Mikel John Obi

[Amblève. 4,995]

Same way Ferreira and Bosingwa are legends.

What a comparison Smh.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Mikel has stepped up this season, it can't be denied.. He's doing the job where it's most required from this team, his adaptation, concentration & tactical awareness is on point. Not saying he's the best DM in the world or anything, but he has been far more consistent than any other players.

[Kojo 4,676]

Mikel has stepped up this season, it can't be denied.. He's doing the job where it's most required from this team, his adaptation, concentration & tactical awareness is on point. Not saying he's the best DM in the world or anything, but he has been far more consistent than any other players.

He's always going to be a problem when the other team are on the counter, and that's a huge risk, also his marking, especially in the box is tragic.

[wj818 25]

He's always going to be a problem when the other team are on the counter, and that's a huge risk, also his marking, especially in the box is tragic.

I agree!! His lack of pace makes him vunerable on counters, but in his defense he does compensate by taking good positions. And I wonder if his marking problem has to do with lack of aggression?? But besides that he has stepped up big time, I can't ask anything more from him to be honest.

[Clevemayer 764]

nobody denies he has flaws, as has any other player on this planet, despite maybe Essien when he was on his prime ( ), and that really stupid comments on him not scoreing are a joke, Makalele made two goals all his time with us, and I think it was pretty the same number with real, so what point in slamming Mikel for not scoreing goals?

Hes not Makalele and he will never be, his technique is far more superior to Makalele, but then Makelele was the most simple genius footballwise, his passes where always spot on, you will rarely see him missplaceing a pass but hi didnt have the technique and the compousure as Mikel has, so there is no point in compareing them both this is unfair to the tremendous talent they both hava and had...

and compareing Mikel to Tiote is nonsense, they're play is based on complete different styles, I have that feeling its gonna be like Drogs, whenever somebody came in, evereyone thought Drogba is done and dusted (Sheva, Anelka, Torres), I always kept beliving in that big man and I was right, the same thing is with Mikel (Diarra (both talents at that time), Romeu, Ramires and even Mineiro to an extend, as Matic and so on). If you have an very open Style of play and a slow backfour you will need someone like Tiote running around in the Midfield and try'n to be everywhere where the ball is, but if you try to implement an mixture of an tactical and nice possesion keeping style of play, then that combination of Rambo and Mikel is pretty much the best thing you can get int that extend what they both can do, a Combination of Mikel and Tiote would came close to that, so in that manner you can compareRamy and Tiote more then him and Mikel...

Mikel and Romeu is a bad combination imho, because both are more based on that calmness and tactical awareness plus romeu is sometimes a bit hasty...

[Kojo 4,676]

nobody denies he has flaws, as has any other player on this planet, despite maybe Essien when he was on his prime ( ), and that really stupid comments on him not scoreing are a joke, Makalele made two goals all his time with us, and I think it was pretty the same number with real, so what point in slamming Mikel for not scoreing goals?

Hes not Makalele and he will never be, his technique is far more superior to Makalele, but then Makelele was the most simple genius footballwise, his passes where always spot on, you will rarely see him missplaceing a pass but hi didnt have the technique and the compousure as Mikel has, so there is no point in compareing them both this is unfair to the tremendous talent they both hava and had...

and compareing Mikel to Tiote is nonsense, they're play is based on complete different styles, I have that feeling its gonna be like Drogs, whenever somebody came in, evereyone thought Drogba is done and dusted (Sheva, Anelka, Torres), I always kept beliving in that big man and I was right, the same thing is with Mikel (Diarra (both talents at that time), Romeu, Ramires and even Mineiro to an extend, as Matic and so on). If you have an very open Style of play and a slow backfour you will need someone like Tiote running around in the Midfield and try'n to be everywhere where the ball is, but if you try to implement an mixture of an tactical and nice possesion keeping style of play, then that combination of Rambo and Mikel is pretty much the best thing you can get int that extend what they both can do, a Combination of Mikel and Tiote would came close to that, so in that manner you can compareRamy and Tiote more then him and Mikel...

Mikel and Romeu is a bad combination imho, because both are more based on that calmness and tactical awareness plus romeu is sometimes a bit hasty...

nobody denies he has flaws, as has any other player on this planet, despite maybe Essien when he was on his prime ( ), and that really stupid comments on him not scoreing are a joke, Makalele made two goals all his time with us, and I think it was pretty the same number with real, so what point in slamming Mikel for not scoreing goals?

Hes not Makalele and he will never be, his technique is far more superior to Makalele, but then Makelele was the most simple genius footballwise, his passes where always spot on, you will rarely see him missplaceing a pass but hi didnt have the technique and the compousure as Mikel has, so there is no point in compareing them both this is unfair to the tremendous talent they both hava and had...

and compareing Mikel to Tiote is nonsense, they're play is based on complete different styles, I have that feeling its gonna be like Drogs, whenever somebody came in, evereyone thought Drogba is done and dusted (Sheva, Anelka, Torres), I always kept beliving in that big man and I was right, the same thing is with Mikel (Diarra (both talents at that time), Romeu, Ramires and even Mineiro to an extend, as Matic and so on). If you have an very open Style of play and a slow backfour you will need someone like Tiote running around in the Midfield and try'n to be everywhere where the ball is, but if you try to implement an mixture of an tactical and nice possesion keeping style of play, then that combination of Rambo and Mikel is pretty much the best thing you can get int that extend what they both can do, a Combination of Mikel and Tiote would came close to that, so in that manner you can compareRamy and Tiote more then him and Mikel...

Mikel and Romeu is a bad combination imho, because both are more based on that calmness and tactical awareness plus romeu is sometimes a bit hasty...

nobody denies he has flaws, as has any other player on this planet, despite maybe Essien when he was on his prime ( ), and that really stupid comments on him not scoreing are a joke, Makalele made two goals all his time with us, and I think it was pretty the same number with real, so what point in slamming Mikel for not scoreing goals?

Hes not Makalele and he will never be, his technique is far more superior to Makalele, but then Makelele was the most simple genius footballwise, his passes where always spot on, you will rarely see him missplaceing a pass but hi didnt have the technique and the compousure as Mikel has, so there is no point in compareing them both this is unfair to the tremendous talent they both hava and had...

and compareing Mikel to Tiote is nonsense, they're play is based on complete different styles, I have that feeling its gonna be like Drogs, whenever somebody came in, evereyone thought Drogba is done and dusted (Sheva, Anelka, Torres), I always kept beliving in that big man and I was right, the same thing is with Mikel (Diarra (both talents at that time), Romeu, Ramires and even Mineiro to an extend, as Matic and so on). If you have an very open Style of play and a slow backfour you will need someone like Tiote running around in the Midfield and try'n to be everywhere where the ball is, but if you try to implement an mixture of an tactical and nice possesion keeping style of play, then that combination of Rambo and Mikel is pretty much the best thing you can get int that extend what they both can do, a Combination of Mikel and Tiote would came close to that, so in that manner you can compareRamy and Tiote more then him and Mikel...

Mikel and Romeu is a bad combination imho, because both are more based on that calmness and tactical awareness plus romeu is sometimes a bit hasty...

Haven't seen one decent post from you yet, don't get me wrong i disagree with most people on here against me about Mikel, but at least they put up a decent arguement.

Straight away you've gone into me going on about his goals, when all i stated was he even lacks in terms of attacking, so there's not even a good side to him there. So straight away you've made yourself look like a tool.

I also can't remember putting Mikel with Tiote?. I would take Mikel out of it as he just isn't good enough at all. Then get a different type of player, Ramires is a good ball winner and has the pace we need, but Tiote could do a better job as could Sandro or Lucas for liverpool (don't know about now due to his injuries). Obviously you need a different player next to that person, i would prefer someone who stays deep with the ball and covers, but also has a very good passing range. But that's very hard to come by now days, most creative players are attackers, like Eriksen and such.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

He's always going to be a problem when the other team are on the counter, and that's a huge risk, also his marking, especially in the box is tragic.

I agree, his pace isn't the best in the world. This kind of brings me back to the days that we talked about the situations where Romeu & Mikel are more adaptable to certain kinds of situations. Mikel is very good at intercepting passes, reading opposition play and covering. But yes his flaws are in marking and with pace, however his role in the squad at the moment has been pivotal & important. As mentioned before, he isn't the best DM in the world, but we could do a lot worse than Obi Mikel.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I agree, his pace isn't the best in the world. This kind of brings me back to the days that we talked about the situations where Romeu & Mikel are more adaptable to certain kinds of situations. Mikel is very good at intercepting passes, reading opposition play and covering. But yes his flaws are in marking and with pace, however his role in the squad at the moment has been pivotal & important. As mentioned before, he isn't the best DM in the world, but we could do a lot worse than Obi Mikel.

I think what Mikel also has over Romeu is his passing. It may not be one-touch, but his accuracy and range is very much needed for this position, imo.

[Kojo 4,676]

People underrate Romeu though, It's no doubt he will be much better than Mikel by the time he's Mikels age.

We seriously need to look after that one and treat him like a prospect, i think people are just not liking him because of the Barcelona factor.

[OneMoSalah 8,799]

People underrate Romeu though, It's no doubt he will be much better than Mikel by the time he's Mikels age.

We seriously need to look after that one and treat him like a prospect, i think people are just not liking him because of the Barcelona factor.

I agree with you that we need to keep Romeu and the fact he might be better than Mikel by the times hes 25. Still right now Mikel is the player for us, he has been exceptional this season and long may it continue.

[Kezza 1,965]

People underrate Romeu though, It's no doubt he will be much better than Mikel by the time he's Mikels age.

We seriously need to look after that one and treat him like a prospect, i think people are just not liking him because of the Barcelona factor.

You're the last person I would've thought to come up with that reason..

Romeu reminds me of Lukaku if he was a DM.

Raw talent, the potential is there, just a wee bit he needs to work on. I like him, I think he's a great prospect for the club. Hope he gets a bit more game time while Mikel is away to prove his worth.

[OneMoSalah 8,799]

You're the last person I would've thought to come up with that reason..

Romeu reminds me of Lukaku if he was a DM.

Raw talent, the potential is there, just a wee bit he needs to work on. I like him, I think he's a great prospect for the club. Hope he gets a bit more game time while Mikel is away to prove his worth.

He actually reminds me of a young Mikel in the fact he has some talent but a fair bit to work on. Mikel was always giving clumsy fouls away, giving possession away and was very incosistant etc. Romeu looked similar to him in that games vs Manchester Utd and Swansea, also since the games under AVB he hasn't been great. He seems to take one step forward then two steps backwards in games.

[Kojo 4,676]

You're the last person I would've thought to come up with that reason..

Romeu reminds me of Lukaku if he was a DM.

Raw talent, the potential is there, just a wee bit he needs to work on. I like him, I think he's a great prospect for the club. Hope he gets a bit more game time while Mikel is away to prove his worth.

What the hell do you mean by that exactly?

[Kezza 1,965]

What the hell do you mean by that exactly?

Chill...

Its a silly reason why someone would not like Romeu, And you're the last person I would of thought that would point that out.

Meaning that you usually (on occasions) have proper reasoning for something. Not "Oh because he came from Barca people dont like him"

Take it as a compliment

[Clevemayer 764]

Haven't seen one decent post from you yet, don't get me wrong i disagree with most people on here against me about Mikel, but at least they put up a decent arguement.

Straight away you've gone into me going on about his goals, when all i stated was he even lacks in terms of attacking, so there's not even a good side to him there. So straight away you've made yourself look like a tool.

He offers nothing upfront either, this maybe unimportant for a DM, but really 160 premier league matches and 0 goals?. Not that it should matter but most fulbacks have a better record than that.

So why The fuck are you lyeing? I told you not to act like an politician you criticised his Goals what Ever Context youve puttn it in

[Kojo 4,676]

So why The fuck are you an liar? I told you not to act like an politician

Learn how to read, i stated in my previous post, that i said that Mikel offers nothing in attack either, as he offers nothing in defence. I never ever stated once that he needs to offer in attack, i even stated it's unimportant.

Please have a bit of sense.

[Clevemayer 764]

Learn how to read, i stated in my previous post, that i said that Mikel offers nothing in attack either, as he offers nothing in defence. I never ever stated once that he needs to offer in attack, i even stated it's unimportant.

Please have a bit of sense.

Dont Twist it. I can't search for all The statements of you where youre compareing mikel and tiote and come to The conclusion of tiote being better

[BlueLion. 21,491]

This is guy has been one of our most consistent performance this year, doing all the unspectacular work so the attacking three can flourish, what more do you want?

Exactly, we saw how useless Oscar, Hazard and Mata are without him behind. He is their licence to kill.