Injury Report – 08/11 Edition

By: Devin | August 11th, 2011

A brief synopsis of the latest injury chatter heading into the curtain-rasier this weekend (provided the riots don’t prevent it from happening). More after the jump.

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In Doubt?

So if we’re lucky to get some footy this weekend, we may well be in a bit of a bind with some injuries key members of our squad are carrying. Here’s the latest chatter.

The Good News:

Frankie’s back in training. Seems that throat infection was less of a viral situation and more of an ‘F-U’ to Capello and the England brass who seem determined on holding him out of the Senior Squad. Frankie don’t play. Respect.

The Not-So-Good News:

Our loyal Serbian, one Branislav Ivanovic, is carrying a thigh injury he picked up while on International duty this week. No timetable has been established for his return as such, but reports are suggesting he’s very likely to miss the game on Sunday. Gutted.
As Jack mentioned yesterday, Nando went and got him self a concussion. Granted, a very mild one, but it’s probably something that’ll keep him out of the Starting XI for Sunday as well.
David Luiz, he of ‘Bob’ folklore, has yet to participate in a full training session with the team since reuniting with the squad after the Copa America. Apparently, he’s carrying a mild knee knock that’s nothing serious but needs attention.
Alex, who featured for 45 minutes against the ‘Gers last weekend, is also on the mend and may not yet be ready for a full 90. Yikes.
Obi Trice is also carrying a knock that could limit his chances of featuring this weekend. Christ.

So lets do the math, assuming all of these players are out for the weekend, and don’t forget to include Sturridge on that list due to his 3-match suspension he picked up at the end of last season, we’ve got ourselves a bit of a defensive crisis. Who partners JT in the center? Who plays the holding midfield role? Will we see Yossi get a start? Could Tomas Kalas make the bench in his first senior season? Is Joshy ready to make a difference? Hit the comments here, there, anywhere, and let us know.

And pray for a match this weekend. We need this. Stoke City preview forthcoming, by the way.

KTBFFH

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YoshiXvII

Oh, n when will Romeu join Chelsea? I think we will need him asap if Mikel's unfit.
Juma Alshehi

It is time for the youngester to play and deliver, We need to have faith on them
Stoke are physical team and I assume their style of play nead rugby. I don't see Josh can perform 90 minutes at this game maybe last 15 minutes will be ok. Tomas Kalas as well.
lets hope AVB knows how to deal with this crisis
YoshiXvII

Yep, a club has a great squad. Time for the other lads to show what they are made of. If Alex n Luiz are not 100%, then play Rajkovic (if he gets his WP before Sunday).

What's d status of his WP issue? Is there any progress or will he be loaned out again. If WP doesn't work out this season as well, then we should loan him out to a bigger club than Vitesse...or a bigger league than Eredivise at least.
Segun_latee_haki

What i strongly believe in Villa Boas pattern is that any player can play for Chelsea to win the match.as far has he his playing a similar game with Barcelona,though we are new in this system but am sure with our preseason games we can do something nice..
Jack

Obie Trice: real name, no gimmicks.

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