Mikel John Obi

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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.

[capriccioso 2,545]

Thats exactly what an anchor man style defensive midfielder is supposed to do. Win the ball and then lay it off to a better player. Were people expecting him to be some kind of freak like Pirlo? IMO he's probably the closest any player can get to Makelele.

I would rather Mikel make 100 out of 100 3 metre long, safe, sidewards passes in a game rather than buy a more aggressive passer who'll only complete 70/100 and in the process leave us open to counter attacks.

[Clevemayer 764]

shooooockiiing... Mikel a good player.... at this forum?....

I've been away for far too long

[Fulham Broadway 17,311]

Vauable for certain games but would have been a complete waste of space trying to overturn a 3-1 deficit