Mikel John Obi

[BlueLion. 21,491]

He was very, very good against Stoke and I want him to play against Naples. A composed CDM figure is pivotal.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Comparing Henderson to Mikel? LOL.

For me Lucas is the best DM in the league, or was.

[English Freak 456]

I still think we need a better DM. Romeu seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth. This whole Barca "will he go will he stay" thing is going to become a fiasco as well. Essien is okay for now but if we can get a decent offer (18m that Juve are apparently going to offer) then we should let him go.

It shouldn't be our priority atm since we need to focus on attacking midfielders and wingers but still, for the long term we need someone potentially world class if Romeu isn't committed/good enough

If we really want to splash some cash and make our midfield a bit stronger and sign a potentially world-class CM/DM, you'd have to look at Yann M'Vila at Rennes.

David Luiz might eventually be converted into a DM but in the short term, I wouldn't mind seeing him as the back-up RB..(with Cahill & Terry as the CB's).

[zolayes 14,489]

mikel is usually the scapegoat for slowing down our play ,,,,but the whole of our team plays at that tempo as we have seen when obi hasnt

been playing

[Badboy 1,526]

Comparing Henderson to Mikel? LOL.

For me Lucas is the best DM in the league, or was.

Comparing Henderson to Mikel? LOL.

For me Lucas is the best DM in the league, or was.

Nah the lad at Newcastle is better and a lot more aggressive.

[English Freak 456]

Nah the lad at Newcastle is better and a lot more aggressive.

Which lad? Barton's playing for QPR now

[5354 204]

Like to see Mikel playing different style of football, maybe at Italian or Spain to see the kind of passes he can make.

[Badboy 1,526]

Which lad? Barton's playing for QPR now

Which lad? Barton's playing for QPR now

Tiote it looks like he's going to United this summer but he's a tremendous holding player.

[NiclasCFC 2,582]

I was surprised he didnt play anything yesterday, he has impressed me the last couple of games and i think he deserves a spot in the starting eleven!

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I was surprised he didnt play anything yesterday, he has impressed me the last couple of games and i think he deserves a spot in the starting eleven!

He had already played 180 mins in the last 10 days; imagine if he had played 120 more, he would've been burned out for the rest of the season. Besides, we need him badly against city, his performance there, imo, will pivotal part of the match.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

I imagine he'll be playing on the weekend v. Leicester.

[Sheva. 5,373]

Looks like a different player since coming back from injury.

[Naked Mole Rat 437]

Looks like a different player since coming back from injury.

I think he really didn't want to play for AVB, and now that he's gone, he's decided to try. Can't blame, him though.

[Kieran. 6,317]

He's been so fucking good. Criminally underrated.

[capriccioso 2,545]

Mikel is excellent in crunch games.

[BleedsBlue 1,549]

There is no doubt that Mikel has improved over the few months.He has been playing really well and the fact that he is only 24 shows that this club can rely on him for the future.I must admit that I haven't been his greatest fan and in fact wanted him to leave in January but I am glad Chelsea have stuck with him.He's a great player and would be a great addition to any team,glad he is a Chelsea player.

[capriccioso 2,545]

I never got the Mikel hate. He's always been a solid, reliable DM, its not very often he has a poor game defensively and plays poorly in terms keeping the ball, which is all DM's are supposed to do. What did people expect him to do? Score a goal or get an assist every match?

[BleedsBlue 1,549]

I never got the Mikel hate. He's always been a solid, reliable DM, its not very often he has a poor game defensively and plays poorly in terms keeping the ball, which is all DM's are supposed to do. What did people expect him to do? Score a goal or get an assist every match?

Well compared to our other defensive midfielders like Essien and Romeu,he was quite slow and very predictable.He would side pass a lot and would hardly pass the ball ahead but now its good to know that he has changed his approach and is trying to build up his game a lot quicker.Essien is not as good as he was and so its great to see Mikel play better than he used to.