'New' Chelsea sneak back into title race
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All eyes now turn to Andriy Shevchenko. Can he prove he is in London for more than the money, the golf and the social circuit? Freed from the intimidating presence of Didier Drogba, who is out following a knee operation and unlikely to play again for Chelsea until after the African Nations Cup in February, Shevchenko takes on the mantle of senior striker.
Avram Grant is backing the Ukrainian to rise to the challenge and prove he is not past it at 31, but the situation still has the hall-marks of Sheva's last chance. Chelsea will spend in January, with Bolton's Nicolas Anelka the top target as they chase at least one striker. Everton's Yakubu is also on the radar, having played under Grant at Maccabi Haifa.
If Shevchenko does not dazzle in December, there can be no long-term future for him at Stamford Bridge. Grant said: "I think Sheva will revel in the responsibility. I hope he will. He is a great player, still. He's done a lot of things in his life as a football player and now he has a chance, although I can't say he will play every game."
Shevchenko was given the nod ahead of Claudio Pizarro against Sunderland and responded with the opener, a flying header in the 23rd-minute. Grant said: "With Sheva it is a matter of expectations. If you look at last season, he scored 14 goals and this year he's got four so far. If his name wasn't Shevchenko, you would say that was OK, but because he's called Shevchenko you expect him to play well."
Shevchenko scored 14 in 51 appearances in his first season at Chelsea, after his £30million move from AC Milan. This season he has four in 12. -
Sheva can do it.. it's all a matter of adjusting into the team well.
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he need a good playmaker to assist him , not midfielders like lampard , essien or ballack , who are type of the attacking style , they are not very creative players , maybe makelele is the right person to field in. there are no midfielders that is very creative like benayoun of carrick. this is what sheva needs.
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Chelsea needs to buy the likes of Modric, Ronaldinho, or Van der Vaart to supplement Sheva.
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buy ronaldino
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totally agreed....actually he's a damn gd striker ( as lease to me..)Originally posted by stellazio:Chelsea needs to buy the likes of Modric, Ronaldinho, or Van der Vaart to supplement Sheva.
he only need a gd play maker to feed him the ball....he's like " fox in the box " kind of striker....
too bad...
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Haha, i also agree with you.....thats why he scored so many goals when he played for AC Milan coz got Andrea Pirlo mah, dio boh? Chelsea ah, haizz too bad all the midfielders played majiam they are the strikers especially frank "lam pa" lampard, who only knows how to shoot nia, if he can shoot properly, then wa bo hwe kong, but haizzz always misses the target, might as well pass it to the strikers lah, stupid sia! No wonder England suffered lah, he shouldnt be played alongside Gerrard coz "lam pa" really a bo lo yong eh playmaker.....he is too overrated lah like Scholes, they all are shooters not playmakers. I f i were the managers i would drop them.....put them as supersubs ok lah, but in the first team, no way man!Originally posted by baby hunter:totally agreed....actually he's a damn gd striker ( as lease to me..)
he only need a gd play maker to feed him the ball....he's like " fox in the box " kind of striker....
too bad... 
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coz lampard prefers to shoot rather than pass to him?
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tats cool... i believe they can do it
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lampard miss alot? he score at least 18 goals for the past 3 seasons =) better den alot of strikers =)Originally posted by robertobaggio:Haha, i also agree with you.....thats why he scored so many goals when he played for AC Milan coz got Andrea Pirlo mah, dio boh? Chelsea ah, haizz too bad all the midfielders played majiam they are the strikers especially frank "lam pa" lampard, who only knows how to shoot nia, if he can shoot properly, then wa bo hwe kong, but haizzz always misses the target, might as well pass it to the strikers lah, stupid sia! No wonder England suffered lah, he shouldnt be played alongside Gerrard coz "lam pa" really a bo lo yong eh playmaker.....he is too overrated lah like Scholes, they all are shooters not playmakers. I f i were the managers i would drop them.....put them as supersubs ok lah, but in the first team, no way man!