HomeI've watched quite a few Chelsea games recently and can't see what the fuss is about Mikel. He's been pretty good but overall I wouldn't give him over 7/10.
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As said this before but you questioned where all the goals are gonna come from. Glad you're finally realising how $h!t Lampard is (although he was surprisingly good against us for about 20 mins).S4P2 wrote:OwenThomas4 wrote:shazlx wrote:Forget the talentless Sissoko and the tactically naive Diaby, Mikel is the real New Vieira. Essien is also still relatively young so in 2/3 years this midfield is gonna be too good.S4P2 wrote:
Mikel 7.5 - Gonna dominate midfields for years to come. Not far off from being something special already. My MOTM today, although he made a shocking tackle.
Not very creative though.
He doesn't have to be, if we're gonna play Essien in midfield, and at least 1 wide player.
After tonight, this is the midfield I'd like to see next season:
Joe Cole--Mikel--Essien--Robben
With SWP getting more and more minutes.
If only Robben and JC could be fit at the same time though.
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young player, 1st season in the prem, and hasn't played competitively for a year yet he has fitted into a struggling side(for fluidity). He's been better than most midfielders and IMO that includes Carrick.OwenThomas4 wrote:I've watched quite a few Chelsea games recently and can't see what the fuss is about Mikel. He's been pretty good but overall I wouldn't give him over 7/10.
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Jose will still be reluctant to drop Lampard , still he has scored 20+ this season .. and that may be good enough for Jose to start him
Chelsea should go back to their 4-3-3 formation ; but Ballack + Sheva must be dealt with.
----------------- Essien
---------- Ballack* - Lampard
-------- J.Cole --------- Robben
----------------- Drogba
* or Mikel
Chelsea should go back to their 4-3-3 formation ; but Ballack + Sheva must be dealt with.
----------------- Essien
---------- Ballack* - Lampard
-------- J.Cole --------- Robben
----------------- Drogba
* or Mikel
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S4P2 wrote:Nightwing wrote:OwenThomas4 wrote:BBC wrote:...It led to the ludicrous spectacle of Chelsea captain John Terry leading a guard of honour for a side featuring Fangzhou Dong, Chris Eagles, Kieran Richardson, Kuszczak and Lee....
Funniest moment of the season for me.
SAF PWNES JM Again!
Not really. In fact, it was pretty disgraceful, yet if we hadn't done it, the press would have been after our blood.
Fergie should have sent the likes of Ronaldo, Scholes, Giggs etc onto the pitch (even if it were in their suits) to receive this guard of honour. In a way, I'm very disappointed about this.
As for the penalty shout, I don't think Essien touches him. Even if he did, it doesn't excuse the fact Eagles should've been sent off almost immediately after.
Poll once again proves he is the worst referee in the league. Somehow he manages to make controversy out of a meaningless game.
Another game where we didn't take chances.
Ratings:
Cudicini 6 - f@ck all to do.
Ferreira 5 - Still unconvincing.
Essien 6 - Rarely troubled, but a couple of rash moments.
Terry 6.5 - Very comfortable evening.
Bridge 7 - > Ashley Cole, but I know who I'd prefer to face Ronaldo.
Makelele 6 - A few misplaced passes.
Diarra 6 - Got forward a couple of times, needs to improve final ball.
Mikel 7.5 - Gonna dominate midfields for years to come. Not far off from being something special already. My MOTM today, although he made a shocking tackle.
Sinclair 4 - Needs to improve his upper body strength.
SWP 7 - A couple of world class crosses. Think he may become more and more involved in this setup.
Kalou 5 - A few moments of quality, but rarely troubled.
It was a penalty, I was hoping Fergie would make a cheeky comment about teams not getting penalties at the Bridge.
It wasnt a red card, if you actually watch it again, it wasnt red card material.
I dont think any player deserves higher than a 5, everyone player on the pitch was absolutely terrible. Mikel did ok in the first half, however playing against a talentless forward in midfield, he was always going to look good.
Ps the guard of honour was funny
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shazlx wrote:young player, 1st season in the prem, and hasn't played competitively for a year yet he has fitted into a struggling side(for fluidity). He's been better than most midfielders and IMO that includes Carrick.OwenThomas4 wrote:I've watched quite a few Chelsea games recently and can't see what the fuss is about Mikel. He's been pretty good but overall I wouldn't give him over 7/10.
Struggling side
, he plays for one of the top teams in the world!!! A start of the season Chelsea were favourates for the title and the CL. He was playing with WC players like Ballack and Essien in front of a very strong defence, god I could look good next to them.
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So.....anyone watching MOTD?
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OwenThomas4 wrote:So.....anyone watching MOTD?
Is Hansen in the studio ?
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Was gutted he wentKimbo wrote:Cesc wrote:He was a lazy git from what I seen. Fair enough he has business knowledge but he has serious motivation and attention issues.Kimbo wrote:$h!t, Adam got fired from the Apprentice.
He was entertaining though, just because everyone hated him. That Katie should've gone, total blagger.
katie ' sent him back to the north where he belongs '
im sure you loved that comment.
she is a pompous, spiteful, arrogant beast. hopefully he boots her out nextadam was a decent fella but he was totally useles. he had to sack him
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Katie is class, I don't care how much of a bitch she is, she's hilarious.
Back to the game, S4P that was a blantant penalty.
& apart from spray the ball round well for the first 20 minutes as soon as Mikel made that red card tackle he went missing.
Back to the game, S4P that was a blantant penalty.
& apart from spray the ball round well for the first 20 minutes as soon as Mikel made that red card tackle he went missing.
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pen defo but what an absolute bore of a game it was like watching liverpool v chelsea all over again
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I thought it was a pen, but in the interview with fergie, he said he made no contact so it probably wasnt a penalty
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In the paper today it had his quotes and he said it was a penalty. 
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I'm still owed 2 hours of my life back.
Fair play, Utd had a $h!t team out but Chelsea had a relatively strong squad and still managed f@ck all. Mourinho needs to leave and Chelsea need to start entertaining.
This season Arsenal have scored the same amount of Chelsea and we've missed out two main strikers for most of the season AND we've famously bad at finishing
Fair play, Utd had a $h!t team out but Chelsea had a relatively strong squad and still managed f@ck all. Mourinho needs to leave and Chelsea need to start entertaining.
This season Arsenal have scored the same amount of Chelsea and we've missed out two main strikers for most of the season AND we've famously bad at finishing
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Parks lives wrote:In the paper today it had his quotes and he said it was a penalty.
http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8699_2117276,00.html
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I saw that also, but the interview on t.v after the match on sky, he said he just saw it on the video and it was a rash lunge but no contact so no pen. Maybe he did an interview with someone before seeing it on video i duno
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L.r.d wrote:Maybe he did an interview with someone before seeing it on video i duno
Most likely.
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Did anyone think Dong was desperately trying to find a hole which would open for him?
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Tweedle wrote:I'm still owed 2 hours of my life back.
Fair play, Utd had a $h!t team out but Chelsea had a relatively strong squad and still managed f@ck all. Mourinho needs to leave and Chelsea need to start entertaining.
This season Arsenal have scored the same amount of Chelsea and we've missed out two main strikers for most of the season AND we've famously bad at finishing
the big difference is, chelsea always seem capable of scoring the goals they need to win them matches, we are incapable of that. I think the reason we have the same amount of goals scored is because we have scored more useless goals than them. By useless goals i mean the 3rd goal in a 3-0 win for example, am sure they have scored more match winning goals than us.
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shazlx wrote:Forget the talentless Sissoko and the tactically naive Diaby, Mikel is the real New Vieira. Essien is also still relatively young so in 2/3 years this midfield is gonna be too good.S4P2 wrote:
Mikel 7.5 - Gonna dominate midfields for years to come. Not far off from being something special already. My MOTM today, although he made a shocking tackle.
Are u Richard Williams?!
"there seems little doubt that Mikel will evolve into a player of intimidating presence, with the ability to control a match after the manner of Patrick Vieira"
that's a quote from him on the guardian today.
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i thought Mikel's passing was very good yesterday, Henning Berg said that Mikel could be like Gerrard.
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Batman wrote:i thought Mikel's passing was very good yesterday, Henning Berg said that Mikel could be like Gerrard.
Doesn't have Gerrard's explosiveness, but is certainly more composed.In fact that's his best attribute, his ability to create Space & time for himslf on the ball.
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TeamSpirit™ wrote:Batman wrote:i thought Mikel's passing was very good yesterday, Henning Berg said that Mikel could be like Gerrard.
Doesn't have Gerrard's explosiveness, but is certainly more composed.In fact that's his best attribute, his ability to create Space & time for himslf on the ball.
just like fabregas, aisatti, denilson etc
His passing and awareness is also very good.
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Batman wrote:i thought Mikel's passing was very good yesterday, Henning Berg said that Mikel could be like Gerrard.
He is already a better footballer than Gerrard. Why on earth would he want to change his style to a push and chase after it type of game?
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Spot on,Tweeds. most of Chinese fans are in line with you.Tweedle wrote:Dong was poor but we all knew that really he was olny bought for the chinese market, after all he only managed 5 goals in 25 appearances in the 2nd division of the belgian league
we have to do much to step it up.
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Cking wrote:Spot on,Tweeds. most of Chinese fans are in line with you.Tweedle wrote:Dong was poor but we all knew that really he was olny bought for the chinese market, after all he only managed 5 goals in 25 appearances in the 2nd division of the belgian league
we have to do much to step it up.
The Chinese fans actually realise what we are up to?
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I bet most Man Utd fans think that the Chinese are really privileged to have one of their countrymen at one of the best clubs in the World.
Probably like us with Inamoto in 2001/2002
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Very unfair on Dong , from playing in Belgian 2nd div to EPl and against Chelsea away , on his own against Terry and Essien.
I still remember people remarks about a certain Herr Vidic, he took time even to settle at Belgian 2nd div why different here,he will probably be loaned out somewhere again.
I still remember people remarks about a certain Herr Vidic, he took time even to settle at Belgian 2nd div why different here,he will probably be loaned out somewhere again.
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whats this?Cesc wrote:
I bet most Man Utd fans think that the Chinese are really privileged to have one of their countrymen at one of the best clubs in the World.
Probably like us with Inamoto in 2001/2002
each nation has his own stronghpoint and weakness.
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