Comments on: A tale of two knee ligament injuries

By: BD Condell

BD Condell — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:17:54 +0000

I’m not sure what all the deabte is about. Drogba has been consistently injured during his Chelsea career. In fact he’s only a ligament or two away from being Saha.
They’ve coped fine in the past without him, although I do agree that they look light up front.
In fact, it’s an enigma of the high spending Abramovich era that Chelsea have never been ‘top heavy’ up front. They seem to have a knack of buying highly rated strikers who just don’t do it for them. Lack of width?
That said, their quality in the middle usually carries them thru.
As for Scholes, he was out for 3 & 1/2 months last season and it didn’t cause a blip. Now is the time for Anderson to establish his credentials.

By: frem

frem — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:06:41 +0000

lol i went through our first team list to see what kind of team we would have with injuries, As it stands we can field a strong team but an injury to mikel/lampard/anelka will see us with a squad with very little depth and we may have to dip into the reserves.

By: EPL

EPL — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:18:18 +0000

Chelsea’s injury line is long but they have enough dept in their squad to pull them till January. United are in a much better shape then Chelsea, but its not about injuries they should be worried about, its about consistency and defence. The goals Liverpool and Chelsea scored against United were served on a platter. All 3 of them!!! So Scholes or not, Its the others who need a kick up their a** to remind them the pride of wearing the red shirt.

By: Arsenal

Arsenal — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:42:37 +0000

Update: Drogba injury wont be as bad as Scholes, and probably less time on the sidelines then United man.

By: Jason (UTD)

Jason (UTD) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:13:43 +0000

I was just arguing with my friend ealier bout this. He’s a new breed chelsea fan (just started ‘supporting’ them in last couple years). I had to laugh when he tried to convince me that Drogba wasn’t a big part in their squad and Chelsea would still be top. It’s obvious he doesn’t keep up with football as much as he should if he’s making a comment like that. I rate Drogba as easy top 3 strikers in EPL. It’s a major blow for Chelsea when he’s out. They have Anelka and Kalou to rely on now. Deco, Joe Cole, Drogba, Essien, Ballack haven’t hard time staying fit. Only goo thing they have going for them is Lampard is still on top of his game and that he stayed. I agree with Will in that I expect to see the team at the top taking a couple changes in the next month. Glad to see Berba getting a brace. That’ll up his confidence so he can score 2 more against Blackburn this weekend.

By: Will D

Will D — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:39:50 +0000

Rooney will be fine – he’s one of the toughest players in European football, and it would take a pretty significant injury to keep him out of action or from playing at a high level. Being a Man U fan, I’m happy to see Chelsea forced to play without a significant attacking threat, although I would never wish an injury on any player. It’s a shame for them they shipped off Shevchenko, because now they’re left without any viable front line options. I see a major standings drop soon to follow.

By: Stream Free Football

Stream Free Football — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:56:23 +0000

I really hope Rooney is not too hurt. Apparently hes back for englands matches

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:30:24 +0000

not to bring bad karma to my United or even myself but I’ve been waiting for Drogba to go down for a long time.
He’s a great striker and very powerful, but I hate watching him. Most likely it’s because of the fact if he’s playing, he’s most likely going to score. But thank the football gods that he’s out for awhile. Chelsea are dropping players left and right. Scholes wasn’t as big a hit, but he will be missed for 10 weeks.