Goalkeepers

1 Petr CECH
22 Ross TURNBULL
40 Henrique HILARIO Meireles Alves Sampaio


Defenders

2 Branislav IVANOVIC (1 Goal - BPL)
3 Ashley COLE (3 Goals - BPL)
6 Ricardo Alverto Silveira De CARVALHO
17 José BOSINGWA Da Silva
19 Paulo Renato Rebocho FERREIRA (1 Goal - LC)
26 John George TERRY(Captain) (2 Goals - BPL, 1 Goal - FA Cup)
33 ALEX Rodrigo Dias Da Costa (1 Goal - BPL)
35 Juliano Haus BELLETTI
41 Samuel Edward HUTCHINSON
43 Jeffrey BRUMA

Midfielders

5 Michael ESSIEN (3 Goals - BPL, 1 Goal - BPL)
8 Frank James LAMPARD (Vice Captain) (17 Goals - BPL, 1 Goal - UCL, 3 Goals - FA Cup)
10 Joseph John COLE (2 Goals - BPL)
12 John Obi MIKEL
13 Michael BALLACK (4 Goals - BPL, 1 Goal - FA Cup)
15 Florent Johan MALOUDA (11 Goals - BPL, 1 Goal - LC, 2 Goals - FA Cup)
18 Yuri Valentinovich ZHIRKOV
20 Anderson DECO (2 Goals - BPL, 1 Goal - LC)
24 Nemanja MATIć

Strikers

11 Tebily Didier Yves DROGBA (24 Goals - BPL, 3 Goals - UCL, 2 Goals - LC, 2 Goals - FA Cup)
21 Salomon Armand Magloire KALOU (1 Goal - BPL, 3 Goals - UCL, 3 Goals - LC, 1 Goal - FA Cup)
23 Daniel Andre STURRIDGE (4 Goals - FA Cup)
39 Nicolas Sebastien ANELKA (8 Goals - BPL, 3 Goals - UCL, 1 Goal - FA Cup)
44 Gaël KAKUTA
45 Fabio BORINI


The Management

First Team Manager - Carlo Ancelotti
Assistant Manager I - Ray Wilkins
Assistant Manager II - Bruno Demichelis
Assistant Manager III - Paul Clement
Goalkeeping coach - Christophe Lollichon
Reserve team manager - Steve Holland
Academy manager - Neil Bath
Club doctor - Dr. Bryan English
Chief scout - Frank Arnesen
Head scout - Michael Emenalo

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First Division/Premier League - 1954/55, 2004/05, 2005/06
Second Division - 83/84, 88/89
FA Cup - 1970, 1997, 2000, 2007, 2009
League Cup - 1965, 1998, 2005, 2007
FA Charity Shield/Community Shield - 1955, 2000, 2005, 2009
Full Members Cup - 1986, 1990

European Honours

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup - 1971, 1998
European Super Cup - 1998

Chelsea 09/10 Pre-season Results

18/07/09 Chelsea v Seattle Sounders - 0 : 2 (Sturridge, Lampard)
21/07/09 Chelsea v Inter - 2 : 0 (Drogba, Lampard)
24/07/09 AC Milan v Chelsea - 1 : 2 (Drogba, Zhirkov)
26/07/09 Chelsea v Club America - 2 : 0 (Di Santo, Malouda)
01/08/09 Reading v Chelsea - 2 : 2 (Kalou, Pearce - Own Goal)
09/08/09 Chelsea v Manchester United - 2 : 2 (4-1 on pens) (Carvalho, Lampard)

Chelsea 09/10 Season Results

15/08/09 Chelsea v Hull City - 2 : 1 (Drogba - 2)
18/08/09 Sunderland v Chelsea - 1 : 3 (Ballack, Lampard, Deco)
22/08/09 Fulham v Chelsea - 0 : 2 (Drogba, Anelka)
29/08/09 Chelsea v Burnley - 3 : 0 (Anelka, Ballack, A. Cole)
12/09/09 Stoke City v Chelsea - 1 : 2 (Drogba, Malouda)
15/09/09 Chelsea v FC Porto (UCL) - 1 : 0 (Anelka)
19/09/09 Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur - 3 : 0 (A. Cole, Ballack, Drogba)
23/09/09 Chelsea v Queens Park Rangers (League Cup) - 1 : 0 (Kalou)
26/09/09 Wigan Athletic v Chelsea - 3 : 1 (Drogba)
30/09/09 APOEL FC v Chelsea (UCL) - 0 : 1 (Anelka)
03/10/09 Chelsea v Liverpool - 2 : 0 (Anelka, Malouda)
17/10/09 Aston Villa v Chelsea - 2 : 1 (Drogba)
21/10/09 Chelsea v Atlético Madrid (UCL) - 4 : 0 (Kalou - 2, Lampard, Perea - Own Goal)
24/10/09 Chelsea v Blackburn Rovers - 5 : 0 (Givet - Own Goal, Lampard - 2, Essien, Drogba)
28/10/09 Chelsea v Bolton Wanderers (League Cup) - 4 : 0 (Kalou, Malouda, Deco, Drogba)
31/10/09 Bolton Wanderers v Chelsea - 0 : 4 (Lampard, Deco, Ivanovic, Drogba)
03/11/09 Atlético Madrid v Chelsea (UCL) - 2 : 2 (Drogba - 2)
08/11/09 Chelsea v Manchester United - 1 : 0 (Terry)
21/11/09 Chelsea v Wolverhampton Wanderers - 4 : 0 (Malouda, Essien - 2, J. Cole)
25/11/09 FC Porto v Chelsea (UCL) - 0 : 1 (Anelka)
28/11/09 Arsenal v Chelsea - 0 : 3 (Drogba - 2, Vermaelen - Own Goal)
02/12/09 Blackburn Rovers v Chelsea (League Cup) - 3 : 3, Pen. 4 : 3 (Drogba, Kalou, Feireira)
05/12/09 Manchester City v Chelsea - 2 : 1 (Adebayor - Own Goal)
08/12/09 Chelsea v APOEL FC (UCL) - 2 : 2 (Essien, Drogba)
12/12/09 Chelsea v Everton - 3 : 3 (Drogba - 2, Anelka)
16/12/09 Chelsea v Portsmouth - 2 : 1 (Anelka, Lampard)
20/12/09 West Ham United v Chelsea - 1 : 1 (Lampard)
26/12/09 Birmingham City v Chelsea - 0 : 0
28/12/09 Chelsea v Fulham - 2 : 1 (Drogba, Smalling - Own Goal)
03/01/10 Chelsea v Watford (FA Cup) - 5 : 0 (Sturridge - 2, Eustace - Own Goal, Malouda, Lampard)
16/01/10 Chelsea v Sunderland - 7 : 2 (Anelka - 2, Malouda, A. Cole, Lampard - 2, Ballack)
23/01/10 Preston v Chelsea (FA Cup) - 0 : 2 (Anelka, Sturridge)
27/01/10 Chelsea v Birmingham City - 3 : 0 (Malouda, Lampard - 2)
30/01/10 Burnley v Chelsea - 1 : 2 (Anelka, Terry)
02/02/10 Hull City v Chelsea - 1 : 1 (Drogba)
06/02/10 Chelsea v Arsenal - 2 : 0 (Drogba - 2)
10/02/10 Everton v Chelsea - 2 : 1 (Malouda)
13/02/10 Chelsea v Cardiff City (FA Cup) - 4 : 1 (Drogba, Ballack, Sturridge, Kalou)
20/02/10 Wolverhampton Wanderers v Chelsea - 0 : 2 (Drogba - 2)
24/02/10 Inter Milan v Chelsea (UCL) - 2 : 1 (Kalou)
27/02/10 Chelsea v Manchester City - 2 : 4 (Lampard - 2)
06/03/10 Chelsea v Stoke City (FA Cup) - 2 : 0 (Lampard, Terry)
13/03/10 Chelsea v West Ham United - 4 : 1 (Alex, Drogba - 2, Malouda)
16/03/10 Chelsea v Inter Milan (UCL) - 0 : 1
21/03/10 Blackburn Rovers v Chelsea - 1 : 1 (Drogba)
24/03/10 Portsmouth v Chelsea - 0 : 5 (Drogba - 2, Malouda - 2, Lampard)
27/03/10 Chelsea v Aston Villa - 7 : 1 (Lampard - 4, Malouda - 2, Kalou)
03/04/10 Manchester United v Chelsea - 1 : 2 (J. Cole, Drogba)
10/04/10 Aston Villa v Chelsea (FA Cup) - 0 : 3 (Drogba, Malouda, Lampard)
13/04/10 Chelsea v Bolton Wanderers
17/04/10 Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea
24/04/10 Chelsea v Stoke City
01/05/10 Liverpool v Chelsea
09/05/10 Chelsea v Wigan Athletic
15/05/10 Chelsea v Portsmouth (FA Cup Final)

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This post has been edited by plokoon: Apr 12 2010, 06:59 AM

Reserved

no controversial la, thats not a hand ball, he was making himself small by pulling in his arms to his body. but the ball still hit his forearm/elbow , adebayor still need to do a lot of work before slotting in the ball.

all in all , chelsea didnt played well and lose, not taking anything away from man city which played superbly . even the chance to level it at 2 - 2 was dashed away by the penalty miss. sums up the bad night all together. man city deserved the win. congrats to them. the lost is a humbling experience.

its ok , we are still on top with a 2 point gap , KTBFFH


p.s: some cliche posting by fan after his team has lost is , " btw who is going to wear <insert team name> jersey today ? " has that been posted in our thread before? huhu

new thread,new hope!

CA need to change tactic..maybe because he's italian so usualy play slow game..when man city know the weekness of chelsea that play slow,they use body n speed to break CA tactic.

just my 2cent



This post has been edited by bennyray: Dec 6 2009, 12:05 PM

^ haha, ive seen that somewhere in *cough* thread..

but anyway, I am wearing today to work XD~ preparing to be shot at, around....2pm when my rival colleague comes lol...

we had a chance to win, we blew it... we had a chance to at least draw...blown also..

now its 2pts gaps, means next if MU win, we draw/lose, we dropped the top seat.

5 points ahead was our immunity, still hold 1st place standing... now immunity is gone. 1 more same outcome then we're down the drain...please don't...

go pang sai sin... raise the blue flag!

p/s: ironic, contender kena owned by pretender

Gotta admit we are thoroughly beaten in every department guys. Man City definitely looked the more desperate and hungrier side to win the game. They were literally throwing themselves at every opportunity to attack. Their tactic of depriving us from ball possession worked like a charm.

We were limited to intercepting the odd stray passes from them, clearing and blocking helplessly! It's simple really, if you don't get keep the ball, you don't really stand a chance of creating chances. Everyone was below par this morning. The were certain periods of the game when I felt we were up against Barcelona of last season! No kidding!

Now with the lead at the top being trimmed to 2 points, we must do anything possible to bounce back from this setback! This season is the most exciting yet with surprises thrown in from every corner. We need to improve on our erratic away form. Superstitious or not, our away kit is pretty jinxed isn't it? Haha.

This post has been edited by plokoon: Dec 6 2009, 12:09 PM

same im wearing it to work as well now.........

they pressed the ball really well , playing high up the pitch. defending from the front. how many times chelsea back 4 need to pass back to cech for a rush clearance.


ps: loser work on sunday!!!! dammnn it...

This post has been edited by esca_flo: Dec 6 2009, 12:11 PM

reporting to the new thread....

We'll STILL Keep The Blue Flag Flying High...lol

well, i guess...speedy team has a lot of advantage against possession-whores team like us hehe..

SWP is really SWeePy ..his cut-in dribbles are so troublesome even pacey A.Cole had troubles closing down on him.

SWP, Robinho, Tevez these roadrunners deserved what they worked for..our counter attack also slow. Drogba had few chances IINM, there was once or twice Drogba was almost 1on1 with Given, but also blocked.

Credits to Man City for winning the game.
This game shows that we really need the players with pace & flair.
Hopefully, Joe Cole will be fit again.

Yeah MC deserve the win..Let's see the next match..
Oh~For epl is Everton..yay!home..no need to wear the cursed away shirt
for ucl is ..
Chelsea v APOEL FC (UCL)
Yay home again..I hate away LOL

let's hope everton doesnt lose this week so they dont come desperately seeking for points at stamford bridge

new thread

We got owned in the midfield battle. No passing and not build up play.

The main treat was not from city frontmen but micah richard..after he gone city hardly attack..anyway we now passed all the big treat..aim for winter champion!

Ancelotti is a good manager but he make some mistake last night, We didn't have any winger start of the game

Should start with Malouda instead of Deco / Ballack

Yesterday Cech was abit shaky... especially the part where he come out hopelessly to punch a ball and gave city a free header. Great reflex clearance from Carvalho though.

And why did he move the other way first during Teves free kick..

i think he moved the right way but he was takin by surprise since the ball came thru the hole created by mancity players in the wall. by then, it was already too late.

this defeat is quite damaging i think.. it shows that even if we can beat all members of the top 4, our away form (in THE AWAY kit is still worrying) and 2 defeats in a week. especially games against the title pretenders. matches like this make or break our season. even if we're sitting(not too comfortably) at the top with only 2 points. seriously, guys we cannot afford to do a liverpool or arsenal two seasons ago if we want to be champs.

somehow, i think we were getting complacent and overconfident. remember a week ago or so, JT came out and reportedly saying that the Blues are feeling invincible again? i guess this is a humbling defeat. i'd prefer if our captain and co. comes out in the press and focus on what's present rather than the future, progress rather than outcome. we certainly do not want to be labeled as a cocky,arrogant club like certain fans who keeps gloating bout their titles won even before they were born and as if they were part of the history.

it's really something for CA and the boys to think about. it's not bad times but certainly the potential to be in one is very dangerous. i hope they do come back stronger..

This post has been edited by kink_ass: Dec 6 2009, 10:42 PM

even though we lost, we are still BLUES till the day we die!!!

reporting to new thread..its be long time lol not being here..
last nite luck is realy2 not with us lol..
but i still kept thinking why carlo put ballack n deco instead mikel n malouda n joe cole.. ? well..hopefully we come back stronger after diz..
BLUES TILL DEATH !!

jst for ur info guys,816 is showing frank lampard special. Ah those days when franko,zola and gudjohnson combined

losing is not a good thing to happen at chelsea but on the bright side, hopefully it can knock some sense into everybody not to be too complacent. i strongly feel we will come back stronger from this defeat.

half of the season already gone. we win all three match against title contender and lose 1 to title pretender. the other half of the season hopefully we win all. 2games at home (arsenal, city) and 2games away (man utd, liverpool). and for these away games, i dont think we will use the 'cursed' away jersey haha

maybe losing in the carling cup have taken away the momentum of the team..

KTBFFH

Erm yea.No need wear the away jersey
We will come back stronger..We can bounce back!

Oh maybe losing in the carling cup take away the momentum..But Chelsea will bounce back!
Keep the blue flag fly high!

TBH this loss is good as a wake-up call to the team, telling them that there are no easy games in the EPL, and that the same hunger and desire must be shown whether if you are playing Man Utd or Man City.

We were shambolic throughout the game, and our game was pretty much something out of the blue. Midfield was overran, while Nic and DD were firing blanks all game. I think that game has the fewest shots on target for us. When opponents are physical and committed, we should put some of the stronger players in, so for me Deco was not the best choice on top of the diamond, he was well pegged by the likes of De Jong all game long. Mikel should've been in from the start, pushing Lamps up instead.

All in all, bad game. We need to pick ourselves up for the next game v Apoel, and onwards to the next league game as well. No point crying over controversies or ref decisions and what not. Time to refocus and regroup, and get the title charge going again.

u forgot SWP

reporting a little bit late.

still hv faith.. Agreed with sum of u, this might be a good wake up call..
why lampard alwiz takes pen into the same corner..Shay Given might hv done some homework bout that..

we didnt lose!!! we got doomed by d damn ref, mark howard... and damn mike riley ... these 2 are man u dogs.,..!!!

so clearly all d decision went against us... all d cards also stupid 1... richards handball din see, another handball at their own area also din see... cavalho's challenge is legit, if d manu player can kick drogba like that even if he header why cant cavalho kick d rat when he clears with his legs...

ARRRGHHH!!!!!!! CHEATERS!!!!

i think the yellow cards are well deserved. our players couldnt keep their calm and started kung-fuing ppl. we need to be more calm..

try not to be bias and blame the refs

Dont be like <insert the club name here> , always blaming others..

btw, when's our match VS APOEL? will it be late night tonight, or tomorrow? as its on 8th december... will it even be aired? =(

i check astro schedule online .. like dun have punya? alamak ..

Match v APOEL will not be aired over Astro, try streaming instead.

i forced myself to watch our game during the epl highlights show just now, and it must be said the freekick given against riccy was very very harsh. during the match itself i thought "what the hell were u doing riccy??!!" but upon closer inspection, tevez did appear to jump into his foot more than anything else. however, there can be no excuse for the big gap he left between himself and adebayor in the wall. u could see by his reaction that he knew he could've prevented the goal by being more aware.

a few things i'd like carlo to address :

1. cech's flapping at aerial balls
2. midfielders' lack of pressing
3. the obscene amount of back passes made by defenders to cech for him to clear, automatically gifting city back possession
4. our collective failure to show more initiative and ruthlessness in securing that all important second goal
5. his own misguided faith in keeping deco on for 90 mins. (sorry guys he should've been off at half time with the amount of times he was being brushed off the ball)

one thing we can all look forward too : Kakuta starting against apoel! carlo said he's the most likely youngster to given the nod for the first 11. the kind of news that cheers me right up!

besides the ref i think it is carlo's fault... he shouldnt play diamond in that game... he should play our old 4-3-3... play d same system as man c.. our wingers are more superior... everybody knows we play diamond, no harm changing once in a while...

ballack and deco tak boleh pakai d leh... why didnt malouda get to start, he plays so well... mikel although not very good, but i think still better than that 2... ship them off, save some $$$ n buy some players while we can

read BEHIND THE MIC at our official site. It is said that we lack pace and that is true. we might have the experience in the squad to provide those killer passes to drogs and nico but when we're pressed with no space to play the ball, we're next to nothing. Its games like these when Carlo needs to find out the problems quick and make good substitutions. deco and bally does not have the pace which was needed to break the city defense. joey and malouda should have started to inject some speed into the team. how many times did ashley bombard down the left? Ivan is doing defense most of the time. we lack attacking power in the city game. other teams are going to use the same tactics against us knowing that it works, packing the midfield like how united and city did but we were fortunate against united. deco and bally might work against the weaker midfield teams but not against a midfield full of superstars. we must regain our lead by a bigger margin.

UP THE BLUES!

this new thread is going pretty slow leh..what's wrong fellow blues?

FIRE UP YO!

lose d.. not because of bad play... but because of ref

morale low... let it cool for a while

CA defends club duo after defeat to MC, Kakuta to get his first start
Do you guys know that..


This post has been edited by kink_ass: Dec 8 2009, 02:58 AM

slow becoz ppl here always backfire other ppl..
some ppl here also tend to label newcomer as "glory hunter"
and label ppl having 2 favourite teams as plastic fan..
how ppl want enjoice being here..
im not trolling, but this is the fact why chelsea thread being like this..

come on, we think we need each other's support bcos we're considered the smallest fan base among the top 4 clubs. i don't think it's the right time to be pointing fingers at each other and be calling names. let's focus on the good rather than the bad now..

i second that. its not unusual for our thread to go quiet once in awhile, simply because of our much smaller fan base here in malaysia. its growing though. i like the point u made about us becoming complacent and a tad overconfident. those 'invincible' remarks and whatnot were premature to say the least. players can't afford to go for a stroll in the park anymore once we take the lead. villa and city have shown a single goal lead can actually cause us to drop down a gear and that's worrying.

I agree..Lampard usually places his penalty shot into the left or right bottom corner so easy to guess. But then, most of the time Lampard's shot is usually very powerful and accurate and will still go in even if you block it.

yeah, but only that time he wasnt so lucky. we got 3 chances to score but miss. do you guys notice drog free kick, its getting better

wow i just read from soccernet that ancelotti seems like blaming cech for the goal scored by tevez. he said cech should have done better with his positioning. i'm not sure about this because havent seen any replay yet. you guys detect any mis-positioning by cech during the freekick?

hopefully this will not affect cech's morale. it is not good for a player to be single-out for blame publicly. this already happen once during scolari era when he dissapointed with drogba effort and make it public..

i'm surprised too!! but cech does mistake by wrong judgement; exactly how almunia did when drogba scored his freekick!...but ancelotti shud blamed lampard too...in total; the whole team played an average game thats it...its better to blamed the whole team rather than 1 player

Mourinho never publicly criticized his own players.
Maybe Ancelotti did that because he wanted Cech to realize that nobody is superstar in his team.

no leh.. lampard's shot when kick btm left or right very weak 1 leh.. only at middle top is strong

he change d tactics already... usually ashley cole will be covering d sides... n cech d middle... it was a hole that adebayor created that allowed d ball through.. i believe cech is used to the old tactic with ashley covering d sides

i think he did it to the wrong player..

He did say Balotelli performance are close to ZERO..unless Balotelli take that as a compliment, otherwise..it worst that than a critics..

u mean astro 816...is it free for sports channel subscriber?

personally, i really doesn't like managers to publicly criticize their own player. the morale of the player will be greatly affected by it. this is because everybody will know about the player's form. however, each player will react differently in different situations. hopefully cech is one of the player who react to criticism with greater performance. 'let action on the pitch do the talking'. recently, this is exactly what ashley cole do during the arsenal game. the fans boo him all the way and as a reward, he assisted in two of the goals hehe

*alaskanbunny: i don't think ashley cole job is to cover the side of the post during free kicks. he only do that during corner kicks. when there is a wall, the purpose of the wall is to cover one side of the goal mouth. and the job of the 'keeper is to guard the other side of the wall. in the case of tevez's free kick, cech is a little bit out of position. he is stacking in the area covered by the wall and left the area he really should be covering wide open.

btw regarding APOEL match, i really hope the team can win with big margin. this is to ensure the morale is restored. keep the faith and KTBFFH!!

You're wrong! (One more thing! Shay Given's goalkeeper coach is actually ex-Chelsea staff)

Watch this!



Stop playing the blame game anymore, Lampard is human too. So what if he misses once in a blue moon? There's no such thing as a perfect penalty taker.

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Added on December 8, 2009, 9:50 pmHe learned from Ronaldo. I bet you will notice the similarity with the manner he approaches the ball.

This post has been edited by plokoon: Dec 8 2009, 09:53 PM

yes i notice drogba freekick alike C.ronaldo freekick since this season start

yeap. even the myth about Germans not missing penalties was proven false when Ballack missed the first penalty in the Carling cup. but these should not happen again if we want to win the league. we need consistency and the belief that we can win anyone!

anyone notice lampard will play will his tongue EVERYTIME he takes a penalty ?

hey guys, anyone will be watching the match later?
possible line up?

looks like the team is playing a much faster counter attacking football now. pressing hard when the opposition midfield is in possession. very good play by kakuta so far! defense is a little shaky and i hope essien is alright

2-1 up,goals by essien and drogs goal was started by a brilliant move by kakuta. Well done,kiddo!

This post has been edited by kink_ass: Dec 9 2009, 04:51 AM

looks like we're still not back to our winning ways from a last minute mistake from mikel. but i think it was a good run for kakuta and borini. they showed that they can play with the seniors. we MUST WIN the next game be it one nil or 5 nil. we need a win to regain momentum!

looks like Carlo Ancelotti is pissed off with the players for losing concentration in the second half. i think the positives from the game would be that joey and malouda deserves to start the next game and kakuta is making is way up the ranks. yuri was quite quick on the attack too but i think he can do better, needs some better timed tackles.

Essien hit back in a polite manner by saying whole team is to blame. not fair to blame only 1 player.

Chelsea must hire Matt Le Tissier as a penalty taker coach.

no i meant this season..all his penalty is going to left bottom corner..
one more thing, i didnt blame him..just highlighting the stats
quite decent save by given that day imo..if given dive to the wrong way, ppl surely wud say it was a great pen tho..i reckon

Our performance getting worse...
And I am quite worry about our player morale..
After the 2defeat and 1draw,we lost our confidence,morale..
We should really bounce back asap

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This post has been edited by chitchat: Dec 9 2009, 12:15 PM

where's our best defense? Conceded 7 goals in 3 games??!?

WAKE UP~~

didn't watch the match, so can't give a thorough analysis. based on what i've read though yuri and kakuta both had very good games. carlo was quite upset with our display even though it was meaningless on the night, which shows he wants us to start racking up those 3 points again. however of all the players he singled out kakuta for praise, and that speaks volumes of our manager's faith in him. another contender for the tip of the diamond. joey and deco had better watch out.

cant really blame lampard. Given is damn outstanding this season. Like in the manchester derby, city defense was aweful. But united still cant score because of shay given... next game against everton another 4-0?

i also didnt watch the match but from reports, it seems mikel lost his concentration again. i'm not sure what mikel trying to prove now. he already given the chances but he didnt performed well. late tackles.. lost possesion although he has great strength.. poor in passing..

i really hope he can improve his performance more. imo, he is in the same mold as ballack. i like ballack but i wish soon he can be replace by mikel. he has so much potential. what a waste if cannot use it all in every game

i watched the game. mikel was solid over all. uses his huge body and strength to shield and hold. only one last minute mistake of his cost us the game. im not defending him, any player in Chelsea should know that they should not make any mistake as we're gunning to win all competitions. so unfortunately, his mistake cost us 3 points. he was indeed very disappointed with himself after we conceded the equalizer. if they dont buck up, its not gonna be a tougher race than it already is.

i think d diaomond formation is not working... i believe with JC back n malouda fit, we should go to 4-3-3

Top of the group definitely, but the other 2nd place teams are no cannon fodder. The likes of AC Milan, Bayern Munich, CSKA Moscow and maybe Lyon/Fiorentina, Barca/Inter, Sevilla/Stuttgart and Olympiakos await us in the Round of 16.

wow..its like 50% chance we will face europe top gun in the round of 16. hopefully can get the smaller team but i really doubt it. if you all remember during JM era,we always 'accidentally' pitted with barca.i think it will be no different this time.

personally, i think they somehow already 'pre-determined' on which team we will face next. i dont know how to explain this. maybe it is just my gut feeling hehe btw, i think we will be pitted against barca or inter. my reason, UCL governing body always looking for some drama in the competition. competing us against our former boss surely can heat up something. and a replay of last season UCL semi-final with barca also will rock the world haha

lets pray my prediction is not true and we will face 'easier' team. no man utd, no barca, no inter, no ac..let them finish of each other hehe

....mmm if we get barca..it will b....the match of the year....lol...headlines will b terry vs ibra hahakz
haha..i dont mind if we get barca....we nearly knock them out last year...
carlo might wana do that..this time...

This post has been edited by taor3n: Dec 9 2009, 05:31 PM

barca/inter for next match is good . i want that.

Instead of the usual Kun links...

Suarez denies signing pre-contract

to be fair to mikel, he admitted his mistake and i'd like to point out he had a great game when called upon vs city. gave the midfield more steel and shape, as well as proving he can make more than a couple of accurate attacking passes! i was quite surprised myself.

i don't think there's a chance of that happening. carlo has mostly stuck to the diamond since pre-season and the lads are building their familiarity with the system. no point changing it halfway and forcing the lads to 'relearn' their roles and positions. do note that we've scored in every game this season. not an easy feat and i believe we're the only team top 4 that's done it. we just need to regain that tenacity in our defense and finishing.

hoho that's something new. certainly read the story with interest this morning. goal.com insists we've got his signature in a pre-contract though. cites various dutch media as 'proof.' its still goal.com though. however if it materialises, it'll only prove one thing. kenyon and gourlay have been tracking my posts on lyn. lol

Looks like Essien has a tear in his hamstring and will be our for 3-4 weeks

I for one would like to see Flomo and Joey in the starting line up against Everton.

and we can now choose from;

Bayern - Grp A
CSKA - Grp B
Milan - Grp C
Lyon - Grp E
Inter - Grp F
Stuttgart - Grp G
Olympiakos - Grp H

I think every group winner wants to get the Grp H runners-up!

bring on Inter. let's see Jose vs Carlo

we already played inter in the pre season friendlies once. just bring on anybody! we have to beat anyone if we want to win the champions league anyways.

ageed with Kerplunk on the need to stay the way the team is playing now. our team is bless with superb wingback so, why not use them to their highest potential? by playing in diamond formation, they will be used to the fullest. for me, i strongly feel our diamond formation really depend on the player at the top of the diamond aka the attacking player. i'm not saying that the anchor man (essien) is not important but in epl, we have one of the, meanest defense. at start of season, we rely on deco. but now, his performance has dropped. maybe the team should use joe cole more. deco can go on rotation with ballack. it is a waste for not using joe cole ability and speed.

as for ucl, i think we will meet with milan. carlo will meet his former players or worse, we will meet inter. btw, still 50-50 to meet the top guns..

Gael Needs Time To Learn


we really giving him a hard time eh?

yea... lol... all d game let him play lose or draw... lol

maybe to start him during this weekend match...he will be valuable when the african cup start...

i hope we revert back to 4-3-3.... drop ballack n deco!!!!

i also hope kakuta start in the game against everton this weekend. for me, its good for him to gain match experience, be it when the team is winning as well as during the hard time. players need to adept to different kind of situation and must not be content with the current condition. if he only feel it while he is at bench, the effect wont be hat good..

as with joe cole, i think he is trying / asking the media to divert their attention to other matters instead of pursuing stories about kakuta. young players which is exposed too much to the limelight can halt their progress. maybe because they will feel like superstar already and thus affecting their growth.

sad stories with essien. hope mikel will play well during his absence. wonder why ghana still requires him to join the team during AFC even though he is injured.. for me, better keep him under chelsea medical team care. if lucky, can have him back even before february hehe

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Added on December 11, 2009, 8:10 pmjust an addition on 4-3-3 formation..this is just my opinion though. i strongly feel there is no need to revert back to 4-3-3. 1st of all, the only wingers we have is malouda, joe cole, zhirkov, kakuta and some youngsters. let be honest, joe cole and zhirkov is prone to injuries and that left malouda and kakuta. malouda is not a consistent performer while kakuta is learning. although with luck, hey can performed very well in certain match..but that is a gamble, especially we nearly arrive at half of the season.

we are no more in JM era where at that time we have abundant of wingers. robben, duff, cole, kezman (he is forward i think but still can play out wide). furthermore if we play 4-3-3 definitely anelka will play at one of the wing and he doesn't like it. our department is perfect. drogba and anelka complement each other and with them, we have they perfect combination of forward. disrupting the flow and chemistry of this formation sure will cost us dearly.

diamond formation sometime doesnt work because of the player that had been chosen is not suitable with the opponent. as example, using deco instead of joe cole during match with man city is proven to be unsuccessful where deco is easily out-muscled by city defender and midfield. and during that match also, we certainly lack speed. so, ancelloti and the rest of the team should analyze the opponent first before deciding who to play.

hm..so long i membebel haha cheers guys ^^V

This post has been edited by dynames07: Dec 11 2009, 08:11 PM

membebel..... haha, juz kdding but good analysis there.
btw, kakuta is in what position for the past two matches??
(forgive me for my ignorance)

can lar... malouda is playing well... if not also play diamond but kick ballack n deco off... heck, i even prefer mikel... we can out muscle small teams when we play diamond... but teams with wingers, we hardly can stop them... our wings are superior... on d left side, ashley cole hardly can paly with no wing support... on d right, poor ivanovic def like crap... in d diamond middle, cant pass at all cause our passing is not so good... only play long ball + high ball...

i think our diamond formation is strong. still it has its flaws. it might work against some teams who dont pack their midfield. those who pack their midfield with 5 players will cause us trouble attacking. most of the teams that pack their midfield has won against us and more teams are using the same formation against us. we need to adapt to a game quick and not stubbornly stick to that formation until the whistle blows. if there is no rewards in the middle. quickly convert to playing wide. the more options we have, the more trouble it will cause the opposition's defense.

ya.. macam tu mar... change around.. we got players to play all kinds of formation.. trick ppl... why so rigid... but anyhow.. ballack n deco must go!!!

yes. i do think its about time for bally and deco to warm the bench unless they pick themselves up from the slump in performance that they are in. there is no such thing as giving them more time because time is what we dont have.

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