Ballack as a makeshift winger

Against slower Fulham FC, it might have been stroke of Carlo's genius by using Germany's captain as a makeshift winger. I was a bit surprised to be honest. To me, he seems to drift to the middle of the pitch a bit too much, thus end up out of position and not provide required width. Overlapping runs by Bosingwa made things less painful and somewhat effective. I certainly cannot complain about Balalck's work rate and his defensive ability, he's nothing but a class act and deserves his spot in the starting lineup.

With Joe Cole not being able to play, Sinclair on loan, Carlo doesn't have much choice but to experiment. Kalou is probably best choice due to his pace.

Essien seems to be preferred to play in holding role perhaps Zhirkov could be played on the right? Probably not as he is left footed. Does this mean that we could be in for a right wing player as a potential transfer target? Harry Redknap seems to be keen on our Joe, rumors of 20 million dollar bid popping in British papers like spring flowers. If that is the case, I wonder why there is such delay? To see if Joe' rehab is completed successfully?

Question is, who will start on the right side of the diamond against Burnley? No chance it would be Matic, could it be Deco? Most likely it will be Kalou, he must be getting used to this position by now.

Speaking of Matic, I should welcome him aboard, glad that yet another non 30+ year old has joined CFC. Hopefully he will get his first start soon!

Nemanja Matic claims Chelsea contract

Nemanja Matic, dubbed "Serbian Vieira" claims that he accepted a 4 year contract with Chelsea, as reported by SKY.

Left footed 6.4ft central midfielder is only 20 years old and if this is true he will be yet another youngster joining Blues. Deal is not complete yet, as talks are ongoing about his transfer fee.

He has played twice for the full Serbian national team, the full 90 minutes against Poland last December and then 27 minutes of a friendly with Cyprus in February. A number of other clubs were interested in Matic including CSKA Moskow, Tottenham and Genoa but Chelsea seems to have won the race to sign him.

Matic's signing would indicate that Chelsea is in next stage of evolution. Veteran core squad would help nurture future stars.

Guess Fergie will not be able to claim that Chelsea is old, but surely he will find something else to moan about, just like the other day when he claimed "transfer market madness". Madness which he helped to create by buying Berbatov for 60 Million dollars and selling Ronaldo for 160 Million.