nedu2000: ur a nigerian so your support for mikel obi is quite predictable,patriotic and in some ways honorable,that doesn't take away the fact that mikel is like a monkey who's more/less ugly but is loved by ony his mother ,this 'mikel' argument is into its 4th page solely because nairaland is a nigerian site & mikel equally happens 2 b a nigerian as well.....mikel's recognition isn't beyond the shores/lips of nigeria/nigerians only,he's an average player,toure is better than him in everyway...passing,shooting,tackling,mobility,please can someone tell me who made it to the FIFA ballon'dor 23-man list & who didnt?
Yaya toure did.....mikel didn't

P.S. : before you guys misunderstand me & call me racist,I meant d pidgin adage "monkey ugly but him mama like am" in reference to mikel & wasn't reference to him as a money

emma_best2000: NIG votes will be divided for two guys while all CIV votes will goes to one guy Yaya may win the award

nedu2000: ur a nigerian so your support for mikel obi is quite predictable,patriotic and in some ways honorable,that doesn't take away the fact that mikel is like a monkey who's more/less ugly but is loved by ony his mother ,this 'mikel' argument is into its 4th page solely because nairaland is a nigerian site & mikel equally happens 2 b a nigerian as well.....mikel's recognition isn't beyond the shores/lips of nigeria/nigerians only,he's an average player,toure is better than him in everyway...passing,shooting,tackling,mobility,please can someone tell me who made it to the FIFA ballon'dor 23-man list & who didnt?
Yaya toure did.....mikel didn't

P.S. : before you guys misunderstand me & call me racist,I meant d pidgin adage "monkey ugly but him mama like am" in reference to mikel & wasn't reference to him as a money

Coming down to national level,Yaya has been poo compared to Mikel.

baby-boy:



Coming down to National level, Messi has been poo compared to Suarez, C Ronaldo has been poo compared to Pedro, Torres or Busquet

elektra80: I think we all already know who the deserved winner is, sentiments apart. If some Nigerians can agree that Yaya Toure is the deserved winner then no doubt he should win it. If u ask 10 Nigerians who should win, 6 would probably say Mikel and 2 would say Moses and 2 Yaya. That is a good point for Yaya considering its Nigeria. Now go outside Nigeria, Africa this time around and ask 10 people.. 7 would probably pick Yaya Toure and Mikel and Moses would share 3 votes. Now go out of Africa and to the rest of the world, ask 10 people and all 10 would pick Yaya Toure.

nedu2000: Its really baffling how sentimental nigerians can be,john mikel obi is an average player,И̣̣̣̥o unique skills,И̣̣̣̥o different from neil lennon in his playing days or henderson for liverpool(the former works hard),little wonder juan mata case is being sung by d press as he's on d bench & not not mikel because he's a quality player,as for the nations' cup triumph,mikel wasn't officially & unofficially the best player,like spain the super eagles won the nations' cup due to teamwork,we had И̣̣̣̥o standout player

naija noni:
And let me explain to u why juan mata's case is being sung out in d media.
If an english player was playing in mata's position,i can bet that the british media wont be singing out his case as loud as they doing.
Have u heard anything about jose benching luiz for months now ??.
Nothing has been said for a long time now.Why ??.Becos 2 british players Terry and cahill play in his position.
And who is competing for places with mikel in chelsea's midfield ?.
An english player lampard.
Be sincere has lampard played well dis season compared to d few times mikel has played ??.No.
And even sincere british chelsea fans agree with this.I chat with many regularly.
Mikel's performance d few times he has played dis season has been multiple times better dan lampard.But the british media wouldnt sing out his case becos they know that mikel is a competition rival to their player in midfield.
And same goes for luiz becos Cahill and terry are playing in his position.
Majority of british people dont like mikel just becos he is mikel and not for footballing reasons.And same goes for majority of nigerian players in d EPL.Is it moses,Odemwingie,ameobi ?.
But i can tell u dat 70% of chelsea fans generally WORLDWIDE(not talking 'bout england alone) are furious that mikel isnt starting games and lampard is repeatedly chosen over him even when mikel's performance has been a lot of times better than lampard's.
These are unbias fans and not d bias british fans/media.
I belong to about 5 different chelsea blogs,consisting of chelsea fans worldwide.We discuss chelsea and majority of their views on mikel is that he shouldnt be sitting on d bench while lampard starts.I'll post a link on discussions by fans on some blogs about mikel if i can.To show u dat it isnt only nigerians that rate mikel as u're exaggerating.Even a lot of sincere british fans rate him.

omar22:


Look am Chelsea fan through and through... I have sat in the stadium hearing people moan about how slow he is and he doesnt dare to take risk... Yes moving Lampard into a sitting role was wrong because Lampard cannot do Mikel's job, and yes Mikel calms the team down and it should be Mikel and Ramires playing weeking week out.

But beside that point we are comparing Mikel as a player to Yaya Toure! Yaya goes the extra lenght for his team, under Mancini when Man City is desperate for a goal they push Toure up by taken off a winger, When Chelsea is looking for a goal Mikel is taken off for another attacking player! Yaya is confortable on the ball in tight areas Mikel gave away possession against Juve last season that led to a costly goal that got fans sending him death threat on twitter.

Every manager prepares their team with Yaya toure in mind because he is a beast of a player, against Chelsea some manager will say keep a man on Mikel and he will make a mistake in a dangerous area.

omar22:


Look am Chelsea fan through and through... I have sat in the stadium hearing people moan about how slow he is and he doesnt dare to take risk... Yes moving Lampard into a sitting role was wrong because Lampard cannot do Mikel's job, and yes Mikel calms the team down and it should be Mikel and Ramires playing weeking week out.

But beside that point we are comparing Mikel as a player to Yaya Toure! Yaya goes the extra lenght for his team, under Mancini when Man City is desperate for a goal they push Toure up by taken off a winger, When Chelsea is looking for a goal Mikel is taken off for another attacking player! Yaya is confortable on the ball in tight areas Mikel gave away possession against Juve last season that led to a costly goal that got fans sending him death threat on twitter.

Every manager prepares their team with Yaya toure in mind because he is a beast of a player, against Chelsea some manager will say keep a man on Mikel and he will make a mistake in a dangerous area.

omar22:


Look am Chelsea fan through and through... I have sat in the stadium hearing people moan about how slow he is and he doesnt dare to take risk... Yes moving Lampard into a sitting role was wrong because Lampard cannot do Mikel's job, and yes Mikel calms the team down and it should be Mikel and Ramires playing weeking week out.

But beside that point we are comparing Mikel as a player to Yaya Toure! Yaya goes the extra lenght for his team, under Mancini when Man City is desperate for a goal they push Toure up by taken off a winger, When Chelsea is looking for a goal Mikel is taken off for another attacking player! Yaya is confortable on the ball in tight areas Mikel gave away possession against Juve last season that led to a costly goal that got fans sending him death threat on twitter.

Every manager prepares their team with Yaya toure in mind because he is a beast of a player, against Chelsea some manager will say keep a man on Mikel and he will make a mistake in a dangerous area.

nedu2000: Mikel plays from d bench for chelsea....toure,pitropa are d favourites

omar22:


When Chelsea is looking for a goal Mikel is taken off for another attacking player!

List 5 matches that mikel has given away possesion dat cost his team to conceed

naija noni:
And in more than 3 matches dis season including d last game against westbrom where chelsea was desperately looking for a goal.
Who did mourinho take off ??.An attacking player
And who did he bring on ??
Mikel.

baby-boy:


(1) Chelsea v Juve (we all know that one)

(2) Chelsea v Apoel


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVNVCbNqAQM

(3) Chelsea v Roma


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNyRayEj_GY

(4) Chelsea Liverpool

http://www.soccer-blogger.com/2011/11/20/chelsea-vs-liverpool-1-2-highlights-2011-goals-video-maxi-sturridge-johnson/

(5)

Those are the one i could think off at the moment

Gabassin: Toure and pitropa won nothing last season naaa, bside mikel and moses won sumtin, afcon and earopa league.and dey are till doin fyn nw.

naija noni:
more dan 5 i said.You listed 4.List more than five.Meanwhile I'll have to watch these videos first to confirm.
And even,making those kind of mistakes ONLY 5times in SEVEN GOOD YEARS of his chelsea career is superb.

naija noni:
more dan 5 i said.You listed 4.List more than five.Meanwhile I'll have to watch these videos first to confirm.
And even,making those kind of mistakes ONLY 5times in SEVEN GOOD YEARS of his chelsea career is superb.

naija noni: Na wa for some people oh.
Some of dem have even gone as far as lying,twisting facts and exaggerating just to make mikel look worse.
Wether they begged mikel for money and mikel didnt give dem or wether they begged mikel to take photos with them and he snubbed dem,i dont just know.I tire for some people o !.Lmao.

striker9: Don't mind them jare,I said it earlier,they only comment on negative stuff about Mikel.It was easy for him to dug out Mikel's mistakes and but not when his on top of his game.Terry has committed more blunder than Mikel,but no one is talking about it,Ashley,Cech,Iva,Romeu and Luiz have all made mistakes that cost chelsea,but nobody will say shit about it.Juventus beat chelsea 3 0,was it Mikel's fault too.They are always ready to attack the guy at any given opportunity,nobody is talking about the brilliant performance he had in some games for chelsea.Let them continue to attack him based on his previous mistakes,nobody his perfect,and the lad is repping anyday anytime.

striker9: That's Nigerians for you,I remember its used to be Alex Song vs Mikel,na wa for some people ooooooo.

striker9: That's Nigerians for you,I remember its used to be Alex Song vs Mikel,na wa for some people ooooooo.

elektra80:

Nobody is saying Mikel is a bad player. I don't know about those analysing his mistakes, every player makes mistakes. But let's not run away from the truth here, Yaya is a better player . I wish for Mikel to win it, but if Yaya was a Nigerian and the award goes to Mikel (assuming Mikel is not a Nigerian), how would u folks feel? Mikel is a very good player, but Yaya is superior. Yaya would walk into the first 11 of any team, u can't say that for Mikel.

elektra80:

I wish for Mikel to win it, but if Yaya was a Nigerian and the award goes to Mikel (assuming Mikel is not a Nigerian), how would u folks feel? .

elektra80:

Nobody is saying Mikel is a bad player. I don't know about those analysing his mistakes, every player makes mistakes. But let's not run away from the truth here, Yaya is a better player . I wish for Mikel to win it, but if Yaya was a Nigerian and the award goes to Mikel (assuming Mikel is not a Nigerian), how would u folks feel? Mikel is a very good player, but Yaya is superior. Yaya would walk into the first 11 of any team, u can't say that for Mikel.

naija noni:
Lol.
Mikel performed far better dan Yaya in d national team side.Not talking 'bout afcon alone.I'm talking 'bout All the national team mathces played dis year.
Yaya performed far better than Mikel on club level.
They never said d award is judged based on club performance,neither did dey say d award is judged based on national team performance.
So "Who deserves d award" is arguable.
If u think it should be on who performed best at club level,First of all go and complain to BBC about d past awards before u preach about "if yaya was a nigerian" or "How will u feel":-

2012:-Who was d most outstanding player at club level??.Yaya toure.
But who won it ??.Katongo
2011:-Who was d most outstanding player at club level??.Yaya toure
Who won it ??.Andre Ayew.
2010:-Who was the most outstanding player at club level??.Samuel etoo
Who won it ??.Asamoah Gyan.
You should 1st of all go and complain 2 BBC that these players didnt deserve to win it.

naija noni:
Lol.
Mikel performed far better dan Yaya in d national team side.Not talking 'bout afcon alone.I'm talking 'bout All the national team mathces played dis year.
Yaya performed far better than Mikel on club level.
They never said d award is judged based on club performance,neither did dey say d award is judged based on national team performance.
So "Who deserves d award" is arguable.
If u think it should be on who performed best at club level,First of all go and complain to BBC about d past awards before u preach about "if yaya was a nigerian" or "How will u feel":-

2012:-Who was d most outstanding player at club level??.Yaya toure.
But who won it ??.Katongo
2011:-Who was d most outstanding player at club level??.Yaya toure
Who won it ??.Andre Ayew.
2010:-Who was the most outstanding player at club level??.Samuel etoo
Who won it ??.Asamoah Gyan.
You should 1st of all go and complain 2 BBC that these players didnt deserve to win it.

striker9: Go through all my posts,I never for once said Mikel is better,but we need to encourage him more so that he can even get better.He has been trying so far for the national team,the least we guys could do is support him when he needs us.Essien has been on the bench all this while,yet Ghanians are still supporting him,not digging out some stewpid mistakes he made some yrs ago.