LDN Blue 7,903 Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Not a big fan of Mikel and Essien playing together in the midfield.Me neither, but when you've got Nani bombing down the right and Rooney linking up with Berbatov it helps to overcrowd the midfield. Cut off the supply instead of the target. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve5221 91 Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 If Mikel does play he has to watch a few of his tackles early doors......don't get booked in the first 10 minutes.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DYC. 7,542 Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 I don't want to play with 3 centre-backs, thats what I mean by stooping to scumpool level. We already play like that on defence cause Mikel drops deep and plays like a 3rd centre-back.Mikel dropping deep is good enough as far defense is concerned.Well I guess we disagree then. I would love to see us play 3-5-2 once as I think it solves our winger problem and our reliance on our fullbacks for width (without leaving too much space at the back). And like I said, Mikel isn't good enough defensively. And we have three great CB's too and more importantly, one who is excellent in building up from the back.@steve5221Don't agree with the 3-5-2 being a 'smash and grab' tactic, you should be able to dominate a game (you're playing with five midfielders, five and half with Anelka's tendency to drop deep). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Essien and Mikel have to play this game to cancel out United's midfield. Ramires should play wide right in a 4-3-3 for this game as far as I'm concerned...CechBosingwa - Luiz - Terry - ColeMikelEssien - LampardRamires - Torres - Anelka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetsajCFC 1,255 Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Spot on, but if Essien's on top form would play him instead of Ramires Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDN Blue 7,903 Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Carlo discussing 'pressing' tacticsAt Milan there were three times of pressing - to wait for the opposition to come into our half and win the ball and do counter-attack, to press in the middle of the pitch and to press immediately when the opposition goalkeeper passed the ball from the back.The best shape to have good pressure all over the pitch is 4-4-2. If you play with the diamond it is more difficult to close the width of the pitch.http://www.chelseafc...2302771,00.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueblood22 50 Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 I think the best will be 4-4-2 like this Cech Ivan, Luiz, Terry, ColeKalou, Essien , Lampard Malouda Drogba Torreswith an option to change ramirez in essien out because ramirez is in great form and maybe zhirkov in malouda out because he is playing really bad recently and i bellive in zhirkov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spuz 143 Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Malouda said; "The best shape to have good pressure all over the pitch is 4-4-2. If you play with the diamond it is more difficult to close the width of the pitch"Malouda for manager? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmax 9,219 Posted March 25, 2011 Author Share Posted March 25, 2011 Emenalo said : 'As a result we've gone to 4-4-2 which gives a balanced defensive core, but we have quality players who can do different things and we are able to manipulate it a little bit, with Ramires on the right and Florent Malouda or Yury Zhirkov on the left, so we can create width on one side and a certain level of compactness from the right, meaning we don't get overrun even if we send people forward and it can become a central three in midfield when we are defending. Explains why we've seen the narrow 4-4-2, especially on the right. There's obviously not much trust in Essien's defensive abilities.'The 4-3-3 allows you to play better football because there are so many possibilities to it in terms of build-up,' he explained. 'You can move the ball around and control possession more, it is a little more sophisticated, especially in England where teams often tend to play a 4-5-1 or 4-4-2 against us. 'I anticipate it coming back but it is good for us to have this variety, and I can also anticipate a possible 4-2-3-1 in the future, or even because of the forwards we have at Chelsea a 4-2-1-3. Interesting, very interesting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldo 868 Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 I don't know if this should be posted here.22 - Chelsea have scored more goals than any other Premier League team from set pieces. Practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmax 9,219 Posted April 15, 2011 Author Share Posted April 15, 2011 I don't know if this should be posted here.22 - Chelsea have scored more goals than any other Premier League team from set pieces. Practice.We are a rich man's Stoke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milan 17,959 Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 I don't know if this should be posted here.22 - Chelsea have scored more goals than any other Premier League team from set pieces. Practice.Can't believe lol. Considering the not so distant past where we were discussing our awful stats from corners. It used to be a loss of the possession then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldo 868 Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Can't believe lol. Considering the not so distant past where we were discussing our awful stats from corners. It used to be a loss of the possession then.I guess we were all desperate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Armour 4,449 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Anyone else feel there's something wrong with the speed of our build-up play?I feel that its:1. Too slow in the middle of the pitch2. And too fast in the final third.Because of 1. the opposition defense always gets into position with enough time to spare, ready to prepare for any of the attacks. Because of 2. we don't spend enough time carving a good opportunity. As we saw in the Portsmouth game, the mindless crosses from Jose and Kalou were easily swatted away by the Pompey defense. This also leads to other problems. Because the players have only recently returned, team chemistry is at an all time low. Which is why after quick exchanges between two players, the third player involved in the play often ends up losing the ball.I feel the team needs to take it slow in the first few games of pre-season and gradually build up speed to improve team chemistry.What d'you guys think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 I'll let you know after four more friendlies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Armour 4,449 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 I'll let you know after four more friendlies But we did play two full matches you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 it will be interesting to see if AVB introduces more flexibilty into our tactics . Jose introduced the holding midfielder with Maka ..everyone followed suit.it did make us defensively the strongest side in the PL ,,, Jose was also very pro active in the use of substitutions often changing the shape of the team.One of my criticisms of Carlo was that subs were so predictable ,,,first after 60mins and usually like for like.Sometimes when we are playing weaker sides who played with one up and parked the bus I failed to see the need for a holding midfielder .These are two of the things i hope AVB might change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosnian Blue 2,471 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Jose was also very pro active in the use of substitutions often changing the shape of the team.One of my criticisms of Carlo was that subs were so predictable ,,,first after 60mins and usually like for like.Jose used his subs way better than Carlo.There were games when we were down and Jose made Huth a CF. That was unexpected and confusing, but it worked. Carlo on he other hand, sometimes even ruined our gameplay with the subs(IE Stoke away last season).We'll see how AVB reacts when the season starts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionsden 4,689 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Jose used his subs way better than Carlo.There were games when we were down and Jose made Huth a CF. That was unexpected and confusing, but it worked. Carlo on he other hand, sometimes even ruined our gameplay with the subs(IE Stoke away last season).We'll see how AVB reacts when the season starts.Absolutely nothing can beat Carlo's Ferreira for Bosingwa substitution whenever we are short of ideas and desperately chasing a game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Armour 4,449 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 That's because when Carlo panics, he sees experience as the solution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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