Sciatika Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 Probably saw Maguire being picked to play and decided England wasn't worth the effort. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 With all players available we ARE well balanced and capable of top 4 each year. I consider that to be a fact. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Blood Is Blue Posted September 18, 2023 Author Share Posted September 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, Ham said: With all players available we ARE well balanced and capable of top 4 each year. I consider that to be a fact. By the time we get this lot fit, we'll have lost another 10 to injuries anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, My Blood Is Blue said: By the time we get this lot fit, we'll have lost another 10 to injuries anyway. Would we be better off NOT training between games? Seems awfully dangerous. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROTG Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 10 minutes ago, Ham said: Would we be better off NOT training between games? Seems awfully dangerous. Tried that last season for 7 months with the nobody coach and didn't make any difference 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asvaberg Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 Caicedo, Cucurella and Madueke possibly ready for Villa game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguelito07 Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 43 minutes ago, asvaberg said: Caicedo, Cucurella and Madueke possibly ready for Villa game Still a few days before the match on Sunday. Plenty of time for more injuries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ham Posted September 19, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 19, 2023 2 minutes ago, Miguelito07 said: Still a few days before the match on Sunday. Plenty of time for more injuries If I was in charge of fitness......... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Fowler Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulw66 Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 On 18/09/2023 at 14:28, My Blood Is Blue said: By the time we get this lot fit, we'll have lost another 10 to injuries anyway. 5 hours ago, Miguelito07 said: Still a few days before the match on Sunday. Plenty of time for more injuries That's the spirit, lads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Fowler Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boratsbrother Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 5 hours ago, Miguelito07 said: Still a few days before the match on Sunday. Plenty of time for more injuries Bound to be a player who pulls a muscle by sneezing, turning on a tap or tripping over an Ant.😭 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie_sw6 Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 21 minutes ago, Max Fowler said: Just read this on Mailonline. Didn't his trainer post this last season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Fowler Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 Injury prone players who we've invested significant amounts of money in: Wesley Fofana - 342 days out with injury before joining across 3 seasons. Noni Maduke - 270 days out with injury before joining across 4 seasons. Christopher Nkunku - 181 days out with injury before joining across 3 seasons. Injury prone players who we've decided to captain despite their record: Reece James - 409 days out with injury before this season across 4 seasons. But why dear lord are we so unlucky with so many of our players out with injury? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Fowler Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Max Fowler said: Injury prone players who we've invested significant amounts of money in: Wesley Fofana - 342 days out with injury before joining across 3 seasons. Noni Maduke - 270 days out with injury before joining across 4 seasons. Christopher Nkunku - 181 days out with injury before joining across 3 seasons. Injury prone players who we've decided to captain despite their record: Reece James - 409 days out with injury before this season across 4 seasons. But why dear lord are we so unlucky with so many of our players out with injury? This means that out of our six senior pros (James, Chilwell, Thiago Silva, Disasi, Sterling, and Nkunku), three are injury prone (James, Chilwell, and Nkunku), one is nearly fourty and one has a name that sounds like he plays - disaster. No wonder we rely on Sterling so much. Edited September 19, 2023 by Max Fowler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 Also you just yesterday Max about a player we backed out of signing who has missed 127 days over two years; 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Fowler Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Ham said: Also you just yesterday Max about a player we backed out of signing who has missed 127 days over two years; Fair point, Ham. Those also calling for Maddison should note what happens when he gets injured, which is bound to happen for a couple of months this season. My point was always this - if you rely on a small number of experienced pros you leave yourself open to problems. Especially if they are injury prone. Does that mean should not have bought Nkunku? Not necessarily. But relying on him to be the one difference maker in our forward line spells disaster. Buy Nkunku and Maddison. Hedge your bets. Or buy Nkunku and Vlahovic. But as Fabrizio Romano has pointed out, we felt we didn't need a no.9 to score goals... “They had the chance to sign other strikers in the summer, like Dusan Vlahovic, but Chelsea were never 100% convinced about going for a traditional number 9." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob B Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 4 hours ago, Max Fowler said: Have just seen this on Twitter. I have to say, there’s no smoke without fire here IMO. A one-off spate of injuries is bad luck. Consistently having the highest in the league over 2-3 years whilst hearing things like this in the media points towards something else at play. (Reece James PT also deleted a cryptic social media post last year) The Medical / Fitness / Strength & Conditioning teams have such a huge impact nowadays and all of the data would point towards us going wrong somewhere 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xceleryx Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 (edited) 12 hours ago, Max Fowler said: Should note. Tweet has been deleted. Odd that he claims to know the solution, yet his own client is current out with the same issues. I posted something a few weeks ago, might have been in conversation with @Sleeping Dave a few pages back, but we've had a long history with injury issues going back to the early 2010's - specifically hamstrings and knees. This isn't a new problem for us, and plenty has changed within the medical department from then to now. The idea a random PT suddenly knows the fix-all solution does sound a little too good to be true. Edit: This is the prior post I referenced earlier. 126 injuries over 5 seasons (2009/10 to 2013/14). Edited September 20, 2023 by xceleryx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xceleryx Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 7 hours ago, Rob B said: Have just seen this on Twitter. I have to say, there’s no smoke without fire here IMO. A one-off spate of injuries is bad luck. Consistently having the highest in the league over 2-3 years whilst hearing things like this in the media points towards something else at play. (Reece James PT also deleted a cryptic social media post last year) The Medical / Fitness / Strength & Conditioning teams have such a huge impact nowadays and all of the data would point towards us going wrong somewhere Commented on the direct post @Max Fowler made, but we've had a staggering number of injures going all the way back to the early 2010's, with hamstring and knee's being that the forefront. It's also a little ironic that this PT's own client is out injured with the problems he claims to know the answer for. Now, maybe it's just a coincide and he's been hired after Chalobah picked up his injury as a response, but it's also not as if Chalobah has been extensively played or lacked the time to be eased back into things. Considering RJ's PT also hasn't helped him in the slightest, does need to be taken with a pinch of salt. Also, this is not the first time something has "leaked" from Chalobah's "team" over the last year. He reportedly leaked the starting line-up last season for our Southampton game, which we went on to lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chelsea_Matt Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 10 minutes ago, Ham said: Yes I totally agree. I don’t think for a moment they don’t do CoD training etc. That coach ought to know better. There’s a problem for sure - possibly Potter’s training deconditioning the players? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 "iNjuRiEs aRe nOt An exCuse" -Chelsea fans on Chelsea missing 12 players. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kelly Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 Just now, Ham said: "iNjuRiEs aRe nOt An exCuse" -Chelsea fans on Chelsea missing 12 players. Five is the new twelve , it helps to be the good guys. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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