Raul Meireles

[Atwa 78]

If him leaving means more time for Romeu I'm kinda OK with it..

I find Romeu to have a lot of potential.

[Sheva. 5,373]

What i hope this means is Ramires returns to playing in midfield.

I'm not so sure he will be great in a 2 man midfield (because of his shitty passing) but we should maybe give it a try.

We can also switch to 3 in the middle and things should be just fine: Ramires-Mikel/Romeu-Lampard/Oscar.

[The Skipper 20,593]

But when will that happen? We can't buy new "more important" players till January, so what's the point in giving away one of the only real options for the double pivot?

Very valid point, but like I said, we can manage without him for a couple of months. If he really doesn't want to stay for at least 4 months then I say let him go.

[Milan 17,853]

What i hope this means is Ramires returns to playing in midfield.

I'm not so sure he will be great in a 2 man midfield (because of his shitty passing) but we should maybe give it a try.

We can also switch to 3 in the middle and things should be just fine: Ramires-Mikel/Romeu-Lampard/Oscar.

Good point about Ramires - hopefully he will be the man for this place and never more for the RW position.

[Sheva. 5,373]

Good point about Ramires - hopefully he will be the man for this place and never more for the RW position.

Yeah, we have many options out wide, Ramires is needed more in midfield.

[Milan 17,853]

Yeah, we have many options out wide, Ramires is needed more in midfield.

Not only needed - he has far more to offer there and his potential can fully show up. It was criminal how the manager has been wasting his talent.

[Amblève. 4,995]

Very valid point, but like I said, we can manage without him for a couple of months. If he really doesn't want to stay for at least 4 months then I say let him go.

I don't like this at all. If he's really that unhappy couldn't we have offloaded him earlier? As long as we had the chance to buy a replacement?! I don't even want to image who's gonna play if Lampard and Mikel are injured/suspended. It would leave us with no options beside Romeu and Ramires. And neither one of them is capable of starting, let alone starting together.

[Kinol 337]

If we're going to play Ramires as a CM we will need him to play with a deep lying playmaker, a player which i dont think we have. Ramires on the midfielder will make our midfield very poor imo.

[nadavTKL 1,787]

If we're going to play Ramires as a CM we will need him to play with a deep lying playmaker, a player which i dont think we have. Ramires on the midfielder will make our midfield very poor imo.

Technically ("Technical abilities")? yes, but defensvely- which in my opinion should be first priority when you have Hazard, Mata and Oscar upfront, it could be our best option. Quesion is if Ramires can play there, i think he can. First of all, RDM should try it.

[capriccioso 2,545]

Besiktas is the master club, you simple minded baboon.

You're both wrong. Genclerbiligi is bigger than any club from CONSTANTINOPLE.

[Kinol 337]

Technically ("Technical abilities")? yes, but defensvely- which in my opinion should be first priority when you have Hazard, Mata and Oscar upfront, it could be our best option. Quesion is if Ramires can play there, i think he can. First of all, RDM should try it.

I think people underestimate the impact the 2 DM players have in the game. Players like mata and Hazard will have defenders on them all the time and without 2 good DMs our play will just get slow and we will get a hard time getting the ball forward.

[RamiCFC9 258]

Would rather sell FLampard tbh ..

[HNKS 508]

You're both wrong. Genclerbiligi is bigger than any club from CONSTANTINOPLE.

Its called Istanbul you pillock.

[couris 232]

Its called Istanbul you pillock.

Not really, its spelled like this CONSTANTINOPLE

[Rmpr 8,977]

Would rather sell FLampard tbh ..

I agree he is not in his best days, but thats no way to treat a legend...

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

If we're going to play Ramires as a CM we will need him to play with a deep lying playmaker, a player which i dont think we have. Ramires on the midfielder will make our midfield very poor imo.

Ramires is not a deep-lying midfielder and he's not really a defensive midfielder for this system either. He's essentially a 4-3-3, counter-attacking midfielder which means he doesn't really fit into the current system or the team Chelsea are trying to build.

[BleedsBlue 1,549]

Would rather sell FLampard tbh ..

wish I had an appropriate gif to show you how I really feel about your comment. I am sure someone will get around to that though so fingers crossed.

[Jase 43,479]

To those who said we can cope without Meireles in that midfield area with just Mikel, Lampard, Romeu, Ramires and possibly Oscar, worth remembering that we only had Mikel, Essien, Lampard and Ramires as CMs in the 2010/11 season and we all know what happened back then.