true blue fushion – under mourinho it was his tactics. it was so bloody evident to see, that even a blind man could have seen. under grant, it is the players who are making it happen. it is there in all sports. some teams win by the team strength and quality than by tactics of the manager.

if you say steve clarke was no one last season, i’m sure you’re not a chelsea fan. Every chelsea fan would know what kind of contribution steve clarke made. just get lost instead of making such idiotic comments. roman wanted jose to fail somehow and that’s why he did not sanction any january money for him while he gave away 50 million for buddy grant. that was clear anti-chelsea backstabbing by roman, who put his interests ahead of chelsea’s for once.

the team will look something like this if every player was available.

4-4-2

——————Cech——————–
–Belletti–Terry–Carvalho–Bridge/Cole
————-Lampard–Essien————
–Cole/SWP———————–kalou/Malouda–
————–Anelka—Drogba————

We also could play a 4-3-3- like this.

——————-Cech——————–
–Belletti–Terry–Carvalho–Bridge/Cole
—————–Mikel——————–
———Essien———–Lampard—–
—Cole/SWP——————-Malouda/Kalou
—————–Drogba——————–

i dunno what it is but i jus find kalou to be a winger, he is not a striker and should use his pace and dribbling abiliy as a winger, also that CM department is shocking to pick between, when you have Ballack, Lampard, Essien, SWP and with Mikel and Maka As the Holding mids if we play a 4-3-3 is tough to pick from, it hink Maka should retire afta this season, he has bin great for us but he is aging and Mikel is one of the best DM in the world and is still getting better and better, if we want to p;lay sexy football we have to play with a 4–4-2 its a simple as that, Although i do not believe Anelka and Drogba can play together we should still try it, i just believe they are to similar.

Den

ill better get jose do it!!

No, not Avram Grant. Chelsea’s Anthony Grant has moved to Southend on loan. I’m sure a few of the readers on here got excited for a second, haha. Also, our opponents for the next EPL match Porstmouth signed Jermain Defoe, hopefully he doesn’t start. Looks like a great move for all – Portsmouth get a good striker, Defoe gets a move and Tottenham offload a striker they aren’t really using.

Hypothetical question for all – who would you put in your starting eleven when every Chelsea player is available, and for arguments sake, is in the best form of their life? It’s such a tricky question and possibly impossible to get the perfect 11. I’d probably have – Cech ; Bridge, Terry, Carvalho, Belletti ; Ballack, Mikel, Essien ; Anelka, Drogba, Shevchenko. Oh, if only we lined up we those 11 all in great form one day. Hmm, no Lampard, J.Cole, Wright-Phillips, Malouda, Kalou, A.Cole …

ok we have a quality team…………..so did we have the same squad during mourinho’s reign………
milan,valencia,liverpool all have a quality team and so has barca………………under mourinho the team was nothing it was the out of this world tactics and now it’s the player professionalism…………………..who are u trying to kid??????????aren’t the players in milan,valencia and liverpool athletes and professional and they allegedly have better manager…………….when mourinho was there,steve clark was no one…………..but now steve clark is god………last year poor mourinho did not have back ups and now suddenly we have the world’s best backup………..jt and lamp,drogba,kalou,mikel are no ones suddenly and as for alex,when jt returned from injury last season,i always wondered essien is a cb or jt

And Arun, the reason possibly Grant has done so well “managing ego’s” so to speak is that many big name players are not available so he has no choice in his line up the team pick itself so to speak.

Everyone gets to play right now with the games coming thick and fast. When all the players are back then we can see how he manages the team and ego’s Lampard v Ballack, Alex v Terry, Drogba v Anelka or Pizarro or Sheva or Kalou and so on.

And sorry I didn’t understand your comment that under Mourinho the likes of SWP, Cole etc would not have played. Plainly they would have done just the same under Grant during this period if for no other reason than because of the ACN and injuries. Mourinho knew just as much about Grant how important squad rotation is and used well (better than Rafa!) he would certainly have played Ballack and Bridge and has done many times in the past.

Ballack after all was one of his infamous “untouchables” wasn’t he?

As for squad depth, Chelsea have the greatest. MU are more heavily reliant on Ronaldo and if he gets injured I think they will suffer. Arse are also much weaker and miss key players – we don’t that is a BIG difference.