BlueLion. 21,491 Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 July 23 - Guangzhou vs Chelsea July 26 - Chengdu Blades vs Chelsea July 29 - Malaysian Select XI vs Chelsea August 1-3 - Railways Tournament, featuring Chelsea, Milan, Lokomotiv and Sevilla. Full article - http://www.chelseafc.com/xxchelsea180706/i...article_1325774 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,365 Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Ahh, the annual Kenyon Shirt Selling Tour Chengdu Blades owned by Sheffield United if I remember rightly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EskWeston 696 Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Not the greatest of pre seasons to be honest. But the tournament in Moscow should be interesting and good preparation for the season. The game against AC Milan could be interesting with all the supposed deals going on between the 2 clubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_army 2 Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 these are just baout making money, bring back kingstonain away that used to be a quality day out back when the club actually cared about its true fans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted June 11, 2008 Author Share Posted June 11, 2008 Not the greatest of pre seasons to be honest. But the tournament in Moscow should be interesting and good preparation for the season. The game against AC Milan could be interesting with all the supposed deals going on between the 2 clubs. The games against the Asian teams will be nice, easy 5-0 wins I guess. Always good for confidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kez 2,727 Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Usually good to watch as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EskWeston 696 Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 The time frame for Pre Season isn't the greatest. We have Scolari now starting on the 1st of July, the first pre season game is the 23rd, all players at the Euros will have time off after so will join up much later. It is going to be a disrupted pre season i think... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted June 13, 2008 Author Share Posted June 13, 2008 And there is the possibility of players being selected for the Olympics as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EskWeston 696 Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 And there is the possibility of players being selected for the Olympics as well. Yes, it really isn't going to be an easy Pre Season thats for sure..... Although we can be grateful that a large portion of our squad will not have been at the Euros or the Olympics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted June 13, 2008 Author Share Posted June 13, 2008 Yes. I think the Euros are overblown. Yes, the players can get tired, but they come into pre-season match fit, and its not as if they won't have time to recover. Scolari is strict to his regime and I doubt they will be given extra holiday longer than a couple more days. They are professionals and they should be able to cope with the demands of playing football all of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EskWeston 696 Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Yes. I think the Euros are overblown. Yes, the players can get tired, but they come into pre-season match fit, and its not as if they won't have time to recover. Scolari is strict to his regime and I doubt they will be given extra holiday longer than a couple more days. They are professionals and they should be able to cope with the demands of playing football all of the time. So when would you expect the Euro players to return? Come to think of it, when does everyone return? We know Scolari starts on the 1st, is that when pre season starts too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted June 14, 2008 Author Share Posted June 14, 2008 (edited) Well I can't speak as to how Scolari's regime will work, but Mourinho began his pre-seasons always in early July. Last year our first game in the US was against Club America on July 14, I think the players went out on July 9. Its therefore obvious from how late our programme starts this year that the players won't go out until late July. Edited June 14, 2008 by BlueLion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombayblue™ 55 Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 if i remember correctly, after the WC 2006, ballack, makelele had joined around a week late compared to others as they were involved in the later stages of the WC.. and don't forget these players haven't got a day off after the club season, they had to go straight for friendlies and then euro, i would expect a 10-14 day leave for the euro players starting from the day their team exits the Euro.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted June 15, 2008 Author Share Posted June 15, 2008 I'm not sure it would be so long, in fairness. A lot of football players don't like time off at all, I remember Cech saying he was grateful for the Euros because it meant a shorter holiday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombayblue™ 55 Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 yeah as long as we don't have another another injury crisis of 06/07 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted June 15, 2008 Author Share Posted June 15, 2008 Regarding injuries, I'll say no more, knowing me I'll jinx it and we'll have to play Drogba in goal. But if that happens, at least we'll know he will dive for everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombayblue™ 55 Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kez 2,727 Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Nah probably injure his hands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KENT_BLUE 1 Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 bring back away and home pre-seasons in our homeland ffs chels think of the real fans who cant reach china nd russia!. kent_blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted June 18, 2008 Author Share Posted June 18, 2008 I agree. I haven't supported the Blues as long as you, KentBlue, but I understand your concern. My dad always talks about meeting up for pre season games in the 80s and how they used to be up and down the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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