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Ramires retires!!

The most versatile player to ever exist in football. Put him anywhere and he’ll deliver.


24th April 2012, we were 2:0 down, down to 10 men, against the most dangerous Barcelona and Pep’s side ever in Camp Nou when he pulled this off.

A legend!!!

youngZee23:
because u no watch am no mean say he no be better baller na

Yea, like Sancho.

Jodera:
As a left AM, Foden over Mount 24/7.

James over Trent ... Agreed

Tomori over White??.... Highly debatable

Nobody is better than Bellingham in midfield for him to be benched in that England squad

Foden, Rice and Mount is even more balanced than that Bellingham wey we no dey watch week in week out to know his true abilities.

Ebukacute:
My man..
You see where opata yans don lead you to
You are omalinze the cat Sha so I trust you to wriggle out of the mess

Nothing wan happen.

Holland all the way.


HBD bruv

Jodera:
Hensben, look at this lineup again and say this England Midfield and attack lack creativity and technicality.

Look at this lineup again and say England doesn't have talent but it's just overhyped.

Mount over Foden

James over Trent

Tomori over White

Then they’re good to go.

Even that Bellingham is a suspect.

popizaino:
Yes I don't like him and i also don't think he has great first touch.

This is how i know if a player has excellent first touch or not,i look at them when they are receive ball with defenders at their back tightly. And not just any kind of pass but well hit pass with great fault. Players without good first touch will touch the ball but it will bounce of their leg while the ball goes away to a certain distance before they control it back and in other cases they would lose the ball. The ones with good first touch will kill that ball immediately, even if he bounces off it rarely leaves their reach.

You’re describing Mahrez.

Ibime:
Nations league is friendlies. Worry about World Cup. I bet you can't remember who won the last Nations league.

Agenda no send friendly international trophies.

You don’t want to see Jorginho fans bragging with Nations league trophy if Italy wins it.

popizaino:
I know Romeu and David Luiz all benched him during Rafa Benitez but it doesn't prove he is bench warmer that you all talking about. I have been trying to avoid revisionism but if you guys push your luck, we will come with every available evidence.

First bolded; one of the football fallacious belief and lies to ever exist.

Second bolded; the only thing that will have anyone agree that the first bolded was a big lie.

Fact remains that no so much football legends made appearances or starts than Mikel who we’re supposed to believe was a bench warmer.

Croatia must not win Nations league, I don’t want Modric to win it for my personal international trophy agenda.

Spain must not win, Busquet winning international trophy without Inesta and Xavi will be a big flex for his fans and there’ll be no agenda again to use against him.

Italy winning will have Jorginho fans disturb our peace here instead of focusing on the problems Nigeria is facing.

Holland wining means VVD will have International trophy, a big problem for some of us who uses his lack of international trophies to run small agenda.

This means, I’ll be served a big L one way or the other, but I prefer Holland winning, make me and Raumdeuter chop the VVD trolling and L against Airmark and Ibime, he’ll always find a way to turn amala out of it.

popizaino:
For me the players with the coolest of first touch ever are

Dimitar Berbatov

Andres iniesta

Dennis Bergkamp

Robinho

Ronaldinho

Marcelo

Eden Hazard

Mikel.


One and two are undisputed champions while the rest is in no particular order.

You never liked Mahrez.

Brazil doing the usual.

They’re always the favorite until Quarter/Semi finals, na so one top team go change am for their body woto woto.

06, 10, 14, 18.... Same story!! Same will happen again.

They’ll always surviving Round16 with a big fight with mid teams after enjoying group stage.

andrewbaba44:
You get players individually no mean say you sabi play ball

You Kuku saw Portugal at the last euros

They won’t sack that their Portuguese rohr because of euro 2016 tax

Ronaldo will ruin them.

Almajirihunter:
Carvajal best player of the night, class player

Very underrated tbh.

Ronaldo should rest ffs!!

Jota should be starting ahead of him.

BlueRayDick:
E pain ororo

He has been missing chances.

Bruno go see better player or chance to strike, he go dey find Ronaldo.

See goal nh!!

Na this Portugal una dey use compare to England.

popizaino:
Jorginho can't even be a ball boy on the team Mikel sat on the bench for. Make he win us the league if he easy now.

I been no wan even go this angle.

Imagine Jorginho to Mikel, what rubbish!

Ibime:
When fit Mikel sat on the bench in Club World Cup and Europa final without seeing a minute on the pitch and sat on the bench throughout the Europa semifinal

Europa league, he was available for 8 matches, started 3 dead rubber when we had won the first legs and benched for the rest

This is in a team with NO NATURAL DM, and the only DM was panicking about a centre-back taking his position.

Oh well! Now we can agree your “Benitez glued Mikel on bench in EPL” agenda isn’t fact.

Now let’s move to another tournament under Benitez.

Benitez played 9 Europa games, Mikel got one suspension, got called up by Nigeria for a game.

That’s 2 games he wasn’t available.

This means Benitez with fit Mikel played 7 Europa games, he started him 3 times, used him as sub once, that’s 4 times in 7 games.

How’s this bad?

Ronaldo needs to be dropped for Portugal to progress in this coming World Cup.


He’s not that guy again.

Ibime:
Starting as a DM for an attacking team is much different from being brought on last 10 minutes to park bus.

Mikel so turned Chelsea midfield into expressway and disgraced RDM out of a job, that Benitez had no option but to drop him for 20 year old youth player Oriol Romeu (who Pogba Mikel then paid marabout to afflict him with ACL injury). Mikel was so poor that Benitez then drafted a centre-back David Luiz to play the DM position. Mikel tried to jazz Luiz with injury but Luiz being a strong Christian was unaffected, so Mikel started crying.

When fit, Mikel only failed to START just 7 games for Benitez in EPL.

Is this not a fact?

Ibime:
I have set you challenge to tell me how many matches Mikel started for Benitez in EPL. You are so lazy,you are pulling appearance stats which could be one minute.

There are those who watch matches and have good memory and there are donstans. I can even tell you that Benitez almost immediately dropped Mikel for a young Oriol Romeo, and if not for an ACL suffered by Romeo, Mikel would have been sent to the Development squad cos even Ramires and David Luiz who are not DMs were higher in Benitez pecking order.

Mikel only started 7 league games for Benitez. Prove me wrong. Here's a sneak peak. Numbers on the right are minute he was subbed in. Other times he was benched or not selected in the squad entirely

MIKEL 2012/13 under Benitez in EPL

He missed 10 games due to suspension and injury.

Started 7 for Benitez, that’s 17 games out already, how many EPL games did he not start under Benitez? Just 7!

Benitez played 24 EPL games, Mikel was out for 10 games due to injury and suspension, that’s 14 games left, out of that 14, Mikel started half of them which is 7 and played as subs on some few.

How’s that “Glued on the bench under Benitez”?


https://www.transfermarkt.com/john-mikel-obi/leistungsdaten/spieler/30739/saison/2012/plus/1#gesamt

Sportsweb:
I think Mikel qualified for the legendary aparisports metric of Bossing the final.

100%

TrebleChamp:
United collected £12m from Chelshit for Mikel that never kicked a ball, that was one of the best peace of business United ever did. Anyway carry on with your mumu takes.....

Pains!!

Over 35k minutes played throughout his career.

https://www.transfermarkt.com/john-mikel-obi/leistungsdaten/spieler/30739

Much more than Maradona who couldn’t get 30k career minutes or win UCL

Ibime:
Did Benitez start 2012 season?

No be you I lecture on how Mikel sat on bench for Chelsea the whole of 2013 showing his CAF 2nd place as Fugazi

Who does not know that Mikel was on bench for Benitez. Go and pull Europa League final 2013 and tell me who decorated the bench.

You have still not met my challenge posed during the period under question, or is your memory ephemeral?

Di Mat got sacked by November, so what are you saying?

This is Mikel 2012/2013.

If you need 2013/2014 season too, I’ll pull it.

Calendar agenda won’t fly here, if it must fly, then you’ll bring out manager wey dem dey use calendar year rate player he used.

lordfalcao:
bench warmer cannot be better than Jorginho

Jorginho with no World Cup appearance?

Ibime:
Benitez put am with seatbelt for bench

How?

Imagine comparing Jorginho to Great Mikel??

What nonesense!!

lordfalcao:
your point started mikel vs Jorginho.

You never said makelele vs Jorginho..

I still maintain, bench Warmer can not be better tha Jorginho.

All these amala just for a simple question.

You said individual award should speak for Jorginho when compared to Mikel, is this individual awards metric also applicable when compared to Makelele??

Abi na specially made criteria for Mikel??

Even Pogba collect join...

Happy retirement to John Obi Mikel 💙 pic.twitter.com/X2vKbWuoRJ

— Stake Football (@StakeFootball) September 27, 2022

lordfalcao:
ogogoro in the system is working well.

From mikel to makelele. Your point no ger direction

Arh!! You don’t want individual award to speak again?

Mikel vs Messi Biggest rivalry national football ever produced.

Carrick, Scholes and Eric Cantona can’t relate.