Ossie the King 634 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 2 minutes ago, Stats said: I hope this performance makes his critics realise how useful of a squad player he is. He does his job. He is not going to play consistently world class but for a player who knows he is a back up role and comes in and performs like that, we should appreciate that. He proves that he can do a role in Matic absence and hopefully that performance assures people he will be fine in place of Matic for PSG. Great game and great valuable player. Why people think we should ship him. I never know. Anyway, today he showed the quality he has. Simply brilliant. I daresay if he played like that more often then he wouldn't have critics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran. 6,317 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 2 minutes ago, Stats said: I hope this performance makes his critics realise how useful of a squad player he is. He does his job. He is not going to play consistently world class but for a player who knows he is a back up role and comes in and performs like that, we should appreciate that. He proves that he can do a role in Matic absence and hopefully that performance assures people he will be fine in place of Matic for PSG. Great game and great valuable player. Why people think we should ship him. I never know. Anyway, today he showed the quality he has. Simply brilliant. Notice he got a couple games in a row under his belt (unlike under Mourinho where he'd play here and there) and he puts in a worldie? Stats 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DYC. 7,542 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 13 minutes ago, Stats said: I hope this performance makes his critics realise how useful of a squad player he is. He does his job. He is not going to play consistently world class but for a player who knows he is a back up role and comes in and performs like that, we should appreciate that. He proves that he can do a role in Matic absence and hopefully that performance assures people he will be fine in place of Matic for PSG. Great game and great valuable player. Why people think we should ship him. I never know. Anyway, today he showed the quality he has. Simply brilliant. I'll need more before 'converting'. Ossie the King 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amblève. 4,995 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 It was the avatar change, obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 36 minutes ago, Stats said: I hope this performance makes his critics realise how useful of a squad player he is. He does his job. He is not going to play consistently world class but for a player who knows he is a back up role and comes in and performs like that, we should appreciate that. He proves that he can do a role in Matic absence and hopefully that performance assures people he will be fine in place of Matic for PSG. Great game and great valuable player. Why people think we should ship him. I never know. Anyway, today he showed the quality he has. Simply brilliant. Fair play to Mikel today. He was very very very good. It was arguably one of the best performances by any midfielders in the league this season - controlled the game, didn't give Palace an inch and provided a platform for us to launch our attacks. The thing with Mikel is he needs to be more consistent (it will probably come with more game time, I guess). We shouldn't forget that he sometimes can produce brainfart games - e.g looking slow and pedestrian on the ball, looking lost on the ball, losing out in challenges etc. Stats 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bababoom 4,478 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Mikel normally holds on to the ball for too long (similar to how Matic' been lately) but today he was class, great composure on the ball and quick 1 touch passing, brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Hiddink on Mikel's performance... http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2016/01/final-whistle-verdict-post-palace.html?extcmp=SOCIA_TW_ENG_NEWS_POSTMATCH 'He played very well as he also did in the previous games. He’s the ideal player in my option to bring balance to the team. ‘If the team is not willing to defend well or have the right balance then you concede a lot of goals. I thought John Obi can be one of the key figures in getting the balance back. On top of that the talented players can then explore their qualities. ‘He can recover the radar. He knows the game very well. He knows where the strength of the opponent is and he knows exactly how to cope with that. He has a very good eye, a very good nose, and a very good sense of where to recover. 'He doesn’t do it in a very brutal way – he’s very, very elegant. What I like to see very much is not just a quality player but a player who can defend so smoothly. It’s beautiful to see. He doesn’t lose many balls, he’s good in short passing. I don’t expect and I don’t ask him to make the decisive final pass. He can but no, we let the other players do that.’ Stats, Chelsea4 and The Skipper 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,598 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Just Need to continue like that... not only 2-3 good games... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Colored Sky 1,807 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 More lifes than cats. Wasn't Mikel sold several times to Turkey already and most recently, in July, was in Istanbul even negotiating his contract there ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! lionking 10 Posted January 3, 2016 Popular Post! Share Posted January 3, 2016 MIkel never gives a wrong pass.....you are in the wrong position LDN Blue, King11Didier, Milan and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDN Blue 7,903 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 41 minutes ago, lionking said: MIkel never gives a wrong pass.....you are in the wrong position #DareToObi Amblève. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyikolajevics 2,829 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 He is one of my favourite people on this planet right now. <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Eidur the Spider 4,515 Posted January 3, 2016 Popular Post! Share Posted January 3, 2016 petre.ispirescu, Ainsley Harriott, King11Didier and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanicus 5,208 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 5 hours ago, Jason said: Hiddink on Mikel's performance... http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2016/01/final-whistle-verdict-post-palace.html?extcmp=SOCIA_TW_ENG_NEWS_POSTMATCH Â Â Â Mikelele. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDRECHO 432 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 LEGEND !! https://twitter.com/ChelseaFC_Lat/status/683816270857375748 Fernando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando 6,723 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 9 hours ago, Stats said: I hope this performance makes his critics realise how useful of a squad player he is. He does his job. He is not going to play consistently world class but for a player who knows he is a back up role and comes in and performs like that, we should appreciate that. He proves that he can do a role in Matic absence and hopefully that performance assures people he will be fine in place of Matic for PSG. Great game and great valuable player. Why people think we should ship him. I never know. Anyway, today he showed the quality he has. Simply brilliant. Well kinda of the same like Ramires. Not world class but great squad players to have. I always said that about Ramires, and why I never bother in keeping him. Mikel is just an enigma, he did good today but there is no consistency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea4 1,521 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 John Obi Mikel completed 78/82 passes againts Crystal Palace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,730 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Like yesterdays result, I am not getting ahead of myself with that or Mikel, it's happened before, and we need a run of consistency from Mikel and the team before we start shouting from the roof. Blue Armour and Ossie the King 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino's Skin 972 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 11 hours ago, Fernando said: Well kinda of the same like Ramires. Not world class but great squad players to have. I always said that about Ramires, and why I never bother in keeping him. Mikel is just an enigma, he did good today but there is no consistency. he needs a run in the team to get the consistency, even if he has an average match one day. Hiddink, is the only manager who in the past has given him a serious run of matches rather than the 'in for 1 or 2', out for '3 or 4' with sometimes an appearance from the bench others seemed to do with him. Amblève. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! BlueLion. 21,491 Posted January 6, 2016 Popular Post! Share Posted January 6, 2016 Chelsea with Mikel in starting XI under Guus Hiddink: Matches:19 Wins:15Â Draws: 4Â Loses: 0 Unbeaten. Essien19, King11Didier, Blue Colored Sky and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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