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omar22: Chelsea sent Essien on loan because they Bought the Spanish kid and wanted to give him playing time.

06/07 Mikel was a bench warmer because Claude Makalele was still at the club but when Essien was pushed back into the defence when JT got injured, he was more likely get red card each time he played

He was a bench warmer in 06/07 with total of 32 app?with the likes of Makelele,Essien and Diarra?

07/08 Mikel was a Bench warmer because Claude Makalele was still at the club!

He had 34 app,and Makelele and co were still there.

08/09 Mikel was a Bench warmer until when Essien got injured but Hiddink used Mikel tactically

He had a 40 app,I'm sure he was playing even before Essien got injured.

09/10 Mikel became regular after Essien ruptured his knee in Libya when playing for Ghana and Mikel had a long run playing alongside Ballack or Deco

He had 30 app,I wouldn't say regular with more competitions in the midfield.
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10/11 Mikel played actually almost the whole season, until they brought in Ramires

Another 30 app.

11/12 Mikel played most games alongside Ramires and Mireles Chelsea won the Champions League due to Didier Drogba, the FA Cup due to Juan Mata and Ramires who destroyed Liverpool

Mikel was on the bench until AVB got sacked,he started having playing times afterwards with Meireles.Mikel performance against Bayern was wonderful,he was the one soaking up all the pressure.

12/13 Mikel found himself on the bench after series of high level mistakes most especially against Juve that got some fans threatening him with death threat on twitter. And Rafa felt Luiz could play alongside Lampard or Ramires and under Jose he is in the B team until when Van Ginkel got injured and still a bench warmer.

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I cant remember how many games Mikel played in the Europa Cup but very few, Victor Moses single handed destroyed Rubin Kazan in the semi-final and Mikel didnt play in the final.

He had injury and couldn't play in the final

omar22: Chelsea sent Essien on loan because they Bought the Spanish kid and wanted to give him playing time.

06/07 Mikel was a bench warmer because Claude Makalele was still at the club but when Essien was pushed back into the defence when JT got injured, he was more likely get red card each time he played

He was a bench warmer in 06/07 with total of 32 app?with the likes of Makelele,Essien and Diarra?

07/08 Mikel was a Bench warmer because Claude Makalele was still at the club!

He had 34 app,and Makelele and co were still there.

08/09 Mikel was a Bench warmer until when Essien got injured but Hiddink used Mikel tactically

He had a 40 app,I'm sure he was playing even before Essien got injured.

09/10 Mikel became regular after Essien ruptured his knee in Libya when playing for Ghana and Mikel had a long run playing alongside Ballack or Deco

He had 30 app,I wouldn't say regular with more competitions in the midfield.
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10/11 Mikel played actually almost the whole season, until they brought in Ramires

Another 30 app.

11/12 Mikel played most games alongside Ramires and Mireles Chelsea won the Champions League due to Didier Drogba, the FA Cup due to Juan Mata and Ramires who destroyed Liverpool

Mikel was on the bench until AVB got sacked,he started having playing times afterwards with Meireles.Mikel performance against Bayern was wonderful,he was the one soaking up all the pressure.

12/13 Mikel found himself on the bench after series of high level mistakes most especially against Juve that got some fans threatening him with death threat on twitter. And Rafa felt Luiz could play alongside Lampard or Ramires and under Jose he is in the B team until when Van Ginkel got injured and still a bench warmer.

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I cant remember how many games Mikel played in the Europa Cup but very few, Victor Moses single handed destroyed Rubin Kazan in the semi-final and Mikel didnt play in the final.

He had injury and couldn't play in the final

omar22: Chelsea sent Essien on loan because they Bought the Spanish kid and wanted to give him playing time.

06/07 Mikel was a bench warmer because Claude Makalele was still at the club but when Essien was pushed back into the defence when JT got injured, he was more likely get red card each time he played

07/08 Mikel was a Bench warmer because Claude Makalele was still at the club!

08/09 Mikel was a Bench warmer until when Essien got injured but Hiddink used Mikel tactically

09/10 Mikel became regular after Essien ruptured his knee in Libya when playing for Ghana and Mikel had a long run playing alongside Ballack or Deco

10/11 Mikel played actually almost the whole season, until they brought in Ramires

11/12 Mikel played most games alongside Ramires and Mireles Chelsea won the Champions League due to Didier Drogba, the FA Cup due to Juan Mata and Ramires who destroyed Liverpool

12/13 Mikel found himself on the bench after series of high level mistakes most especially against Juve that got some fans threatening him with death threat on twitter. And Rafa felt Luiz could play alongside Lampard or Ramires and under Jose he is in the B team until when Van Ginkel got injured and still a bench warmer.

I cant remember how many games Mikel played in the Europa Cup but very few, Victor Moses single handed destroyed Rubin Kazan in the semi-final and Mikel didnt play in the final.

barcanista: senseless

omar22: They are both BENCH WARMERS at the HIGHEST LEVEL

Yaya Toure is not he is the Captain

barcanista: Its not about a Nigerian Player winning, its about a "DESERVING" African Player winning the Award.


I repeat if Mikel was so exceptional WHY did he not win the AFCON MVP?

If African Best is based on AFCON Trophy, then one of Zambia players would have won it last year. In fact Egypt that won AFCON in 2006, 2008 and 2010 Editions didn't produce AFRICAN best during those years.

Neither Yaya Nor Mikel deserve this edition of the award.



CAF should crown Jonathan Petriopa!!!!




As for WORLD BEST:::: HAIL 5 TIMES KING MESSI:::::

***God Save The King***

barcanista: If Mikel/Moses were so exceptional in AFCON why did Petriopa pip them to the MVP award?

The greatest disservice to African football is to crown a Chelsea bench-warmer African Best.
If its based on who won AFCON then Emenike deserve it. Silly



Crown Jonathan Petriopa African King 2013

naija noni: Mikel has been sitting on d bench ??.
U said mikel sat on d bench after afcon.Then how did he make 15 appearances in all competitions for chelsea after afcon??.Check his stats.Nobody played every game for chelsea last season including mata and hazard.
Benitez was always rotating d players.And mikel like every other chelsea player was rotated.Saying he sat on d bench after afcon is a foolish exaggeration.Making 15 appearances in all comps in less than half a season is sitting on d bench to u??.
He has made 9 appearances dis season starting 4.How is dat sitting on d bench ??.
Alex song hardly played at all 4 barca.

ighoosagie: make coach Ali Doustimehr apologize for his comment.



If its sen ted Cruz , u guys would say it's insult to our integrity , just within 10days Nigeria has been labeled for cheating and fraud frm different continent.

This types of comments would be heard continuously inside n outside the country, until we learn to do things right without cheat and fraud.


We all know dat a real 17yrs old in nija can't kick real leather football , more less of shooting the ball from outside d 18yard to get a spectacular goal.


Niger make una dey fear God

belhomme: opin aye deeeeeeee wasiu mi omo anifowose

omar22: Because Nigeria won doesnt mean Mikel performed better than Yaya Toure, ok lets give that month of February to Mikel, what happened in Jan, Mar, April, May, June, july, Aug ==>> Date? or do you think the APOTY is for one month? Messi didnt compete at EURO2013 but won the Ballon d'or, Gareth Bale won nothing but won the PFA player of the season. winning the AFCON doesnt mean a whole year is covered.

willibounce: No way! We must protest and support our prince. They must not kilL him. Ikechukwu must live. Ikechukwu for Life. They want to kill him because he is hard-working. They envy him cos of his tribe. Shameless asian ppl. Let dem prove to us that he did drugs. Nonsense.

If u can support Princess stella, why not support Prince Ikechukwu?

Afam4eva: God punish both Arsena; and chelsea. Useless teams. Useless league. No wonder UEFA pays not attention to that ogbanje league where mediocre teams like chelsea keep winning matches like say tomorrow no dey. Thank God for the UCl where average teams like Basel disgrace and humilate akpu teams like chelsea.

Bimfo: Ur Hatred for Chelsea can't stop them from Winning...

omar22: Those who are jumping on the Mikel gravy train, hasn't answered my question! Is Mikel better than Yahya Toure?

And those who are mentioning the AfrCON no one mentioned an Zambian player last year when they won it

omar22: Well Yaya Toure has won more honours than Mikel

And Remember Yaya has won a league title in Greece, Spain and England

omar22: Its a straight forward question is Mikel better than Yaya Toure?

omar22: So you want to use one game in February to give an award for a whole year and remember Victor Moses won player of the Tournament

omar22: So you want to use one game in February to give an award for a whole year and remember Victor Moses won player of the Tournament

omar22:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BD-Z4qA0i0

Guess who is meant to be marking Yaya Toure?

Abeg Kanu doesnt speak for everyone here

ednut1: I no get ur time, ur clearly daft

ednut1: Yaya started as a DM, but he has improved his game, passing, mazy runs, physical, free kicks, shots, Mikel has not improved one bit since 06, only a fool will say mikel shud be africa best, mikel ko milk head ni