oh dear, rapid surgery and announcement on the webpage. does seem like it won't be a short one.

Who will be back and available for selection first? Essugo, Mudryk, Lavia or Joao Felix?

1 hour ago, Scott Harris said:

Thigh, I'm not seeing anything about being out for the season either.

These injuries are frustrating though. Injury FC is definitely back.

If it’s what I am thinking (quad tear)it’s going to be a minimum of 6 months

3 minutes ago, terraloon said:

If it’s what I am thinking (quad tear)it’s going to be a minimum of 6 months

Yup. Had the same injury back in highschool. Loud pop after I tried shooting during warmups.

I was out the whole season. Granted it was only 3 months but I remember I couldn't play the winter season as well.

2 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

Thigh, I'm not seeing anything about being out for the season either.

These injuries are frustrating though. Injury FC is definitely back.

Without wishing to be burnt at the stake for such heresy dare i say that promoting younger players all at once into the intensity of our league, including the preparatory work on the training ground must have some correlation to the amount of injuries being picked up by these young guys.

Didn't i read a tweet somewhere from Garnacho, who is "PL proven" that the intensity in training here is far greater than at Man Utd and he couldn't feel his legs after training.

Is this going to be part of the quid pro quo for our young player strategy, that we will always have some players, who themselves are still developing, continually being hampered with injuries.

29 minutes ago, WhiteWall said:

Without wishing to be burnt at the stake for such heresy dare i say that promoting younger players all at once into the intensity of our league, including the preparatory work on the training ground must have some correlation to the amount of injuries being picked up by these young guys.

Didn't i read a tweet somewhere from Garnacho, who is "PL proven" that the intensity in training here is far greater than at Man Utd and he couldn't feel his legs after training.

Is this going to be part of the quid pro quo for our young player strategy, that we will always have some players, who themselves are still developing, continually being hampered with injuries.

I wouldn't be surprised if this is the case, but at the same time, it's been a problem with us for years now, not just the young players. Last season was an anomaly when it came to injuries easing up. 3 players have already had major injuries, 2 looking like they could be season enders, and we're only a month in to the new season.

O FFS

Very unfortunate. Wishing him a speedy and full recovery.

Wish we knew a little more. Surgery on a muscle injury, particularly thigh, leads to speculation on severity.

I wonder if this is down to players who dont get a lot of game time at their clubs then being threw in for a 90 in the international side?

13 hours ago, WhiteWall said:

Without wishing to be burnt at the stake for such heresy dare i say that promoting younger players all at once into the intensity of our league, including the preparatory work on the training ground must have some correlation to the amount of injuries being picked up by these young guys.

Didn't i read a tweet somewhere from Garnacho, who is "PL proven" that the intensity in training here is far greater than at Man Utd and he couldn't feel his legs after training.

Is this going to be part of the quid pro quo for our young player strategy, that we will always have some players, who themselves are still developing, continually being hampered with injuries.

If you look around the league the number of injuries we are currently suffering and indeed have for many years don’t appear out of sync with the majority of clubs.

When you factor in that we as a club tend to play more competitive games , have more players that feature in international matches my guess would be that possibly there isn’t anything obvious.

Of course it’s not just the number of minutes on the pitch things like travel time, how much of that is in the air, crossing time zones all add to the mix.

Premier league fixtures start at 12.30 pm on Saturday lunchtime. Arsenal are at home so will significant benefit but even then most of theirs and indeed Forest players will no doubt be back this PM training save those that played outside Europe who won’t even be back in the UK till later today none will be getting proper warm down or recovery today no doubt they will all be going full tilt tomorrow , in the case of Forest they may well get a few hours over the next day or so with their new coach ( not that will be about tactics) before final prep on Friday for travel down to London for an overnight followed by an early start and meal on Saturday before arriving around 11.00am at Arsenal.

Personally I think that it’s madness

Gets surgery on an injury with no return timeline. He truly is one of us.

On 10/09/2025 at 03:48, WhiteWall said:

Without wishing to be burnt at the stake for such heresy dare i say that promoting younger players all at once into the intensity of our league, including the preparatory work on the training ground must have some correlation to the amount of injuries being picked up by these young guys.

Didn't i read a tweet somewhere from Garnacho, who is "PL proven" that the intensity in training here is far greater than at Man Utd and he couldn't feel his legs after training.

Is this going to be part of the quid pro quo for our young player strategy, that we will always have some players, who themselves are still developing, continually being hampered with injuries.

It is the second biggest flaw in any youth-based strategy, after a lack of quality mentoring. We saw exactly this with Barcelona post Golden Generation (which actually arose over 3-4 generations), most of La Masia's brightest were crocked in their early 20s. There's also a tonne of research that indicates "older" youth players (especially those that are transitioning to senior football) are at the highest risk of injury.

The data is pretty clear on this one so it needs to be a risk factored into the 'strategy'. If we are going to focus on signing 20-22 year olds, we need to factor in that they will be at higher risk of injury than players in their prime.

I thought he was out for the season?

Well hopefully he can play soon

Great he could be back but apparently already had a setback so I’m tempering hopes of him being up to speed in time for the holiday period.

On 01/12/2025 at 07:46, GarnachoCheese said:

I thought he was out for the season?

Was just an ACL, better to rush him back now so that he can carry the Chelsea tradition of doing the other one + two years of hamstring injuries later

According to a footnote in the BBC Sport article about Cole Palmer, Midfielder Dario Essugo will be sidelined "for over a month" after "slipping in training".

Take that Romeo Lavia!!!

You can’t make it up. I swear there is something in the water at Cobham, although our players would probably spill it when trying to drink.

I’m not having it, a slip equalling a whole month out? Hahahaha

What the Christ would a fall equal? A season?!

Edited January 24Jan 24 by The Boehly Babes

Another Lavia

On 24/01/2026 at 21:00, The Boehly Babes said:

I’m not having it, a slip equalling a whole month out? Hahahaha

What the Christ would a fall equal? A season?!

It sounds a lot funnier than it really is, unfortunately.

Any slip after an ACL injury is serious. That goes double after surgery. The knee joint is unstable and even a minor slip can cause re-injury or further injury to the thigh (which happened to Essugo).

I did this to myself in 2016 (innocuous slip on grass) and my dog did it last year, post-CCL surgery, costing me a further $4000 to repair the torn meniscus.

4 hours ago, SydneyChelsea said:

It sounds a lot funnier than it really is, unfortunately.

Any slip after an ACL injury is serious. That goes double after surgery. The knee joint is unstable and even a minor slip can cause re-injury or further injury to the thigh (which happened to Essugo).

I did this to myself in 2016 (innocuous slip on grass) and my dog did it last year, post-CCL surgery, costing me a further $4000 to repair the torn meniscus.

Ouch, both physically and financially. Hopefully the dog was grateful.

But a useful post 🙂

5 hours ago, SydneyChelsea said:

It sounds a lot funnier than it really is, unfortunately.

Any slip after an ACL injury is serious. That goes double after surgery. The knee joint is unstable and even a minor slip can cause re-injury or further injury to the thigh (which happened to Essugo).

I did this to myself in 2016 (innocuous slip on grass) and my dog did it last year, post-CCL surgery, costing me a further $4000 to repair the torn meniscus.

Prayers up for your dog. Hope He/She made a full recovery! (And stayed well away from anyone with links to the Chelsea Medical Department)

9 hours ago, SydneyChelsea said:

It sounds a lot funnier than it really is, unfortunately.

Any slip after an ACL injury is serious. That goes double after surgery. The knee joint is unstable and even a minor slip can cause re-injury or further injury to the thigh (which happened to Essugo).

I did this to myself in 2016 (innocuous slip on grass) and my dog did it last year, post-CCL surgery, costing me a further $4000 to repair the torn meniscus.

With me it was the hamstring. Had a hamstring graft. Went to pick up a ball then POP. Tore my hamstring.