0	0	1
FC Freiburg	0	0	1	0	0	1
FC Augsburg	0	0	0	0	1	1

The Italian Seria A:

The following are observations from the 6 tables to be discussed on the league in view:

·         8 teams had a top 5 finish in one or more years in the last 5 seasons (2010/2011 – 2014/2015

·         The top 5 teams in line with the cumulative marks/scores obtained are g. Juventus, Napoli, AC Milan, A.S. Roma and Udinese

·         A minimum of 3 of  the earlier mentioned 5 teams would have a top 5 finish at the end of the 2015/2016 season

2010/2011 Serie A (YEAR 1)

Teams	Positions	Marks
AC Milan	1st	5
F.C. Internazionale	2nd	4
Napoli	3rd	3
Udinese	4th	2
Lazio	5th	1

2011/2012 Serie A (YEAR 2)

Teams	Positions	Marks
Juventus	1st	5
AC Milan	2nd	4
Udinese	3rd	3
Lazio	4th	2
Napoli	5th	1

2012/2013 Serie A (YEAR 3)

Teams	Positions	Marks
Juventus	1st	5
Napoli	2nd	4
AC Milan	3rd	3
Fiorentina	4th	2
Udinese	5th	1

2013/2014 Serie A (YEAR 4)

Teams	Positions	Marks
Juventus	1st	5
AS Roma	2nd	4
Napoli	3rd	3
Fiorentina	4th	2
F.C. Internationale	5th	1

2014/2015 Seria A (YEAR 5)

Teams	Positions	Marks
Juventus	1st	5
AS Roma	2nd	4
Lazio	3rd	3
Fiorentina	4th	2
Napoli	5th	1

THE CONTENDERS RATING CUMULATIVE TABLE (Table 6)

Teams	Yr. 1 Scores	Yr. 2 Scores	Yr. 3 Scores	Yr. 4 Scores 5	Yr. 5 Scores	Cumulative Scores
Juventus	0	5	5	5	5	20
Napoli	3	1	4	3	1	12
AC Milan	5	4	3	0	0	12
AS Roma	0	0	0	4	4	8
Udinese	2	3	1	0	0	6
Fiorentina	0	0	2	2	2	6
Lazio	1	2	0	0	3	6
FC Internazionale	4	0	0	1	0	5

The French Ligue 1:

In rounding off the Contenders Rating Scale League analysis across Europe, the French Ligue 1 would be discussed in a similar fashion as the 4 leagues earlier brought to the fore.

2010/2011 Ligue 1 (YEAR 1)

Teams	Positions	Marks
Lille	1st	5
Marseille	2nd	4
Lyon	3rd	3
Paris Saint Germaine	4th	2
Sochaux	5th	1

2011/2012 Ligue 1 (YEAR 2)

Teams	Positions	Marks
Montpellier	1st	5
Paris Saint Germain	2nd	4
Lille	3rd	3
Lyon	4th	2
Bordeaux	5th	1

2012/2013 Ligue 1 (YEAR 3)

Teams	Positions	Marks
Paris Saint Germain	1st	5
Marseille	2nd	4
Lyon	3rd	3
Nice	4th	2
St Etienne	5th	1

2013/2014 Ligue 1 (YEAR 4)

Teams	Positions	Marks
Paris Saint Germain	1st	5
AS Monaco	2nd	4
Lille	3rd	3
St. Etienne	4th	2
Lyon	5th	1

2014/2015 Ligue 1 (YEAR 5)

Teams	Positions	Marks
Paris Saint Germain	1st	5
Lyon	2nd	4
AS Monaco	3rd	3
Marseille	4th	2
St. Etienne	5th	1

THE CONTENDERS RATING CUMULATIVE TABLE (Table 6)

Teams	Yr. 1 Scores	Yr. 2 Scores	Yr. 3 Scores	Yr. 4 Scores 5	Yr. 5 Scores	Cumulative Scores
Paris Saint Germain	2	4	5	5	5	21
Lyon	3	2	3	1	4	13
Lille	5	3	-	3	-	11
Marseille	4	-	4	-	-	8
Montpellier	-	5	-	-	2	7
Monaco	-	-	-	4	3	7
St. Etienne	-	-	1	2	1	4
Nice	-	-	2	-	-	2
Sochaux	-	1	-	-	-	1
Bordeaux	-	1	-	-	-	1

The following observations are drawn from the tabular analysis above:

·         10 teams had a top 5 finish in one or more years in the last 5 seasons (2010/2011 – 2014/2015

Unlike other leagues which had no tie among the top 5, a notable tie applies in the French Ligue 1, with 2011/2012 winners (Montpellier) and 2014/2015 third placed team (Monaco) being tied at 5^th place. N