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Chidichris,
the quicker you realize that all Igbos deserve respect regardless of what part they come from the less ignorant you'll appear to be. Ohazulike does not have to change his name to Ohazuruike or whatever to lead Igbos. Its people like you that make other Igbos feel like they are not qualified to lead Igbos just coz their names are Ovunda, Okolo, etc. Nonsense.

@udezue,
u are right.

@topic,
i do not know this ohazulike or what he does but i know igbos in lagos have no king. with our nature as igbos, we have ways of surviving eg taking such titles that can attract politicians during campeigns.
he is not eze talkless of ezendigbo.
come to think of it how many ezendigbos do we have in lagos.
if i get angry now, i will change my name to ezendigbo the whole world.

Interesting. I wonder if all nations in Africa would be an oil-producing nation?

By the way, Nigeria is the laughing stock of the world. Grin I mean, we are like the Michael Jackson and Mc Hammer of the world, when it comes to managing our resources. We are just useless at it.

Yeah I mentioned it. Bite me.

@ElRazur,
the most important thing abt truth is to say it no matter what ppl will say or do.
if u want to be frank, oil is a course in disguise.
nigeria needs rebranding over her leaders and managers.

Mikel knows that he is being played out of his natural position at DM. But he also knows that is the only position that guarantees him playing time. If he ever decides to play a different wing. He'll wed the bench.

mykali,
this was ur first post here on this topic.

It is a known fact that you cant force a pig to eat dirt.
It does so willingly.
Chidicris. . .
B4 this thread is locked, i gotta say something.
I am one of a few Chelsea fans that joined because of the
Nigerian affiliation i had with Cele Yaro and it strengthened with the signing of Mikel. If Mikel leaves Chelsea, i'll show a little feeling of remorse. But i am not a Mikel fan. i'm a Chelsea fan. I dont have to worship him, that doesnt mean i'm against him.
So look for somewhere else to base your senseless accusations. And change this mentality you have about people who criticise Mikel.

@mykali,
now u post this. if u were a fan of babayaro, did babayaro play in all the wings in field to guarrantee his place in the team or was he known for no 3?
u have the right to crticize mikel and God has the right to keep on blessing him and making him remain far beyond ur reach.
the major problem of nigerian fans is that they do not know what they want.
we are always saying mikel does not know how to play yet we gather here to make noise when ever he did not show up for national assignment.
we have to agree first of all that the guy has what it takes and only then can we ask why he is not always there otherwise normal ppl shld be celebrating his absence as those who know how to play will take his position.
my dear, inferiority complex is at work here. okocha did not please nigerians despite all his efforts so i wonder who will please a hungry/angry ppl.
remember, as u crticize dey go, checks keep on flowing into his accounts week in, week out not only from the russian billionaire but from other banks and big companies in nigeria so what can u do abt that.
in life, some make history while some read and write history.
yar adua knows mikel by name and in person, issa hayyatou knows mikel by name and in person, platini knows mikel by name and in person, blatter the highest authority in football knows mikel by name and in person, nigerians, how many lions can one kill before he becomes a lion killer?

Oba is one of the best strikers we have but he shuld take invitations serious. They beta throw him to one kind £ 20k/week so that he learns how to obey international duty calls.

@sirkingok,
even at £20k /week which makes it £80k/month and about $160k which is not less than N25million for an ordinary obafemi martins, do u think he has anything to loose?
ask potential slaves like dayokanu who cld stay 100 yrs in the usa without anything tangible to show for it and he will tell u that if he makes 10 percent of that, he will fight american govt.
most nigerians in the usa have to work at 5 different locations a day just to meet up with bills dayofool can confirm that. one of the highest paying professions in the usa is the nursing and most of them get us$76k at the end of the yr and their bills will definitely come from that so at ur anticipated rate, martins is still an illussion to those beasts condeming him.

if i may ask, do u know fifa has rules and regulations on the issue of national invitations of which nigeria has power to sue any player for not honouring invitation if the invitations are proparely done.

i am here to tell you that nigeria as a country is not serious, nff is not serious and the coaching crew are not serious hence there will be no need for any player to take them serious.

apart from using known players, every coach has the responsibility of exposing new faces and that will always be an advantage to the new and up coming players. the news today will be different when the players open up tomorrow to tell u what is happening in the eagle's camps so let us allow the sleeping dogs to lye.

who was the reciepiant of this $1million? beyonce? that is mad. do u know who beyonce is when it comes to money? do u know who his fiancee jayzz is moneywise?
by the way, are we still in politics forum? is this topic a political topic?
the author of this thread must learn to grow up and study the kind of ppl they post topics abt.
beyonce for once can take care of ur obaigbena when it comes to money.
on the other hand, $1million is not equievelent to N1billion.
moderator must block this thread before we make fools of ourselves here.

@eldee,
since football has turned to logic, what was the logic when mikel signed for chelsea?
Same reason Arsenal bought Walcott.
At the time, Mikel was the hottest prospect in the world after Fabregas.
They needed a long term replacement for Makalele, and they thought he was going to fit in directly, only for him to get two red cards in three matches, then they knew he was not another FAB4 or Messi, but sumone that needed time to grow.

Quote from: chidichris on Yesterday at 09:25:39 PM
what was the logic when essien returned from injury?
Tell me you're not basing your judgement on one or two games??
If so, then delusion must be your girlfriend.

Quote from: chidichris on Yesterday at 09:25:39 PM
what is the role of a coach in ur logic?
what if the coach chooses mikel above other players, will nigerians question that through their logics?
Are you seriously talking like this??
I hope you know who Chelsea's coach is??
I mean, you do know that Ancelotti had a hand in the Pirlo we've come to know and love.

Quote from: chidichris on Yesterday at 09:25:39 PM
how many midfielders are in chelsea? why have nigerians logics always turned to be against their own?
Will you please save the patriotism speech for October 1st??
Point to one midfielder in Chelsea's line up that any sensible coach will becnch for Mikel. . . just one

Quote from: chidichris on Yesterday at 09:25:39 PM
do u believe in God? do u believe in God's favours? do u know who joseph is and his position in his family?
in ur logics, remember, what so ever u wished another person, same will be ur case.
Oh . . . spare me the sermon, I'm not wishing anything for anyone.

If Jacob had to choose sumone to bench among Mikel, Ballack, Lampard, Essien and Pirlo . . . we all know who it would be
You're hilarious, comparng mlticolour coats to football . . . Grin Grin

Quote from: chidichris on Yesterday at 09:25:39 PM
as it is, mikel has proved himself as the most reliable defensive midfielder chelsea has after the exit of makalele.
Nah . . . Mikel has bing the most reliable midfielder when everyone else is injured . . . get your facts right

Quote from: chidichris on Yesterday at 09:25:39 PM
my problem with nigerians is that we lack coaches in all our national teams yet they are wise enough to reject a player who world class coaches have approved.
with these hatred and jealous, nigeria will remain where we are.

We are not jealous of Kanu, or Eto . . . or maybe Nsofor
Why should anyone be jealous of Mikel . . . now that's plain stupidity.

@eldee,
i enjoy ur reply here especially the last sentence.
all in all, if ancelotti has come to bench mikel, i want to believe other clubs will come calling. again, pirlo is not a defensive midfielder and as such he can never be mikel's rival in chelsea. if mikel bagged two red cards in three matches then, how many did he get in the just ended season. if jealous is out of the matter, how many posts were made in line of mikel's ability to avoid any form of red card throughout the season?
if mikel and walcot were bought for the same reason, what have walcot achieved since arsenal bought him and what did fab 4 achieve in his arsenal carrear?
if anyone is waiting to see the down fall of a choosen one, it means he has to wait for ever. soon, the new season will start and new topics will begin to flow.

remember what nigerians were saying when mikel was signed by chelsea but by his grace, mikel defiled all envious theories and played his games under mourinho, grants, scolari and then hiddink.

my prayers today is that whatsoever each and everyone of us wish these boys who are struggling to make their lives on their own, let the same be our portion in the mighty name of Jesus - AMEN.

have u ever taken ur time to ask urself if these boys are playing with ur legs? are they playing with our oil? did u elect them to represent u in any political forum? are they owing u and while nigerian have sleepless nights praying for the downfall of boys who go outside to make money and come back to help the needy arround them, develop people and invest in our economy. what dou stand to gain praying for their downfall? tell me of any post where u prayed for the success of our boys outside. nemesis must surely catch on anyone who decides to wish other bad in their efforts.

Can you guys stop throwing stones and concentrate that energy
in praying for Obagol?. If Obagol sinks, over 100 Nigeerian children will lose their daily bread and school fees.

@aloy.emaka,
did u see argentines gathered outside a hospital to pray for their hero maradonna and today he is their coach. is not in nigeria and not in nairaland.
the only news u will hear on this forum is negative news and illwishes as if we stand to gain anything when our people fall.
just take ur time and read through this forum and 90% of the posts here are designed to bring down ppl who God have uplifted.
the good news is that no matter how a cow purge reach, it can never come down to goat's size.
that God that has started these good works in our boys will surely see them through and bad belle no fit do anything.


@dr. monkey,
i hope u are enjoying ur banana meal? at least, i have made available enough for u to be in the dinning for the rest of ur miserable life. to make things easier, i will find a way to communicate our players in england so that they can import english bananas for u since u believe in english. i will surely make them available to u as soon as i recieve them. enjoy ur local bananas menwhile.

dr. monkey,
i see u are busy with the bananas.
if those few bananas were able to keep u quiet for this long then i have decided to make the tree available for u to be busy for the rest of ur life.
monkey! monkey!! come chop banana

@chidichris
Why do you happen to think everyone's anti-Mikel??
For heaven's sake, this dude is a fringe player in Chelsea

The facts are there plain and simple . . . if Chelsea buys Pirlo, and Lampard and Essien don't get injured, Mikel has to go to the bench . . . c'est fini
It's not hate, it's pure logic.
Mikel is not the first person to be in this situation and he won't be the last.
If Pirlo were to come to Arsenal, Song will have to find a space on the bench too. . . it's football, not molecular radioactivity

@eldee,
since football has turned to logic, what was the logic when mikel signed for chelsea?
what was the logic when essien returned from injury?
what is the logic behind an attacking midfielder benching a defensive midfielder?
what is the role of a coach in ur logic?
what if the coach chooses mikel above other players, will nigerians question that through their logics?
how many midfielders are in chelsea? why have nigerians logics always turned to be against their own?
do u believe in God? do u believe in God's favours? do u know who joseph is and his position in his family?
in ur logics, remember, what so ever u wished another person, same will be ur case.
as it is, mikel has proved himself as the most reliable defensive midfielder chelsea has after the exit of makalele.
my problem with nigerians is that we lack coaches in all our national teams yet they are wise enough to reject a player who world class coaches have approved.
with these hatred and jealous, nigeria will remain where we are.

dr monkey,
if the peeled one is not ok for u, u can try this.
as long as u are a monkey, i will do my best to provide u with that which makes u happy.

dr.monkey,
if u had come out real since, i wldn't have been wasting my time with u here.
why did u tell me since that u live with monkies?
my dearest dr monkey, i wish to inform u that a warder is a prisoner and as such those who live and work with monkies are monkies too.
i hope that with this, dayofool and wicth47 can agree with me that they have a monkey as friend without knowing it for long.
well, it think the best thing for me will be to make bananas available to u.
pls choose it the way u like it.

dr.idiot and dayofool,
are u both ready to offer ur mamas and papas for the role of DM in chelsea so that mikel will be on the bench as u pray?
dayofool, u may be in the usa as u claim, but ur brain is made in china.

some educated imbeciles like dayomogue, switch00 and Dr.idiot have bastardized education hence i have renounced my education.
if the formal and informal education u had were directed to envy and jealous then ur parents are nothing short evil men and women.
i wonder how progressives arround ur homes and areas are surviving.
i can't imagine how among the millions of players nigeria has, u singled out these few progressives for persecution.
shame to ur lineage for bringing forth out of the world saddists like u all.

dayobeast, did u say someone here knows u? pls let me know the person. i have 190% confidence that anyone that associates himself with u must be a saddist and nothing less than that as snake begets snake.

madrid is a big club and they are real business people.
when the said bckham, the sold a million copies of his shirt within the first six months.
when big players like these are signed, not only because of their playing abilities, they sales made out of merchandise and endoresements for big companies.
if look at player like ronaldo, compare him with another player like young of aston villa who is also a good player but their off pitch values varies as many will like to buy ronaldo stuffs instead of young's.

Dr. Idiot,
that is my problem with u. who made u a judge over us? why do u think u have the powers to dictate in which language i will write.
if spainish is my choice of language, u are handicapped in the area of changing that and unfortunately, i owe u no appologies.
are u by any means an english man? is ur mother or father by mistake from england?

if u can understand whatever language i write in, u have a choice in hiring an interpreter or over look my write ups and read those of dayokanu who writes queen's english.

the most important thing here is that english is not my language and i wonder how many english men can try the much i have done here in writing in my own language.

if u think u are a specialist in the language, what are ur achievements so far? if you are not an extrovert, u will know that this forum is for sports and not grammer. u simply represent a square peg in a round hole.

have u come here to advertise ur speaking and writing abilities, sorry u are at the wrong place. most sportsmen and women of the world do not speak english so who am i?

if u have lost the topic, it is: newcastlke dumps obafemi.
use ur gramatical abilities to explain this notion and tell me how a relegated club will dump such hot legs like obafemi. don't u think that if anyone will dump someone here, it will be obafemi dumping newcastle.

mr. good english, while writing, wroting, discussing and discussion, remember to always discuss the subject matter. obafemi martins and newcastle are sports topic and have nothing to do with grammatical abilities.

were u there when mourinho worked in england? the owners of the language did not kill him, scolari worked there and the english press did not complain. ronaldo and other foriegn players were excused for their gramatical errors while calling for my head when i am very far from england.

how long are u going to dwell in the land of morons?

having said that, i hope i have been able to convince and not confuss u on this issue of ur fault find abilities that if this is an english language forum, i came in here by mistake but if this is a naija sports forum, u must be the odd man here.

Mikel Obi Will Seat At The Bench Next Season All Through

that is the topic and for those who believe and accept that, i am saying, since mikel is going to seat on the bench which means his position will be empty and instead of the position to be empty, una mama go play that role. is that bad? won't all of u be happy to see una mama in chelsea uniform doing what mikel cld not do?

ok if that is not ok, make una papa go play dm for chelsea. even dayoidiot that is suffering in the usa watching only espn comes here to discuss football.

the bitter truth here is that mikel has played himself into the highest level of football. he is the hottest among nigerian players. he is rich and into a genuine source of income compare to most idiots here who do not have identity.

when he was signed by chelsea, this same arguement ensued and when he started doing his things, shame took u all away. who is pirlo? if he does not play in chelsea because of the presence of UNA mama, won't he play in someother clubs where una mama no dey?

u all enjoy other people's downfall and my problem here is what u stand to gain if our players go down

this is football top earners and i did not see any nigerian here. pls let us know how ambition, fresh challanges etc can be reconcile with these figures here.

these names could represent the names of ppl who are not playing for money.


1. Zlatan Ibrahimovic Internazionale 750.000 euros per month (9.000.000 per annum)
Ricardo Kaka AC Milan 750,000 (9.000,000)
3. Lionel Messi FC Barcelona 700.000 (8,400,000)
4 John Terry Chelsea 631,182 (7,574,179)
Frank Lampard Chelsea 631,182 (7.574.179)
6. Thierry Henry FC Barcelona 625,000 (7.500.000)
Samuel Eto´o FC Barcelona 625,000 (7,500,000)
8 Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United 563,555 (6,762,660)
9 Ronadinho Gaucho AC Milan 541,667 (6,500,000
Andrei Shevchenko AC Milan 541,667 (6,500,000
11. Michael Ballack Chelsea 541,013 (6,492,154
Steven Gerrard Liverpool 541,013 (6,492,154
Rio Ferdinand Soccer News Topics Manchester United 541,013 (6,492,154
14 Raul Gonzalez Real Madrid 533,333 (6,400,000
Ruud Van Nistelrooy Real Madrid 533,333 (6,400,000
16 Iker Casillas Soccer News Topics Real Madrid 500,000 (6,000,000
Frederic Kanouté Sevilha FC 500,000 (6,000,000
18 Wayne Rooney Manchester United 495,928 (5,951,141
Michael Owen Newcastle United 495,928 (5,951,141
20 Fabio Cannavaro Real Madrid 483.333 (5,800,000
21 Robinho Manchester City 473,386 (5,680,634
22 Francesco Totti AS Roma 458,333 (5,500,000
Luca Toni Bayern Munique 458,333 (5,500,000
24 Arjen Robben Real Madrid 455,000 (5,460,000
25 Ashley Cole Chelsea 450,844 (5,410,128
Deco Chelsea 450,844 (5,410,128
Fernando Torres Liverpool 450,844 (5,410,128
28 Carlos Tevez Manchester United 428,302 (5,139,622
29 Adriano Internazionale 416.667 (5,000,000
Patrick Vieira Internazionale 416.667 (5,000,000
Charles Puyol FC Barcelona 416.667 (5,000,000
Andres Iniesta FC Barcelona 416.667 (5,000,000
Xavi FC Barcelona 416,667 (5,000,000
Sergio Aguero Atletico Madrid Soccer News Topics 416,667 (5,000,000
Gianluigi Buffon Juventus 416,667 (5,000,000
Willy Sagnol Soccer News Topics Bayern Munique 416,667 (5,000,000 (Retired)

37 Dimitar Berbatov Manchester United 405,760 (4,869,115)
Andrei Arshavin Arsenal 405,760 (4,869,115)
Didier Drogba Chelsea 405,760 (4,869,115)
Nicolas Anelka Chelsea 405,760 (4,869,115)
Paul Scholes Manchester United 405,760 (4,869,115)

42 Alessandro Del Piero Juventus 400,000 (4,800,000)
Karim Benzema Olympique Lyon 400,000 (4,800,000)
Lúcio Bayern Munique 400,000 (4,800,000)
Frank Ribery Bayern Munique 400,000 (4,800,000)
46 Joe Cole Chelsea 383,217 (4,598,609)
Ryan Giggs Manchester United 383,217 (4,598,609)
Xabi Alonso Liverpool 383,217 (4,598,609)
Jamie Carragher Liverpool 383,217 (4,598,609)
50 David Beckham AC Milan 375,000 (4,500,000)
Juninho Pernanbucano Olympique Lyon 375,000 (4,500,000)
Sidney Govou Soccer News Topics Olympique Lyon 375,000 (4,500,000)
David Trezeguet Juventus 375,000 (4.500,000)

@dayokanu and Dr. idiot,
whatsoever both of u are doing and no matter how successful u think u are, it is obvious that mikel, martins, yobo, taiwo and other nigerian players that u call failure are more successful than u. so if they are more successful than u and u call them failures, i still wonder what names u have choosen for urself.

if u are wole soyinka or chinue achebe, to God be the glory otherwise i am yet to understand ur position in english language that u always seem to find out fault in other posters' english.

if time is not taken, both of u are into criminal activities in ur various locations yet u come here to condem men who are working with honours.

if u think u are genuine enough to condem others, reveal ur identity and let us into ur various endeavours as that cld also link u up to people in ur areas.

i am not interested in ur day to day saddists' moves because i have not seen any of u write or suggest way forward for players or nigerian team rather u are here as prophets of doom trying to course men who God has blessed.

nairaland cannot be a place of doom as i urge the moderator of this forum to look into topics. i have taken my time to go through topics posted in this forum and 70% is devoted to mikel and mikl alone. is this forum supposed to be mikel forum or sports forum? i used to think gossips ar for women until i got to this place. men discussing men like ppl who have invested their lives in the hands of mikel.

mikel, martins and others are adults who are entitle to their decissions and equal to the consequences so why taking panadol for oter ppl's headache? is mikel the president of nigeria? i wish the moderator will have time to read through this forum and close all these mikel madnesses here as are done to other topics that are posted by different persons or is the moderator part of this mikel run down.

@chidichris
what's the definition of fresh challenge to you? It seems like you believe is permanently cemented on your lousy thought that all the top footballers moving to a new club is all about money.
Ronaldo is moving to Madrid cos he has won all that their is to win at manu
same goes with kaka

@jay bee,
this is a very good one in fact, the best i have seen in the nhistory of football. ronaldo moving for fresh challange but when mikel moved, he moved for money. kaka moved for ambition and when martins moved, he moved for money. my dear, what did ashley cole move for? what abt beckham? robinho? in all these reasons, were there any form of money exchanging hands? why is a man going for fresh challange becoming a world record signing while those moving for money go for peanuts? in the world of imbeciles, any reasons goes. how many english fans called for ashley cole's head when he left arsenal? kanu's west brom was relegated two or three seasons ago which led to his joining portsmouth so martins is not the first player to experience relegation. if i may ask, is micheal own not in that team? was it not from real madrid that own joined new castle? brother, we are a bunch of greedy idiots here in nigeria.


the moderator, with due respect, i ask u to do to all these mikel multiple posts what u do to other multiple posts in this forum.

if we wish to continue in this run down programme on this forum, i will ask that this forum be renamed either gossip or saddist forum.

it will be of great importnce that the organisers of this nairaland watch out what most of us come here to do as it cld lead to lost of intergrity on the side of this forum.

dr idiot,
brazil is all abt football, so why are their players scattered here and there all over the world including tunisia and other african countries?

its so sad that Chidichris would never make a meaniningful statement in all of his pathetic life than to come spewing fuckeries and bunkumeries of how dolts that were fortunate to have made their way to the top but cant sustain it should be hero-worshipped foolishly  Cry

like Dayokanu said, some men need to be castrated for the product of their seed . . .

imagine this buffoon saying Kaka went to Madrid for sake of money,u idiot get it right, he went cos of AMBITION   Cool

the stan called Chidi also says Okocha aint a failure ,  .yes he aint one but he never achieved what he was supposed to: HAVE YOU SEEN KANU PLAY IN QATAR ?  Grin

Okocha was great but he was penny wise but pond foolish ,WHERE WAS THE AMBITION ? and this is the same thing we are saying about OBAFEMI !

and mind u OKOCHA IS MY GREATEST NIGERIAN PLAYER THAT I SAW PLAY LIVE !

so that puts to rubbish ur assertion that I am a bad belle ,

if u arent foolish, blind or perrenially ignorant u would have noticed I yab my club,players andcoach when I believe they fumble,is that also bad belle ?

and u keep talking about choosing to be any of the players , do u know the peeps behind the keyboard ?

MIKEL AND OBAFEMI WOULD RATHER BE ME

@dr.idiot,

if kaka went to madrid for ambition, what will ronaldo be looking for in madrid? is it ok to say that it is only nigerian players that move for money?
what do u think about ashley cole move to chelsea? what abt robben's move to madrid? what did beckham go to the usa to do? ambition i guess?

pls remember the ronaldo's move was supposed to be last year when man u was highly successful so leaving man u then for a trophiless side could be another part of ambition which kaka went for?

in ur degraded upbringing, have u thought about the interests of clubs in players? kanu is not yet out of football and might end up going through the same door like okocha. mind u bigger players like batistuta of argentina played in qatar maybe in search of ambition?

if these players are not playing for money like u think, cld u pls relate us to any of them that have played free of charge in any club?

pls is it possible that kaka is looking for ambition where robinho left for man city in search of ambition? what was shevshenko looking for i n chelsea? ambi,

ballack in chelsea? ambi, i think?

do u know that u possibly cld have a body made in nigeria while ur brains are made in china?

these guys left the comforts of their various countries in search of money in different countries of this world and how much u are paid has remained part of this movement. zidane had been the historic signing in football until kaka(mr. ambition) break that now with ronaldo's move eminent, ronaldo is going to be the world record signing and at the end of the day, we are talking money.

if u want to get real, find out why tevez is abt leaving man u. check out why arsenal is not keeping big names. trace who is earning what and why including where to help u know that each and every one of these clubs are registered limited liability companies whose main interest is to maximize profits. the coaches have their stances as in where they can go for the benefit of what they are working for - money, hence i urge u to understand that the players in question whose interests u think is ambition have lawyers and agents/managers who has nothing to benefit from the players' ambition but their percentage from the transfer deals.

by the way, everybody involved in football is doing so making money or paying money including u. have u asked why every tv station is not allowed to air football? they have to pay heavy to obtain the right and we pay them to subscribe so it is all about business.

like i said before, u have decided to live ur life as a sadist and that is very unfortunate.

ac millan after selling kaka said they have ballanced their financial book so what is wrong if martins places money as his reason for playing? if it is a crime to place money first, what are u all placing first in ur various carrears? tell me among u who have choosen a carrear that is not money oriented?

will it be bad if a nigerian get to the envious position of the world record signing in football?

In all sincerity, Martins has disgraced himelf. Any professional that places money above career wolud definitely pay for it, just like martins. Did it not learn from Okocha, who despite his skills and ability never won anything with any club, thank God he went to Tunisia 94 and Atlanta 96, otherwise he woludn't have won anything throughout his playing days. I believe if he even went yto arsenal, he wolud never earned as much as £70k/£80k stupid newcastle was paying, but at least be playing high level soccer, in a bigger club. If Bendtner, Diaby, and Sylvester could be playing in arsenal, why not martins. He made his choice.
If he is not greedy, what made him think Newcastle would win anything. He left inter to newcastle. Kaka should have gone to Man City but he wants more laurels and he wnet to where he colud get them,
Ahmodu sholud make sure that any Player that doesnt play in the top 8 in their league shuold not be invited for national assignment. PERIOD

@Toppiano,
i want to believe u are not part of the envious group but let me say u are not well informed.
could u pls contact your dictionary for the meaning of professionalism.
if kaka or anyother player u are thinking of is not interested in money why leaving milan? why leaving ur country in the first place?
most times i ask myself where most people get their logics from. can u as a person do what you recomend for martins?
ajen robben left chelsea for madrid not for luarel but for money because he told chelsea to pay him his worth or he leave. ashley cole left arsenal to chelsea simply because of wage. when players discuss personal terms with clubs, their salaries are key. martins did not choose new castle rather his club put him for sale and new castle matched his asking price.
football is a profit oriented business of which all parties are working to enrich their bank accounts at the end of every financial year.
you made refference to okocha, is he a failure to u? what about himself? what about his family, are they complaining?
what most of us do is taking panadol for other people's headache. is it possible that an internet rat talk abt okocha who has finished a very successful carrear and has all it takes to survive himself and his family?
how many players from different nationalities went down with new castle and why is it martins that stands a chance of crucifiation? have u ever had other nationalities calling for the heads or their players who went down with new castle?
to me, martins who hails from a very poor back ground has done much and enough to the glory of God to put laughter on the face of his family.

if there is anything what doing now, it will be to check what u have done for urself, ur family and your country and then compare and contrast between u and martins who shld be ashamed of his existance.

@AHIJO/Chidichris
Jesus wept!! Embarrassed Embarrassed

i can remember chidi saying things similar after the mikel drunk drive saga- if a soccer player who is seen as the role model of some ' kids '(no matter who) exibit any form of indiscipline - it must be condemned in its entirety and as per comments on Mikel, every TOM, PRIVATES DICKK and harry Grin Grin has a right to their opinion, and even a right not to like Mikel and there is nothing you can achieve by getting worked up about it!!your rantings is nothing but a futile exercise Grin Grin who go hate go hate 4 hia. nothing wey una fit do. Cool PERIOD!!

@switch47,
it is called freedom of expression. u have urs and i have mine. if u have the anointing to castigate a national hero, someother person might also have the anoiting to castigate ur parents for bringing in shame into this world and there is nothing either u or ur parents can do abt that.

on the other hand if a person u look up to as a role model misbehaves, u can condem that what if he behaves well? what do u do? u die only to resurrate the day u think he misbevaes again?

even in bible, any prophets that sees only negatives has a name - prophet of doom. as long as ur anointing has nothing to do with good things of life, with no reservations, u are a prophet of doom.

mourinho punished mikel for wrong doings under him and lavishes praises on him when he played well, did anyone complain abt that? no because it is constructive and was done to put him on the right lane.

if imbeciles here are out hunting for such news as mikel banned for life, mikel a bench warmer, mikel back to bench as essien comes back, martins dumped by newcasttle, yobo out for life, taiwo not a supper eagle then ur days are numbered.

u keep on calling these guys names, saying they are not patrotic, what happened to ur own patrotism or does envious and jealous criticisms the same with patrotism.

all in all, God have created these guys above u all and there is practically nothing u can do abt that.

i feel like insulting most of ur parents bcs a good parent cannot give birth to such bad minded idiots who so much hate greatness.

are u all angry bcs these guys are not part of nigerians' trademark home and abroad?

pls obama shld deport el rufai and ribadu including other nigerian political criminals.
he must not fail to ban them along with their families.

the bible says, those  who live by sword will die by sword.

a more correct answer to the question will come if one will first ask, was abiola a good follower? and because the answer to the later is no, the answer to the former will also be no.

this was a man who lived all his life dinning and wining with the military at the detriment of the masses. a man whose foryune originated from the international telecommunication contract with which fela made his song which is called itt.

abiola was a wolf is sheep's skin. he lived a decietful life but nemesis was what he faced at the end and he was decieved to death.

i don't those celebrating him and his democracy day as his election was the best nigeria cld not have but nature has a better way of giving back to people what they have  given to others in  the past.

even in  his grave now, he will not believe that his own military cld disgrace him to that large extent. cld u imagine the man was celebrating abacha's coup as a ladder to his dream throne.

who wld know that obj a co jail bird will turn out to be a tiger to ppl who sympathized with him?

Dr. Kitaun,
i like ur analysis but if i may ask, are u a doctor by profession, by academics of by nairaland id?
like i said appreciate good things and they will come ur ways and that is a natural law.
there is a great difference bewteen analysis , prayers and rejoicing over other peoples' downfall.
pls claim this;

OBAFEMI is a doofus . . .

u wrote that and now that u are deviating, trace those names that u have linked to urself and confirm it that they are never do wells like urself.

most of u are older than these heros with nothing to show for ur lives yet u have the gut to call a national hero names. may God forgive u.

if u and ur group have been useful, why are we not discussing any of u here.
that beast u call dayokanu will be parading himself in the usa as mikel or martin's cousin only to come here and say shits.

u must change ur orientations and begin to see mikel, martins, yobo, taiwo and other great men of our country as great ambassadores and the obamas of nigeria.

do u know that if obama is a nigeria, idiots like u will not even praise him one day?

@MYKALI,
I knew a day like this will come when the less privileged chelsea fans (claimants) Whose lacks the basic inteligence to read between simple lines and at best have just words like UP shelsi to say on the chelsea thread will bite off the heads of the likes of FSB,Invisible, Nateevs, Cabali and even the now exiled bluediva. Grin Grin Grin he said you are attacking Mikel----------therefore one thing two thing------ cant see evidence of such attack from your post though- the Guy has got issues!! serious ones- or the guy need lesson for english?? Grin and he dearly loves to insult peoples parents, father, mother,-------does this say something about this chidichris upbringing?? Grin we all know the implication of such random display of

@Switch47,
yes , it is high time parents began to bear responsibilities of their illegal under bridge productions.
because most of u here have failed to represent ur parental background in a gud way hence i link u up to ur first environment which is under bridge.
if u are not happy with that, change ur lifestyle and begin to show that ur were once breast fed by a normal being in the name of a mother.
shld i have appologies for imbeciles who have choosen to live like offsprings of goats and sheeps.
the act of not knowing ur hero is related to the under bridge products and soon i will directly link u to that and i will wait here to see someone prove me wrong.
my advise is that u dress the way u want tobe addressed.
as long as u continue to behave like monkey, i will hav no option than to make bananas available without groundnuts.

d big spending wont solve madrid's problems anyway

Biola44,
what are madrid's problems? this is a rich club and u and i know that u make more money when u invest more money.
big buys like these are not only about football, they have image rights. players like ronaldo and kaka will sale more jersies within a short period of time. madrid have fans and these players have fans so platini must be ready to come out real.
no matter what laws he puts into place, madrid and newcasttle can never spend the same amount of money.
big players are for big clubs so i see nothing wrong in these buys.
madrid has been in the business of buying big players and that is history for them so if they are not making their funds, they will need no adviser.
platini has no programmes for europe football hence the best thing will be for him to resign.
did he play football for free during his own time? was he not earning more money than someother players then?
socialism has nothing to do with football so he can move down to cuba if he wants to practise socialism.

99.99% nigerians believe that mikel does not know how to play football. this percentage of people also believe that the super eagles are more superb without mikel yet no new day without mikel.

my question is; IS MIKEL BECOMING MORE IMPORTANT AND POPULAR THAN YAR ADUA?

i have to ask this as this sports forum is becoming mikel's forum. pls can someone tell me why we can not leave the young man alone.

that will be a good one but i don't trust wenger as he is always after cheap atticles.

nigeria and nigerians are known worldwide for mostly their criminal activities both in and outside nigeria and mikel is one out of a few living their lives genuinely, do u think that is not worth comending?
mikel is a very good ambassadore of nigeria.
footballwise, he is presently playing in one of the biggest clubs in the world and by the way the only nigerian in a very good club.
financially, he is one of the highest paid nigerians both home and abroad if time is not talking he is earning the highest salary among the living over 150 million nigerians even our own president.
will it make sense for hungry ridden malnutrition infested imbeciles here to say ills abt him because they are exposed to internet.

any sensible minded individual will read between the lines of what i wrote and make meaning out of it. Mikel will only survive at Chelsea as a Defensive Midfielder.

@mykali,
can u boldly say what u do for your living?
can peter cech play anyother position in the field outside the goalkeeping role? where else can drogba play outside striking? can john terry be chelsea's striker? is maluda also a defender? do u have the slightest idea of team play in relation to specialization? do u know the implication of division of labour?
obviously u are claiming to be wiser than the whole chelsea community who are paying mikel heavily just for what u call dm?
did ronaldo play all the 11 positions in the field before winning fifa footballer of the yr?
no matter how envious of greedy u are, mikel ha done well to be a legend and even if he dies today, his name will not be that easy to be errased from the history fo nigeria. if i were u, i will decide today to do onething even the armed robbery that ur ppl are known with, so that u will be remembered with something.
ppl like u are never do well, useless from birth and saddist till death. u can never appreciate progressives.

these boys most of u gather here to condem were never elected or appointed rather they worked for their greatness. why are u angry with them? are they responsible for ur misplacement in life? is it there fault that u refused to choose the right path? did they in anyway blocked ur destiny? if ur types have their ways, every successful man's life will be in danger. but God have placed them above u in all ramifications so enjoy ur uner roof gossip.

Afterall that has been said and done, MIKEL IS A WASTEPIPE!

@MrCrackles,
going by ur conclussion, u and ur likes are usefulpipes - abi?

the good news here if many of us have to choose between mikel and co as wastepipes and u and ur likes as usefulpipes, i and many others will choose to be wastepipes and am sure many members of ur family will go with me.
in other words, many wastepipes are better than usefulpipes.

goat, he has forgotten that his father is nolonger the president.