omar22:

I Bet Torres is better than Balotelli just because Spain won Euro 2012

Or Fernandinho is better than Xavi because Brazil won the confederation cup

omar22:

I Bet Torres is better than Balotelli just because Spain won Euro 2012

Or Fernandinho is better than Xavi because Brazil won the confederation cup

bettermike: What did you just say? How many of Nigeria's goals did he have a hand in? Honestly, if we had a better player for his position at Afcon, he'd have warmed the bench well. Remember Ethiopia match, Moses single handedly did the magic. Against Burkinafaso, Mba. Etc. Mikel is grossly overrated.

dubienatti: i believe u ar as good as ur last result. torres is better than balotelli. n i know u stil believe torres is a flop at chelsea.

safarigirl: what bloody duty? Where was KP Boateng when Ghana needed him? My dear, if Mikel decides to not play for Nigeria tomorrow, he won't lose anything. Nobody has a duty to do squat! They do it because they want to do it, because of the recognition that comes with it, duty ke? What a joke! No be una been dey insult Mikel those days when e dey make excuses to not play? So tey Tu face go do song for am, yet you say he doesn't add anything to the team. Now that he's playing his heart out, una still dey insult am, will you ever be satisfied?

giles14: my view?na wetin igbo's do una.at d mention of an igbo name every mostly yoruba's will be scared

naija noni: Most
newly appointed Coaches(aside avb) start by benching mikel,but later on they place him back in d 1st XI.
Benitez did same last season when he was newly appointed,but after some matches mikel regained his spot.
Mikel has started 7 matches in chelsea's last 10 matches in all competitons.In total
He has started over 15 matches this season in all competitions.
He has started more games than he has been benched.
If people say mikel is a bench-warmer,then all chelsea players aside cech and some defenders are bench warmers.
Chelsea doesnt have a 1st XI.
The squad is been partially rotated in every match.
Even hazard,oscar,mata,torres have had their own spells on d chelsea bench.
Mikel "seriously" warmed d bench last season by starting 32 matches for chelsea ??.
U dey watch football ??

bettermike: I should be asking you if you watch football bro. Mikel and Moses didnt even play in the Uefa cup final. They were benched. I remember Benitez converting Luiz to 4 because mikel was wack! Please get your facts right. Forget rotation jor, Morinho is the reason mikel's starting. Many people now know Morinho to be a player helper. Even Drogba confessed in his book how Morinho would encourage him to tackle other players roughly just to get a red so he could be with his family. Morinho is simply helping mikel for Afcon simple. Believe it or not. Remember, this is the same guy that contemplated selling mikel o.

striker9: Moses didn't play in the finals,I though he gave Torres an assist by heading down a ball from set pieces.

omar22:


If your dreaming you better wake up and apologise

bettermike: I should be asking you if you watch football bro. Mikel and Moses didnt even play in the Uefa cup final. They were benched. I remember Benitez converting Luiz to 4 because mikel was wack! Please get your facts right. Forget rotation jor, Morinho is the reason mikel's starting. Many people now know Morinho to be a player helper. Even Drogba confessed in his book how Morinho would encourage him to tackle other players roughly just to get a red so he could be with his family. Morinho is simply helping mikel for Afcon simple. Believe it or not. Remember, this is the same guy that contemplated selling mikel o.

naija noni:
Huh ??.
Did u watch afcon ??
Though i think moses/emenike were as important as mikel,but for u to ask dat bolded question shows u can neva see anything good in mikel.
You turn blind eye to his contribution at afcon.
Look for d assist charts of afcon and check who had d highest assists.
I'll start explaining the goals mikel had a hand in one-by-one.
Nigeria 1-1 B.F.
Who supplied the long pass 4rm deep in midfield to ideye that led to emenike's goal ??.

Nigeria 1-1 Zambia.
Who supplied d pass(assist) for emenike to score ??.

Nigeria 2-1 ivory-coast
From a free-kick who layed d ball for emenike to shoot 4 d 1st goal ??.

Nigeria 4-1 Mali

Who layed d ball for emenike 2 shoot for d 3rd goal ??

Who supplied d defence-splitting pass for Musa to score d 4th goal ??.

Go and watch d matches again.

omar22:

Cannavarro wasnt the main man and Captain of the Azzuri team at the world cup, it was Alessandro Nesta who got injured and Cannavaro stepped up for a team that was battered due to the defensive set up Lippi made that's why Cannavaro stood out most especially against the host in the Semi's and in the Serie A Juve won it....

Did Mikel stand out as the main man for Nigeria at the Nations Cup? may be one game when he made 2 telling passes! but not like he is the main man.
Last season in the league Did Mikel stand out for Chelsea? No, I could remember Mikel getting death treats on twitter for making some high profile mistakes that led to goals, if you ask all the SKYSPORT/BBC SPORT pundits honestly no one rates him higher than average. some will say yeah oyinbo this and that, then ask them about Yaya Toure?

sicily4u: Yaya deserve it 100%

striker9: Moses didn't play in the finals,I though he gave Torres an assist by heading down a ball from set pieces.

bettermike: I should be asking you if you watch football bro. Mikel and Moses didnt even play in the Uefa cup final. They were benched. I remember Benitez converting Luiz to 4 because mikel was wack! Please get your facts right. Forget rotation jor, Morinho is the reason mikel's starting. Many people now know Morinho to be a player helper. Even Drogba confessed in his book how Morinho would encourage him to tackle other players roughly just to get a red so he could be with his family. Morinho is simply helping mikel for Afcon simple. Believe it or not. Remember, this is the same guy that contemplated selling mikel o.

striker9: Mikel was already ruled out due to injury before the final.

bettermike: Tah! Say all you want. But mikel's pass to Ideye doesnt count as assist. So remove it fast! If you're using pass for your arguement, then we should mention people like Moses or onazi before mikel. Oh, mikel had highest assist in afcon? Wow. You must be kidding me. I cant wait for Kelechi Iheanacho to take mikel's place for good. Okocha won matches for us. Scored freekick goals, gave numerous assists and so on but no afcon best. Yet mikel who is always silent in big matches is being considered. Btw, against CIV, we would have lost the match if not for Onazi o. Am sure you watched the match.

bettermike: Are you saying players want to play at the world cup in Brazil because they want to win world best player? Look, the joy of wanting to have your name as one player that was at the tournament is enough. As usual, you dont know what you are saying at all. Safarigirl, you know absolutely nothing. From relationshp matters to sports, i score you zero my dear.

bettermike: Tah! Say all you want. But mikel's pass to Ideye doesnt count as assist. So remove it fast! If you're using pass for your arguement, then we should mention people like Moses or onazi before mikel. Oh, mikel had highest assist in afcon? Wow. You must be kidding me. I cant wait for Kelechi Iheanacho to take mikel's place for good. Okocha won matches for us. Scored freekick goals, gave numerous assists and so on but no afcon best. Yet mikel who is always silent in big matches is being considered. Btw, against CIV, we would have lost the match if not for Onazi o. Am sure you watched the match.

bettermike: thats mere propaganda. It was a news well served to compensated die-hard mikel fans like you. Injury ko injury ni.

heykims: It is January and very soon , the African footballer of the year 2013 will be named in Lagos Nigeria precisely on the 9th of January. The player to be crowned with this feat should however be very much evaluated and deemed fit to earn this prestigious honour because his personality on the field of play either in the national team or club will go a long way in speaking for African football.

CAF released the final 10-man shortlist of the contenders of this prestigious award last year and interestingly, four Nigerian players made the list. Many Nigerians and even Africans have however tipped John Obi Mikel as the possible winner evident from the fact that he won the Nations cup last year, Europa cup in Europe, participated in d Confederations cup and so on.

MY VIEW
As a Nigerian and a proud African, I see it as not just underscoring but extremely insulting to African football if a player like Mikel wins the award. How can a mere bench warmer in Europe be crowned the African footballer of the year just by virtue of the fact that his national team wins a title or his club wins the European league?

A deserving footballer of the hear should be such that is very resourceful both at home and in clubs. A reigning footballer of the year should at least even make the top three best player in his club even if he doesn't get a spot in the FIFA ranking.

Mikel Obi surely can't make the best ten in Chelsea's team despite being a senior player. I'm of the view that its better not to name anyone the footballer of the year than titling a bench warmer in Europe, what a mock, an insult I can't tolerate as an African.

Nigerians should be please stop being sentimental, selfish and self centred and canvass for a better representative for African football.

Left to me, if at all a Nigerian merits the award, it is Vincent Enyeama, the Nigeria's assistant skipper at goal but Cote d'Ivoire's Yaya Toure surely represents Africa better.

What's your view?

striker9: You are right,Mikel contributed immensely against CIV,Yaya was in the box 18 with the ball and was about to score before Mikel tackled him from behind,where was Onazi then?

bettermike: Nice. I remember that one.

bettermike: thats mere propaganda. It was a news well served to compensated die-hard mikel fans like you. Injury ko injury ni.

naija noni:
Moses and mikel didnt play.
THEY WERE NOT FIT !!!.
I've posted that uncountable times.
I posted his injury history some pages back.He returned 4rm hip injury few days b4 d EL finals.
Talkin about luiz,He played in midfield a total 7 times last season.
Out of those 7 times he combined with mikel twice.
3 times he played in midfield when mikel was injured.He was chosen over mikel only TWICE.

naija noni:
Hahahaha.

You dey talk like mumu.
A club would fake it's player's injury just to compensate his fans ??
You bi confirm mumu.
A 5yr old kid wouldnt say that.