psalmdave: Chai God,mikel again,this so annoys me.....even moses,mba were better than mikel,That Title "mikel plays for chelsea" is tp be blamed for all this,mikel ni,African football is in trouble

safarigirl: Mba has his own category. Moses is new to African football so don't assume he'll win in even 2 years over the veterans. Mikel deserves it because of the 3, he's the only AFCON winner there. Forget achievements for club if you want, based solely on performance for country, Yaya never reach to lace Mikel boot, you're tired of hearing Mikel deserves the award cuz of Chelsea? I'm also tired of hearing that Yaya deserves it because of Man City.

psalmdave: http://www.mtnfootball.com/africa/african-tournaments/african-cup-of-nations/player-profiles/2013-afcon/cote-divoire/yaya-toure.html

http://www.mtnfootball.com/africa/african-tournaments/african-cup-of-nations/player-profiles/2013-afcon/nigeria/mikel-obi.html


Instead of been biased(mikel win afcon so he should win it,mikel na our brother so he should win,mikel plays for chelsea and m a chelsea fan so he should win it) kindly look at thier statistics

safarigirl: fuq statistics. Enyeama has better statistics in 2013 than any of those 3, yet they dumped him for some grandpa that plays in a Turkish league. The award isn't based on merit, na who get leg pass dey win. If you want to compare their statistics individually, omit their club performances. Based solely on their achievements in national team, Toure is as useless to CIV as Messi is to Argentina. Toure started playing in AFCON back when Mikel was still in the youth team, yet Mikel came and outclassed him on his own turf. We'll take a player that works towards the progres of a team and gets results over one that bangs in meaningless goals. The entire CIV team are the biggest clowns in African football, all the big names and zero achievements.

safarigirl: fuq statistics. Enyeama has better statistics in 2013 than any of those 3, yet they dumped him for some grandpa that plays in a Turkish league. The award isn't based on merit, na who get leg pass dey win. If you want to compare their statistics individually, omit their club performances. Based solely on their achievements in national team, Toure is as useless to CIV as Messi is to Argentina. Toure started playing in AFCON back when Mikel was still in the youth team, yet Mikel came and outclassed him on his own turf. We'll take a player that works towards the progres of a team and gets results over one that bangs in meaningless goals. The entire CIV team are the biggest clowns in African football, all the big names and zero achievements.

psalmdave: Madam u are very funny o,u are talking a nd b at the same time ,ok lets cut the chase,leavin everything aside.....WHAT IS THE MAIN REASON MIKEL SHOULD WIN IT,single it out

thegoodjoehunt: In the Nations Cup last year, Mikel shone like a million stars. No doubt YAYA was amazing last year but Mikel being part of Chelsea's triumphing Europa team says a lot.

I believe Mikel was the best player from Africa last year and his Man of the Match performance in the final of the AFCON proves it.

safarigirl: he won trophies- wasn't that why Eto'o won it over Drogba?

omar22:

But Eto was Barcelona's hit man, and he scores for fun and in 2005 people felt that he is more deserving for the Ballon D'or than Ronaldinho in 2010 Drogba won the double for Chelsea also won the Golden boot ahead of Rooney but Eto won the APOTY

safarigirl: he won trophies- wasn't that why Eto'o won it over Drogba?

omar22:

He is not the best player in the Super eagles let alone Africa

omar22:

He is not the best player in the Super eagles let alone Africa

psalmdave: Like the thing just tires me,mikel is not on super eagles top 5 players presently if u examine the team carefully,Mikel is not actually a bad player nor do i hate him but mikel winning this award is really an insult african football...This is more like lassana diara or bousqet been name europe best with thier present performance

omar22:

But Eto was Barcelona's hit man, and he scores for fun and in 2005 people felt that he is more deserving for the Ballon D'or than Ronaldinho in 2010 Drogba won the double for Chelsea also won the Golden boot ahead of Rooney but Eto won the APOTY

psalmdave: Like someone will consciously compare that eto'o to drogba,Eto'o who many were of the opinion he was robbed of the ballon d'or.......

thegoodjoehunt: How can the best performing player at the AFCON winning the African player of the year be an insult to football.

Haba Yaya won nothing. Mancini even got sacked.

When Yaya conquers like he did when Man City won the FA Cup or the EPL winning season, no one will complain.

psalmdave: Wow,interesting,Which of the afcon was mikel the best performing player....I hope u abt talking abt 2013?

thegoodjoehunt: Ronaldinho was magical. Without him, Eto'o wouldn't have flourished. Eto'o left Barca and was never on the same level. Last year, Ronaldinho was still one of the best players in the world.

thegoodjoehunt: When Pitropa was giving the MVP award, everyone in supersport studio was shocked because they all believed it was clearly Mikel.

Ruud Gullit said he couldn't believe it. Mikel was the best player. CAF just compensated Pitropa for their corrupt practice to send him off to make Ghana win.

psalmdave: For God sake that awards was based on votes....Y should ruud's opinion be singled out,is he the owner of football theses are mere sentiments,lets face facts,not based on who i like......THIS WHOLE SCENARIO U ARE MAKING UP IS JUST LIKE AS BAYERN MUNICH CONQUERED EUROPE,WE WILL THEN CONCLUD LUIS GUSTAVO IS THE BEST PLAYER LAST YEAR IN EUROPE

thegoodjoehunt: Ronaldinho was magical. Without him, Eto'o wouldn't have flourished. Eto'o left Barca and was never on the same level. Last year, Ronaldinho was still one of the best players in the world.

thegoodjoehunt: How can the best performing player at the AFCON winning the African player of the year be an insult to football.

Haba Yaya won nothing. Mancini even got sacked.

When Yaya conquers like he did when Man City won the FA Cup or the EPL winning season, no one will complain.

thegoodjoehunt: It iOS not a who play pass award but who made the most impact last year.

By the way, how come the better players couldn't outshine him at the AFCON OR CONFED? I mean the players in the Super Eagles you feel are better than Mikel.