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These ninjas have no motivation to play for mad execs. Don't know what Ivanovic was playing today. I laugh at Oscar and Ivanovic combination on the right.

Emenalo's failures are so obvious. I repeat myself EMENALO IS AN INCOMPETENT EEDIOT. Nobody challenge me on that anymore.

I know some boys would use this to campaign for Mikel but trust me, Mikel can only escort Gouffran on the equaliser, which is exactly what Oscar did when Ivanovic went walkabout.

Mata and Lamps are my only two men on this team. Once again, they produce but the team just don't give a shyte. Good on them. A nice lesson for the mad Russian on motivation.

I remember some troglodyte telling others not to talk loudly that Oscar is better than Lamps. Men shouldn't be compared to boys. Football encompasses a lot more than silky touch. Last game v Reading, Oscar had 2 clear chances to kill the game that a seasoned pro woulda buried.

Anyway I leave una to pick the bones. Just remember what I told you - Emenalo is a confirmed failure this season and his chosen switchback specialist Benitez is a failure just like him. Yet the slimeball charlatan technical director was constantly haranguing RDM.

There's only one Di Matteo!!!

El Guapo: [color=#0066ff]I have gone on record on here before and I will say it again, I AM a big fan of Mikel. He is like Marmite as in the fact that you either love him or you hate him. It's fair to say Chelsea fans are divided when it comes to Mikel and surely our recent defensive performances have proven just how much we take him for granted and just how much we miss him being there.

Mikel has a defensive instinct that no one else in the side has. Remember how Claude Makelele was the same? He always seemed to be in the right positions all over the pitch, closing people down, winning the ball back and to mop things up. Mikel in my opinion, is of the same mould.

He has his critics for his use of the ball and the timing of his passing but that isn't his game. He is asked to protect the area in front of the two centre halves, win the ball back and to give it to someone to start a counter attack. His primary function is to stop the opposition and win the ball back and we haven't had anyone there doing it.

Do you honestly believe that we would have allowed a two goal lead slip TWICE in recent weeks against Southampton and Reading if Mikel was in the side?

Hopefully the people that have doubted Mikel can now see just how important he is to the Chelsea team playing in this formation and like me, hope he comes back as soon as possible!. [/color]

What a load of bollocks!

We conceded even more with Mikel on the side and back then we didn't have any nervousness problem late in games, a lot of which is linked to crowd disposition to Benitez and players laissez faire attitude to try hard for a bunch of executive clowns who destabilized the club for no reason

Whilst we were "missing" Mikel, he was busy displaying his MOPOL skills in 94th minutes against Burkina.

It's just a shame Chelsea have no defensive midfielder, certainly not Ramires otherwise we would have nothing to talk about.

BTW, how are we feeling about the incompetent Emenalo these days. I see a lot of chat by boys on this thread about the inadequacy of our squad. If there's any justice in the world the girls scout manager should fall with Benitez who he hailed as the ideal man to implement his vision with the players he bought.

How we feeling?

For those asking, the gap was 4 points.

Has Demba Ba joined the black panthers, 5 percenters, umkhoto we sizwe or MEND?

My blessings have started arriving slowly.

ritchboy: Baines brace!!!

I literally confirmed the transfer a few seconds before deadline, luckily I left Luiz in the starting XI cos i didn't have time to make subs!

2nd half cleanie + hat-trick please?

It's not easy! My own blessing is on its way!!!

Mikel Obi being excoriated by Eurosport commentators. They are wondering his purpose on the pitch.

I hope you guys are happy with una Mr Corruption Stephen Keshi.

No pattern, no tactics, nothing. He just full the team with home based and no name players whose agents pay him for the exposure.

Siasia missed out on Nations Cup because Eguavoen lost the first game and because foolish NFF failed to tell him 2-1 result was good enough against Guinea. At least when SiaSia team plays, you see a pattern to the game. But now we're back to nonsense footie with that incompetent failure Amokachi as assistant once again

I wonder who Cashley was grumbling about. . . . any guesses?



Brentford's Donaldson reveals Chelsea bickering during FA Cup clash

The Bees top scorer has said that Ashley Cole was constantly moaning about the Blues' attacking failings throughout the 2-2 draw, and hopes to exploit

Brentford striker Clayton Donaldson has revealed the on-field bickering between Chelsea players during their 2-2 FA Cup fourth-round draw on Sunday.

The Bees almost pulled off one of the shocks of the round when Harry Forrester gave his side the lead from the penalty spot 17 minutes from time, only for Fernando Torres to force a replay 10 minutes later with a fine shot from the edge of the area.

And Donaldson has publicised Ashley Cole’s constant dissatisfaction with his side's attacking movement and the lack of penetration from the strikers as the holders were held by the League One outfit.

"[Cole] was always mumbling something, always mumbling stuff quietly, but I could still hear what he was saying. He was just getting frustrated,” Donaldson told reporters.

"He was saying about the forward players not showing, saying things like 'He needs to be there' and pointing. You could just see straight away that he was getting frustrated. That was a good thing."

Sagamite: You will put Mboma over Etoo?

May Sango punish you! Yeye man.

J12, you see why I opinions don't matter much?

Negro shush!

Every Cameroonian would put Mboma over Eto.

Mboma is a leader of men. In his era, lions were truly indomitable and he scored hatfuls whilst Eto only scored one or two per tournament. And after he left, Eto did nothing and could not lead his men.


And I agree with those who say JayJay should not be in the list.

I am of the opinion Kanu should not be in the list either cos he is the only striker I know who went to 6 AFCON tournaments without scoring a goal (can't remember, maybe he scored 1 in his latter tournaments). Thats a disgraceful record!

The only 3 Nigerians deserving of the list in my era of watching footie are Yeking, Finidi and Oliseh.

As for those comparing Essien and Oliseh, khaki no be leather. Oliseh was the most technically accomplished central midfielder in his era in Africa. Wetin I carry my eye see whenever I went to watch Super eagles live which I did often, Oliseh always controlled the tempo of the game, never lost the ball and had a range of long and short passing beyond Okocha or any of his peers in Africa. He was peerless as a DM in Africa. Meanwhile Essien had many peers and superiors in his era, whether Yaya Toure, Momo Diarra, Ahmed Hassan, Aboutrika, Zokora, Appiah or Muntari and even Anthony Annan and Kwadwo Asamoah who always outperformed him for Ghana. So any ninja comparing Oliseh to Essien should stop it. Oliseh was PEERLESS on the African scene. Name one defensive central midfielder in the 1990s you can compare to Oliseh. I can put 7 or 8 names next to Essien.

Sagamite: I don't do tournament hype! I am sorry.

North Africans are known to play team football and are good at it becuase majority play locally and understand themselves. They rarely have exceptional individual players, hence why there are very few of them in my list.

So Hassan winning 4 AFCONs does not mean much to me. That said, he would enter top 50, but he would not be in my top 30.
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We judge our greats at what they do at AFCONS, OLYMPICS AND WORLD CUPS!

You claim the Egyptians are a team success yet Hassan was the heartbeat of the midfield that dictated their tempo and their teamplay. He was the Xavi of Egypt!

Teamwork you say, but he scored 4 goals in 6 games in one tournament, winning INDIVIDUAL accolade as player of the tournament twice!

We do judge players on their exploits in Africa, that's why Kalusha Bwalya and Segun Odegbami and Zaire 1970 players are on the list!

On the African scene, there are none greater than Ahmed Hassan!

Sagamite: The same Kameni that was regarded as one of the best keepers (if not the best) in the world at his peak?

The same one that played 222 times for a top Spanish club and who no one could score against in 497 minutes?

You need Ijebu garri in your life. Start using your kidnapping income to travel to Sagamu for a staple diet.

Who would Camara and N'Doram displace on the list?

Hehehe. You made a pig's ear of your list.

I would easily remove Kameni and Rigobert Song from your list straightaway.

I watch La Liga every week. Kameni is a disaster.

Forget about the rest, you omitted the greatest African midfielder of all time, Ahmed Hassan who won AFCON 4 times and was voted player of the tournament twice.

What's worse, you omitted the best and most lethal African striker from 1998 to 2004, Patrick Mboma!

Carlos Kameni?

Saga you must be high!!

Where is Ahmed Hassan, Mohamed Aboutrika, Mustafa Hadji?

Where is Patrick Mboma who did more for Cameroun than Eto could ever manage?

Where is Japhet N'doram of Chad? What of Titi Camara of Guinea?

Rigobert Song ahead of Sunday Oliseh?

Saga, you should be shot for including Carlos Kameni!!!

When was Chime discharged? If Chime is a day unit patient at Wellie, that means he is undergoing chemotherapy, which would be 8, 10 or 12 cycles of chemo every 21 or 28 days. This means he will be out of action for 6 months at least from his discharge date. Unless he travels home inbetween his chemo cycles but he might be too weak.

Mane una leave the three foolish musketeers abeg.

Torres is out the team and that's that.

They will bé back to expose their foolishness on an intragame basis, but as always their utter eediocy will bé rubberstamped in the long run.

Leaders be warned! It was at this point last season Ipukulu Marines started chasing down a 100 point lead by Eziga United!!!

mithel: he is lucky it wasnt someone like ballack or gattuso,im ribs for break well well,and mind you that tweet spoils any legal bullshit he might have wanted to start

No mind the boy. Pesin wey dey turn 18 this year want begin cry like small girl. Anyway, I no send. We werent playing with any speed and were never gonna win!!!

somze: It shows how far we have fallen when we start kicking kids. It's getting sillier and sillier.

Rafa and Emenalo are by far the worst things to have happened to Chelsea. Team has no DM, no strength in midfield, and cant get in good crosses. Rafa saw we were getting skinned in the midfield and had no response. No wing play, no long balls, no nothing.

Welcome back bros. . . when I dey talk this one all season, dem think say na madman dey talk.

Hazard no kick that boy well.

Move b!tch! Get out the way!

Get out the way b!tch! Get out the way!

Marines in the top 4.

30th to 4th in two months.

The top two are still being resilient, but a rolling stone gathers no moss!!!

Meanwhile look what happened to Rohan Riders and Dyabman. . . . they are living proof of the old FPL adage - it only takes one bad week to crash!!!

Na you be the big mumu. Since when did catching opposition offside on halfway line become the defensive tactics to employ in the final minute of injury time whilst defending a 1-0 lead.

You went from excusing such poor defending by claiming it was a corner kick. Obviously it is horrendous defending otherwise you wouldn't be thinking of corner kick.

5 players goalside of Mikels midfield in 94th minute with 40 yards of space to run into. MOPOL MIDFIELDER!

coogar: ibime - mikel is the man designated to take set-pieces. i am sure the break was from a resulting corner and the burkina babes broke very sharply but without purpose.

There was no phocking corner. Shut ya pie hole if you didn't watch the match. A long ball out of Naija defence was nodded back by the Burkinabe's and Mikel and his midfield were caught out by primary school header back into the position where they should be.

Neither was it Keshi's instruction for the team to go gung-ho in the last minute of injury time. No coach would ever give such instruction, not even Keshi.

FBS: Plus, I've always told you that Mikel aint no DM. Many may not angry but he is not.

Thats just what it is.

[quote author=A-40]Hahahaha probably Ibime is just pissed off that Mikel one of the more experienced midfielders shoulda been tracking back.[/quote]I aint pissed off. Super chickens do not concern me any bit. I dey show una how MOPOL midfielder cannot defend, always escorting players up and down the pitch.


94th minute, defending a 1-0 lead. . . see una defensive midfielder. . . .the most experienced midfielder in the team, allowing his midfield to go walk about and going walk about himself. . . . thunder fire anybody that claims this is good defensive midfield play. . . may your bollocks shrivel up this very night!!!

If Makalele played liked this, Mourinho woulda scalpelled his balls.

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mithel: how has it improved in mikel's absence?

The stats dont lie as the graph shows . . . meanwhile, I have never claimed that Chelsea has a defensive midfielder worthy of the name. . . cos we dont have one. . . all I know is that Mikel presides over the most disastrous defensive performances. The Lamps/Ramires partnership conceded 7 goals in 16 games, whilst Romeu kept 3 clean sheets in 4 games he played even against City, whilst Luiz/Lamps conceded less than a goal a game. . . but last time I checked, Chelsea had conceded close to 30 goals in less than 20 games Mikel played in. . .

coogar: for instance, if mikel featured in tough away games and lampard featured in the home games against bottom teams - then logic dictates chelsea would concede more away than when they are at home.

Sure. . . like West Ham game where Diame did a Burkina Faso on him allowing West Ham to pop 3 goals ontop his head. . .

They had man advantage, hence Mikel and his midfielders were in advance of halfway line in 94th minute?

coogar: the fault lies with yobo and the other defender who should be picking up the second ball. the 2 of them should be faulted for the goal.

As usual Mikel is absolved by his sheer ABSENCE while defenders are left in one-on-one situations to cop the blame. . . as Mikel jogs slowly behind the play. . . never in the picture to be blamed.

Yes, I blame Yobo. . . . not for losing a one-on-one situation. . . but as captain for not dragging his team deep to shut out the game. . . and Mikel as the most experienced midfielder and midfield leader for allowing 4 men to drop 20 yards inbetween his midfield and the defence.

MOPOL midfielder!

Ibime: I would soon show ya'll what am talking about.

Any Chelsea midfield combination involving Mikel is a pure disaster. Mikel the only man sure to be there when Chelsea concedes more than 1.5 goals per game.

nitlad: Your witch-hunting/faulting-finding knows no bounds!
You must shar crucify Mikel for whatever.


Mikel is even to blame for Keshi not pulling a Mourinho-esque knee sliding on the turf to celebrate Nigeria's goal

I couldn't care less if Fegor Ogude or any of those nonentities were playing like headless chickens in 94th minute. None of those animals play for my club.

I still don't understand. Please someone explain to me. How do 4 men run at 4 defenders in 94th minute whilst defensive midfielders are jogging on halfway line by way of defending one goal lead. I would soon show ya'll what am talking about.

debosky: And that's Mikel's fault? Sheer stoopidity.

No it's ikechukwu uches fault.

Mikel was on halfway line when the goal was scored. I lie?

MOPOL escort

How come 4 men are running at 4 defenders in 94th minute?

Mikel once again escorting Burkina Faso midfield to the goal. Which kain defensive midfielder be this. How can a team in the lead be caught on counterattack in 94th minute?

coogar: not a word about demba ba missing with a gaping net and one defender in his way? you people are useless and poor in spirit. ibime told us chelsea fans would continue to boo torres - hehe, torres got a standing ovation when he was subbed, even the owner applauded torres' effort on the day. against a quality side, ba disappeared - presented with a good chance with keeper out to buy cigarette, ba played a backpass to vermaelen!

Hahaha. Standing ovation. This ninja needs medication

chic2pimp: Isn't it about time Lampard handed over the penalty taking duties to Torres?

What for? To boost his confidence for the umpteenth time?