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I another post I compared a player to John Obi Mikel, and that made me think Shelvey in the next 1-2 years could easily surpass Mikel who cost Chelsea 18mil aged 18.

You can't think specifically of his position like Mikel other than in the centre of midfield vaguely, e.g not att mid, not playmaker, not a tackler, not a shield for defence, but somehow he's in that Mikel mould of not having any staring attributes but playing for Chelsea who always go for the title. Imo he's a waste of space but Chelsea must see somthing in him so in that respect how good will Shelvey be when he is almost doing a good a job as Mikel at the moment but with a few rough edges.

And all for under 3 mil

Shelevey is an attacking midfielder, he played that position for Charlton and thats his natural position. If you want to compare Mikel with a liverpool player than it must be Lucas who is a DM as well. To me Lucas is superior then Mikel because as you said he has no special ability besides picking up bookings and red cards. Man city, United, Arsenal and Tottenham all have better DM's then Chelsea unless ofcourse you want to include Essien as a DM, he certainly doesn't play that position in Chelsea as he likes to attack.

jonjo had a great game in the reserves against the mancs last night he was pulling the strings for us he was all over midfield and his vision is superb, his passing is almost pin point he is not the fastest of players but as i said he has great vision.

Did anyone see his free kick

if spurs fail to get maximum points in the game in hand and another game, i want to see jonjo shelvey start a full 90min game, only then we would see his capability.

ive spotted hes a great passer of the ball. he knows where the attackers wants the ball, abit more experience hes ganna be soo dangerous oooooofff

I'm willing to be patient, can see him next season for a full 90

Can't say I've been overly impressed by his 10-15 minute cameos thus far

He's young, has obvious quality, maybe a bit of a wild card, but I wouldn't want to rush him into the team as he seems less experienced than some of the other youngsters who have so successfully come to the fore under Kenny

Hopefully we get a full showcase of his obvious talents next season

I watched the game - true - Shelvey was the best on the pitch and MOTM - he has great potential and he has heart for the game! He is still very young, and developing - I think it will be far to soon for him to play 90 minutes for Liverpool next season, but in 2-3 years time - I see him as direct replacement for Gerrard. He remindes me young Steve so much:) Remember how Gerrard was headles chicken sometimes when he was young, and was just starting his carier for the first team? But he has that "never say die" attitude - I see the same character in Jonjo!

Dalglish has also played Jonjo twice at left back recently as well, just like Gerrard playing right back. This will teach him discipline and allow him to concentrate, too much of his game is forced and therefore he makes alot of mistakes. 2yrs we will have a good player

jonjo shelvey at left back is our roberto carlos

I was unconvinced by him. Yeah probably the MOTM in the game, lit it up 2 or 3 times. But I havn't seen anything from him to make me any more excited than I've been over other reserve players.

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