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I wonder how many times the words 'Ivanovic' and 'wrap up in cotton wool' are going to appear together in this thread.

I wonder what Nathaniel Chalobah is up to this weekend...

 
have we got time to fly Mickey Droy back before next weekend?

 
Taking a look at our upcoming fixtures, we are surely doomed. Perhaps Bruma can somehow step up and do enough to keep us in the race until Alex and JT are back

 
It may have nothing to do with it but is our medical team really up to it?

Benayoun questioned their expertise, Lampard can't seem to get fit for weeks, Terry apparently has been playing through pain for a long time and no one seems to know how to fix him, now Alex....

 
Didn't Alex join the Brazil squad in qatar despite this? It never rains. As D:Ream once sung "Things can only get better". Right?

I don't think Mancienne or Cork or are an option as players cannot be recalled from season long loans. So beyond Bruma and Ivan we are looking at the following:

Out of position options:

Paulo

Van Aanholt

Essien

Youth/Reserves:

Magnay

Pappoe

Chalobah

I've heard good things about Pappoe but I'd say Chalobah has a better chance of being pushed into the first team in an emergency. This despite being only 15. He has already been on the bench so he is clearly highly rated. Surely we will do something when the transfer window opens though? We have had some bad luck with injuries but our squad clearly was too thin in this area when you consider that JT's issues have been known for a while and Alex has had his fair share of injuries.

Ivan is also just one yellow card from a ban now so its almost inevitable he will miss a match in the next few weeks.

 
abramovich said:
Terry apparently has been playing through pain for a long time
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Bit unfair, nerve injuries/problems are a bar steward I know and in my case they knew which nerve was damaged (the surgeon done it himself) trouble is the referred pain. In Terry's case the pain is in his leg but I'd bet my wife that the problem is in his back.

Anyways it time for Jeffery to plonk his tackle on the table and shows us he's a man.

 
I don't know how it works but can't we someway recall somebody that is on loan? Mancienne would be great to have right now. He can play CB or RB.

 
Time for Bruma to prove his worth, we can't play with Paulo at the back again, especially away from home.

 
So right now our strongest defensive line up for the next few weeks is:

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Bosingwa ------ Ivanovic -------- Bruma --------- Cole (?)

Least it'll give Bruma some first team experience, I don't know how serious Cole's injury is though.

 
Step up Jeff, this has to be his chance. I'd be extremely disappointed if we went for another option.

 
cfckeane said:
So right now our strongest defensive line up for the next few weeks is:

--------------------------------Cech------------------------------

Bosingwa ------ Ivanovic -------- Bruma --------- Cole (?)

Least it'll give Bruma some first team experience, I don't know how serious Cole's injury is though.
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You're right to question Cole's injury. Maybe we should have sent him away with England so their medical staff could tell our medical staff what was wrong with him. If he does have to miss out then the two options there are Zhirkov and van Aanholt

 
Tim W said:
What about Ince?
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A little old isn't he? ;)

Oh that Ince. Yes forgot about him. Add him to the list. Probably at the same level as Pappoe. He is the nephew of Eric Young who was a good player in his day at Wimbledon. We will never have a better opportunity to see which of these players (if any) are good enough. Unfortunately it may cost us the title this season but is that the end of the world? At the start of the season I think many of us saw this as a possible rebuilding year with many of squad getting old and the decision to go with youth squad members rather than more spending. Our great start changed our outlook but I think we have to be more realistic at this point. Lets see what the younger players can do and we will just have to see where we are at when we start getting players back.

 
geezer said:
You're right to question Cole's injury. Maybe we should have sent him away with England so their medical staff could tell our medical staff what was wrong with him. If he does have to miss out then the two options there are Zhirkov and van Aanholt
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Agreed. While we don't want to lose yet another one of our best players we do at least have more options in this position for now.

 
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