It is no longer news in the football fraternity that on Monday Mohammed Salah was voted the BBC African Footballer of the year for 2017 defeating other contestants such as Sadio Mane, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Victor Moses and Naby Kieta.

Chinedu Laurel Okorodike outlines four reasons why Nigerian International Victor Moses did not win the 2017 BBC African Football of the year.


1. Nigeria is presently divided along ethnic lines.
Yes this may sound bitter to hear, but the truth must be told. Nigeria is presently divided as their is no unity among the three major ethnic group that make up the country (Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa).

So instead of over 200 million citizens of Nigeria seeing Victor Moses as a national project, they tend to see voting for him as the duty of a particular tribe.

2. The interested ones did not vote
No matter how divided Nigeria may be, one thing you cannot take away is the fact that football still keeps us together partially.

So having said that, only few logged into the BBC website to vote for Moses out of the millions of Nigerians that claim to love Moses, the national team and the beautiful game.

If not how can you explain the fact that Nigeria as a country with over 200 million citizens could not give Moses good number of votes, instead he finished 4th and Salah who hails from Egypt with a population of 95 million, finished as winner.

3. The Present is fresher in the memory than the past.
The award was meant to reward African players who had a splendid 2016/2017 season which makes Moses the favorite.

But it seems most voters forgot about that and instead voted Mohammed Salah who is presently in seventh heavens for Liverpool.

If we compare the stats we can deduce that Moses had a better 2016/2017 season were he was splendid for Chelsea in their EPL title winning run and also for Nigeria in their quest to qualify for the 2018 world cup.

Salah scored 15 goals in 31 matches for AS Roma in 2016/2017, prior before joining Liverpool, but his work rate in 2016/2017 for club and country cannot match that of Moses.

4. Finally, winning awards in Modern day football depends on your position as a player
It is an undisputed fact that to win any award in modern day football the odds favour you if you are an offensive player.

A striker who bangs in 25 goals in a season is preferred to a goalkeeper who made 30 saves in a season, likewise a Mohammed Salah who scored 15 goals for AS Roma in a season looks more juicy and appealing to the heart than a Victor Moses who threw in every foot and body for Chelsea including scoring few decisive goals and running the right-wing back position like a formular one car driven by the legendary Michael Schumacher or the crazy drivers that serve as escorts to some or almost all political figures in Nigeria.

Did I miss out any point? or do you have any other point you feel cost Victor Moses the award, feel free to comment below.he

Full Story: http://www.90minutesgoal.com/2017/12/Why-victor-Moses-lost-BBC-award.html?m=1

Guiderlaurel:

It is no longer news in the football fraternity that on Monday Mohammed Salah was voted the BBC African Footballer of the year for 2017 defeating other contestants such as Sadio Mane, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Victor Moses and Naby Kieta.

Chinedu Laurel Okorodike outlines four reasons why Nigerian International Victor Moses did not win the 2017 BBC African Football of the year.


1. Nigeria is presently divided along ethnic lines.
Yes this may sound bitter to hear, but the truth must be told. Nigeria is presently divided as their is no unity among the three major ethnic group that make up the country (Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa).

So instead of over 200 million citizens of Nigeria seeing Victor Moses as a national project, they tend to see voting for him as the duty of a particular tribe.

2. The interested ones did not vote
No matter how divided Nigeria may be, one thing you cannot take away is the fact that football still keeps us together partially.

So having said that, only few logged into the BBC website to vote for Moses out of the millions of Nigerians that claim to love Moses, the national team and the beautiful game.

If not how can you explain the fact that Nigeria as a country with over 200 million citizens could not give Moses good number of votes, instead he finished 4th and Salah who hails from Egypt with a population of 95 million, finished as winner.

3. The Present is fresher in the memory than the past.
The award was meant to reward African players who had a splendid 2016/2017 season which makes Moses the favorite.

But it seems most voters forgot about that and instead voted Mohammed Salah who is presently in seventh heavens for Liverpool.

If we compare the stats we can deduce that Moses had a better 2016/2017 season were he was splendid for Chelsea in their EPL title winning run and also for Nigeria in their quest to qualify for the 2018 world cup.

Salah scored 15 goals in 31 matches for AS Roma in 2016/2017, prior before joining Liverpool, but his work rate in 2016/2017 for club and country cannot match that of Moses.

4. Finally, winning awards in Modern day football depends on your position as a player
It is an undisputed fact that to win any award in modern day football the odds favour you if you are an offensive player.

A striker who bangs in 25 goals in a season is preferred to a goalkeeper who made 30 saves in a season, likewise a Mohammed Salah who scored 15 goals for AS Roma in a season looks more juicy and appealing to the heart than a Victor Moses who threw in every foot and body for Chelsea including scoring few decisive goals and running the right-wing back position like a formular one car driven by the legendary Michael Schumacher or the crazy drivers that serve as escorts to some or almost all political figures in Nigeria.

Did I miss out any point? or do you have any other point you feel cost Victor Moses the award, feel free to comment below.he

Full Story: http://www.90minutesgoal.com/2017/12/Why-victor-Moses-lost-BBC-award.html?m=1

Was Moses even better than Aubameyang last season? There were better players, abeg