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Sconnie Blue said:
I mean its fine for now, the back up option is to have 3 CBs with Fofana being the outside right CB. But then if Fofana gets injured we are really screwed. 

We honestly may need 2 additional CBs next season. 
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Don’t we have 6 CBs presently in the first team even discounting Josh? Veiga, Fofana, Colwill, Tosin, Badiashile & Disasi. 
 

Simplymo said:
Aren't they still waiting for him to sign the contract. Maresca even said the last cup game was a perfect time for him but he hasn't dealt with the contract issues with owners yet.

This is it though.

All that caution, all that easing in. Using gusto or cucu when he needs a fk load of running intead of James til fully fit...

...and he STILL gets injured!

I really feel sorry for him but I also think the warm weather will do him good. 
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Well the club screwed up with this one & I can’t blame him. When you have 5-6 CBs, & 2 RBs ahead of you, he will be mad to sign a 7yr contract. They should have sold both Badiashile & Disasi in the summer when Madrid & Newcastle were sniffing around Josh to show there is a path for him.

 
Guy needs to move. Either we're the problem or he's the problem. But he's never going to have a career here. 

Unfortunately his bumper wages might block him from doing that. 

I had that opinion a few weeks ago and got slated. Fact is I really like him and want him to have a career, the only chance he does is if he moves to a different league. 

 
Such a shame that Reece is injured again, hopefully it is just a minor one.  

In term of moving him, honestly this is not the time. Reece contract is not movable, he will just end up in bomb squad with chilwell n carney. 

 
Sadly it looks like perhaps the only way he might have a football career is by moving to a sunnier climate that might help reduce how prone he is to injuries, but even then a huge risk for the buying club.

He'd probably have to take a huge wage cut to facilitate such a move. Depends how much he wants to play football I guess ... 

 
Lets see if it is just the club being extra precautionary or whether this is another 3 month stint on the sidelines. I'll reserve judgement for 2 weeks time. 

 
His insta post doesn’t read like someone who is back next week 

he’s missed over 230 games that’s a lot of money in wages. Think the club and him need to part ways now 

he would of been a great but just can’t see it now.  Needs to move to a warmer climate for his sake. 

 
Niall1905 said:
He’s just put a few stories up on instagram, one with a statement of thanks to those who are supporting him and saying he’s got another challenge ahead.

Doesnt read as someone who thinks they’re back next weekend
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Ukraine Bolt said:
Lets see if it is just the club being extra precautionary or whether this is another 3 month stint on the sidelines. I'll reserve judgement for 2 weeks time. 
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Yeah, the bits below from marescas press conference and the articles online really don't fill me with hope!

Ffs, really feel sorry for him. That surgery was supposed to be a "permanent" fix. The fact he got the same issues again will/would have fkd him up mentally too.

Having soo much hope then BAM! Back to square one! I know from experience that's fkn hard to deal with. For me it's been 4 yrs. So I don't normally look at "new options, new surgery, new opinions, etc..." with that sense of hope anymore because its a fkn hard fall sometimes.

He's a kid, relatively speaking, still with a fk load to look forward to/ahead of him still. If these injuries affect him with even the slightest "permanent" physical or mental scars/issues then retirement may even be on the books.

I know, I know...but unless we are there and know 100% what his issues are then it's an option that we should try and be ready to accept from him.

"Upon his return against Liverpool in October, it had been 562 days since James last managed to play a full 90 minutes in the Premier League, with the subsequent match a week later at home to Newcastle his first full match completed in well over a year.

His most league starts in a single season is 25 matches while last season he played just 482 minutes in total because of injury and two red cards.

Since breaking into Chelsea's senior squad in the 2019-20 season, James's best run of matches is six achieved in May 2021.

Last December he underwent surgery in Finland, which had been designed to help him overcome the issues permanently. But he has suffered his second setback since the season started, after initially injuring himself in Chelsea's penultimate pre-season match against Real Madrid in the United States."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c1wjyq2g5zxo

 
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ducavis said:
Don’t we have 6 CBs presently in the first team even discounting Josh? Veiga, Fofana, Colwill, Tosin, Badiashile & Disasi. 
 

Well the club screwed up with this one & I can’t blame him. When you have 5-6 CBs, & 2 RBs ahead of you, he will be mad to sign a 7yr contract. They should have sold both Badiashile & Disasi in the summer when Madrid & Newcastle were sniffing around Josh to show there is a path for him.
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Disasi & Badiashile need moving on next summer. That should be the priority for outgoings. I'd honestly even sell Tosin just to coup some profit. 

We need a CB that can come straight in and command the defense. Jonathan Tah is available on a free next summer. We can then look to get that Araujo lad from Benfica. 

Gusto/Gilchrist/James    Tah/Fofana   Colwill/Araujo   Cucurella/Veiga​


 
Where's all this stuff about him moving to a " warmer climate" as a hamstring injury preventative measure coming from ?  

Remember when the ShedEnd medical experts were saying that it was his " body shape" that was the cause of his hamstring injuries?

Either way, gutted for the bloke, one of the very best when he was injury free.

 
  • Chelsea have spent the most amount of money on injured players than any Premier League team.
  • The Blues top Manchester united and Liverpool over the last three seasons.
  • Arsenal and Manchester City fall significantly lower, helping their title chances by having a fit squad.
 
Not much left to say. Really feel for Reece. The pattern is so repeatable and so far from how his career should be unfolding. 

Pragmatically this isn’t sustainable. Shame we can’t get the young right back in the squad as back up to Gusto. Still not giving up on Reece, but something has to change. 

 
The Rising Sun said:
Where's all this stuff about him moving to a " warmer climate" as a hamstring injury preventative measure coming from ?  

Remember when the ShedEnd medical experts were saying that it was his " body shape" that was the cause of his hamstring injuries?

Either way, gutted for the bloke, one of the very best when he was injury free.
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Cant speak for shed end experts, but the surgeon who has operated on Reece (Dr. Cugat, who performed surgery on James in 2023) noted that James' body shape and the way he moves on the field could make him more vulnerable to certain types of injuries.

 
nonotnowjim said:
Cant speak for shed end experts, but the surgeon who has operated on Reece (Dr. Cugat, who performed surgery on James in 2023) noted that James' body shape and the way he moves on the field could make him more vulnerable to certain types of injuries.
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Oh, that's what they all say in case the operation is a f**k up.🤣

Anyway, my sources at Chelsea have told me it was a bloke from Finland called Lasse Lempainen who operated on Reece December 2023 ..unless he's had another operation?

Mind you, Lasse was wildly over optimistic it seems,  he thought James's problems were over, but covered his arse by saying it was now down to the rehab with the club.

Perhaps he needed surgery to alter his body shape ? 

Btw, what a goal from that ugly head bloke yesterday!

Have a good Sunday Jimbo!

 
nonotnowjim said:
Cant speak for shed end experts, but the surgeon who has operated on Reece (Dr. Cugat, who performed surgery on James in 2023) noted that James' body shape and the way he moves on the field could make him more vulnerable to certain types of injuries.
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Or perhaps we could try that Fulham manager's treatment for muscle injuries?

This....

"A report in the Observer suggested that ousted boss Magath asked the big centre-half to soak a block of cheese in alcohol and leave it on his injured thigh overnight."

 
nonotnowjim said:
Cant speak for shed end experts, but the surgeon who has operated on Reece (Dr. Cugat, who performed surgery on James in 2023) noted that James' body shape and the way he moves on the field could make him more vulnerable to certain types of injuries.
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I cannot find anything that suggests that Dr Ramon Cugat (a knee specialist and Barcelona doctor) operated on Reece James. James's surgeon was Dr Lasse Lampainen, and while he did mention parts of James's biology that made the surgery more difficult, there is nothing mentioned about Reece James' biology making him more prone to injury. The single biggest factor is his previous injury record.

 
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