When people tell u u know nothing,all u simply need do is shut up and watch events unravel.But let me seek permission to deliver this one post before returning to my more comfortable cocoon.Win or lose,not a kobo enters my coffers from the pockets of the Eagles,why then the worry over trivialities and frivolities.Let the hate stop as I will personally deposit the truths into the garbage.But before that,these questions for those seeking the benching of John Obi Mikel 1. With over 7 seasons of top football at a top club in a top league,I need the name of a midfielder more composed,more intelligent and more experienced than John Obi Mikel in the current squad of these Eagles in Brazil ( Dont give me the name of a player at home ) 2. Let this group of advocates kindly produce a player with a better physical and charismatic presence in the midfield than John Obi Mikel 3.Let this advocates further mention a player in that squad with a higher confidence rate in holding midfield role than John Obi Mikel FACTS 1. John Obi Mikel is the only player in that squad that can confidently pick the ball from any back four player,spread play and comfortably move it from defense to either the flanks or the attacking midfield.Try any other player in that role and we will concede possession in our own half to the opposition more than any other team in the world 2.Mikel is not Jay Jay,Mikel is Mikel and can never be J.J.Okocha remains Okocha in the mould of the Maradonas of this world.Mikel is Mikel,he is not a dazzler,neither is he an entertainer,he is the catalyst,others call him the ice-water,always there to keep play,keep possession and give the team its required calm.He is not even a good tackler which is why Onazi is there to play with him 4. This is Mikels first World Cup.I think many have forgotten that.He has been that influential in the team and its no coincidence we won not only our first Nations Cup in his prime after 19 years but also qualified for the knock out phase of the World Cup after 16 years. 4.He could have lost the ball that led to Messis free kick,but Alves equally lost the ball that led to Alexis Sánchez goal.Every player is entitled to one or two moments of madness in a tournament. The problem of the Eagles is not Mikel,but confidence and general team play.Im not saying he has played excellently well thus far,all Im saying is that there seems no one experienced enough to manage his role as much as he would. Before I go,a list of ur rejected stones that are now chief corner stones 1.Ahmed Musa 2.Joseph Yobo 3.Osaze Odemwingie 4.Micheal Babatunde On the day I decide to criticize him,just remember I once defended him. Zuby Mgbehoma (Pioneer, African Sports Literature)
Posted on: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 09:48:35 +0000
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