————————Cech————————–
Ivanovic——Terry——Carvalho—-—A.Cole
———–———-—Mikel—————————
————- Deco———–Lampard————–
J.Cole————————————–Malouda
———————–Anelka———–—————

Subs: Cudicini, Alex, Bridge, Ballack, Di Santo,Sheva,SWP

Scolari will probably go for a formation similar but like this:
————————Cech————————–
Ferreira——Terry——Carvalho—-—A.Cole
———–———-—Mikel—————————
————- Deco———–Lampard————–
J.Cole————————————–Malouda
———————–Anelka———–—————

Subs: Cudicini, Alex, Ivanovic, Ballack, Di Santo,Sheva,SWP

I have a question to those(TBF) who say Jose’s football is negative,I believe no one would’ve furgot the Chelsea 4-4 tottenham match last season.We’re behind,qualised,behind,equalised,took lead and extended the lead.We’re in lead until Keane scored a stunner at the injury time.I would say that match caused us the title.Now,you’re a manager what would you do when you’re playing such a high tempo match ? I say Jose would have sealed the match for the blues once we went ahead.When you’re playing a big team in an important match under crunch situation would you like to step down the tempo a bit once you take the lead or would you like to up the temp and attack the opponent.Honestly, if someone say i would still attack he should definitely be a Gooner.Jose’s tactics (4-3-3) was the one which bought new dimension to Chelsea’s football.I consider Jose’s tactics Superior than anyone in the League.Scolari is a great coach,no doubt about it.But dont compare him with Jose,they’re entirely different kind of Tacticians and characters.

——————-Cech———————
Ferreira—-Terry—-Carvalho—-Cole
————–Essien————————
——-Deco——-Ballack—————–
————–Lampard———————
——–Anelka——–Sheva————–

Subs : Alex, Ivanovic, Pizzaro, J. Cole, Malouda/SWP, Cudicini, Mikel.

We can’t expect Di Santo because he’s the one for the future according to Scolari (also as its his first EPL game he will play safe and will have an experienced team, we can expect Di Santo in the mid season, i.e after Scolari settles down).

In the second half you can expect a 4-3-3 with Ballack, Sheva and Ferreira making way for J. Cole, Malouda/SWP and Ivanovic respectively.

This way he will use all the star players in the starting line-up, and will substitute others in the second half. Every one would get a chance too.

I don’t want Robinho in the team, he’s using Chelsea to get a better contract from Real. We don’t need him when we have SWP, Malouda, J. Cole and Kalou (who was mostly used on wings last season), also Robinho can’t play in EPL, which is mostly physical unlike the La Liga. Even if he does come to Chelsea we can’t expect a great performance from in the first season as he needs to cope with the physical aspect of the game, just like Ronaldo’s first season at Manure.

Having Lampard for the next 5 seasons is great but the amount we pay him is too much. We could have bought Ribas Diego / Van der Vaart with that amount (fact is we have to shell out the cash at once,which is bad).

——————-Cech———————
Ferreira—-Terry—-Carvalho—-Cole
————–Essien————————
——-Deco——-Ballack—————–
————–Lampard———————
——–Anelka——–Sheva————–

Subs : Alex, Ivanovic, Di Santo, J. Cole, Malouda/SWP, Cudicini, Mikel.

Second half you can expect a 4-3-3 with Ballack, Sheva and Ferreira making way for J. Cole, Malouda/SWP and Ivanovic respectively.
This way he will use all the star players in the starting line-up, and will substitute others in the second half. Every one would get a chance too. I don’t want

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I couldn’t stand Deco before he came here. I am still not a fan of him personally. But the man is class and is going to be a huge addition to our attacking football.

United can have Berbatov. If they think they can play him with Ronaldo, Rooney and Tevez at the same time, they are delusional. Weak teams won’t be able to keep up, but strong squads, especially ours, which on paper is the best midfield in the world, will destroy theirs is they try to play 4 attacks and two defensive mids. We can already shut them down at will (See: UEFA Champions League Final 2008, 35th minute on) so I’m not worried.

Let’s keep everyone fit and healthy this year, and we should be in good shape for the two major titles!