Ballack and Essien gone ...

... and, Branislav Ivanović must be a very worried man!

Jokes aside, it's awful seeing champion players miss out on the biggest event. Essien, in particular, must be devastated at not being able to participate in the WC on African soil.

The Chelsea Curse?

Edited by DR1964: 28/5/2010 03:33:40 PM

oh ....... damn...... what a shame......

Ger well soon!!

anyone who thinks this is good news is trash.

This is extremely good news.:cool:

the blokes been injured all year and if he did play he wouldnt have been at his best

Whats happening? All of the gun midfielders are dropping like flies in group D. Next we'll be hearing of Dejan Stankovic suffering an injury.

:cry:

seems like a lot more sympathy for essien than ballack though :)

Epic fail statement. Germany perhaps. But not Ghana. Essien is one of the best players in the world. But simply doesn't get recognized as much as players in the striking/AM positionsn. To say that Ghana will be at the same strength is stupid. He is the Chelsea engine, Fantastic in attack and even better in defense a fantastic tackler, great passing vision, fast, and has great strength despite his size. World class.

Edited by seriously: 28/5/2010 07:06:55 PM

ghana certainly won't be the same but they won't be too bad either

The stars are aligning for us with the loss of Essien and Ballack being out, now all we need is that Man U hatchet man Vidic to get sent off in the first game and all will be well.

is that some lame pun to do with ghana's nickname being the black stars by any chance?

Gooner4life_8
not a lame pun a pame lun!!

devastating. However I was reading a mag over here in England and they said they wanted Serbia and Ghana to come out on top of Germany. No mention at all of Aus. I think were still the underdogs of our group.

ofcourse we are the underdogs what does everyone think we are favourites.