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[Jase 43,479]

Players traveling to US...23 players that include 19 senior players and just 4 youngsters.

http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/3185406/title/blues-bound-for-america

Petr Cech

Hilario

Jamal Blackman

Paulo Ferreira

Cesar Azpilicueta

Branislav Ivanovic

Ashley Cole

Gary Cahill

David Luiz

Andreas Christensen

John Mikel Obi

Nathan Ake

Ramires

Frank Lampard

Ruben Loftus-Cheek

Eden Hazard

Juan Mata

Yossi Benayoun

Marko Marin

Victor Moses

Oscar

Fernando Torres

Demba Ba

[Jype 6,398]

Oh fuck off, where's Islam Feruz? Could have gone instead of deadwood like Benayoun.

Ferreira to captain both matches? Deserves it.

[yuvala 2,167]

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[Severinb 309]

Where is romeu?

[Toli 977]

Where is romeu?

injured I think? or not fit.

no islam feruz? ffs. we didnt even take our best youngsters from the reserve to this. awful team selection.

[Professor_Moriarty 4]

Who selected the team anyway? And will Benitez come with the team?

[The Skipper 20,593]

Feruz hasn't even been all that in the latter part of the season, he's been terrible I think. RLC has been better IMO, happy to see him in the squad. Also happy for Christensen.

It's only a friendly, don't know why people are getting so worked up about it.

[Toli 977]

Who selected the team anyway? And will Benitez come with the team?

yes he will.

[edetarod 2,155]

lol whatever

[Mr. Ziggles 110]

I'd play this team:

Turnbullshit

Ferreira - Christensen - Cahill - Bertrand

Ake - Mikel

Moses - Benayoun - Marin

Torres

Wow... If only they would have selected Hutchinson, Romeu, Piazon and Bamford... If they had, I'd pick this:

Turnbullshit

Ferreira - Hutchinson - Christensen - Bertrand

Ake - Romeu

Marin - Ba - Piazon

Bamford

[CHOULO19 24,332]

No, don't play the reserves! If I have to wake up at 3:30am to watch Marin and Benayoun I might cry..

[Fernando 6,464]

We cant risk letting anyone get injured in those two useless matches...

Cech

Dave - Iva - Cahill - Bertrand

Lampard - Ake

Ramires - Mata - Moses

Torres

Injured?

Season is over, injury is of no concern for a couple of months.

Besides, I rather guys take a rest of then go to a Confederations cup to get more burn out!

No player will get burn out from playing some post season friendlies.

[Jype 6,398]

I'd play this team:

Turnbullshit

Ferreira - Christensen - Cahill - Bertrand

Ake - Mikel

Moses - Benayoun - Marin

Torres

Wow... If only they would have selected Hutchinson, Romeu, Piazon and Bamford... If they had, I'd pick this:

Turnbullshit

Ferreira - Hutchinson - Christensen - Bertrand

Ake - Romeu

Marin - Ba - Piazon

Bamford

Piazon is still at Malaga and their last league match is in June so understandably he couldn't go. Also, Bertrand is injured and not going.

[Rmpr 8,977]

Injured?

Season is over, injury is of no concern for a couple of months.

No player will get burn out from playing some post season friendlies.

Oh Jesus! Do you know there are injuries that last months?

[lucio 5,418]

hope the new socrates aka rlc plays

[Grillinnap 129]

Are we getting Lukaku back for this trip? McEachran?

[The only place to be 11,313]

No reason not to start a full strength team and rotate players in and out at half-time and just after. I doubt the players will be going at breakneck speed, but it'd be nice to win these games.

[DDA 9,690]

No reason not to start a full strength team and rotate players in and out at half-time and just after. I doubt the players will be going at breakneck speed, but it'd be nice to win these games.

As much as it would be nice to win these games to me it would be logical to leave Oscar out for a well deserved rest before he heads off for the Confederation's cup. Also wouldn't see any point in chancing the risk of upsetting Eden's recent injury problem even if were only to play him for one half. It would be wiser to just let him rest and recover fully too.