According to reports, he reaggravated the same knee injury he endured against West Ham earlier in the year. 

So essentially, his rehabilitation program was poor. 

8 minutes ago, timetowaste said:

Our medical team and virtually any player with a pulse are a bad combination. This season these players have all had long term injuries: Sanchez, Badiashile, Fofana, Colwill, Chalobah, James, Gusto, Chilwell, Cucurella, Lavia, Chukwuemeka, Enzo, Ugochukwu and Nkunku.

Absolutely nuts.

I am not doubting the validity of any of these long term injuries or event the shorter ones I just wonder where we would be if the standard salary package was appearance based.

If say a player was on £100k a week.

• On the pitch at any point - £100k
• On the bench unused - £75k
• Trained throughout and in the overall squad for selection - £50k
• Injured, not yet in training - £25k

Maybe there would be no difference. I wonder.

 

Can't remember who or what team but first thing this morning Sky were reporting a player that is going to be out this weekend cos of a bruised knee. Patrick Bamford for Leeds i think. Not sure. A bruised knee. Jesus.

 

Transfermarkt is stating that he has missed 170 days of the 23/24 season through injury. Season started 11/08/23. By my reckoning he has missed 66% of the season so far through injury. 

I guess that would explain why Poch didn't use him in last couple of games, as he clearly hasn't been 100%. But this season and injuries and our so called medical team is an absolute joke. 

Did they start trainning on a artificial turf at Cobham since Roman left?

33 minutes ago, Nibs said:

I guess that would explain why Poch didn't use him in last couple of games, as he clearly hasn't been 100%. But this season and injuries and our so called medical team is an absolute joke. 

But why have him on the bench then, instead of someone we actually could use from the academy? I’ll never understand that practice

Jesus f**king Christ - what an absolute joke.

Team of walking sicknotes.

What happened did he get a sore arse from sitting on the bench ?

6 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

According to reports, he reaggravated the same knee injury he endured against West Ham earlier in the year. 

So essentially, his rehabilitation program was poor. 

Like all of the players that get injured at this football club, they never recover. 

It's not a series of unfortunate events, we're doing something wrong. 

Edited April 26, 20242 yr by Scott Harris

16 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

Like all of the players that get injured at this football club, they never recover. 

It's not a series of unfortunate events, we're doing something wrong. 

Didn't Pochettino say a few weeks they know the source of the injury crisis but wasn't going to talk about it? Whatever it is, it clearly has not been fixed.

On 26/04/2024 at 21:02, Scott Harris said:

Like all of the players that get injured at this football club, they never recover. 

It's not a series of unfortunate events, we're doing something wrong. 

Mentioned it in the match chat.

My mates a physio at Leicester and he said Chelsea's medical department has been the laughing stock of the sport science industry for years. 

Back in 2022 he was at an international tournament with the youth team and Chelsea were there at the same time. Had a few drinks at night and all got talking and the Chelsea staff were saying how under managed the medical department and the staff turnover is so high because they're so under staffed and underpaid. He said he receives job vacancies on LinkedIn almost monthly for roles at Chelsea and they're paying £22k a year for staff, whilst expecting a masters degree background...

It does feel like they are rushing/mishandling a player's rehabilitation given the amount of set backs we are seeing. Carney, Lavia, Nkunku, and Lesly in particular. 

2 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

It does feel like they are rushing/mishandling a player's rehabilitation given the amount of set backs we are seeing. Carney, Lavia, Nkunku, and Lesly in particular. 

Either that or Poch's training methods are awful

On 29/04/2024 at 16:06, Drogba1 said:

Either that or Poch's training methods are awful

It's been an issue for years now though, long before Pochettino even arrived.

1 hour ago, Scott Harris said:

It's been an issue for years now though, long before Pochettino even arrived.

Has it though?

Kovacic and Kante were overplayed which led to their injuries. (Covering double the ground Jorginho lacked)

James too was overplayed in 2021/22 which led to his initial hamstring tear. 

Chilwell suffered a freak accident (ACL tear) which naturally come with muscular imbalance injuries in the long term. 

 

Right now our players are getting injured for merely stepping on the Cobham training pitch. 

21 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

James too was overplayed in 2021/22 which led to his initial hamstring tear. 

I wouldn't call 35 starts across all competitions, club and country including friendlies and euros overplayed. 

4 minutes ago, abister1 said:

I wouldn't call 35 starts across all competitions, club and country including friendlies and euros overplayed. 

Bombing up and down the flank in Tuchel's system certainly takes a toll when the only depth option at the time was CHO. 

The initial tear against Watford initiated his chronic hamstring injuries. 

1 hour ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Has it though?

Kovacic and Kante were overplayed which led to their injuries. (Covering double the ground Jorginho lacked)

James too was overplayed in 2021/22 which led to his initial hamstring tear. 

Chilwell suffered a freak accident (ACL tear) which naturally come with muscular imbalance injuries in the long term. 

 

Right now our players are getting injured for merely stepping on the Cobham training pitch. 

Manchester United and Chelsea confirmed as most injury-hit clubs in Premier League by major study (yahoo.com)

Premier League injuries 2022-23: Chelsea lost most days, Manchester City the least - The Athletic

Every Premier League Team Ranked by Injuries Suffered in 2023-24 (givemesport.com)

3 different seasons, same problem.

1 minute ago, Scott Harris said:

Manchester United and Chelsea confirmed as most injury-hit clubs in Premier League by major study (yahoo.com)

Premier League injuries 2022-23: Chelsea lost most days, Manchester City the least - The Athletic

Every Premier League Team Ranked by Injuries Suffered in 2023-24 (givemesport.com)

3 different seasons, same problem.

Right but my point was this season in particular and the injuries/setbacks at training vs injuries occurred during matches. 

Romano says Carney has a £40 m release. Personally I hope noone pays it. On what I've seen and on the assumption he can stay fit he could be an outstanding player for Chelsea. However he hasn't played much and he hasn't been able to stay fit so my evidence is weak. 

When I compare his power and skill around the penalty area to say Enzo there just isn't any comparison.

Important season for him. Reckon he’s going to be vital for us. 
 

 

3 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Important season for him. Reckon he’s going to be vital for us. 
 

 

Exactly this. We’ve seen glimpses, and he scored two lovely goals last year. But we need to see 30+ appearances and a real impact on the side. 

He may not want to leave, but where is he going to get minutes? He's not getting in ahead of the 250m duo of Caicedo and Enzo. He's not getting in ahead of Palmer. He's a totally different profile/position to the Gallagher/Dewsbury-Hall type midfielder. Where's he going to play? We just keep stacking up player on top of player, with seemingly no real plan of how to use them.

8 minutes ago, Zeta said:

He may not want to leave, but where is he going to get minutes? He's not getting in ahead of the 250m duo of Caicedo and Enzo. He's not getting in ahead of Palmer. He's a totally different profile/position to the Gallagher/Dewsbury-Hall type midfielder. Where's he going to play? We just keep stacking up player on top of player, with seemingly no real plan of how to use them.

Bear in mind next season involves midweek matches in North Eastern Lower Woop-Woop. We're going to need a squad.

Fantastic player but he's made of glass. I'd be tempted to sell if we got a bid of £30m.