Mikel John Obi

[Santiago. 1,500]

Easily, along with Cahill and Hazard, the best players on the pitch today.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I swear sometimes some people watch different games than I do!

He was one our rare decent performers yesterday. Some of what he did, like when he managed to keep the ball between four Madrid players before getting past all of them, were just brilliant. MOTM for me.

[Jase 43,479]

Mikel was the only one in the midfield that looks interested and trying to keep everything there intact when everyone else just disappears.

[DDA 9,935]

How anyone is bashing Mikel for yesterdays embarrassment is beyond me.... Think it's time for everyone to jump of Frank's dick and start questioning weather he can still do a job for us in the big games because it was just terrifying watching Lamp's bomb forward like a CAM and then watching him run back slower than a black taxi cab.

[warnie_666 1,081]

Mikel appears to have reinvented himself this season as a deep-lying marauder but that is surely exactly what Chelsea do not need when he is playing alongside Frank Lampard and behind the likes of Eden Hazard, Juan Mata and Ramires.

"It's the same role for me as last year, trying to keep the balance, trying to keep the shape," Mikel claimed, before going on to admit he was finding it more difficult this term.

"It is, it is, but it's up to the manager and it's something that we all have to look into."

Told you he wasnt cut for a free flowing style

[robdog 2,084]

How anyone is bashing Mikel for yesterdays embarrassment is beyond me.... Think it's time for everyone to jump of Frank's dick and start questioning weather he can still do a job for us in the big games because it was just terrifying watching Lamp's bomb forward like a CAM and then watching him run back slower than a black taxi cab.

from my vantage point that was exacting what Brana was doing. It seemed that he caught the Boswinger disease

[DDA 9,935]

from my vantage point that was exacting what Brana was doing. It seemed that he caught the Boswinger disease

Yea mate... Brana was such a beast at right back last season for us but that if in all truth he was only a beast when we were playing so defensively. I remember when we played United and attacked quite a bit and he kept getting caught out.

[The Skipper 20,609]

Mikel appears to have reinvented himself this season as a deep-lying marauder but that is surely exactly what Chelsea do not need when he is playing alongside Frank Lampard and behind the likes of Eden Hazard, Juan Mata and Ramires.

"It's the same role for me as last year, trying to keep the balance, trying to keep the shape," Mikel claimed, before going on to admit he was finding it more difficult this term.

"It is, it is, but it's up to the manager and it's something that we all have to look into."

Told you he wasnt cut for a free flowing style

Lol, because he said he has to adjust his role a little he's not cut for free flowing style? Busquets is a similar player to Mikel, he isn't cut for a "free flowing" style either is he?

Oh wait.

[zolayes 14,489]

Easily, along with Cahill and Hazard, the best players on the pitch today.

they seemed like the only three for us...make Torres a half

[ja1 1,166]

Torres was poor. Mikel will be important for us this season. Will start the most games out of all our midfielders..including Oscar and Ramires.

[Blu4Lyf 46]

Kojo I'm normally up for agreeing with you on the Mikel-hate, but I thought he was the only 1 who played decent last match too.

[Kojo 4,676]

Kojo I'm normally up for agreeing with you on the Mikel-hate, but I thought he was the only 1 who played decent last match too.

He didn't, i don't know where all this comes from that he had a decent game. I don't think anyone was good, i love how Lampard always gets the blame too, even though it's Mikel not doing anything as well.

Did anyone even see Mikel helping out the defence?, did anyone see Mikel closing down Falcao?.

It's ridiculous, i'll tell you why they won by a big number, Falcao had WAY too much space, i've never seen anyone give a world class striker that much space in my life. It had to be up to the defenders to close him down and that leaves big dirty gaps. Mikel was WAY!!! to isolated from the defence the whole game, just like he usually is.

You do not give Falcao that much space or he will score about 5 fucking goals, lucky for us he missed a couple of sitters. People just look at what Mikel did, there's no denying Mikel is decent on the ball, I've always said that, Mikel is good on the ball but possibly the worst player off the ball.

We will struggle in the season because we do not have the right players, our attack is good no doubt, but the amount of teams what will just try to penetrate us, we will have serious issues. We wont be able to win the title or even challenge for it. But hopefully we will get top 4, as Spurs have gotten rid of two amazing players and replaced them with decent signings, and Arsenal don't seem to have that goal threat. But that's only for now, i think Giroud will still turn out good.

[Kunter 22]

He didn't, i don't know where all this comes from that he had a decent game. I don't think anyone was good, i love how Lampard always gets the blame too, even though it's Mikel not doing anything as well.

Mikel was the only player who loked motivated and moved around the pitch. Mata, Hazard and Lamps where just walking around watching the game....

I don´t think he is our biggest problem.

[DYC. 7,542]

I don't think he was awful but he wasn't good overall. He messed up when he gave the ball away twice which led to Falcao's first goal. But that's not normally like him.

And he just stood their while Atletico were combining quickly when creating their second goal. And when Falcao was sent through, he didn't bother to run back quickly, he just stood still, but Frank did try to get back quickly. He tends to that a lot and that it's incredibly aggrevating. And Arda got far too much space and time throughout the match (but we had a offday so I won't blame him too much for that).

He was pretty good in possession of the ball but what he does off the ball is far more important for a player in his role. I mentioned it before, he's very vulnerable when the tempo is high and it showed again, his mind is too slow. That's why I agree with those who say he's not suited for the style we want play. For a team that sits back, he's useful.

[Ollie 4,400]

Fact was, his job on the pitch is to help the defence and stop their midfield walking through us. I don't think that happened at all, it should've been at least 7-1, the woodwork was hit 3 times, still dunno what Luiz was doing with the last one, weird stuff goes through that guys mind. Mikel did look good on the ball and did some good things but he didn't do his job. Every time an Atletico midfielder had the ball, i was worried they would score. We were cut open so much it was like watching Brazil vs Scotland.