John Terry.Captain.Legend.

Am i the only one here worried about this potentialy tough group? Madrid were in liverpool's group last year and basically matched them, Porto would have knocked manure out had it not been for win-a-lot's long range fluke. both could pose a threat. mayb the first real test against our defense.

exactly what i was thinking. when Frank played further behind with ballack and essien the passing is much more fluid going forward than say when frank plays further forward with Malouda as LCM. ive just got a feeling that in order for us to keep the great passing and movement we saw against Burnley we need to sacrafice someone further forward? I.E deco? Anelka?

From what ive heard, Yuri Zhirkov has pace and decent skill. All in all a very good left winger. Though, as we're not playing a 4-3-3 anymore, where will he fit in? the left of the diamond requires him to be more of a CM. So another position may be the tip? Though, thats probably going to be contested by Joey and Deco. Second striker maybe? im guessing hell be deployed in a similar way to Malouda but i dot think hed bee effective in that position. the fluidity of our passing may stutter :/

anyone else here loving Deco's contribution so far? against sunderland we has the glue to our passing movement coupled with that very good goal. good as well against burnely. Hey, suddenly im not complaining hes staying! not sure hell play against stoke though. Joey C may be back