Mikel John Obi

[Mr_President 404]

Well, his sprint and back-heel assist capped off a bizarre yet awesome week to be a Chelsea fan. As stated above, he deserves praise for adding a semblance of defensive solidity in a period when Matic/Ramires couldn't control the game or keep it tight.

[Jase 43,479]

Mikel already has got more assists than Silva, Ozil, Mata and Di Maria combined this season.

All hail King Assist Mikel.

[5354 204]

i tohught costa would had squared it for him to score hahahaa

[blu35_army 551]

[Jase 43,479]

i tohught costa would had squared it for him to score hahahaa

Fortunately for us, we have a proper striker who is single-minded and only had one thing in his mind then. Had it been another certain Spaniard, he would have chickened it out by passing to Mikel and/or squandered the chance himself.

[Amblève. 4,995]

i tohught costa would had squared it for him to score hahahaa

If on top of all the crazy stuff yesterday Mikel had scored a goal it officially would have been the most bizarre PL game ever.

[Madmax 9,219]

https://mediacru.sh/lJts2rEJ8Ab7

Now that's the sort of backward pass we can all get behind!

[Gilvorak 3,734]

Fortunately for us, we have a proper striker who is single-minded and only had one thing in his mind then. Had it been another certain Spaniard, he would have chickened it out by passing to Mikel and/or squandered the chance himself.

Yawn.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Yawn.

Gilvorak on his beloved Torres, January 2014:

Sell this scumbag already. The difference in quality between him and Sturridge is sickening.

[y10edn 185]

JOM: cat with 9 life's, always written off before the season but ends up staying

[Blue Armour 4,278]

With the squad that we have right now, I'm glad he gets the odd game once in a while to maintain some match fitness...if Matic weren't able to start, we would have no one in a similar mold for a holding mid, now that David Luiz has left.

[OneMoSalah 8,776]

You can see why hes in the squad. Matic really had a mixed game as did Ramires and they struggled at times to give the back 4 protection. Mikel came on when he did, made us a bit more solid and it ended up being a very good substitution.

[Special Juan 27,424]

That back heel must be worth a new contract

[Styles 9,790]

That back heel must be worth a new contract

Deserves a statue in my honest opinion. The shape of his body as he hit that backheel immortalised forever

[BlueLion. 21,491]

You can see why hes in the squad. Matic really had a mixed game as did Ramires and they struggled at times to give the back 4 protection. Mikel came on when he did, made us a bit more solid and it ended up being a very good substitution.

Precisely. He's nowhere near as bad as people make out. He can be utterly horrific at times, but sometimes he can be really, really impressive - but I think that's why we're so easily frustrated by him. It's like, sometimes, he doesn't give a damn.

[GodZola 630]

Whilst there are lots of posts frothing at the mouth over Mikel's contribution for the last goal and rightly so as he finally showed some talent that members on here keep telling me he possesses in his locker but has rarely produced, so credit where credit is due. However as I like to play devils advocate lets also look at his first contribution too. He conceded the foul that led to Everton's third goal (oh go on you doubters get on your download of the game or You Tube and check - you know you want too!) Luckily we went on to score 2 more so neah bother but his arse must of been tweaking till we scored again!

He is still in the squad for 2 reasons, the first and has rightly been pointed out is that we couldn't shift him and I'm not going into the politics of that but i concur with it, secondly Romeu and Van Ginkel prob in jose eyes don't possess the experience that Mikel has so he has been given the nod - just, but I bet it was a close call, not sure on the clubs stance with Romeu but certainly with Van Ginkels case I think after his injury he needs to play regularly so the club can assess whether he will feature next season or not, however with the clubs recent policy on loan players to get round FFP then one or both next summer could be sold with Mr Jon Obi most definitely joining them.

As for José rating Mikel, well he certainly doesn't trust him to start unless he has no choice, that was evident last season when he selected a out of form CB ahead of him to play in all the big games and only trust his services to 'shut up shop' at a games finale, good management but thats how good managers become great ones.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Keshi on Mikel's lack of game time at Chelsea :

"He's not playing in his team that doesn't mean I can't use him in my team. He earned his place"

Classy there.

[happy_juan 64]

A major reason behind our solid start to the season. LEGEND