Whilst eagerly awaiting some transfer news last night, hoping to plug the glaringly obvious gaps within the squad it got me thinking about who would I have from bygone days in the current 11.  My choices are quite damning to the team now I must say... Be keen to know other fans thoughts.

Cech

James  Carvalho  Terry  Cole

Kante

Essien   Lampard

Robben Drogba Hazard

Subs:. Mendy, J.Cole, Rudiger, Silva, Chilwell, Costa, Mount

That's without Fabregas, Ballack, Ramires, Anelka, Carvalho, Makalele, Alex and dare I say good old Kalou

 

Cech

 

Ivanovic 

Cahill

JT

Cole

 

Maka

Kante

Lampard

Hazard

 

Gudjohnson

Drogba 

 

4 diamond 2 to fit the players in.

Assuming everyone at their peak, I will go with a 433.

Ivanovic Thiago JT Ashley

              Essien 

Kante.               Lampard

Hazard.        Drogba.         Salah

 

Subs: Carvalho, Crespo, ballack, fabregas, Robben, KDB

Cech

Cole

Carvalho

JT

Ivanovic

 

Mikel

Essien

Lampard

Kanté

 

Drogba

Hazard

Edited February 2, 20224 yr by DidierDrogbalala

1 hour ago, RomansRoubles said:

Assuming everyone at their peak, I will go with a 433.

Ivanovic Thiago JT Ashley

              Essien 

Kante.               Lampard

Hazard.        Drogba.         Salah

 

Subs: Carvalho, Crespo, ballack, fabregas, Robben, KDB

Good point about Salah and KdB. Easy to forget they were ours once upon a time, or rather better to forget.

Cech

Thiago Terry Carvalho

J.Cole Lampard Kante A.Cole

Robben Drogba Hazard

Subs: Mendy, Ivanovic, Makelele, Essien, Duff, Costa, Cesc

Cheated a bit a shoehorned it into a back three as i think Carvalho just edges Ivanovic. Honourable mentions for the likes of Ballack and Anelka.

Manager: Ancelotti, 4-3-3:

                          Cech

Azpilicueta  T.Silva  Terry   A.Cole

                     Makelele
         Kante                  Lampard

Pedro                                 Hazard
                    Drogba

Subs: Mendy, Ivanovic, Carvalho, Jorginho, Deco, Anelka, D.Costa.

Neil Sullivan

Boulahrouz - Djilobodji -  Ben Haim - Baba Rahman

Drinkwater- Bakayoko - Veron

Cuardrado - Morata - Marko "The German Messi" Marin 

Edited February 2, 20224 yr by ForeverCarefree
Amended under advisement by axman2526

2 minutes ago, ForeverCarefree said:

Neil Sullivan

Boulahrouz - Djilobodji -  Ben Haim - Baba Rahman

Sidwell - Bakayoko - Veron

Cuardrado - Morata - Marko "The German Messi" Marin 

Danny Drinkwater is disappointed in you.

1 minute ago, axman2526 said:

Danny Drinkwater is disappointed in you.

Misunderstood genius. 

These sort of threads just give fuel to the fire that we were founded in 2003.

3 minutes ago, ForeverCarefree said:

Neil Sullivan

Boulahrouz - Djilobodji -  Ben Haim - Baba Rahman

Sidwell - Bakayoko - Veron

Cuardrado - Morata - Marko "The German Messi" Marin 

Boulahrouz with #9

3 minutes ago, azpi28 said:

Boulahrouz with #9

Naturally. 

Although scarily he is still one of the best performing players to have worn that squad number of the Roman Era. 

19 minutes ago, ForeverCarefree said:

Naturally. 

Although scarily he is still one of the best performing players to have worn that squad number of the Roman Era. 

He kept Messi in his pocket. No easy feat.

I've gone for a team I thought could play together at their best.

                               Cech

Ivanovich       Cavalho          Terry         Cole

                  Makalele        Kante

                        Lampard

Cole                 Costa          Hazard

 

Subs: Drogba, Gudjonhsen, Essien, Azpilicueta, Cuducini, Robben, Pedro

1 hour ago, bluehaze said:

These sort of threads just give fuel to the fire that we were founded in 2003.

Yeah it should be an all time XI but tbf maybe all of our best players came in the Roman era. I'd be interested to know who outside of the Roman era could break in, maybe Zola for some.

2 hours ago, sonic90 said:

Yeah it should be an all time XI but tbf maybe all of our best players came in the Roman era. I'd be interested to know who outside of the Roman era could break in, maybe Zola for some.

I only saw early 90s onwards so i am only talking that timeframe but for me Lampard, Terry and possibly Gallas from both eras but talking strictly pre Roman then just Zola.

To pluck some examples there's no point pretending Di Matteo was better than Lampard, Cudicini was better than Cech or Flo was better than Drogba because it simply isn't true.

Edited February 2, 20224 yr by Argo

1 hour ago, Argo said:

I only saw early 90s onwards so i am only talking that timeframe but for me Lampard, Terry and possibly Gallas from both eras but talking strictly pre Roman then just Zola.

To pluck some examples there's no point pretending Di Matteo was better than Lampard, Cudicini was better than Cech or Flo was better than Drogba because it simply isn't true.

Jimmy Greaves is the stand out player pre Roman.

2 minutes ago, coco said:

Jimmy Greaves is the stand out player pre Roman.

Did not see him play, before my time but would not the man called the king of Stamford Bridge be up there for that title?

15 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Did not see him play, before my time but would not the man called the king of Stamford Bridge be up there for that title?

Maybe, but what about Tambling, Bentley and Dixon, they all outscored Osgood, it's impossible task deciding who was best from that lot.

Are we taking into account only each players time at Chelsea or are we meaning their entire career?

Cech | James Terry T. Silva A. Cole | Makelele Ballack Lampard | J. Cole Drogba Hazard

Subs: Ivanovic, Carvalho, Kante, Diego Costa, Mendy, Essien, Robben

If we are doing their entire careers, I probably would include Torres and drop Costa. But if it is just their time at Chelsea: I would drop Thiago 😥 and replace him with Cahill in the squad, but even though Thiago has been here a short period of time... man he's been immense

Bonetti, Harris, Mccreadie, Dempsey, Webb, Hollins, Baldwin, Houseman, Cooke, Hutchinson and Osgood. 

I get that we have signed some great players in Roman's time and won goodness knows how many trophies under his ownership but some great players joined before he took over. Including Lampard and JT. True, JT came through from the youth setup.

Cech

Azpilicueta   Terry   Silva   Cole

Kante   Makalele   Lampard   

Robben   Drogba   Hazard   

3 hours ago, Argo said:

I only saw early 90s onwards so i am only talking that timeframe but for me Lampard, Terry and possibly Gallas from both eras but talking strictly pre Roman then just Zola.

To pluck some examples there's no point pretending Di Matteo was better than Lampard, Cudicini was better than Cech or Flo was better than Drogba because it simply isn't true.

Another player from the pre-Roman arrival that could put up a fair fight for a spot in the starting lineup is Marcel Desailly, he was a mentor to Terry.

Edited February 2, 20224 yr by Gol15

6 hours ago, sonic90 said:

Yeah it should be an all time XI but tbf maybe all of our best players came in the Roman era. I'd be interested to know who outside of the Roman era could break in, maybe Zola for some.

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