Not to be forgotten, Joe cole used to play left midfield for england. Kalou plays left wing as well.

we sure have loads of left footies in Chelsea!

Lets just concentrate on the coming games instead of the transfer window, there is still a month to go before the January window reopens. Besides, i think there will be very little business and we wont simply buy players for ridiculous amounts of money. Roman knows better than that.

Peter has resigned. It's Ron Gourlay since the the 1st of November.

thanks for the info. haven't read any chelsea news recently.

i just want to give some opinion here regarding the transfer rumor on ribery.

first of all, chelsea doest need him because of the abundancies of players that can play in that position (kalou, joe cole, malouda, zhirkov). Furthermore, our youngsters has started to show some maturity. If ribery come, this will make the competetion for the position become to hard and the worst case is, our youngster will try to find other team where they feel their future can stand.

Secondly, ribery is good. Yes he is good but only in bundesliga. IMO, bundesliga is not as competetive as league like EPL, La Liga and Seria A. My point is, he is not proven at any of the most toughest league. So, why gambling on him with such ridiculous offer?

As a Chelsea supporter, I dont know which department in the squad is consider weak. The team surely have ageing problem but not while carlo ancelotti at the helm. I like the team transfer policy which is focusing more on youngsters but please remember they are also not proven at the highest level yet. We still need some 'otai' in the team to guide them.

Feel free to comment on these. Cheers guys ^^

^ I agree with you.

i agree with u..
yes.. we should focus more on buying youngsters to our club..
i think actually we dont need any major signing.. but i want Pato or Aguero to come

Pato and aguero still young so..if the price is reasonable..okey lh..but both cup-tied..

+1

not sure abt this, but i think better dont bring in ribery..
ribery cost a bomb..
its too pricey..
as dynames07 said, competetion for the position will then become harder and the worst our youngster will try to find other team..

either sell other lmf and bring ribery in, or just keep the current squad..
might as well use current squad to quide the youngsters..

when i play fifa manager 10, using the Chelsea's squad I am absolutely clueless as to who to add to the squad!

(back to reality)

point is, our squad is doing so well at the moment. i think there's alot of truth to it when CA said he's not planning on spending this january..

yes its true that our squad is packed will quality players be it the first eleven or on the bench. but there is always room for improvement.

even if cup tied we need to get some young players..
just in case if the transfer ban will be on for next summer..

But most of them want to compete at european lvl cuz of the world cup..aguero already lost his 1st 11 spot..pato fight for dunga attention..

yep u got that right. i think ribery is kind of overrated and grossly overpriced. watched a few games where he was kept quiet too easily imo. after ballack joined us on a free, don't expect hoeness to be giving any kind of discounts. while there were a few voices here who supported ribery's purchase in pre-season, they seem to have died down now that he's having a quiet season at bayern. i'm not sure if he's injured or anything but his name has been escaping the headlines for sometime now. even our former blue arjen robben's better than him. thank heavens he didn't end up in blue.

if u noticed carlo has a knack of resting certain players as the matches pile up. i for one was never a big fan of the 'rotation policy' as i preferred if the best performers slug it out week after week. boy have i changed my mind now. its all about finding the right time and the right players to do it. the average age worries a fair few of us, and by right we should be. carlo's experience with the milan veterans would suggest that he knows what to do.



pato's a loooooooooooooooooong shot. aguero's interesting but only for the right price. our top negotiators have a job on their hands and any signing we make will definitely be in view of getting a long term ban. for the time being i wish our players (JT and ashley i'm looking at the both of you!!) would just keep quiet, and let gourlay/arnesen do their business discreetly.

This post has been edited by Kerplunk: Nov 24 2009, 10:56 PM

Gourlay for experience player and arnesen for youngster..haha

regarding ancelotti 's rotation policy, i think it is a good one because the main objective of it is to make everybody motivated as well as to reduce the fatigue. i still remember at start of the season, ancelotti did mentioned he doesn't want there are 11 players who are very motivated while the other 11 player is unmotivated.

logically speaking, when a quality player (mikel, alex, malouda, etc) always be at the bench, they surely will feel uncomfortable. especially when the world cup is around the corner. i think the rotation policy by ancelotti have induced a positive and healthy competition within the squad.

yeah, i am a big fan of the rotation policy as well. it definitely keeps the whole squad motivated. you dont perform, you lose your place. you're not 100% fit, out you go. that way, you wont have players who becomes complacent and lose sight on the bigger prize.

however, some of the players might have some problem to link up properly. you could be playing with strike partner A one week, and then suddenly striker B is thrown in to play with you just when you're starting to build the chemistry between you and A. or vice versa. nevertheless, these are the hiccups at the stage where new players have been brought in to replace old player who have left or to play the system. chelsea's squad has practically gone through very little changes since mourinho took off and all of his successors inherited 90% of his squad with just formation tuning work to do with. tweaking, and trouble shooting after trouble shooting, CA has (or hasn't) arrived at the right formation for accommodate the team as a whole.

i guess everyone's putting their money on chelsea this season is because it's practically the same team over three seasons ago who've played together, known one another and gone so close to winning some elite prizes. point is, rotation works well if you have a squad which has averaged and accumulated playing experience together for quite some time (keyword : long term).

Is Striker Drogba and Anelka partnership rotated often? Sorry, too busy to watch every match

nope, they are the main two strikers that do not get rotated unless one of them are injured. like kink_ass said, there is a main eleven but the rotation comes in when a player under performs. if you see carvalho under performing this week, you'll see alex taking his position the next.

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