Mikel John Obi

[lucio 5,401]

needs to play most games

[Kieran. 6,317]

Good performance, needs to at least start the away games

[xPetrCechx 13,548]

Good performance!

[ChelseasMessiah 304]

Yet another good one from Mikel, immaculate performance.

[tapa 11]

people always criticizes him but what a precious and very good player

[y10edn 185]

Mikel plays 90 minutes and CFC bags 3 points

[robdog 2,084]

people always criticizes him but what a precious and very good player

It's like this, CFC fans need a bad boy or someone to hate. Before it was Ramires before he started to show the goods. Then it Malouda & Anelka. Then it was Bos & Kalou. They have all left. Now it's Mikel. When he leaves, then who will CFC fans hate? I have always felt that Mikel has brought a calming influence into the middle of the pitch. Yes he has made mistakes, but he has grown into this Maka Role. He was given this role from Jose & now he is back w/ the Club, so these type of performances shouldn't be a shock. Mikel has come up w/ the Goods on more than one occasion. I remember that FAC match vs manure @ ole crapfort. He came off the bench & changed the match. Then I remember the match @ Wembley vs Man City. Toure & Barry ate his lunch & he was over-powered. IMHO that is the coach's fault for putting Mikel in those type of situations.

[zolayes 14,489]

Mikel plays 90 minutes and CFC bags 3 points

I think the other 10 had some input ,,,but Mikel did play well imo

[y10edn 185]

My point is those with stats that Chelsea loses when he plays, really unfair to attribute a loss or slump in form on a single player. He is not Maka but he is only 26 and even Maka was not a great at that age. JM is gradually understanding this group and if we are within grasp of the top as we are now in January we would win the league

[The_Flash 1,144]

He needs more game time. He was very solid though today, had very good performance.

[The_Flash 1,144]

He needs more game time. He was very solid though today, had very good performance.

[The Skipper 20,593]

as soon as he gets the chance to play he will let us down and he will at West Ham if selected ,like he did last season where he was gutless and slow,in a London derby he will be eaten alive like at Spurs . The only thing making him look good at th moment is his lack of minutes.

Really?

[nachikethas 1,149]

Love the way he spins around with the ball ,seems like its his trade mark move.

[Jase 43,479]

Really?

I'm sure somehow those views will be turned and twisted to basically say Mikel did nothing and it was all because of Lampard that we won the game...

[The only place to be 11,313]

It's like this, CFC fans need a bad boy or someone to hate.

Um, no. That's bollocks. Sorry.

Anyway....great game from Mikel yesterday. Didn't really put a foot wrong and a real change from the performance he put in against West Ham last season. Again, it's about consistency with him so hopefully he keeps it up.

[Kieran. 6,317]

[Phil Driver 503]

Those stats are skewed - why? because against West Ham he did little or nothing in the game, West Ham did not press and he had an easy time.

Spurs showed how to play him ,put him under pressure and press him and he will fold ,AVB knew how to do it he managed him ,Big Fat Sam missed a trick, he did not learn form the game last season when Diame walked all over our Obi .

[Phil Driver 503]

Love the way he spins around with the ball ,seems like its his trade mark move.

Maybe the football world will give it a name that will last forever like the Cruyff turn or the Makelele role ,we could have the Mikel spin

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