Romeo Lavia [19] sidelined until the end of November with an ankle injury suffered in training.

 

Another Wesley Fofana?

2 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Another Wesley Fofana?

I hope not! Wasn’t this an unfortunate impact injury in training, so hopefully not a sign of non-contact injury risk. 

13 minutes ago, PhilH930 said:

I hope not! Wasn’t this an unfortunate impact injury in training, so hopefully not a sign of non-contact injury risk. 

Only info i can see online is 'ankle ligament injury', can't see any reports of how it was caused etc.

2 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Another Wesley Fofana?

You could've just said another Chelsea player. 

Genuinely needs to be an investigation into our medical department at this stage.

Its beyond unnatural how many injuries we seem to stack up that last extortionate amounts of time.

6 minutes ago, Victor90 said:

You could've just said another Chelsea player. 

We usually at least get a couple of games out of a player before they break. Genuinely forget we even own Fofana with how long he ends up out for. Lets hope Lavia isn't the same...

Just now, Simmo_SLIx said:

Genuinely needs to be an investigation into our medical department at this stage.

Its beyond unnatural how many injuries we seem to stack up that last extortionate amounts of time.

Wouldn't be surprised if it was down to the playing surface at Cobham/The Bridge. 

I remember reading an article a year or so back about how City had poached the head groundsman from Leicester because of their playing surface. Wouldn't be surprised to see us spend big in that area. 

If he's fit to start, then he is in ahead of Caicedo in the next game for me. 

He's just come back and he was more alert, playing passes and generally just moving better than Caicedo was all game.

23 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

If he's fit to start, then he is in ahead of Caicedo in the next game for me. 

He's just come back and he was more alert, playing passes and generally just moving better than Caicedo was all game.

He won't be fit to start Luton, bit if he was then likely would be Conor to the 10 and him with Caicedo.

24 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

If he's fit to start, then he is in ahead of Caicedo in the next game for me. 

He's just come back and he was more alert, playing passes and generally just moving better than Caicedo was all game.

And yet Lavia's pass completion was apparently 82% vs Caicedo's 94% ... 

Is Caicedo playing anywhere near his best ? No. But he's not doing as badly as many think. Wouldn't surprise me if he is a long way short of being 100% fit. If he had a fever at the weekend, then he's showing great commitment even to be out there this evening.

40 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

And yet Lavia's pass completion was apparently 82% vs Caicedo's 94% ... 

Is Caicedo playing anywhere near his best ? No. But he's not doing as badly as many think. Wouldn't surprise me if he is a long way short of being 100% fit. If he had a fever at the weekend, then he's showing great commitment even to be out there this evening.

He’s also had a knee injury earlier this season. 
 

Caicedo abuse is weird. Bakayoko claims are wild. 

1 minute ago, Sconnie Blue said:

He’s also had a knee injury earlier this season. 
 

Caicedo abuse is weird. Bakayoko claims are wild. 

Yes ...  RIP Mourinho is on a mission again ... sigh ... 🙂

 

3 hours ago, Sexyfootball said:

And yet Lavia's pass completion was apparently 82% vs Caicedo's 94% ... 

Is Caicedo playing anywhere near his best ? No. But he's not doing as badly as many think. Wouldn't surprise me if he is a long way short of being 100% fit. If he had a fever at the weekend, then he's showing great commitment even to be out there this evening.

That's a pointless stat without context. You can easily get a high pass completion rate if you make 5 yard passes. He was awful, struggled under pressure badly and was barely moving. Lost his man when tracking back for their goal too.

5 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

That's a pointless stat without context. You can easily get a high pass completion rate if you make 5 yard passes. He was awful, struggled under pressure badly and was barely moving. Lost his man when tracking back for their goal too.

Well he set up both Mudryk’s second chance and Jackson’s huge chance (great ball to Conor). Watching the highlights he had some really good progressive passes. 
 

He’s getting a lot more criticism than warranted, imo. One of our best players against Newcastle and Sheffield. 

Apparently he has a thigh injury. I expect that will be another 3 months out. 

2 hours ago, JM7 said:

Apparently he has a thigh injury. I expect that will be another 3 months out. 

🤣🤣 

You can't even make this sh*t up any more. What the hell is going on?

Medical team and player fitness are a joke. Can’t get any rhythm when these things continue to happen.  

5 hours ago, JM7 said:

Apparently he has a thigh injury. I expect that will be another 3 months out. 

Pochettino mentioned he had a problem at the end of the game. Guess this was it.

Injured ? Can’t find anything on this ?

16 minutes ago, Andy2461 said:

Injured ? Can’t find anything on this ?

https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/chelsea/injury-news/injuries-and-suspensions/chelsea-injury-suspension-list-vs-luton_532291.html

Any news on his fitness yet? 

Out injured again then it seems, not included today.

On 27/12/2023 at 22:56, Sexyfootball said:

Yes ...  RIP Mourinho is on a mission again ... sigh ... 🙂

 

Saddens me to see you happy with mediocre performances