Post your Chelsea team

[manpe 10,861]

Dunno what I just did there, looks a bit silly. I like to think we could find balance between solid defence and ruthless offense with this formation and line-up, but against stronger oppositions we most definitely would need to replace either Oscar or KDB for Ramires. But generally this team would operate on the basis of outscoring the opponent.

[Chelsea? 892]

Post your Chelsea XI for the 2013-14 season. Use this website if you want to generate the image http://footballformation.co.uk/

No opinions. No discussion. No transfer fees but don't be very unrealistic like including Bale, Ronaldo. Don't consider confirmed transfers either - Gotze, Moutinho etc.

Pick a formation, fill in the players and post. This will be my choice

cavani, Di Maria, and Modric instead. too bad there aren't many crossing right wingers. Cause with a player like Cavani, you'll need someone to cross him the ball. so maybe Lewandowski might be the better option if we bring in Di Maria

[zyzz 711]

bench: blackman, ivanovic, cahill, chalobah, lampard, schürrle, ba(torres)

[Chelsea? 892]

What I don't understand is why so many are including KDB as a right winger when he's barely played there throughout his whole career...

i dont understand why he is in most people's starting line ups. according to some ppl, if you didn't play for us last season you automatically become a world class player

[Stingray 9,441]

Wasn't he played more at the left wing though? Or am I just getting confused?

Mostly left yes - under Mario Been especially. Sorry - just read 'flank'.

Still: played right as well though - also played there in the NT. I personally think he is as good on the left as on the right - though he is still better at the 8 position....

To conclude: my bad Skipper

[Stingray 9,441]

i dont understand why he is in most people's starting line ups. according to some ppl, if you didn't play for us last season you automatically become a world class player

He did rock the bundesliga. But if i hear you correctly only guys that were in our team last seaon should be chosen?

That makes sense ....... In Narnia

[DanishBlue 426]

And then Benayoun as manager ofc.

Okay, that wasn't funny.... nevermind.

[Stingray 9,441]

Okay, that wasn't funny.... nevermind.

It was!

[Hutcho 8,443]

Oscar is being left out for the simple reason of Mata is obviously not getting moved, and we are extremely narrow on the right without a proper winger there. He can play CM, though if we are gonna buy a CM, which everyone hopes we do, then they would get played in their primary position (especially given as this is all hypothetical, and everyone is hoping that Modric, or whoever is signed, in which case you can't play Modric and Oscar in the pivot as that is suicidal. If we bought Bender/de rossi/ Witsel, then Oscar could play alongside them in there.

Its also hypothetical, most of the players mentioned won't ever wear a chelsea shirt. When we know what we actually will have to work with for next season then i am sure these will all change drastically.

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MOST POPULAR XI

Ivanovic was preferred to other CB options like Terry, Mangala, Varane by a clear margin. Likewise Kevin de Bruyne was the runaway choice for the AM position ahead of Schurrle and di Maria. Cavani beat Lewandowski 19-12 for the ST position. Torres and Ba meanwhile got a single mention each

The choices for the CM position was varied and interesting and after a quick look-up, these are the crunched numbers

Oscar - 19
Ramires - 15
Modric - 15
de Rossi - 14

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Mikel - 3 (Note - BluesMaster put a question mark next to Mikel)

[Chelsea? 892]

He did rock the bundesliga. But if i hear you correctly only guys that were in our team last seaon should be chosen?

That makes sense ....... In Narnia

that's not what I meant. I meant there's no way a guy like De Bruyne should be the guy tipped to be our starter

[Deanocfc 22]