So while we're all in limbo wondering the 'is he / isn't he coming' question with Super Frank, I thought why not fill the time with a little bit of fun.

The aim of the thread - post your favourite Chelsea squad ever, based on squad number only.

Premier League era only, seeing as this was when squad numbers became fixed for a player each season rather than possibly changed each game.

You don't have to fill all numbers of course, but it would be interesting to see who is king of their respective squad number over the last 25 odd years once some replies mount up ? 

Numbers that I dont feel have been 'owned' enough have been left out, feel free to do the same!

I'll start..

1. Petr Cech, obv? Not much competition here..

2. Ivanovic. I was a Petrescu fan but Branna's a ledge..

3. Ashley Cole. Though Babayaro was a good servant so wouldn't be surprised to see him get some votes.

4. Claude Makelele. I'll go with Makelele, although there are some good shouts for this. Gullit, Fabregas, Luiz ??

5. Essien for his 9 years of service. Labeouf anyone?

6. Carvalho - very tight though between him and Desailly imo.

7. Kante! - World class. Ramires was a good servant for us and even went for more than market value imo, but despite number 7 being a big number for most clubs, we've not had much success here. Bogarde, Mutu, Shevchenko, Deschamps even. The list goes on.

8. Lamps  - Gus POyet & Oscar notable bearers of the shirt but there isn;t any arguements here lol

9. Torres - Loved Hasselbaink dont get me wrong. but i had a soft spot for torres despite the stick he gets. He was a good servant for us. Though, similar to the number 7, there are a lot of failures of this shirt. Chris Sutton , Kezman, Crespo (albeit perhaps not a failure, just didnt settle), Falcao, Higuain?

10. Eden - Joe Cole comes close, he was a top player for us in his prime and won player of the year award too. But Eden trumps it. Mark Hughes and Juan Mata notable number 10's.

11. Didier Drogba - Despite Dennis Wise's great service to the club and Damian Duffs good few years, even Pedro has been a good buy, but nobody can trump this legend for the number 11.

12. John Obi Mikel - One player who divided chelsea fans whenever mentioned, but a loyal servant for us. Not much competition for this number mind. Hopefully Ruben can change that!

13. Michael Ballack - Probably would have been Gallas if he hadn't joined Arsenal & Spurs in his career! Or Tibo if he hadn't turned into a t*sser the second he joined RM! 

14. Graeme LeSaux - Finally somebody not of the Roman era! Not that there's much competition. Geremi closest to taking the shirt. Bakayoko anyone?? 

15. Malouda - didn't finish well at the club but we had the best out of him for a few years. Top player during our title winning season in 2010. I'm not counting Drogba again!!!

16. Di Matteo - I'm going with Robbie because I love him, but Arjen Robben was a class player for us with this shirt!

17. Jose Bosingwa - Including him in the line up due to his champs league medal!

19. Diego Costa - Paulo Ferreira also a good servant of this number.

21. Nemanja Matic - Surely should be included in this squad?

22. Eidur Gudjohnsen - Loved the guy. Im not the biggest Willian fan but he might top some peoples 22!

23. Cudicini - Top GK and deserves a mention. Not much competition!

24. Gary Cahill - Great servant, well worth the money we spent on him and deserves his spot. Wright-Phillips probably his closest rival worth mentioning.

25. Zola - no explanation needed lol, the number was retired for a reason.

26. John Terry - no explanation needed here either!

39. Anelka  - I'm dropping him a mention because he was a great servant for us and would be in my squad numbers squad!!!!!!

 

1. Cech

2. Ivanovic (do do, do do do)

3. Ashley Cole

4. Makelele

5. Essien

6. Desially - (sorry Ricky but nobody beats the big man himself)

7. Kante

8. Super Frank

9. Jimmy Floyd 

10. Joey Cole

11. Dennis Wise

12. RLC just for the home grown feel. 

13. Ballack

14. Le Saux

15. Didier Drogba (first shirt number, I pulled a sneaky!)

16. Robbie (player manager for another CL trophy)

17. Hazard (sneaky no.2)

18. Eddie Newton

19. Tore Andre Flo (half a season Diego can go f**k himself)

20. Paulo Ferreira (shout out to Frank Sinclair)

21. Crespo (could have had Kalou or the German Messi)

22. Eidur (Willian makes a mockery of his shirt number)

23. Carlo (just to keep @Valerie in my good books)

24. Big Gaz ‘He’s won it all’ Cahill

25. Zola (David Lee was a shoe-in here until the little magician signed)

26. JT (c)

27. Sam Hutchinson 

28. Dave

29. Demba Ba (for services to starving the scousers/Gerrard of league titles)

30. David Luiz

31. Ambrosio (kept goal on another glorious night)

35. Belletti (made me make a Gary Neville styles orgasm noise once with a belter away in some sh*t hole like Stoke)

39. Anelka

Maybe we can do a worst player to ever wear the shirt number next?

@Munkworth

nice bit of spreading about the squad numbers there to accommodate joey cole and Dennis wise haha. 

Forgot all about demba ba, que sera sera. 

Worst player to wear a number Is a great idea. I smell a thread coming lol 

14 hours ago, Chelseaggo said:

@Munkworth

nice bit of spreading about the squad numbers there to accommodate joey cole and Dennis wise haha. 

Forgot all about demba ba, que sera sera. 

Worst player to wear a number Is a great idea. I smell a thread coming lol 

Great idea.

19 hours ago, Chelseaggo said:

 

Worst player to wear a number Is a great idea. I smell a thread coming lol 

You’d struggle to pick just one for #9 though! Luckily Morata has 29 for half a season so you can squeeze him in on a technicality. 

Interesting that Frank Lampard, Jimmy Greaves and Ray Wilkins all have worn the No 8 shirt for us.

And in 1976/77 Charlie Cooke often wore No 4 !