someone on these forums made me think about this. Last time we won the league, we had players who could score outside the box in abundance. We had drogba , anelka , malouda , deco , beletti , ballack , lampard , essien. Now we have no real long range threats. Even costa , one of the best strikers, almost never scores from far out. Hazard and oscar can to some extent, but not regularly. Remy can but dosen't play. Is it a problem? I think it limits how we can beat packed defences. maybe we could beat sunderland and newcastle, if our shots werent coming from the likes of willian. another thing i noticed (might not be true). I dont see many goals from crosses in open play. I remember cole , malouda , anelka setting a lot up.
playing luis would help this. I think our attacking options needs a boost in january. reus , lavezzi or someone who has a great shot