Player Watch Player Watch: James Maddison

[DiamondLites]

A massive blow, but not an unexpected one given how teams have targeted Maddison and his ankles. Michael Oliver let Chelsea tee off on him from the first minute on Monday, it was clearly under instruction and the ref was too spineless to nip it in the bud

This is Lo Celso’s last chance saloon, he’s the most logical replacement in the squad and if he doesn’t get a shot the we may as well have a traffic cone in the squad in his place. I’m not necessarily confident but he needs to be given a run of games

 

[Misfit]

Well, shit!

I like Gio, I just have next to no faith he'll come good. He should slot in almost seamlessly for Maddison but...

A right bastard this one. Made the right call bringing Maddison off early though.

 

[Chimbo!]

Well, shit!

I like Gio, I just have next to no faith he'll come good. He should slot in almost seamlessly for Maddison but...

A right bastard this one. Made the right call bringing Maddison off early though.

I reckon Gio Lo Celso will just get injured again. I think the English air makes him tear muscles.

 

[Scot-Spur]

I reckon Gio Lo Celso will just get injured again. I think the English air makes him tear muscles.

Well if that is the case hopefully Donely gets a chance.

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

Couldnt be bothered entering a borimg debate with you over semantics....lol.

Aka I'm right

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

When we lose Son, BIss and Sarr its going be testing on top of all this

Yep this is the real concern here now.

We really need to have 2 signings lined up for the first week of the Jan window, CB and a midfielder.

 

[McFlash]

Well if that is the case hopefully Donely gets a chance.

Or, give Deki a go in that 10 spot, stick Bryan on the left and Brennan on the right.
It's a bummer but it does give a lot of the fringe players (and youth) a chance to step up and show what they're about.

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

Fair play to Darren Yarlett on again calling this early and good on POK for the detail even if not what we want to hear.

Ankle Ligaments are really tricky to heal as little to no blood flow to that area so makes sense with the 1-3 month timeframe, he has to really rehab this properly otherwise it'll keep flaring up.

 

[RuskyM]

Big loss to the league cos he’s probably been the player of the season so far. Get well soon mate.

 

[WorthATry]

So POK was clearly guessing with his 1-3 months then, seeing as Ange has confirmed the new year.

Wouldn't that fall into the 1-3 month range, though?

 

[Tucker]

Wouldn't that fall into the 1-3 month range, though?

Not now he’s been confirmed as being out until the new year, since it’s more than 1 month away. O’Keefe was guessing based off others tweets saying it was worse than feared.

 

[UncleBuck]

Or, give Deki a go in that 10 spot, stick Bryan on the left and Brennan on the right.
It's a bummer but it does give a lot of the fringe players (and youth) a chance to step up and show what they're about.

Exactly what I was going to suggest, I think it’s our only option and I’d trust Kulu in the middle more than what I would Lo Celso.
Gil gives us a bit more pace out wide as well, as bad as it is I think them two could do a job for us.

 

[StanSpur]

So POK was clearly guessing with his 1-3 months then, seeing as Ange has confirmed the new year.

strictly speaking the new year is in 1.75 months so not far off!

 

[Jay.]

Name a team that has worse luck with injuries than us. Seriously pissed off today

 

[mil1lion]

Name a team that has worse luck with injuries than us. Seriously pissed off today

Chelsea have had worst than us this season.

 

[jurgen11]

Newcastle

 

[StanSpur]

Exactly what I was going to suggest, I think it’s our only option and I’d trust Kulu in the middle more than what I would Lo Celso.
Gil gives us a bit more pace out wide as well, as bad as it is I think them two could do a job for us.

would it not be sarr, biss and bentancur in the middle with johnson kulu and son up top

 

[Tucker]

strictly speaking the new year is in 1.75 months so not far off!

Not sure being almost 2 months away strictly counts as being “not far off.” It was a guess.

 

[McFlash]

would it not be sarr, biss and bentancur in the middle with johnson kulu and son up top

That depends on whether Bents is fit enough to start yet and even if he is, that trio lacks the creative spark that Madders brings.
It's a tough call though and it'll be intriguing to see how Ange approaches the next few games.

 

[UncleBuck]

would it not be sarr, biss and bentancur in the middle with johnson kulu and son up top

That’d definitely be the starting six but Benty can’t play too much too soon and with Biss & Sarr off in Jan we’re going to need some decent options just to mix it up a bit.
Said before I’d like to see Kulu given a go through the middle as I think he could be quality.