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The John Obi Mikel Goal Scoring Thread

Davey Baby
in General Chelsea FC

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^ It is English, just Creole English. Presumably the poster is from Nigeria (perhaps a new incarnation of Normal9ja?) and is frustrated at the level of debate which tends to surround Mikel. The last sentence is a plea: I'm pretty sure 'e don do abeg' means 'it is enough please'. (please forgive me if I am wrong about any of that)

 

Personally I think the debate has been pretty reasonable of late, but as I recall the poster (if my assumption regarding his previous identity is correct) got offended by some unreasonable barbs thrown pretty relentlessly towards Mikel. For what it's worth I thought he was a very good poster.

 

 

 

 

 

The official site recently published an interview with Mikel, in which it points out that he is now our third-longest serving player behind JT and Cech. Nothing particularly unexpected, but it reaffirms his commitment to the club as well as his position as a proud club servant who can be counted upon to serve reliably: http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2014/08/mikel--with-experience-comes-responsibility.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WAGNH quite helpfully pointed out that Mikel is now our equal 29th-highest all-time appearance maker. That is on par with Micky Droy and one more than both Zola and Le Saux - nothing to be sniffed at!

 

Very well said! If he is happy to play the odd role as it seems now, why do people want him to leave so badly (If your opinion of his usefulness is low, of course)? This isn't like the Torres situation where I understand everyone's anxiety.

 

He is still a very good player, useful in many situations that are not unlikely (especially in cup competitions). He brings invaluable experience and has played through his career without lettiing the club and fans down once intentionally.

 

Leave him alone!

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    Very well said! If he is happy to play the odd role as it seems now, why do people want him to leave so badly (If your opinion of his usefulness is low, of course)? This isn't like the Torres situation where I understand everyone's anxiety.

     

    He is still a very good player, useful in many situations that are not unlikely (especially in cup competitions). He brings invaluable experience and has played through his career without lettiing the club and fans down once intentionally.

     

    Leave him alone!

     

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

     

    This you?

    Edited by Sing the Blues

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    Messi, Mikel, messi, Mikel, messi, Mikel, Mikel, messi, Mikel, messi, Mikel, messi.

    Very hard to tell them apart. Same skill set but Mikel has the better back flick.

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    Do you know what Mikel is actually really good at? Having the ball in tight spaces at DM goading in one or two players, then releasing the ball to the players in space that he's created

    He's cool as ice when being pressured I'll give him that, but more often than not he'll either pass it backwards or inaccurately sideways.

     

    Anyway I was really surprised about the backheel, I thought he was going to run at goal and have a chance to fill his quota for the year but I guess he'll save it for another game.

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    Fair play to Mikel, great assist and doesn't seem to moan about being a fringe player

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    He proved again that he is a useful squad player and I have to admit he did really well on that 6th goal.

     

    But I do have to counter that with his first touch when he came on was to give away a needless free-kick from which Everton grabbed their third!!

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    Whats great about the squad we have right now is that everyone has to up their game. Those in the starting 11 need to play well to stay there and those who arent need to take the chance when they are given it.

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