Vesper 30,194 Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 Chelsea to be without seven first-team players for Bournemouth game — Graham Potter https://theathletic.com/4031218/2022/12/23/Chelsea-team-news-bournemouth/ Chelsea head coach Graham Potter expects to be without at least seven first-team players as the club attempt to kickstart a Premier League revival when the top flight resumes next week. Potter confirmed neither Mateo Kovacic nor Hakim Ziyech will be available for Tuesday’s visit of Bournemouth to Stamford Bridge with the pair having featured heavily for Croatia and Morocco through to last weekend’s third-place play-off in Qatar. Chelsea have lost Armando Broja for the remainder of the season after he ruptured an ACL in a friendly against Aston Villa, while Wesley Fofana hobbled off in a behind-closed doors fixture against Brentford B earlier this week after suffering a slight issue in his recovery from his own knee problems. “Wesley had a little set-back which can sometimes happen at the very last stage of rehab, so (he’ll be out for) a couple of weeks,” said Potter. “Armando is a big loss in terms of the time he’s out… We’re still waiting on Hakim and Mateo. “They went the distance in terms of the third/fourth place at the World Cup and played the games as well, so there’s been a big demand on those two. They won’t be available next week and it’s important to give them time.” While Reece James should return from his own knee ligament injury, Chelsea will have none of their long-term absentees back for the foreseeable future. “Reece is back,” added Potter, who confirmed Edouard Mendy has only just returned to training. “He’s been training with us and completed 65 minutes in the week. But we’re still without Ruben (Loftus-Cheek) and Ben Chilwell. “N’Golo Kante, obviously. He’ll be a while – the end of February or the start of March. He had surgery (on a hamstring injury in late October) so it’s a minimum period of four months, pretty much. “My focus is to get him back fit as soon as possible. Everyone knows the quality he has. It’s about getting him fit and on the pitch, doing it the right way and getting him on there because we haven’t seen him.” Kepa Arrizabalaga is also a doubt after struggling with his calf during the World Cup break. Chelsea lost their last three Premier League games before the break for the World Cup. They have not lost four top-flight games in succession since 1998. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Armour 4,444 Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 Glad to have James back. If he's even 80% match fit, that should be more than enought to get a win against Bournemouth., who have their own problems with a virus infecting their squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hashishi 148 Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 21 minutes ago, Blue Armour said: Glad to have James back. If he's even 80% match fit, that should be more than enought to get a win against Bournemouth., who have their own problems with a virus infecting their squad. Liverpool have this problem too. Its taken Milner and TAA out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hashishi 148 Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 Any guesses what our team will be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,194 Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 15 minutes ago, Hashishi said: Any guesses what our team will be? Edouard Mendy Kalidou Koulibaly Thiago Silva Trevoh Chalobah Marc Cucurella Reece James (maybe Azpi if Reece is not 100%) Jorginho Mason Mount Raheem Sterling Kai Havertz Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang or maybe Kai at CF and Pulisic at winger, with Auba dropped Hashishi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,535 Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 Hopefully we don't continue where we left off...forgot how far down the table we are so hopefully can make something happen Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milka 3,393 Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 (edited) Edited December 26, 2022 by milka Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,383 Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 Mendy James Chalobah Silva Cucurella Jorginho Zakaria Mount Carney Sterling Havertz Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,535 Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, milka said: So league wise we've won one out of last 5...hurrah Edited December 26, 2022 by Laylabelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,383 Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 I hope for Potter’s sake he doesn’t put out 6 defensive players against the worst team in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,819 Posted December 26, 2022 Author Share Posted December 26, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,327 Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 How the heck Pulisic doesn't start after great WC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,819 Posted December 26, 2022 Author Share Posted December 26, 2022 5 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said: How the heck Pulisic doesn't start after great WC. Puli is not replacing Sterling or Havertz. He is not better than either. If he wore shooting boots maybe, but he didn’t do much of that in the WC either. He did play with a lot of determination and energy. Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,327 Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 17 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said: Puli is not replacing Sterling or Havertz. He is not better than either. If he wore shooting boots maybe, but he didn’t do much of that in the WC either. He did play with a lot of determination and energy. He had 1 goal and 2 assists on WC in 3 and a half games. Still better than others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAGreavsie 6,076 Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 (edited) My younger daughter has just given birth to her first child. I just got back from spending Christmas with them but I'll now be heading back down. This means that I can't use my ticket for this match. Would anyone here like to buy it? West Lower, Block 3, £56 (Face value). Let me know. Edit: I'm now planning to be back in London in time to get to the game so the ticket is no longer available. Edited December 27, 2022 by OhForAGreavsie Vesper and Blue Armour 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,194 Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 50 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said: My younger daughter has just given birth to her first child. I just got back from spending Christmas with them but I'll now be heading back down. This means that I can't use my ticket for this match. Would anyone here like to buy it? West Lower, Block 3, £56. Let me know. congrats m8!! OhForAGreavsie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAGreavsie 6,076 Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 26 minutes ago, Vesper said: congrats m8!! Thank you. I bought the Chelsea branded bibs at the megastore after the Champions League game last Thursday. They're gonna look great. 🙂 Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero 1,874 Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 On 12/16/2022 at 1:19 AM, NikkiCFC said: Players get off after WC. Ziyech is playing another game on Saturday so no chance he will be involved. Of course they will use any excuse to put Mount over Ziyech Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 9,941 Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 10 hours ago, OhForAGreavsie said: My younger daughter has just given birth to her first child. I just got back from spending Christmas with them but I'll now be heading back down. This means that I can't use my ticket for this match. Would anyone here like to buy it? West Lower, Block 3, £56 (Face value). Let me know. Edit: I'm now planning to be back in London in time to get to the game so the ticket is no longer available. I haven't been able to get to The Bridge in a few years so It comes as a surprise to me how much that ticket was up for. My mate went to the last CL game of the group stages with his son and it cost him an arm and leg...sure he said it was around 60 to 70 quid each. Bloody bonkers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,535 Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 1 minute ago, DDA said: I haven't been able to get to The Bridge in a few years so It comes as a surprise to me how much that ticket was up for. My mate went to the last CL game of the group stages with his son and it cost him an arm and leg...sure he said it was around 60 to 70 quid each. Bloody bonkers. Group stages,FA Cup and the League Cup aren't crazy crazy unless changed. Least under 35...then the rest of them just goes up to stupid money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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