Malouda Left Back

[chelsea_4_eva 1,167]

thoughts on hows hes doing at left back?

[Kajo 176]

i think he's doing quite good but i hope yesterday i will see there Paulo. We need Florent offensive skills in the front not in the back.

[Rubber bullets 1,183]

No more for me I am afraid, even though he was alright, we really need to put Paulo there so he can stay in the wings.

[Steve 10,227]

Its not that he has been doing a bad job, in fact hes doing a pretty good job. But we miss him a lot on the left wing. Like same said play Paulo or someone else there so we can start getting the ball into the box with some quality.

[5354 204]

No, I feel he is pretty bad there.... mistimed tackles, lack of anticipation and always requiring Lampard to come back to help him...At least this was what I saw.

[Steve 10,227]

I correct myself, doing a decent job for someone that does not play in that position.

[Luke 60]

For someone that clearly isnt a natural defender, he isnt doing too bad, pushes up a bit too much but thats only natural for a winger playing at full back.

To be fair, anyone playing left back other than Ash isn't going to look half as good.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

We lose so much attacking energy without Malouda. Why Carlo didn't play Ferreira at LB yesterday was astonishing. Poor decision if you ask me. I know he did well in Milan, and it meant we had very attacking full-backs, but we needed extra cover for Tevez and Bellamy, so playing a left winger in the defence isn't exactly an ideal situation.

[zolayes 14,489]

I thought malouda was the least poor of our defenders yesterday..

that said I prefer him further forward

[chelsea_4_eva 1,167]

didn't we lose games when he was at left back?

[Term-X 7,891]

imo he's wasted in that position.

and word to bluelion