DYC.

Absolutely right, he never was a striker (Totti too). He's what you call a supporting striker/second striker, they play closely behind the striker. Raúl González Blanco was the same type. Trezeguet was always the main striker. And Totti was always better than Del Piero and still is . But Raúl and Bergkamp were the best supporting strikers ever.

Yup, that's the way i see it to. Josh as the playmaker and Kakuta as the attacking midfielder. (Possible future midfield) Mikel McEachran Kakuta

Malouda and Kakuta have similair pace and Kakuta is more explosive (quicker over short distance) so i don't think pace will be his problem. In 2, 3 years Kakuta could also take Lampard's place in midfield and play in a similair role to Lampard's in his younger years (attacking midfielder, Kakuta's natural role).

http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~2207510,00.html

I have a feeling you're right. But it would very unfair to drop Yuri, since he's been in great form and finally gaining confidence.

If that's true, Zhirkov is more than able to do the same to Johnson, who's known for being vulnerable at the back.

Hey, that's Tommy's job .

Malouda's out for the L'pool game and Yuri should take his place. He could (should) absolutely rape Carragher!

Like i said in the Chelsea - Spartak thread, Ancelotti has a tough decision to make. This season Ivanovic started slowly but has really hit topform last month. 2010 has really been Alex' year. He's been a rock and it's hard to drop him since he hasn't done a thing wrong. But since we're facing a fast striker, i would go for Ivanovic since he's the fastest of the two.

Yes please.

Let's hope he'll (Anelka) also show his (goal scoring) qualities in the final rounds.

Too bad we ended up conceding, although it wasn't deserved. 12 points. Even though 5 goals were scored, game wasn't anything special. And we played a very poor first half. Individual qualities brought us this victory. We really need to improve our play! Let's hope Frank's fit for Liverpool. Tough choice for Ancelotti. Ivanovic or Alex next to Terry? Or maybe José's still ill and won't make the game.

Striker goal haha

Ruined by a offside goal...

Noooooo. Feel sad for Cech.

No offense to Paulo but it should've gone to Petr

Danny and Gaël

Kalou does it again . Boy can he miss

Please let Josh play in an attacking role.

He's really making himself undroppable. Great perfomances at the back and now scoring goals . This guy is really becoming a fan favorite.

That was a moment of pure genius. That was unbelievably hard to pull of but he made it look so easy. He can really piss me off at times but when does things like that, i admire the guy. Guess we have a love-hate relationship .

Yes please bring in Sturridge.

Spartak playing posession football in our house =