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Not formation. Style of play And when we had formation of 4-3-3 it was very unlike the play of barca. The jury is hit aside from a select few of you. It is clear Roman has decided he wants us to play like barca which is why he was after pep, and is influencing those in charge to play like that and select players to fit that Bill. We will not dominate the premiership like this though than when we had the dominant strong team (powerhouse players and clean sheets, outstanding home records etc etc). Look at arsenal, we do not want to end up like that.

Jose and ferreira would be greeaaat shout!

Media, pundits and everyone involved in football talk about how chelsea are trying to emulate barcas play @JONTY. This is what the debate is about and what you are blind to

Hear hear. Cheap and productive temporary option.

Bring back essien. He bossed and controlled the midfield. That screamer against barca too!

Its sad that they are scared to sack a crap coach cause it will prove that they made massive mistake sacking good coach. What kind of situation are we in? The were happy enough to sack RDM to "move the club in the right direction" so why has the waiter got immunity to this mission statement!!

Gullit had no experience and took us to win cup winners cup and fa cup. True that board would never dream of giving Terry that kind of power. The way he's led on pitch tells me he'd be good at coaching tactics

Captain leader legend as interim player coach. Just like the good old days of ruud gullit. JT has been at the core of a spine of players who have won it all. Cech JT lamps drog. Michael emelano is doing the technical stuff so send FSW packing and get Terry to sort the players and tactics. Anyone see him coaching from the sideline behind RDM (think it was 2nd leg napoli) Am i dreaming or would it be perfect. Anything would be better than waiter Thoughts and opinions please....

Why Dave? I love him, another eager one with heart, just like how Ivan broke into team. Good to have competition between the two in that position.

Mata is a utility midfielder gifted all over the park and could and will play lampards position. It is widely known that abramovich as invested in and ordered those involved to have us play like barca. That is why he wants pep so badly haha god some of you are daft. We are now a misfit team with players originally selected by different managers that cannot play together in the formation that we are doing now. 4-2-3-1 is not the one. Ideally we need Jose back to bring the identity of the club back (after greats like wilkins, Clarke and RDM are shown the door) and also stability. 3 years with a manager so it comes to a point where majority of squad are the choice of the manager. My support for the club cannot be questioned because of how long lives been signed up to a web forum @brandinho (sure you had a first day know here once. Your support was questioned because of how blind you are or your inability to see through the rose tinted glasses. Last and only thing imagine going to say for you...Fernando Torres is no good as a £50MILLION DECOY!!! Jeez

JT as interim player coach just like the good old days of ruud gullit playing and then vialli. Its the spine of the team thats been so successful, cech JT lamps drog. Terry knows how to get chelsea winning, (see him coaching on touchline behind RDM in champs league last season.) Not sure if board would like to give him that power but id emelano is doing the technical stuff, let Terry lead the tactics.

Its sad that old club legends like wilkins and Clarke go. Kinda lost the identity of the club which is why we were over the moon with the appointment and success of Di matteo. (if a manner can win you the trophy of your desire it is your courtesy to let him show you he can being the team out of a dip.) This is why Jose wild be a great appointment because it would bring some identity back to the club. Ramires has heart, skill, pace and stamina and is still young. Will be great player. What's everyone's opinion on Peter kenyon as chairman. Why did he leave?

No your wrong. Torres was lone striker against everton. And we wernt ripping them teams to shreds. We lost to man utd letting in 3 goals, let in 2 against spurs in a very open game where play didn't reflect result and even f***in gervhino scored against us when we played arsenal. If it wernt for konsielny making 2 big mistakes we struggled to capitalise the gooners. Are you even a chelsea fan by the way? Everyone knows how to neutralize the chelsea threat now. Get tight to torres, pressure our midfielders not giving them a second to think a pass. And mark CB's when Cech has the ball so we can't play from the back forcing him to kick it long to torres who's useless at holding the ball up and loses possession. We also have no plan b, just passing through the middle. Mata can play lampards old position in the old 4-3-3 popping in around the box and creating passes for the front 3, which helped us score 100+ goals in the league

Few of you seem to think i am saying we play like barca? What i am saying is our attempt to play like barca is not successful and not like chelsea. We were unstoppable dominant and a real threat when we had powerhouse players on the pitch. We nearly always got a goal with every free kick and corner too. Unless all midfielders are amazing finishers or have a lionel messi in the team to score 60 goals, we cannot rely on one forward. Like i said when we had drogba anelka and malouda we demolished teams breaking the 100 goal record. And of course every fan enjoyed it at the beginning of the season because we didn't face anyone from the top 9 then lost to man utd. We havnt been strong since. It isn't chelsea.

We need to defend and press the opposition as a group. This is what we used to do when we were unstoppable with ancelotti. Drogba ballack malouda essien everyone putting the shift in as a unit. These days its just mikel and the CB's defending the goal. Full backs are too late getting back and our creative midfielders are not the powerhouses we used to have. As soon as we lose possession we are clueless and its not like chelsea. With Jose we won the league with; Highest ever tally of points, highest ever tally of wins, lowest ever tally of losses and lowest ever clean sheets. He knew how to dominate the premier league and we need him back. Rafa complains about the squad being tired and stretched and we have 22 players out on loan. Bring back essien, need him in the middle to control the game and recapture possession when were on the back foot.

The whole team used to press and defend as a unit. Now it just seems like mikel and CB's are only ones putting the shift in. Need a group effort

4-5-1 really dosnt suit us, i know our creative midfheld are a joy to watch but the striking cant be relied upon the one man up front. I remember and miss when we has 3 forwards in drogba anelka n malouda, we were such a threat and demolished teams (scored 103 goals that season too) double winning season. Everyone put their shift in to defend as well so we worked as a unit. So stupid of Rom to sack Carlo

4-5-1 really dosnt suit us, i know our creative midfheld are a joy to watch but the striking cant be relied upon the one man up front. I remember and miss when we has 3 forwards in drogba anelka n malouda, we were such a threat and demolished teams (scored 103 goals that season too) double winning season. Everyone put their shift in to defend as well so we worked as a unit. So stupid of Rom to sack Carlo

Just like lamps n JT. Were gonna be needing players who've done a long stint at the club andMIKEL is oone of them. His position can go on til he's 35 because pace is not required. He holds the game well and is constantly improving. Unsung hero