Jump to content
Join Talk Chelsea and log in to join the CFC discussion! ×

Marco van Ginkel

Spike

By Spike,
in Midfielders

 Share

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 1.7k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Popular Posts

Miguelito
Miguelito

At about 0:18, he says "alot of nice bitches". Must have seen Eva :eyebrows:

dee25
dee25

Already looking every bit like a winning midfield pair!

Milan
Milan

From today

Posted Images

ja1

ja1 1,166

Posted
Posted

I'm interested to see what role they use him in. In a Chelsea shirt, I kind of think he's been a bit overrated. He's looked pretty reserved in all his appearances (I get that there's not been a lot of those and I'm including pre-season apps) and nothing has really stuck out about him as special except for being hard (sometimes too aggressive) in the tackle. However in the Dutch league of course he was meant to be this box to box midfielder and his goalscoring record was quite impressive in his final season..

I do wonder if right from the off if he's been told to play a more reserved, defensive game by Mourinho, which is fair enough if that's how he sees him but of course it was different to how MVG would have played for Vitesse. So yeah, interested to see the midfield role he has, hopefully we'll see how he does given the chance to make runs forward and drive with the ball (or if indeed he is best as a more defensive player at a top level).

Link to comment
Share on other sites
The only place to be

The only place to be 11,313

Posted
Posted

Worrying.

Mikel was such a talent before he came to Chelsea and was forced into a DM role for all his years.

Watch Nigeria games, Mikel is a different player - worried MVG is going the same way.

Mikel was not some amazing attacking talent. Maybe in the ACON he is, but that's probably more to do with the level of competition.

I'm interested to see what role they use him in. In a Chelsea shirt, I kind of think he's been a bit overrated. He's looked pretty reserved in all his appearances (I get that there's not been a lot of those and I'm including pre-season apps) and nothing has really stuck out about him as special except for being hard (sometimes too aggressive) in the tackle. However in the Dutch league of course he was meant to be this box to box midfielder and his goalscoring record was quite impressive in his final season..

I do wonder if right from the off if he's been told to play a more reserved, defensive game by Mourinho, which is fair enough if that's how he sees him but of course it was different to how MVG would have played for Vitesse. So yeah, interested to see the midfield role he has, hopefully we'll see how he does given the chance to make runs forward and drive with the ball (or if indeed he is best as a more defensive player at a top level).

I think he would've fitted quite nicely into this system, alongside Matic and Fabregas.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
dee25

dee25 1,044

Posted
Posted

Mikel was not some amazing attacking talent. Maybe in the ACON he is, but that's probably more to do with the level of competition.

I think he would've fitted quite nicely into this system, alongside Matic and Fabregas.

Mikel wasn't an amazing attacking talent? At one point he and Messi were considered to be the most promising youngsters...

He had clubs like Chelsea and Man Utd all chasing his signature. I get that we're not fans of Mikel, but let's not revision the past.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
The only place to be

The only place to be 11,313

Posted
Posted

Mikel wasn't an amazing attacking talent? At one point he and Messi were considered to be the most promising youngsters...

He had clubs like Chelsea and Man Utd all chasing his signature. I get that we're not fans of Mikel, but let's not revision the past.

I'm not trying to 'revision the past' (sic). I was actually responding to the notion that for Nigeria he is some beast player when he really isn't, but yes you have a point that in 2005 he was viewed as a good attacking prospect.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
MrBlueGuy

MrBlueGuy 1,552

Posted
Posted

Anyone think he will even comeback here anymore? Unless he becomes top 10 CDM in Serie A next season he won't be good enough. We can easily go out and sign people like Khedira for free next summer or Caravalho for 20m. Point is he is now just someone we are farming then to sell for profit.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 3 weeks later...
Barbara

Barbara 15,149

Posted
Posted

Hope he has a good game, because he hardly endeared himself to Milan fans by his reluctance to join Milan.

as he should. Who wants to go there anyway? I really feel bad for him :(

Also I don't care at all about endearing the likes of you :P (kidding, ofc)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Please sign in to comment

You will be able to leave a comment after signing in



Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • 0 members are here!

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...

talk chelse forums

We get it, advertisements are annoying!
Talk Chelsea relies on revenue to pay for hosting and upgrades. While we try to keep adverts as unobtrusive as possible, we need to run ad's to make sure we can stay online because over the years costs have become very high.

Could you please allow adverts on this website and help us by switching your ad blocker off.

KTBFFH
Thank You

Sure, let me in!
Enter