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I wouldn't be surprised if James goes to the world cup, but I am almost certain it will do him no good. If he plays, he won't be anywhere near his best and when he returns, he will probably be figthing for form for the rest of the season.

I can't think of any player that has gotten a serious injury weeks before an international tournament starts and played at anywhere near their best by forcing themselves to return earlier than they should.

 
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Scott Harris said:
I wouldn't be surprised if James goes to the world cup, but I am almost certain it will do him no good. If he plays, he won't be anywhere near his best and when he returns, he will probably be figthing for form for the rest of the season.

I can't think of any player that has gotten a serious injury weeks before an international tournament starts, returned and played at anywhere near their best.
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I hope he doesn't. He should look to keep himself healthy on the long term and he already did get injured last season as well.

 
Gol15 said:
I hope he doesn't. He should look to keep himself healthy on the long term and he already did get injured last season as well.
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I agree, but the only thing that will stop him is his body. It's impossible to talk a player out of playing in the World Cup.

 
Scott Harris said:
I wouldn't be surprised if James goes to the world cup, but I am almost certain it will do him no good. If he plays, he won't be anywhere near his best and when he returns, he will probably be figthing for form for the rest of the season.

I can't think of any player that has gotten a serious injury weeks before an international tournament starts and played at anywhere near their best by forcing themselves to return earlier than they should.
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I'd be slightly surprised, but can see Southgate making that stupid decision. James won't be ready to play at a top level until January. 

Southgate should take Ruben if he stays fit for the next month. He'd be the ideal option 

 
Munkworth said:
Ok @axman2526 it’s become obvious you’ve just set up this account to troll me. 
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strider6004 said:
James has not made more than 25 starts for us in the league yet.

The only good thing is a lot of his time out will be in the world cup weeks.

We need to get another player that can cover this position better than current options.
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James Justin from Leicester can play both sides I think

 
Argo said:
I'm thinking more for Reece's perspective.

The thing is though, he'd have probably been looking forward to this for months especially when it started to become obvious he would be starting in the tournament. 

I was actually in a similar position to him a while back where I got injured a month before a trip (that involved hitchhiking, camping etc) I was looking forward too for the best part of a year. Despite family and friends pleading with me not to go as I was 60% fit and told by doctors I had to take it easy for 3 months I went anyway because in my head missing out wasn't an option.

So as much as from a Chelsea perspective I want him to say f**k it and focus on a recovery in two months I can't say I blame him if (as appears likely) he's trying to make the WC come hell or high water.
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As a matter of interest, did you have any scouse friends that wanted to let everyone know that Trent could go hitchhiking just as well as if not better than you.

 
WhiteWall said:
As a matter of interest, did you have any scouse friends that wanted to let everyone know that Trent could go hitchhiking just as well as if not better than you.
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it was very telling that Klopp didn't play Trent today and when he came on for the last 5 minutes he wasn't a RB but more like a RWB in a back 5 

finally Liverpool win 2 games in a row and guess which player didn't play in both those games?

 
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“In terms of his involvement in the World Cup, I don’t know. It will depend on how he recovers. He will give everything. I’m sure he will. But he is in a brace for four weeks and that slows everything down.”

“[He] will be in a brace for four weeks. That’s all I know the next four weeks look like for him and that has implications in terms of what he needs to do to get fit from there but our job is just to help him in the short term now and get him back.”

Potter after the game

 
WhiteWall said:
As a matter of interest, did you have any scouse friends that wanted to let everyone know that Trent could go hitchhiking just as well as if not better than you.
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I actually meant to say hiking, f**k knows why i posted 'hitchhiking'  :laugh2:  (although we did it a couple of times).

 
IMO even if he does recover and ends up in Qatar, just cause of the lack of playtime he shouldn't be starting the first match, it's against Iran which should be a comfortable win.

Southgate should give him then some 20 minutes against USA and if all goes well he can start in the last group match vs Wales. No need to rush him in the group stage, this could be a good scenario and James would be fresh for the knockouts.

 
He's taking a big risk should he go to the world cup. Chelsea won't risk him in this kind of scenario, I know WC is special and all that, but his well being should come first.

 
Kev56 said:
At one time we had probably one  of the best medical teams out there. Recently looking at our recovery times and amount of injuries not so good. Todd recently had a change and now we seem to be even worse. Don’t know why, but to let an injured player stay over and then come home alone on a budget airline is really odd. 
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Can blame Mourinho for bullying Eva out the club for this one, doubt she would have let Reece stay on

 
Probably should have signed Clauss or someone else cheap as back up for Reece in the Summer to operate wing back. 

Reece's injury problems have been there from the start, always going to miss 1/3 of a season somewhere.

 
What about Dujon Sterling?  It is unlikely we would recall a loan prospect, but he is highly rated and just wonder if he should be in our squad getting minutes.  Massive step, but probably better than the other Sterling at WB!

Also, not to cast doubt, but I have a terrible feeling Reece will need surgery, and the current path is his best attempt to play at the WC (which I do not fault him for). 

 
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RIP Mourinho said:
Probably should have signed Clauss or someone else cheap as back up for Reece in the Summer to operate wing back. 

Reece's injury problems have been there from the start, always going to miss 1/3 of a season somewhere.
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We tried to sign Clauss however he chose Marseille. That would have been our best option in terms of price but he did want to be a back up, where with Marseille he is playing every game and also in the UCL.

 
Gutted to lose Reece.

I've watched Dujon Sterling a few times and he could be somewhat of an answer. Probably his one chance to grab by the horns and get into the Chelsea XI.

 
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