Closed Real Madrid v Chelsea

[Jase 43,479]

Dont think Ba will start. Torres and Lukaku have looked brighter during pre-season.

I'm sorry but Torres has looked brighter than Ba in this pre-season? How so when he has only played like 45 minutes so far?!!

[Zoro 151]

I'm sorry but Torres has looked brighter than Ba in this pre-season? How so when he has only played like 45 minutes so far?!!

Thats all I can judge him on. Ba has been poor whilst Torres has look quicker and more involved.

[Barbara 15,149]

*dying - albeit screaming - here watching Flamengo*

*anxious as heck waiting for Chelsea-Real*

*I'm the one who should change football wise*

[Sheva. 5,373]

I'm sorry but Torres has looked brighter than Ba in this pre-season? How so when he has only played like 45 minutes so far?!!

Ba has been terrible every game, so not that hard.

[Milan 17,859]

The Chelsea twitter is posting this

How about giving us the line up?

[yuvala 2,167]

The Chelsea twitter is posting this

How about giving us the line up?

Lol was just about to post the same ..

[edenhazard17 281]

Less than 30 minutes until the match, still no team news yet?

[Milan 17,859]

So Cech is starting

So it's a puzzle!

[Jase 43,479]

Thats all I can judge him on. Ba has been poor whilst Torres has look quicker and more involved.

More involved? How so apart from running like some headless chicken in the last match and hardly did anything of note so far?!

Ba has been terrible every game, so not that hard.

That's like completely overstating it. Ba may not have shone in any game so far but to say he has been terrible in every one of them is somewhat nonsensical when he has been decent in the last 2 games. And it gets even more nonsensical that based on just 45 minutes of hardly doing anything of note so far, people say Torres has been better.

[Jase 43,479]

Jason Cundy just tweeted this...

Jason Victor Cundy ‏@jasoncundy05 3m

Here we go CFC fans the blues V Real Madrid. Team PC Bran JT GC AC FL Van RAM EH RL Oscar. Gimme your thoughts please.

[Milan 17,859]

Cech - Ivanovic - Cahill - Terry - Cole - Lampard - Van Ginkel - Ramires - Oscar - Hazard - Lukaku

[Zoro 151]

More involved? How so apart from running like some headless chicken in the last match and hardly did anything of note so far?!

That's like completely overstating it. Ba may not have shone in any game so far but to say he has been terrible in every one of them is somewhat nonsensical when he has been decent in the last 2 games. And it gets even more nonsensical that based on just 45 minutes of hardly doing anything of note so far, people say Torres has been better.

Ba has had more game time than Torres but has done nothing of note during this. Torres looked lively during his less than 45min game time. Dont see why its so hard to follow.

[Barbara 15,149]

This one is the one I've seen around the most:

Chelsea: Cech; Azpilicueta, Cahill, Terry, Ashley Cole; Essien, Van Ginkel, Schürrle, Mata, Hazard; Torres

[yuvala 2,167]

Jason Cundy just tweeted this...

Does that mean Ramires on the wing again ?

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

Jason Cundy just tweeted this...

Would have loved to see Mata start

[NishC300 1,865]

Had to sleep at 8 to wake up for this game. It's at 4 am here. 1st thing I see when I wake up is @, pissed about the lineup. I knew I wasn't dreaming.

[Jase 43,479]

Ba has had more game time than Torres but has done nothing of note during this. Torres looked lively during his less than 45min game time. Dont see why its so hard to follow.

Like I said, lively in terms of just running around and doing nothing?

Ba has done some good work on and off the ball in the last 2 games but of course, people just choose to ignore it conveniently because it's Ba and judge him on reputation as opposed to what he actually does on the pitch.

[edenhazard17 281]

How do you feel after you just arrived at an airport, and one hour later you have to be on the pitch and playing?