Wishlist Daniele de Rossi

[Sidzeret 2,257]

Mata, Oscar, Luiz, Torres, Azpilicueta, Mikel all not included in our Asia tour squad.

Clearest indication that they will be leaving Chelsea this summer..

Extended vacation due to Confed Cup..pretty much the only reason for the exclusion from the squad

[Toli 977]

By Tuesday chelsea should announce the agreements of De Rossi and Dominic Bruma!

according to my sources its by monday.

[Jase 43,479]

Extended vacation due to Confed Cup..pretty much the only reason for the exclusion from the squad

It was a sarcastic reply to Strike's post...

[Sidzeret 2,257]

It was a sarcastic reply to Strike's post...

i got it wrong dude.. i intended to reply to the post u replied to..cheers

[Sidzeret 2,257]

In de Rossi we have a tough tackler with attacking intentions plus an additional option for CB. Perfect signing for me this season if we pull this one through. 4-3-3, anyone?? No,alright then he can be the more defensive one in our 2 man pivot. And i see a future captain, maybe? Perfetto bellimbusto!

[Sidzeret 2,257]

*midfielder

[Ankit 3,176]

A separate topic? There is a DDR thread mate. Use that for discussion.

[Hutcho 8,443]

Makalele, although small was hughly combatitve.

BIG TACKLE, sponsered by claude makelele ohh la la.

Sorry if no one got that reference.

But yeah de rossi would really fit in our squad whatever system we play.

[Jase 43,479]

In de Rossi we have a tough tackler with attacking intentions plus an additional option for CB. Perfect signing for me this season if we pull this one through. 4-3-3, anyone?? No,alright then he can be the more defensive one in our 2 man pivot. And i see a future captain, maybe? Perfetto bellimbusto!

Merged with De Rossi's thread. Don't need for a separate one if you are basically just discussing the same thing (unless you write an article).

[Sidzeret 2,257]

Merged with De Rossi's thread. Don't need for a separate one if you are basically just discussing the same thing (unless you write an article).

cheers

[Ankit 3,176]

Merged with De Rossi's thread. Don't need for a separate one if you are basically just discussing the same thing (unless you write an article).

Please delete my post then where i mentioned the same. Looks odd now that the thread has been merged. Thanks.

[Despiadado.Maleante 1,046]

De Rossi - Ramires

These two would destroy any midfield

[Pizy 18,401]

De Rossi - Ramires

These two would destroy any midfield

Exactly what I wanna see.

Ramires or MvG playing games next to DDR with Lamps playing lesser opponents or coming on as a super sub.

We'd go from having the worst central midfield at the top of the league to one of the best with DDR here.

[nadavTKL 1,787]

De Rossi - Ramires

These two would destroy any midfield

I prefer KDB-De Rossi-Oscar, in a 4-3-3. Or at the very least one of them in midfield.

in De Rossi - Ramires we'll again play with no DPL. De Rossi is fantastic but he isnt a DPL and when we'll face the likes of Bayern, Barce and Dortmunt we'll have troubles with this midfield. Physically it will be great, but we saw that technique beats Physicality when it played well. I think we need to develop Kdb and/or Oscar to be a CM.

[Despiadado.Maleante 1,046]

I prefer KDB-De Rossi-Oscar, in a 4-3-3. Or at the very least one of them in midfield.

in De Rossi - Ramires we'll again play with no DPL. De Rossi is fantastic but he isnt a DPL and when we'll face the likes of Bayern, Barce and Dortmunt we'll have troubles with this midfield. Physically it will be great, but we saw that technique beats Physicality when it played well. I think we need to develop Kdb and/or Oscar to be a CM.

(KDB-De Rossi-Oscar) would not not work IMO since both are not natural midfielders, (Ramires-De Rossi-Oscar) would however be good

[diskoviolente 425]

I think Brazil at the Confed Cup with Gustavo/Paulinho and Bayern Munich in the Champions League with Schweinsteiger/Martinez are the prime examples for what you need in the DM area: two equally physically strong players, who when ask can move up the pitch or play as a sweeper (Schweinsteiger in CL Final dropped so deep at times that he looked like a third CB) and can play with the ball (in that respect i was really surprised by the Brazil midfield, and we don´t need to talk about Martinez and Schweinsteigers abilities. The two together were absoloutly incredible to watch last season. Martinez performance against Barca alone was worth every penny they paid for the boy).

If we get De Rossi, and him being paired with Ramires (who has to improve only on his passing range and finishing at times) can deliver exactly that. A "power couple" who just win back every ball and immidiatly can switch into attack. I am actually quite excited about the prospect of signing De Rossi.

This, however, is not a case against Mikel by the way. The signing of De Rossi would give our midfield an extra dimension.

[Pizy 18,401]

I prefer KDB-De Rossi-Oscar, in a 4-3-3. Or at the very least one of them in midfield.

in De Rossi - Ramires we'll again play with no DPL. De Rossi is fantastic but he isnt a DPL and when we'll face the likes of Bayern, Barce and Dortmunt we'll have troubles with this midfield. Physically it will be great, but we saw that technique beats Physicality when it played well. I think we need to develop Kdb and/or Oscar to be a CM.

But if we went to a 4-3-3 Mata would be pushed out wide. While he's still an effective player on the wing, he isn't at his best there.

It could work against some teams, but I don't know if I want to see Mata out on the wing trying to deal with Zabaleta for instance.

[Special Juan 27,439]

By Tuesday chelsea should announce the agreements of De Rossi and Dominic Bruma!

Right, you maybe offline right now, but get your scrawny arse back on and link us up