The Skipper

I think Thiago's the talent of his generation, not Isco .

Stingray is the meme king in these realms mate.

Carlo Ancelotti said, "I have a lot of trust in Mikel, I think he can be the playmaker of this team. He is a young player, but has great quality, both technical and tactical". Mikel has a great pass on him, he's got good range and if he's allowed to he can orgastrate things but he needs to be given the licence to do so. At Chelsea we just don't utilise that - hence why I believe he's been misused as the anchorman of the team. Just yesterday, Mikel showed a flash of brilliance to level the game against Uruguay a very decent team with some great players - not your Burkina Faso's or Mali's, and absolutely ran the show - yesterday just served as a reminder to what Mikel can do when he's the main brain of the team. Obviously that's not going to happen at CFC when we have Mata and Hazard and even Oscar coming through - Mikel can be an important player in build up play but he's been limited far too much despite that. Like I said before it'll be interesting to see what Jose does with Mikel as after all, he was initially his project. I still don't think he'll be sold - if anything Mikel is at least a good squad player.

I personally thought Mikel in 06/07 was well on his way to become a very great player. Unfortunately he didn't fulfil that and I agree that we're partly to blame for that in misusing him as an anchorman. He's a completely different player for Nigeria as everything goes through him - his passing range is allowed to be exploited - his excellent shielding of the ball is more apparent as he gets the ball in more pressured situations... It's a shame really. I'd still like to see what Mou does with him.

Finally.

Man Utd say hi.

I think this will go on till the end of the transfer window tbh.

Same.

Still very, very early.

One signed by your beloved Emelano .

My MOTM. Head and shoulders above the whole Nigerian offence, absolutely everything positive Nigeria did ran through him.

What a game he had.

Was about to say that . About Omeruo... I don't know if he's ready. Want to see him play with the CFC boys consistently before I can say that.

Oh dear. Having a shocking game. It's okay though, should drive a few millions off his price...

Are we not allowed to say someone's scored a good goal if Lampard's scored a similar goal now? Wow.

No he doesn't lack technical ability and he doesn't lack a footballing brain, he's got decent technical ability, it isn't the best but to say he's lacking and to say his footballing IQ is low is bewildering to me tbh. He isn't "just a worker". People go on like that's the only thing he can do which is bollocks to be honest. He's far better than some on here give him credit for when it comes to the other aspects of his game.

Hopefully him having a bad tournament knocks a few million off...

Cavani is half the player he is for Uruguay tbh

Lol sorry, if Suarez or Cavani scored that you'd probably be jizzing. It's a great goal irregardless if it's Mikel or not.

Mikel just reminding everyone of his quality.

WHAT A GOAL. Absolutely running it.

Ramires, forever underrated by our own fans.

#torresizdabestplayerindaworld

Hmm. I think you're forgetting that we've basically signed 2 new players with Lukaku and De Bruyne coming back and also the Schurrle signing. Our squad definitely looks better than it does last season. We're 2 or 3 away from having the perfect squad I think.

Give him a new contract. Captain fantastic.