first defeat for CA time to reorganize the formation settings

wow..
i did not know he was that good..
he got the speed, power and good ball control...
he deserve to be in the squad next season..

pity that no 4.. kene 2 times.. good play from this young stoch

stoch vs macheda next season.
eh apis..where's the cat's pic?

what a quick chap he is...no short of option for the manager..

Then again the winning streak has ended, Chelsea perorm terribly(even as a fan of them i need to speak the truth).

One,Malouda must be out,Zhirkov must come in,u see Malouda is so slow paced but then again Zhirkov will be a better choice as he slices through defense faster and better.Joe cole can be a choice when he is fit over Malouda.

Carvalho has also not been performing well,bring Alex in he should be a better choice.Lampard hard to be a playmaker,he is always marked and its makes him easier to mark beacuse he is the predictable one to makes play.

hmmm. i dont know if its pace we need. we did not conquer the midfield after we lost petr. i still think the combination of our uncles; bally, deco, lampsy and essien fits the diamond the most. not sure if joey and yuri are suited for that kind of play. i hope there are some change of tactics so suit the players and to counter the opponents. remember last season when we suffered many draws and losses due to the inability to change tactics?

if the loan is short term, get him back by next transfer window at least..

Hi guys, I'm new on this forum. I've been a supporter since the era of zola.

Let's kick liverpool's ass this sunday. They've been talking crap and have not win the bpl title the last 10 years(u know how rafa been's talking always). We are without cech but hilario will prepare himself playing in UCL

Would gladly see ballack to return and hopefully ashley cole will be alright.

GO GO THE BLUES!

This post has been edited by franklampard8: Sep 28 2009, 09:33 PM

I remember i begin to support when we kick MU ass 5-0 when MU used Massimo Taibi as their goalkeeper.

Back then we have Dan Petrescu (who look alike one of the senario member) Frank Leboeuf (Botak), Dennis Wise (captain), LeSaux, Babayaro, Ed de Goey, Poyet, and long leg-André Flo

Chris Sutton, Marcel Desailly..

ahh Dennis Wise, the JT of that era. Or should we say JT is the Dennis Wise of his era?

AGREE, that too would be my choice for our midfield lineup but since J.COLE is back i would prefer him over DECO coz i think he is better at keeping the ball and maneuver thru small spaces.

I think CA play LAMPARD at top of diamond because of his proven scoring ability but that will compromise his creativity due to lack of space up front unless he really get use to the new position. Another reason CA put MALOUDA at LMF instead of LAMPARD it might because MALOUDA provide more support with A.COLE at left side. We have seen LAMPARD playing at LMF and end up A.COLE doing one man show at the left. On the right side we have, BOS+ANELKA so BALLACK can always play at the center. Maybe we can try something like ROONEY+GERRARD combo like ENGLAND setup. Switching position between LAMPARD+J.COLE.

@ franklampard8: welcome , maybe u can introduce urself a bit like telling us how u get to know or starting support CHELSEA and who is ur favourite CHELSEA player. (Lets make this compulsory for all newcomer )

This post has been edited by chitchat: Sep 28 2009, 10:17 PM

I think lampard is doing very at top diamond cuz he'll be supplying balls to the strikers + his long shoot abilities. Joe cole will take his time returning into first team and he'll have to fight for it. His original position is actually AM(centre) but played wings most of the time. I still remember him taking the left midfield role for england due to lack of good left midfielders for the national team. He played quite a lot of right midfield too when robben was still here and they actually interchanged positions at times.

From what i remember Chris Sutton is always a SUB. Ya i forget the Desailly.

And we have the forgotten number "7" Winston Bogarde

JT got into chelsea's first team early 2000's and not to be forgotten hasselbaink+gudjohnsen

This post has been edited by franklampard8: Sep 28 2009, 10:25 PM

He was always a sub because of his poor fitness record. Always get injured during his time with us which was a pity considering he was a revelation with Celtic.

i know, he started to get more first team action when ranieri came in. ONE CLUB LEGEND IN THE MAKING

well, i was just drawing comparisons between dennis wise and JT since both of them are great leaders on the pitch, in a way that they are hard battlers and very influential captains rallying the blue army.

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Added on September 28, 2009, 10:57 pmSam Dala Bona? Jody Morris? the ones who never made it big at Chelsea. Pity though..

This post has been edited by kink_ass: Sep 28 2009, 11:08 PM

guys against APOEL FC which players do u guys think, carlo should give 1st team line-up??

for me i preferred as below line-up:

(4-1-2-1-2)

cech

bosingwa carvalho terry zhirkov(a.cole doubt)

essien

j.cole malouda

lampard

anelka drogba

subs: ballack, belleti, mikel, borini, ivanovic & hilario.

hope they grind out good result

i still remember how zola use his back heel to score a goal long time ago

i'm aware that zhirkov has played LB for russia in international games, but do you think he's as good as Ashley, defensively? does he backtrack when the team loses possesion? i always see him more as an attacking player