Posted July 2, 200816 yr How do you expect it to look? Personally, I'm going to go with: Cech, Bosingwa, Terry, Carvalho, Cole, Essien, Ballack, Deco, Ronaldinho, Robinho, Shevchenko. Subs: Cudicini, Alex, Ferreira, Mikel, Cole Honestly, I don't think it gets a lot better than that. Only needs a couple of tweaks from our current squad too - Ronaldinho and Robinho in, Lampard out--unfortunately.
July 2, 200816 yr I really hope we dont have Shevchenko leading the line next season. I think Drogba will end up staying and seeing how things go under Scolari. Cech Bosingwa--JT--Riccy C--A.Cole Essien--Ballack J.Cole--Deco--Robinho Drogba Subs: Carlo, Alex, Paulo, Mikel, Maka, Kalou, *New Striker*.
July 2, 200816 yr --------------------Cech------------------ Bosingwa---Carvalho---Terry----A.Cole ------------------Essien------------------- ---Lampard-------Deco---------Ballack--- ------------------J.Cole------------------- -------------------Drogba-----------------
July 2, 200816 yr --------------------Cech------------------Bosingwa---Carvalho---Terry----A.Cole ------------------Essien------------------- ---Lampard-------Deco---------Ballack--- ------------------J.Cole------------------- -------------------Drogba----------------- Could be the one! I'd love to see that next year.
July 2, 200816 yr I think it'll look something like; ---------------------------Cech------------------------ Bos---------------Terry----------Carv---------A. Cole -------------------Ballack--------Essien--------------- Ronaldinho---------------Deco------------------Robinho --------------------------Drogba------------------------- Subs; Carlo, Ivanovic, Alex, Mikel, Di Santo, Anelka, Kalou/J. Cole Not a bad team that.
July 3, 200816 yr -------------------------Cech------------------- --Bosingwa----Carvalho---Terry---Cashley-- ------------Essien---------Ballack-------------- --Robinho---------Deco-------Arshavin------- ------------------New Striker------------------- Subs: Carlo, Alex, Ferreira, Mikel, Joey Cole, Kalou, Drogba. Essien and Ballack would completely dominate the midfield with their power and Ballack's passing. Robinho & Arshavin pushing out wide to supply the striker with Deco coming in from the edge of the box, a la Frank Lampard. Striker will have to be tall, strong, fast and can finish, i.e. a younger Drogba. :D
July 3, 200816 yr How about this as a squad? --------------------------Cech Boswinga-----Carvalho-------Terry----------Cole ----------------Essien------------Ballack Robinho----------------Deco----------------Arshavin ------------------------Drogba Subs: Cudicini, Ferreira, Alex, Mikel, Joe Cole, Kalou, Sheva. Non-playing squad members: Hilario, Bridge, Ivanovic, Maka, Anelka It would be hard to see too much wrong with that line up and it only needs two more signings.
July 5, 200816 yr Would like to see these guys starting.... GK: Cech RB: Bosingwa CB: Terry CB: Carvalho LB: A. Cole M: Lampard/Deco M: Essien M: Ballack AM/SS: Ronaldinho AM/SS: Robinho/Arshavin CF: Drogba
July 5, 200816 yr Is this what we expect, or what we would like? I'd like to see ...................................Cech Bosingwa.........Percy................Terry................A Cole ....................Essien.....................Ballack .......J Cole...................Deco..................Kalou ...............................Huntelaar Scott
July 5, 200816 yr I expect to see ........................Cech Bosingwa....Percy....Terry....A Cole ................Essien.......Ballack ....Arshavin........................Robinho ........................Villa Not bad either one, in fact, I could see us like up with a combo of the two
July 6, 200816 yr ................................Cech........................................... Bos.................Carvalho..........Terry.....................A.Cole Essien.............Ballack..............Deco....................Arshavin Huntelaar...........Drogba Subs : Alex, Mikel,Kalou,J.Cole, Bridge Back to the old 4-4-2 Out : Lamps (shame but there has to come a time) SWP Ben Haim Makelele Ivanovic Sheva Pizzarro Sidwell
July 6, 200816 yr ...................................Cech Bosingwa.........Carvalho................Terry................A Cole ....................Essien.....................Ballack .......J Cole...................Deco..................Robinho ...............................Anelka Drogba is sent off to Fray Bentos to be made into pies for his continued crimes against big-gob-itus!
July 8, 200816 yr He said he wants 23-24 players 1.Cech 2.Carlo 3. Hliario 4. Bosingwa 5. Ferreria 6. Belleti 7. Carvalho 8. Terry 9. Alex 10. Haim 11. Ivanovic 12. Bridge 13. A.Cole 14. Maka 15. Mikel 16. Essien 17. Sidwell 18. Lampard 19. Deco 20. Ballack 21. Joey 22. SWP 23. Malouda 24. Kalou 25. Drogba 26. Sheva 27. Pizzaro 28. Anelka --- So we see 4 or 5 cut. And if anyone else leaves then he's replaced. He has said he wants Drogba 200% and that Frank is staying. Also, he will decide on his preferred system and 2 or 3 options which we can switch to in a month. Surely he has a system in mind with the purchase of Deco. One player that I believe should be an 'untouchable' in midfield is Essien. If its a 4-2-3-1 we can start with Essien-Ballack and either Deco or Frank ( ? ) at the tip. If we're going to stick with 1 upfront then surely Sheva is on his way? But the fact that we're keeping him would suggest we might opt for 2 upfront? He's spoken like the man before him - wants to win and win playing beautiful but cant play beautiful all the time. I think we have a better chance of that 'beautiful' football with this man in charge. Thoughts on a postcard... ------------------------------------------------- Merged with existing thread. ES Edited July 8, 200816 yr by ethicalstrategy
July 8, 200816 yr will we see a diamond? ...........................ballack .......essien..............................lampard ............................deco with the width from the fullbacks?
July 8, 200816 yr If it is a diamond .. SWP and Malouda would probably get the boot .. but what about Joey? He can play either side ... most on here don't think he can play at the tip ... but Joe has so much natural skill .. maybe he can fill in there easily? He IS our no. 10 afterall ^_^ :P
July 17, 200816 yr will we see a diamond?...........................ballack .......essien..............................lampard ............................deco with the width from the fullbacks? I'd say swap Ballack and Essien around, Ballack's better going forward than Essien. I would like to see the diamond actually with Drogba and Anelka up front, see how that works. So it would be: ............................Cech ..Bosingwa...Carvalho.....Terry.....A. Cole ............................Essien ..........Ballack........................Lampard ............................Deco ............Anelka..................Drogba It could work...
July 17, 200816 yr He said he wants 23-24 players1.Cech 2.Carlo 3. Hliario 4. Bosingwa 5. Ferreria 6. Belleti 7. Carvalho 8. Terry 9. Alex 10. Haim 11. Ivanovic 12. Bridge 13. A.Cole 14. Maka 15. Mikel 16. Essien 17. Sidwell 18. Lampard 19. Deco 20. Ballack 21. Joey 22. SWP 23. Malouda 24. Kalou 25. Drogba 26. Sheva 27. Pizzaro 28. Anelka I can see Belletti, Ben Hain, Ivanovic, Maka, Sidwell and Pizzaro going. And then bring in Robinho Which equals to a 23 man squad :D
July 17, 200816 yr I'd say swap Ballack and Essien around, Ballack's better going forward than Essien. I would like to see the diamond actually with Drogba and Anelka up front, see how that works. So it would be: ............................Cech ..Bosingwa...Carvalho.....Terry.....A. Cole ............................Essien ..........Ballack........................Lampard ............................Deco ............Anelka..................Drogba It could work... I don't really want to see Essien or Ballack at the base of midfield diamond. That aside, looks good.
July 17, 200816 yr To be honest, I think it'll be more of a 4-3-1-2 with Ballack/Essien/Lampard all helping with the defensive duties
July 17, 200816 yr To be honest, I think it'll be more of a 4-3-1-2 with Ballack/Essien/Lampard all helping with the defensive duties mmmmm that could work..... Another we might see........ ---------------Ivanovich-------Terry--------Carvalho-------------- Bosingwa--------------------------------------------------------Cole ----------------Essien---------Ballack-------Lampard-------------- ---------------------------------Deco--------------------------------- --------------------------------Drogba-------------------------------
July 18, 200816 yr mmmmm that could work.....Another we might see........ ---------------Ivanovich-------Terry--------Carvalho-------------- Bosingwa--------------------------------------------------------Cole ----------------Essien---------Ballack-------Lampard-------------- ---------------------------------Deco--------------------------------- --------------------------------Drogba------------------------------- Personally, I don't like the idea of a 5-man defence. It looks like we don't want to move forward enough. Drop Ivanovic and put Anelka up front with DD. Hmm...
July 18, 200816 yr If you play with a backline of five, you need fullbacks/wingbacks that are happy and able to bomb forward a lot. So I think you'd have to play Bosingwa and Bridge in that formation.
July 20, 200816 yr Personally, I don't like the idea of a 5-man defence. It looks like we don't want to move forward enough. Drop Ivanovic and put Anelka up front with DD. Hmm... Depends how you do it. It can free up our midfield to play more agressively.
