Injury List out of Control

[bombayblue™ 55]

Scolari said last week that deco and carvalho would be available after the international break..

if one of the CB's keep fit, just drogba would be a long term injury without cover, and even there if anelka and kalou grab the opportunity, they have been waiting so long for, we should be OK..

for essien we just got cover in form of mineiro, ivanovic should do a decent enough job at CB if called upon and carvalho and deco are just about a week or two away.. So may be terry could be rested then..

[Frank's Just Big Boned 0]

It is a worry but you only have to look at our bench and our reserves to see how much talent we got. I do think however the whole "sexy football" approach will be lost for a while, at least until everyone comes back because you can't really play that type of football when you have people coming in and out of the starting team. As long as we win games it doesn't worry me though.

[misschief 24]

Our injuries have been a bloody nightmare for the past few seasons really. With Drogba out now though its really important to get Deco back otherwise I cant really see where the goals are going to come from.

I said a while back that Scolari cutting our squad back and not having a plan B when we didnt get Robinho showed some naivety on his part about the demands of the Premier League, and the latest batch of injuries highlights that.

[Laylabelle 9,534]

I guess Scolari didnt expect so many at once,mean no one else seems to have that many,Pompy maybe but their coming back now.Thats what annoying,everyone gets injuries before the season starts then they come back,we seem to get them all the time!

I admit when Drogba went down it was him being him,but as it turns out...no so much

[misschief 24]

Terry joins casualty list as Chelsea count cost of Drogba injury

Mirror

2nd October 2008

John Terry was sent for a scan on his injured back on Thursday night after Chelsea confirmed that striker Didier Drogba damaged knee and ankle ligaments against CFR Cluj.

Although Terry was expected to make a swift recovery from the injury, sustained in Wednesday’s 0-0 Champions League draw in Romania, his complaint is so severe that Chelsea’s medical staff were studying X-rays of the affected area last night.

The Chelsea defender, who blamed the poor pitch conditions in Romania for the onset of the injury, has told Luiz Felipe Scolari that he will take a painkilling injection to play in Sunday’s Barclays Premier League clash with Aston Villa.

Terry has a history of back injuries and there are fears that the England skipper may miss a substantial part of training with the national team next week as they prepare for the World Cup qualifiers against Kazakhstan and Belarus.

Chelsea also have problems over Drogba after he was carried off in Romania 12 minutes into the second half.

Chelsea fear he will be out for a month, which means Drogba is unlikely to feature against Middlesbrough in the Premier League on October 18, Roma in the Champions League four days later and then the visit of Liverpool on October 26.

The injury is not as serious as first feared but Chelsea will not rush the striker back into action. Chelsea’s treatment room is already overflowing and on Thursday there were further visits from Terry, Alex and Ashley Cole after they picked up back injuries in Romania.

Ashley Cole is expected to be fit to face Villa at Stamford Bridge while Joe Cole, who has missed Chelsea’s last two games with a hip complaint, has made sufficient progress this week to return to the squad.

Chelsea have eight players struggling with various ailments — Deco, Ricardo Carvalho and Drogba are the medium-term casualties, while Michael Essien will be out for another six months — but Michael Ballack insists the squad can cope.

The midfielder said: ‘At the moment we are not lucky, these things should not happen. It’s not easy for us at the moment but we have a strong squad and we will be able to manage. It looks like we have a few problems for Sunday but we should be able to get a strong squad out.’

It never rains, it just pisses down at Chelsea.

[Kez 2,727]

How unlucky are we.

To lose JT & Alex while Riccy is injured.. things just get worse : /

[Gianfranco_Z 202]

We'll get by.

Annoying though, Deco back for Boro away apparently.

[Kez 2,727]

Good we need Deco back asap

[Gianfranco_Z 202]

So if JT Alex and A. Cole still out for vila... our back 4 would be like

Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Ferreira, Bridge.... Carew and Agbonlahor cannot wait for this game.

[Kez 2,727]

It could be worse, could be at Villa park.

We havn't won there in years

[Aesthetic Relic 301]

Well some good news is that JT and Alex are fit and ready for the Villa game, the Drogba injury isnt as bad as first thought. No ligament damage, its just his knee that twisted and it'll keep him out for several weeks (4 tops). Ash should also be available.

[Laylabelle 9,534]

According to the mail,we've called Michelle Macinnae whatever his name is back to fill in and JT is taking injections on his back..who know if its true but he reckons Joe might be fit.One piece of goodish news

[Elliott 7]

Michael Mancienne!

If JT is taking injections, even if Alex and Carvalho are injured, that means Ivanovic will step in, surely?

[warnie_666 1,081]

LFS has mentioned that JT s willing to play even on one leg if possible.

I think JT will be there for the game, so will A. Cole and J Cole.

[Kez 2,727]

Yeah Ivanovic can fill in he's more experienced than Mancienne