[b]He was fantastic in his first appearance as a blue against Celtic of Scotland
How would you rate his overall performance.[/b]

he has a fantastic outing and proved critics wrong, they believe he will never have access to the shirt, but alas, his performance proved otherwise, up mikel, up blue

actually that wasn't his first appearance for the blues.

he was on against MSL-All stars and feyenoord.
he's really living it up.
i never had a problem with mikel fitting into the team, the lad is a born player.

Mikel Obi had an outstanding performance.
He should displace Essien and even Frank Lampard.
His precise passes and unbelievable awareness and vision is his strength.
The lad is just too matured for his age and this is why i prefer him to 1000 Okochas waxed together.
There's seriousness in his game play and he hardly loses concentration when he plays which is quite sensational especially for a player at his young age.
In fairness, i think Jose has found GOLD in Mikel Obi.

@Jackal

Where are those Mikel-Haters now?

They thought he's going to be another Theo-Walcott

Too bad i didnt see that match.

I am happy for him

clubs normally use even fringe players for pre-season matches.lets face it he is still gonna be warming benches.He and SWp will become great friends since they both have something in common-utility players-used as when needed a la injury or desperate measures

thanks for bringing them down from dreamland

even diarra played the pre-season game, does that mean he aint gona be warming the bench?

SWP probably played one or two god games last pre-season too, before getting married to the bench.

its too early to be celebrating

FYI theo-walcott scored on his first game debut for arsenal no need comaring the two, don't forget he just turned 17, mikel is already 19 (probably 21 considering naija age addition)

plus he has played in two international tourneys as well, so if he didnt show at least somethig i wdve been embarassed for him.

hope he does better sha.