James 5,346 Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Nigeria and Ghana have to play Quarter Finals, who would you prefer to see come back first, Essien or Mikel? I think Essien is a fantastic player but we have more cover for him in the middle. Mikel on the other hand is more defensive of the two, with Maka getting on he must be getting knackered and might need a rest soon. I'll go with Ghana to go through and get Obi back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mokhan 0 Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 i prefer Essien because he can play in deep midfielder or attacking mid as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombayblue™ 55 Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 word.. essien.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EskWeston 696 Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 This season Mikel has been more influential to our play so i would like to see him back first. But to have either of them back would be a huge bonus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 10,227 Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 personally i would prefer essien back first he adds the extra bit of flair that not every player has.. but i also want ghana to win the competition so i guess mikel back first.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EskWeston 696 Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 personally i would prefer essien back first he adds the extra bit of flair that not every player has.. but i also want ghana to win the competition so i guess mikel back first.. Flair?? Essien??? Surely not Essien is a fantastic powerful midfielder, but i wouldn't say flair is one of his qualities!! The sooner they all come back the better. Ballack and Sheva are almost ready to come back, Lamps and JT not too far behind and then get the African boys back and we are up to full strength and then things get very interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,367 Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 I'm really confident that there is a fantastic team spirit at the moment. All players seem genuinely privileged to be playing for CFC. Either would be great to come back ASAP, but we can manage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EskWeston 696 Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 I'm really confident that there is a fantastic team spirit at the moment. All players seem genuinely privileged to be playing for CFC. Either would be great to come back ASAP, but we can manage. We have managed. Who would have thought at the start of the season we would have been able to cope playing without Essien, Mikel, Lampard and Ballack - most people though Maka and Sidwell wouldn't get a game because of those 4...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badboy 1,526 Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Wow did any one see mikel's performance yesterday that pass for the second goal was quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,367 Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 He certainly shone yesterday, and the Africans do play with a lot of pride, although the pace of the ACN games can be a lot slower than the Prem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aesthetic Relic 301 Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Either tbh.... We've coped well until now. We've Reading tonight and then Portsmouth on Saturday, the following weekend we have the Scousers at the Bridge. So if we have a few of our injured, ACON players back by then we should give the Scousers a good spanking SWP, Midfield general Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueChelseaBlue 105 Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Mikel.. need cover for Maka.. but Essien..cos.. he has them powerful surging runs...depends how you look at it eh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHopkins 1 Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Probably Mikel as we can't expect Makelele to play every match and I'm not sure on Sidwell as his replacement although he has done okay so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
True_Blue 469 Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Well Mikel is returning first obviously cuz no way Ghana is going out in the Quarter Finals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Wow did any one see mikel's performance yesterday that pass for the second goal was quality. Mikel is too inconsistent - quiet one game then electric the next. Essien always plays well, apart from when he gets sent off I would rather see Essien back, but Ghana will beat Nigeria I feel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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