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i do think we need a good right back.

I feel you my brother. That is just sheer greed. He has unconciously put pressure on his seaon. In my opinion he must have his best season ever. What he is asking for must not be pay for past contributions.

This is not gratuity, it is income and he must merit every pound spent. ChelseaFC beginning to run as a business must start with this.

and it looks like we might not have any of those right backs afterall. I just listened to a live interview with PK. He said we hope to sign Malouda by the weekend and will be chelsea's final summer signing.

So glenn and paulo's prayers will be answered. I hope we don't have to relegate essien to right back for the most of the season.

chelsea set to open a state of the art training facility later today in cobam, surrey

I like this article on Micheal Essien

http://www.squarefootball.net/article/article.asp?aid=4591

My favourite part is


The Ghanaian star at least won the BBC African Footballer of the Year accolade for a season of astonishing adaptability. In an age where top players have become increasingly specialised in their positions Essien brought back an epithet so beloved in the 1960 and 70s- the ‘utility man’.

There are- or were- two types of utility man. Ones who could fill in most positions but weren’t quite good enough to make a single position their own and a second rarer type who took over any position and did it better than most of the specialists- Michael Essien is one of these.

[quote author=n-guage link=topic=63368.msg1264434#msg1264434 date=1183610745]I am still not impressed. ''Supply man'' no dey the team. We need long passes. I really can't stop complaining[/quote]To a considerable extent i agree. I think they lack technique, short passes and movement off the ball. Lets see aw they pick up as the tournament unfolds.

bjigun:
the fifa link no dey show 4 my side ~ I don't know why

really!

next time just try http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/index.html good picture quality.

it is ofaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. nigeria haf winnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.

did u get the link?

red card yeeeeeeeeeepaaaaaaaaa

http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/index.html  follow this link and click on watch live video

goallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

sorry it was finland

he was with the mikel obi u-17 set led by eguavoen to ireland in 2003. He was the strike partner of isaac promise in that competiton.

Aw come he is still u-21?

na wa oooooooooo

God of hosts. i had been looking at that guy bala and he seemed very familiar. Ezekiel bala. Anyone who has good knowledge of nigerian youth football will know that guy.

goallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

and they are tall.

i think it is only normal in the beginning of the tournament. i rememba i felt the same way about the mikel obi set. dem go pick up.

abeg wetin be time for canada now?

half time. i like their strength and commitment. i wish they could show more discipline in attack

these boys have amazing fitness levels

OK that's it.

Chelsea set to sign Malouda.
Lyon will open talks with chelsea this evening for the transfer of malouda after they (chelsea) met the £16million valuation of the lyon man.

Brace up blues,  It's almost done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SOURCE ,  SKY SPORTS NEWS.

A swap for deco. You do not need to say anything else. That will be a gracious move.

I know goals win matches but you can only hope to win with goals when you do not concede some.

A large part of last season's success must be credited to the tremendous, ever-increasing form of micheal essien

not only the goals scored by fading lampard. Players only have such greed when they begin to think they are indispensable.

I still haven't heard essien grumble about an outrageous wage increase.

somze,

I do know that lampard scores a lot of goals for the team, one thing we must realize is that he is not getting better in performance. His form is dropping drastically, so much he was even booed by england fans.

I have never thought we can't play without lampard, infact the sooner we start learning we can the better.

He knows his form is dropping and he is only trying to secure his future. How can lamps reject a 121k a week wage?

I will not even ask kaka to be paid that if ever he finds his way to the bridge.

I believe and JM know lamps has passed his prime.

wormedup:
IMO, sheva deserves to earn more than lamps by all standards !
a bad season would be the cause of all these.
let's assume sheva starts off next season and keep banging gaols, what would u guys say then ? shevy's pay should be raised or lamps pay should be cut .

Very, very very well put my brother.

He is just such a greedy fella.

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=474897&CPID=8&clid=8&lid=&title=MALOUDA+'CERTAIN'+OF+BLUES+MOVE

Concept:
@nateevs

The kind of tournament will determine the kind of players that will be used.
You don't expect Mikel, Sidwell, Kalou and diarra to be on the bench when playing carling cup
Ballack,Lampard and other senior players will be a sure bet for a tournament such as Champion's league

During the course of the season, things turn out to be different from the way we see it at the beginning. If I remember very well, there several were times when JM had to sacrifice MAKA for mikel even though he (maka) was a senior player.

Even though we see these guys as senior players, the season might turn out to be different. One thing about JM is that he will give you a second consecutive match if your performance seems to be better than a senior player. champions league or not.

The issue of senior player usually comes in the midfield. In the attack the is perhaps no junior player. Maybe SWP and Malou

What do you think?

the bigger a team becomes, u start  to ask about where this person plays and that person plays.

For instance,   when we play a 4-3-3.

how do you succesfully choose 3 midfielders in a 4-3-3 from

lamps, ballack, essien, mikel, maka, diarra, sidwell, and possibly pato?

and aw then do you successfully choose 3 attackers in a 4-3-3 from


drogba, sheva, pizzaro, salomon malou, joe cole, robben, swp,  and possibly malouda?

You'll find out at some point that someone very vital is not going kick a ball.  The kind of system I described is not to ensure that every player gets to play. Its to ensure that the we score goals while being defensive. The rotational policy will continue and big players will get to play alternate games.


Let's see what kind of combo we'll get from JM in the pre seasons. It'll give better insight as what to expect in the season.

Somze

I do understand aw u feel about the overlap but i think JM has his ways of balancing the squad out at every point in time. One of his favourite is to play like this


CECH

ALVES RC JT COLE


MAKA ESSIEN

This way there are always four defense minded players at any point in time. This way u can push players forwards hoping to score more goals while covering ur back at the same time plus it complements the 3-3 in our 4-3-3.

There is a demand for immense defensive discipline when you play like this.