Chelsea FC 2006/2007

CHELSEA FC

1.Petr Cech
2.
3.Ashley Cole
4.Claude Makelele
5.Michael Essien
6.Ricardo Carvalho
7.Andriy Shevchenko
8.Frank Lampard
9.Khalid Boulahrouz
10.Joe Cole
11.Dider Drogba
12.John Obi Mikel
13.Michael Ballack
14.Geremi
15.
16.Arjen Robben
17.
18.Wayne Bridge
19.Lassana Diarra
20.Paulo Ferreira
21.Saloman Kalou
22.Magnus Hedman
23.Carlo Cudicini
24.Shaun Wright-Phillips
25.
26.John Terry
27.
28.
29.
30.
33.Nuno Morais
40.Hilario
47.Yves Ma-Kalambay

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

In what formation do you think?

EDIT: Just seen it in the Prem discussion thread.

What is Soloman Kalou's best position, striker or winger.

not a great fan of this chelsea system to be honest

I like it when Chelsea play the wide men, I know Robben is out, but where is J Cole and SWP? these players are dangerous especially on the counter attack, Sheva has a lot to prove today.

Cesc's Christmas Cracker wrote:In what formation do you think?

What is Soloman Kalou's best position, striker or winger.

Kalou very much reminds me of Thierry Henry pre-2000.

Quick, lean, able to go past players and cut inside (from the left).

He will play in a 4-3-3.

Last time Ferreira played CB (Fulham), he played really well. I hope he can play just as well today.

Luis wrote:not a great fan of this chelsea system to be honest

I like it when Chelsea play the wide men, I know Robben is out, but where is J Cole and SWP? these players are dangerous especially on the counter attack, Sheva has a lot to prove today.

Joe Cole is out (long term I believe).

SWP just isn't good enough imo. Kalou will offer width today.

S4P wrote:

Luis wrote:not a great fan of this chelsea system to be honest

I like it when Chelsea play the wide men, I know Robben is out, but where is J Cole and SWP? these players are dangerous especially on the counter attack, Sheva has a lot to prove today.

Joe Cole is out (long term I believe).

SWP just isn't good enough imo. Kalou will offer width today.

thats a real shame, I like J Cole, he's probably my favorite Chelsea player, as long as Drogba plays you'll be ok though, haven't seen much of Kalou to make a judgement on him

Luis wrote:not a great fan of this chelsea system to be honest

I like it when Chelsea play the wide men, I know Robben is out, but where is J Cole and SWP? these players are dangerous especially on the counter attack, Sheva has a lot to prove today.

I prefer to watch that system - They used it vs us at Stamford Bridge in the last 15 mins and could have easily scored 4 from it.

You can't blame Jose though. He has genuine World Class cenral players at his disposal, so you could forgive him for trying to play narrow.

Joe Cole has a broken foot, and SWP has not made a huge impact when used, I think he is off this January.

S4P how many goals and who will score today....?



...so i can go to the bookies right now...

i'm going to go for a 3-1 Chelsea win today

That was poor... very poor.

Essien

Target Man wrote:Essien

What you on about?

A Cole kicked the ball at him from 2 yards, he could do nothing about it.

Target Man wrote:Essien

It was Ashley Cole's fault. Essien couldn't do anything about the goal.

I don't want to moan about injuries being the result of this 'slump', given our strength in depth, but with so many key injuries at the moment, it's a lot more difficult to keep winning games in such a congested period than either of Jose's two previous seasons.

(The key injuries I am talking about are Cech, Terry, Joe Cole, Robben and to an extent Cudicini).

But we still have a good enough squad left that we shouldn't be conceding goals from crosses/set pieces, where we've left opponents unmarked.

Surely Jose realised this when he let Gallas go?

Cech is the only one you can really moan about, he's a massive loss.

J Cole as well maybe, however you've not been using wingers anyway.

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has revealed that England captain John Terry may require surgery on his back injury.
The defender has been sidelined for the last four matches but had been expected to return within the next fortnight.

Mourinho was less optimistic and said: "The medical department have said surgery might be a possibility.

"I want them to make a quick decision. I don't know how long John Terry will be out for - three days, three weeks or three months, I don't know."

Source: BBC Sport

Parks lives wrote:Surely Jose realised this when he let Gallas go?

Cech is the only one you can really moan about, he's a massive loss.

J Cole as well maybe, however you've not been using wingers anyway.

I don't think Mourinho let Gallas go. I think Kenyon let that one happen. Mourinho was rumoured to be really unhappy when the deal happened.

If that is the case then Chelsea might look at signing a defender during the January transfer window.

Why whine about injuries? just get your chequebook out and spend another 100M.

Parks lives wrote:Surely Jose realised this when he let Gallas go?

You'd have thought so. I think this is why he signed Boula

Parks lives wrote:Cech is the only one you can really moan about, he's a massive loss.

As is John Terry. 6 goals in 3 games (half of those being headers too), but Cech is definitely the biggest injury (maybe it wouldn't have been if Carlo was able to play)

Parks lives wrote:J Cole as well maybe, however you've not been using wingers anyway.

Joe Cole would have played if fit. Robben has played a lot of games this season, and I think J Cole would have played more.

Sheffield gunner wrote:If that is the case then Chelsea might look at signing a defender during the January transfer window.

Think so, maybe on loan though esp as they've just come out and said the will curtail the spending

Owen Thomas wrote:Why whine about injuries? just get your chequebook out and spend another 100M.

Because it's very hard to do this when the transfer window is closed.

And we mainly need defenders, but which top defenders will come to us at the moment. Maybe if we offer £30m for a defender, he might come.

Surely they will bring over Alex from PSV Eindoven.

They own the rights to him anyway.

S4P wrote:

Owen Thomas wrote:Why whine about injuries? just get your chequebook out and spend another 100M.

Because it's very hard to do this when the transfer window is closed.

And we mainly need defenders, but which top defenders will come to us at the moment. Maybe if we offer £30m for a defender, he might come.

Jesus I was joking! that tells me quite alot

It is interesting to see Chelsea struggling a bit now that they are suffering from injury problems. This is the first time I can remember Chelsea suffering from multiple injuries since Mourinho has taken over. It would seem that despite the size and quality of their squad, there are certain players who are vital to the level of their performance.

Owen Thomas wrote:

S4P wrote:

Owen Thomas wrote:Why whine about injuries? just get your chequebook out and spend another 100M.

Because it's very hard to do this when the transfer window is closed.

And we mainly need defenders, but which top defenders will come to us at the moment. Maybe if we offer £30m for a defender, he might come.

Jesus I was joking! that tells me quite alot

I know you were. So was I! (With a slight dig in there)

Cesc wrote:Surely they will bring over Alex from PSV Eindoven.

They own the rights to him anyway.

Yep, although PSV would be pissed that they can;t use him against us in the CL.

Please God do it Mourinho *crosses fingers*

S4P wrote:

Owen Thomas wrote:

S4P wrote:

Owen Thomas wrote:Why whine about injuries? just get your chequebook out and spend another 100M.

Because it's very hard to do this when the transfer window is closed.

And we mainly need defenders, but which top defenders will come to us at the moment. Maybe if we offer £30m for a defender, he might come.

Jesus I was joking! that tells me quite alot

I know you were. So was I! (With a slight dig in there)

Went right over my head

Sheffield gunner wrote:It is interesting to see Chelsea struggling a bit now that they are suffering from injury problems. This is the first time I can remember Chelsea suffering from multiple injuries since Mourinho has taken over. It would seem that despite the size and quality of their squad, there are certain players who are vital to the level of their performance.

The "Untouchables"

Owen Thomas wrote:

S4P wrote:

Owen Thomas wrote:

S4P wrote:

Owen Thomas wrote:Why whine about injuries? just get your chequebook out and spend another 100M.

Because it's very hard to do this when the transfer window is closed.

And we mainly need defenders, but which top defenders will come to us at the moment. Maybe if we offer £30m for a defender, he might come.

Jesus I was joking! that tells me quite alot

I know you were. So was I! (With a slight dig in there)

Went right over my head

Congratulations. Imo, the title is going to Old Trafford this season. (With the Champions League trophy coming to West London).