Ahhhh, if only we were bringing in three elite attacking players to take the burden off him.......

1 hour ago, JMaher94 said:

Ahhhh, if only we were bringing in three elite attacking players to take the burden off him.......

Yeah this is what makes me unworried regarding his injuries. He won’t need to play every single game like he did on the restart. The only ones he missed were because of injury. The lad will get some much needed rest next season and we won’t sacrifice quality because of it.

1 hour ago, JMaher94 said:

Ahhhh, if only we were bringing in three elite attacking players to take the burden off him.......

Now we need Uncle Roman to dig deep and bring in 3 elite defenders and a elite keeper. Though I would settle for Nick Pope plus the 3 elite defenders.

Top talent, he’s better than I thought. But and it’s a big but, it is worrying how he keeps getting injured 

We need to sort him injury wise otherwise he will become another Arjen Robben. 

Any updates yet on the hamstring?

39 minutes ago, haviet1 said:

Any updates yet on the hamstring?

not heard but my guess is at least 6 weeks.

Big player for the big occasion. It sucks that he hurt his hamstring just as he lined up a shot. He tends to fade if he doesn't receive the ball but this can be a good thing as well since his movement is fantastic thus he is always a goal threat on and off the ball.

No idea why Alonso doesn't like to give him the ball. 

1 hour ago, coco said:

not heard but my guess is at least 6 weeks.

Ouch....tried searching Google, have not find any news either.

I saw a video from a doctor on this and he guessed 12 weeks.  It's the off-season so he has time to recoup.  Worst thing is that it may limit him with pre season training.

5 hours ago, coco said:

not heard but my guess is at least 6 weeks.

As a recently graduated google expert on hamstrings it could be a few days to 5 weeks depending on how bad it is. I don’t think it’s a strain more than a tear because he was stood in the tunnel watching at the end. It’s a good time for him to put his feet up and have a deserved rest though!

40 minutes ago, Valpo said:

I saw a video from a doctor on this and he guessed 12 weeks.  It's the off-season so he has time to recoup.  Worst thing is that it may limit him with pre season training.

Maybe normally, but this year - it’s only 6 weeks away from the new season already. There’s no chance him and Azpi can recover fully and get match fit that quickly from what looked like two really bad hamstring injuries.

8 hours ago, Deino said:

No idea why Alonso doesn't like to give him the ball.

I have really noticed that too. I think Alonso just isn't that good. And he's overly cautious because he knows it. He's fine at crossing the ball but making a quick, pinpoint pass in traffic isn't his thing. I think he is unwilling to take what he perceives to be chances with the ball. He does love to slow sh*t down (because he is slow) and pass the ball back instead of feeding it to Pulisic though. And it is frustrating because it's been apparent for while now that the more touches Pulisic gets, the better Chelsea's chances.

I’ll say something potentially controversial, if you offered hazard back as a swap for Pulasic, considering the ages and styles of play I’d keep Pulasic. 
 

More direct, more of a goal threat and I think he can be better than hazard, as brilliant as hazard is at times he stopped the attack years of passing round the box and not penetrating I think was lending to his start stop style, wasnt good for us in the big picture, wasn’t nearly direct enough.

Pukasic always wants in the box, via the shortest route possible, no hesitation, and he really steps up to the task  for a 21 year old, defiantly has world class ability. 

 

Nothing controversial.

I am sure Madrid would take Pulisic in this swap in a heart beat. Pulisic got another 8-10 years of prime in him, whereas Hazard maybe have 3-4 prime years left?

Hazard is a proven commodity for sure, but I think it's worth to take a risk on Pulisic if I am Madrid.

However, it seems Pulisic is finding his groove with Chelsea. I love for him to stay and win many trophies with Chelsea in the coming years.

 

Edited August 3, 20205 yr by haviet1

That’s a tough call. But Pulisic is now our player that gets everyone out their seats when he touches the ball, much like Hazard. As said above, will be great with attacking reinforcements to lesson the load on him and remove opposition focus (one of our attackers will be granted space!). 

On 02/08/2020 at 02:15, The Brit said:

Top talent, he’s better than I thought. But and it’s a big but, it is worrying how he keeps getting injured 

I'm think he might not be a 30 match a season guy yet if we do completer Havertz and with Werner and Mount we should still have enough to keep top four.

What I love about Pulisic is his drive. He still forced himself on after his hamstring went and ran another 10 yards before getting a shot off. You can see him screaming as he's running, think it scared the Arsenal players away!

If he had scored that, it would go down in history as one of the greatest FA cup final goals for me, for sheer determination.

22 hours ago, EdinburghBlue said:

Maybe normally, but this year - it’s only 6 weeks away from the new season already. There’s no chance him and Azpi can recover fully and get match fit that quickly from what looked like two really bad hamstring injuries.

So he's basically likely to miss September and should come available sometime in October or November depending on circumstances.  

Although if he re-injured the same muscle they may consider holding him out for longer.  

Reportedly out for 4-5 weeks. That's not too bad. Shouldn't miss more than the opening game next season.

14 minutes ago, Amputechture said:

Reportedly out for 4-5 weeks. That's not too bad. Shouldn't miss more than the opening game next season.

 

That's GREAT news. Is that coming from Chelsea staff?

47 minutes ago, haviet1 said:

 

That's GREAT news. Is that coming from Chelsea staff?

Not yet I don't think.

3 hours ago, Amputechture said:

Reportedly out for 4-5 weeks. That's not too bad. Shouldn't miss more than the opening game next season.

I saw that too. I hope it is accurate and not just BS speculation. Info was from several sites I had never heard of before so not sure about credibility.

3 hours ago, driver8 said:

I saw that too. I hope it is accurate and not just BS speculation. Info was from several sites I had never heard of before so not sure about credibility.

I was looking and all I could find in terms of time-frame is Pulisic saying that he would "be back in no time".  

I don't put much stock into that.  One because athletes always give optimistic sounding replies to when they will be back and two because "no time" is not really well defined.  

I know hamstring issues tend to linger though especially if you push the athlete back out there before it's completely healed.  

Get well soon Christian!