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solomon111: You think Nigeria would've won the AFCON without mikel?
Lol.
Maybe you didn't watch the matches on a clear television.
Mikel was the one that prevented yaya toure from destroying us from midfield.
He was the most creative and tactically disciplined member of our AFCON winning team.

So why didnt Nigeria come close to winning it in 06, 08 and 10 ? if Mikel was that good?

thegoodjoehunt: Yaya wasn't a regular. Busquets played that role.

If Yaya even won the FA Cup, there will be no debate here but he won nothing. Imagine a World best without a trophy.

Busquet became a regular in 2010 only because Guardiola was managing the B team and felt that he was ready and wanted to get rid of all the trouble makers under Frank Rijdkaard (Eto, Deco, Belletti, Toure, Marquez etc) and he was the lowest paid player at Barca

thegoodjoehunt: Yaya had Barry and now Fernandhino to protect the back four. At Chelsea Mikel protects the back four and can't take that risk. Based on achievements, Yaya achieved nothing and can't be Africa's best. If it is based on individual talents, many Africans outscored Yaya like Aubameyang.

Yaya Toure plays Defensive midfield, Central Midfield and Attacking midfield.... at the 2009 CL final he was asked to play as a centre half due to suspension the defenders.

Like I said its not a team achievement, but individual performance... Gareth Bale won the premier league player of the year (what did he win?)



Andriy Shevchenko won the 2004 Ballon d'or and Milan won

thegoodjoehunt:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_La_Liga

Barcelona FC won the La Liga and the Spanish Super Cup 04/05. Now tell me a World best player without a trophy.

Barcelona or Ronaldinho won what? in 2004

Well the ones I know are married to foreign women

Greatihex: . u dont know anytin about association football. wat is individual performance wen it could not give your team a trophy.

So when they gave Zidane and Forlan the MVP (Golden Balls) at both 2006 and 2010 WC, please tell me who won the world cup?

Its not a about team achievements its all about individual performance

safarigirl: I beleive a Cameroonian goalie has won it...name ANY African GK that has had 10 consecutive clean sheets for his club. Enyeama is putting Africa on the map, he's making a case for the African goalies and telling the world that Africa can produce GK's better than Sirigu and as good as Buffon or Casillas. Now, what is Toure doing that the likes of Okocha, Babayaro, Kanu, Roger Milla and Abedi Pele have not done? Is he about to break a goal-scoring record? Has he broken a record for his club? Enyeama might as well be heading for a legendary status at Lille cuz they've never gone 10 games without conceding. Kindly state why Yaya would get a CAF award over Enyeama

First go and look at Moroccan's Zaki Badou performance at the 1986 world cup and Camerouns Thomas Nkono performance at the 1982 WC then you will see why they got the award

Enyeama was loaned out last season from Lille only to return in August playing out of his skin, yes he has 10 clean sheets but why was he loaned out last season which is also part of this year?

So from Jan to date Enyeama was first playing in Israel for half of the year. Yaya Toure has been a back-bone of the man city team that was runners up to United. Enyeama conceed 6 goals in 3 games at the confederation cup which is poor

So tell me what did Jay Jay Okocha do to deserve the BBC award?

Ping411: Mikel deserves both BBC's and CAF's award. He did well for both club and country.

Ivory Coast Vs Nigeria...Mikel outclassed Yaya Toure. I just hope Yaya does not win CAF's award too, that will be unfair.

Thats one game out of nearly 60 games they both played within a calender year

Dave_008: I'm sorry 2 say but it's lyk sme pple r really deluded here. Are we talking abt overall abilities of players or their performance in the year under review. And 4 those sayin mikel didn't do shit during d AFCON, we won @least 3 man of the match nd had d highest assists if i cud remembered, nd also dt last-ditch clearance against CIV. Also he may nt have had assists 4 CFC bt do av sec. assists nd both av diff roles nd varying qualities in their team. Enough said. Guess u remembered Bousquet-Toure tussle then at Barca

Do you know how many man of the match Yaya has in the last 4 months (let alone 12 months)

Nashoji: And dats also y u remain stagnant because of ur animosity towards ur fellow nigerian.

Look no one here could tell me Moses or Mikel is better than Yaya Toure, no one could tell me they both played better than Yaya Toure in the last 12 months

If you ask Jose Mourinho! will you swap Mikel for Yaya Toure? in a heartbeat he will say yes

If you ask Keshi to manage an all African team and he had the choice to choose between Toure and Mikel, only if he is a fool he will choose Mikel.

This is sports not politics, in sports you have to be fair in your judgement! am Sorry but Toure beats Mikel in everyway as a player, bare in mind Yaya was a holding midfielder when Barcelona won the CL in 2009

abatically: Let me answer ur question. How many times has a defender won the award since canavaro? Only 2 defenders have won the award to date and that was lother matthaus and canavaro. It is not easy for a defender to win that award because it isgoals that win u games. Canavaro won it because of the fill Wong reasons
1. He was the captain of the Italian team that won the works cup
2. Italy won the world cup by being the beat defending team
3. Italy conceded just 2 goals throughout the tournament. An own goal against USA and a zidane's penalty in the final.
4. Canavaro played every minute of the world cup and was outstanding. He got the nick name wall or Berlin.
5. He didn't get a single yellow card or red card theouout the tournament.
6. He was so good real Madrid had to buy him. And there was no other player that could really be compared to him that year. Canavaro is regarded as the best defender in his generation.

So yes a defender can win but it will take something extraordinary. Do u think people pay big to go watch football because of defenders? No, they pay to watch players with skills, that can score goals, players that cab entertain the fans. Can such be said about Mikel? What did Mikel do to warrant him win the award? Do u think non Nigerians love to watch Mikel play? Go outside Nigerians and compare the 2 players Mikel and yaya and u will get ur answer.

Lothar Mattheaus was a playmaker for Inter and West Germany when he won the award only dropped to a sweeper role during the twilight of his career but I still support your argument for Cannavarro

Well the right player won it

CAF award to follow!!!

The arrival of Coutinho might have cement his position on the bench

May be he was about to climax when banging PEJ

At that moment we tend to say things we dont mean!!!

A gunman who uploaded a rap video onto YouTube boasting about trying to murder a rival with a ‘spray and pray’ machine gun was jailed for 22 years today.

Kayode Oshin, 21, attempted to assassinate Yassin Zouaiou with a Mac 10 in a feud over drugs and money in Hounslow, west London, after being enticed into a world of gang culture and crime’, a court heard.


Mr Zouaiou survived when the gun jammed - but a single bullet was fired, hitting his brother Mohammed Ali Subhani in the neck.


But Oshin then posted a rap video bragging about the shooting on YouTube.


The shooting was carried out in an alleyway between North Drive and Kingsley Road, Hounslow, at around 1am on October 6, 2011, the court heard.


Oshin and a second man, Junior Tahir-Akinyele, 19, were arrested the next day in a white Mercedes-Benz they had hired for the attack.

Jailing Oshin for 22 years and Tahir-Akinyele for 14 years, Judge Timothy Pontius said the pair had been ‘enticed into a world of gang culture and crime’.

‘Oshin you are convicted of attempted murder, your clear intention was that Yassin Zouaiou should die,’ he added.

‘That intention would undoubtedly have been realised were it not for the fact that the mechanism on the gun jammed, releasing only one round


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2513953/Kayode-Oshin-posted-YouTube-video-glorifying-gang-culture-jailed-22-years.html#ixzz2lqIwtVar
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Nasir place cork in a$$ when I finish

Nasir

So unprofessional

The Ballon D'or was an accolade for the EUROPEAN player of the year its only recently they merged it into the World Player of the Year award. and up till 1995 the Ballon D'or wasnt opened to South Americans and the rest of the world

Michel Platini won the B'Dor in 1983 and France went on to win the European Championship 1984

Ruud Gullit won the B'Dor in 1987 and Holland went on to win the European Championship 1988

Atlast we have a natural leader in the team

mikeansy: That is a pure lie

NFF operates within Nigeria's jurisdiction. if they want to be silly the Government can disband the whole NFF. Worst come to worst FIFA will suspend the Nigeria FA. I will rather we get suspended by FIFA than everybody keep quiet an accept this nonesense from NFF.

If NFF is that untouchable, why was EFCC able to investigate them. I wish to inform you that the FG also funds NFF.

So NFF is not that untouchable. if they attempt to sabotage the hopes of Nigerians, there are ways the FG can bring pressure on them. They are not immuned from criminal prosection. They can go to jail.

Common think please you cant compare Nigeria today to when we were under Military rule

safarigirl: and so? Can't he be impeached? So elected NFF officials can't lose their jobs? This makes no sense, be he elected, appointed or imposed, he's not above losing a job.

Really

Common men you are old enough and wise enough to know for him to be impeached he will have to commit a serious offence, sacking an employee doesnt scratch the surface and remember who will impeach him? his members?

Its like asking GEJ to impeach James Ibori and the idiot from Bayelsa state

safarigirl: Maigari will lose his job before Keshi.

Forget whatever cunning tactics the NFF think they can come up with. Keshi has already check-mated them, he's the player with the Joker right now and NFF will have to resort to juju to even have a slight edge over him

Maijari was elected not appointed

safarigirl: I tell you solemnly, it will be easier for Davido to become the President of Nigeria than for NFF to sack Keshi. Except Keshi voluntarily resigns, no power on earth or in NFF can bring him down

The last time a coach performed this good- Westerhof, he wasn't sacked, but resigned, same will go for Keshi

Westerhof had 100% backing of the LT Augustus Aikhomu, every single penny to prepare the team was handed to Clemence Westerhof. Now the FIFA rule that prevents the FG getting involved in the National team. The NFF could sack Keshi in a heart beat and nothing will happen.

Look how much do you think the NFF big wigs are going to make if Keshi is in charge


Lagerback was on $250k when he was managing Sweden, Nigeria offered him $900k just for a 2 months job, where as $1.5m was allocated for the foreign manager. Most of the players paid to get a spot in the 23 heading to SA in 2010, with Papillo (Kanu) acting as an agent for Ogunjobi and Co.

They (NFF) have looked at it carefully and realised that with all the obsession Keshi has with homes base players. Nothing will come out of it. I did say this the NFF will pull the rug under Keshi's feet before the world cup. And the Federal goverment hasnt got the right to interfere with there decision

Look I dont have anything against flying older fleets but those who use older fleets use them privately, but as a commercial aircraft, I totally disagree! Most of the Nigeria firms rush to buy used fleet from foreign companies! WHY?

Theirs a reason why they are selling them, actually the first intention is to scrap them and recycle the mentals until we show interest. When ARIK was launched they had fleets between 5 and 10 years old, look at them now, they look disgusting.

Am sorry but its Westerhof all day long... Westerhor built Nigeria's strongest team, not only built the team but the template was there for the likes of Amodu and co to use, the 1998 team was practically built on Westerhof's template thats why I dont rate Amodu one bit.

Alikaxon: In my opinion; he is. What about yours?

What are the reasons why he is the best Coach?

They hired it......


Please get you facts RIGHT

Obi's new contract is 80k a week

Obafemi Martin's last contract at Newcastle was 90k a week

lacicrips: This guy must be an African prince.

And for those playing the "low self-esteem" card, oh please, shut it already. This seldom happens, and people are surprised, not necessarily because of self-esteem issues.

What Prince