Mikel John Obi

[didierforever 7,349]

how much his prices??? are Galatasaray still interested in him???

I heard somewhere that fiorentina were willing to pay 5/6mil for flabby anderson.

Mikel on the other hand (despite his limitations and deficiencies) is a very decent footballer. Nothing less than 12mil I would say.

Even meireles went for 8.

Moreover he is still only 26.

[Benches not the shed 77]

Mikel is toooooo defensive , always likely to commit a stupid foul in a dangerous place when your backs are to the wall... I told him this to his face 2 weeks ago in a central London street, he didn't reply.. He just stared.

[happy_juan 64]

A 10 minute cameo was enough to spoil our entire game plan. Should have rather played with 10 men than bring him on.

[zolayes 14,489]

I heard somewhere that fiorentina were willing to pay 5/6mil for flabby anderson.

Mikel on the other hand (despite his limitations and deficiencies) is a very decent footballer. Nothing less than 12mil I would say.

Even meireles went for 8.

Moreover he is still only 26.

12 mill is a lot for us to pay them for that they should take him and Torres

[Las7 951]

Never mind the fact that they were all over us even before he came on and Oscar/Ramires were awful in this match -

blame Mikel

[didierforever 7,349]

TC flow chart

Did we win - Yes - post we are the best team in the world.

Did we win - No - blame mikel even though he woukd be person least at fault.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

FFS, Mikel cost us the points again!

[Beigl 1,387]

He would be much better in a 4-3-3 midfield as the most defensive player.In a 2 man midfield he isn't creative enough.

[Blue Armour 4,312]

Brilliant marking on Nasri for the second goal.

[zolayes 14,489]

FFS, Mikel cost us the points again!

he did FUCK ALL to help us try get a result

[Svita 10 186]

Fucked up with Nasri goal, so lazy, but 5 minutes after he went through 3 players and it was great. really DUNNO what to do with him

[happy_juan 64]

You see his name on the team sheet and get the expected result. Cant beat him on consistency.

[Mufassir08 2,400]

Passenger like always.......

[Beigl 1,387]

Isn´t he supposed to be good at defending,considering he doesn´t offers ANYTHING going forward?

[JDY 1,290]

I thought he tried his best for the majority but the way the game panned out it wasn't suited to him at all. So open in the middle in contrast to the away league win, and Mikel isn't the type of player that can react quickly and get around to close spaces. Once City got their rhythm going and were passing quickly in tight spaces it was always going to be a struggle for him especially.

[dee25 1,044]

I thought he tried his best for the majority but the way the game panned out it wasn't suited to him at all. So open in the middle in contrast to the away league win, and Mikel isn't the type of player that can react quickly and get around to close spaces. Once City got there rhythm going and were passing quickly in tight spaces it was always going to be a struggle for him especially.

Exactly this. I rate Mikel better than most do, but even though Matic had a poor game, he was still better than Mikel and still did a better job of shielding the back four than Mikel does when he's in top form. I've never seen a defensive midfielder playing for a top club who is so slow at reacting than Mikel. His mind works way too slowly and he's just not sharp enough.

[bababoom 4,478]

What does he do? attacking wise he offers next to nothing, defensively he's lazy, hardly ever tracks his man, rarely wins back the ball... when he does it takes him 30 seconds to actually release the fucking thing.

In the last 20 minutes he did try, he passed the ball forward more times than in his whole Chelsea career, but it wasn't enough. As poor as Matic was today he was still better than Mikel in almost all aspects.

8 years of mediocrity, hopefully he'll be on his way out in the summer.

[duo11bluecl 207]

What does he do? attacking wise he offers next to nothing, defensively he's lazy, hardly ever tracks his man, rarely wins back the ball... when he does it takes him 30 seconds to actually release the fucking thing.

In the last 20 minutes he did try, he passed the ball forward more times than in his whole Chelsea career, but it wasn't enough. As poor as Matic was today he was still better than Mikel in almost all aspects.

8 years of mediocrity, hopefully he'll be on his way out in the summer.

He breaks play up and he is good in Nigerian team so he could do a job here