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I've been thinking about our expectations and wondering why we still have such high hopes considering the players we have and the difference between them in their prime to now and the difference between replacements over the last couple or three seasons to what we could choose from before.
giving them like a match rating but with what I;d expect out of them now to what I'd have expected at their peeks I came up with this.
Cech.............Great keeper still and after his injuries he has done well but I'd rate him 7 and feel he was 9
Turnbull...5.
Bosingwa..........not good enough now 4 and at his best for us in a settled system 5.5
Luiz,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,future great but accident prone 5
Cahill ...not yet settled.....................5
Ivan .......good in two positions..........6.5 been steady and I don't feel he has lost or gained anything.
Terry..good but not as good............7 Injuries and off field shananigans have taken a toll but we still miss him badly was 9
Cole...decent but not so good....6 I don't know if its his dodgy ankle or his missus but he was 9
Mikel.....never reached potential..5 may have been a six at one stage 6
Romeu......future prospect.....5
Lampard 6 not liking admitting it but he was a 9
Essien 6 injuries have really robbed us was 9
Ramires..looks promising 7.5
Meireles....makeweight at this level....5
Kalou....never reached potential...5
Malouda...gone down hill...5 doesn't look interested enough or take players on, was 7
Sturridge...is he good enough to lead the line...6
Drogba..not the player he was ...6 great at his best and still scares defences, not as clinical and rarely the one man wrecking team he was, was 9.5
Torres...not the player he was....4..
Mata ...great addition....8..
Bertrand...future prospect...6
Ferreira ...5 still solid enough and a great servant but at his best was 7
We just let Anelka still a 6.5 go and Alex again 6.5 and Yossi could have been handy around the 6 mark but if you were to take into account the players from our best times I think the bottom mark would be a 6 with most when you remember players like Makalele 9 and Robben 8 Duff 7.5, Gallas 8 its easy to see why we don't dominate like we did.
I realise this is a strange way of rating and there's likely an easier less confusing way but I'm bored and thought I'd do something different.
When you try to pick a team out of the players available although my ratings will be different to yours, it doesn't look any better than a top four team and could certainly (imo) do with some fresh faces.
I know match ratings are one game but these are what I expect from what we have consistently so if you're bored enough, have a go at your own ratings and see if you can make a team that would be ahead of many of the lower teams if you compared them in the ratings.
giving them like a match rating but with what I;d expect out of them now to what I'd have expected at their peeks I came up with this.
Cech.............Great keeper still and after his injuries he has done well but I'd rate him 7 and feel he was 9
Turnbull...5.
Bosingwa..........not good enough now 4 and at his best for us in a settled system 5.5
Luiz,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,future great but accident prone 5
Cahill ...not yet settled.....................5
Ivan .......good in two positions..........6.5 been steady and I don't feel he has lost or gained anything.
Terry..good but not as good............7 Injuries and off field shananigans have taken a toll but we still miss him badly was 9
Cole...decent but not so good....6 I don't know if its his dodgy ankle or his missus but he was 9
Mikel.....never reached potential..5 may have been a six at one stage 6
Romeu......future prospect.....5
Lampard 6 not liking admitting it but he was a 9
Essien 6 injuries have really robbed us was 9
Ramires..looks promising 7.5
Meireles....makeweight at this level....5
Kalou....never reached potential...5
Malouda...gone down hill...5 doesn't look interested enough or take players on, was 7
Sturridge...is he good enough to lead the line...6
Drogba..not the player he was ...6 great at his best and still scares defences, not as clinical and rarely the one man wrecking team he was, was 9.5
Torres...not the player he was....4..
Mata ...great addition....8..
Bertrand...future prospect...6
Ferreira ...5 still solid enough and a great servant but at his best was 7
We just let Anelka still a 6.5 go and Alex again 6.5 and Yossi could have been handy around the 6 mark but if you were to take into account the players from our best times I think the bottom mark would be a 6 with most when you remember players like Makalele 9 and Robben 8 Duff 7.5, Gallas 8 its easy to see why we don't dominate like we did.
I realise this is a strange way of rating and there's likely an easier less confusing way but I'm bored and thought I'd do something different.
When you try to pick a team out of the players available although my ratings will be different to yours, it doesn't look any better than a top four team and could certainly (imo) do with some fresh faces.
I know match ratings are one game but these are what I expect from what we have consistently so if you're bored enough, have a go at your own ratings and see if you can make a team that would be ahead of many of the lower teams if you compared them in the ratings.
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