closed Chelsea 3-0 West Ham

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17 minutes ago, Jason said:

Make of this what you will...

 

Hope it’s BS

Easiest to replace would be RJ

[Pizy 17,860]

Honestly, if it's any one of Thiago Silva, Chilwell, or Mendy we're fucked if it's a long term injury. The drop off in quality in any of their replacements is massive.

[Jase 43,479]

It's James...

(p.s. the article above is not behind a paywall)

[killer1257 3,282]

It is RJ and he needs operation very likely

Give Livramento a chance

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[Jase 43,479]

Also from the article above...

https://theathletic.com/news/chelsea-reece-james-injury-latest/IZlLqIMxHRMy

Hakim Ziyech hasn’t featured since suffering a hamstring injury against Leeds and The Athletic understands the West Ham game is expected to come too soon for him to feature.

Ziyech joined in training with the main group for the first time on Friday, but the fixture at Arsenal on Boxing Day is looking more likely for him to make a comeback.

There is far more confidence, however, over Callum Hudson-Odoi, who has also been missing since injuring a hamstring in training a fortnight ago.

The England winger also joined in Friday’s training session and is further advanced in his return to full fitness. Given the busy festive schedule, however, he will probably not be risked from the start.

[Pizy 17,860]

Fuck. Knee injuries are no joke. One of our best players this season, too. 😩

I trust Azpi to come in and do well enough, but we will lose a hell of a lot going forward without RJ.

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Just now, Pizy said:

Fuck. Knee injuries are no joke. One of our best players this season, too. 😩

I trust Azpi to come in and do well enough, but we will lose a hell of a lot going forward without RJ.

Hey, maybe we won't be so predictable going forward for a while...

[killer1257 3,282]

Hope Lampard has the balls to give Livramento a chance. He already has 7 assists

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4 minutes ago, killer1257 said:

Hope Lampard has the balls to give Livramento a chance. He already has 7 assists

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That's at youth level. You're asking a lot of an 18-year-old to come in and produce in a must win game. 

[MoroccanBlue 5,199]

So is James out for the season?

[killer1257 3,282]

That's at youth level. You're asking a lot of an 18-year-old to come in and produce in a must win game. 

Lampard will play Azpi, I know.
But Livramento is close to breaking an assist record at the beginning of the season. He can't do more than that.

Azpi is horrific at going forward.
I know many of TC will say that when we will not produce that many chances the next couple of matches, they will say Lampard is the worst offensive coach of all time blabla. One reason why our next matches from an offensive point of view will be bad is that Azpi is playing.


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6 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

So is James out for the season?

Don't think it's an ACL injury. The article said he's been playing with a slight discomfort to his knee in the last few games and now had a scan to see if there's any damage or if it's something that just needs a bit of rest.

If he needs surgery, I'd expect him to be out for at least a couple months. Guess we'll know more in the coming days.

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Just now, killer1257 said:

Lampard will play Azpi, I know.
But Livramento is close to breaking an assist record at the beginning of the season. He can't do more than that.

Azpi is horrific at going forward.
I know many of TC will say that when we will not produce that many chances the next couple of matches, they will say Lampard is the worst offensive coach of all time blabla. One reason why our next matches from an offensive point of view will be bad is that Azpi is playing.

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So, we should just ignore the defensive side of the game?  

Either way, you're still asking a lot of an 18-year-old. Just because he's doing well at youth level right now, it doesn't mean he will be able to make the step up immediately. And not to mention, he just played on Friday and there's the whole team bubble thing going on. At most, he'll be on the bench as a backup.

[Jase 43,479]

Death.

Taxes.

Some random injury popping up after a free week under Lampard. 

[killer1257 3,282]

So, we should just ignore the defensive side of the game?  
Either way, you're still asking a lot of an 18-year-old. Just because he's doing well at youth level right now, it doesn't mean he will be able to make the step up immediately. And not to mention, he just played on Friday and there's the whole team bubble thing going on. At most, he'll be on the bench as a backup.

True, but with Azpi now playing, Ziyech and Puli need to be fit and find their form asap. RJ was our best player in recent matches,especially going forward.

Sadly, RJ is very injury prone, just like many, of our best youth products [emoji24]

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2 minutes ago, killer1257 said:

True, but with Azpi now playing, Ziyech and Puli need to be fit and find their form asap. RJ was our best player in recent matches,especially going forward.

Sadly, RJ is very injury prone, just like many, of our best youth products

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Another concern is if James is out injured, then Azpi will have to play 2 games in 3 days next week.  

[Pizy 17,860]

12 minutes ago, Jason said:

Death.

Taxes.

Some random injury popping up after a free week under Lampard. 

Been a pattern all season. Get important player back from niggling injury, another important player gets injured. Unlike Liverpool we don't have a world class coach with an incredible system in place so we will feel these big injuries much more.

If RJ is out for a lengthy spell our opponents will be delighted. Such a massive factor defenses have to worry about will gone. They almost don't have to worry much about Azpi and can focus on the attacker instead.

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1 minute ago, Pizy said:

Been a pattern all season. Get important player back from niggling injury, another important player gets injured. Unlike Liverpool we don't have a world class coach with an incredible system in place so we will feel these big injuries much more.

If RJ is out for a lengthy spell our opponents will be delighted. Such a massive factor defenses have to worry about will gone. They almost don't have to worry much about Azpi and can focus on the attacker instead.

Azpi might not be as good going forward as James but he gets too much undeserved stick. James is the better crosser but Azpi is the better passer.