Injured Essien faces long lay-off

[Craig_H]

Essien's a brilliant player, no doubt. World class in fact - at what he does.

When it comes to being a 'complete' player though, he's not in Gerrard's ballpark.

[wiw]

Great player and all - might actually help them sort their midfield out though

[Woobus]

Never nice to see a player injured but find it hard to have to much sympathy after his horror tackle on Didi.

[NicoBernetini]

Yep - Gerrard got 20+ goals and 20+ assists last year. Essien can't even didn't even come close to getting a quarter of that.

Still, he is a decent player

Playing right back and centre back didn't help

[JohnDoe]

I actually like Essien, so hope he has a speedy recovery. Awesome player.

[Craig_H]

Playing right back and centre back didn't help

Essien could play up front, and he still wouldnt score 20 goals in a season.

[TheRedDragon]

**** him, Sorry to be so blunt but he's Chav Scum and whilst I used to think he would have been a decent signing for us, I now do not give two ****s whether he comes back the same player or not....

**** him and Chelsea, Just as the would say the same about Gerrard and Torres etc...

[Craig_H]

**** him, Sorry to be so blunt but he's Chav Scum and whilst I used to think he would have been a decent signing for us, I now do not give two ****s whether he comes back the same player or not....

**** him and Chelsea, Just as the would say the same about Gerrard and Torres etc...

What you're basically saying is that you/we are no better than them, then.

[slimbimjim]

Unlucky for them.
Lucky for the rest of us.
End of.

When do we play the Chavs?

[Kenneth]

He's one of the best players in the league. They will miss him, which is nice.

[Roboklopp]

Never nice to see a player injured but find it hard to have to much sympathy after his horror tackle on Didi.

cunt