Pizarro14 said:
This is a question to the Chelsea fans, is it true that Chelsea only plays with one striker and uses wingers on the left and right to support the striker? have you guys ever tried the 4-4-2 formation and has it made the team better? (just a random question if there's a problem I can move this question to the chelsea thread)
Fair enough question. The start of last year saw Chelsea start with a 4-4-2 in the game, strangely enough, against Man United at the bridge
Looking back at the video I have it was a formation of
-------Maka
--Geremi--Smertin
------Lampard
--Guddy---Drogba
But at the time, Duff and Cole didnt really figure in Jose's plans, and Robben was injured. When he finally got the latter back, and realized the usefulness and adaptability of the former, as well as the fact that we were struggling with 2 up top, he switched it, and then after the blackburn game, hes never looked back.
All that said, I would like to see things switched up from time to time. I know Rob is a proponent of wanting to see Guddy and Crespo paired, but I think Drogba along with either of the two would be awesome. Anyway, were scoring too much this year to change things now. Even with the current slump, I doubt Jose will change his plans, and now we have bought players to fit this system, so...