I'm curious to see how Chelsea looks...Bodz or anyone else can you guys tell me how Chelsea and my main man Drogba have looked so far ?
Started pretty ominously, but we're on our way to playing excellent football now. Still not in Arsenal's league attacking wise though.
With both our natural widemen injured and with us playing with either 3 in midfield, or diamond we've lacked width. Our fullbacks need to get forward more, especially Ferreira who has been anonymous so far.
Defensively we've been excellent, with Cech making only 3 saves so far this season. Makelele and Terry have been superb.
Lampard has been his normal self: very limited ideas, taking way too many shots, but coming up clutch when we need him. Much improved yesterday, but I sitll hate the way he shoots everytime he gets forward. Still has tons of work to do on his overall game however, he can be great.
Joe Cole has been decent. He's being used as a 3rd striker right now, and he's made some nice moves. His shooting and passing are still dire though and he needs to play much better.
Tiago looks absolutely excellent: he's courageous, hard tackling a good passer, intelligent and he's not scared to have a shot.
Up front Drogba has been very hit and miss. He shows the potential to hold the ball up well, he's powerful and quick and he works all game. However, his first touch has been poor at times, and he's not always as threatning as he should be. I'm still very hopeful for him, and he has exceeded my expectations thus far! Doesn't look anything like a £24 striker at the moment though. Much, much better yersterday.
Gudjohnsen has been very average, Kezman looks promising. I'd still rather we signed Rooney, but it's looking unlikely. He'd be almost the perfect partner for Drogba.
Best players so far (in order) Terry, Tiago, Makalele, Gallas/Carvalho, Drogba
Dissapointing players so far (in order) Geremi, Ferreira, Bridge
Need to Improve: Lampard, Gudjohnsen.
Overall, we played boring but effective against United, absolutely terrible against Birmingham, nicely but ineffectively against Crystal Palace and very well against Southampton in the first half, but the 2nd half wasn't what we hoped for. It's looking good so far, but we need Duff and Robben back and I still think we need a Rooney/Tevez like forward. Mourinho seems to want to play with almost 4 guys off of Drogba. He likes 3 midfielders to get into the area to support crosses and when Drogba holds the ball up or gets wide, and he likes the other striker to do similarly.
Hope that helps!
