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Eurosport - Tue, 02 Jun 09:34:00 2009

Chelsea captain John Terry believes his new manager Carlo Ancelotti should target players like Franck Ribery and David Villa, but what do you think?

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Here are a selection of postings from our Eurosport-Yahoo transfer messageboard on Monday June 1.

c4ptaze3: John Terry is to Chelsea what Alan Shearer is to Newcastle. He was our captain for the glory days and that means he's the first face we associate with success. I think it was great that he stepped out and said what he did. It showed how ambitious we are now.

Roland: John Terry is the problem at Chelsea...You can't have a player tell the manager what players he should but. In the past it is clear that Terry has got managers fired. He was behind Phil Scolari losing his job. I give Ancellotti four months because he can't speak English and Terry will have a problem with that.

NadikeT: I don't see a place for David Villa in Chelsea's starting 11. Chelsea would have to move to 4-4-2 or 4-4-1-1 and put Anelka on bench. Ribery would be a good signing and will surely strengthen the left wing. I guess what Chelsea really need is a good central midfielder like Iniesta if they're playing 4-5-1. I think Ballack's time is over now.

Metzelder S: Ancelotti will destroy Chelsea as he only knows how to work with experienced players and not young talented ones. In two years' time Chelsea will look like Milan - packed with veterans. Moreover, we should not go after Ribery, as he is not good enough for England.

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  1. THIS SHOULD HAVE READ ARSENAL CAPTAIN CESC FABREGAS­ BELEIVES HIS OLD MANAGER WENGER SHOULD BUY HIS­ CONTRYMAN XAVI ALONSO...BUT WHAT IS YOUR VIEW.
    PEOPLE­ GROW AND LEAVE CHELSKI AND THEIR 'PROBLEM'­ ESPECIALLY BIASED EUROSPORTS BLUE TILL I DIE

    From Nwosa, on Thu 4 Jun 6:06AM

  2. i really support the inspirational captain,i should be­ looking up to young talented players like Ashly­ young,david villa and others like them.talking of­ Adebayour and pirlo is out of place when the­ indefatigable ivorian striker is there.so i completely­ agreed with Terry.

    From issahaque, on Wed 3 Jun 8:38PM

  3. If it was that easy for a team in the UK to buy up the­ top players like Madrids Galatico's Man City would­ have Kaka Messi, Ronaldo, Gerrard, Riberry, Torres,­ Essien, thank god its not that easy to buy up top stars­ John Terry should just stick to what he knows best­ Hoofing the ball up the pitch.

    From Don, on Tue 2 Jun 6:18PM

  4. U r so right comment #179 evrybudy always piks on­ Chelsea!
    The best club in the WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

    From jonpcook, on Tue 2 Jun 4:55PM

  5. Terry is so right. Ribery will slot perfectly out on­ the left-wing and David Villa will hav a deadly­ parnership with Drogba or Anelka, or even Dzeko, Aguero­ or Pato if we get them.

    From jonpcook, on Tue 2 Jun 4:52PM

  6. I don`t think it`s right for a player to decide which­ players he will like to play with for the­ manager.Chelsea needs fresh blood like Ribery as­ mention and I buy the idea of Chelsea becoming like­ Milan full of veterans.Even Terry needs to quit the­ team now and some other swift defender brought in.

    From Tubuo, on Tue 2 Jun 4:46PM

  7. you all smell

    From mcgrathaaron87, on Tue 2 Jun 4:19PM

  8. Yes he's right. Ribery will be a FANTASTIC buy as­ he is SO GOOD. He is proven as a excellent player. Very­ skillful, lethal and fast. By the way, although he may­ not be that strong his playing position do not need­ this requirement. As in midfield, we need a playmaker­ with flair, Van der Vaart, Sneidjer, Robben, Iniesta,­ Messi,Kaka just maybe. About striker, we need some­ young, talented ones which has high chance to suit the­ premier league's speed and physicality Pato maybe?­ or aguero, Benzema. But i would prefer those proven­ ones like Adebayor and Tevez. By the way, we should get­ rid of malouda, ballack, belleti, kalou etc...

    From King Hung, on Tue 2 Jun 3:39PM

  9. Yes he's right. Ribery will be a FANTASTIC buy as­ he is SO GOOD. He is proven as a excellent player. Very­ skillful, lethal and fast. By the way, although he may­ not be that strong his playing position do not need­ this requirement. As in midfield, we need a playmaker­ with flair, Van der Vaart, Sneidjer, Robben, Iniesta,­ Messi,Kaka just maybe. About striker, we need some­ young, talented ones which has high chance to suit the­ premier league's speed and physicality Pato maybe?­ or aguero, Benzema. But i would prefer those proven­ ones like Adebayor and Tevez. By the way, we should get­ rid of malouda, ballack, belleti, kalou etc...

    From King Hung, on Tue 2 Jun 3:38PM

  10. john terry should keep his nose out,he got rid of jose,­ now he is trying to tell the new guy how to run the­ team,not that he will do any good he is 2nd rate ther­ must be dozens of better choices out there, the russki­ dont know much about the game, and kenyon is no better,­ man untd were glad to be shot of him,now i suppose we­ will have more useless ities coming in ,wot a shambles ­ [ jonno old shed boy]

    From John, on Tue 2 Jun 3:36PM

  11. Chelsea is a good club, but i think the are carrier­ killers and i will not like a good player like David­ Villa or Frank Ribery to be there. from Shakiru in­ Nigeria.

    From shakiru, on Tue 2 Jun 3:34PM

  12. as much as i agree with #185 tht goals are needed to­ win trophys one should note that good defenders play an­ equally important part in getting victories.. for­ example a team with great strikers and bad defenders­ can have a lead of 2 or 3 goals nd yet lose because the­ defenders blew it...

    From Aakash, on Tue 2 Jun 2:51PM

  13. John terry can't match the achievement of Alan­ Shearer. A defender can't bring u trophy, u need­ goals! Chelsea is not as good as 2 yrs ago and JT is­ not very good in recent 2 years because of without­ Jose's instruction. I will agree the owner who­ splash 100m pounds, Peter Kenyon and Jose who bring in­ good players, established the success of Chelsea.­ He's not a world class player but a world class­ speaker, his speech is very convincing and he always­ speaks at the right time with the right media. If u­ don't agree, let's see if he could bring Man­ City to top 4 assuming he played for Man City. If he­ was a great captain, England will not be kicked out in­ group stage of the Euro 08 even though maclaren is a­ crab manager.

    From shingfungyu, on Tue 2 Jun 2:09PM

  14. OMG if JT can be ridiculed like this for just speaking­ his mind on who he thinks will be a good buy to his­ dear team then I don’t know what to say about CR7­ saying that he blames his coach for using a @#$%­ tactics against barca on the pages of newspapers,or­ Mascherano for recommending Tevez to Liverpool....mind­ you none of the last two is a captain of there­ respective clubs nether were they what JT is to the­ blues (JT=BLUES FOR LIFE)i love all chelsea haters

    From gaffermeskana, on Tue 2 Jun 1:45PM

  15. ancelotti need players like pato,giovinco,ballotelli­ and acquafresca

    From Aresco, on Tue 2 Jun 1:29PM

  16. thank you writer 179,chelsea till i die

    From onyeka j, on Tue 2 Jun 1:06PM

  17. No need Ribery just keep ESSIEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNN!!!!!

    From Partyzan, on Tue 2 Jun 12:17PM

  18. If Cheslski are to really challenge for success, they­ need to stop wasting their time buying experienced­ players who they only get a few years out of, look at­ Shevchenko for example. Possibly the worst spent £30­ million EVER.
    As for Terry, he should stop acting like­ he owns the Club, as he doesn't. They've got a­ mega rich all buying Russian billionaire to tell the­ manager who to buy, they don't need their adored­ captain butting in.
    But I believe that Chelski's­ main problem at the moment is that they have too many­ 'weak' players who go down like a little kid­ every time they're touched in the box or just­ outside it. If Drogba really wanted the ball, and to­ score, he would easily be able to hold off ANY defender­ in the Premier League, if not the world. SO, why does­ he dive and act like a spoilt baby?? I don't know­ the answer but I'm pretty sure he does, and needs­ to sort it out. Of course, Drgoba isn't the only­ one, there's Malouda, Kalou, and Anelka (though­ Anelka is not quite so bad). These are all players who­ could hold their own in a challenge but instead decide­ to go down looking for a penalty or freekick, which is­ just not how football should be played. It's not­ just at Chelski though, C. Ronaldo is a culprit of the­ diving fever, as is Berbatov, and Babel at Liverpool.­ Are they all really so weak?? Or could they stay on­ their feet and give the defender a bit back?? If they­ stayed on their feet, naybe they would be able to set­ some one up for a chance, or even score­ themselves!!!

    But Chelski have to sort it out, they­ need a more dominating manger who will tell Mr­ Abramovich who he will buy, not the other around. And­ Mr Abramovich needs to learn how to lose, not just buy­ more players to try and win next year. They need a­ youth organisation, with a quality coach for the young­ players at the Club so that they can say, "well­ we're covered in 5 years time, and we won't­ even need to spend any money!!"

    From ianblackburn92, on Tue 2 Jun 10:10AM

  19. Whats wrong with this site? Why was there a need to­ make an issue out of just a statement made by Terry?­ Well, now that Gerrad has said he would like Barry to­ join Liverpool, will you guys make a big issue out of­ that too? I guess not. Its a known fact that­ Chelsea's success has not been taken very well by­ all the other clubs in the premier league. But the­ truth is, every club in the premier league wants to be­ owned by millionaire owner. The fact that Moyes is­ screaming for a new wealthy owner proves that. And just­ because Chelsea managed to do something that everybody­ else was craving for, doesnt make them a bad club. Get­ real you guys....

    And one more thing, out of the 4­ teams in this years Champions League semi finals, which­ team do you think were better? I am sure a lot of you­ Chelsea haters wouldnt say this, but the fact is,­ Chelsea deserved to beat Barcelona and deserved to be­ in that final. A final where ManUtd were taught a­ lesson. A lesson which Chelsea handled pretty well­ until the refeeree decided to show up....

    So all you­ Chelsea haters, stay away. There is a lot more you guys­ will hear from Chelsea, and it wont be a music that you­ would wanna hear....
    Go Blues Go!!!!!!!

    From ItzJustMe, on Tue 2 Jun 10:08AM

  20. I think Terry should shut his mouth and let the manager­ do his job.

    From ethan.cooper, on Tue 2 Jun 10:03AM
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