The 4-3-3 is great compared to the other formations. A couple of years when chelsea was playing there best they where a great team to watch they were scoring 3 or 2 or even 4 again last season was 1-0 over and over again because jose used the 4-4-2 and with sheva out of form and ballack out of form along wih ferreira we suffered dearly. So jose sould play the 4-3-3 for nice football with many goals and maybe the 4-2-3-1 rarely.

Go Chelsea

No doubt, BC, Chelsea’s most effective offensive formation is 4-3-3, and I wish we can play like that the whole season, but it seems we never could last season with no Robben or Joe. But I’m sure we’ll see it more this season. Man, I can’t wait!

Guys I like the 4-4-2 and 4-3-3 informations it indipents of our opponent and the compatition we play, but I like most and I hope Jose use more the 4-3-3 information.!!

BC, it’s good to see that my last post about next year’s formation and selection gave you inspiration to write this article.
Nevertheless, I don’t like any of your formations simply because I don’t like the players. I just can’t think of another year with Lampard and Ballack and without a creative midfielder. I just think it’s time for Chelsea to go to a level of AC Milan and Barcelona.
Respect!

Well M_D, the post on formations was always on my mind with our new signings and potential signings. Dont go so hard on Lampard. He is a good, hardworking, midfielder who can give his all with complete concentration to the team objectives. I’d love to see them both play together next season, with no defensive burden on the team. They’re gonna be the deadly double of 07-08.

BC, in the last 3 years Chelsea won every piece of domestic silverware and it’s time to win the Champions League. Let’s see if “the deadly double” of Lamps+Ballack can win it. You know my opinion and thus my prediction. Let’s wait and see.

Another post on rumours and news coming up tonight. I’ll discuss more on this in there.

Hey M_D , thax for showin me the brighter side!!!!LOL!!!!!but hey who neds these scousers here anyway!!!!! Read ur Bio there , ur older than me and i admit hav seen a lot more footie than me!!!! but hey lets just say age dosent make one a genius!!!!LOL!!!!!

Sneijder is not like Lamps, yes he loves to score , but he creates a lot as well , maybe not as much as Van der Vaart , but he has the ablity to stand upto the opponents , unlike Van der Vaart , Sneijder is stronger and hardier than Van der Vaart and unllike him can also defend well for his team!!! Van der Vaart dissapears in games sometimes , he is not a physical sorta player , likes to go down too easily and is far too lazy to comeback and defend!!!!!! But to each his own!!!!!

BC i think u hav really lost ur faith in creativity , but it seems unbelievable that CFC fans hav so quickly forgotten Zola, the moments he gave us of sheer pace , creativity , talent and skill was a treat to watch , how can we become so machine like in our pursuit of trophies?????Footie was made to entertain , like Barca do(grrr) , the Argentines , the brazilians , and even like the arsey’s did 3 years back ,think abt it!!!!!

joeblue, lol
You are right and nobody here says that I’m a genius, including myself. Maysam wanted to know more about me and others, so I wrote about myself.

As for Van der Vaart and Sneijder, let’s just agree that Chelsea would do much better if they were in the team instead of Lampard and Ballack! LOL, but hey why not? Chelsea with those 2 would bbe unstoppable.

hey M_D , i was just kiddin!!!!
Come to think of it , at their Ajax days togeather they were unstoppable , the best of pals , and worked telepathically , each knew what the other was doin and what he had to do , those were the days wen Ajax were really up and running in their league , unlike now , if CFC wld buy them(wat a wish) , we wld really hav 2 young atrocious talents!!!!

[...] Robben is not moving. If Robben Sr is a man of words, surely Robben Jr is staying with us. The last we heard was that he is only looking for a fountain pen to ink his signature. Chelsea looking to sign Malouda and not planning to sell SWP show that Jose could have 4-3-3 in his mind, in which case Robben should flourish. Out of all the wingers and makeshift wingers in the Chelsea squad, Robben is easily the most skilled and highly effective. [...]

4-3-3

___________________CECH________________________
Ferreira________Terry______Carvaliho_____Bridge
___________________Essien______________________
______________Lampard_____J.Cole_______________
_____________________Robben (CF)_______________
_____________Drogba(ST)____Sheva (ST)__________

Sub : Cudicini - Ashly - Ballack - Pizarro - Alex

joeblue,
I know that u r kiddin’ We start to work telepathically too, lol :))

that was me!

Maysam, Robben is better on the wing… they cramp his style in an ingested midfield.

Haha, I mean congested. It’s too late.

well Adonis, I did not want to exaplin details.
I put Robben in CF with freedom. He can go to right and left. He can penetrate from left and right and centre.

I see, I see… I like him in that position then, with freedom to roam. He is a bit liable to lose the ball though, perhaps the only fault I see in his game–not to mention going down too often. Anyways, perhaps Malouda will be a stronger player than Robben that won’t go down or lose the ball as easily. We need that.

I would go for….

Cech

Terry/Carvalho/Bridge

Rest seven playing ‘total football’…attacking in waves..
defending as rock….Bridge also joining attack whenever
he wishes….Terry and Carvalho joining during set pieces..
score at least a dozen goals every match..i wish it could happen….

___________________CECH________________________

geremi________Terry______Carvaliho_____ashley cole

___________________Essien______________________

______________Lampard_____ballack_______________

Robben Drogba Sheva

4-3-3 just rocks.it will attack,with essien playing maka’s role

—————————-Cech————————
Diarra——-Cavalho————-Terry———-Cole
————————-Mikel————————–
———-Essian/Ballack———Lampard———–
————–Sheva—————–Malouda———-
————————-Drogba————————

That’s 4-1-3-2
;-)

——————-cech—————————————————————————–diara—–carvalho——tery——-a.cole———————————————robben——essien———ballack—————————————————-malouda———drogba——j.cole

—————————–cech—————————-
——-fereira——-terry——carvalho——–a.cole——
——–essien——-makelele——-lampard—————
——-robben(malouda)—–drogba—–sheva(joe.cole)

———————-Chech————————
–G.Johnson–Carvalho–Terry–Bridge———
———————-Essien————————
—-J.Cole/SWP————Robben/Malouda—-
——————-Lamps—————————
————————Pizzaro———————
————–Drogba——————————-

Or…

———————-Chech————————
–G.Johnson–Carvalho–Terry–Bridge———
———————-Essien————————
—-J.Cole/SWP———————-Malouda—-
———–Pizzaro———-Sheva—————–
————–Drogba——————————-

im not sure if a 3 man midfield would be worth it….with the players we have… :S what u guys think

—————-cech—————–
—–fereira—terry—carvalho—a.cole—–
—–essien——–mikel——-robben——–
—–j.cole——drogba——-malouda——-

sheva,pizaro,alex.lampard,makelele,bridge,kalou,ballack,diara,cudicini,hilario,sidwel,geremi,sincler,ben sahar,ben hain, coach—murinho—
—–big boss abramovich

(shkupjani_bossi@hotmail.com)

————-Cech————-
Fereria-Terry-Carvalho-Bridge
———Essien/Maka————
—Ballack———-Lampard—-
JCole/SWP——–Robben/Maloda
————-Drogba————-
433 or

————-Cech————-
Fereria-Terry-Carvalho-Bridge
——–Essien—Mikel————
Cole/SWP Lamps Robben/Malouda
Drog/Sheva

It is going to be exceedingly difficult for Jose to choose an ideal formation for the season, with many quality players to choose from. If he plays a 4-3-3 formation, will he leave out Sheva or play him as a winger, sacrificing one of J.Cole/Robben/Malouda? Also, which 3 central mids will he choose? Lampard, Essien and .. Ballack? Mikel? Sidwell?

Or, if it is 4-4-2, with two of Drogba/Sheva/Pizarro in the striker positions, who will be in the midfield? Two wide players and two central, or four central?

It will be very hard for him, but knowing Jose he will pull something out of his hat that will be magical!

This would be my ideal starting line up.

Cech

Carvalho Alex Terry Bridge

Essien

J.cole Lamps Malouda

Sheva
Drogba

hello am tahiru and also i think the going out of lampard is not Good

All the comments made by Mourinho so far point in the direction (I hope) of a 4-4-2 with two midfieldersand two wingers.
Ther’es been a warning for Ballack, He’s pointed out the need to play Essien in midfield this year and he also said ‘he is the kind of player we need in the midfield if we drop one midfielder’ (or something similar).

Cech

Ashley Cole
Terry
Carvalho
Ferreira/Diarra/Johnson

Malouda/Kalou (lw)
Essien
Lampard
Joe Cole/SWP (rw)

Drogba
Shevchenko/Pizarro

WHAT IS WITH U GUYS AND THIS UTUPPIAN 4-3-3???

It WASN’T (to qoute Adonis) ‘Our most effective offensive formation’.

It was a counterattacking formation based on JM’S transition Football philosphy with Lamaprd being the pivot.
We scored three or four but never created as many chances as some chelsea idealists would have you believe.
We would stroke it around the back four, bore the opposition silly until they crept forward and break with lethal effect. We never mlitzed an opposition goal with that formation.
It was for COUNTER-ATTACKING - which is why we had a lot of problems the second season when Lampard teams just sat back completely and Lampard dried up. Makelele was being marked out and JM decided to chamge to a 4-4-2 diamond around the christmas period.
After that it was all over the place. I rememebr one commentery before the game when the sky and BBC pundits were scratching their heads trying to fathom exactly what JM was doing…

WHAT IS WITH U GUYS AND THIS UTOPIAN 4-3-3???

It WASN’T (to qoute Adonis) ‘Our most effective offensive formation’.

It was a counterattacking formation based on JM’S transition Football philosphy with Lamaprd being the pivot.
We scored three or four but never created as many chances as some chelsea idealists would have you believe.
We would stroke it around the back four, bore the opposition silly until they crept forward and break with lethal effect. We never mlitzed an opposition goal with that formation.
It was for COUNTER-ATTACKING - which is why we had a lot of problems the second season when Lampard teams just sat back completely and Lampard dried up. Makelele was being marked out and JM decided to chamge to a 4-4-2 diamond around the christmas period.
After that it was all over the place. I rememebr one commentery before the game when the sky and BBC pundits were scratching their heads trying to fathom exactly what JM was doing…

Cashif, I don’t quite understand what you’re saying… You’re saying “we scored three or four” (goals a game, I presume), we won the EPL twice, with record hauls in points and many record-setting feats, and it’s NOT our most effective formation?? What we suffered from last year was lack of width. Ballack and Lampard were our playmakers and they are central midfielders. We didn’t have Robben or Joe so we suffered. This year, we have all of these problems covered with the 4-3-3, and if one formation has problems while the other one doesn’t, I’d say the one that doesn’t is the most effective one. And ask anyone, it’s not about creating chances, it’s about scoring goals. The formation with more goals, not chances, is the better offensive formation.

Adonis, during the first season, yes it worked perfectly, but what happened the next year - THAT is what I’m alluding to.
Our scorelines weren’t as impressive with the 4-3-3 the second time around to the point where JM actually changed it to a 4-4-2 diamond midway through thes season. If you cast your mind back, you should remember we were knocked out by Liverpool in the FA cup after JM had for three or maybe five or six successive games opted against using a 4-3-3.
We had wingers available, he just chose not to use them. WHY?
I can only believe it was because it was clear to him we were having problems creating chances with that 4-3-3 and some sort of change was needed.

BTW our ‘Record breaking’ points haul was in that year was more down to our rock solid defence than our goalscoring. We conceded only 15 goals while Arsenal actually scored a lot more than us.

But t back to my main point; How effective is our 4-4-3 when we ned to force the issue? Let’s face it, that’s where we lost to Liverpool in the semis and to Barcelona the year before.
When it’s crying out for us to take the initiative we just dont have enough invention going forward with that system.

*three, five or six???
No one really knew what he was doing with the formations, except that he’d changed from our standard 4-3-3

you have to change your squad or make as arsene wenger

it is good news 4 all chelsea fans 2 see new turn-up,wt dis 4mation we can be @ d top again but Grant shd get a replacement 4 stricking side.BLUE 4EVER

Malouda should play 4rm right wing while jol cole play 4rm left wing by doing this opponet defensive is in trouble.BLUE TILL DIE