AyeDubbleYoo Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 He also passes it then moves around the pitch, which is a big improvement on most of our play this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Yep. Few times in the channels, he would play a 1-2 and really power forward. If he can get that going in the middle of the pitch on a consistent basis, I can see him causing all kinds of problems. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 “But we need to focus on our own game. We need to focus on winning, and the way we’re going to play, rather than the opposition or Demba Ba.” Aye, we'll see! laughed at this...... "signed from French club Toulouse last week for £1.8m" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Seems to be the popular thing atm to put a strong, technically sound midfielder in an attacking mid role. See Fellaini and Yaya. Come to think of it, Yaya actually plays everywhere. Reminds me of when Sevilla bought Baptista. Big black dude = defensive mid, but they deployed him behind the strikers instead and he became a goal machine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Seems to be the popular thing atm to put a strong, technically sound midfielder in an attacking mid role. See Fellaini and Yaya. Come to think of it, Yaya actually plays everywhere. Reminds me of when Sevilla bought Baptista. Big black dude = defensive mid, but they deployed him behind the strikers instead and he became a goal machine. Aye. Wasn't Mikel meant to be an attacking player? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Seems to be the popular thing atm to put a strong, technically sound midfielder in an attacking mid role. See Fellaini and Yaya. Come to think of it, Yaya actually plays everywhere. He doesn't like. Behind the striker is his best position and he's good at CM but shackled and a bit of a defensive liability. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Aye Mikel was an AM before he went to Chelsea, some of the stuff you see him pull off as a kid You would think its a totally different player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Seems to be the popular thing atm to put a strong, technically sound midfielder in an attacking mid role. See Fellaini and Yaya. Come to think of it, Yaya actually plays everywhere. Reminds me of when Sevilla bought Baptista. Big black dude = defensive mid, but they deployed him behind the strikers instead and he became a goal machine. Aye. Wasn't Mikel meant to be an attacking player? Yes, and I can't tell you how much it pains me to see what Chelsea have turned him into. He was fantastic no. 10 type playmaker in Norway, playing delicious through balls to the forwards a la Fabregas. You still see a bit of it when he plays for Nigeria. Chelsea have ruined him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Never saw him. I watch a lot of Chelsea and he's pretty crap at that level tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 I don't understand how someone with such ability just accepts being played at DM like that. Even when Chelsea had no creativity, before the likes of Mata, Hazard and Oscar joined, they still shunted him back there. It was absolutely criminal. I would have moved heaven and earth to change clubs. Still makes me sad. Was supposed to be the next great out of Naija. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 I didn't know he had any ability, I thought he just filled space and passed the ball five yards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 I didn't know he had any ability, I thought he just filled space and passed the ball five yards. Aye. Looking at him now I don't know where they thoght the potential was. Big and slow. Slow, short passing. He's pretty good in a double pivot midfield because he pretty much takes up half the size of the pitch. It seems like even Lampard does more running than him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 I didn't know he had any ability, I thought he just filled space and passed the ball five yards. John Obi Mikel FIFA World Youth Championship Netherlands 2005 on Youtube. Just gives you a glimpse of the ability he had and what Chelsea have turned him into Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 On that video site we all love watch the clip called 'John Obi Mikel FIFA World Youth Championship Netherlands 2005'. Horrendous video quality, but you see glimpses of what he was. As well as strreams of comments from enraged Nigerians lamenting the position he's being played in Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Same thing happened to Anderson. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 I didn't know he had any ability, I thought he just filled space and passed the ball five yards. John Obi Mikel FIFA World Youth Championship Netherlands 2005 on Youtube. Just gives you a glimpse of the ability he had and what Chelsea have turned him into Great minds ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 For the record I partly blame him for going to Chelsea rather than Man U, as I don't think he would have been played in this horrible role to the same extent anyway, as Ferguson isn't hung up on DMs. However, someone has just mentioned Anderson, who it can be argued Ferguson has ruined to the same degree Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 The FIFA World Youth Championship probably isn't the best competition to judge a player in like. Chelsea have turned him into a decent squad player for a Champions League winning side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Messi in that tournament Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 The FIFA World Youth Championship probably isn't the best competition to judge a player in like. Chelsea have turned him into a decent squad player for a Champions League winning side. I agree but none the less he doesn't even look physically and technically capable of doing some of the things he did at that tournament. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Messi in that tournament Quincy looked fucking amazing too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 The FIFA World Youth Championship probably isn't the best competition to judge a player in like. Chelsea have turned him into a decent squad player for a Champions League winning side. I agree but none the less he doesn't even look physically and technically capable of doing some of the things he did at that tournament. Well aye because he's built like a brick shit house He was ~17 then playing against others of the same age, a lot of his development into the player he is today was probably down to his growth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Fergie couldn't even give Pogba a game ahead of Ryan Giggs tbf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritchie Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 £1.8 Million. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 The FIFA World Youth Championship probably isn't the best competition to judge a player in like. Chelsea have turned him into a decent squad player for a Champions League winning side. I know what you're saying, but it wasn't just about this tournament believe me. It was how he played all the time. This is the player he was. There's nothing that would have prevented him from playing this way anywhere else. It's not as though he was only able to do these things because of some physical advantage he had. His game was based on fantastic vision, passing and technique. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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