Chelsea 2004-05 vs Chelsea 2014-15

[stroey 2,525]

Now we've won the title, Jamie Redknapp said he still prefers our 2004-05 title winning team over the current one.

Cech

Ferreira Carvalho JT Gallas

Makalele

Tiago Lampard

Duff Drogba Gudjohnson/Robben

Courtois

Iva GC JT Azpi

Matic Cesc

Oscar/Rambo

Wil Costa Eden

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/how-chelseas-premier-league-winners-5633749

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/574814/Chelsea-Jose-Mourinho-Jamie-Redknapp-Success

Which one do you prefer?

[Tomo 21,751]

This team is really good and only going to get better but the 2005 one over this one for me. They were ridiculously good and the closest we had to a weakness was Paulo who was still a very good full back.

However this group are still evolving so maybe the comparison will be more accurate in 2/3 years time.

[Muzchap 8,966]

Agree with Tomo

[iseah100 5,612]

05 fasho. Dat team was sick

[Henrique 9,133]

We can't even compare both teams. 04/05 Chelsea was easily one of the teams of that decade. That team really deserved to win the UCL that season, and I'm sure the team was going to beat Milan in that final. That ghost goal was a big frustration.

The current team is only a shadow of that team. Mourinho was at his peak. The team was solid and lethal, far from boring.

[mikeholiday 209]

Agree with most people - 04/05 for sure.

But this 14/15 group has been and will be top of the league from start to finish in a league that offers the toughest competition across Europe.

So maybe my answer is.. i dont know.

[LAB 1,030]

Any comparison with the juggernaut of 04-05 is unfair right now imo. Could be relevant in the future hopefully.

[didierforever 7,349]

not even a contest.

the combined team would look something like this

cech

ivanovic carvalho jt(old) gallas

lampard makelele cesc

robben DD hazard

[Rhino's Skin 972]

This team is really good and only going to get better but the 2005 one over this one for me. They were ridiculously good and the closest we had to a weakness was Paulo who was still a very good full back.

However this group are still evolving so maybe the comparison will be more accurate in 2/3 years time.

It would be better to compare squads rather than teams...missing from 04/05 are players like Glen Johnson, Wayne Bridge and Joe Cole amongst others who all had a decent amount of minutes on the pitch. Likewise with this seasons squad, there will be a few players that could be added.

I think Drogba and Robben were both a weakness in that 2004 team. Robben had a difficult start with an injury but did produce some electrifying performances but just wasnt quite consistent enough for me, and Drogba although was OK at time took a long time to adapt to the premier league and didnt show proper consistent classy performances until a couple of years later so I agree that the comparison would have been better for a different season.

So for me the 04/05 team upfront would be any 3 from Robben, Duff, Cole, Gudjohnson and sometimes Drogba who at times looked very raw and certainly nowhere near the polished article of later years.

Who from the 04/05 team would get into todays team and vice versa....well they played different systems for a start so hard call.

[Fulham Broadway 17,299]

Only conceded 15 in 2004-5 which was phenomenal

I also consumed about 15 times more alcohol that season

[Iggy Doonican 4,186]

As great as 2005 was i think it was almost inevitable we were going to win the league. Personally it would have meant more to me if we won it in 99. We only lost three games all year and one of them was the first game of the season. The look on Chelsea fans faces when we drew 2-2 against Leicester still gives me nightmares. Walking down the Fulham Road in stunned silence all because of Steve fucking Guppy.

[DYC. 7,542]

Not a big difference individually, but the collective was stronger.

It's hard to compare though. Different times. No 'super clubs' in Real, Barca and Bayern back then. PSV for example had a good side back then, but far from special, and they were competitive in the CL back in those days (so unlucky not to make the final btw, they were so close). The likes of Inter, Lyon, PSV, Bayern in the quarter finals. Inter weren't that good back then, same for Bayern. Liverpool too. The gap between the top 6-8 sides in Europe and the rest was smaller back then. Now there's no comparison, with less and less 'shock results'.

So hard to compare for me. But still, that was a very strong collective. Very tough to beat. Juve looked like that old Chelsea side yesterday.