48 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Poch said Nkunku wasn't injured against Liverpool. He somehow became injured during the recovery session. 

Based on the fact he was used so sparingly since returning from his last injury, I am actually wondering whether Nkunku had even adequately recovered. 

2 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Poch said Nkunku wasn't injured against Liverpool. He somehow became injured during the recovery session. 

How 🤣🤣

5 hours ago, forbzy said:

Based on the fact he was used so sparingly since returning from his last injury, I am actually wondering whether Nkunku had even adequately recovered. 

I am pretty sure he hasn't. It is quite clear with the way poch has used Nkunku since his return from his 2nd injury. 

19 hours ago, El regreso said:

Maybe he doesn’t want to be apart of this 🤣🤣🤣

But I am far from surprised which is why i find it hilarious that our fit players get called not good enough by some. 
If you stay fit you are good enough for Chelsea currently.

I would write this season off completely and go again next season it’s pointless with so many injuries.

We've said this for the last 3 seasons now, god its depressing being a Chelsea fan currently. 

12 hours ago, forbzy said:

Based on the fact he was used so sparingly since returning from his last injury, I am actually wondering whether Nkunku had even adequately recovered. 

It certainly looked like he hadn't recovered mentally, even if the medical staff had signed him off as "recovered" physically  ... Poch said in his interview yesterday that the returning version of Nkunku was not the same player they saw in pre season and in the training back then.

Bad injuries, especially when it's immediately after a previous bad injury, can lead to you consciously or subconsciously "protecting" it when you resume physical activity ... and maybe that then leads to further problems biomechanically or something ? Because your head is making your body do things differently to how you've developed your strength previously ?

Do we have any physios on here that could add some expert knowledge ?

Edited February 28, 20242 yr by Sexyfootball

1 hour ago, Sexyfootball said:

It certainly looked like he hadn't recovered mentally, even if the medical staff had signed him off as "recovered" physically  ... Poch said in his interview yesterday that the returning version of Nkunku was not the same player they saw in pre season and in the training back then.

Bad injuries, especially when it's immediately after a previous bad injury, can lead to you consciously or subconsciously "protecting" it when you resume physical activity ... and maybe that then leads to further problems biomechanically or something ? Because your head is making your body do things differently to how you've developed your strength previously ?

Do we have any physios on here that could add some expert knowledge ?

Not a physio but recovering from surgery is mental as much as it is physical.

Even if Nkunku 100% physically recovered, there will always always be something at the back of his mind regarding his knee. His mind will block his body from doing things pre-injury.

Him, Fofana and James won't be the same players they once were.

38 minutes ago, I am a CPA said:

Him, Fofana and James won't be the same players they once were.

I think they are all gone they  just don't realise it yet.

The bad luck run continues.

1 hour ago, I am a CPA said:

Not a physio but recovering from surgery is mental as much as it is physical.

Even if Nkunku 100% physically recovered, there will always always be something at the back of his mind regarding his knee. His mind will block his body from doing things pre-injury.

Him, Fofana and James won't be the same players they once were.

Yeah I second this, purely from personal experience.

I snapped my ACL as a teenager playing 5 a side, had the reconstruction and physio to fix it but could never properly throw myself into the game the way I did before, particularly when it came to sharp turns. I would take an extra touch when cutting inside to stagger the movement, rather than one motion. 

I would also find I would begin to slow down much sooner when coming to the end of sprinting after a ball to make sure I didn't come to a sharp halt, which led to defenders catching up much more easily. 

That said, im sure (or at least Id hope) that the surgery and physio the players recieve is much better than what I got on the NHS.

Edited February 28, 20242 yr by Niall1905

5 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

We've said this for the last 3 seasons now, god its depressing being a Chelsea fan currently. 

What choice do we have if it’s not injuries it’s overly “Clever” owners and sporting directors doing their best to kill our seasons.

Suffered another set back. No return date. 

 

4 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Suffered another set back. No return date. 

 

I give up

3 minutes ago, AndyDowsleftflank said:

I give up

They are better off just saying he's out for the season. 

Add Lesly and James too. 

James, Nkunku, Fofana, Lavia, Chukwuemeka, Badiashile, Chalobah, totally normal that almost an entire 11 can have season ending injuries 😐

Let's not forget the others like Cucurella, Chilwell, Sanchez, Colwill etc missing a large chunk of games due to injury.

They always have a setback too. They never just recover, there's always multiple setback's in their recovery. 

I'm not sure what is going on anymore but it's hard to not point at negligence. Something has obviously changed when it comes to looking after players these days, because this is not normal. 

Could you imagine if we had a signed a 21 year old Eden Hazard today? One kick to the ankles and he would be out for the whole season. 

I hate football right now. There is nothing enjoyable about it.

2 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

James, Nkunku, Fofana, Lavia, Chukwuemeka, Badiashile, Chalobah, totally normal that almost an entire 11 can have season ending injuries 😐

Let's not forget the others like Cucurella, Chilwell, Sanchez, Colwill etc missing a large chunk of games due to injury.

They always have a setback too. They never just recover, there's always multiple setback's in their recovery. 

I'm not sure what is going on anymore but it's hard to not point at negligence. Something has obviously changed when it comes to looking after players these days, because this is not normal. 

Could you imagine if we had a signed a 21 year old Eden Hazard today? One kick to the ankles and he would be out for the whole season. 

I hate football right now. There is nothing enjoyable about it.

I've said it so many times I'm bored of repeating myself on this injury topic.

But I'll say it one last time, we'll never compete for anything with this injury crises we've got going on. Imagine if we were in a title run or even a top 4 race? We'll crash and burn every single time because 3-4 key players will keep going down. Then you're waiting for your top guys to comeback and they take 2-3 weeks to get back into form, and some of them get injured again because they're not fully fit.

It's a never ending cycle of sh*t and it just isn't feasible. I've got no hope of us being a top 4 team no matter how good we are if we can't sort this injury crises out. 

Poch said that he hasn't had a setback, his recovery is just taking longer than expected. Either way, just keep him out for the rest of the season and get some medical staff that are actual professionals to help our injury issues in the summer.

2 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

 

I hate football right now. There is nothing enjoyable about it.

I have a new Thiago Silva mug, so not everything is bad 

On Christopher Nkunku's fitness:  "I don't know. Still we don't know. At the moment we don't know when it's possible to start to train with the team. A setback didn't happen, I have no information about that, his recovery was longer than we expected. We hope he can be involved again, quick, as soon as possible."
 

 

Who?

It’s pitiful. Inexcusable. You know what you’re going to read almost every time you open an injured player thread. 

It’s just bizarre. These are young men in their prime. I’ve never known a group of people, let alone athletes, with so many injury issues. I question the training, medical staff, player professional and facilities. 

Woeful. 

Good to see the club have released a video of him on his rehabilitation programme though.

13 hours ago, Andy2461 said:

On Christopher Nkunku's fitness:  "I don't know. Still we don't know. At the moment we don't know when it's possible to start to train with the team. A setback didn't happen, I have no information about that, his recovery was longer than we expected. We hope he can be involved again, quick, as soon as possible."
 

 

Reading between the lines here obviously,  but I'm getting the sense they don't know. Well, we knew that!

Edited April 4, 20242 yr by Valerie

He’s out for the season just leave it at that.

Is he injury prone now? Is that it? Is he a bust?

What an utterly ridiculous debut season. There needs to be accountability on how all these injured players were managed.

Edited April 4, 20242 yr by Sconnie Blue

7 hours ago, El regreso said:

He’s out for the season just leave it at that.

Yeah, but which season?