It seems Chelsea have a lot of luck with injuries, key players available most of the time and that on top of a sizeable squad. So are they lucky with injuries? Premiership only <font color="darkorange">Frank Lampard</font> <font color="darkorange">2006/7 14 appearances, 5 goals</font> <font color="darkorange">2005/6 35 appearances, 16 goals</font> <font color="darkorange">2004/5 38 appearances, 13 goals</font> <font color="#ff8c00"></font> <font color="red">Didier Drogba</font> <font color="red">2006/7 14 appearances, 8 goals</font> <font color="red">2005/6 29 appearances, 12 goals</font> <font color="red">2004/5 26 appearances, 10 goals</font> <font color="blue">John Terry</font> <font color="blue">2006/7 13 appearances, 1 goals</font> <font color="blue">2005/6 36 appearances, 4 goals</font> <font color="blue">2004/5 36 appearances, 3 goals</font> <font color="purple">Claude Makelele</font> <font color="purple">2006/7 11 appearances, 1 goal</font> <font color="purple">2005/6 31 appearances, 0 goals</font> <font color="purple">2004/5 36 appearances, 1 goal</font> Allow for possible bans and restings, that is a fairly large proportion of games played. I would do Joe Cole but my source has him listed twice in 2005/6 and it adds up to 38 games so I reckon it is wrong, wrong or possibly wrong.
It's simply because they've bought so much talent that just sits on the bench that they can have quality players in every position, even if one of the first XI go down.
