sergeyMS Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 So it`s tomorrow. At least we almost have no injuries and can afford to change our game model in diffirent ways. We must remember a clash against Tottenham on 19 March. So I believe it will be 4-4-2 tomorrow: Maka and Cole had rested enough, so they must start. And I`ll be happy to see Essien in a midfield. Ballack is untouchable , as usual...... .....................Cech....................... Diarra....Rikky.......JT........A.Cole... ..................Makelele..................... ........Essien.............Lampard......... ...................Ballack...................... ........Drogba...........Sheva............. We need clean sheet. We need our strikers to score to gain bloody confidence.... So 3-0 or 4-0!!! C`monBlues!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TT Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 I would like to see Robben start instead of Ballack, but I don't think it is going to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUENUT Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Looking for a big atmosphere tomorrow, seeing as we are closing in and it should be full of pissed CSR's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBeard Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Looking for a big atmosphere tomorrow, seeing as we are closing in and it should be full of pissed CSR's I'll be watching from the Shed Bar, but the players will still be able to hear me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjd Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 I would like to see Robben start instead of Ballack, but I don't think it is going to happen. I would like to see Hedman start instead of Ballack, but I don't think it is going to happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midlandblue Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 I would just like to see Ballack "start" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g3.7 Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 ballack was horrible against city, and doesn't really deserve to start if all are fit. we'll probably see a cop-out by jose, with the diamond and robben/drogba up front. sheva the fall guy again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergeyMS Posted March 16, 2007 Author Share Posted March 16, 2007 ballack was horrible against city, and doesn't really deserve to start if all are fit.we'll probably see a cop-out by jose, with the diamond and robben/drogba up front. sheva the fall guy again. fall guy? Do you mean he`s still injured?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maksimov Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 I have a feeling that Sheva will start and Drogba will get rested for the Spurs match. I also have a weird feeling that Ashley Cole will be rested and we will see something strange like Ferreira at leftback or a backline of three. 3-4-3/3-6-1... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g3.7 Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 I mean, sheva will be the player edged out of the side to accomodate this stupid diamond, and robben, who should be playing instead of one of the 4 in the diamond (this time, ballack). warning, sudden and random outpouring of negativity: [spoil] sorry, but does anyone remember jose's promises of an "attacking square" and more attacking football. I remember people saying, you build the defence first and he will in time improve the attack- I was one of them... but in fact, this season we've scored less goals but conceded about the same as this point last season... so we've actually got worse in attack. It's just so frustrating to see... we have the players to play great football- and that includes sheva and ballack... but those buys look increasingly ridiculous when all the manager wants to do is defend. when united win the league it will be because they attack sides, instead of drawing at home to reading and fulham and villa and so on. bah. [/spoil] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maksimov Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 [spoil]sorry, but does anyone remember jose's promises of an "attacking square" and more attacking football. I remember people saying, you build the defence first and he will in time improve the attack- I was one of them... but in fact, this season we've scored less goals but conceded about the same as this point last season... so we've actually got worse in attack. It's just so frustrating to see... we have the players to play great football- and that includes sheva and ballack... but those buys look increasingly ridiculous when all the manager wants to do is defend. when united win the league it will be because they attack sides, instead of drawing at home to reading and fulham and villa and so on. bah. [/spoil] [spoil]I don't think we have actually secured our defense this season. With the amount of injuries we've had this season, I think the first priority has been to try and secure the defense and hope that the goals will come. Many times they have come and we have even seen some pretty scorelines, but I think the defense is still the main issue why we haven't seen more daring football...until we go behind, that is. That's when we go all gung-ho![/spoil] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergeyMS Posted March 16, 2007 Author Share Posted March 16, 2007 I think playing attacking football and to achieve 95 points mark is just "mission impossible" or you need huge amount of luck, meaning result (late winners,......) and injuries. That`s all about Mourinho.... I remember last season we won 2 games at home in a row 1-0(against Wigan and Middlesbrough I think) and both were Terry`s headers. We were playing 4-5-1 it was unattractive, but it was 6 points of 6. That`s Mourinho`s credo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moos Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 I've heard that Essien might miss the game. He's still not 100% fit after the game against Spuds. Mikel is suspended and Cole is out. There's three midfielders gone. Keeper: Cech (no doubt about that) Defenders (left -> right): Cole - JT - Riccy - Diarra Midfielders (left -> right): Robben - Lampard - Makelele - Ballack Attackers: Drogs - Sheva Or else Diarra plays instead of Makelele and Ferreira or Geremi plays as right back. Though I haven't heard that Maka isn't fit so it would be foolish to play Diarra instead of him and Geremi/Ferreira in the defence. Perhaps Boulah get's a chance in this game? Sheffield have lost their last five and we have won our last five. No need to break a streak right? 4-0 with Drogs, Lamps and Shevs scoring. Drogs nets two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canbeas Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 man utd have scored 15 goals more than chelsea. the teams have conceded the same amount of goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abramovich Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 I don't think you'll ever see Chelsea playing an attractive free flowing attacking football as long as Mourinho is in charge. His style was always to take as little risk as possible and defence first, everything else second. I admit it's frustrating to watch the team of so much individual talent to play like a rich man's Bolton where the idea of an attack is to constantly lump the ball upfront hoping for Drogba to head it down for hopefully someone else in blue. I swear, if i was a neutral fan, i'd dread to watch Chelsea matches. You can't argue with the results though. Jose is one of the best in the business when it comes to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clubhappy Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Ballack looks like he'll never be dropped . He's a very talented player so i assume J.M. is basing his selection on what he's capable of doing , rather than his recent form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailblazer Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Ballack looks like a spectator on the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gem Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 From the official site: Chelsea will line-up in a 4-3-3 formation as follows: 1Petr Cech 9 Khalid Boulahrouz 6 Ricardo Carvalho 26 John Terry © 3 Ashley Cole 24 Shaun Wright-Phillips 4 Claude Makelele 8 Frank Lampard 21Salomon Kalou 7 Andriy Shevchenko 16 Arjen Robben Subs: 23 Carlo Cudicini, 20 Paulo Ferreira, 22 Lassana Diarra, 13 Michael Ballack, 11 Didier Drogba. Don't worry, Drogba just rested. Do worry, Boula at RB. Ballack rested, not dropped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BackInBlue Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 From the official site:Chelsea will line-up in a 4-3-3 formation as follows: 1Petr Cech 9 Khalid Boulahrouz 6 Ricardo Carvalho 26 John Terry © 3 Ashley Cole 24 Shaun Wright-Phillips 4 Claude Makelele 8 Frank Lampard 21Salomon Kalou 7 Andriy Shevchenko 16 Arjen Robben Subs: 23 Carlo Cudicini, 20 Paulo Ferreira, 22 Lassana Diarra, 13 Michael Ballack, 11 Didier Drogba. Don't worry, Drogba just rested. Do worry, Boula at RB. Ballack rested, not dropped That looks more like a 4 4 2 than 4 3 3 to me with SWP and Robben on the wings. Should me interesting how we play with this team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moos Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 I do hope Sweepy can prove that he has some good left in him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
german-blue Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 for me that is ---------------------Cech---------------------- ---Boula-----Carv---------JT-------Ashley--- ----------------------Maka-------------------- -----SWP----------Lampard--------Robben --------------Sheva--------Kalou Where is Diarra ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maksimov Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 That looks like an attacking formation. Hopefully it works out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VG Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Well, an interesting line-up with an eye on Monday for sure. I might have used Diarra instead of Maka as we have a home game against weaker opposition, but let's see how it turns out. Speaking of Monday's game, Berbatov, Lennon, and Keane are on the bench for Spurs--Jol is showing his priorities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gem Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 For the few of you who aren't at the big CSR meet up - get in the match chat, a lot easy to talk during games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gem Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 SHEVCHENKO!! 1-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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