mikelagos:

Guys dont expect miracles from this guy.
The time is too short.

No one should give excuses for him, he knew the time was short before taking the job, i don't want to hear the silly "time was short" again.

Siasia did the same and most Nigerians insulted him, so if lager beer fails with the SE, no one should make excuses for him at all.

semid4lyfe:

You guys don't get the point. . .My issue(s) with Mikel
is not just a one-off or as a result of the Chelsea vs Man-C game. . .I have always felt this way about Mikel

FACT. . .Mikel is not effective as a DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER. . . He is not a GOOD MARKER, BALL WINNER, DOESN'T BREAK UP OPPOSING ATTACKS AND SHIELD THE BACK FOUR like a good DM should. . . . As an ATTACKING MIDFIELDER. . .I won't even mention his Deficiencies. . . .His only asset is his ability to hold on to the ball (which he does for too long most times when it should be released) and PASS (which he does backwards a lot). . . Essien does a better job as a DM and also as an AM. . .Mikel is simply a jack of Attacking Midfield & Defensive Midfield  and a master of none of the two positions. Prolific DM's and AM's like Gattuso, Sunday Oliseh & Zidane, Jay-Jay were/are masters of their primary positions. 

Mikel is not effective when he plays in either positions like you say but i think he would be very effective as a deep lying midfielder if we decide to adopt the Italian system of slow tempo build up play. Kind of what Andrea Pirlo does for Milan. Not quick, but can place some decent passes.

He would need to play alongside a destroyer like Kaita (Gattuso) and a good offensive midfielder (Nsofor, Ibrahim, Maduabuchi, Haruna or whoever Lagerback unearths).

I think he is useful in that sort of dull formation otherwise, he has to make way if we would play wing footie or high tempo- counter attacking footie.

ow11:

Mikel is not effective when he plays in either positions like you say but i think he would be very effective as a deep lying midfielder if we decide to adopt the Italian system of slow tempo build up play. Kind of what Andrea Pirlo does for Milan. Not quick, but can place some decent passes.

He would need to play alongside a destroyer like Kaita (Gattuso) and a good offensive midfielder (Nsofor, Ibrahim, Maduabuchi, Haruna or whoever Lagerback unearths).

I think he is useful in that sort of dull formation otherwise, he has to make way if we would play wing footie or high tempo- counter attacking footie.

Haru-who?

Lol. . .FBS still hasn't forgiven Haruna for his mistake in Egypt 2009. . .I think Haruna is actually a very good player who can play effectively as a 1O. We could even play Nsofor as our creative midfielder.

@ ow11
I agree with you. . . .Mikel will only be effective in such a formation but that means a player upfront would have to be sacrificed to accomodate his inclusion.

I like the letter. Hmmm,

How i wish Lagerback could read this letter, it would do him a lot of good.