Tomo 21,751 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Saw this on another forum, our record when we play this back four......Ivanovic-----David Luiz------Terry------Cole...... stands at P11 W8 D1 L2 F23 A7 Clean sheets:6Only West Brom outside the top 6 have scored against us when we have started with that back four.I really cannot beilieve we have only started with that back four 11 times, yet have started with the Bosingwa----Ivanovic----Terry---Cole combination nearly double that Those stats clearly show that back 4 = clean sheets and the sooner we start playing that back 4 on a consistent basis the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDN Blue 7,903 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 It makes sense, don't need stats.Ivanovic > Bosingwa When Cahill does make his brace, it should be coming on for Terry more times than Luiz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheva. 5,373 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Our best back four by a mile.AVB was starting to use that back four consistently, then Luiz was out for a couple games, by the time he came back Ivan was injured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 Our best back four by a mile.AVB was starting to use that back four consistently, then Luiz was out for a couple games, by the time he came back Ivan was injured.When we had that run of three succesive 3-0 wins (ignoring the Liverpool CC match) looking relitively comftable at the back, guess which bck four we used? I still think Cahill can slot in alongside one of them and we will still be ok,basically no more Bosingwa like LDN said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheva. 5,373 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 When we had that run of three succesive 3-0 wins (ignoring the Liverpool CC match) looking relitively comftable at the back, guess which bck four we used? I still think Cahill can slot in alongside one of them and we will still be ok,basically no more Bosingwa like LDN said Exactly, and that Liverpool game 3 changes were made to the back four.Bosingwa kept making stupid mistakes, and giving the ball away as usual.Bertrand lost his man on the first goalAnd Alex gave away yet another penalty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ja1 1,166 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Agreed, Cahill or no Cahill our best back line is:Ivan Luiz Terry Cole/Bertrand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JordCFC 13 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 It's quite clear our best back four is Ivanovic,Luiz,Terry,Cole. Though I do think if Cahill is given a chance, he can reshuffle that back four - it could only be good for us. It might even settle down Luiz, knowing that he has got a quality player on the bench in Cahill who could easily take his spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,887 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Even though JT is our club captain I think AVB has to experiment and play Cahill and Ivanovic together as center backs with Luiz right back (possibly) and Cole left back.JT is a legend for Chelsea but he has been caught out a few times this season so possibly resting him more could see that back four I mentioned above flourish together but we'll never know. Cahill and JT have looked solid together for England as well so I'd be happy to see both pairings tried Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe 10,861 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 hardly a surprise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismada9 1,948 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Ivanovic - Luiz - Terry - ColeI'd go along with that to be fair! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRiver 1,512 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 I hate our back four, always have. All of our defenders are overrated, apart from Cole and Ivanovic. And apart from them two Carvalho and Alex were our only good and consistent defenders since the Roman era imo.Haven't seen Cahill play much so I don't have an opinion on him but I seriously hope that he's better than Terry or Luiz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadavTKL 1,787 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 I think this will be the best right now:Luiz-Cahil-Terry-ColeI would have liked to give Luiz the CB spot, even if he is doing a lot of mistakes during games i think he will improve that, but now that we gotCahill who is more reliable imo this back four looks too promising. Luiz could be great as an RB. In the future he'll come back to the center... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bir_CFC 3,455 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Luiz and Terry against top teams, cause Terry is a different beast when we choose to play deep.Luiz and Cahill against others when we choose to play a higher line.Ivan permanent RBCole/Bertrand LB depending on opposition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrique 9,133 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Luiz - Cahill - Terry - Cole------------------------------------------Ivanovic forget how to play as cb, his display in that position has been really disappointing, and Luiz got more attacking skills than the serbian.. I would give it a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanicus 5,208 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Luiz - Cahill - Terry - Cole------------------------------------------Ivanovic forget how to play as cb, his display in that position has been really disappointing, and Luiz got more attacking skills than the serbian.. I would give it a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Ivanovic > Bosingwa I don't think that a single ">" does the situation justice. More like:Ivanovic>>>>>4725x(Bosingwa) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Ivanovic > Justin Beiber > Rebecca Black > Shit> Bosingwa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
termninja 5,290 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 I wonder how will Cahill do.It will be interesting to see our defense of Ivanovic--Cahill--Terry--Cole get a run out.but yeah...Bosingwa is the weak link and so far our best back 4 are Ivanovic, Luiz, Terry and Cole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 We may but that New RB we've been linked withSo it could be ---Az------Cahill------Terry----Cole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slam Dunk 1,442 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Can I ask, for all those criticising Bosingwa, why Luiz remains in your 'best' back four? Luiz is just as prone to mistakes as Bosingwa for me. Just seems a little contradictory that just because he is a fan favourite, he is less vulnerable to criticism of his defensive capabilities.I'd like to see how we do with:Ivan - Cahill - JT - Cole..Solid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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