No list for me - just one name - Peter Osgood

My only involves players in my time from the early 80's, over time the list has changed, young idols overtaken by World class players who were in turn overtaken by English World class players.

1. John Terry - Legend #1

2. Frank Lampard - Legend #2

3. Kerry Dixon - The player where it all began for me, looked like me with fair hair and freckles, so he was my idol as a teen.

4. Ruud Gullit - The first World class player we had.

3. Gianfranco Zola - What is there to say about this very special player ?

 

My favourite ever is Mikel Obi.
My best ever is John Terry.

Jimmy Floyd or Loftus Cheek.

As someone said earlier Osgood without question had he not broken his leg he without doubt would have gone on to even greater things.

Also from the era Charlie Cooke and Alan Hudson. Had they played in the modern era and been afforded the sort of protection skilful players now receive them too would have become icons

Easily the backbone of the great era. Drogba, Lampard, Terry, A.Cole and Cech.

Young me.....Osgood

Young man me.....Nevin

Respectable adult me.....Zola

Sensible middle aged me.....Drogba

One foot in the grave me.....Hazard.

I'd have to insert Wilkins (Ray, not Graham) before Nevin, and JT instead of Drogba.

Osgood , Charley Cooke.

I just think about which previous Chelsea player could we do with now, and I will always go with Lampard purely because of what he offers us in offence. 

22 hours ago, Osgood is Good said:

He learned from one of the best.........Chopper

The innocent look on Chopper Harris' face after he had just left another "victim" in a heap on the floor, was a sight to behold.

That butter wouldn’t melt look. 

In terms of heroes, can just remember the last days of Osgood- funny how people turned on him a little when he got shipped out to Southampton “ Osgood was good now he’s no good.”

Ray Wilkins, Jock Finnistone ( briefly), man mountain Micky Droy ( I think he wasn’t far off international standard and pretty much never lost an aerial dual even against the likes of Joe Jordan)

As mentioned by others the spine of our great team of recent years was awesome.

Lamps Zola JT Drogba Vialli Gullit Wise

 

Too many to choose from.

Wouldn't say he's my favourite ever player but most underrated definitely John Bumstead never had a bad game.

Lampard.

Too many to just pick one from the usual suspects.

Special mention to Eidur our adopted cockney and Marcel our World Cup winning rock.  

It's very close but my favourite ever player is Lampard, followed closely by Zola.

Edited July 22, 20187 yr by Malcolm9

Womb me - Charlie Cooke

Young me.....Ray (Butch) Wilkins

Young man me.....Kerry Dixon

Lairy, Chip on the Shoulder me - Dennis Wise

Respectable adult me.....Zola

Sensible middle aged me.....Drogba

One foot in the grave me.....Hazard.

70s Ray Wilkins

80s Pat Nevin

90s Gianfranco Zola

00s Zola/ Arjen Robben

10s Juan Mata/Eden Hazard

 

Honourable mentions to Clive Walker, Mike Fillery, Damien Duff, JT, Lamps, Carlo Cudicini, Cech, Drogs and David Luiz.

Vialli, Zola - for the early (for me in England) years; there was no other team I could possibly support when I came to England in 96 with Chelsea being what they were back then

Drogba for 2012

Ramires for that goal against Barsa - dunno why, just stands out for me as the most wonderful football moment

MY top 2, then a lot of other greats in my time of watching.

Lampard then Zola

Gudjohnsen, Wise, Terry, Desailly, Robbie D (even before he won us the CL, Steve Clarke (Scottish and wasn't Craig Burley), Robben, Essien, Maka, Cech, Dave, Hazard, Ballack, Gullit, Vialli, Hughes, Drogba, Crespo.

a slightly left field one, but I always liked Ed de Hoey I think it was the dodgy tasche 

4 minutes ago, Bonzodog29 said:

a slightly left field one, but I always liked Ed de Hoey I think it was the dodgy tasche 

Him and Zola certainly brought some fantastic "old school porn" looks to the squad at the time.

Ever? I always loved Makélélé 

7 minutes ago, mad_mac said:

Zola certainly brought some fantastic "old school porn" looks

Uuuu, dwarf-porn... You're quite the connoisseur Sir...