happy_juan

He was really missed yesterday, by Man City ofcourse.

He does not even have a place in brazil central midfield. What are you on? Scolari has given him runs on the wing in 4231. Fernandinho's competition are luiz gustavo, paulinho and hernanes.

Just because Mikel cannot contribute offensively, does not mean he is a DM. He is equally inept at defensive part. Its like starting with one fewer player when he plays. Opponents just let him do his thing as they know he cant hurt them. Only a blind man can still believe that he brings something to the table.

The way West ham players were not even bothering to mark him or close him down, rold you everything about how much they think of Mikel. He has started 9 PL games this season and we got 14 pointa in those 9 games. Pathetic.

And the apologists are here.

You know you are dropping points when you see his name on the team sheet.

He finds it tough to find starts at liverpool.

We will be lucky to make a profit on him.

Mikel fanboys are panicking crazy.

That was an abaolute joy to watch.

Mikel fan group getting really nervous in this thread.

Mourinho wanted to win the game today and not "not lose", so mikel did not start. 8 starts in 22 PL games now for our "most important player"

How did I go off topic there? You are the one thay brought in his performances for nigerian NT. Having trouble understanding English?

Chelsea compete at a whole different level compared to Nigeria. Lets not even start those comparisons.

Hahahahhaha Mikel's limitations are because of lack of ability/desire and not 'role' in the team.

Struggled with us last season, now struggling at Liverpool. A limited player.

Because the other option is loads of sideways passing

Thats now 8 starts in 21 PL games. Mourinho really really rates Mikel very highly.

If this counts for a good performance, then I am afraid chelsea is far beyond his level. R

Very poor article infact. First he says luiz waa brilliant in the first half and follows it up by saying that he was leaving space behind (which later got him the booking) and so mourinho had mikel to cover thay area. Reality is, leaving of space behind and booking happened in 2nd half after mikel came on the pitch.

That ball he played to azpi in the build up to the 2nd goal, mikel would have played it back to our CBs from that position.

We became much more vulnerable once he came on for Lampard. Lost Sakho on the set piece where he hit the crossbar, gave away needless fouls in dangerous positions, lost the ball in dangerous positions.

In the entire match, mikel had 2 interceptions. Not sure how you can claim that to be "countless".

He was completely useless with the ball. And lazy without it. That's a standard Mikel performance.

CBA about capital one cup personally, but boy did we miss him.