Who would you change?

[Luke 60]

Thank fuck you're not the manager!

And as for Asenjo/Neuer/Adler - they all play first team football, with real chances of being great great goalkeepers. They wont come and sit on the bench behind Petr.

Ballack and Joe out, Hamsik and Ribery in. Simple.

The reason I suggest Shawcross and Muamba is for cover for Terry/Alex/Ivanovic.

I agree with Ballack and Cole out, Hamsik and Ribery in. I'd also keep an eye on Aguero.

So what would everyones ideal starting XI be for next season?

[EskWeston 696]

The reason I suggest Shawcross and Muamba is for cover for Terry/Alex/Ivanovic.

I agree with Ballack and Cole out, Hamsik and Ribery in. I'd also keep an eye on Aguero.

So what would everyones ideal starting XI be for next season?

Why on earth would you want Shawcross or Muamba as cover for the centre backs when we have already one of the most talented young centre backs in world football in Bruma at the club, and top options in Mancienne and Hutchinson?

Players like Hamsik, Ribery and Aguero are exactly the sort of players we need to be looking at. Although we have a habit of stunting a players creativity, just look at Zhirkov, dubbed the Russian Ronaldinho and we are playing him at left back......

All i want to see us do is to inject some creativity, and also to use the talented young players we have. Sturridge, Kakuta, Stoch, Matic, Cork, Bruma.... all very top class players, but they are not going to progress unless we play them. Kakuta impressed massively when given first team chances and since then he hasn't been given a sniff..

[Luke 60]

I can see Mancienne being involved with the first team squad next season, not too sure how much game time he will get though, as CA hasnt seemed to have used many of the younger players this season. I agree, Hutchinson, Bruma, Mancienne, Matic, Kakuta and Sturridge are all great prospects, but will they be given game time by CA??

I can see 1 or 2 going out on loan next season. I would really like these players to be given a chance, but CA seems to like playing it safe with his experienced first team back ups (Kalou, Belletti etc).

[Blueboy 14]

I can see Mancienne being involved with the first team squad next season, not too sure how much game time he will get though, as CA hasnt seemed to have used many of the younger players this season. I agree, Hutchinson, Bruma, Mancienne, Matic, Kakuta and Sturridge are all great prospects, but will they be given game time by CA??

I can see 1 or 2 going out on loan next season. I would really like these players to be given a chance, but CA seems to like playing it safe with his experienced first team back ups (Kalou, Belletti etc).

Ancelotti doesnt have the guts to play other players i guess. Seen this for years at Milan where he did the same thing with his players. It hasnt come as a surprise that Milan is drastically bringing in young players since the summer. We also should be looking at our youngster first and AFTER THAT, if they don't seem to suffice/be good enough for the first team, look at new players from other clubs!

[EskWeston 696]

I can see Mancienne being involved with the first team squad next season, not too sure how much game time he will get though, as CA hasnt seemed to have used many of the younger players this season. I agree, Hutchinson, Bruma, Mancienne, Matic, Kakuta and Sturridge are all great prospects, but will they be given game time by CA??

I can see 1 or 2 going out on loan next season. I would really like these players to be given a chance, but CA seems to like playing it safe with his experienced first team back ups (Kalou, Belletti etc).

Carlo went through a phase when the young players got some game time, and that was very pleasing to see, especially as they all aquitted themselves well and showed what they can offer. The problem is with the injuries and the problems we are having Ancelotti has chosen to go with the experience of Ballack rather than give a chance to Matic or Kakuta, and he has prefered to stick with Anelka rather than give Sturridge or again Kakuta a chance. Both Ballack and Anelka have put in some poor displays lately and i can see the logic on continuing to play players who are not producing just because the next option happens to be a 19,20, 21 year old....

[Luke 60]

Yeah I can see where CA is coming from sticking with the experienced players albeit frustrating to watch the likes of Anelka & Ballack not producing game after game. I would love to see players like Bruma/Kakuta/Matic etc getting games, but we cant afford to make mistakes with so much left to play for.

Lets hope some of these youngers get a good pre season under their belt and give CA something to think about, I would like to see a youthful side play in the Carling Cup as well personally.

What we have seen of Kakuta so far has been top draw, albeit from the bench when we are 3/4-0 up.

For these youngsters to get games we need rid of the dead wood at the club, and I'm not sure thats something that CA is keen on

[EskWeston 696]

Yeah I can see where CA is coming from sticking with the experienced players albeit frustrating to watch the likes of Anelka & Ballack not producing game after game. I would love to see players like Bruma/Kakuta/Matic etc getting games, but we cant afford to make mistakes with so much left to play for.

Lets hope some of these youngers get a good pre season under their belt and give CA something to think about, I would like to see a youthful side play in the Carling Cup as well personally.

What we have seen of Kakuta so far has been top draw, albeit from the bench when we are 3/4-0 up.

For these youngsters to get games we need rid of the dead wood at the club, and I'm not sure thats something that CA is keen on

Experience counts for nothing if they can't produce on the pitch in my opinion.

Well thats the real question, will Carlo do a clearout? With roumers of new contracts for Ballack and Anelka it doesn't seem like they are looking to refresh the squad much at all. Deco will go, as will Belletti. Will any others? I am not convinced.

[Kostas 1,468]

I'm not sure why we should get rid of Belletti.

He hasn't set a foot wrong whenever we needed him(except that City game)and is a great solution whenever we need a utility player.

I can't believe I'm saying this but Joe Cole is useless,these days even Kalou(FFS) looks like a better player than him.I don't know any top team who would keep a player who contributes as little as Joe.

I also think Ballack is getting too much hate,he looks to me more hungry than Lampard and has as many good games as he did,yet he's always one of the first to blame

Edited March 17, 2010 by Kostas

[DYC. 7,542]

I think it was (painfully) quite obvious to see that we lack creativity in the midfield and real pace up front. If we had Sneijder at our side, we would be the team to reach the quarter finals. Ooh well, lets hope that this is a lesson for Ancelotti and Abramovich.

We do really need more youth and creativity in this team if we are ever going to win the CL and the PL for that matterHilario, Fereirra, Belleti, Deco really need to move on. I dont think i need to explain why as it is very obvious why.

Defence

Turnbull should be promoted to second goalkeeper. With that super talent Matej Delac joining us soon, i think we have three keepers that we can trust. I think that Delac could give Cech some competition. I mean a 17 year old that is the first keeper of his team, thats pretty impressive.

I also think that selling Riccy would be a good move. He is not that world-class player he used to be. It's finally time to pass on the torch to Alex.

So it would be best if Chelsea get a young defender. Simon Kjaer would be perfect but he is a starter at Palermo so it would be very hard to get him. Or maybe Tomkins from Westham would be an option. I haven't followed him lately but i do he is very mature for his age.

Maybe you guys have some other suggestions ?

And bring back Bertrand and promote him. Maybe Van Aanholt too ?

So that would leave the following:

RB: Bosingwa, Ivanovic, youth player<br>CB: Terry, Alex, Ivanovic (emergency), new player, Mancienne, Bruma, Hutch<br>LB: Ashley Cole, Zhirkov (emergency), Bertrand, Van Aanholt

*Note

I do feel that Mancienne is more a DM than a central defender, what do you think EskWeston ?.

But Chelsea should keep him and give him the chance to prove himself.

He would also be a good utility-man with him being able to play as a

CB, RB or DM.

Midfield

We really need new players in midfield. Players with creativity and or speed. Hamsik or Rafael Van der Vaart would be a good buy. I would prefer Van der Vaart as he is experienced but not too old (27). Hamsik would be a good buy as well of course as he has youth on his side. He could become a true superstar.

Ballack should sign for one more year but as a player for the bench. He would be good cover for Lamps.Matic should be promoted and be given more game time. Cork should be brought back and promoted.

DM: Essien, Mikel, Matic, Mancienne (emergency)

CM/AM: Lampard, Hamsik/Van der Vaart, Ballack, Matic, Cork

Attack

Aguero should be top priority. Fantastic player and very young. His pace, dribble and goal-scoring abilities are very needed. And i do feel that people underrate his strength. He is very strong for such a small guy, you will have to work hard to get him down. Pato in that matter is too light if you ask me. And he is injury prone so we dont need him.

Bring back and promote Stoch, promote Kakuta and give him more game time. Sturridge also needs more game time. He is very promising and with right guiding he can turn into a great player.

I would love to see Anelka stay but not as a right attacker. He sucks there. He should be Drogba's cover. If he decides not to sign a new contract then Chelsea should keep him untill his contract ends and get another if needed. It depends on Sturridge's and Borini's development.

Sell Kalou. He just isnt Chelsea material. I like Salomon but selling him and getting some money would be best.

Joey can leave too if he wants. He claims to love the club but if he leaves us for Man Utd, i would be very disappointed.

Left Attacker: Malouda, Kakuta, Sturridge (emergency)

CF: Drogba, Anelka, Sturridge, Borini

Right Attacker: Aguero, Stoch, Anelka (emergency)

Edited March 17, 2010 by Blue_Soldier

[warnie_666 1,081]

I dont care if we Win the Double Domestically. I just want to get rid of the following Players no matter what as we are playing with the same team for 5 seasons.

Ballack OUT

Deco OUT

Ferreira OUT

Kalou OUT

Belleti OUT

Carvalho OUT

The SQUAD would look Much Much Fresher without these Players. Although im in two minds with Kalou. He is our best impact Player to be honest.

I would want to keep Joe Cole as he is reaching that stage in his career when he could put in some exceptional performances. If he wants to move on then he can go.

I'd bring in

Aguero IN

Hamsik IN

Kakuta IN

Bruma IN

Mancienne IN

Matic IN

Stoch IN.

Corck IN

Aguero, Hamsik, Kakuta, Bruma are direct replacements for Kalou, Ballack, Deco, Carvalho.

I would even add Hutchinson to the squad if FIT.

Squad as following:

GK: Cech, Turnbull, Hilario

Defense: A. Cole, Zirkov, Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Bruma, Terry, Alex, Mancienne, Hutchinson(If FIT)

Midfield: Essien, Lampard, Hamsik, Mikel, Matic, Cork.

Attacking Midfield/Wingers: Malouda, Stoch, Kakuta, Joe Cole

Strikers: Drogba, Anelka, Aguero, Sturridge.

The Squad looks a great mix of youth and experience.

[Clevemayer 764]

I dont care if we Win the Double Domestically. I just want to get rid of the following Players no matter what as we are playing with the same team for 5 seasons.

Ballack OUT

Deco OUT

Ferreira OUT

Kalou OUT

Belleti OUT

Carvalho OUT

The SQUAD would look Much Much Fresher without these Players. Although im in two minds with Kalou. He is our best impact Player to be honest.

I would want to keep Joe Cole as he is reaching that stage in his career when he could put in some exceptional performances. If he wants to move on then he can go.

I'd bring in

Aguero IN

Hamsik IN

Kakuta IN

Bruma IN

Mancienne IN

Matic IN

Stoch IN.

Corck IN

Aguero, Hamsik, Kakuta, Bruma are direct replacements for Kalou, Ballack, Deco, Carvalho.

I would even add Hutchinson to the squad if FIT.

Squad as following:

GK: Cech, Turnbull, Hilario

Defense: A. Cole, Zirkov, Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Bruma, Terry, Alex, Mancienne, Hutchinson(If FIT)

Midfield: Essien, Lampard, Hamsik, Mikel, Matic, Cork.

Attacking Midfield/Wingers: Malouda, Stoch, Kakuta, Joe Cole

Strikers: Drogba, Anelka, Aguero, Sturridge.

The Squad looks a great mix of youth and experience.

im see the things pretty similar to you but i have some slight changes on my own

Ballack OUT

Deco OUT

Ferreira OUT

AnelkaOUT

Belleti OUT

Carvalho OUT

Hilario OUT (Hilario, Carv and Paulo are hurting the most to say this, but its time to move on)

Aguero IN

Dembele/or Pjanic IN

Kakuta IN

Bruma IN

Mancienne IN

Matic IN

Stoch IN.

Corck IN

Gourcuff IN

GK: Cech, Turnbull, Rhys/or Delac

Defense: A. Cole, Zirkov, Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Bruma, Terry, Alex, Mancienne, Hutchinson(If FIT)

Midfield: Essien, Lampard, Gourcuff, Mikel, Matic, Cork.

Attacking Midfield/Wingers: Malouda, Stoch, Kakuta, Joe Cole, Dembele/or Pjanic

Strikers: Drogba, Kalou, Aguero, Sturridge, Dembele

Edited March 17, 2010 by Clevemayer

[warnie_666 1,081]

Why 5 Strikers? And Pjanic is an attacking Midfielder/Playmaker and we already have Joe Cole and Kakuta for that. We need a box to box midfielder to replace Ballack.

[Clevemayer 764]

@warnie

thats why i said Pjanic OR Dembele, Dembele can be a great box to box midfielder, but i have no doubt pjanic could play de CM too, hes skillfull, has a good eye and passing, and a good shot and freekicks, would have to work on his physical side, but he plays CM in lyon too...

5 strikers cause, IF DEMBELE he could play at BOTH positions, but dont HAS to.

so i think both could play box to box, plus dembele could play AM and Striker...

[DavidEU 2,023]

For whoever suggest Muamba, he's not a center back, hes a defensive midfielder. An average one at best.

And those suggesting Dembele, Pjanic etc. Have you ever even seen them play?

And don't expect dramatic change this summer. It's not going to happen, is it?

Edited March 17, 2010 by DavidEU

[Clevemayer 764]

@david

yes, elsewise i wouldnt say they're good!!! as simple as that...

and promote these players in th EPL!!!

[kakuta44 16]

okay so i am not crazy .... its pretty obvious to anyone that there are some players who just need to be let go mainly they are belleti deco fererre joe cole kalou ..... those are the 5 players who most of the fans agreed must leave ..... also most o us agree that anelka shouldnt start as a winger he can be a sub. or he can go ..... the same goes for ballack ......

all of us think kakuta matic sturridge should have thier chances and we all think no matter what they are certainly better than other players like kalou joe cole and anelka ......

my point is .. if its that clear to the naked eye why CA cant see this ..... so don't tell me its not ancelotti's fault it's the players ... no it;s him who is in charge he is the one who came out in Jan. and said i will run fuckin naked if we sign anyone he should have known we need someone ......

not only that but there's more .... thats not lampard thats not terry a lot of players not at thier best but a manager is the one responsible to get his players to thier best to motivate them to give the will and the confidence ..... thats what mourinho provide his players with .... yes inter wanted it more and had more will but thats only because they had more motivation .....

right now i have to say i am completely dissatisfied with the teams progress this season and with ancelotti's work .... as we started as clear favourites to the epl and ucl ..... but while evry team like man u was progressing and improving into a better team we keep getting worse and it should be the opposite i would ve excused carlo if he was improving if i can see any signs of a good manager their but he has the best squad in the epl but he cant use it right .....

i am not saying he should leave but unless he works his ass off in the next couple of months to deserve to stay i will be very happy to see gus hiddink back next june because with the way we are going with ancelotti in a couple of years we will be insulted in the old trafold by a 4-0 scoreline ....

[Term-X 7,891]

okay so i am not crazy .... its pretty obvious to anyone that there are some players who just need to be let go mainly they are belleti deco fererre joe cole kalou ..... those are the 5 players who most of the fans agreed must leave ..... also most o us agree that anelka shouldnt start as a winger he can be a sub. or he can go ..... the same goes for ballack ......

all of us think kakuta matic sturridge should have thier chances and we all think no matter what they are certainly better than other players like kalou joe cole and anelka ......

my point is .. if its that clear to the naked eye why CA cant see this ..... so don't tell me its not ancelotti's fault it's the players ... no it;s him who is in charge he is the one who came out in Jan. and said i will run fuckin naked if we sign anyone he should have known we need someone ......

not only that but there's more .... thats not lampard thats not terry a lot of players not at thier best but a manager is the one responsible to get his players to thier best to motivate them to give the will and the confidence ..... thats what mourinho provide his players with .... yes inter wanted it more and had more will but thats only because they had more motivation .....

right now i have to say i am completely dissatisfied with the teams progress this season and with ancelotti's work .... as we started as clear favourites to the epl and ucl ..... but while evry team like man u was progressing and improving into a better team we keep getting worse and it should be the opposite i would ve excused carlo if he was improving if i can see any signs of a good manager their but he has the best squad in the epl but he cant use it right .....

i am not saying he should leave but unless he works his ass off in the next couple of months to deserve to stay i will be very happy to see gus hiddink back next june because with the way we are going with ancelotti in a couple of years we will be insulted in the old trafold by a 4-0 scoreline ....

if carlo had requested the big money signings, roman would have backed him but carlo didn't have the balls to take that risk of another shevchenko situation.

[kakuta44 16]

if carlo had requested the big money signings, roman would have backed him but carlo didn't have the balls to take that risk of another shevchenko situation.

as he doesnt have the balls to let kakuta matic and sturridge get thier chances and tell joe cole anelka and kaluo work your ass off or you wont have your places .....

i dont wanna go all hard on him cause i wanna see how he will react in the next couple of months may be he will prove us wrong ...

[Kostas 1,468]

I'm sure Carlo has seen more of Matic and Kakuta than we do so there's probably a reason he hasn't given them more chances

[kakuta44 16]

I'm sure Carlo has seen more of Matic and Kakuta than we do so there's probably a reason he hasn't given them more chances

i am sure he did .... but hasn't he seen joe cole kalou anelka and ballack !!!!!!!