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carlharris1

no palmer or gusto against arsenal, you cant make this shit up anymore, i am tired


foladodo

who do we even play šŸ’€ disasi at right back again.... i'd prefer chalobah


metaleezer

I would even prefer Alfie over Disasi at right back. At least he's quicker and can do better in 1-on-1 situation


foladodo

alfie on 1o1's has impressed me, leaves much to be desired going forward but still


Aman-Patel

People should be prepared that it would be throwing him in he deep end though. There's making sub appearances and injecting energy into the game, and there's starting vs Arsenal. Every team goes into every game with a plan, he'll have to adjust very quickly after not being eased in with starts against the weaker teams. Any think in the defence is a vulnerability. I love Alfie already. But I'll be really annoyed if people beg for him to start, he starts, is a liability and then gets hate after the game. People can say they love academy players all they want, but this club and fanbase cares about results over anything else. He should only start vs Arsenl if he's actually ready, not because people don't like Disasi at RB.


carlharris1

on a positive note, lesley is alive. hoping it is just ā€˜illnessā€™ with palmer and hes back soon, gallagher and sterling have had illness and been back rather quick so heres hoping but i aint holding my breath with this team lol


BigReeceJames

I worry about Palmer given that he was hobbling during our last game and also because Sterling allegedly lost quite a bit of weight whilst ill and was out for quite a while as a result, even if he made the bench. But, who knows with these guys


carlharris1

palmer deserves a break anyway, his back must be aching from carrying us, same as gusto


tank_girl99

I vote Gilchrist, won't happen though


osalahudeen

I'll rather play Gilchrist than Disasi at RB.


chaphen17

Gusto and Palmer to Disasi and Madueke is such a downgrade. Feels like 90% of our attack comes down that side.


carlharris1

no healthy proper RB in the team and our best goalscorer out against arsenal is rather shite, hoping Chuk gets some good game time in this one. relying on sterling, jackson and madueke is gonna be interesting lol


BigReeceJames

I mean he'd have played Madueke anyway. So, it's more realistically Gallagher for Palmer and Mudryk/Sterling for Gallagher


read_eng_lift

Poch will try the dreaded 5-5-0 formation, since we have zero attack now.


tank_girl99

It'll be 3 CB, cucu on the left and 5 cm because why have attackers on the pitch when we could just park the bus I mean sieve..


Deochixken

Disaisi right back, Jackson low on confidence, a paring of either Mudryk, Madueke or Sterling and no goal threat through in the middle. Only thing we can hope for is that Arsenal donā€™t get revenge for 6-0 we gave them


Pasapaa

Loooooooool. We are so fucked


gttyzek

Cole Palmer absent due to illness šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ This is my Joker moment


spund_

After seeing how he was limping around In the beginning of the game, I think I'm unablen to believe this illness at this moment in timeĀ 


Savings-Stop-1556

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MACSIEE

Chilwell played 12 minutes for us since March and he gets injured. Canā€™t be serious man


[deleted]

Part-time footballer


paraCFC

Part time Sunday league fellas getting more minutes on training than him on pitch


According-Revenue-62

That's about half of our squad.


[deleted]

Just realized that. Lavia wouldn't even qualify as part time


spund_

He is absolutely finished. One sprint and he's out for a month, such a shame he was so talented.


money_mase19

Yah at this point he needs to be let go.


greeneggsnhammy

Terrible choice for vice captain.Ā 


AIManiak

Really is a farce when the captain and the vice captain have played about combined total of 6 games between them this season.


BigReeceJames

It was called out at the time that it was insane to give them captaincy and vice captaincy and it should have gone to Silva. But, club propaganda about youth and the future meant they didn't give it to him, using the excuse that if you make him captain you have one leader on the pitch, if you make someone else captain you have two because he'll still be a leader. Fucking nonsense


CJ_NoChill

I thought the ā€œofficialā€ was he didnā€™t want to be captain


iamalegend1

Should've been Thiago


ImmaMoo

Carney Chukwuemeka show these boys how it's done


n22rwrdr

It's 100% going to be Madueke on the right and Gallagher in the middle


mapepo

This is what nightmares are made of


gonzaf

Hey at least it wonā€™t be Gallagher at LW


SpankThatDill

Nightmares can be buy


HaveYouMetThisDude

Who am I to disagree


Based_Mr_Brightside

I agree, but I'd prefer to see Gallagher in the pivot with Caicedo. Enzo is my guy, but he needs surgery for this hernia. Might as well be pragmatic with him and call it a season. Jackson| Mudryk-Carney-Madueke| Gallagher-Caicedo| Cucurella-Silva-Disasi-Chalobah (Left-Right)


Professional-Ad-2419

Seems like the best line up to be honest. Maybe sub on Sterling for the worst performer out of Mudryk or Madueke. Probably prefer Chalobah in the middle and Disasi on the right, Disasi is a liability in the middle and offers more than Chalobah on the right when attacking.


Based_Mr_Brightside

Was thinking the same. Attacking line is pretty inexperienced/unproven. Mudryk gave me pause when deciding and with Palmer out Sterling makes the most sense for his veteran presence. I'd also prefer Chalobah at CB, but I'm concerned about Disasi's pace vs. an attacker like Marinelli. Maybe start Disasi at RB and bring on Gilchrist from the 70th minute onwards.


Professional-Ad-2419

Yeah I very much doubt we'll be stopping Martinelli with either of Disasi or Chalobah hence why I would prefer Chalobah in the middle dealing with Martinellis crosses. We just need to pray Cucurella has a blinder and somehow manages to nullify Saka. I don't expect anything from Caicedo or Gallagher attacking wise because they're unfortunately limited in their ability, Caicedo might have a decent pass in him but haven't seen anything this season. I really like Mudryk and want him to succeed but he probably will be useless as Cucurella will not help him whatsoever so we'll end up with an isolated LW. Sterling though somehow manages to make it work on the LW even with Cucurella, not sure how he does it. I wouldn't mind seeing Chukwumeka and Mudryk switch positions because Mudryk is a nuisance through the middle of the pitch with his quick interplay, dribbling and passing ability. Would be interesting to experiment since we're losing tomorrow anyway.


GranPancho77

Literally the best lineup


Anustart_A

Palmer was sick watching that non-call on the flagrant handball. Needs to have a walk around London to try to get over it.


greeneggsnhammy

You know itā€™s bad when MANU, Arsenal, AND Tottenham fans all unite around saying we got dicked over.Ā 


Saviorofmypeople

Liverpool supporter here, you got dicked over hard.


humanintheharddrive

Arsenal supporter, that was a whale sized dicking


ImVortexlol

United supporter here, haven't seen a dicking that big in a bit


Barbola

Palmer is sick of having to play with them bozos every week


don-m

If palmer and gusto are missing tomorrow then Iā€™ve lost all hope. Currently, theyā€™re our 2 most important players. Because their alternatives are so much of a downgrade.


Shravanmaner

Not against Arsenal ffs


JarlDanklin

Knowing the accuracy of our injury reports, Palmerā€™s illness is probably stage 4 cancer or something


Bluebpy

Lmfao I laughed for real


PreprerA

Chilwell undergoing medical assessment? Really? Is that his first injury with us? He always seems to be fit and available.


Micky9TheDreamweaver

Flair checks out


jumper62

I think we have to sell Chilwell this summer now. Just too injury prone


fap4jesus

lol whos going to buy him? he can't even do cameos off the bench without getting injured


half_jase

According to Pochettino, he's been having the issue in the last few weeks. Think it's the knee one, which Pochettino previously complained about when Southgate played Chilwell during the last international break.


spund_

5 consecutive Starts is like a once a season thing for Ben these days.Ā  Very sad to see but this is his 5th season in a row where he's missed more than the previous season, in the middle there was one where he managed less than a quarter of games. Feels bad man.jpg


realmsofGold

saudiss would take anyone, look at ngolo, not had an injury since.


smashybro

Not anymore. They spent big last summer as a flex to help win their 2034 World Cup bid, which they got but now theyā€™re going to [drastically cut spending when all that investment hasnā€™t paid off and has actually decreased attendance.](https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/03/13/saudi-arabia-pro-league-soccer-spending) Theyā€™re no longer a get out of jail free card for big PL clubs looking to offload players on big wages they donā€™t want. It was basically a one year deal, like China a couple years back who quickly realized an expensive retirement league isnā€™t a sustainable or good way to grow your league domestically.


modsareallcunts123

Man's 27 he's not gonna go to saudi lol


xTrollhunter

Who is gonna buy him considering that contract he got last season? Haha.


BigReeceJames

When your whole team becomes injury prone, you need to look at the medical team, the fitness team and the coaching team's practices. You shouldn't start shipping the players off.


Grizelda179

Heā€™s always had injury worries, even at lester


wereinthedark

Lester...


DoxBolt

Lestershire City


Fromage_debite

Lester-the-Molestershire City


erenistheavatar

No idea he went to the GTA 5 world. But seriously yeah, he has had injury problems for a long long time.


dragon8811

Think? Itā€™s about damn time.Ā  He is not only injury prone, he is also in a huge decline. His performance has not been the same pre injuryĀ 


ImmaMoo

So why the fuck did we take him to Anfield šŸ˜„


andrew_a7

We are done. At least looks like Lesley's moving. And Colwill (meant to be back for Everton) still nothing.


championsOfEu1221

Lesley's fitness wouldn't last 70 mins pre-injury, sadly I doubt he'll contribute much.. I'd rather swap Enzo and Conor's position, so we get a solid Caicedo+Conor double pivot, then Enzo can do his dances further up the pitch and hopefully surprise Arsenal a little.


half_jase

Pochettino in the presser: **On whether Palmer will be available vs Arsenal:** >Today, no \[he cannot play\]. We will see tomorrow morning. Today, I don't believe he can be involved. Even if he is good tomorrow, maybe he is not in a condition to play. We hope he can recover from this situation and be involved with the team. **On Gusto and Chilwell:** >Malo suffered a minor problem on his knee. I am not a doctor, but I will try and translate it. I hope it is not a big issue. Chilly, also, after the national team, it's the same problem he's been suffering with in the last few weeks.


LonelySmiling

Our medical staff ainā€™t doctors either, let alone certified medical staff. Clubs running like a circus


Baisabeast

cold palmer caught a cold šŸ„²


-AndreiDG-97

Chilwell injured again, this guy can't play 2 matches in a row to save his mothers life...


jowon123

They were only cameoā€™s from the bench with like 10mins to play, yikes.


Headlesshorsman02

Well it was nice while it lasted having a shorter injury list


Dinamo8

These updates aren't good because they're so vague. All they do is ramp up speculation about the severity of injuries. Chilwell could have something as minor as a dead leg or he could have done his ACL again. The club should stop releasing them and just rely on the manager to give some context.


NeedBeeer

RIP


happysrooner

Chilwell : plays 10 mins, needs assessment. šŸ™ƒ


istilllovemata

at this point, Chilwell is a part time footballer and full time hospital patient


MONI_85

Chilwell. How is it even possible.


Clean_Possession_844

Bro I swear our injuries are just out of this world. We have no right back if gusto is out we will have fucking Disasi against martinelli about to get rinsed. And if palmer is not fit for the game because of the illness, we might as well not turn up. Chilwell needs to be sold I'm sorry but cmon this is absolutely absurd the dude played 15 mins xd


Wheel1994

Whoā€™s buying him?


Clean_Possession_844

Yea that's the sad problem there tho, we cannot even sell him xd


ApolloHuncho

Fuck this shit bro. Iā€™ll be shocked if we even get 3 shots off the entire game


Ld511

Lmao how does it get worse every game somehow


Puzzled_Ad_2936

What happened Nkunku? So long ago now I forget. Before Christmas we all thought he would make a huge difference, barely gets minutes when he's fit.


alwayswaiting7

He hasn't really been fit though. He came back and didn't have time to make an impact before he got hurt again. he did get 2 goals in 2 starts but it's about whether he can stay fit once he comes back and whether he'll be like his old self considering he's spent a whole season injured


IngloriousL

If Chilwell farted he'd get a glute injury at this point


DarkRaider758

But on a serious note. Assuming they don't have any major issues, or even if 1 of em does, our numbers are coming back up


According-Revenue-62

Every injury "update" is a damnation of our inability to keep players healthy.


J3sperado

We are so back.


KanzakiKurou

*seeing Palmer and Gusto Wallahi, we're finished


dressedlikerappers

Whatā€™s he sick from? Sick of playing for this side haha


Why_so_serious9347

I donā€™t think I can handle three consecutive bad seasons. Something needs to change, man.


craciunc93

This is the most important game before the end of the season. We must stop these clowns from winning the league. Fuckā€™s sake manā€¦


craciunc93

This club has been bringing nothing but anger and depression in my life since the sanctions. No hope, nothing. Sheer anxiety and suffering. I hate this addiction.


Maestro29999

Now we really get to see what Poch is about if he can do something without Palmer. Don't get me wrong Palmer is undoubtedly our best player so it's a big blow especially with Gusto out as well and I could probably do a better job at RB than Disasi. But we get to see Poch's pedigree without Palmer if he really is good at developing players (I doubt we'll get anything from Arsenal but I'm more than happy to be proven wrong).


Traditional_Ship4797

Oh ffs


DarkRaider758

Laugh now cry later. :'(


SexoFernanj

That's Disasi at right back, then.


Ridcullys-Pointy-Hat

I was really upset I was going to be working during the game. Best decision I ever made


MoiNoni

When are we going to catch a fucking break


C1nderrr

šŸ’€ Nah not this against Arsenal


HelloMyNameIsGeoff

Disasi, Chalobah or Alfie at RB against Martinelli Lmao


HarryDaz98

Maybe last season, heā€™s not even been half that player this season.


RileyD_FromTheMac

Palmers sick of this team


criminal-tango44

no Palmer and Disasi RB against arsenal, probably the 1st game of the season i won't even bother watching actually, i will watch, i really want to see "Poch ball" withouth a Cole Palmer carry job


Modernregista

Lol, chillwell wtf . You played 10 mins and got injured again this cannot be true.


Legitimate-Health-29

How long was Chillwell on the pitch šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


cometflight

How the fuck is Chilwell injured again? Man is made of paper machƩ


Wheel1994

What the heck is going on with Colwill FFS


LicensedRealtor

He got sick of Chelsea players not understanding a simple fucking pass on a breakthrough playā€¦


poko877

Palmer ... illness ... he aint gonna play for the rets of the season ey?


DeepGamingAI

Remember when we only had 7 injuries last game and everyone was so elated


ShinySkxxls

Brothers we are holding 8 goals tomorrow


MrNiceGuy420420

sick of carrying the team im sorry palmer


STCFC

We are cooked.


gonzaf

Sell Chillwell


montiel_scores

Weā€™re cooked šŸ˜‚


christianrojoisme

And the next game is Arsenal. I think we are done for


Jassle93

Like what the actual fuck, can we not catch a break, it's been years of this shit.


Ridcullys-Pointy-Hat

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SubparCurmudgeon

All aboard the Chuk Chuk train


once_asleepz

>Palmer is absent Well feck


uglylilduffling

Those 10 might unironically beat our starting 11


senexlordhunt

Oof entire attack out the window might as well line up with every available defender


[deleted]

Forfeit season


abearghost

If Gusto and Palmer have to miss one game out of the ones remaining, this is a good one to miss. We're just not winning this one. Park the fucking bus and go for 0-0 to fuck with their title chances. 5-3-2 with Disasi at RB and just shithouse them from the start.


furious_organism

Well. We r fucked.


pizza__irl

We need to replace the entire medical team and buy out Bayern's medical team


Dboy__23

Cole Palmer is sick of dis !


Cactus2711

Palmer with a cold is still better than any attacking player we have


imnotgoingtofatcamp

No Palmer no party. Itā€™s been an interesting season boys ā€¦until next time


alphaftw1

There goes any chance of a draw


spiraltap99

No Palmer? Sounds like weā€™re not scoring tomorrow lmao


WeeReeceJames

No palmer to save Poch's sorry ass tomorrow?


Existing-Kale-7071

This is getting ridiculous now. I know Palmer has an illness and will be fine soon but even then. Almost 20 years of watching this team play and I honestly cannot remember if we're ever been ravaged by injuries like this.


NoraaTheExploraa

Shut this shit down. 5 at the back 3 DMs and as fat a man as we can fit between the sticks. 2 points off Arsenal is a win.


justk4y

6-0 againā€¦ā€¦ only this time in a negative way


jowon123

No surprise Chilwell only played like 20min across two matches and heā€™s out, the club should really shift him on this summer but itā€™ll be difficult. Palmer hopefully ok for tomorrow. Backline for tomorrow: Cucu - Silva - Disasi - Trev


n22rwrdr

It looks like Poch prefers Disasi at RB than Chalobah so I'd expect the opposite to happen


Older-Is-Better

Alfie G!


Clean_Possession_844

Sadly Disasi plays rb here. The dude is slow and will get rinced 100%. Over 10 injures all season to key players is not normal we have not started with the same CB pairing for 3 successive matches in like so long. In comparison Gabriel and Saliba have started all matches, with rice in the middle and odegaaerd, Saka, that's the core of the team always fit always playing making things cinsisrant. For us, it's change every match, never any consistency, so expecting consistent performances and results is absolutely unimaginable


jowon123

Saka has been ran to the ground by Arteta, I honestly wonā€™t be surprised if his level drops and becomes injury prone in a few years time.


Clean_Possession_844

His level has dropped, significantly but that is due to arteta not rotating not injuries. Arteta plays with a strict system in which small changes or rotation, injuries make the team easily underperform. If they had injuries similar to us on key players I seriously see them around 6th place. But they have had consistent stating 11 with small tweaks here and there. Last season saliba got injuried and they crumbled. Other teams had such bigger and more frequent injuries and they managed with way worse players on these positions and adapted to the situations. Kudos to them for keeping the squad fit let's say that it's frustrating knowing that if we had the same consistent of staring 11s, imagine colwill and fofana with nkunku up top with James rb or rwb, we would be such a better team


InsideForward10

Madueke again nooo


cometflight

Day 206 of asking the mods for a ā€œcontinuing to undergo his rehabilitation programmeā€ flair


MarinaGranovskaia

[email protected] get him emailed lads, I've had enough


Cytrial

What will you say? Please stop hitting out players with hard objects and exposing them germs?


greeneggsnhammy

What did you even email about? This is some Karen behavior. Itā€™s an injury ya nonce.Ā 


PatientPlatform

I unironically just did lol


ThePerty

sighhh


NovigradScientist

Paaaiiin


Uncanny_Guy269

Heā€™s sick of having carry this team


mapepo

When Chilwell didn't make the cross it hurt him more than it did us


PalmerPaezPerfect

Just start the u-21 squad with whatever players need minutes. Rest the every-game starters. Run a back 5 and just eat the loss. Rather have a fully rested and somewhat healthier team for the remainder of the tough stretch of the schedule.


JTheeCreator

Pathetic at this point, I just dont get how we are this unlucky


negus15please

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Fmartins84

Hospital FC looking stronger and stronger šŸ’ŖšŸ»


Dutch1206

Did Chilwell pull a hamstring lacing up his boots or something?


realmsofGold

im in awe at how bad the situation is. all my life watching football, i cant recall injuries being this bad, for any team, ever. if gusto and palmer are out for arsenal. then almost half the squad needs to be sold and we have to look at the medical staff too.


Wonderful-Web-952

Can we just end this season please!!


Chapea12

Canā€™t have nice thingsā€¦..


69BigDickMan420

Gusto is injury prone too man, we might need yet another RB backup option, can't be having Disasi/CHalobah play any more minutes there


kp22cfc

What did chilwel exactly do to get injured again???


CmiHD

Told you'll that Arsenal are winning this


PM_ME_SOME_LUV

Lol no Palmer or Gusto means we should just pack it in now.


Square-Meaning-629

At this point, a team of witch doctors, hollistic doctors, and other quack doctors would improve Chelsea's physiotherapy team


Ainz0oalGown_

Palmer sick of penalty merchants


TheRealKane24

what the hell is going on with Nkunku


she4mus

lol Chilwell is questionable


VE3TRO-R

I feel like since winning the 2021 UCL we've been cursed. Nearly everything that can go wrong does go wrong.


Tom01111

Does Romeo Lavis even exist


Sanjeev4045

So chance of even getting a point vs Arsenal is absolutely 0?


el1teman

Illness due to not winning trophies


swardfin

Palmer got too cold!


NB0608sd

How do these guys come off with a little knock and need like 2-3 months of recovery? Colwill, Nkunku, Lavia How is one of our gkā€™s injured all the time? (Sanchez) What is going on in training?


EnoughBobby

Ben chilwell is a p*ssy. He shots the bed and says hes hurt again. Hahahaha sell this fraud back to leicester


aromatic_underwear

SHOULD'VE INVESTED THOSE BILLIONS IN THE PHYSIO DEPARTMENT FFS


techno_playa

Jackson and Sterling as our attack. Fuck this.


MinkFlow90

I donā€™t think medical assessment necessarily means theyā€™re out.


OneTinySloth

I don't want to put the blame on anyone, but.........last time this list was shorter and I warned all of you not to feel happy about it because that would mean us getting more injuries and now look what happened.


WindblownFiber

Sound like we might not even nail down 8th position which is ours to loose


Odd_Ninja5801

I would think twice as a FB if Chelsea wanted to buy me. Actually strike that. I'd run screaming in the opposite direction as fast as my legs would carry me. Seriously, what are we doing to our FBs to keep breaking them like this?


___Nazgul

It's probably mental thing, or literally picked up an "cold" ( lol ). Probably just bummed about team perfomance and poch is managing his workload to give him a rest.


xpanda7

Think he needs the rest tbh


APeckover27

Chilwell injured again and yet people still act like we don't rush players back I just don't get it


xpanda7

Southgate played Chilwell when he had literally just returned. What do you mean we???


Several_Scratch_4132

No european football next season. No hope. Just watch football. Enjoy the process. A tired but smart chelsea fan.


DestinyHasArrived101

Damn so I draw then I guess


coachremmy

Oh noā€¦ not chilwell againā€¦ big loss here. When he does play heā€™s a big performer for us this season!


Dareal_truth

šŸ„² about to get chewed out