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Chelsea are usually a shambles without Cech. While i don't wish an injury like that on anyone, i fully expect Chelsea to leak goals like a sieve until Cech returns.
It's more to do with the lack of confidence that will start creeping into Terry and Carvalalo's game, like it did at the start of the season.
I think this will have a bearing on the PL race - i'm trying to find a good price on Arsenal winning it this season.
lets see them get a special deal from the fa, and buy buffon :crackoff:
They would be allowed to bring somebody in on loan though.... they should get in Westerveld...;)
Maestro
16-10-06, 11:13 AM
This sounds like a case for HILARIO!!
To be fair I think the poor quality of Chelsea when Cech is out is due to Cudicini, even towards the end of his time in the first XI he had started looking shaky. He is undoubtedly a very talented keeper but he seems to need the confidence of being 1st choice to really excel.
It will be interesting to see how Hilario gets on. I have to say I wondered why Mourinho wanted another keeper but he has been proved to be right.
I've mixed feelings about this one.
I certainly think it will open up the title race and Chelsea will start to drop points.
But my worry is that we aren't picking them up while Arsenal and the Mancs, especially,are.
It makes Sundays game of even greater importance.
I've mixed feelings about this one.
I certainly think it will open up the title race and Chelsea will start to drop points.
But my worry is that we aren't picking them up while Arsenal and the Mancs, especially,are.
It makes Sundays game of even greater importance.
Don't hope for too much next Sunday. I'm gonna half to get well oiled to take in that game. Could be baaaddd :(
Five_Times
16-10-06, 12:40 PM
Big Sam's willing to offer them a keeper on loan,:haha: :haha:
Mumsafan
16-10-06, 12:44 PM
They can have Dudek if they want
Al Habsi isn`t bad, but he hasn`t played in the PL yet.
He`s nothing compared to Cech, of course, but could I think he could do a OK job for them.
Five_Times
16-10-06, 12:50 PM
Al Habsi isn`t bad, but he hasn`t played in the PL yet.
He`s nothing compared to Cech, of course, but could I think he could do a OK job for them.
I expect Sam to want some wonga thrown his way... in a brown envelope.
spud_gun
16-10-06, 12:52 PM
This sounds like a case for HILARIO!!
A goalkeeper called HILARIO sub-editors dream come true.
Helios Creed
16-10-06, 12:58 PM
This sounds like a case for HILARIO!!
With "hilarious" consequences, hopefully. :)
Well someone had to.....
It looks like Cech is going to miss the whole or most of the season.
http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=422306&CPID=8&clid=30&lid=4161&title=Big+Sam+offers+Chelsea+help
They say the difference between having a good goalkeeper and a great goalkeeper is about 10 pts a season. Schmeicel being the obvious example.
This news is terrible for Chelsea and for Petr especially but the rest of the premiership could gain from it. It could quite possibly be the deciding factor in the title race IMO.
Thoughts?
Looks like Cech's gonna be out for the season. I hate to appear to be rejoicing in his bad fortune and ill health, but this will weaken Chelsea significantly.
Cech 'conscious' after operation
Chelsea say Petr Cech has regained full consciousness after undergoing surgery on his fractured skull.
Keeper Cech, 24, was hurt in the first minute of Chelsea's win over Reading after colliding with Stephen Hunt and could miss the rest of the season.
A Chelsea statement said Cech's condition is improving and that he has been visited by family and team-mates.
Hunt has denied deliberately injuring Cech but Blues boss Jose Mourinho has asked the FA to review the incident.
Cech's wife Martina has been at his bedside while Mourinho and Chelsea skipper John Terry were among the first to visit the 24-year-old keeper.
Hunt has insisted the collision with Cech was a complete accident: "I can guarantee that I did not attempt to injure Petr and I am very upset that the collision has resulted in such a bad injury.
"When Petr slid in to collect the ball, our momentum meant that a collision was unavoidable.
"I think the TV pictures show that the collision was a complete accident, and I'd like to think that my team-mates and opponents throughout my career in football would say that I'm not the kind of person to deliberately hurt an opponent.
If Petr Cech returns too soon from his head injury, the result could be fatal
Peter Hamlyn, consultant neuro-surgeon
"Serious injury is the worst part of football and I feel terribly sorry for Petr. I have written to him to wish him a full recovery."
Reading boss Steve Coppell added: "We support Stephen 100%. He is a fair and honest player, and anybody who knows him would agree that he is not the kind of person to hurt Petr Cech on purpose.
"We hope Petr makes a full recovery and is back playing soon."
Cech underwent a successful operation at the Radcliffe Infirmary's specialist neuro-surgical unit in Oxford.
Fellow keeper Carlo Cudicini was also carried off during the match and Chelsea have not commented on how long either player will be sidelined.
"I would think Cech is likely to be out for at least six months," Peter Hamlyn, consultant neuro-surgeon and director for the centre of sports and exercise medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital told the Daily Telegraph.
"That is about the length of time it takes for stout bone healing to take place. If the brain underlying the fracture has been greatly injured, his time out may be even longer."
Hamlyn anticipates Cech making a full recovery but warned against an early return.
"If Petr Cech returns too soon from his head injury, the result could be fatal," he said.
"He risks what is known as 'second impact syndrome'. This happens when a second blow causes swelling to the brain before it has recovered fully from an earlier injury.
"It is a situation that could prove fatal, even if the first blow is deemed not to be serious."
Meanwhile, the Football Association is studying the referee's report and video evidence to see whether they will take action against Reading duo Hunt and Ibrahima Sonko.
Mike Riley has told Keith Hackett that he did not request Petr Cech to leave the field of play
Referees' statement
Mourinho had called for their challenges to be examined after they left Cech and Cudicini in hospital.
Meanwhile referee Mike Riley has rejected claims he ordered Cech to leave the field for treatment.
There have been claims Chelsea are to complain about the match official's handling of the incident.
Cech did crawl towards the touchline but Riley has told referees chief Keith Hackett he followed the correct protocol for head injuries.
A spokesman for the referees body Professional Game Match Officials said: "Mike Riley has told Keith Hackett that he did not request Petr Cech to leave the field of play.
"As is the strict protocol with head injuries, he stopped play immediately to get medical attention on as soon as possible.
"He realised the gravity of the situation and told the stretcher bearers to take Petr Cech off by the shortest possible route instead of following normal protocol and going around the perimeter of the pitch."
Howard_lfc
16-10-06, 10:36 PM
Can I just be the first to actually wish the lad all the best and hope for a full and speedy recovery. Some things are more important than football.
Can I just be the first to actually with the lad all the best and hope for a full and speedy recovery. Some things are more important than football.
Couldn't agree more. I thought I'd already said as much but after a quick shufty through the thread it seems I must have posted it elsewhere.
Yeah hope the lad gets back and doesn't have any problems in the future.
Top class keeper. :handshake:
As Chelsea players go, he doesn't seem to be arrogant like some of them.
Great goalkeeper, decent bloke. Get well soon.
paulcooper4
16-10-06, 11:23 PM
would i be called a twat if i said i dont feel sorry for him?
would i be called a twat if i said i dont feel sorry for him?
No mate,I've always thought you were a twat!! :crackoff:
paulcooper4
16-10-06, 11:25 PM
No mate,I've always thought you were a twat!! :crackoff:
true:crackoff:
kurtangle01
17-10-06, 12:15 AM
I wish the lad well. He's a top class keeper, probably one of the best in Europe, and it's not nice to read the stories about how serious his injury is and could have been.
I can only imagine how we would feel if it happened to one of our players.
I hope he makes a full recovery and returns to doing what he enjoys in good health in the future. As Les rightly said "some things are more important than football.":handshake:
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