Posted June 6, 200916 yr Peter Bonetti-the cat played for England in the World Cup, weeks after lifting the FA Cup fo the blues, John Terry-Captained the club to 2 Premiership trophies, throwing his body in for the cause; a great defender and captain. Marcel Desailly-Chelsea's first ever player to win a World Cup final and a world class defensive demon. Ron "Chopper" Harris- the epitomy of Chelsea's tough style of defence in the last 60's. FA Cup winning captain. All time appearance record holder. John Hollins-Over 400 games, one-time captain, another great Chelsea defender of the 60s who featured in the two FA Cup wins. Michael Essien-Greatest defensive midfield in the world currently, and can still score goals like the worldie against Barca Ray Wilkins-Another great captain, midfield quality pushing Chelsea onwards Frank Lampard-Scored over 100 goals for Chelsea in all competitions and is the club's highest scoring midfielder. Joe Cole-a huge star of the Mourinho era, helping to bring the clubs first league in 50 years Gianfranco Zola-Class in all-senses, the little Italian played for his team-mates, but still got his share of goals. Peter Osgood- The epitomy of Chelsea's attacking flair, the southern George Best. Subs Petr Cech Mickey Droy David Webb Charlie Cooke Pat Nevin Kerry Dixon-Chelsea's all-time top goals scorer but never won a trophy Didier Drogba
June 7, 200916 yr How you can choose Joey Cole over both Charlie Cooke and Pat Nevin is totally beyond me. And to leave Alan Hudson out completely....words fail me! My team (just off the top of my head, and please bear in mind I've only just woken up :angry: ): - Bonetti Ferrer Desailly Terry McCreadie Hudson Harris Cooke Zola Osgood Dixon Subs: - Cech Locke Elliott Lampard Nevin Speedie Hutchinson
June 7, 200916 yr Everytime I do this I pick a different team: .....................Cech ......Desailly....Terry......Dorigo .................Makelele ......Hudson....Lampard....Gullit.....Nevin ..................Zola....Dixon Subs: Bonetti Harris Cooke Webb Wise Drogba Tambling
June 7, 200916 yr Bonetti a SUB????????? :o and Chopper Harris a SUB??? :) :angry: You will self-ignite in 30 seconds! Edited June 7, 200916 yr by moi
June 7, 200916 yr Looking forward to seeing your team Moi, based on your long history of supporting Chelsea.
June 7, 200916 yr Don't be silly, Just - I'm an old old woman who can only remember the good old days with Tommy Docherty. Anything after the sixties is very hazy. Wouldn't have a clue how to pick a team.
June 7, 200916 yr I would take Cech over Bonetti as well - with these things there is always a degree of sentimentality involved in the decision making however purely on the basis of ability think Cech is comfortably our best ever.
June 7, 200916 yr I'm only a (fairly) young 'un, but I find it quite surprising to see people placing Lampard on the bench!
June 7, 200916 yr I would take Cech over Bonetti as well - with these things there is always a degree of sentimentality involved in the decision making however purely on the basis of ability think Cech is comfortably our best ever. I can't agree with that, though it's very difficult to compare the two owing to the changes in the game. Bonetti only played in cotton gloves, whereas keepers today have gloves the size of small houses on their hands. It's not sentimentality on my part - I saw Bonetti play regularly for about 15 years, and also saw his biggest rivals - Bonetti was one of the best. That's not taking anything away from Petr Cech, I love the guy, he's one of the top two keepers in the world and has been for some time. Peter Bonetti was only a small keeper, less than 6ft and quite skinny, but he had balls of steel. He'd come out for every cross and corner, and 99% of the time he'd catch the ball - not punch it out like keepers do today. He'd also catch shots and headers, which keepers today pathetically try to parry away from the goal. To this day I've never seen a keeper with the agility of Bonetti - a brilliant keeper, if it hadn't been for Gordon Banks he'd have been Englands No.1 for years. And let's not forget that Peter Bonetti made 729 first team appearances for Chelsea!
June 7, 200916 yr I'm only a (fairly) young 'un, but I find it quite surprising to see people placing Lampard on the bench! That's possibly because you never saw Alan Hudson play :angry:
June 7, 200916 yr Everytime I do this I pick a different team: Me too - It's only been an hour since picking my side, and already I want to make changes :angry: Too many good players to pick from!
June 7, 200916 yr Kerry Dixon is my all time fav player, but if you had to pick a team solely on ability at the time they played for us, he wouldnt make my team. ---------------------Cech Petrescu----Desailly---Terry-----A.Cole -------------------Makelele ------Gullit------Lampard------Nevin ------------------Zola -------------------------Drogba
June 7, 200916 yr Shouln't we (or YOU rather, because as Just so accurately points out, I know nothing) be nominating an all-time historic manager to lead this team?
June 7, 200916 yr Can't we pick a squad rather than a team? Let's say 18 players maximum? I was thinking something similar, maybe have three players for each position - it would make it a lot easier, it's so difficult to leave players out
June 7, 200916 yr Just tried my idea of three players in each position - it's still bloody difficult! GK - Bonetti, Cech, Niedzwiecki RB - Harris, Ferrer, Clarke CB - Desailly, Carvalho, Webb CB - Terry, Elliott, Leboeuf LB - McCreadie, A.Cole, Le Saux RM - Cooke, Petrescu, Nevin CM - Hudson, Wilkins, Lampard CM - Wise, Hollins, Essien LM - Robben, Thomas, Houseman S - Osgood, Dixon, Vialli S - Zola, Tambling, Hutchinson
June 7, 200916 yr GK - Bonetti; Cech; Niedzwiecki RB - Ferrer; Clarke; Locke CB - Desailly; Harris; Webb CB - Terry; Lebouef; Dempsey LB - Le Saux; McCreadie; Cole RM - Cooke; Nevin; Petrescu CM - Lampard; Gullitt; Hudson CM - Wise; Essien; Di Matteo LM - Robben; Houseman; Duff S - Osgood; Greaves; Bentley S - Hutchinson; Zola; Dixon But then again.................
June 7, 200916 yr You have 6 places for strikers, but both of you failed to select the striker who has heavily influenced the winning of 2 League titles and 2 FA cups. Putting aside hes a prize twat, he should be 1 of the 6 imo.
June 7, 200916 yr Which is why I put "on the other hand" as I could easily have changed 12 or so names.
June 7, 200916 yr Which is why I put "on the other hand" as I could easily have changed 12 or so names. Yeah I know mate, he is an easy name to miss out, considering the other greats we have had over the years, but credit where credit is due, he brought home the bacon.
June 7, 200916 yr I only included players that I've seen perform for Chelsea, so Greaves & Bentley both missed out. If I included all players (as the thread title suggests), I'd probably have put Frank Blunstone on the left wing, and Ken Armstrong as a midfield sub - and Jimmy Greaves would have been a definite starter! Probably have had to find room for Hughie Gallacher too.
