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Michael Ballack

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Madmax

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We didn't have a holding midfielder for the last month or two (at least when Mikel was injured for the last month), we played a flat midfield trio of Malouda, Ballack and Lampard, where they all had to advance up the field together. When we did play with a holding midfield it was always with Mikel.

There's a distinction between the position and the role/mentality though. The bit about Malouda, Lampard and Ballack advancing together is wide of the mark. If there's one thing we learned about Ancelotti in that season, it was that he preferred structure at the back and individual brilliance up front, always keeping the base similar but varying the front 6 throughout the season in terms of positions, roles and freedoms. Starting out with the diamond, then the Mourinho Chelsea 4-3-3 around the time it started going wrong (December - Jan) and ultimately the 4-3-2-1 that saw those 7 goal scorelines. Bally didn't play much a lot till the Inter defeat but after that Mikel was marginalised by Carlo and Ballack shined in his absence. Obviously nowhere close to the rigid 'water-carrier' role Mikel has had here through the years but certainly the most defensive out of the other midfield operators alongside him in Lampard and Malouda/Deco.

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Was always one of my fav players but don't think he'd be such a great move considering the new direction we're going in. Wouldn't be a particularly clever move on the board's part to have this vison for a new style of football, clean house with Essien and Meireles and then bring in Ballack? No point IMO.

Much rather see him back for his coaching badges, maybe Sheva too...

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