This is a good news for Nigeria I pray dat either Mikel or Moses wins it

Even if d votes are divided between moses and mikel equally,i think one of dem should still win it,if a lot of nigerians vote. becos by far,we have d highest no Of population in africa and by far,d highest no. Of people dat use d internet in africa.
This case is different 4rm big brother.
I thought in big brother,all nigeria's votes,no matter d amount of people dat voted was equal to just one point.If so,then dis case is different.
I've posted it on my facebook and twitter pages so those dat didnt know about it would vote,and y'all should do d same.

sheylarhh:
senseless niga ever liveth... I dnt even tink u watch dat nations cup because if u had.. U wnt b saying mikel is an average player... By d way wot can u say abt him winning 4 man of d match awards ??

don't resort to pettty insults just make ur points & try convince me and other readers simple as dat,I've never met mikel obi in my life,doh not a chelsea fan I do admire d abilities of lamps,cech,drogba,hasselbaink. But I've also watched a lot of football in my lifetime seen lots of midfielders ply their trade and believe me mikel is too average to win african football's most prestigious individual,I don't mean he can't win it,but it'll be a better 'representation' for africa if a player of higher repute wins it,mikel isn't such a player in england/europe

As for me,i voted 10times for moses and 5times for mikel using different proxies and different browsers.
I think many people rate mikel over moses becos Mikel is a BIGGER player than moses,if u get what i mean.Mikel has been in d football game long ago before moses.
But personally,going by dis year i think moses deserves it more dan mikel.
To those saying mikel is more consistent than moses in d nigerian jersey,dats a big lie.
Since moses started playing for nigeria last year,moses has had only one bad game and dat was d last game against ethiopia.He has been incredible in every single game for nigeria aside 4rm dat ethiopia game alone and it was becos as a janded ajebutter,d altitude and weather was too strange 2 him.
But i can count series of matches dis year where mikel was anonymous and lost on d pitch.E.g:-
The 1-1 draw against kenya at calabar,the 1-1 draw against namibia,and some others.
Moses has been more consistent than mikel for nigeria.
But whoever wins it,i'll be happy as far as its a nigerian.

Just voted more for mikel.Y'all are right,moses is still young and might have a chance of winning it in future,unlike mikel.

Yaya has been nominated 5 times consecutively for this award and he's NEVER wön it with all his purported 'brilliance'. So tey even Katongo won over him. Truth is Mikel stands a greater chance of winning; Chelsea fans all over Africa love him, he was excellent at AFCON, Man City isn't popular in Africa hence not many people outside West Africa follow Yaya's performances AND he failed to give a good account of himself at AFCON to the rest of Africa (EA, NA, SA). Ask anyone outside of WA and they'll identify Mikel faster than Toure. No splitting of votes #VoteMIKEL #TeamMIKEL

naija noni: As for me,i voted 10times for moses and 5times for mikel using different proxies and different browsers.
I think many people rate mikel over moses becos Mikel is a BIGGER player than moses,if u get what i mean.Mikel has been in d football game long ago before moses.
But personally,going by dis year i think moses deserves it more dan mikel.
To those saying mikel is more consistent than moses in d nigerian jersey,dats a big lie.
Since moses started playing for nigeria last year,moses has had only one bad game and dat was d last game against ethiopia.He has been incredible in every single game for nigeria aside 4rm dat ethiopia game alone and it was becos as a janded ajebutter,d altitude and weather was too strange 2 him.
But i can count series of matches dis year where mikel was anonymous and lost on d pitch.E.g:-
The 1-1 draw against kenya at calabar,the 1-1 draw against namibia,and some others.
Moses has been more consistent than mikel for nigeria.
But whoever wins it,i'll be happy as far as its a nigerian.

whether Moses deserves it or not is inconsequential, you just trumped people that said Yaya deserves it because he doesn't meet your standard. Mikel may never have another chance to be nominated, this is arguably his best year since the beginning of his career. Moses will have more opportunities since he's younger and presumably better than Mikel, but this one and only opportunity Mikel has must NOT pass him by. #TeamMIKEL

safarigirl: whether Moses deserves it or not is inconsequential, you just trumped people that said Yaya deserves it because he doesn't meet your standard. Mikel may never have another chance to be nominated, this is arguably his best year since the beginning of his career. Moses will have more opportunities since he's younger and presumably better than Mikel, but this one and only opportunity Mikel has must NOT pass him by. #TeamMIKEL

Yeah u have a point.

i don vote victor!

striker9: Nigeria beat Ivory coast and Yaya was part of the team,Zambia beat them last year Afcon final and Yaya was part of the team.

Its footballer of the year not Footballer of AFCON the AFCON is one month out of 12 months, lets look at the other 11 months, Yaya is a player Man City players look up to, we are talking about players like Silva, Aguero, Nasri, Joe Hart, Dzerko etc, Tell me who looks up to Mikel? Look if you throw the question out to the four corners of the world that who is the better Mikel or Toure? I believe 90% will go for Toure

If you ask Chelsea fans, would you like to swap Mikel for Yaya? in a heartbeat the will say yes! Mikel is good but not Yaya Toure good

good

BrutusOj: don't mind dat bad belle..yaya was at d world cup where ivory coast wit d best squard in Africa cudnt make d nex round..He was wit Man city wen Bayern Munich rubbishd dm,He has been foloin Man city to Champions' league n dia matches were all vry woeful lost..Mikel has faced him several times bot in continental tournament n club matches n He(Mikel) proved he is equal if not better

Tell me did Naija make the next round? Mikel was in the Chelsea side the Juve and Shakter Doneskt made a mockery off, Yaya was in the Barcelona team that won in 2009, Knocking Mikel's Chelsea out in the Semi, you need to brush up on your knowledge

striker9: Even with all the Yaya hype,he wasn't in 11 African best players,trust my naija boiz,Emenike,Mikel,Moses,Enyeama and Efe.

Yaya toure was in the best XI in 2008 and 2012 competition

safarigirl: Yaya has been nominated 5 times consecutively for this award and he's NEVER wön it with all his purported 'brilliance'. So tey even Katongo won over him. Truth is Mikel stands a greater chance of winning; Chelsea fans all over Africa love him, he was excellent at AFCON, Man City isn't popular in Africa hence not many people outside West Africa follow Yaya's performances AND he failed to give a good account of himself at AFCON to the rest of Africa (EA, NA, SA). Ask anyone outside of WA and they'll identify Mikel faster than Toure. No splitting of votes #VoteMIKEL #TeamMIKEL

Its not a CAF/FIFA recognised award

baby-boy:


Tell me did Naija make the next round? Mikel was in the Chelsea side the Juve and Shakter Doneskt made a mockery off, Yaya was in the Barcelona team that won in 2009, Knocking Mikel's Chelsea out in the Semi, you need to brush up on your knowledge

bros you just dey yarn dust up and down. Yaya Toure no dey list when Katongo win last year? You sef think am, if we judge based on club performance Katongo wouldn't have made the list, even less won it. So as much as you'd like to disprove this FACT, BBC African Footballer of the Year is based 90% on AFCON performance and 10% on club performance. Yaya is good, but he won't win. EOD

baby-boy:


Its footballer of the year not Footballer of AFCON the AFCON is one month out of 12 months, lets look at the other 11 months, Yaya is a player Man City players look up to, we are talking about players like Silva, Aguero, Nasri, Joe Hart, Dzerko etc, Tell me who looks up to Mikel? Look if you throw the question out to the four corners of the world that who is the better Mikel or Toure? I believe 90% will go for Toure

If you ask Chelsea fans, would you like to swap Mikel for Yaya? in a heartbeat the will say yes! Mikel is good but not Yaya Toure good

Guy calm down,I never said Mikel is better,I only replied him when he said spain beat naija 3 0 with Mikel in the team.Yaya is shining for Man city,Mikel is shining for naija,and I don't care if Afcon is played in just a day.The bottom line is Mikel won a trophy with Nigeria and Chelsea respectively in the last one year,what has Yaya won in the last one year for both club and country?

baby-boy:


Its footballer of the year not Footballer of AFCON the AFCON is one month out of 12 months, lets look at the other 11 months, Yaya is a player Man City players look up to, we are talking about players like Silva, Aguero, Nasri, Joe Hart, Dzerko etc, Tell me who looks up to Mikel? Look if you throw the question out to the four corners of the world that who is the better Mikel or Toure? I believe 90% will go for Toure

If you ask Chelsea fans, would you like to swap Mikel for Yaya? in a heartbeat the will say yes! Mikel is good but not Yaya Toure good

old story. Even in london piple re calin 4 d head of lampard. Nd lt mikel replace hm. Wat dos dt imply 2 u.nt in london. Same hre in 9jaria evwy bodi want mikel 1st. Eniway na mourinho cus am. Cumin dwn 2 africa. Mikel gt mouth ds year wela. Nd dt pexin wa xay mikel no da perform. Wu da gv al d kiler pas. Mayb u no watch 9jaria vs ethopia.c mikel pas ä emenike dt lead 2 dt p.k. Dt was dsame pas rooney gav van persie dt he score 1 devilsh goal. Mikel al d way

baby-boy:


Yaya toure was in the best XI in 2008 and 2012 competition

We talking about 2013.

We must understand that its nt jst about a Nigerian winning it.the image that would be created of Africa if a player lyk Mikel wins should also count.Toure is a better person to vote

Giddyprance: We must understand that its nt jst about a Nigerian winning it.the image that would be created of Africa if a player lyk Mikel wins should also count.Toure is a better person to vote

again, arrant nonsense. Who gives 2 phucks what 'image' people have of Africa? Na only una think say anybody dey look you. Won't Mikel present a better image than Katongo did last year? Please if you're going to argue against Mikel, give us something solid at least.

Giddyprance: We must understand that its nt jst about a Nigerian winning it.the image that would be created of Africa if a player lyk Mikel wins should also count.Toure is a better person to vote

Then what image was created when katongo won it last year ??.
Can katongo's last year's performance be compared to mikel's performance dis year ??.
Katongo played well only at afcon,after dat what happened ??.
He faded totally for both club and country.
He was playing for a Mid-table team in The CHINESE LEAGUE of all leagues,and yet he won it over yaya toure that his last year's performance was 10 times better than dis year.Yaya toure was on fire and won d EPL with mancity,drogba won d Champions league with chelsea and yet katongo playing for a mid-table team in d chinese league won it.
Dem no talk of image ooo.
If u're talking about image,then katongo winning it last year is a million times worse compared to mikel dis year.
If katongo can win it last year,then why not mikel dis year.
Mikel's performance dis year is 10times better dan katongo's last year's performance.
Do u think if Saladin of ethiopia was nominated,ethiopians would leave saladin and vote for yaya all in d name of image.
Or as it stands,if mikel had scored hatricks in every chelsea match and deserved 2 win it,do u think ivoriens would leave their yaya toure and vote for mikel ??.
Do u think people from bourkina faso would leave Pitroipa and vote 4 yaya or mikel ??.
Na only naija case go different.Though i can bet majority of u are either jealous ghanaians disguising as nigerians or Nigerians that are Mikel-haters.
You can vote 4 yaya,ur choice.But majority of nigerians would vote 4 mikel.

naija noni:
Then what image was created when katongo won it last year ??.
Can katongo's last year's performance be compared to mikel's performance dis year ??.
Katongo played well only at afcon,after dat what happened ??.
He faded totally for both club and country.
He was playing for a Mid-table team in The CHINESE LEAGUE of all leagues,and yet he won it over yaya toure that his last year's performance was 10 times better than dis year.Yaya toure was on fire and won d EPL with mancity,drogba won d Champions league with chelsea and yet katongo playing for a mid-table team in d chinese league won it.
Dem no talk of image ooo.
If u're talking about image,then katongo winning it last year is a million times worse compared to mikel dis year.
If katongo can win it last year,then why not mikel dis year.
Mikel's performance dis year is 10times better dan katongo's last year's performance.
Do u think if Saladin of ethiopia was nominated,ethiopians would leave saladin and vote for yaya all in d name of image.
Or as it stands,if mikel had scored hatricks in every chelsea match and deserved 2 win it,do u think ivoriens would leave their yaya toure and vote for mikel ??.
Do u think people from bourkina faso would leave Pitroipa and vote 4 yaya or mikel ??.
Na only naija case go different.Though i can bet majority of u are either jealous ghanaians disguising as nigerians or Nigerians that are Mikel-haters.
You can vote 4 yaya,ur choice.But majority of nigerians would vote 4 mikel.

You can imagine someone talking about image,I can't even recognize the Katongo of a guy,compare to Mikel that's has been in Chelsea for 7yrs.I don't know the problem with some Nigerians,they always bring up stewpid analysis whenever Mikel name is being mentioned among other african players.

safarigirl: bros you just dey yarn dust up and down. Yaya Toure no dey list when Katongo win last year? You sef think am, if we judge based on club performance Katongo wouldn't have made the list, even less won it. So as much as you'd like to disprove this FACT, BBC African Footballer of the Year is based 90% on AFCON performance and 10% on club performance. Yaya is good, but he won't win. EOD

Lord have mercy!!

If the award is based on 90% of AFCON, can you explain the list below because the only 2 bolded won when there country won the AFCON, Essien didnt even go to the AFCON in 2006

2000 Cameroon Patrick Mboma Italy Cagliari / ItalyParma
2001 Ghana Samuel Kuffour Germany Bayern Munich
2002 Senegal El Hadji Diouf France Lens / England Liverpool
2003 Nigeria Jay-Jay Okocha England Bolton Wanderers
2004 Nigeria Jay-Jay Okocha England Bolton Wanderers
2005 Egypt Mohamed Barakat Egypt Al-Ahly
2006 Ghana Michael Essien England Chelsea
2007 Togo Emmanuel Adebayor England Arsenal
2008 Egypt Mohamed Aboutrika Egypt Al-Ahly
2009 Ivory Coast Didier Drogba England Chelsea
2010 Ghana Asamoah Gyan England Sunderland
2011 Ghana André Ayew France Marseille

You really need to get your facts right

Theben: I want Mikel to win it. Wish Enyeama and Emenike were also nominated along with Mikel and Moses.

Those tipping yaya for this prize should note that Man City is struggling in EPL. Whatever would make yaya win it should have gotten players like Muntari, Prince Boateng and kwedwo Asemoah nomination, cos they're doing well in their respective big clubs.

Let's vote wisely and ensure that this prize is added to the good things recently happening in Nigeria.

abeg forget story na Yaya toure go win am.
Do you watch those free-kick goals he scores and how his contribution makes Man city better.

baby-boy:


Lord have mercy!!

If the award is based on 90% of AFCON, can you explain the list below because the only 2 bolded won when there country won the AFCON, Essien didnt even go to the AFCON in 2006

2000 Cameroon Patrick Mboma Italy Cagliari / ItalyParma
2001 Ghana Samuel Kuffour Germany Bayern Munich
2002 Senegal El Hadji Diouf France Lens / England Liverpool
2003 Nigeria Jay-Jay Okocha England Bolton Wanderers
2004 Nigeria Jay-Jay Okocha England Bolton Wanderers
2005 Egypt Mohamed Barakat Egypt Al-Ahly
2006 Ghana Michael Essien England Chelsea
2007 Togo Emmanuel Adebayor England Arsenal
2008 Egypt Mohamed Aboutrika Egypt Al-Ahly
2009 Ivory Coast Didier Drogba England Chelsea
2010 Ghana Asamoah Gyan England Sunderland
2011 Ghana André Ayew France Marseille

You really need to get your facts right

guy you fall my hand
how u go dey follow woman argue football.
She just want you to open up her ignorance.
Kapish

striker9: Guy calm down,I never said Mikel is better,I only replied him when he said spain beat naija 3 0 with Mikel in the team.Yaya is shining for Man city,Mikel is shining for naija,and I don't care if Afcon is played in just a day.The bottom line is Mikel won a trophy with Nigeria and Chelsea respectively in the last one year,what has Yaya won in the last one year for both club and country?

Well in 2012 Real Madrid won La Liga, Chelsea won CL, Spain won the European Championship

The Ballon D'Or went to Lionel Messi who won Sweet FA

Like I said its an award that covers a 12 months and not a month and I will say it over and over Yaya is a leader in his team, Mikel is a bench warmer at Chelsea

KMJY: This is a good news for Nigeria I pray dat either Mikel or Moses wins it

abeg no bring patrotism come here.
Let give it to whom we feel worth it, with their performance week in week out. Not one that seat on the bench for most part of the match

baby-boy:


Well in 2012 Real Madrid won La Liga, Chelsea won CL, Spain won the European Championship

The Ballon D'Or went to Lionel Messi who won Sweet FA

Like I said its an award that covers a 12 months and not a month and I will say it over and over Yaya is a leader in his team, Mikel is a bench warmer at Chelsea

1000likes for your post

Emisco1: old story. Even in london piple re calin 4 d head of lampard. Nd lt mikel replace hm. Wat dos dt imply 2 u.nt in london. Same hre in 9jaria evwy bodi want mikel 1st. Eniway na mourinho cus am. Cumin dwn 2 africa. Mikel gt mouth ds year wela. Nd dt pexin wa xay mikel no da perform. Wu da gv al d kiler pas. Mayb u no watch 9jaria vs ethopia.c mikel pas ä emenike dt lead 2 dt p.k. Dt was dsame pas rooney gav van persie dt he score 1 devilsh goal. Mikel al d way

That's one match, tell me how many people watched Nigeria vs Ethopia? then compared that to how many people watched Man City vs Man Utd

baby-boy:


Well in 2012 Real Madrid won La Liga, Chelsea won CL, Spain won the European Championship

The Ballon D'Or went to Lionel Messi who won Sweet FA

Like I said its an award that covers a 12 months and not a month and I will say it over and over Yaya is a leader in his team, Mikel is a bench warmer at Chelsea

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Boy dont talk about 2012 ballon d'oor,talk about 2012 BBC african player of d year award.
its an award dat covers 12 months,but katongo won it.
Katongo did well only at AFCOn after dat,he faded completely 4 both club and country.
Katongo was playing for a midtable team in d CHINESE LEAGUE !!!!!!.
This same Yaya toure was on fire last year,his last year's performance was 10times better dan dis year's.He won d EPL and yet Katongo won it ahead of him.
If Katongo could win it ahead of yaya last yr,then i see no reason why mikel cant win it dis year.
This is different 4rm CAF awards were only coaches votes.
This is determined by african fan-votes.Even my grandpa in d village can vote !!!!.
All 5 has equal chances of winning it no matter how many hatricks yaya scores regularly.Becos it is determined by african FAN VOTES !!!!!..It is not just given to who really deserves it most.
If mikel has d highest no of votes,he will win it.
And nigeria has d population to vote mikel to win it,majority of nigerians will.
I repeat if Katongo could win d last one over yaya,then why not mikel this year ??.

Hope u guys avnt 4gtn dat d winner of bbc african player cnt go on nd win caf african best player in d same yr,check statistics.d yr okocha won bbc player he wz meant 2 also win caf african best player too... Bt smhw smhw he wasnt given d award,its nt dt he didnt deserve it bt bbc voting nd caf votin r so diff.i thnk mikel wud win dis 1 nd caf wud gv yaya dia own on jan 9... Dis is africa nt europe!

Useless award by a useless body that knows nothing about African football.