3 hatricks of defeat....a poor pre-season for us.....damm...those german outfits better then us?? anyway lets focus this weekends BIG MATCH...from the pre-season i can see were are very poor in defending and in attacking seems like blunt with no creative ideas...we MUST improve step by step...manu had a good pre-season...so we must not make any more mistakes + played well...put a set of players with the mix of youngsters & seniors who performed at the moment only...kalou seems to be a waste, when opportunity is given, i;m sad on his performance..drogba almost score yesterday...but let wait and see...fingers crossed...

CARLO ANCELOTTI admits his Chelsea superstars will not be fit for the big kick-off on August 14.

The Premier League champs lost their third pre-season game in a row - 2-1 to Hamburg.

And boss Ancelotti says his World Cup stars are struggling to be ready to face West Brom.

He said: "Some players are in good condition but others need more time.

"The 10 players that only came back to us on July 26 need to have another two weeks of work.

"After just eight days of training it is impossible to be fit.

"We are all disappointed because we have lost three games consecutively so it's not a good start for us.

"Now we have to hope we can come back with a win against Manchester United in the Community Shield on Sunday."

Second-half goals from Mladen Petric and sub Heung-Min Son sank the Blues.

In previous defeats by Ajax and Eintracht Frankfurt, at least Ancelotti could point to the fact that most of his big stars were absent.

But there was no excuse this time as Ancelotti fielded his strongest available line-up and was still unable to stop the rot.

Chelsea made the breakthrough when Michael Essien robbed Jonathan Pitripa to give Frank Lampard a tap-in.

Essien, whose Chelsea career has been decimated by has been hampered by a serious knee injury for the past two years, is finally back to full fitness and ready to make his mark in the campaign ahead.

Unfortunately, too many of his colleagues are looking distinctlyrusty with just nine days to go to the big kick-off.

Chelsea had what looked a perfectly good goal incorrectly ruled outdisallowed for handball by Nicolas Anelka.

But the champions' lack of fitness was there for the entire 45,000 crowd to see as they imploded in the final 20 minutes.

First Ross Turnbull was left stranded by Yuri Zhirkov's suicidal backpass as Petric lifted the keeper.

And with three minutes left, John Terry failed to cut out Tomas Rincon's pass to Son.

The South Korean teenager rounded Ricardo Carvalho with disturbing ease before shooting past Turnbull.

Ancelotti added: "In the past the defence has given out a lot of confidence - but now we are losing some concentration.

"We have made mistakes and now we have to show more character.

"But even if some of our players are not fit, they still have a good presence on the pitch.

"Maybe it's not so important that Lampard and Terry are 100 per cent fit at the start of the season because they have that presence and they will do better. They just need more time playing."

Um we lost to Ajax and Eintracht Frankfurt with our home kit?  At this rate, no need to wear kits la! haha

should be pre-season blues i won't read too much into it.  CA should be able to coax minimal effort from the boys to nick some 1-0s for the start of the season, and get kicking in maybe mid-season.  never easy esp post WC season.

pls people...i dont want away kit jinx...to be flattering around here...we lost to ajax, home kit, frankurt, home kit & hamburger (yummy)   away kit...players are to be blame in those fixtures..they played poor, admit it...dont blame on clothes...

oh for the ajax and frankfurt games, i will use the excuse we're playing with the kids!
bro, take a chill pill. i was just kidding around. like aw13 said, i dont mind us nicking those one nils till we get our engine running at full blast 

hmm defense seems to be in a constant lullaby at the moment. probably due to all the reshuffling? it was another howler which gave away a cheap goal. yuri i'm looking at you!! what an awful lofted backpass. what was he thinking. 

we looked good in patches but constantly gave the ball away. i think the players who did reasonably well were nico, lamps, ashley and essien. its not the first time i'm saying this but mikel was the most consistent player on the pitch. strong in the tackle, calm in possession and showed a very aggressive attitude in winning back the ball. its looks like he's steeling himself for ramires's arrival. never a good sign when a defensive player is the highlight of a match though.

not quite happy with kakuta's showing, as i felt he was muscled off possession too many times. good to see he learnt his lesson as the match wore on, by quickly finding a pass when being closed down. congrats on winning the golden ball, and hope he gets to start in a different match so its easier to adapt to the pace of the game.