playboy19: Too many kids with little or no understanding of football. As a United fan, i can tell you the only thing United is lacking right now is Mikel. Let chelsea put him on the market right now (thank God he's just 25) and see if SAF will not pick him up without a second thought. This guy does not even need to score. Football is a team game. It requires role playing. Long as you play your role, fvck every other thing. And for the record, Mikel was never a DMF, he started out as a CMF and was converted to a DMF when he joined Chelsea. And yea, Mikel is not good, yet he was never up for sale.

I remember i once saw one of his interviews, he said he always would want to make offensive moves but all Chelsea's coaches except Di Matteo would always say "Don't even try it". So when your coach tell you not to even try going to the front, then what can you really do? Please somebody tell me who doesn't like to score? Who gave Ivanovic, Terry and A. Cole the gut to move offensively? Mikel, ofcourse. How? Cos they are sure they have someone to cover up for them at the back. His role is a very critical one. He is the heart of the whole match. I'm sure y'all can't put a non-entity in charge of your heart, can you? In summary, football is not all about goals.

shymmex: Chelsea killed his game.

Mr.chippychappy:


God BLESS you for giving us those old memories of the GREAT mikel back in 2005 . That Mikel was light years ahead of this Mikel , He played elegantly back then and could shuttle between the center midfield and defensive midfield role until the defensive control freak called Mourinho brought him to Chelsea and destroyed his Career . Had Mikel signed for a team that encourages creative football like Bayern , Barcelona , AC Milan or even Arsenal he would have been THE BEST at the CMF / DMF role he plays . Take a look at how A.song has improved under Wenger .

Mr.chippychappy:


God BLESS you for giving us those old memories of the GREAT mikel back in 2005 . That Mikel was light years ahead of this Mikel , He played elegantly back then and could shuttle between the center midfield and defensive midfield role until the defensive control freak called Mourinho brought him to Chelsea and destroyed his Career . Had Mikel signed for a team that encourages creative football like Bayern , Barcelona , AC Milan or even Arsenal he would have been THE BEST at the CMF / DMF role he plays . Take a look at how A.song has improved under Wenger .

ukpaku: mikel played well in dat tournament but was he a goal scorer in that competition,i mean did he score any goal den?

ogaemma: The man who played that role b4 Mikel was inspiring, aggressive and a scorer. Then why is Mikel not scoring? Why is he holding unto the ball only? What his fans are saying is Mikel should start steping on the aggressive and scoring shoes of Makalele.

didadavid:

I thought I was the only one who thinks this way. I even thought I was the only one who can analize footy this much.

There are many people who see football this way. Just like the FA Cup Final Chelsea won against Man Utd. It was Mikel's build up that lead to the Lampard - Drogba combination that got the winning Goal. Although Mikel is flourishing under Di Matteo (If you saw the Pre-season games, Mikel has been spectacular. His dribbling against PSG, jaw dropping), I still feel Mikel will do better if he is slotted back into the CMF position. Chelsea is missing a lot not playing him there.

Finally have any of you seen the new Lad Man City signed. Nir Biton, this kid reminds me of a young Mikel .

Tisa: Mikel is the reason I hate mourinho as a coach. He bought mikel then with the sole aim of ruining his game. I still can comprehend the wisdom in his decision to convert an attacking mid fielder (@ the height of his game back then as an 18yr old) to a defensive mid fielder. Back then during the transfer saga I said to my friends that Mikel will be making a big mistake if he dished man u for chelsea simply because sir alex has an impeccable record of nurturing youngsters to stardom but maybe money blinded Mikel and his manager and he crossed to chelsea.

Mikel was second only to Messi, the world always paused to watch Nigeria vs Argentina matches during the competitions the two countries played but today you can't even imagine comparing the two of them.

This saddens me and I will continue to hate mourinho for it. If u guys will recall even former coach amodu protested to eufa n fifa about mourinho's racist decision then.

It is well sha. Only GOD know the height Mikel wld ve been by now.

thegoodjoehunt:

There are many people who see football this way. Just like the FA Cup Final Chelsea won against Man Utd. It was Mikel's build up that lead to the Lampard - Drogba combination that got the winning Goal. Although Mikel is flourishing under Di Matteo (If you saw the Pre-season games, Mikel has been spectacular. His dribbling against PSG, jaw dropping), I still feel Mikel will do better if he is slotted back into the CMF position. Chelsea is missing a lot not playing him there.

Finally have any of you seen the new Lad Man City signed. Nir Biton, this kid reminds me of a young Mikel .




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ataw6D0sBHk



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yruJz1WoNLg

aribisala0: Mikel is a good player in the wrong club Man U looks like it would have been a better option for his game.

ogaemma: The man who played that role b4 Mikel was inspiring, aggressive and a scorer. Then why is Mikel not scoring? Why is he holding unto the ball only? What his fans are saying is Mikel should start steping on the aggressive and scoring shoes of Makalele.

semid4lyfe:

YES. . .he played some great footie towards the latter stages of last season but I'll never use the word brilliant to qualify Mikel as a player. BRILLIANT was Makalele (at Chelsea)



Question is, is Mikel the only player playing this "underrated" position in football?



If other players playing exactly his role score goals, why shouldn't he?



VERY TRUE. . .and I couldn't agree more. In fact, it's what he does best.



[i]FA FA FOUL. . .big lie . Mikel no sabi tackle, intercept & win balls and break down opposing attacks. He's always running after opposing players when they've passed him. He's only good at collecting the ball from the back four, holding on to it & keeping possession and making short passes.

All in all, Lampard is just being a good team mate.

aribisala0: Mikel is a good player in the wrong club Man U looks like it would have been a better option for his game.

Tisa: Mikel is the reason I hate mourinho as a coach. He bought mikel then with the sole aim of ruining his game. I still can comprehend the wisdom in his decision to convert an attacking mid fielder (@ the height of his game back then as an 18yr old) to a defensive mid fielder. Back then during the transfer saga I said to my friends that Mikel will be making a big mistake if he dished man u for chelsea simply because sir alex has an impeccable record of nurturing youngsters to stardom but maybe money blinded Mikel and his manager and he crossed to chelsea.

Mikel was second only to Messi, the world always paused to watch Nigeria vs Argentina matches during the competitions the two countries played but today you can't even imagine comparing the two of them.

This saddens me and I will continue to hate mourinho for it. If u guys will recall even former coach amodu protested to eufa n fifa about mourinho's racist decision then.

It is well sha. Only GOD know the height Mikel wld ve been by now.

Emylexray: mikel...improve! Enough of your shot fear-driven passes. Michael essien plays in thesame position and he does wonders for chelsea. Is it a crime if you score?..overall, i think mikel needs to step up his game .

Dremichaels: U people are comparing makelele with mikel in terms of goalscoring. These are d facts: makelele scored only 1goal for madrid, 2 for chelsea, 1 for psg. So tel me how makelele is a scoring midfielder?

kin007: how many goals did Makalele score for Chelsea that ūя̲̅ saying the man who played that role be4,hw many goal did he score?

Emylexray: mikel...improve! Enough of your shot fear-driven passes. Michael essien plays in thesame position and he does wonders for chelsea. Is it a crime if you score?..overall, i think mikel needs to step up his game .

Arnoldo: makele scored 2 goals in over 100 matches. Wat trash ar u talking...mikel was the 7th bal passer last season

daviesmania: Mikel traded his talent 4 money de day he joined chelsea, 4uck mikel, 4uck lampard, 4uck chelsea.