Liquidator 5,176 Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 It's all fun, games and money for gourlay until Mata does his hamstring because he is getting played too much and we are without a key player for 2 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosnian Blue 2,471 Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 I personally feel a good long rest and refreshment is needed. A month or so should do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 As it stands we will have a near 40 man squad for pre season, i highly doubt any one will go out on loan early as Jose will probably want to access who to keep, who to loan out again and who to get rid off.The players who went to the Confederations most probably won't be there for most of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azpinator 2,325 Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 One obvious positive is that the loanees and possible new signings would start to gel with the team so that we can beat Bayern in August and of course a strong start in the PL.When you have the right players the season will be promising. We survived 2 post-WC seasons by finishing 2nd in the league in both, and winning 2 cups in one. Not to mention the Euros and CAN's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 12,049 Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 A few hours of dancing has wrecked me for a few days, I don't know how they do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kezza 1,965 Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 Played golf yesterday, who would of thought you'd have sore muscles after golf!?I completely agree that it will have some sort of effect. Usually id say 'They are fine tuned pros who get paid a shit tonne, they will be fine'. But this is ridiculous!!Any other season it would of been all good, just not this one FFs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJames 729 Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 If our squad depth increases by next season I don't think it would be much of a problem to have such an intensive pre-season because then we would have the option of rotation. We also have our youth players to utilize so our first team will hopefully see less of the action. Now if our squad does not increase immensely for next season and we are playing yet another game intensive season we might have some of the same problems of this season. A lot of tired legs in the future . We are Chelsea however so we will get through it some how (with heartache for supporters) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English Freak 456 Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 The pre-season won't cost us next season..as long as we have the right amount of squad depth. Getting rid of players like Yossi & Marin....and bringing in squad players like Schurrle, maybe KDB will definitely help our three amigos stay fresh next season.And anyway, our reserves and loanees should be playing most of those games in the USA...with our stars coming off the bench when needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edenhazard17 281 Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 I realized that some people concerned about this, mainly because lacked squad depth we have last season. But if we add some player out on loan, reserves and academy. Take a look at this squad list we have :GKPetr CechHenrique Hilário (Possible Released)Thibaut CourtoisJamal BlackmanMatej DelačDFBranislav IvanovićAshley ColeDavid Luiz (Confederations Cup)Paulo Ferreira (Possible Released)Gary CahillJohn TerryCésar AzpilicuetaRyan BertrandSam HutchinsonPatrick van AanholtJeffrey BrumaAndreas ChristensenNathan AkéTomáš KalasNathaniel ChalobahKenneth Omeruo (Confederations Cup)WallaceTodd KaneMFOriol RomeuRamiresFrank LampardJuan MataOscar (Confederations Cup)Mikel (Confederations Cup)Eden HazardMarko MarinYossi Benayoun (Possible Released)Michael EssienKevin De BruyneJosh McEachranGaël KakutaRuben Loftus-CheekBilly CliffordThorgan HazardFWFernando TorresDemba BaVictor Moses (Injury)Romelu LukakuLucas PiazónIslam FeruzPatrick BamfordOther Reserves and Academy :Sam WalkerGeorge SavilleDaniel PappoeAlex DaveyAdam NditiAmin AffaneTika MusondaLamisha MusondaAlex KiwomyaMilan LalkovičUlises DávilaAnjur OsmanovićJhon PírezJoao RodríguezReleased :Florent MaloudaRoss TurnbullArchange NkumuAziz Deen-ContehI think we should be fine. :eyebrows: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue_Legendary 1 Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 I think the long pre season could benefit us. It would give Mourinho an opportunity to figure out the best formation and which youngsters to keep for the season. Plus the games are played at a pretty low intensity which won't really affect players stamina. Plus our main players probably won't play much. I think a longer pre season is quite a good idea. However I might be completely wrong in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilton 2,120 Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 It's up to Jose to give enough rest, players enough at our club.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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