Comparing Chelsea 04-06 with 9/10

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I didnt say world class. Top was meant to mean top end of PL class at a minimum

Dont know why you dislike Geremi. He was a good utility player imo

Yeah Del Horno wasnt great. Gallas might not have had such an issue if he wasnt covering left back so much

04-06 team wins all day. I can see a debate being viable, those points in the article were all arguable, but the 04-06 team has too much quality & historical impact to overlook.

I will say a very large factor on this is the managers. Put a young Mourinho in charge of that 09-10 team & we could've easily been the ones winning a treble instead of Inter that year. Was at the peak of his power as a manager/leader in 09-10.

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Jarosik wasn't in the 04 squad.

To clarify I said Carvalho/Terry are misremembered not overrated. I also said I think Ancelottis starting XI was superior to Mourinhos

If you were to combine the sides you would go:

Cech 05
Ivan Terry 05 Carvalho 05 Cole
Lampard 10 Makelele Ballack
Robben Drogba 10 Malouda

09/10 6 - 5 04/05

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The key thing for me is that the 2004/2005 team broke the stranglehold that Arsenal and United had on the PL. Am I also right in thinking that Ronaldo had left United when we won the title in 2009/2010?.

Foe me the best team we ever had was between 2004 and 2006

Yeah, I just checked and United had sold Ronaldo. Unites and Arsenal were nowhere near as strong in 2009 as they were in 2004. Watching Chelsea between 2004 and 2006I honestly never thought we would lose a game. I have never had that feeling with a Chelsea team since.