Best Chelsea Team Ever

[boshman 1,073]

Agree with 07-08 team. Was only one luckily given pen in the league cup final, two stupid dropped points in the last minute to wigan (and heskey scored.... D'OH) and JT slipping away from winning 3 trophies. Oh what might have been...

[boshman 1,073]

Also i will add to that!! If we got past Barnsley in the 1/4 final of the FA Cup (how did we lose that) Would have had Cardiff in the semi and Pompey in the final. Again, oh what might have been.....

[Wimbledonblue 94]

My all time Chelsea 11 - (from the players I have witnessed)

Cech

Ivan Terry Desailly Cole

Makelele

Essien Lampard

Robben Hazard

Drogba

Manager: Who else? Jose.

That team would beat most. World class keeper, the complete back four, the best DM in history (arguably), the power of Essien, the goals of Lampard, the pace and trickery of Robben / Hazard with 'the big man' up top.

Find me a better Chelsea 11 and I'll find you a pig that can fly.

[kellzfresh 7,226]

Where's zola in all these best 11 ever?

Was a shocker to read the first 9 posts and not see zola

iva-calvalho-terry-cole

makalele

lampard Essien(sorry ballack)

zola Hazard

Drogba

Sorry desailly, i couldnt just remove any in the calvalho-terry partnership

[kellzfresh 7,226]

Where's zola in all these best 11 ever?

Was a shocker to read the first 9 posts and not see zola

iva-calvalho-terry-cole

makalele

lampard Essien(sorry ballack)

zola Hazard

Drogba

Sorry desailly, i couldnt just remove any in the calvalho-terry partnership

[Ollie 4,400]

If Jose had stayed in charge in 07/08 that team would've been the best ever. Unfortunately that turned out to be the most heartbreaking season ever. The 04/05 season was our best season though because we just never looked like losing or conceding. We were so ruthless then.

And as some people have put teams up, i'll say that my best in this era would be

Cech

Ivanovic - Carvalho - Terry - Cole

Essien - Makelele - Lampard

Robben - Drogba - Hazard

[Parky 739]

This is when they were at their peaks..

Cech

Ferreira - Desailly -Terry - Cole

Essien- Makelele -Lampard

Zola Hazard

Drogba

Subs: Cudicini, Ballack, Carvalho, Ivanovic, Robben, Oscar, Gudjohnsen, Leboeuf

[Pacquiao 1,834]

Best team in the PL:

Cech

Ivanovic - Carvalho - Terry - Cole

Essien

Ballack - Lampard

Zola - Drogba - Hazard

Makelele >>>>>>>>>>> Essien

[Ollie 4,400]

We've had some ridiculously good players if you go on 'peaks'

Zola, Ballack, Gullit, Hoddle, Shevchenko, Torres, Drogba, Weah, Desailly, Vialli, Deschamps etc etc if we had all of these 5 years before we got them... quite something to think about.

And even managers when you look at the likes of Mourinho, Ancellotti, Scolari, Hoddle, Gullit. Since Hoddle signed Ruud Gullit in 1995 and he started the foreign revolution, we've signed some serious names.

Even Eto'o, Crespo, Hughes, Veron, Deco, some huge names have marked this club.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

Perfect team!!(maybe put zola instead of robben or as sub!) each at their prime better than any team under the sun

I would have Zola in there but i done mine in the Abramovich era.

[Despiadado.Maleante 1,046]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/4423785.stm

[Pacquiao 1,834]

We've had some ridiculously good players if you go on 'peaks'

Zola, Ballack, Gullit, Hoddle, Shevchenko, Torres, Drogba, Weah, Desailly, Vialli, Deschamps etc etc if we had all of these 5 years before we got them... quite something to think about.

And even managers when you look at the likes of Mourinho, Ancellotti, Scolari, Hoddle, Gullit. Since Hoddle signed Ruud Gullit in 1995 and he started the foreign revolution, we've signed some serious names.

Even Eto'o, Crespo, Hughes, Veron, Deco, some huge names have marked this club.

THIS.

People are wondering why Zola isn't in peoples teams, well if we are choosing players at their peak then how can people not have, Gullit, Vialli, Shevchenko, Deco, Weah, Crespo, Deschamps, Desailly, Petit and Torres in their teams!

[zolayes 14,489]

Our team in 2007/08 was the best team we have ever had:

Cech/Cudicini/Hilario

Belletti/Ferreira/Bosingwa - Terry/Ben Haim - Carvalho/Alex - Cole/Bridge

Makelele/Mikel/Essien

Lampard/Essien/Malouda - Ballack/Essien/Cole

Anelka/Shevchenko/SWP - Drogba/Shevchenko/Pizarro - Joe Cole/Kalou/Malouda

If we had that team today, we'd walk the league.

our second team would have made top easily

[Ollie 4,400]

(Just before the Roman Era)

Cudicini

Petrescu - Desailly - Leboeuf - Le Saux

Poyet - Wise - Di matteo

Zola

Gudjohnsen - Hasselbaink

[The Skipper 20,593]

Makelele >>>>>>>>>>> Essien

As a pure DM, sure, but I loved the midfield 3 of Essien, Ballack and Lampard as they could all rotate and effect the final third.

Offensively, Essien >>>>>>>>>>> Makelele.

[Alan Partridge 1,124]

05/06

If we sign a good striker and LB in the summer, we could see the best ever Chelsea squad

[nyikolajevics 2,420]

A true dream-team:

Turnbull

Bosingwa Ben-Haim Boulahrouz Del Horno

SWP Veron Parker Benayoun

Mutu Di Santo

[CHOULO19 24,332]

RB:

Ivanovic, Belle, Petre or Ferreira?

... Or Bosingwa.

I'm probably missing someone obvious.

Melchiot?