benayoun

[matty]

Long lay off with achilles tear, it seems.

 

Post you sympathy messages here.

[stressederic]

It'll be all of that training with a ball.

 

At least it has to be. It's not like he's had much chance to play with one on the pitch.

[CarraLegend]

What a shame, he was such a big part of their team too. Hopefully he never plays the game again.

[johngibo YPC]

He's looked really good for them when he has played

But then he's a really good player

[ManxRed]

I don't understand the abuse at Benayoun. Did I miss a meeting?

[johngibo YPC]

I don't understand the abuse at Benayoun. Did I miss a meeting?

 

He left

We abuse players who leave. Unless we want them to go. Then we abuse them if they don't go

[smithdown]

At least Cole will have a chance to show how much better he is than him now

[matty]

I don't understand the abuse at Benayoun. Did I miss a meeting?

Just another whiny modern footballer who thought he was so f***ing great that he needed first team football every game.

 

It's quite arbitrary, but if you can't be good, be arbitrary.

[Sion]

I don't understand the abuse at Benayoun. Did I miss a meeting?

 

Did you not read his interview where he shat on Rafa? Even if they were true, which I doubt, it was a sly thing to do.

[ManxRed]

OK, I'm 'on message' now.

 

The c**t.

[fred milne]

Just another whiny modern footballer who thought he was so f***ing great that he needed first team football every game.

Or a footballer who was told by his previous manager to look for a new club so he did.

[CarraLegend]

Or a footballer who was told by his previous manager to look for a new club so he did.

 

He left under Roy Hodgson, sure he could have stayed if nasty Rafa was the problem. f*** him.

[Billy Dane]

Benayoun injured? That's a shame.

[Dmitch]

Oh dear if he is missing how will he help Chelsea stop united winning a record title!.. A big big big miss!

[Barnesy_10]

Get well soon Yossi.

 

YNWA

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

He needs another 7 games to earn his League medal, hopefully he's fit again soon

 

 

(around game # 33)

[_00_deathscar]

He left

We abuse players who leave. Unless we want them to go. Then we abuse them if they don't go

 

The Liverpool Way

[Bailo]

I have no problem with Yossi really. Think he's a bit precious and a bit up himself, but he's a cracking, underrated player and I'm not going to delight in him getting injured. But mainly as I always think that karma's a bitch and Gerrard will rip his Achilles with England if I do.

[Nebraska Red]

Mazel Tov Yossi.

 

נקווה שזה דבר טריוויאלי

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

not a happy bunny

 

 

Yossi Benayoun has admitted his surprise and dismay that Chelsea's medical staff "missed" detecting the seriousness of an achilles injury after the Israel international was tonight ruled out for up to six months. The 30-year-old midfielder, a £5.5m signing from Liverpool in the summer, will travel to Finland on Sunday to have surgery the next day at the clinic of Dr Sakari Orava – the surgeon who operated on David Beckham in February – after Chelsea confirmed the findings of the Israeli national team doctor, Dr Mark Rosnovsky, and finally pinpointed a serious tear to an achilles.

 

Benayoun had been dogged by a tendon problem since the beginning of the season, with his club under the impression that it was treatable with careful management, only for scans at Tel Aviv's Assuta hospital to reveal a more disturbing reality. "The truth is that this entire situation is very strange," Benayoun said. "I had three MRIs and three ultrasounds and they all said that there was no problem, and it was just a small tear.

 

"I came to Israel ready to play and they told me it was a big tear. Chelsea were sure it was something small. They have compared all the images and they do not understand how they missed it. They said it is unusual to have such a big tear and not be in terrible pain. Even now I am not in pain but I cannot take one step by myself until I undergo surgery."

 

Benayoun has not played since apparently tearing a calf muscle in the Carling Cup defeat to Newcastle last month, though he was permitted to travel to Israel – via a visit to Marijana Kovacevic, whose treatments include the use of fluids from a cow's placenta, in Belgrade – to join up with the national squad. He had travelled still hoping to take part in his country's Euro 2012 qualifiers against Croatia and Greece. But he must now hope just to return to the first-team before the end of the current campaign. "I hope Chelsea have a successful season so I can come back and help win trophies in the final weeks," he added.

[Foo]

Don't really care.

[Walrus]

Don't really care.

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