Closed PSG Vs Chelsea

[bababoom 4,478]

It's a well noted problem, and I believe it is why Chelsea is paying big bucks for Oscar, to eventually take over that role next season.

Guess it adds up if Lampard does decides to come to the MLS next season. One season for Oscar to get use to the new team, foreshadowing Lampard.

Yes i can see him going to the MLS next year, he was asked yesterday and he said he will play out his year at Chelsea and then see what happens, or something along those lines.

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/lampard-coy-mls-switch-152442885.html

[Kieran. 6,317]

He's shit, bet you're some fanboy, well wake up.

Once again, GREAT argument. Jesus Christ, grow the fuck up.

[Kojo 4,676]

Once again, GREAT argument. Jesus Christ, grow the fuck up.

I've already made my argument, I'm not going to say it all again when it takes about half an hour on iPhone. Go back a few pages, grow up?, you must think you're better than everyone else,.

[Santiago. 1,500]

Oscar will provide the orchestration and creativity in the midfield with Mikel and his defensive duties. Hope RDM sorts everything out as I wish him long term success.

[uzairblue 22]

so finally Lukaku is on is moving on loan to Fulham. I see this as a great choice, he will gain experience of premier league and will improve his game. He will storm back at Chelsea like Drogba 11 :blue scalf:

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[maenbolaboling 27]

What age did Drogba show promise? It was my understanding that he was a late bloomer!

i agree with you mate

cheers

[Jase 43,479]

while it must be noted that this is still pre-season, the lack of tactics is a genuine concern. di matteo has settled in with this 4-2-3-1 system but he has not kept a plan B in place. We may have powered our way around Seattle but a Plan B is absolutely necessary in a long season. We are just not creating enough penetration in the opposition half. Players are gettin isolated and eventually lose the ball and for that I blame the defensive double pivot.

The double pivot is way too deep and that affects the whole dynamics of the game. We are 2 men short in attack and asking the double pivot to pick out the 3-4 men ahead of them with about 4 defenders and 2-3 defensive mids patrolling the midfield is preposterous. the 2 DM's should play further up the pitch giving us a dynamic edge to our attack - similar to ManCity where Yaya Toure goes forward and Gareth Barry/Nigel de Jong stay back. Many of our attacks withered away as we enter the PSG half i.e the transition to attack is just not happening consistently.

and also at one point we had Essien and Mikel in midfield

In previous years, we used to execute sweeping attacks and destroy opposition. Back then we used to play 1 Defensive mid - Essien or Mikel and Lampard at CAM giving us more players in attack and hence more options to seek.

RDM did mention this regarding the formation after the game..

http://www.chelseafc.com/page/Tour_News/0,,10268~2857444,00.html

One consistency in Di Matteo's selections on tour so far has been Eden Hazard starting games as the man behind the striker in a 4-2-3-1 shape.

'Hazard is a versatile player and he can play on the wing and he can play in the middle and that is where we are using him, but it depends on the options we have because once everyone is back we will have more of those.

'This formation is a shape that we used at the end of last season and it has served us well. We are trying two shapes in practice as well to be ready for all eventualities, and it will also depends on the players we will have available.

The other shape/formation is probably our good ol' friend, 4-3-3.

[blue_swaggin_96 96]

will that was crap, aside from molouda crappy crossess, how he get that much time on the ball is beyond me..... wow