The Tactics Thread

[Peace. 4,352]

Guys... Maybe we should try :

Mikel

Essien - Lampard

Kalou - Torres - Malouda

[Henrique 9,133]

Cech

Bosingua - Terry - Alex - Cole

Ramires - Drogba - Ivanovic - Lampard

Luiz-Torres

[Peace. 4,352]

Drogba, our the weak link

Anelka - Torres - Malouda for me.

[J.F. 1,484]

Guys... Maybe we should try :

Mikel

Essien - Lampard

Kalou - Torres - Malouda

at the moment, ramires is better than Essien, Mikel, and Lampard.

[milllz 43]

essien----mikel/ramires-----lampard

-----------------anelka--------------

--------torres----------------Drogba

[Peace. 4,352]

at the moment, ramires is better than Essien, Mikel, and Lampard.

Maybe. But there I just pointed out our attack. I wrote the name of our midfielders just to put some names, I could wrote McEachran as well... Know what I'm sayin ?

[Corlett 202]

For the Liverpool game I'm not sure whether I'd go with:

---------------- Torres -------------

------- Anelka ------- Kalou ----

Malouda - Lampard - Ramires

Cole -- Terry ---- Luiz -- Ivanovic

---------------- Cech ---------------

or

---------------- Torres -------------

------- Malouda ------- Anelka ----

-- Essien- Lampard - Ramires --

Cole -- Terry ---- Luiz -- Ivanovic

---------------- Cech ---------------

[HRiver 1,512]

For the Liverpool game I'm not sure whether I'd go with:

---------------- Torres -------------

------- Anelka ------- Kalou ----

Malouda - Lampard - Ramires

Cole -- Terry ---- Luiz -- Ivanovic

---------------- Cech ---------------

or

---------------- Torres -------------

------- Malouda ------- Anelka ----

-- Essien- Lampard - Ramires --

Cole -- Terry ---- Luiz -- Ivanovic

---------------- Cech ---------------

I'd go for the second.

We must play Essien, we can't play without a defensive midfielder and even though Kalou's played well today you never know, I'd rather play Malouda. Should we seriously leave Drogba out of the starting 11? Why not Drogba - Torres - Anelka, with Lampard, Essien and Ramires behind?

[Corlett 202]

I'd go for the second.

We must play Essien, we can't play without a defensive midfielder and even though Kalou's played well today you never know, I'd rather play Malouda. Should we seriously leave Drogba out of the starting 11? Why not Drogba - Torres - Anelka, with Lampard, Essien and Ramires behind?

Because Drogba played cack today, he needs a wake up call and realize he can't just walk into the team every week, no matter how bad he was the previous week.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Nice to have a positive headache for Carlo now! Kalou, Drogba, Torres, Anelka & even Malouda all have a shout in. Whatever the outcome, for the first time this season, we'll have a strong bench!

[HRiver 1,512]

Anelka should definitely start. So that's Torres, Anelka, Drogba/Malouda/Kalou.

I'd still play Drogba instead of Malouda or Kalou, with three forwards we could be very dangerous, and no matter how bad Drogba plays, in big games he always shines. A big player needs a big moment.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Cech

Bosingwa - Ivanovic - Terry - Cole

Mikel

Essien - Lampard

Anelka

Drogba - Kalou

Works fine for me, then I'd love to see Torres & Luiz come off the bench

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Chelsea's attacking options

Fernando Torres

Florent Malouda

Didier Drogba

Salomon Kalou

Nicolas Anelka

Plus the likes of Frank Lampard, Ramires, Michael Essien, Josh McEachran and so on...

I'm a little bit hard right now.

[magic weeds 446]

seems like Carlo is trying something different. According to Daily Mail, we played 4-2-1-2-1 which i think is true. Anelka played behind Drogba and Kalou and was amazing.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

No need for the there

Kalou can/will always be an off-the-bench player, which I don't mind 1 bit. As demonstrated last week in the FA Cup