The Pre-Season Thread

[NikkiCFC 7,942]

17 minutes ago, Jas said:

But The Athletic said today for the first two and tomorrow for the other three. 

Who do you trust more? 🤔

I was counting 3 weeks - 21 days vacation.

Doesn't really matter, let's see if they show up today. 

[Jase 43,479]

So, the squad have travelled to Ireland for the training camp in Dublin and the club haven't released the list of players that traveled......although I believe it's the same group that have trained so far. 

On 19/07/2021 at 17:14, NikkiCFC said:

Who do you trust more? 🤔

I was counting 3 weeks - 21 days vacation.

Doesn't really matter, let's see if they show up today. 

Think The Athletic have no clue on when the players are returning and they just counted 3 weeks from the day their nation got eliminated from the Euros...

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The best Irish game ever

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[Jase 43,479]

Seems like all or most of the players have been given longer than the 3-week break that was mentioned, if Kovacic's latest social media is anything to go by...

Assuming Kante, Kovacic and the German lads will be back next week.

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[NikkiCFC 7,942]

Tomorrow friendly in Dublin against Drogheda United. 

[Jase 43,479]

On 31/05/2021 at 06:07, NikkiCFC said:

So that is 3rd summer now since Pulisic is here but we did not go to USA. Such a shame...

 

On 12/06/2021 at 09:54, NikkiCFC said:

 

Yeah, that Florida Cup has sure gone well...

Arsenal have pulled out due to a small outbreak of COVID-19 in their team while Inter have done the same after citing the risks involved in international travel during this pandemic. 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,477]

Florida has blown up with Covid. 1/5 of all new Covid cases in the U.S. are coming from Florida due to low vaccinated numbers. National average is 68%, Florida is 42% totally vaccinated. Jacksonville just set their highest hospitalized Covid cases since the pandemic started.

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[Jase 43,479]

 

[Jase 43,479]

On 22/07/2021 at 01:54, NikkiCFC said:

Tomorrow friendly in Dublin against Drogheda United. 

It got cancelled apparently. 

[Jase 43,479]

 

[Superblue 6,370]

Played an in house game instead.

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[NikkiCFC 7,942]

On 21/07/2021 at 17:13, Jas said:

Seems like all or most of the players have been given longer than the 3-week break that was mentioned, if Kovacic's latest social media is anything to go by...

Assuming Kante, Kovacic and the German lads will be back next week.

Mbappe was out the same day and he come back yesterday for pre season. 

We probably give longer vacation because of that extra week for CL final (and winning it). 

But if it is the same for all players no chance Jorginho, Emerson, Mount, Chilwell, James and Silva are match fit to play Super Cup or either Palace. 

[Jype 6,398]

9 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

But if it is the same for all players no chance Jorginho, Emerson, Mount, Chilwell, James and Silva are match fit to play Super Cup or either Palace. 

Mendy, Rüdiger, Christensen, Azpi, Alonso, Kante, Kovacic, CHO, Ziyech, Werner, Havertz

Doesn't look too disastrous for the first couple of games, assuming everyone from your list is out. And by the first league game everyone on the list should have had at least a weeks worth of training already (assuming 3-4 weeks holiday) so they shouldn't be out for too long. Would be vital to have everyone available by the Arsenal and Liverpool games, even if they're not all fit to start yet.

[Jase 43,479]

The team have apparently decided to end the training camp in Ireland early and fly back to England today.

[Tomo 21,733]

1 hour ago, Jype said:

Mendy, Rüdiger, Christensen, Azpi, Alonso, Kante, Kovacic, CHO, Ziyech, Werner, Havertz

Doesn't look too disastrous for the first couple of games, assuming everyone from your list is out. And by the first league game everyone on the list should have had at least a weeks worth of training already (assuming 3-4 weeks holiday) so they shouldn't be out for too long. Would be vital to have everyone available by the Arsenal and Liverpool games, even if they're not all fit to start yet.

That's my worry for the Arsenal game, they had next to no one in the Euro's so they will probably have a big match advantage against us.

Even though the game at Stamford Bridge was effectively a dead rubber I don't want another defeat against them.