The sour part is that it look like they earmarking Ballack for the CDM role when Obi Mikel and Essien head off to the african nations.. I find he does look kinda clueless there, maybe it might make sense to give Beletti a try.
The game yesterday, in all fairness West Ham play real hard and wasn't giving Chelsea any space to operate in midfield. Credit where credit is due and they couldve stolen it at the end if Cech didnt save a Franco bullet header. Too bad, wouldve been nice to go 6 pts clear with the other sides slipping up..
Allyuh doh sleep on Aston Villa.
He could handle it when he playin right, unfortunately he's in a spell of poor form.
Spell yuh say? Ballack looks like he's approaching the twilight of his career dread. He will always be an asset because of his technique, but I wouldn't say this is a spell of poor form...I'd say this is where his game has dropped off to...In all fairness it's not that bad- just players of his pedigree will always be held to a higher standard.
In his current state, even in good form- He's not as capable as Essien in that position, and the difference will be visible....Essien right now is heads and shoulders over anyone else in the midfield hole...(admittedly including meh boy Lass)...form notwithstanding.
Ballack was great for us at the start of the season, he's just had a few poor games. I would put that down to Essien being missing, and Ballack having to play in a deeper role than he would ideally want to. Noone in the world is as capable as Essien in the DM position so comparison to Essien is not fair, especially for someone who is not a natural DM.
Earlier in the season he and Lampard were terrorising defences because they had such a good understanding going forward (which would have been even more prolific had Deco not been there to salt down d place). When Ballack sits deeper that connection is obviously lost.
Beletti will probably play as the DM when African Nations starts, but I find he is rubbish. I would prefer they start givin Matic a lil run now to see whether he is capable.