Announcing it today is f madness !! 
it f us in the January window for gods sake. What was the point in that. 
amateur hour 

Just now, Andy2461 said:

Announcing it today is f madness !! 
it f us in the January window for gods sake. What was the point in that. 
amateur hour 

Unless they had no intention anyway of bringing in any more centre backs, having already decided to bring Anselmino in now rather than in June ?

Brave decision if this is the scenario - LOL

What Maresca said is a little confusing

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"Unfortunately he [Fofana] could be out for the season," Maresca added. "We don't know exactly but he could be out for part of the season"

Out for the season vs part of the season.

Surely it's part of the season. 6 months out for a hamstring injury that doesn't require surgery seems ridiculous.

I can only laugh really nothing else 😂😂

2 hours ago, Sexyfootball said:

Unless they had no intention anyway of bringing in any more centre backs, having already decided to bring Anselmino in now rather than in June ?

Brave decision if this is the scenario - LOL

Even without Fofana and anselmino we have 4 cb. (Colwil, Badi, Tosin, Disasi) 

 

3 hours ago, Andy2461 said:

Announcing it today is f madness !! 
it f us in the January window for gods sake. What was the point in that. 
amateur hour 

Maybe Maresca wanted it out there to put pressure on the club to buy a replacement?

If they don't he can say they knew and did nothing to help.

2 hours ago, Bob stark said:

Even without Fofana and anselmino we have 4 cb. (Colwil, Badi, Tosin, Disasi) 

 

6! Add in Veiga & Josh, plus he said he might recall players in the window.

5 minutes ago, ducavis said:

6! Add in Veiga & Josh, plus he said he might recall players in the window.

I honestly pity Maresca. If he can be honest, he will say I know I still have many cb but these players are $h!t 😂😂😂

Edited January 4, 20251 yr by Bob stark

Use James at CB for rest of season, and then buy someone experienced, i said before season started,  Gomez at Liverpool would have been ideal and they were up for letting him go, BUT Konate got injured and then he played

More money being thrown onto the fire. Honestly, this has been a disaster since it was first rumoured signing. Top flight career over and should just file an insurance claim alongside James and Mudryk. 

31 minutes ago, bluetrooper said:

More money being thrown onto the fire. Honestly, this has been a disaster since it was first rumoured signing. Top flight career over and should just file an insurance claim alongside James and Mudryk. 

Fro memory, we were chasing Jules Koundé for over a year and were really close to signing him in the summer of 2022, That was the summer Barcelona kept stepping in at the last minute and signing our targets. When we missed out on Koundé we signed Fofana, who'd just missed almost the entire season with a broken leg.

Since then...87 games missed in 2 and a half seasons.

14 minutes ago, Backbiter said:

Fro memory, we were chasing Jules Koundé for over a year and were really close to signing him in the summer of 2022, That was the summer Barcelona kept stepping in at the last minute and signing our targets. When we missed out on Koundé we signed Fofana, who'd just missed almost the entire season with a broken leg.

Since then...87 games missed in 2 and a half seasons.

I feel bad for the player tbh, and lesser extent the club. unfortunately, he continues to be a sick note but the club decided to buy him, and it looks a bad decision. 

I’d move him on if possible. He hasn’t impressed me too much even when he’s fit 

Really bad news, and terrible timing to announce. Clubs had a poor couple of weeks on and off the pitch. 

We need one, maybe two center backs anyway as I have doubts over Colwill. Need to accept and plan a future without Fofana. 

18 hours ago, JM7 said:

The problem is that 3 of our key players are all massively injury prone (James, Lavia and Wes) which you just cannot have. It’s unmanageable for an elite club.  

I think its more of a worry that we consider Wes a key player. Even fully fit we should be aimer for more from our CB. 

On 04/01/2025 at 00:23, Scott Harris said:

What Maresca said is a little confusing

Out for the season vs part of the season.

Surely it's part of the season. 6 months out for a hamstring injury that doesn't require surgery seems ridiculous.

Seems like it was as I thought. No way was a hamstring injury going to be 6 months. He still expects to be back by mid March at the earliest.

Getting back mid march, so will probably be match fit to start games end of April. As good as missing the season. 

15 minutes ago, Ukraine Bolt said:

Getting back mid march, so will probably be match fit to start games end of April. As good as missing the season. 

Not if we've still got top 4 and a trophy or two still to play for.

Better than first thought, but these injuries have always dragged on longer as well. Be surprised if we see him again this season. 

Realistically, we need to address this situation in the summer. Need a higher performing, and more available, CB. 

2 hours ago, Ukraine Bolt said:

Getting back mid march, so will probably be match fit to start games end of April. As good as missing the season. 

9 league games from the beginning of April to the end of May. If we're still in the cups, it could be more. We also have the CWC.

Edited January 5, 20251 yr by Scott Harris

2 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

Seems like it was as I thought. No way was a hamstring injury going to be 6 months. He still expects to be back by mid March at the earliest.

Lequipe, which annoyingly I’ve learned to not ignore anymore, is close with a lot of French footballer agents and is suggesting Fofana’s injury is like James’ where he needs to have surgery but the player is against it. 
 

He’s a ticking time bomb and I’d hope we are ruthless in his transfer like we were summer 2023. 

57 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Lequipe, which annoyingly I’ve learned to not ignore anymore, is close with a lot of French footballer agents and is suggesting Fofana’s injury is like James’ where he needs to have surgery but the player is against it. 
 

He’s a ticking time bomb and I’d hope we are ruthless in his transfer like we were summer 2023. 

We have yet to see proof James surgery has sorted anything.

However given fofanas injury issues he is a fool not get surgery.

6 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

Seems like it was as I thought. No way was a hamstring injury going to be 6 months. He still expects to be back by mid March at the earliest.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/wesley-fofana-chelsea-injury-maresca-34421845

Another player it seems who is not happy with Maresca.

I would imagine the player is being hopeful while the manager is being realistic. 

59 minutes ago, Ukraine Bolt said:

I would imagine the player is being hopeful while the manager is being realistic. 

This. 

Bloke said his injury wasn't serious when he first got it. That was over a month ago...