World Cup 2010 - Mikel out of World Cup

hey i still can believe whats happening to all chealsea­ players, i think it is just a game plan so that they­ will be fresh against any team next season. but i think­ they will all have them self to blame after the world­ cup.

hey i still can believe whats happening to all chealsea­ players, i think it is just a game plan so that they­ will be fresh against any team next season. but i think­ they will all have them self to blame after the world­ cup.

as far as i am concerned, i am a nigerian and i will­ not in any way have pity on mikel for not representing­ nigeria in world cup. however, i can only feel for him­ as a human being. mikel have never shown we nigerian­ that he really loves to play for the national team. he­ can be good for chelsea but he is one of the nigerian­ laziest player. mikel you deserved not to be in the­ world cup. wish you all the best get on well and get­ ready for the epl.

Essien, Ballack, Drogba, Mikel... What's happening­ to Chelsea players??? I hope no Chelsea player from the­ England squad gets injured...

hey pls the Super Eagles, just have to take it as­ destiny, but they say any disappointmentr is a­ blessing. so just have to know that in a football field­ the team have eqaul players just have courage and­ play your ball.

Chelsea players are dropping like flies...­ Ballack,Essien,Mikel,Drogba and Robben who played for­ them aswell. Jinxed

i will miss Obi, since I expected him to meet Messy on­ june 12th because thtey were last seen together during­ previours under 21 world cup. i still his game....

poor you

chelsea stuggled tru out the season to get a­ double.That alone will show fatique of the players and­ the football festival is here. They sacrificed their­ fitness,i hurts. in life sacrifices are made but weight­ in the benefits b4 doing so. u win some and loose some.

Joe: Devil's work. Devil, I rebuke u, pls leave­ chelsea players alone

WHEN CHELSAE PEOPLE ARE JUBILATING THAT THEY WIN DOUBLE­ LAST SEASON,THEY FAIL TO REALISED THAT IT WILL HAVE A­ NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THEIR PLAYERS DURING THE WORLD­ CUP.ABEG PLEASE TAKE HEART.......................

I LOVE all the Chelsea injuries. It means they will be­ nice and fresh for the next season and ready to smash­ all the pathetic teams that stand in their way

I am quite surprised that Peterside says Mikel has been­ to the Olympics. Mikel played in the World Youth­ Champinships in 2005. He was not part of the team that­ Siasia took to Beijing Olympics in 2008. Peterside is­ the spokesman for the NFF. It only shows the level of­ incompetence. It should also be noted that apart from­ the final qualifying game against Kenya, in which Mikel­ played a huge role, his influence in the midfield­ playing for Nigeria has been very minimal.
I think his­ absence creates the room for options for the bench. It­ could turn out to be a blessing in disguise. I want to­ see the likes of Sani Kaita, Brown Ideye and especially­ Haruna Lukman step up and prove what they can do.
I­ know all the favor Argentina to win in their first game­ but the beauty of football lies in the fact that in 90­ minutes anything is possible. I tip Nigeria to go as­ far as the quarter finals alongside Ivory Coast and­ Ghana. I think Holland or Mexico may be the surprise­ team of the tournament.

Fellow Nigerians please nobody should feel bad because­ of Mikel absence from the squad,he being absence means­ he is not our savior,if he is,nothing will make him not­ to be there for us so lets all pray for the once who­ have sacrificed to fight for 9ja.

MY ONLY ADVISE GOES­ TO LAGERBACK,HE SHOULD KNOW HOW TO PAIR OUR­ PLAYERS,THIS HAS BEEN THEN ONLY PROBLEM THAT THE SUPPER­ EAGLE HAVE BEEN SUFFERING SINCE BONFREY JOE AND­ WESTERHOF LEFT THE TEAM,NIGERIA HAS THE QUALITY OF­ PLAYERS THAT CAN BEAT ANY TEAM IF THEY PLAYERS ARE­ PAIRED ACCORDINGLY.THE ABILITY OF THE COACH TO­ UNDERSTAND HOW HIS PLAYERS PLAY AND TO KNOW WHO AND­ WHO HE SHOULD PLAY AT THE SAME TIME FOR BETTER RESULT­ AND HE SHOULD PLEASE PLAY KANU AT THE SAME POSITION­ SHAIBU AMUDU PLAYED HIM IN THE ANGOLA NATIONS CUP­ THIRD PLACE MATCH AGAINST ALGERIA.IF YOU CAN RECALL­ BACK TO THAT MATCH YOU WILL UNDERSTAND MY POINT .­ NOTHING DEY HAPPEN. ARGENTINA MUST GO DOWN.

DOZMAN.

@ redgeoff: You've got a point there. But the World­ Cup is a people's tournament. The world's game­ can't afford not to have a World Cup every 4 years­ (that's a long time). Club football and world­ football are both valued to the game and football­ lovers.

@ King Solomon: A (Winter) break only would­ not help. The main thing is reducing the matches­ players have to play in a season. It's just­ unsustainable! Too many games, too much travel, too­ much pressure, lot of training, ... UEFA must­ sacrifice some income from ticket sale to have one leg­ only instead of 2 in the Champions League. Even in­ domestic leagues, the board have to think about some­ way to reduce matches.

But of course, nothing is gonna­ changed unless they see a decrease in fans'­ interest due to these injuries. Although it's­ already like an epidemic !

KING SOLOMON - i totally agree with a winter break,­ even if it's only every second year before World­ Cup/Euro Championships. The tournament is being­ devalued to an extent with so many great players­ pulling out. A lot of them are important players who­ have either played a lot of games for their club sides­ this season or who have rushed back from injury to be­ fit for the tournament.

Don't get me wrong,­ it's still going to be a great tournament, but I­ want to see all the great players, and I want there to­ be upsets, but for nations like Ivory Coast and Nigeria­ to lose such big players makes it a lot more difficult­ for them to beat higher ranked teams.

I know injuries­ can happen to anyone at any time, but FIFA should do­ everything they can to protect the appeal of the­ tournament by giving players as much chance as they­ possibly can to keep in shape during the season and­ increase their chances of making the competition, and­ this means a winter break.

Players these days are­ putting their bodies through more physically during the­ season than ever before, and it's no surprise that­ the players that are missing are playing for the­ biggest teams who are playing more games than most­ teams per season

naa wa 4 we nigerians oh..why dont we really appreciate­ wat we have got for once if the poor boy or rich small­ boy has been ruled out of the world cup let sympathize­ wit him ..no wonder only people that denefit from­ president yar adua on feel the pain after his death but­ not whole nigeria ..but i can remember i bought drink­ for my friends to celebrate our president,s death as a­ true nigeria.so let sympathise with mikel and also let­ be hapy for ideye for his called up ..cos bible said­ that we get from who does not have to give to who we­ have ,,nigerians lets watch out for ideye in the world­ cup cup..kisses and God bless america..oh sorry God­ bless we nigerians not our governmet.

Kay-money

So many injuries to too many players just reinforce my­ view that the English Premiership season (if not the­ whole of English football) needs a break halfway­ through. It is senseless asking the footballers to­ perform at peak level, up to 60 times with no break­ between matches of longer than 6 days and often 2-3­ days.

And they are not "mummy's boys" or­ "soft" or "pampered" - and, even if­ they are, it is so that they can play the attractive,­ exciting football that we pay (a lot) for - precisely­ because it is great entertainment.

When squads were­ smaller in the 70's and players were forced to­ play, despite having injuries, the football was often a­ lot less interesting, less skilled. High pay and­ sponsorship,as well as the millionaires and­ billionaires have injected not just money but a lot of­ style into the game and we also have much more­ comfortable facilities. So stop whingeing about­ players getting injured, stop making out that they are­ all "wusses" (except for the ones who play­ for YOUR team) and start pressing for a winter break. ­ That will cut down the wear and tear on players. ­ Nothing is more frustrating than to be without your­ team's best players for weeks/months because of­ injuries. A break would help - but not eradicate the­ problem.

wow,people certainly can write @#$% on these­ blogs!Injuries happen and life is tough but at least­ they are earning good money for doing what they love­ shame the injuries ruled these players out of the world­ cup but its tough at the top!