Decision time, folks! We need to make some real decisions with the arrival of Fernando Torres. By my count, there are at least three key decisions to be made – (a) What will be our formation (b) Who’s playing midfield (c) Who will get the chop for Torres (d) How much will Torres be played on Sunday
What will be our formation? I don’t know when was the last time we played a two-striker formation. Strangely though, we do have two of the finest strikers in the premier league. I did suggest in BC Shout that Anelka can play behind Torres and Drogba. Looks like this is seriously being considered. I would try that. Imagine Torres and Drogba with Anelka right behind them. The opposition defence will have a tough time making this lot. But honestly, I don’t see our changing our formation in an important match like this. I think we’d go ahead with the 4-3-3 and also this would influence the player selections.
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Excellent piece in Zonal Marking about the return of the diamond.
You make an interesting point about Torres not starting.
But eventually I see Anelka as the tip of the diamond behind Drogba and Torres. Ramires is built to be a diamond midfielder. But really, the rest of the midfield is hard to predict. Essien is better playing higher, which means Obi is the holding. No room for Lamps? Unthinkable. So it will be interesting to see what Carlo does.
There was this rumour from ‘The Sun’ about five Chelsea players to leave in this summer. And one of them was John Obi Mikel. Now, not even for a moment I want you to think I take ‘The Sun’ seriously but that was the first time I saw something about Obi Mikel leaving Chelsea. We’ve seen rumours of almost all players not Mikel. With Rambo in, I wonder what’s the growth plan for Mikel? And we’re not even talking about Josh! And this is the squad that was supposed to be lacking depth!
I truly think Torres may not be starting. If he does, I’ll be elated but I think Carlo will take the conservative route. Carlo seems to be an intriguing personality. His teams are very offensive but he comes across as very conservative. Bit of an opposite of the other certain manager who is my gravatar . . oh no . . I’ve got a new one!
WXWAX – Why don’t you login with the other ID so you get the gravatar that I hand picked for you? Don’t tell me you don’t like that?!
i doubt using the 4-3-3, it looks to me that carlo already made up his mind on 4-diamond-2 but i chose these players:
cech
ivanovic-luiz-terry-cole
essien
ramires-lampard
anelka
torres-drogba
Great article..but I don’t think they really play 4/3/3…as if you look at the last game Anelka had the licence to go anywhere which he did really well as he can hold the ball and beat a player and pass which put opponets in 2 minds as to what he would do…basically Dogba and Kalou played up front and the other player in a rigid spot being mikel…all the others interchanged at will..with the 2 backs making width and getting in the crosses…no I think we will have the same team..except Torres comes on for Kalou..Torres will be pumped and I think so too Drogba who knows he needs to perform to keep his position…tipping more goals for us!
I want it dat way i selected it
I can’t see Mikel Obi leaving. He can’t be that highly paid.
Chelsea will be interested in a salary dump. But who goes? Essien? Lampard? Terry? Drogba? Anelka?
Those are the guys making the big money, I would think, no?
Guess the website is slightly faster after some boring but essential anti-spam work. Cheers!
BC, saying the Pool will shove everyone including the referee and linesmen that’s hilarious dude.. LOL
But I understand Pool’s tactical madness and getting someone injured is in agenda list
Bruma on loan to Leicester City.
This is good. Now all the young talent is getting playing time.
Interestingly, with all their contribution to the last game, everyone likes to see Kalou and Malouda benched..
Well, now that all the kids are getting playing time, I’d expect at least 2-3 to break into the first team – something Carlo and the club led us to believe for this season. The purchase of a young all-purpose defender like David Luiz is already a bad news for Bruma, Mancienne and van Aanholt. I don’t see any of these playing a consistent role in the first team in the next two seasons. This is one reason why we are not a favourite destination for youngsters that we look to sign.
It’s a pity that lot of you are not on twitter. It’s a rocking place. In no time I’ve managed to rake up more than 500 tweets. Great footie humour and banter over there. Come on over to BC Tweets!!!
Liverpool and their Always- Sulk- Together fans will be pumped up for a fight on Sunday…..they have their reputations on the line……. They will try to show they are better than us…and start a blitzkrieg from the first minute… so in my humble opinion… I forward the notion of setting up the team…. to pass around a lot in the middle to infuriate them …..play on the counter when possible… and …… have Anelka, Kalou or whoever dribble into their corners endlessly ………pump the ball to Drogs from our side of pitch or into stands….
To do all that stuff, Carlo can choose whoever is best to infuriate …tease… madden and fuck up their game plan…
Then when they are ripe for picking……. send Torres on as decoy and have half of the red team marking / chasing / sniffing him while we slot in one goal after another……
JoseHoliday,
Totally agree. Liverpool always start on hyper-tempo and try to get the match under their control right from kick off. We’re traditionally late starters, waking up only after we concede. So, we need to be conscious and not fall for this trap. The truth is, Liverpool have no quality. They have heart but if you control the match for about 20-30 mins, they’ll go back to their mediocrity. But we need to play very carefully and not to be provoked or bullied by them.
It’s for this reason, I’d drop a Mikel. I’d play Lampard, Ramires and Essien. Mikel, in his current form, has the potential to be a disaster waiting to happen.
BlueChampion,
I wouldn’t assume that these guys are good enough. They may be, and if they are they’ll prove it over the next couple of years.
But one of the reasons Frank Arnesen is leaving is because in 5 years he’s not produced a single starting player. He doesn’t even get credit for McEachran, who was already in the Chelsea system.
WXWAX,
I think our expectations are different. In a couple of years, they may not have the opportunity to play with Lampard, Drogba & Terry at their best. Considering how old our talismanic players are, now is the perfect time for the young blues to be understudy and apprentice to these champions. My point always has been that they’ll learn better with the Chelsea squad than elsewhere. I’m okay for 6-months loan but I fear any longer period wouldn’t do us any good.
Frank Arnesen is leaving because he has been offered a leading position within the Danish FA (DBU) at the end of his contract with Chelsea.
Formation vs Liverpool:
————————————————-CECH————————————————
FERREIRA———————-IVANOVIC———————-TERRY—————–COLE
—————————————————RAMIRES——————————————
——————-LAMPARD————————————-MALOUDA———————–
——————————————–ANELKA—————————————————
———————————DROGBA———————–TORRES————————–
I’m playing Ferreira simply because I cannot stand Bosingwa’s sloppiness, lack of defensive qualities and the poorest crosses in the EPL. Second choice would have been Bruma, but apparently he’s loaned out to Leicester.
Malouda and Ramires can interchange as holding midfielder. Anelka should be allowed to roam freely. He was
awesome in that capacity vs Sunderland. Torres and DD will find their way of playing up front, and I think we will be in for a treat tomorrow when the show what damage they can cause opposition.
Obviously when Luiz starts playing we can move Ivanovic out wide, and we can put Bosingwa on this summers transfer list.
Frank Arnesen is leaving with the hope… emphasis on hope… of becoming the next coach of the Danish national team. That’s a worthy and face-saving goal, when the alternative is being booted.
BC, to me the point is that Chelsea FC isn’t a school. It’s a top club with high expectations. The only people wearing the shirt should be those who can win the club trophies. Playing on loan will not hurt the prospects, just as playing for “smaller” clubs hasn’t hurt Drogba, Torres, Lampard, Ivanovic, etc etc etc. It will, however, reveal if they’re good enough to win Chelsea silverware.
The Daily Mail has the interesting speculation that Ancelotti may want to try Luiz at holding midfield. Luiz said he’d play anywhere they put him. Hmmm…
Formation vs Liverpool:
——————————Cech——————————
—Ivanovic———-Luiz———-Terry———-A.Cole—
——————————Essien—————————–
————-Ramires——————–Lampard————-
—————————–Anelka——————————
——————–Torres———-Drogba——————–
SUB:Hilario,Bosingwa,Mikel,Malouda,McEachran,Kalou.
Chelsea 2-0 Liverpool.
Torres,Drogba.
Wxwax,
I fully agree with you that Chelsea FC is not a school. And I do believe that there are only good and bad players instead of old and young players. The point around using the youth is more fromthe economic point of view. We may not move out of Stamford Bridge. If we can’t increase revenues, we should find way to reduce them. Getting the best out of your young crop is one sure shot way. And also it’s very important to have home-grown heroes. We can field eleven players from eleven countries but it’s a matter of pride to field some players from your own backyard.
In any case, there was a point (which lasted for a few weeks) when any of these youngsters wouldn’t have done any worse than the seniors. You can call it hindsight but that’s okay because I’m not paid to manage Chelsea FC. The club administration and management are. We dropped the ball there and by this, we’ve probably delayed the development of our young players by a year.
You saw last weekend what competition in this ream can bring out. Josh can be threat for our midfielders, if we develop him properly. Same with Anholt and Bruma.
I don’t think Arnesen is being sacked. I think he is resigning by himself. It’s not Roman’s style to sack someone and keep them until the end of the season. Normally, he has them escorted out.
Here’s another Torres song, Love the high pitched Liverpool “ay calm down”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7B5ftOV3FYA
The song is totally ruined by the bad Spanish accent the singer puts on.
Arsenal were leading 4-0 Newcastle and ended up drawing 4-4. Great.
Newcastle comes back from 0-4 to draw 4-4!!! Against Arsenal of course! How did they do it? I’m taking about the arses here! Great weekend!
Laptop not working because the charger is broken. If I could have chatted last night I would have stated how my school did an amazing demolition against a team who was big, fast, strong but luckily unorganized, running everywhere. Two points I would love to share, one of my friends made a Messi like run against them and it was saddening he didn’t score after beating 5 defenders on the left side coming from the half way line. Only if the goalkeeper wasn’t there is what went through my head. He did score 2 goals though. Other point, a massive half volley about 5 yards above the half way line, right infront where I was standing shouting at the other team like Liverpool will be this Sunday, one of my other friends scores a wonderful shot. He didn’t mean it but that goal sealed a wonderful 4-1 victory. The goal we conceded was a mistake in our back four, our defenders started arguing because it was the first time of the match we had lost the man. It did take the other team 3 tries to beat our keeper though.
On to the Liverpool match.
4-1-2-1-2 (left to right)
——————————Cech——————————
—A.Cole———-Terry———-Luiz———-Ivanovic—
——————————Ramires—————————–
————-Lampard——————–Essien————-
—————————–Anelka——————————
——————–Drogba———-Torres——————–
Read my other post on how we should play. It is on the match report against Sunderland.
Anywho, the main thing I will talk about is why I choose to play Ramires there instead of Essien.
First of all, Ramires is proven in that position for Benfica and Brazil and about 3 Chelsea matches. He has the passing ability, the strength, the Makelele like tackles, everything thing that Mikel has and more and most importantly, he is our most on form midfielder. I have been supporting him from the start and guess what, you all are finally realising why.
Essien has defensive qualites but here is the thing, he best used as a vice to Lampard. Being right behind Lampard, backing him up when Lampard goes up to slot in a goal. Ramires then is best used right behind Essien, if for some odd reason, or at this point in time, very normal occasion someone out muscles or jinxes past Essien.
Oh here is another interesting point to comment on. The fact that Torres WILL score. Here is why.
He says he wants to score.
Luiz says he is glad he isn’t defending him Sunday.
He says he will not celebrate.
Carlo says he is ready to demolish Liverpool.
Terry says everyone is frightened of us again.
Here is what we need to do.
Look at our performance against them last time out, ask Torres what they are currently doing and look at their performance against Wolves.
One will say:
From kickoff control the midfeld. With a diamond we can do exactly that.
Press early to get a goal. If we don’t they will and trust me, with Suarez and Carrol, it will be deadly.
Get crosses into the box and keep Skrtel as far away as possible from an aerial ball.
Use A. Cole as much as possible. With Ivanovic on the right, one less man marking A. Cole. With Anelka, Drogba and Torres upfront. 4 less men marking A. Cole. With Lampard and Essien regaining form,… enough said.
Use Torres as bait, get Anelka down, retrieve, killer ball, goal!
Gerrard, Suarez and the Kop will be the dangers of that day.
Last point. It is amazing what the Kop have to say about the men that saved them from relegation. Torres and Benitez. Without Torres, Liverpool would be nothing. Without Benitez, there would be no Torres, Reina and Gerrard would be at Chelsea.
Can’t wait till I get a new charger. Oh and this one last point.
On my FM 11 save. Man City are very interesting. Guess who is managing them, he is a special person, he is big headed, he is currently about to leave a very huge team in Spain. Also Tottenham, being managed by Alan Shearer, is a team I would love to manage right now. They play a 4-5-1, but I would play a 4-4-1-1 if I were Alan. By the way, Man Utd bought Bale for 30m.
4-4-1-1 (left to right)
Gomes
Wilson – Jones – Shawcross – Cristico
J. Cole – Modric – Huddlestone – Palacios
Van der Vaart
Dzeko
Guys, I told you, Arsenal, Man Utd and basically all of the clubs who dominate ALWAYS slip up. Man Utd will start to slip probably not after we beat them but Arsenal have already started.
It has been good day so far, as Sturridge scored against Spurs, unfortunately Spurs won.
Thanks to Newcastle, Arsenal dropped 2 points, but they should have dropped 3 points, has Nolan scored.
Wolves leading Manure, 2-1. I hope they keep going this score until the end.
It has been good day so far, as Sturridge scored against Spurs, unfortunately Spurs won.
Thanks to Newcastle, Arsenal dropped 2 points, but they should have dropped 3 points, has Nolan scored.
Wolves are leading Manure, 2-1. I hope they keep going this score until the end.
Hmmm, maybe Chicharito, Nani, Giggs, Berbatov or Rooney will make an awesome comeback or just like Arsenal, Man Utd will start slipping.
Manure lost…. Wolves won by 2-1 !!!
Amazing day, perfect result for us!!!
Thank you Wolves, what a great fight, even with 5 mins extra ferguson time you beat those arrogant bastards
Two goals in two games for Sturridge. If there’s one good thing about Carlo not playing him it’s that his surge in form came just as Chelsea also returned to form, so no harm done.
If he keeps this up, he’ll present Chelsea with interesting choices this summer. Keep him and drop a highly paid oldster like Anelka or Drogba. Or trade him for welcome cash.
Man Utd lose, Arsenal have drawn, City have played 2 more games then us and are 5 points ahead, the time is right to hit the hammer on the burning metal Chelsea. Let’s not throw away important points tomorrow, lets go out and take this bitch by the leash (sorry for the abusinve langauge) but sometimes only certain words can describe the mood. KTBFFH
DanaBlue,
Yeah really Fergie time. If no goal is scored in second half, it should not be more than 3 minutes for extra time..
A United loss to Wolves is a great result, but will only be a perfect result if we take all three points from Liverpool. A 7 point gap is much less menacing than a 10 point gap.
That’s only true of managers. And not all of them, either.
Peter Kenyon was allowed to announce his departure a couple of months before leaving to pursue “other opportunities.” He walked before he was fired. http://bit.ly/h2Vl02 Said opportunities have yet to materialize. His WIki bio hasn’t been updated since his departure.
That’s very similar to Arnesen “quitting” to pursue another “opportunity.” This “opportunity” is to manage the Danish national team. At this point it seems only reasonable to observe that Arnesen’s managerial experience was as an assistant to Bobby Robson at PSV from 1991-93. In that light, his quest to manage the Danish national team seems a bit, well, Quixotic.
Unwanted players are given their release when their contracts expire, e.g. Joe Cole and Michale Ballack.
Even Ray Wilkins wasn’t fired early. Lost in all the hubub is that his contract was not renewed. The fact that his contract expired in the middle of a season was an awkward result of the emergency conditions of his hiring. He served his time and was not renewed.
Just like Frank Arnesen knew he would not be renewed. I’m wondering what the odds are that he’ll be Denmark’s next manager? *evil grin*
I would not start with Torres tomorrow , if I were Carlo …
Chelsea needs ot change its tactic to use Torres and Drogba together … I would not take risk in a big game against Liverpool … I would try the tactic against weaker teams and if it worked out well, I would use it …
For tomorrow , no Torres … sit hin on bench use him IF
1. we were winning 2-0 until 75 minutes
2. we were losing ponits until 80 minutes
in these two cases, we can introduce Torres ..
Chelsung,
There is no such rule in FIFA book …
Giggs should have sent off .. WTF
Here are two excellent analyses of how Ancelotti might change formations to make room for Torres.
Jonathan Wilson, who a superb job describing football tactics, thinks Ancelotti will likely opt for a 4-1-3-2.
“The best solution is probably a 4-1-3-2 — a flattened diamond — with Essien or Mikel holding and Malouda, Lampard and Ramires providing support to Torres and Drogba from midfield. It’s a system with balance, although it’s hard not to feel that, for all the energy and power in that midfield, there is little in the way of flair.”
http://bit.ly/dHLIeA
ESPN Soccernet’s Jim Carter sees Carlo switching between a 4-2-3-1 for big teams and a classic diamond 4-1-2-1-2 for the others. But he notes that Ancelotti has had success with a 4-3-2-1.
“Ancelotti won the Champions League with AC Milan in 2007 with a 4-3-2-1 and could certainly be persuaded that flooding the midfield in a big game would be the way to go, without it marking a drastic change from his preferred diamond.”
http://es.pn/gcBmHo
You’re the only one speculating that Arnesen is going for the manager (landstræner) position. He is looking for an administrative position within the DBU (Danish FA).
By the way can you name another assistant to Bobby Robson? I can help you saying his nick name is TSO.
Dana, it was in all the papers when he announced he was “quitting.”
Look it up, easy to find. He wants to replace the venerable current coach, who is finally retiring (voluntarily!)
Here ya go, DB. mind you, this is after Chelsea announced he was leaving “to pursue other opportunities.” The familiar euphemism.
http://bit.ly/ebsTHr
Just finished watching Wolves-UnIted. Other than the typical-but-mysterious decision to award Manchester United 5 minutes and 27 seconds of added time, the thing that stood out is United’s inability to really threaten in the second half.
Normally they’re very fluent on the attack. This was a bad day, completely off. Credit to Wolves for playing staunch defense. But United’s failings on the road continue. They may have paid the price for using 37 year-old Giggs so often of late. For once, he wasn’t terribly threatening.
I wonder what happened to all the man utd and arsenal fans who used to post here…………..hehehe
man utd….yeah molineaux is a difficult plc to go…but we’re now hopefully 7 points behind you and yeah we’re gonna get you……
to the gunners: time and again you prove to be so close and then u just feel like throwing it away dontcha…this is why u don’t win matches
forget refrees forget the sending off
4 goals up 60+ minutes played……….u gotta shut up shop
u lost a midfielder not a defender………u r in other words…..rubbish
How can you?……..im still laughing here………..4-0 up 60+minutes and 4-4……..hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
wait……………….hahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha…….no seriously wait…………hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaah
parmael,
Good One parmael, ManUtd defeated and arsenal gave away a 4 goal lead Amazing………
Wolves end Man Utd run, Newcastle stun Arsenal
We Need a win against Loserpool and we will be back on track….
Stil Can’t beleive Arsenal gave a 4 goal lead
Here is Frank Arnesen.
See I’m no fan of Arnesen. If anything I have bitter memories of his reported role in the removal of my beloved Jose Mourinho. It looks easy and fashionable to blame Arnesen for not having enough youth in the first team. To be fair to him, he was responsible, among other things, for scouting and preparing young players. But the first team manager has an equal responsibilty to develop these young players. Even if we had Lionel Messi at 17 years of age, we wouldn’t have developed him as a Barca or a Man Utd or Bayern would have. That’s because of our approach to the whole thing which in my opinion, people like Sncelotti and Arnesen should be able to innocent. Oh I’m going on and on like a broken record.
The Newcastle vs Arsenal match was the best comedy show of the season. You don’t know how much I loved it! Ill watch it over and over again. Goners losing a 4-goal lead! Yippppeeeee!!!!
maysam,
You mean Scholes, i think.. He deserved to be sent of for playing volleyball in penalty area
BC my life long dream come true…………….I went to a MANU fan site and commented about their loss
LOL! I enjoyed the Man Utd defeat – only watched the first and last 10 mins though. What gave me immense pleasure was Arsenal’s collapse in the last 30 minutes. Only Arsenal can do it and I love it when they do it. All this will be sweet only if we beat Liverpool today!
It was in all the English papers and transcripts there off. All of it was rumours and speculations. Living partly in Denmark I have followed Arnesens resignation with interest in the Danish media, which presented much more fact based journalism in this matter. When it became clear that Morten Olsen wanted to retire from the national team, Arnesen was considered as a replacement as his time with Chelsea would end as well. That was however denied by both Arnesen and DBU. Both parties did not consider Arnesen was having the right qualifications.
All is Well! All is well mates, so far. Things are going incredibly good since feb. We got torres. Manure drop points. Diaby, the angry young man, put up a very good performance. I am able to sell my old car and I moved to California from Florida…. all is well. Coming on to the match, living in Pacific time is something i would not cherish for watching EPL. Luckily for me its an 8:00 am kick off here and I would be hoping to watch this game without sacrificing my usual saturday late nights, you know!
I just want to win this game, to make it sweeter. I would not worry too much on the formation or whom we are playing. for the poll’s sake I did not select Essien starting spot and I would like to give the place to Anelka only because of this incredible show he put up last match. Carlo has tricks up his sleeve and he surprised everyone by playing anelka at the tip of his beloved diamond. Its hard to believe the changes that happen so quickly when players like torres comes in. Malouda is no longer a sure starter given his form last season, isn,t that a token of competency’s in the squad?
DD might get the nod ahead of torres even though the last game he played is not that great for him. He is the best person I like in this squad after Lampsy, its hard to agree with time or facts that he is getting old or might be going to RM at the end of this season. I hope he goes on for another 5 years.
We dont have a real threat in Lpool, but this guy Suarez might start in the match. You know this Uruguay guys, they wont give up. He is in the mold of Tevez who is a gritty fighter. I just hope we cool this dude off and we can happily bag 3 points. Thanks to the thigh injury of Carroll. I would still give Mikel a starting berth. He is very good at CDM, lasts game goal is just one off for him. It would boost his confidence tremendously if he can keep Stevie quiet. Rambo takes the other spot on the right in the diamond, his natural position to set up more attacking plays. Its a gamble to let off Essien, but I somehow feel this is the best attacking threats we can provide.
—————————–cech———————————
—bosingwa————-Ivano———-Terry————–cole
—————————-Mikel———————————–
——–Ramires——————————-Lampard——–
————————–Anelka———————————-
————-torres—————————–DD——————
Ancelloti plays it very cautiously and for that I doubt he will start with both new boys…but on the other hand Ambrovich wants to see his new striker start paying back the investment so torres will start with Luiz coming on later…this is bigger than normal this game because of united slip up which was well over due..so we can get 3 points back and work on the goal difference as well!
—————————–cech———————————
—Bosingwa————-Ivanovic———-Terry————–Cole
—————————-Mikel (luiz)———————————–
——–Essien (Ramires)——————————-Lampard——–
————————–Anelka———————————-
————-torres—————————–DD——————
I thought I would like to speculate a little regarding our remaining away fixtures, because this is where the EPL will be won. I fully expect us to win our home games, that’s a requirement if you want to win the Championship.
Apr 14 Monday at 20:00 FULHAM
This should be the easiest of our last away games and I don’t expect any surprises here. We should expect 3 points at The Cottage
Mar 7 Monday at 20:00 BLACKPOOL
Blackpool started out as the big new surprise in the EPL, but the strain on the squad is beginning to show. However a difficult away game, but we play them at a time where Blackpool is not in a desperate relegation battle. 3 points
Apr 2 Saturday at 15:00 STOKE CITY
Always difficult to take points from Stoke, but by now the Anelka, Drogba and Torres Triad (ADT Attacking Dream Team) is lethal and too hard to handle for Stoke. 3 points
Apr 16 Saturday at 15:00 WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Very likely that West Bromwich are in a fierce relegation battle, making this fixture very tricky. Anticipate 3 points, but this could be a stumbling block.
May 7 Saturday at 15:00 MANCHESTER UNITED
The game of the season. By now we have fought our way straight back into the Championship battle. We may even be ahead as Manure showed vs Wolves how lucky they have been in most of their drawn games. And their luck is running on empty. Wouldn’t it be great to celebrate as Champions at Old Trafford? 3 Championship points!!!!
May 22 Sunday at 16:00 EVERTON
If May 7 turns out the way I predict, then this will be our round of honour. However slipping up at Old Trafford could make this the Championship decider. And vs Everton it will be unbearably exciting, not for the faint hearted. The various connotations of this last weekend could be the stuff of a Hitchcock film.
Sad news…
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/3394339/West-Brom-sack-boss-Roberto-di-Matteo.html
no doubt, we were in the best form when Ivanovic was played in the wing, and he was free to roam about. Bosingwa is a good player, but he is not up to par with Ivanovic. Essien used to be a offensive player, but looking at the way he is shooting recently, i feel it would be good if we settle him for CDM. Anelka is not the striker if we see his qualities. He is more like an attacking midfielder, and plays like that. so he should be in CAm position. I guess that leaves us to following formation:
———————————————-cech——————————————-
Ivanovic—————Luiz/Bruma———————–Terry—————-A. cole
——————————————Essien——————————————-
———-ramires/mikel———————————————–Lampard—————-
—————————————Anelka———————————————-
——————–kalou/DD————————————Torres——————-
As chelsea is not form now, i suggest that to bence torres let anelka start the match from 1st half, and replace torres by 2nd half becouse liverpool is not a team joke with.
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