Josh McEachran

[zolayes 14,489]

great pity hope its not serious

[francozola 2,040]

He ran around with the injury for almost 20 minutes after he first got it, didn't he? Hope it's not serious but if he was able to run then possibly it's not too serious

[CHOULO19 24,332]

His luck has been unbelievable this season. I hope that just pushes him to prove his point more.

[Kieran. 6,317]

Josh McEachran sustained a soft tissue injury to a sensitve part of the left ankle in Tuesday night's game against Liverpool.

http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~2533356,00.html

[Milan 17,835]

According to AVB, Josh will be out for 14 days at most.

[zolayes 14,489]

According to AVB, Josh will be out for 14 days at most.

he wouldnt have got much playing time in so he can take his time getting back to full fitness

[Badboy 1,526]

I feel sorry for this lad, i really do.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Can we just leave McEachran's development to the professionals?

What if he isn't ready? Is this such a bad thing, considering his young age?!

[The Big Drog 1,110]

He does need to be loaned out in January to a Premier League team. We've seen how well that has worked for Sturridge and I think McEachran is more a "Sturridge" than a "Kakuta", I think Josh would thrive out on loan and come back to us next season as a player ready to start games.

[neel 257]

He played more than good whenever he got the chances . Feel really sorry for him.

[DYC. 7,542]

Can we just leave McEachran's development to the professionals?

What if he isn't ready? Is this such a bad thing, considering his young age?!

Josh was a regular last season compared to his game time in the current season. I refuse to believe he isn't ready to even play 30 min against Wigan.

[Tomo 21,681]

Its lose lose, had we brought him on and he contibuted to us dropping points we would have blasted AVB for "throwing him the deep end".

Before we go over-reacting and writing this lad off, lets remember Sturridge could not even get on the bench off a mid table pre Sheikh City side at 18 and Josh is getting on the bench for one the best sides in the country. So he is in a better position than Danny at the same age.

Infact he is the same position as Danny was last season and Danny was 21.

[DYC. 7,542]

Its lose lose, had we brought him on and he contibuted to us dropping points we would have blasted AVB for "throwing him the deep end".

Not a single person would have said that.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Josh was a regular last season compared to his game time in the current season. I refuse to believe he isn't ready to even play 30 min against Wigan.

It's fair, and maybe it sounds like I'm making any excuses I can.. But Carlo and André are different, I still prefer André though. Their youth policies may be different, but I maintain trust in André's judgement.. If that means he thinks McEachran isn't quite there yet, then I maintain an element of trust instilled in him.

[DYC. 7,542]

It's fair, and maybe it sounds like I'm making any excuses I can.. But Carlo and André are different, I still prefer André though. Their youth policies may be different, but I maintain trust in André's judgement.. If that means he thinks McEachran isn't quite there yet, then I maintain an element of trust instilled in him.

Fair enough, personally I don't get it. I'm not asking for him to start regularly or even play every week but he's hardly playing and he's not developing.

[Tomo 21,681]

Not a single person would have said that.

I was on another forum at the time but after Josh nearly lost us the game at Villa Park last season he was getting stick Kalou would have been proud off.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Fair enough, personally I don't get it. I'm not asking for him to start regularly or even play every week but he's hardly playing and he's not developing.

Yeah, he's not even playing regular reserve football which is a worry. A loan deal in January is very likely, which we can all take solace in.

[DYC. 7,542]

I was on another forum at the time but after Josh nearly lost us the game at Villa Park last season he was getting stick Kalou would have been proud off.

If that's true then there are some true idiots out there who apparently know little about football. But it doesn't even matter what fans on a forum say. Except for the manager, only the media can actually get to a player and there's no way a young (English) player would receive stick if he didn't perform after coming on.

Yeah, he's not even playing regular reserve football which is a worry. A loan deal in January is very likely, which we can all take solace in.

Even if he was playing reserve football, it wouldn't have mattered. He outgrew that level of football a long time ago.