Chelsea play soccer once more this week, and even with all the pieces that has gone on on the membership just lately and up to now few years, I can not assist however be very excited to see the lads again in motion.
Chelsea now have 5 pre-season friendlies scheduled in with an opportunity for an additional potential in-house match as effectively.
Enzo Maresca and his group head off to America right this moment for a pre-season tour, and the exhausting work actually begins now.
The Blues face Wrexham at 3.30am UK time on Thursday morning this week as the primary sport of the brand new marketing campaign.
Then on Saturday twenty seventh July, Chelsea play Celtic at 9pm.
Thursday the first August at 12.30am we face Membership America.
Saturday the third of August we play Manchester Metropolis at 10.30pm.
Wednesday the seventh August we play Actual Madrid at midnight.
Then lastly on Sunday August the eleventh at 3pm, it is going to be Maresca’s first sport at Stamford Bridge which is able to hopefully have a way of pleasure and anticipation about it.
We’ve got some very powerful video games on this pre-season schedule, so it’s going to be a tough begin. Then our first sport of the Premier League season comes on August the 18th towards Manchester Metropolis once more!
I by no means prefer to get too excited or upset about pre-season video games and outcomes. It doesn’t typically imply a lot. Mauricio Pochettino’s Chelsea regarded superb in pre-season a 12 months in the past however when it got here right down to enterprise they regarded utterly totally different. It could additionally go the opposite approach. So I maintain my expectations low regardless.
Additionally enjoying towards high sides like Actual Madrid and Metropolis we will by no means count on an excessive amount of, particularly when we’ve one other new supervisor but once more and extra new gamers to combine, with a brand new model of play to study. We’ll genuinely should have a little bit of persistence this season earlier than we will actually see the place we’re at.
I’m not assured for the season forward but, I have to see what switch enterprise we do earlier than the window is over earlier than I could make any judgements. However I’m cautiously optimistic about Maresca and what he’s attempting to do with the way in which he needs to play, and I’ve heard some good issues from sources near the gamers already. I do have to see all of it performed in and out full movement but although to essentially decide.
Clearly I’m very involved concerning the who Enzo Fernandez incident and what impact that finally ends up having, and as I stated, the remaining switch enterprise we do. I genuinely consider the remaining enterprise might make or break our season, that’s how essential it’s.
We’re getting there, however we definitely aren’t there but in my view.
The pre-season video games are sporadic and at random instances resulting from totally different time zones in America after all. It makes it actually annoying to attempt to watch and canopy video games for us followers within the UK, however then I can’t complain as a result of that is simply the norm for a lot of of you abroad followers who’ve to do that each week! So large respect for that!
I do consider we are going to see indicators of Maresca’s soccer fairly early doorways, even from the primary sport later this week. I feel we are going to begin to see some variations.
I’m buzzing for the sport and to see how he units his group up, as a result of I additionally really feel that though the personnel will change, the primary formation and setup he makes use of later this week would be the one he goes into the season with.
Though it’s not the be all and finish all by way of outcomes, I do hope to see some encouraging performances in these video games individually and as a group. It might actually assist arrange the remainder of the season for us.
However in the end there’s by no means any have to panic or get too excited throughout pre-season, particularly beneath the circumstances of one other new supervisor.
Both approach, deliver on Ryan Reynolds this Thursday! Let’s go!!
