Chelcy10:
When people condem Mikel, I wonder on what bases, to me Obi is one of the world's most reliable midfielder.

TheGoodJoe:


When Mourinho benched Mikel for a whole season especially after scoring two goals in a month and finishing as the second best player in Africa behind Yaya Toure, it makes you wonder what kind of person Mourinho is.

Chelcy10:
When people condem Mikel, I wonder on what bases, to me Obi is one of the world's most reliable midfielder.

ThePeacemaker:
He killed his career himself, when he left united cor chelsea....... now his bench don qeht seat belt

yoji:
delusion of the highest order on this thread. Mikel started a match as the deepest of the defensive midfielders and in 20mins or so there were 2 goals down already. in fact apart from the goals conceded, begovic had made enuff saves to be chelsea's best player all in the same first half Mikel was playing.
mourinho doesn't hate Mikel, its Mikel who hates his career. Look at how many clubs victor Moses has gone to on loan jus to secure first team football, Now that's a serious footballer. Your calling magic the weak link as if d spectacular goal he scored was cancelled, can Mikel try that??

yoji:
delusion of the highest order on this thread. Mikel started a match as the deepest of the defensive midfielders and in 20mins or so there were 2 goals down already. in fact apart from the goals conceded, begovic had made enuff saves to be chelsea's best player all in the same first half Mikel was playing.
mourinho doesn't hate Mikel, its Mikel who hates his career. Look at how many clubs victor Moses has gone to on loan jus to secure first team football, Now that's a serious footballer. Your calling magic the weak link as if d spectacular goal he scored was cancelled, can Mikel try that??

yoji:
delusion of the highest order on this thread. Mikel started a match as the deepest of the defensive midfielders and in 20mins or so there were 2 goals down already. in fact apart from the goals conceded, begovic had made enuff saves to be chelsea's best player all in the same first half Mikel was playing.
mourinho doesn't hate Mikel, its Mikel who hates his career. Look at how many clubs victor Moses has gone to on loan jus to secure first team football, Now that's a serious footballer. Your calling magic the weak link as if d spectacular goal he scored was cancelled, can Mikel try that??

MrKontrovErsy:


with diz ur hating post i definitely kno wat part of naija u comme from
and i can bet on it

prelinctus:

How is it a 'hating post' when he was even praising Mikel

TheGoodJoe:
Save your energy. Mourinho never liked Mikel. He bought Mikel to stop Manchester United from getting a top player and keep Chelsea on top. Just like he did with Pedro. With Ballack and Lampard, Mikel would never be a World great midfielder. Mourinho had no plans for Mikel.

In that game, I knew Mourinho would Remove Mikel and the game would crumble. Mourinho did as I expected.

I Don't see Mourinho giving Mikel a chance Mourinho is out to prove Matic is better. Meanwhile, players are having fun dribbling Matic.

omar22:


What a load of Rubbish

Mikel was sold to United by Lynn but the Norwegian club will still have him for another 4years, Mikel and agent Shittu wasnt happy about the arrangement and also realised that Mikel doesnt have a professional contract, Peter Kenyon the former Manchester United CE moved across to Chelsea and alerted the recruitment department that we could get a promising young player that's on United's books that could replace Claude Makalele.

TheGoodJoe:


I do not know what is the rubbish you are talking about. Everyone knew Mikel was going to Manchester United. Peter Kenyon alerting Chelsea of a loop hole does not change the fact that Chelsea did not need Mikel. Mikel was a creative attacking midfielder and Chelsea had surplus players to play that role.

So what are you talking? Mourinho did not buy Mikel to come and become his top 10. Ferguson wanted him. That is why Mikel ended up as a defensive midfielder because there was never any plan to play him creatively.

What do you mean by Shittu did not like the arrangement. That is ridiculous. Shittu only cared about his pocket and not Mikel's career

omar22:



Mikel was bought to play as a deep lying play maker, whether he played as a striker from age 10 is irrelevant, he was young and easy to be moulded into that position Carlo Ancelotti moulded Andreas Pirlo from a supporting striker to a deep lying play maker. Yuri Nikirov who was the top goal scorer at the 1987 U17 world cup was turned into a sweeper and a very good one

Kog45:
pls stop taking thrash and keep quiet if u don't have anything to say,this thread is not for hater but people who know football.I can saying it anywhere that matic is not better than Mikel and I have my fact.Pls go and watch PSG vs Chelsea champions league last year and tell how on earth is overhype matic is better than underrated mikel.A good football analyst will never compare moses and Mikel bcs they are not in d same class.Whether u like it or not Mikel is far ahead of moses when it comes to their Chelsea career.I don't see any reason why Mikel should not be in d starting line up of present Chelsea that have underperforming players like fabregas,ivanovic,Zouma,Cahil,hazard,Costa,terry and even matic.

yoji:

you claim mikel is better than matic, yet matic was voted into the PFA team of the year last season. Pls note that when all the premiership footballers vote for their colleagues, its significant cos they play against each other week in week out. Are u saying if mikel replaced matic last season, he would have been in the team of the season??
interesting, if so why was he not in the team of the season before matic came to chelsea??
Against PSG, last season, chelsea as a team were no match for psg. Where was hazard too ?? If u want to pick games players have had before in the past, thats easy, Against juventus some time back, Vucinic, a small man out muscled Mikel off the ball and went on to score! I think that was 2 seasons ago
Also uisunderstood my,comparism of moses and mikel, i am not refering to ability on the pitch cos they play different positions, i was refering to desire to play. That was the comparism. Moses went on loan to liverpool and west ham in successive seasons in an attempt to secure first team football while mikel despite the coach making it clear he is not in his plans for first team football still remains at the club rooted to the bench. Thats the comparism. Besides mikel has won everything winnable at chelsea so why cant he jus move on??
imagine, against macabi when chelsea made plenty changes all over, mikel still didnt make it and he sits there still!!

streetajebo:
in simple terms, Mikel is unambitious, he's very comfortable on the bench

ThePeacemaker:
He killed his career himself, when he left united cor chelsea....... now his bench don qeht seat belt

Chelcy10:
When people condem Mikel, I wonder on what bases, to me Obi is one of the world's most reliable midfielder.

tommychow:
Mikel fanboys. Y'all are defending him because he's NIGERIAN. Mikel lacks the work rate that a solid DM should have. He's not difficult to dribble and when he's dribbled, he struggles to catch up. Go check his rating on FIFA 16, he's the lowest with an overall of 77. Stop being blinded by patriotism. Mikel is only good for last 15 mins. Why did you think he was the 1st to be subbed against Everton? The CBs were constantly exposed and it was forcing Ivanovic to run into the box to give support instead of man-marking the winger. Watch Naismith's 2nd goal again. See how the back was exposed after he was dribbled off?

I won't take away the fact that his passing is on point and neat but the MAIN JOB of a defensive midfielder is to cover the centrebacks. If he can't do that effectively then he's a liability. Picture a striker who passes well, dribbles well, is a good team player but doesn't finish his chances. Isn't it better to have a player with ALL THE RIGHT QUALITIES FOR HIS ROLE?

I hate Arsenal but I have to give it to Coquelin, bloody energetic. Please, that guy needs to do drug test.

At the end of the day, I understand. I'm pretty sure Chelsea fans in Serbia will still show Ivanovic support even with his dreadful form.

KoSsovo:

HAHAHA OBI? HE IS THE MOST LAZY PLAYER I HAVE EVER SEEN....STUPID NIGERIAS WILL NEVER SAY THE TRUTH. FOOOOLS