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bestman09:
He would have done better in man United. Man U was the best among equals then with Sir Alex Ferguson in charge

How many African Blacks were playing under him then to show you that Mikel would have succeeded in Man U under him than in Chelsea under Mourinho?

Love800:
Still a big failure to me.

How can a midfielder of mikel status have only six goals for almost a decade in a single club!

Christ!

He is a big failure bcuz he scored only 6 goals for Chelsea in a decade long career?
Or is he a big failure because he played for Chelsea and not Man U?
If it is bcuz he scored only 6 goals as DM,how many did Sergio Busquet of FCB,Matuidi of old ladies,Fabhino of Liverpool,Gareth Barry of Everton,etc scored as DMs?
And if it is bcuz he didn't play for Man U,how many goals did the present Man U Coach (Michael Carick) that played in the same position as him scored in Man U under Sir Alex Ferguson?
Is the work of a defensive midfielder that of goal scoring?
If you are measuring his success as a footballer (DM) by goal scoring,then it means you don't know football very well.

Tenses:
This guy is full of BS. He chose Chelsea because they offer him more money.

He made a right choice though. For whatever reasons Chelsea couldn't replace Essien who is the only DM that came close to makalele. So Mikel who originally wasn't a DM filled in adequately on that role.

At Manchester United he would have deployed as no. 8 his natural position and with how competitive and demanding that position is success would have been minimal. Strictly my opinion.

Ermmm.. Mikel was already playing DM when Essien was in the team.

uniquetechng:
Essien played alongside Mikel for 4 solid years before he was sent on loan, so there was never a time Mikel was deployed as a DM to fill the vaccum left by Essien.

Mikel was already playing alongside Ballack before Essien was signed two years later in 2008.

The guy probably started watching football in 2009

uniquetechng:
Essien played alongside Mikel for 4 solid years before he was sent on loan, so there was never a time Mikel was deployed as a DM to fill the vaccum left by Essien.

Mikel was already playing alongside Ballack before Essien was signed two years later in 2008.

Chelsea sign essien in 2005

Mikel come essien for Chelsea ooh

ariesbull:
That guy talks too much thinking that he is a British when he hasn't done much for his village in Anambra


Who cares if EPL did anything .... What is his contribution to the football administration in Nigeria

We see Okocha, Kanu, Babayero etc supporting the young lads .. this one wey grow up for Jo's would be forming cockney in TV

Don't be a bitter soul

Bellotelli:
Don't be a bitter soul

I am not.... It's just an observation. He isn't the only person that played professional football ...I don't know why he is always complaining

Pacesetter123:
He is a big failure bcuz he scored only 6 goals for Chelsea in a decade long career?
Or is he a big failure because he played for Chelsea and not Man U?
If it is bcuz he scored only 6 goals as DM,how many did Sergio Busquet of FCB,Matuidi of old ladies,Fabhino of Liverpool,Gareth Barry of Everton,etc scored as DMs?
And if it is bcuz he didn't play for Man U,how many goals did the present Man U Coach (Michael Carick) that played in the same position as him scored in Man U under Sir Alex Ferguson?
Is the work of a defensive midfielder that of goal scoring?
If you are measuring his success as a footballer (DM) by goal scoring,then it means you don't know football very well.

Dey play

Tomáš Souček has tallied the most career goals by a defensive midfielder in the Premier League, with 23 goals.

GeneralOuki:
Ermmm.. Mikel was already playing DM when Essien was in the team.

Essien made is debut in Chelsea by replacing Makalele in DM. Makalele lost that position to Essien. Mikel came and was used as DM and Essien played as a box to box midfielder.

ariesbull:
I am not.... It's just an observation. He isn't the only person that played professional football ...I don't know why he is always complaining

He is not complaining.. it's just a podcast interview

Even wingbacks score number of goals.

Yaya a dm scored significant goals.

Yes i can use to it to measure a player's success. There are many angles to football, not just trophies.

I appreciate.

Pacesetter123:
He is a big failure bcuz he scored only 6 goals for Chelsea in a decade long career?
Or is he a big failure because he played for Chelsea and not Man U?
If it is bcuz he scored only 6 goals as DM,how many did Sergio Busquet of FCB,Matuidi of old ladies,Fabhino of Liverpool,Gareth Barry of Everton,etc scored as DMs?
And if it is bcuz he didn't play for Man U,how many goals did the present Man U Coach (Michael Carick) that played in the same position as him scored in Man U under Sir Alex Ferguson?
Is the work of a defensive midfielder that of goal scoring?
If you are measuring his success as a footballer (DM) by goal scoring,then it means you don't know football very well.