My rebuttle (rebuttal):

to meanbald guy below:
Liverpool's first game was on July 15th, only 6 days after the world cup final. With their first team starters reporting and ready for action on August 1st. Liverpool lost on August 1st 2-nil to Grasshopper Club Zurich. Not that big of a name. Their following game was against FSV Mainz which was a 5-nil loss. Their first competitive game against Haifa, which was due to take place in Israel but due to some chicken-@$$ rafa, the game was moved to a neutral, meaning pro-liverpool site. Haifa was up 1-nil before liverpool came back for the win. Hardly a great start but they did pull off the 2-1 win over my beloved Chelsea.
Chelsea's arguement: 3 games against 3 competitive teams of fit players. First against the very in form MLS Allstars, Chelsea had control of much of the game however the fitness of the MLS players in the end brought them the victory. A win against Feyenoord away and then a 1-1 draw with Celtic at home (Celtic had started their preseason in Mid-July as well in the USA against DC United).

So my thought process is such. I am not worried about the loss to Liverpool cause they are a team that has had more games however I am worried about Chelsea fitness. Yes Lamps had a poor world cup but once he gets one goal in the prem he will be back in form. Cudicini knows that goal was his fault and I am sure he is still pissed at himself about that but hey CECH is in goal. SWP wont start in place of Robben, and although you say he was poor in the CS he was unbelievable against the MLS all-stars. Sheva proved his worth with his goal, and hopefully Ballack will be fully fit for the season opener.

but hey atleast adidas makes chelsea look good, liverpool's collar is stupid.