With the recent signing of Robin Van
Persie to Manchester United, I've been starting to see and hear a lot
of talk about striker pairings in the EPL. While right now I think
Aguero-Tevez is the only true very good and realistic pairing, people
have been analyzing the prospect of Rooney-RVP and maybe
Giroud-Podolski. This has inevitably led to questions about what
Chelsea have in mind. As much as people are confident Torres can
bring goals, they are also sizing up our goal threats with the other
top teams and thinking 'Is this all we've got?' Now as you all know,
we are still linked to Hulk and Cavani, and Victor Moses looks like
he should be headed over any day now. They real question is do we
actually need a striker duo or just a back-up/interchangeable player?
I believe Di Matteo will think a lot
about this question because the biggest thing about two strikers is
that he would have to restructure the system. Chelsea for the last
several years has relied heavily on midfielders and defenders to
sneak in goal and rack up the tally. The defense has also always been
solid enough that this was all that was necessary. With the slightly
less air-tight defense and a much less defensive team in general,
will this be the time that Chelsea attack as a system is taken more
seriously than the pass-to-Drogba and take-set-pieces of yesteryear?
Right now the midfield is bubbling with creativity but this needs to
translate to goals. I think it's been tough because the actual team
is only getting together now and it will depend on how this network
of Oscar, Hazard, and Mata plays off each other and the striker.
Thankfully, transfer season closes in two weeks and we will hopefully
have this sorted by then but trusting CFC I'm sure there will be
transfer day drama.
(Post also on The Chelsea Blog)
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