Right-back Ramires?

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

Yeah, Hulk's not well known for his defensive diligence. We can't have him in the team without someone present to cover for him.

Roman wants to play Attacking football. I think he'll leave the defence to the defenders and Midielders. I fully expect to see a Front three of Torres, Hazard, Mata and Hulk.

[Clevemayer 764]

Sorry this topic is nonsense plus the discussion about him or Mikel as DM, he is NO DM, I stated this from day one and we did see it in so many games and than everybody was agreeing he is no DM and now its starting again he is a class act as box-to-box and sometimes if you have no choice as RW thats it... and we can not afford to loose him, because we surely will play many formations and not only 4-2-1-2-1 where he can be the CM paired with the one fixed DM running and running in the middle of the park...

[calculatingInfinity 1,472]

Didn't his bad marking cost a goal within the first like 5 min of him being a right back against Barca? I love Ramires but he doesn't seem like someone who would be comfortable on the right back and I don't want him there.

[Liquidator 5,176]

His attributes do make him very useful if we are in desperate need of a right back and I would not be too worried seeing him there temporarily if there were a lot of injuries but him moving to that position would leave our midfield with a problem. We are becoming more and more reliant on his pace and Munich showed how limited our counter attack options were without him. His attribute of sprinting over long distances is unique and he is the best in the world at doing what he does.

It will be a sad day when Hulk is unnecessarily signed and somebody as talented as Ramires is shunted onto the bench. We do not need another attacking midfielder we have Ramires, de Bruyne, Hazard, Mata, Malouda, Marin and Sturridge as well as Piazon if needed. In a 4-2-3-1 formation Ramires works well and he also works well in the midfield of a 4-3-3 because he can make runs from deep and not be picked up as well.

If Ramires does end up on the bench for somebody who gets a load of hype due to having a comic book name he would be an extremely effective impact sub to run at tired defenders for the last 15 minutes but he can do that anyway because of his stamina anyway.

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

For 23m, I'd relectuantly sell Ivanovic. Good business.

I'd go after Sime Vrsaljko from Dinamo Zagreb, one of my favorite RBs right now. Couldn't be more than 8m.

No, just no. He was good a in the 2010/11 but no where near as good atm.

Wondering if Hutch can provide the back-up for Bane though.

[Kieran. 6,317]

No, just no. He was good a in the 2010/11 but no where near as good atm.

Wondering if Hutch can provide the back-up for Bane though.

Yeah because when a 19 year old suffers a dip in form, he's terrible.

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

Yeah because when a 19 year old suffers a dip in form, he's terrible.

He's 20 now and the whole year he's stagnated hugely. Also the Croatian league is really weak, you've seen Dinamo in the CL (the worst team ever to take part in it, statistically speaking).

[ChelsPrad2000 10]

Well, may be we all want to see a player like Ramires starting for us every match. But can we see him in the starting line up this season? I don't think so.

[RamboUSA 0]

Well, may be we all want to see a player like Ramires starting for us every match. But can we see him in the starting line up this season? I don't think so.

He was such a spark to us this year, we need him at least at DM next to Mikel. If we land Hulk we definitely need to be playing something like a 4-2-3-1 and hopefully Ramires can fit in at the 2, although he was awesome as RW last season under RDM.

[ChelsPrad2000 10]

Don't think he will fit in a double pivot. Lampard and Mikel will keep the positions. Those positions need good passers. Harshly, Ramires isn't a better passer than either of them, and not even Meireles.

[RamboUSA 0]

Don't think he will fit in a double pivot. Lampard and Mikel will keep the positions. Those positions need good passers. Harshly, Ramires isn't a better passer than either of them, and not even Meireles.

Yeah he definitely has to improve on his passing this offseason. Lampard, and it hurts to say this, is getting to the point where we are going to have someone to fill his spot quite a bit during the busy season. Hate to see Ramires dropped to a bench role.

[ChelsPrad2000 10]

What I was saying, is Ramires and Hulk can play together. But not Torres. Ramires right-shuttler. Hulk up front. Hazard and Mata behind him. I don't want to see that key double-pivot duo changed.

[BleedsBlue 1,549]

If we want to play Ramires and Hulk together then we must either play 4 3 3 or change to a totally different lineup where we'll play 3 defenders at the back and use Cole/Bertrand and Ramires for the out wide roles.The latter could happen if Pep takes over.

[ChelsPrad2000 10]

If we want to play Ramires and Hulk together then we must either play 4 3 3 or change to a totally different lineup where we'll play 3 defenders at the back and use Cole/Bertrand and Ramires for the out wide roles.The latter could happen if Pep takes over.

Yeah, I know what you are talking about. Napoli plays with the latter formation. In that case, the formation becomes 3-4-3. Maybe the widemen of that 4, will be occupied by wingbacks. But selecting the CMs here are a different ask too. Because their roles will be different than that of the Double pivot.

[goke 26]

don't see Lampard starting over Ramires....