Chelski

[FlashGordon]

Wise trying to organise a friendly vs Chelsea, doubt will happen or if it does it will be there youth team. Could be good for a pre season attendence tho?

[Dazzza]

That would be an absolute corker but aren't they on a US tour during the summer?   We may end up with a second string match, which in its self would be a good test all the same

Town boss hoping for Jose clash
2nd June 2006

DENNIS Wise wants to pit his wits against Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea in pre-season but a clash with Andrei Shevchenko and friends is by no means guaranteed.

Chief executive Mark Devlin has revealed that Town’s new boss has been in touch with the Blues as he seeks to put together a competitive programme ahead of the 2006-7 campaign.

Devlin said: “Dennis tells me he has put in a call to Chelsea but obviously they are something of a global brand these days.

“More and more top-flight teams have these foreign tours in pre-season and organising matches is a lot more difficult than it used to be.

“Things can change quite quickly.”

Not that Wise and Devlin are putting all their pre-season eggs in one basket.

Leeds United chairman Ken Bates, Wise’s former chairman at Chelsea, has received a call while two top flight London clubs have also received a request to take on Town.

Devlin said: “We’ve also put the feelers out in terms of Tottenham Hotspur and Watford but again, no guarantees. We are aware that we didn’t face any Football League teams in the build up to last season.”

The Advertiser understands that Championship side Stoke City and League One outfit Brentford are also ‘possibles’ as pre-season opponents for Town.

Devlin said: “Hopefully we can start to see some games confirmed in the next seven days or so.”

[le god cuervo]

Imagine if shevchenko or ballack made their debut at the county ground    would get loads of press coverage!

but even playing stoke or brentford is better than cirencester & bideford

[Piemonte]

I'd quite like it if we played cirencester again, had a very pleasant summers evening down there.

Obviousley we need to play some decent teams as well though

[Sippo]

I'd be happy playing chelsea's reserve team...

Its nice and very pleasing to see the difference wise has made already. Competitive friendlies. Ok they are only friendlies, but shows the passion and spirit of the bloke. At least the players won't be taking it easy this pre-season...

[Luci]

Imagine if shevchenko or ballack made their debut at the county ground    would get loads of press coverage!

but even playing stoke or brentford is better than cirencester & bideford

You can just picture Gurney charging in like a bull at a gate and causing some kind of serious injury to a player worth millions...

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

sounds like we will have some decent friendlies this year

[Rich Pullen]

Even if we don't get Chelsea or Leeds... At least there appearsto be effort to arrange some decent warm-up games.

[Ben Wah Balls]

I hope we'll get Spurs, that would be ace.

[Dazzza]

Imagine if shevchenko or ballack made their debut at the county ground    would get loads of press coverage!

but even playing stoke or brentford is better than cirencester & bideford

You can just picture Gurney charging in like a bull at a gate and causing some kind of serious injury to a player worth millions...

Yes, yes I can see it now £30 millions worth of Ruski with a leg shattered after 5 minutes of action in his first game of the season.

[Spud]

I hope we'll get Spurs, that would be ace.

You could wear your Spurs shirt then!.

With 'I heart Jenas' on the back.

[SwindonStevo]

all sounding good, massive improvement on last year  :-))(

even chelseas youth team would be class, Shaun Wright-Phillips is a third string player these days so he might make an appearance.

[kaufman]

wright phillips be at liverpool by then

[Amir]

I'd quite like it if we played cirencester again, had a very pleasant summers evening down there.

Obviousley we need to play some decent teams as well though

Apart from the two Bristol City games that was probably my favourite game of the season.  Didn't get in trouble for standing up, cider by the pitch, the Nigerian 'international'.  Looking forward to something a bit more substantial this season though.

[Piemonte]

I'd quite like it if we played cirencester again, had a very pleasant summers evening down there.

Obviousley we need to play some decent teams as well though

Apart from the two Bristol City games that was probably my favourite game of the season.  Didn't get in trouble for standing up, cider by the pitch, the Nigerian 'international'.  Looking forward to something a bit more substantial this season though.

yep - beer behind the goal, sun & happy pre season atmosphere, the comedy nigerian, constable almost scoring a wonder goal. good time had by all.