ResurrectionRooney wrote:Scouser_Dave wrote:
That Chelsea line up was so insane that they stuck 4 past Sunderland the Tuesday before they played us. The only difference was that Torres came in for Kalou. On the back of that you can understand why Ancelotti stuck with the same formation v us.
As for our formation in that game we played:
That formation dominated Chelsea in that game. We had the right balance throughout the team and managed to attack whilst keeping them at bay. Don't see why it would do any harm in trying it out again.
Their tactics were a complete fucking farce thanks to that change, look at the board you just posted. If you ever play a team who decide to play with absolutely no width other than the two fullbacks then yeah, a 5-1-4 might be a good idea, but against any other decent team you'll get skullfucked.
Chelsea weren't to know Torres would have a negative impact on their team. Torres was scoring goals in our games before they signed him. How many mangers would have predicted him to have had a poor start in his Chelsea career? I doubt many would have.
As for getting 'skullfucked' playing other teams with that formation you are wrong. We used it against Stoke in the previous game before Chelsea and managed to come away with a 2-0 win. Stoke if I remember correctly had plenty of width in there side in that game as well and still couldn't manage a goal.
who needs creative genius joe cole when we have 8 yard first touch henderson
