Mikel John Obi

[zolayes 14,489]

He gives us stability in the midfield and I feel a lot more assured when he's anchoring the midfield.

the other midfielder who gave us stability was Ballack and he too was criticised in his last season ... Makes one wonder

[Muzchap 8,966]

the other midfielder who gave us stability was Ballack and he too was criticised in his last season ... Makes one wonder

Same old story, only the flashy players get Real recognition

Mikel has annoyed me in previous seasons, but so far (barring the odd mistake) has looked good in his position

I thought he was amazing with Raul vs Newcastle and couldn't believe Raul was sold - could have been the start of something good...

As another poster on a diff thread mentioned n the DP you need a defensive + creative player, we have Mikel, now just need to find somebody to play alongside him, then he will truly shine and get the recognition he deserves!

[The Rising Sun 709]

You may not rate Mikel but he has obviously been rated by every Chelsea manager over the last six years since he has averaged over 40

games a season ... I suppose you will find this irrelevant and not constructive as it doesnt agree with your spurious opinion

Yes he has been rated, and he has had more than a few fantastic games for us.

Its my personal opinion, that i think we can have a defensive midfielder who is more of an enforcer and commanding than mikel.

My opinion will probably not change, but the fact that you have already decided that i will view your observation as irrelevant and not constructive is wrong.

What to do, you have already made your judgement on how i will respond.

[BOSS 372]

Welcome to the bench.

[Henrique 9,133]

Mikel is highly underrated.

His mistakes are underrated by some people...2 mistakes, 2 goals conceded.

[mtowle182 79]

hahah a bad game and bench time. what a joke. he is crutial to our team and so what he made a mistake. john terry mad a bad mistake today, should he be benched? absolutely not. sometimes some of you are ridiculious

[Kojo 4,676]

hahah a bad game and bench time. what a joke. he is crutial to our team and so what he made a mistake. john terry mad a bad mistake today, should he be benched? absolutely not. sometimes some of you are ridiculious

ONE BAD GAME?, ONE BAD FUCKING GAME?, DO YOU WATCH CHELSEA?.

He's only had one good game and that was against Newcastle, and that was because Newcastle tried to outplay us rather than let us come and counter attack the fuck out of our weak double pivot.

[mtowle182 79]

I vehemently watch chelsea and think that his role is essential to our success.

[Rowan_Osborn 58]

ONE BAD GAME?, ONE BAD FUCKING GAME?, DO YOU WATCH CHELSEA?.

He's only had one good game and that was against Newcastle, and that was because Newcastle tried to outplay us rather than let us come and counter attack the fuck out of our weak double pivot.

I think its harsh to say he has had one good game. I remember last year after his father was kidnapped he had several good performances and was greatly applauded. What frustrates me with Mikel is that he can go through a game not making any mistakes and putting in a decent performance but then in one moment he will have a lapse in concentration that can cost us games. We saw it against QPR and we saw it again against Juve. Defensively he did well despite clearly being outnumbered in midfield, but that pass was pathetic and then rather than trying to fight to win it back he stood motionless. I'm still not clear where i stand on Mikel; I'm not one of these fans that wishes to remove him totally from the squad, as his role is important in our team, but at the same time i do not think we can afford these lapses in concentration nor do i understand why Romeu is not played despite being a very technically gifted player. If Romeu was given game time and then not perform at least it will get some people off RDM's back and if he were to perform then we would have a stronger starting eleven.

[Henrique 9,133]

I vehemently watch chelsea and think that his role is essential to our success.

His role is essential, but he is not the right actor.

[RamiCFC9 258]

Iam actually going to praise Mikel right now cuz he is probably the only guy from the old squad who is atleast trying to develop under RDM.(he is making alot more forward passes, which is kinda new for him and will need time)

[Badboy 1,526]

Why did he have to apologize ? No need for it what's so ever, the guy deserves our support and that is what he will get from me.

[Milan 17,862]

Why did he have to apologize ? No need for it what's so ever, the guy deserves our support and that is what he will get from me.

Definitely but it is nice to see he takes the responsibility and says sorry for that. It takes a man to do so.

[Madmax 9,219]

Lmao, how predictable for this thread to a flurry of activity after last night while Terry's thread has next to nothing, despite him being culpable in both of Juve's goals and being put to shame when compared to his Italian equivalent in Chiellini.

[BOSS 372]

[BleedsBlue 1,549]

Mikel-defensive midfielder and scapegoat for Chelsea Fc.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Had a bad game..happens to the best.

And I just can't see how is he responsible for the first goal?

[Jype 6,398]

Shocking to see that some 'fans' have abused him so much today that he was forced to delete his Twitter account which he only created a few weeks ago. He seemed really happy about this new way of communicating with the fans but people said some unimaginable things to him after the Juventus game and honestly I can't blame him if he doesn't wish to read things like that. A fucking disgrace, as a certain Chelsea legend once said.