Luka Modric

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Bullshit. Mikel is a class DM, he does everything you'd want, now hes gets a chance to play verticle passes because there is much more movement in the midfield unlike before. Capoue isn't even as good as Mikel.

Mikel is fantastic DM and yes better than Capoue for now, but he doesnt have the pace and he doesnt work like hell in midfield. He should run more than any other player in our team. But he is actualy one that runs least and if he loses ball, he just doesnt run after that player to steal it back but just leaves him to run away.

[SinineUltra 1,170]

Only negative thing I could tell about Mikel is that he is not much of a goal threat so rarely you see anyone trying to close him down as soon as possible when he goes for a shot, meaning less room for others, but it's part of his game he can improve and has done so plus his main objective is to keep us safe in the back. He is also tall so a potential goal threat for corners if he is in the box.

On topic: would love Modric here, would suit us i think.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Can we get back on topic, please?

Stop the discussion about Mikel or move it to his thread, this is Modric's top.

[The Skipper 20,609]

You realy think that the problem is with our AM's? what do you expect from Hazard? to come back and get the ball from MIkel? he's a winger.

Its a fact that we dont have a CM/DM who can pick passes as good as other top teams have (teams who plays simillar type of football), a Playmaker, and Mikel realy isnt close to be good enough in that. its not only about passing range, its about timing, its about his speed of thought in picking passes, its funny to even think its good enough to "Lead" our central midfield. But the biggest problem for me is with the midfielder besides Mikel, the ball should be played through this player, and we dont have one who can do that.

No one's saying Mikel should be that player though? It's why Modric would exactly fit in nicely next to Mikel.

We haven't got a playmaker in the pivot, everyone knows this. Nobody's saying Mikel's meant to be that person either. We need someone next to Mikel to provide those passes from deep, and someone like Modric would fit very nicely.

A Modric - Mikel midfield would be awesome IMO.

[royg 96]

LOL, i thought there is something going on with Modric but most posts are about Mikel. Please discuss Mikel on his thread. Thank you.

What I love about Modric aside from his passing and eye for the game is his control and he is not easy to tackle and hard to take the ball from him. Hoping we could sign him for the Deep-lying playmaker role.

[communicate 2,703]

Does anybody ever watched moutinho play with porto ?

I only watched him during euro I thought he was one of the best performer.

Who is better/more suited for us moutinho or modric ?

[robsblubot 3,595]

Chelsea need sombody like Lampard? We already have Lampard and he is far from a natural deep lying playmaker. He has an instinct to score goals which means leaving his post and going forward leaving a great big hole in front of our back four. What we need is a player who is tenacious andd hungry to tackle and intercept. Somebody who simply loves to sit in front of the back four, screening them from attacks. Somebody who not only is natural ball winner but also a great contributor of the ball. Yes Lampard has top notch vision and class delivery but he is not a deep lying playmaker by any means.

At the moment we have Rami who can't pass to save his life, Mikel who has the ability but just wonders around playing his consistantly average game and Lampard who is playing out his last days at Chelsea anyways. You could mention Luiz but I don't think even he knows what position he is meant to be playing these days, he kind of plays Monkey rush CB.

Thought I should not have to mention that Lampard's contract is running out with no signs of renewal.

Also, I'm not saying or wrote that Lampard is or has been playing deep. And frankly I don't care who plays deep, this is something that can change from match to match, depending on strategy and opponent. What I am saying though is that all our midfielders are short aside from Mikel, Lampard, and Luiz (not even proper DM/CM), but now I'm just repeating myself.

[chrismada9 1,948]

Chelsea need sombody like Lampard? We already have Lampard and he is far from a natural deep lying playmaker. He has an instinct to score goals which means leaving his post and going forward leaving a great big hole in front of our back four. What we need is a player who is tenacious andd hungry to tackle and intercept. Somebody who simply loves to sit in front of the back four, screening them from attacks. Somebody who not only is natural ball winner but also a great contributor of the ball. Yes Lampard has top notch vision and class delivery but he is not a deep lying playmaker by any means.

In other words, we shouldn't have let Essien sod off to Madrid!

[Leif 6,006]

£20m + Essien & a steak pie would be a good deal IMO.

[Sheva. 5,373]

I didn't want him before, but i really do now because he will come for cheaper and we all know how good he can be.

I'm actually surprised at his lack of impact in Spain, but their loss lol.

[Leif 6,006]

Does he actually play well in a pivot? At Tottenham he played in a central midfield role I believe with much less defensive duties than he'd have here, and most of his games I've seen at Madrid have been behind the striker.

[manpe 10,861]

So the Modric saga is back on? Oh lord...