DYC.

http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editorial/2012/02/21/2917446/this-is-how-to-build-a-legacy-roman-the-incredible-rise-of Great piece.

This will be a incredibly though match I think. Napoli have a great big game mentality, they always manage to reach a very high level in big games while we've been vulnerable in most big games. Like TX said before, the best thing would be to let them have the ball. If we take initiative, we'll just play right into their hands and they'll murder us on the break, especially with our shaky defence. Hopefully the coach will go with the 4-2-3-1 formation.

He doesn't play the playmaker role, he plays as a supporting striker. Kakuta's not a playmaker, he's the Del Piero type.

Had a feeling that this was probably already posted on here haha.

http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/chelsea/109807/former-chelsea-youth-players-candid-account-reveals-another-less-gimpish-side-to-john-terry.html I'm sure this story won't be seen absolutely everywhere..

He was a superb goal scorer but when looking for the best player, you look at overall ability. If not, the likes of Van Nistelrooy and Owen in his prime would deserve a mention. Or what about the likes of Vieira, Makelele, Carvalho.. And it annoys me when people say '42 goals as a winger'. That's the season he became the half winger/half striker he is currently, he moved into the centre a lot and a lot of his goals came from inside the box.

Yes that is what's most important. His goals should do a lot of good for his confidence.

Terrible half of football. Djion lost the ball so much and didn't create a thing. The few times Kakuta got on the ball, and I mean few, he was looking to combine but he never got the ball back. Dijon are a side with 11 individuals really, no team work or idea behind their play at all. Kakuta scored a goal out of nothing thanks to his individual ability and good awareness. He was taken off after 80 min.

Just watched the first half of Brest - Djion. Kakuta played as a supporting striker, switching position with striker Thil quite often. Djion were very sloppy and Kakuta was pretty much anonymous the first 30 min. Saw more of the ball in the last 15 min. The good: - Played a good cross in from the left but it was slightly too high, therefore the striker couldn't connect well enough with his head. - Did well to move away from the defender, received the pass and had a great opportunity to score but the shot went over the goal, really should've scored though. - He took a free kick from pretty close range. It was a great curling attempt but it hit the post. The bad: - His touch failed him a few times, needs to work on that - Should've done much better to make himself available for a pass. Djion were struggling to keep the ball but most of the time Kakuta was either static or was looking to receive a through ball behind the defence. - Should work on keeping things simple and needs to think more. Too focused on finding a way to the goal quickly and was holding on the ball too much. Will watch the second half later.

And Bergkamp.

He's been poor for over a year now. His goals have saved him from constant criticism but goals alone isn't enough from a player in his role. Lamps is a legend but that legend status does nothing for us.

What's African pace?

The point is your strikers don't have to be your main men. He doesn't? 17 goals in 25 starts (two sub appearances) in the PL in 2011, pretty decent return if you ask me. I don't think we're getting anywhere with this discussion . So it's best to end it right now.

He's not leaving Milan, he wants to become future captain and a legend there.

Who says your striker has to be your main man? Torres never won a major title, Henry never won the CL in his prime, Rooney wasn't Utd's main man when they won the CL and was only their main man in their recent won PL title and Eto'o, despite his greatness, was always outshone by another player (Ronaldinho and Messi). Lampard was our main man in winning the league titltes 04-06, it wasn't until 09/10 that he really lead us to titles. Drogba only twice managed to score 20+ goals in the league.and we never won the CL with him. No matter how good you are as a striker you need a great team and a bit of luck behind you to win things, ask Ronaldo (never won the CL). And while I don't expect him to become such a great, who expected that Eto'o, Van Nistelrooy, Henry etc. would become the strikers they eventually became?

Well I still don't recall him getting any good opportunities to score with his head really. When you call someone's heading ability awful, it would mean that the player fails to put in free headers a lot. But yeah, he's not strong in the air. But then again, Van Persie, the best CF in the league by a mile, isn't good in the air either. I never said his balance was better than Henry, Eto'o and Torres though he's similar to Torres in terms of balance. I'm surprised you say that about Sturridge, he really does have good balance. These are just examples but check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxqWZTnY6Xo&feature=fvwrel (0:45, against Djourou) (4:53, against Song) Going down easily sometimes is not the same as being weak. For years Drogba had a tendency of going down easily and I don't have to tell you anything about Drogba's strength. Again, I never said his link-up play is good (not a necesity in a striker's game though) and that he can play with his back to the goal. I even said that he needs to learn to play with his back to the goal a few months ago if the coach is still planning on turning Chelsea into a possession football team. But he can learn all that. Torres was terrible with his back to the goal when he first joined, the same with his link-up play. This season he's actually been decent in those two areas, even pretty good at times. And only Ronaldo was a clinical finisher at a similar stage of his career. 6 months(!) has Sturridge played regular football as a striker in his career due to him playing for clubs where they don't take time to nurture youngsters. Add the fact that he played on the wings in his second season at Chelsea, hardly if any as a starter, and plays on the wings now too. Really, you can only expect all the things you mentioned from some superstar striker you bought for 50 mil.. Hmm that depends on your definition of a top class striker. If you mean him becoming the next Henry or Van Nistelrooy then no, I don't expect him to reach such a level. But I can see Sturridge scoring around 20 goals in the PL regularly with time and a good team behind him (without him suffering too many injuries). If it wasn't for his injury, he'd probably have around 11 or 12 goals in the league already. I guess we just disagree on this one .

Henry, Torres, Pato, Eto'o? And he's no Drogba but he's not weak at all, he never gets pushed around and holds up quite well to strong defenders. I wonder how you find his heading awful though when his heading ability has hardly been on display (I'd understand if you said he doesn't carry a aerial threat). Completely disagree with your post. He showed at Bolton that he's a striker. He's fast, agile, knows hows to get past a man (not only by speed but also by using trickery and imagination) plus he's very sharp to react, which he has shown by getting on the end of crosses quite a lot even though he plays on the sides so he's got a poacher in him. And most importantly, he has a knack of scoring goals. He does need to work on his finishing though he seems worse than he actually is due to to the fact that he likes to shoot from very ambitious positions. I hope AVB will address him on that. But I think you're forgetting about the fact that he's only been playing regular first-team football for just over year now. He's still very inexperienced so he's still raw and he has a lot to learn. Before the '10/11 season, our alleged target Cavani for example was considered somewhat of a flop and look at him now.. He definitely has a lot of potential, I'm not saying he's the new Henry though, and is better suited to the CF position for sure.

Leave him alone.

He does but does that change the fact that he does little for us offensively nowadays? I'm constantly trying to find the good he does up front but everytime I just can't help but agree with those who say it would be best if he left in the summer.

Danny has gone crazy..

C'mon Chels!!

Don't understand what's happening but i like it, i like it a lot

I've always liked him and you could easily tell that he was a talented player. Too bad the grass is always greener on the other side for us/the club (no this is not based on the fact that he scored against Inter).

True. These are not happy times.

Incorrect. Torres was bought because of this, to be our saviour. Haha.