Ben Chilwell

[MoroccanBlue 5,375]

2 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

I am not against the idea but we both now that recalling Maatsen is never gonna happen.

We recalled Ake when forced to didn't we? 

[Superblue 6,372]

1 minute ago, Magic Lamps said:

I am not against the idea but we both now that recalling Maatsen is never gonna happen.

It's not beyond the realms of possibility.

I don't think anyone expected Chalobah to come back and break through in the summer, and similarly that RLC would have earned as many minutes as he has so far this season.

Tuchel has shown that if you're good enough and suit his system, he'll play the player and not the name.

[Jase 43,479]

3 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said:

With an ACL is the absolute minimum 3 months? Is it possible that a minor tear or even a sprain of some sorts can be a few weeks?

Matt Law hasn't even confirmed it to be an ACL injury yet it's still a suspected one, which makes me wonder still whether it's quite as bad as feared. Hopefully with no surgery required it's something that can see him back for the business end of the season.

Both Telegraph and Guardian have so far stated it as ACL damage as opposed to tear. If we're looking at silver linings, that is good and hopefully it's not worse. *touch wood*

[Superblue 6,372]

7 minutes ago, Jase said:

Both Telegraph and Guardian have so far stated it as ACL damage as opposed to tear. If we're looking at silver linings, that is good and hopefully it's not worse. *touch wood*

Yes fingers crossed with this.

If it's say a few weeks through to the end of the year or into January it's not ideal given the volume of games to come but it becomes far more of a manageable situation.

Anything that becomes months or end of the season I feel will need to be addressed as a priority in January.

[King Kante 1,643]

Not great news. However, Alonso isn't as bad as some are making out. Will he get roasted at times against really fast players? Yes, he will. However, is he still a good option against 80% of teams? Yes, he is. 

In my opinion, let's just get on and roll with Alonso and Saul until Jan and then look to whether we need Matasen back as cover. 

No way do we need to go out and blow €70m on a LWB; unless of course Chilwell's ACL is so bad he may not play again. 

[Blue Armour 4,436]

46 minutes ago, King Kante said:

Not great news. However, Alonso isn't as bad as some are making out. Will he get roasted at times against really fast players? Yes, he will. However, is he still a good option against 80% of teams? Yes, he is. 

In my opinion, let's just get on and roll with Alonso and Saul until Jan and then look to whether we need Matasen back as cover. 

No way do we need to go out and blow €70m on a LWB; unless of course Chilwell's ACL is so bad he may not play again. 

True. I'm also hoping for Chillwell to make it back sooner rather than later., but don't understand the shade being thrown Alonsos way. 

Did we not win a PL title with him as the main left wing back? Plus he's started this season brightly.

If we were stuck with Emerson..that would suck IMO.

[Clockwork 1,794]

46 minutes ago, King Kante said:

Not great news. However, Alonso isn't as bad as some are making out. Will he get roasted at times against really fast players? Yes, he will. However, is he still a good option against 80% of teams? Yes, he is. 

In my opinion, let's just get on and roll with Alonso and Saul until Jan and then look to whether we need Matasen back as cover. 

No way do we need to go out and blow €70m on a LWB; unless of course Chilwell's ACL is so bad he may not play again. 

Alonso doesn’t bring anywhere the energy or pressing Chily brings, it adversely effects our entire play. It is just not the 1vs1. It is a big problem.

[Stats 7,135]

The biggest compliment I can give him is that when he joined, I think there was a huge fanbase who was so against the signing. I was one of a few, I say gladly now who was delighted about the signing. He was ridiculed by a lot of people who thought it was waste of money and were angry money was not spent on Reguilon. Well he has proved a fantastic signing and has proved the majority wrong. He will be missed for sure!

[different level 1,056]

Still hoping the injury is not as bad as the reports suggest and he returns as soon as possible. Waiting for the official news.

[DDA 9,924]

What a fucking downer... he is vital to the way we play along with James. We 100% cannot rely on Alonso to play the rest of the season if we want to win the league and/or CL. 

[Clockwork 1,794]

59 minutes ago, DDA said:

What a fucking downer... he is vital to the way we play along with James. We 100% cannot rely on Alonso to play the rest of the season if we want to win the league and/or CL. 

I am completely out on Alonso, give Saul an opportunity. At least he has the physical ability to play the position the way we want to play. He started the first two games at Atletico in that position. 

[NikkiCFC 8,286]

32 minutes ago, Clockwork said:

I am completely out on Alonso, give Saul an opportunity. At least he has the physical ability to play the position the way we want to play. He started the first two games at Atletico in that position. 

And him playing there is major reason why he wanted to leave Atletico. He wants to play in MF. 

Also dont know why suddenly no one trusts Alonso... Our record under TT with him is great... Last season but also this season. Not to mention under Conte, title in first season, TOTY in 2nd season.

With Alonso in 2021 under TT we beat: Atletico x2, Spurs x2, Arsenal, City, Everton, Palace, Villa... I mentioned these 9 games where we conceded  just 1 goal (Chris mistake against City). And many more...

Just in August he was nominated for PL POTM...