New Doctor at the Bridge Required

I'm struggling to see JM's viewpoint on this. If he wants to rant then surely the issue should be about why the team that committed the foul can defend the resultant free kick with a full team whilst the team that was fouled against loses a player for the free kick. It's the rule making a treated player leave the pitch after receiving treatment that is at fault in my very humble opinion. Perhaps the player that committed the foul should also have to leave the pitch for the resultant free kick?

As for the JM v Eva farce, the answer is that no, neither JM or Chelsea FC have handled this well. JM is simply wrong. However I think that this has more than a little bit to do with JM's frustration that Costa's injury issues do not appear to have been rectified. I predict a wholesale clearout of the medical team at the Bridge.
 
It's a big story to the medical staff that Jose has nailed and done possible damage to their careers in sport. All because he is a classless, petulant child. This looks like a constructive dismissal case.

Is this Jose spitting his dummy out because he has not been able to spend this summer? He never leaves a club on good terms, stays only a few years. Is he self destructing already? Where to next? He burns his bridges wherever he goes so which club, hypothetically, would have Jose next knowing how he works and the trail he leaves behind.
 
I don't buy it that any of the medical staff have had their careers ruined over this. If Eva Carneiro leaves Chelsea she'll walk into any job she wants pretty much. Same for the others involved, having Chelsea FC on your CV can only help especially as JM will be the villain in any drama.

And no-one has been dismissed - yet.
 
I hope you are right but mud can sometimes stick and JM is a big fish. The medics have not been sacked but they have been sidelined and effectively demoted. Their role is very much diminished.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
I hope you are right but mud can sometimes stick and JM is a big fish. The medics have not been sacked but they have been sidelined and effectively demoted. Their role is very much diminished.
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Mud only sticks if there is some truth in the accusation that they've done something wrong. I've yet to see anyone (including any fellow Chelsea fans) supporting JM's stance on this.
 
Mud can stick, no smoke without fire etc. People hear part of a story, see a headline and think there must be something in it. Will other clubs feel they are trouble, not worth the risk? I hope not and JM is currently being isolated on this one so the signs are good for them.
 
His point that the medical staff do not understand football I can see if this was the first match these two had benn involved in, surely after all this time the Medical staff and manager would have a policy in place and the medical staff educated. I would hope all teams would communicate, not just Chelsea.
 
pauldj42 said:
His point that the medical staff do not understand football I can see if this was the first match these two had benn involved in, surely after all this time the Medical staff and manager would have a policy in place and the medical staff educated. I would hope all teams would communicate, not just Chelsea.
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I'm not sure what they failed to understand, that the player writhing in agony didn't actually need medical attention? Perhaps his ire would have been better directed at the player feigning injury?
 
That man is never happy, remember the criticism he handed out when medical help wan't readily available when Chec had his skull fracture ?
 
Tarkus1212 said:
I'm struggling to see JM's viewpoint on this. If he wants to rant then surely the issue should be about why the team that committed the foul can defend the resultant free kick with a full team whilst the team that was fouled against loses a player for the free kick. It's the rule making a treated player leave the pitch after receiving treatment that is at fault in my very humble opinion. Perhaps the player that committed the foul should also have to leave the pitch for the resultant free kick?

As for the JM v Eva farce, the answer is that no, neither JM or Chelsea FC have handled this well. JM is simply wrong. However I think that this has more than a little bit to do with JM's frustration that Costa's injury issues do not appear to have been rectified. I predict a wholesale clearout of the medical team at the Bridge.
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I often hear this being asked/mentioned even on sky sports when i still had it ,maybe the other "older crew" will remember , this rule was introduced to stop time wasting ,

the theory was it would stop players feigning injury if they had to go off & leave their team a man down afterwards,

the fault is in the application , the refs are allowing the player back on too soon , should be a couple of mins off at least , not just walk to side line & back on straight away , managers would not want to be a player down for 3 min or so if he wasnt really hurt ,

As for Jose , for a player who defends his players so well , this is bad form , deal with it internally ,
Bit of frustration at lack of wanted transfer activity possibly ? maybe trying to show he hasnt things HIS way in the backroom staff ,
We wont ever hear the real story ,

By all accounts ive read the ref called them on , he is wrong on this occasion blaming the 2 he did .. thats for sure
 
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FairwayDodger said:
I'm not sure what they failed to understand, that the player writhing in agony didn't actually need medical attention? Perhaps his ire would have been better directed at the player feigning injury?
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Any player at any time during a game who needs treatment by the physio/doctor must then leave the pitch until called back on by the Referee, this has beeen in place for a few seasons now.
As it was in this game it happened near the end when Chelsea were pushing for an equaliser, it meant the free kick was taken with Chelsea being two men short in attack, knowing this can happen I would of thought they have a policy of waiting 5-10 seconds to see if the player miraculousy recovers thus preventing the player having to come off the pitch.

I am not defending Jose, just trying to make sense of his point, if it was 2 defenders injured and they were facing all out attack from the opposition it could be disaster.
 
pauldj42 said:
Any player at any time during a game who needs treatment by the physio/doctor must then leave the pitch until called back on by the Referee, this has beeen in place for a few seasons now.
As it was in this game it happened near the end when Chelsea were pushing for an equaliser, it meant the free kick was taken with Chelsea being two men short in attack, knowing this can happen I would of thought they have a policy of waiting 5-10 seconds to see if the player miraculousy recovers thus preventing the player having to come off the pitch.

I am not defending Jose, just trying to make sense of his point, if it was 2 defenders injured and they were facing all out attack from the opposition it could be disaster.
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I haven't seen it but, by all accounts, the player was down injured so the ref called the doctor on. She'd (rightly) have been slated if she'd waited and it had been a serious injury so all the blame with the player on this one, IMO.

I agree with the comments about the rule. It's the law of unintended consequences really, a good idea to try and avoid feigning injury but results in the team being unfairly penalised after a foul on one of their players.
 
FairwayDodger said:
I haven't seen it but, by all accounts, the player was down injured so the ref called the doctor on. She'd (rightly) have been slated if she'd waited and it had been a serious injury so all the blame with the player on this one, IMO.

I agree with the comments about the rule. It's the law of unintended consequences really, a good idea to try and avoid feigning injury but results in the team being unfairly penalised after a foul on one of their players.
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Absolutely correct that the Ref signalled to the bench that medical staff can enter the field of play and what you see is JM standing on the touchline looking at the players and the medical staff sprint past him to go on and treat the players, as they pass him he goes mental jumping up and down like a child.
And that is the point I'm trying to make over Chelsea, surely JM doesn't expect the team medics to wait for his permission to go on, or does he?, like you say, the risk to players actually requiring treatment rather than waiting could be huge.
 
Stuart_C said:
I don't think the tackle was as bad as you've suggested,.
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It wasnt a career ender, but it was a sharp painful boot by a 14 stone centre half and it deserved a cold wet sponge at least.;)

I've given enough of them out on the mystery playing fields mate, so know that it can smart.
 
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