1 minute ago, CaitlinCFC said:

 

Is it Munk?

 

Edited October 6, 20223 yr by axman2526

Still not great..

Missing United, Brighton, Arsenal.. probably City as well. 

24 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

 

Is it Munk?

 

Wesley Fofana suffered a knee sprain. The duration of unavailability is still uncertain but doctors estimate that it will be around a month. The Blues recruit, observed by the #Chelsea staff, can, in this context, still dream of the World Cup in Qatar. (via @lequipe)

42 minutes ago, JM7 said:

Wesley Fofana suffered a knee sprain. The duration of unavailability is still uncertain but doctors estimate that it will be around a month. The Blues recruit, observed by the #Chelsea staff, can, in this context, still dream of the World Cup in Qatar. (via @lequipe)

Hope not. Fofana should just rest up during the WC. There's no point rushing back when you have more opportunities if you just take care of yourself better

I was fearing a lot worse so I am relieved about that. Especially with the injury he has had before, I just feared the worst possible news. 

Cometh the hour...

I actually don't think Chalobah is a drop off in quality compared to Fofana with how they've both performed in Chelsea shirts.

We take Chalobah a bit for granted 

he’s a quality player 

On 07/10/2022 at 05:06, JM7 said:

Wesley Fofana suffered a knee sprain. The duration of unavailability is still uncertain but doctors estimate that it will be around a month. The Blues recruit, observed by the #Chelsea staff, can, in this context, still dream of the World Cup in Qatar. (via @lequipe)

That's a relief.

I feared he had torn his ACL.

3 hours ago, azpi28 said:

We take Chalobah a bit for granted 

he’s a quality player 

I can honestly say that i don't see a big difference between Chalobah and Fofana on a back 3 formation.

One cost 70m though, so he'll get to play a lot more.

Fof needs to learn to tackle in a way that is less prone to injury. He sticks his long leg in in a way that its bound to get injured or broken or both. Clearly quick and tall and quite good on the ball and probably a few less mistakes in him than Trev

3 hours ago, ozboy said:

Fof needs to learn to tackle in a way that is less prone to injury. He sticks his long leg in in a way that its bound to get injured or broken or both. Clearly quick and tall and quite good on the ball and probably a few less mistakes in him than Trev

Really unfortunate he got injured. He really felt he could make a difference in the game. As he actually did by scoring. He made a couple of runs and that second one got him injured. Anyway it will be a couple of months until he can expect of doing something like that again...

Graham Potter has said it is very unlikely he plays for us again before the world cup. So that basically ends his hopes of going to it.

We will likely find out if it is the same for Reece and Kante over the next few days.

Potter told us that Wes will be back in 4-6 weeks exactly 4 weeks ago. 

Does anyone have any updates about his situation? Is he back from Dubai? 

I know that he was there with Reece and Reece was at the Bridge yestarday. 

When Fofana is back are we likely to see us go back to a back 3? I really want to see us stick with a back 4.

3 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

When Fofana is back are we likely to see us go back to a back 3? I really want to see us stick with a back 4.

I hope we stick with back 4 but i won't be surprised if we don't. Expect the unexpected with Potter. 

By the way i thought fofana transfer was a bit odd too tbh with his previous injury. I hope it works out but i have my reservations about fofana too atm.

3 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

When Fofana is back are we likely to see us go back to a back 3? I really want to see us stick with a back 4.

I hope 4 was always the plan.

We signed Fofana and Koulibaly, both of whom featured in a 4 at their previous clubs, on opposite sides, so it seemed to me as if it was intended they would become the starting central pair, with Chalobah  and Thiago Silva as the back ups.

The other thing that makes me think 4 was the plan and not 5, is that we only have 8 defenders in our 25 man squad.  Having 8 for a back 5 does not provide sufficient cover, as we are seeing at the moment with Fofana, James and Chilwell all out, and Koulibaly not 100%. It leads to daft stuff like playing Sterling at wing back ... 🙂 

8 players for a back 4 looks right though, and harks back to Ranieri's "two champions for every position" etc etc ... 

8 hours ago, Sexyfootball said:

8 players for a back 4 looks right though, and harks back to Ranieri's "two champions for every position" etc etc ... 

It was Mourinho actually in reference to signing the likes of Ferreira and Tiago when young English players like Glen Johnson and Scott Parker were establishing themselves

5 hours ago, SydneyChelsea said:

It was Mourinho actually in reference to signing the likes of Ferreira and Tiago when young English players like Glen Johnson and Scott Parker were establishing themselves

Sorry, you are wrong about that ... it was Claudio.

Here is a reference from an Independent article dated 16th May 2004, which is before Mourinho joined Chelsea 🙂 

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/southgate-fears-weaken-case-for-sven-s-defence-563605.html 

 

On 08/11/2022 at 14:12, Sexyfootball said:

I hope 4 was always the plan.

We signed Fofana and Koulibaly, both of whom featured in a 4 at their previous clubs, on opposite sides, so it seemed to me as if it was intended they would become the starting central pair, with Chalobah  and Thiago Silva as the back ups.

The other thing that makes me think 4 was the plan and not 5, is that we only have 8 defenders in our 25 man squad.  Having 8 for a back 5 does not provide sufficient cover, as we are seeing at the moment with Fofana, James and Chilwell all out, and Koulibaly not 100%. It leads to daft stuff like playing Sterling at wing back ... 🙂 

8 players for a back 4 looks right though, and harks back to Ranieri's "two champions for every position" etc etc ... 

I believe the eight you’re referring to are Thiago, Dave, Trev, Fofana, Double K, James, Cucurella and Chilwell. You’ve forgotten our extensive wing-back list though;

Sterling, Pulisic, RLC, Ziyech, Kepa, Havertz, Broja, Mendy, Mount, Zakaria etc. 

27 minutes ago, Munkworth said:

I believe the eight you’re referring to are Thiago, Dave, Trev, Fofana, Double K, James, Cucurella and Chilwell. You’ve forgotten our extensive wing-back list though;

Sterling, Pulisic, RLC, Ziyech, Kepa, Havertz, Broja, Mendy, Mount, Zakaria etc. 

Yes ... there aren't many 25 man PL squads that can say they have 8 defenders and 17 wing backs !

Came off injured in the friendly today.

Feel for him but what a disaster class this signing has been so far, £75m to keep the physios and medical team busy; Leicester parting ways with damaged goods.