Are you serious?, are you actually serious?. Someone who contradicts themselves entirely by saying i cannot base my knowledge on 6 months of last season but you can in a 45 minute friendly against a young midfield on Essien?. The funny thing is you act as if Essien had the best game ever, he didn't. He was solid nothing more, and he's past it, it's a fact. I remember Man City and Napoli games where he couldn't even run, we should sell him and get a better replacement. Mikel is better than Essien currently, and Mikel is garbage, Romeu was outstanding last season when he played, AVB went and he never played again. Time to give him a chance, because he has potential. I don't hate every player in the squad, i hate the shit ones like John Obi Mikel. I love Essien, he's my favourite player in a Chelsea shirt, doesn't give me the right to be in denial though, he's a bad player now, and past it. What's the point in paying his wages keeping him in our squad when all he's going to do is come on and fuck up?, he can't even run a full game.