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U know it really amazes how mikel became suddenly very defensive - far from what we saw in Holland. I know every player that plays under Jose must be defensive.

I agree with you he could be made what he was in holland. His newly found defensive qualities, age and vision can give him some edge over ageing ballack.

The only problems I have with him are his sometimes reterogressive play - i think he passes back to the defense too often even when he can go 4wards - and his speed.

What do u think?

makalele, diarra and mikel (lately) are more defensive in their nature of play.

essien seems to be more bursting than the rest of them but he is still very defensive; that's the reason he could have made up the defense in the absence of our crucial defenders and relegate boulahrouz to the bench.

ballack isn't what he used to be whether the premiership or not.

and the type of midfielder i am talking about is the type that takes over the play. perhaps the the most notable on the pitch at every point.

you will agree with me essien and ballack are different midfielders from;

kaka, ronaldinho, pablo aimar, deco, paul scholes, okocha (in his days), clarence seedorf. These CMs are in a world of their own. they touch the ball the most, thier passes win matches. they attract a lot of play to the centre of midfield thereby freeing their strikers and wing players.

Teams with such players score lots of goals.

With strikers like didier and sheva, the four trophies are just the beginning.

I think we need a holding midfielder. very holding qiuck, midfield. A player that pushes play thru the center with appreciable speed.

I like Lampard as a CM but he plays across midfield it's obvious everytime he's aiming for SWP, JOE, ROBBEN on the end of the 4-3-3.

Managers like rafael benitez read that very well that's why we don't achieve much over Liverpool. If we have a holding midfielders that attracts all the play to the center, it'll free out the quick guys on the flanks plus it gives us more attacking options. With Drogba being another stubborn force in the middle, we'r in for all competitions.

Again that's perhaps the only way we can get Sheva scoring.

I am not trying to teach JM playing options. I just think he needs one or two players like that and we can find them cheap in brazil and argentina.

What do you think guys?

It's a brilliant idea except that we can't do it bringing in old players.

What bothers me the most is the average age the team.

 Claude makalele 34
 Sheva                 30, 31 in september.
 Micheal Ballack    30, 31 in september
 Frank Lampard   29 by 20th june
 Didier Drogba     29
 Carvalho            29

and now claudio pizarro 28,   29 in october .  there are also rumours we might be going for
              benny mccarhty  29,  30 in November. whhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaattttttttttttttt?

I really don't think this is futuristic. Again considering the fact that we will be  chasing every competition - and in the premiership where players burn a lot of energy - we should be signing younger players.  

I don't think Sheva, ballack will hit that most desired form anymore. It's really obvious Lampard is tiring. Bringing these already ageing players will do nothing but tire the team even more.

I am 100% sure this is not mourinho's idea. His style has always been young, strong, intelligent and quick players.

I still wonder why we can't go after berbatov.  I heard today we pulled out of the race for david villa.

Man U is really very serious with tranfers this time around. It is reported they have spent about £50m
already.

What do you think Strictly Chelsea fans.

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Let Nairaland be filled with straight-from- the-heart thoughts like these. Absolutely, everyone needs a push. keep messages like these coming. Brilliant post.

More forwards Please!!!!!!!!

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