Goalkeepers

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


Defenders

2 Branislav IVANOVIC (BPL - 3 goals, UCL - 2 goals)
3 Ashley COLE
4 David Luiz Moreira Marinho (BPL - 2 goals)
17 José BOSINGWA Da Silva
19 Paulo Renato Rebocho FERREIRA
26 John George TERRY(Captain) (BPL - 3 goals, UCL - 1 goal)
33 ALEX Rodrigo Dias Da Costa (BPL - 1 goal)
38 Patrick John M. van AANHOLT *On loan to Leicester City*
43 Jeffrey BRUMA

Midfielders

5 Michael ESSIEN (BPL - 3 goals, UCL - 1 goal)
7 RAMIRES Santos do Nascimento (BPL - 2 goals)
8 Frank James LAMPARD (Vice Captain) (BPL - 6 goals, FA Cup - 3 goals)
10 Yosef Shai 'Yossi' BENAYOUN (BPL - 1 goal)
12 John Obi MIKEL
15 Florent Johan MALOUDA (BPL - 10 goals, UCL - 1 goal)
18 Yuri Valentinovich ZHIRKOV (UCL - 1 goal)
46 Joshua Mark McEACHRAN

Strikers

9 Fernando José Torres Sanz
11 Tebily Didier Yves DROGBA (BPL - 11 goals, UCL - 1 goal)
21 Salomon Armand Magloire KALOU (BPL - 7 goals, FA Cup - 2 goals)
23 Daniel Andre STURRIDGE (UCL - 2 goals, FA Cup - 2 goals) *On loan to Bolton*
39 Nicolas Sebastien ANELKA (BPL - 6 goals, UCL - 7 goals, FA Cup - 1 goal)
44 Gaël KAKUTA *On loan to Fulham*
45 Fabio BORINI


The Management

First Team Manager - Carlo Ancelotti
Assistant Manager I - Michael Emenalo
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

We Have History - The Trophy Cabinet

Domestic Honours

First Division/Premier League - 1954/55, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2009/10
Second Division - 83/84, 88/89
FA Cup - 1970, 1997, 2000, 2007, 2009, 2010
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 10/11 Pre-season Results

17/07/10 Crystal Palace v Chelsea 0:1 (Essien)
23/07/10 Ajax Amsterdam v Chelsea 3:1 (Sturridge)
01/08/10 Eintracht Frankfurt v Chelsea 2:1 (Lampard)
04/08/10 Hamburg v Chelsea 2:1 (Lampard)
08/08/10 Chelsea v Manchester United 1:3 (Kalou)

Chelsea 10/11 Season Results

14/08/10 Chelsea v WBA 6:0 (Malouda - 2, Drogba - 3, Lampard)
21/08/10 Wigan Athletic v Chelsea 0:6 (Malouda, Anelka - 2, Kalou - 2, Benayoun)
28/08/10 Chelsea v Stoke City 2:0 (Malouda, Drogba)
11/09/10 West Ham United v Chelsea 1:3 (Essien - 2, Kalou)
15/09/10 MŠK Žilina v Chelsea (UCL) 1:4 (Essien, Anelka - 2, Sturridge)
19/09/10 Chelsea v Blackpool 4:0 (Kalou, Malouda - 2, Drogba)
22/09/10 Chelsea v Newcastle United (CC) 3:4 (Aanholt, Anelka - 2)
25/09/10 Manchester City v Chelsea 1:0
28/09/10 Chelsea v Marseille (UCL) 2:0 (Terry, Anelka)
03/10/10 Chelsea v Arsenal 2:0 (Drogba, Alex)
16/10/10 Aston Villa v Chelsea 0:0
19/10/10 Spartak Moscow v Chelsea (UCL) 0:2 (Zhirkov, Anelka)
23/10/10 Chelsea v Wolverhampton Wanderers 2:0 (Malouda, Kalou)
30/10/10 Blackburn Rovers v Chelsea 1:2 (Anelka, Ivanovic)
03/11/10 Chelsea v Spartak Moscow (UCL) 4:1 (Anelka, Ivanovic - 2, Drogba)
07/11/10 Liverpool v Chelsea 2:0
10/11/10 Chelsea v Fulham 1:0 (Essien)
14/11/10 Chelsea v Sunderland 0:3
20/11/10 Birmingham City v Chelsea 1:0
23/11/10 Chelsea v MŠK Žilina (UCL) 2:1 (Sturridge, Malouda)
28/11/10 Newcastle United v Chelsea 1:1 (Kalou)
04/12/10 Chelsea v Everton 1:1 (Drogba)
08/12/10 Marseille v Chelsea (UCL) 1:0
11/12/10 Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea 1:1 (Drogba)
26/12/10 Arsenal v Chelsea 3:1 (Ivanovic)
28/12/10 Chelsea v Bolton Wanderers 1:0 (Malouda)
01/01/11 Chelsea v Aston Villa 3:3 (Lampard, Drogba, Terry)
04/01/11 Wolverhampton Wanderers v Chelsea 1:0 (Bosingwa - OG)
09/01/11 Chelsea v Ipswich Town (FA Cup) 7:0 (Kalou, Sturridge - 2, Edward - OG, Anelka, Lampard - 2)
15/01/11 Chelsea v Blackburn Rovers 2:0 (Ivanovic, Anelka)
22/01/11 Bolton Wanderers v Chelsea 0:4 (Drogba, Malouda, Anelka, Ramires)
29/01/11 Everton v Chelsea (FA Cup) 1:1 (Kalou)
01/02/11 Sunderland v Chelsea 2:4 (Lampard, Kalou, Terry, Anelka)
06/02/11 Chelsea v Liverpool 0:1
14/02/11 Fulham v Chelsea 0:0
19/02/11 Chelsea v Everton (FA Cup Replay) 1:1 AET (Pen: 3-4)
22/02/11 FC Copenhagen v Chelsea (UCL) 0:2 (Anelka - 2)
01/03/11 Chelsea v Manchester United 2:1 (David Luiz, Lampard)
05/03/11 Blackpool v Chelsea 1:3 (Terry, Lampard -2)
16/03/11 Chelsea v FC Copenhagen (UCL) 0:0
20/03/11 Chelsea v Manchester City 2:0 (David Luiz, Ramires)
02/04/11 Stoke City v Chelsea 1:1 (Drogba)
06/04/11 Chelsea v Manchester United (UCL) 0:1
09/04/11 Chelsea v Wigan Athletic 1:0 (Malouda)
12/04/11 Manchester United v Chelsea (UCL)
16/04/11 WBA v Chelsea
20/04/11 Chelsea v Birmingham City
23/04/11 Chelsea v West Ham United
30/04/11 Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur
07/05/11 Manchester United v Chelsea
14/05/11 Chelsea v Newcastle United
22/05/11 Everton v Chelsea

Match Highlights



Official Malaysian Fan Club



Signatures



Club Songs/Chants



This post has been edited by plokoon: Apr 12 2011, 12:15 AM

RESERVED

first!

Yay new thread.

go chelsea go!

posting at new tered

Sorry mate, you must be asleep or browsing eBay, no 1st post for you. Haha!

By the way, heard from AW13 that the Asian Cup 2011 booklet is in his hands already. Once again, thank you!

As for CNY, I thought it was thoroughly enjoyable! Nothing beats going back home for some good food & family bonding! I hope you had an equally good (and hot!) time in Bintulu as well.

This post has been edited by plokoon: Feb 7 2011, 11:17 PM

New thread, new dawn at the Bridge.

This post has been edited by kucingmainan: Feb 7 2011, 11:25 PM

how "official" is the fans club? huh?

come on chelsea!

KTBFFH!!!!!!

new thread will bring good luck , come on chelsea !!!!

100% sanctioned & recognised by Chelsea FC UK. Interested to join is it?

Looking forward the upcoming match. Go Blues!!!!!

Chorus
Blue is the colour, football is the game
We're all together, and winning is our aim
So cheer us on through the sun and rain
'cause Chelsea, Chelsea is our name

Verse 1
Here at the Bridge whether rain or fine
We can shine all the time
Home or away, come and see us play
You're welcome any day

Chorus
Blue is the colour, football is the game
We're all together, and winning is our aim
So cheer us on through the sun and rain
'cause Chelsea, Chelsea is our name

Verse 2
Come to the Shed and we'll welcome you
Wear your blue and see us through
Sing loud and clear until the game is done
Sing Chelsea everyone.



This post has been edited by bo0t: Feb 7 2011, 11:54 PM

new thread, new hope, but i still have to give my damning analysis of the pool game

first of all we're severely lacking creativity in the middle. i'm looking at lampsy and essien here. both looked off the pace and it was no wonder didier and torres could hardly get a sniff. nico could only do so much, but that superb sunderland performance seems to be a flash in the pan, probably never to be repeated again this season against well organised teams.

goal could've been avoided. it was a shocking mistake and carlo needs to sit cech and brana both down together with terry, and ensure it never happens again. it really was embarrassing, playground defending.

i'm a firm believer of self-motivation, so the lack of fight and commitment shown by the lads when we went a goal down, was heartbreaking. it really was. i refuse to point to carlo for not firing them up because i trusted the lads to raise their game after watching utd and arsenal dropping points. instead they retreated into their shells, our play actually became worse as the game progressed and we began looking like the away side. no chelsea fan at the bridge that day deserved to watch such dross. the lack of noise around the stadium was probably because they were just as bewildered at what they were witnessing.

another point that has to be made is, how long can carlo afford to persevere with drogba? he looks a shadow of his former self and lost possession on his own, about 9 times out of 10. we expected his aerial prowess to create some chances for torres, yet i don't recall him winning a single header against carragher. in fact i clearly remember torres winning a header which fell nicely for didier instead!

diamond won't work without some artistry in the middle. ramires would've helped with his direct running, or even josh could've made a difference with some penetrative passing. lampard doesn't look like himself anymore, and it shows how we've missed his goals/assists.

mikel couldn't do much and if i'm not mistaken his first yellow was due to essien losing possession, forcing him to scythe gerrard down. ashley cole and bosingwa didn't contribute anything going forward. our midfield is beginning to look the least threatening of the top four and that's cause for serious concern. if we don't freshen things up in the middle during the summer, the same problems will begin to crop up. all of a sudden not keeping either one of kakuta or studge appears to be a huge mistake. let's hope its not.

fulham next, and my vote goes to a return of the 4-3-3. stick torres on the right if need be but the best solution is still to bench didier, slot torres in the middle and put kalou out wide. malouda to return on the left and show what he's made of. carlo, its time to drop some of the big egos. forget the title, we need to create some breathing room between us and spurs now! KTBFFH!

im interested to join chelsea fc, not the fans club

Ashley Cole has won the award for England Player of the Year 2010, as voted by the fans on TheFA.com. -cfc.com-

bebenang baru...semangat baru...

u need to be pro 1st mah

dei u not chelsea fans wat u doing here?

wow new thread...
silence reader reporting in...

True blue reporting in!

new thread..new hope..

KTBFFH

I wonder what formation CA going to play. From my observations, Torres is only good in playing lone striker which is already proven, especially against us in Anfield which resulted 2-0. If CA really deploy him as lone striker, where Drogba gonna stand? I wonder what kind of performance if Drogba play aloneside with Torres in a 4-4-2 formation. Hopefully Ramires can start over Mikel next game. Mikel had been losing his touch recently. I miss Benayoun now.

found some pics on the internet. I'm not gonna spoiler it since I want to force you guys to see it!








and my most favourite picture! 2 of my most fav player in ChelseaFC!

Previously Joe Cole was my fav player and really sad he go to Liverpool

This post has been edited by destfull: Feb 8 2011, 08:34 AM

kerpy said it right. and also some pundits before the show.

our midfield isnt supplying the ammunition our strikers need. first of all, malouda usually helps with the crossing and build up play but he is on the bench due to his horribly inconsistent form.

nico shined in the sunderland game but couldnt do nuts against an organized pool defense. maybe we should pack our midfield with more players since the likes of torres and drogba arent players who drop deep.

hopefully we'll start picking up points before its too late.

hope CA find the solution before fulham game .. i do think we must drop one of them n playing like

----anelka---malouda---
---- -torres/drog--------

bcos in malouda we can get at least crosses from the left, thru ball .. until now,ashley cant work alone on the left, he need someone backup when attackin' .. or else play 4-2-2-2

iva---luiz---jt---ashley
----essien--lamps-----
nico-------------malou
----torres-drogs-------

lets bench drogba for next match. he's been silenced for the past few games. i prefer 4-3-3 with Anelka----Torres----Malouda starting.

-thesun-

LOL. this is definitely bull. actually Torres has been wanting to come to Chelsea since the world cup. David Villa did mention and he was surprised after the summer transfer window that Torres was still in pool.

on a joking note, i cracked Roman's secret! HE IS TRYING TO ASSEMBLE ALL THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE!

no way 50mil for Fabs whom not even make it to the Spains 1st eleven..and to partner Lampard? yeah right..

might as well tomorrow rumors on Vidic 50mils to partner JT or Pep Guardiola to partner CA..

welcome new thread blues

blues fan reporting in.
KTBFFH!

New thread, many thanks to plokoon for still creating the threads.

KTBFFH!

John Terry and Ashley Cole join Lampard in the squad. Denmark host England in the Parken Stadium, the same ground Chelsea will travel to later this month for our Champions League clash with FC Copenhagen.

Fernando Torres and Spain face Colombia in Madrid

David Luiz may be one of Florent Malouda's opponents when France play Brazil and Ramires is also a candidate for inclusion in Brazil's starting line-up. The re-match of the 1998 World Cup Final takes place in the same stadium in Paris.

Jose Bosingwa has travelled to Switzerland where Portugal take on what will be a young Argentina team in Geneva.

Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou are in France for Ivory Coast's friendly against Mali.

John Mikel Obi is part of Nigeria's squad which travels to Lagos for a quickly-arranged friendly against Sierra Leone.

Petr Cech will play against Croatia if selected while Branislav Ivanovic is with Serbia for a meeting with Israel in Tel Aviv.

If ivanovic scores against Cech it will be funny to see the emotions on his face

Czech vs Croatia, Serbian vs Israel. How Ivanovic gonna score against Cech?

zzz mistake

David Luiz ftw!

new thread~ better hope!

maybe drop Drogba for a game and see what Torres can do...im not sure if this is a gamble..coz, well..u can always change tactic in the middle of the game anyways.

4-3-1-2

Torres-Kalou
Anelka
Malouda-Ramires-Lampard
Cole-Terry-Luiz-Bosingwa
Cech

I don't want kalou to play behind torres because Christmas tree's attack is too poor.
Kalou is lively in front, who know it could turn out a scary attacking line?
Drogba must be bench. He is horrible
You will be surprise to see me not including essien right? Yes, no place for Essien. He need some rest, he has been doing a lot of wrong passes all the time. Cost us some important possession.
Lampard go back to right side, Supporting Bosingwa in attack.

If we go back to 4-3-3, where's Anelka gonna play? I really love Anelka when he's playing behind two strikers. He didn't do anything against Liverpool because our strikers aren't combine well. I am sure it will be better. Give Torres some time.
So, I am still preferring 4-3-1-2.

almost all of our players gonna involve in midweek international game except essien ... hope all be back in fit body ..

^ i much prefer

4-3-1-2

Torres-Anelka
Lampard
Malouda-Ramires-Essien
Cole-Terry-Luiz-Bosingwa
Cech

Not bad but Lampard,Essien's form is worrying.
Anelka is doing good behind the two striker. IMO, he did prety well against Liverpool too. Just our attack didn't combine well.

Guss Hiddink poised to come back to Chelsea.

For Fulham game, I would prefer this lineup; (4-1-3-2)


With Ramires holding back, I'm much more relax compare to Mikel. Perhaps McEachran can support him a little. Malouda goes right, yes he can do cut-ins from right side and force the CB to block him. Torres be target man, Anelka SS.

This post has been edited by Belphegor: Feb 8 2011, 07:04 PM

Please, please Hiddink, please come!

MY GOD , guus hiddink and carlo anchelotti looks so alike. they are like...... long lost brothers?

what we desperately need is either width, or some creativity in the middle. somehow i still feel ramires with his energizer bunny running, will wreak havoc on teams trying to park the bus. has some creativity up his sleeves too so
who knows how well he can do in a diamond formation. worth a shot, since josh probably won't be 'risked.'

4-3-3 will only work with malouda firing on all cylinders which isn't the case now. but i'd still prefer it because it's our 'bread and butter' formation so to speak, which we flourished with last season.

as much as we've all been trying to avoid it, benching drogba should be given proper consideration now. its not just his lack of incisiveness, but he's been giving away possession and breaking down attacks waaaaayy too often for the past 5,6 games.

if we're top of the table with a reasonable lead, perhaps my tone would be different. the thing is we don't have that luxury, hence decisive measures must be taken. carlo showed he had the guts to exclude him against spurs, i'm hoping he'll repeat the trick against fulham.

let torres take his favourite CF position, get some goals, and hopefully light a fire under didier to storm back into form. if it doesn't, well....we can always just keep torres there. that's the best bit about having quality backup

i'm fine with malouda on the left, but my vote goes to kalou on the right instead of nico. mainly because he's more of a winger than the frenchman, not to mention his dribbling is more direct.

quite interested about the hiddink recall rumour, to assist carlo. that one might have some legs on it.

I think the problem clearly lies in the team spirit. They all have the talent and ambition to win.

unfortunately, their form and will says otherwise.

hopefully this international break will be of some change in fortune.

sometimes, a little luck can be a boost to the team. everybody needs a little luck sometimes.

now carlo should play torres on his preferred position...then the goals will flow...and we must play with 2 strikers...not 3...so 4-4-2 will be a good choice....i would like to see this lineup...


-------------------------------cech-----------------------------

--ivanovic------------david----------terry-----------a.cole--

--essien------------ramires--------lampard------malouda--

---------------------torres------------anelka-------------------


this is pure 4-4-2......with on right wings..iva will take over..and left flank by either a.cole/malouda......essien can comes in for torres or help ramires to try shoot long-range goals.....ramires...he can goes up, down and supply to both strikers upfront....lampard...will be playmaker......torres - anelka will just wait for the supply or anelka can drop back for assist torress to score......where else terry will be holding centre half..david is capable of defending and attack....like carvalho..score like a striker....haha...so...if they play as wht i mention...i'm sure this team-work lineup is really good for 3 pts consistently...

peace..

I miss this player. really

lol ... duff now good for average club only ... should miss more robben ... the way he penentrate defence last time ...

ROMAN ABROMOVICH
Y U SELL ROBBEN, DUFF, SWP??

all of them are lefty legs

even now we have alot of lefties.

ashley cole, malouda, gael kakuta, sturridge,

not too sure about borini though

except SWP..no difference with our current crop of players isn't it? Malouda, Yuri, Ashley, Josh, Luiz..hehe

Robben is so prone to injury last time, that most probably be the main reason..in return we got 24mils of good money..believe it or not, thats the highest transfer fees received by us

sure they have a financial controller aren't they?

pls take out anelka, he's just not good enough to be in starting-11...inconsistent type of player.

You gotta joking me.
He was the best player in our team in last two matches.

Malouda, Yuri, Ashley are still not up to previous standard.

At least Robben, Duff, Joe Cole, SWP can swap side in games. I really like that crop of players and really miss it

against sunderland he was good, but for liverpool match, he's just awful.

yessssssss that was my entire point!!! not too mention they were more creative/fairish and less selfish players. Their jobs is to assist.

now torres/drogba/anelka are all natural positioned strikers, all wan to score themselves only...

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Added on February 9, 2011, 6:52 pmChelsea should really get pedro leon, he was not registered for RM in La liga

This post has been edited by FLampard: Feb 9 2011, 06:52 PM

I think Anelka is in the best form right now..
Drogba is the worst..

you must be mistaken between anelka and drogba.

that's right. they talk the talk like they're ready to take on the world, but when its crunch time, they can't back it up with their performance.
admittedly, we've been missing that little bit of good fortune. the alleged handball by lucas was a tough one, but glen johnson's barge on iva was as blatant as they come. considering we were at home, we're entitled to feel a bit miffed. i think its been awhile since we've had some proper game changing decisions being called in our favour, but even if we nicked a goal a point would still be a disappointing result.

what do u guys make of didier's comments on the dressing room being in a 'bad mood?' am i the only one annoyed at his remarks since he's one of the main culprits in contributing to this supposed atmosphere? how many games have we been giving him the benefit of the doubt with regards to malaria again..ten?

Chelsea lack of HUNGER!..thats it

Pearce singled out McEachran, 17, for special praise.

He said: "Chelsea think extremely highly of him and you can see why. He's got ability and vision.

"All of our cutting passes came from him.

"He is an outstanding talent, similar to Jack Wilshere.

"We talk about the lack of talent in England at times.

"But when you look at the likes of Josh and Jack - to coin one of Trevor Brooking's famous old sayings - if they were wearing Spanish shirts they would be revered.

"They are outstanding players who can see a pass and the whole picture of a game a lot clearer than even I can!"

Quote from : http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport...21s-defeat.html

Let see if anyone uploaded on Youtube.. Omg, first time I really admire people younger than me.. LOL... since I'm 23

Spot the error

Spot the error 2

the only game i see our boys playing with good spirit recently is the Sunderland game. we ran, passed the ball well, attacked very well, had some defensive mistakes but with good attack, opponents get pushed back alot.

the rest of the games were good since we got results but i wouldnt say the performance of the whole team was satisfactory.

wtf that site ??? they thought london's derby between chelsea & arsenal only?? lol stoopid sia ..

this By PA sure nvr watch EPL ..

yap pacey winger...we only got Malouda as winger...Kakuta..Anelka...both is more to Am and SS...

I back Drogba to prove the doubters wrong...

Ivanovic signed a new Chelsea contract for 5 and a half years

This post has been edited by ericling: Feb 11 2011, 05:33 AM

WTF--
Is these news true??
Chelsea's £36m bid for Gomez was rejected, reveals Bayern striker as owner Abramovich tried to smash £100m January spending mark
sosej

This post has been edited by yinchet: Feb 11 2011, 08:06 AM

hes 26 n we signed him at least until 32 .. gudjob .. currently hes one of our best player this season ..

its good to see Brana getting a new contract. it looks like he loves it here in England and if he continues his form. he will be a regular in the starting eleven for a long long time.

are u new? everytime, we will be link all over the world, some club use chelsea name to make their player more expansive. some player wanted to leave the club also will say there are link to chelsea.

It's a tactic to make their player's value go up and "fry" the news so that people would notice their players. It's old tactic btw.

what an epic siggy

mario gomez - massively overrated, and i think bayern are spreading lies. gomez only 'found out' about the bid after the transfer window had closed. yeah...right.

the plaudits are raining in hard and fast for our young josh, i wonder when will carlo be 'forced' to play him at the tip of the diamond if we choose to maintain the formation.

obviously the diamond isnt working for us.

it is said that the diamond is a defensive formation. how are all the players and fans going to get used to playing defensively when we were scoring hauls of goals last season?

i think we should pack 5 in midfield and slowly build up play instead of playing 2 strikers up front, wasting a man in midfield. we dont exactly have midfield players who can get past players and make a pass.

i hope lampard can return to his usual self because we need him. where is his 20 goals a season target? maybe they will come in the champions league

Was reading somewhere that our purchase of Torres may be signs of a squad rebuilding exercise, what with most of our players on the wrong side of 30. David Luiz looks a buy for the future, while Brana's decision to stay on looks like one for the future as well.

There was already speculation in the media that some of our oldies may be sold over this summer, with the likes of Didier, Flo and also Jose B being mentioned. Much like our clear-out last summer as well, when the seniors like Ballack, Deco and Belletti moved on.

we've just been linked with Neymar again.

it might be a rebuilding exercise but our midfield is quite weak at the moment. shouldnt we be looking for a midfield player? most prolly Josh will be the future number 8 but right now I dont think he can carry so much weight on his shoulders, or can he?

Indeed. Neymar target refreshed. IMO Josh is the future 8 depending on how he develop, how highly we gonna rate him and how CA going to put him into his formation. I really hope that by next season he can play at least 20 games + substitutions and 30 games in overall competition. Hopefully this time we won't throw away young talents like Scott Sinclair, Ben Sahar, Di Santo and to be name a few.

This post has been edited by Belphegor: Feb 11 2011, 05:15 PM

Di Santo couldnt make into the team for his standard now. I am not sure if he is a late bloomers. As for Sinclair, he got the pace, but his finishing wasnt really that good. The best youngster crops that we have is our current youth and reserve squad, in my opinion. Not only that they managed to won the Fa Youth cup, but also their participation in their respective U21/U19 team.

As aw13 was saying earlier, we might be clearing out our squard and rebuilding from fresh. Although the like of Neymar, Lukaku, Van der Wiel and several others promising prospect being linked to us, I do think that our current youngster like Sturridge, Kakuta, Bruma, Aanholt still has their future in our team, say 5-6 years from now.

And in lastest CA interview, he mentioned Luiz going to start, he doesnt confirm whether he;s going to play CB or fullback.

'The players came back [from international duty] yesterday, everything is okay, just Bosingwa has a little problem but I hope he recovers for Monday's game,' Ancelotti said. 'The other players are in good condition, some players played 90 minutes but we have time to prepare the team for the Fulham game.

With a similar squad to pick from as that which was beaten by Liverpool last weekend, Ancelotti says he is likely to press on with the two-up-front formation that combined Fernando Torres and Didier Drogba for the first time.


its time for ashley-jt-luiz-ivanovic
he want to use 4-4-2 i tink ... hope he can find the best solution for monday's derby.. in CA i trussssttt tau ...

Seems like CA going to stick with 3 man forward for the time being.

sauce

And Alex should be back during the second leg of CL fixture against Copenhagen.

This post has been edited by Belphegor: Feb 12 2011, 12:53 AM

Cech
Iva,Luiz,Terry,Cole
Essien
Lampard,Malouda
Anelka
Torres,Drogba

This lineup may feature in the Fulham game...i hope this will be our winning formation...

FA Youth Cup Chelsea 2- Barnsley 1

McEachran getting better and better now. Same goes to Lalkovic.

Hopefully next season Lalkovic can appear as occasional substitute.

Btw, always see Sala in our matchday squad lists. He don't get bored? Sitting in bench knowing he won't get to play no matter what.

i will saz why not, doesnt work well with Reds doesnt meet its the end...

yep we're taking it step by step, with the acquisitions of luiz, ramires, and torres indicating that the owner realises we need to rebuild. if we do that while integrating the youngsters, it would be fantastic. with that in mind, i think flo and bosingwa can be retained with a view to slowly phasing out the former in favour of kakuta or maybe even tore. didier's contributions will always be etched in the club's history, but i have a feeling marseille will again attempt to bring their prized golden boy back in the summer, and we'll finally relent if the price is right.


one of the sagas that never really died, and with malouda's recent comments about a last 'swan song' in brazil, a malouda + cash bid might well be on the cards!
well..i may as well put two and two together, before the papers do. lol however, i think he still has something to offer to us, with the right kind of attitude. if we end up sending him back to france and throw kakuta into the first 11, i don't think that'll be such a bad idea either.

true, a creative midfielder is what we're lacking but when u factor in malouda's age and kalou's inconsistency, an attempt to bring in neymar actually makes a lot of sense for our wing-play. with a strong brazilian contingent consisting of alex, ramires, and luiz now, i'm sure we suddenly appear to be quite an attractive proposition (if we weren't already) compared to last season. kakuta on the left, neymar on the right in an attack minded 4-3-3 anyone? lots of creativity to go around, with both more than capable of playing at the tip of the diamond if need be!

i admire your optimism concerning the diamond, and i wouldn't be too quick to ditch its effectiveness as well. 4-3-3 won us trophies last season, but we may have to accommodate torres now, and our attacking trident has been looking stale in all the matches prior to sunderland. a whole lot will depend on how nico performs at the tip, but just as crucial is the movement of the players around him, especially the midfield and strikers. if there's nobody to pass to, don't expect nico to go on a mazy run, beating 4-5 players and rounding the keeper for a goal. he's just not that type of player.

therefore ramires's name has to be first on the team sheet because he's such a bloody hard worker (compared to EVERYONE ELSE in our team at the moment) when it comes to making runs and space for himself. let's see if carlo agrees.

but if fulham replicate liverpool's tactics and we're stuck at 0-0, i suggest reverting back to the 4-3-3 AT HALF TIME, take didier out, put kalou on that right wing, and malouda on the left. i'm quite confident kalou and malouda can cause some havoc out wide.

This post has been edited by Kerplunk: Feb 12 2011, 05:00 PM

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