Piece
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Morecambe's defence has reappeared in a Chelsea kit! ?
Chelsea ??
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Deleted member 18121
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Incredible start to the wba Chelsea game.... You'd think spending £220m would get them to 40 points this season?
Piece
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Chelsea will probably still win this
Maybe ?
Maybe ?
davemc1
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Franks half time team talk...
Lads we’re playing well, we’re still in this. If it wasn’t for them scoring 3 we’d be on for a point
Lads we’re playing well, we’re still in this. If it wasn’t for them scoring 3 we’d be on for a point
Orikoru
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Well he'd have been right then one way or another!
fundy
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big 3 pts for Saints that but 2 poor sides (with the exception of Ings) on that evidence
4LEX
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What a bizarre couple of games......
I won't dig out Ole or United too much but it's clear as day they're badly coached, have no system and totally rudderless. A farce restarting the game after the final whistle for a penalty. A circus that sums that club up right now. How can you play a left winger upfront for so long and a striker on the right wing. No pace in central midfield or defence at all......bizzare.
Chelsea are similar to United, decent players but a manager that looks like he's about to be found out. Lucky at Brighton, outclassed by Liverpool and a nothing showing against probably the worst team in the league. He started out OK but since lockdown Chelsea have looked muddled. Possibly too early to judge this season as so many new arrivals will take time to gel but it doesn't look good.
It's getting boring with City and Liverpool, can we get Poch back and someone like Nagelsmann in the league. Wave goodbye to former club heros and replace with proper managers?
Respect to Ancelloti, fantastic start. Picking a system and buying players that fit it might catch on one day
I won't dig out Ole or United too much but it's clear as day they're badly coached, have no system and totally rudderless. A farce restarting the game after the final whistle for a penalty. A circus that sums that club up right now. How can you play a left winger upfront for so long and a striker on the right wing. No pace in central midfield or defence at all......bizzare.
Chelsea are similar to United, decent players but a manager that looks like he's about to be found out. Lucky at Brighton, outclassed by Liverpool and a nothing showing against probably the worst team in the league. He started out OK but since lockdown Chelsea have looked muddled. Possibly too early to judge this season as so many new arrivals will take time to gel but it doesn't look good.
It's getting boring with City and Liverpool, can we get Poch back and someone like Nagelsmann in the league. Wave goodbye to former club heros and replace with proper managers?
Respect to Ancelloti, fantastic start. Picking a system and buying players that fit it might catch on one day
Orikoru
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Just saw Roy's words on the handball rule on match of the day. Bravo sir! More figures in the game need to speak out like he's done.
PJ87
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I reckon he said look guys WBA can't defend for toffee.. we can easily still win this
Yes cheslea looked awful going down by 3 but think it's worse wba unable to hold.onto a 3 goal lead at home. Terrible team. Very poor manager.
howbow88
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You looked decent, but I can't help but think that a draw would have been a fair result.
That decision was disgraceful. We were lucky with VAR last week, unlucky this week, so it has evened itself out... But in terms of football, VAR feels like it has been put in to just artificially create drama.
At least when refs made mistakes before, they had the speed of game as an excuse. Now, barmy laws and a set of overly officious officials have led to a sport that is slowly becoming a farce.
What's more, yesterday's decision doesn't even tally up for me with the new laws... Although I didn't agree with the penalty we were given last week, I could see how it was given with the new laws in place. Other than Ward standing there with his arms behind his back, I don't see what he could have done there.
The position he was in, and how he reacted to the ball, just didn't tick any of the boxes with regards to giving a penalty.
Joke.
howbow88
Hacker
Aside from VAR nonsense, I'm really struggling with watching games without a crowd. Canned crowd noise is dreadful, as is the echoes of silence without it.
I've been a season ticket holder for the last 16 years, and done 50+ away grounds in that time. TV viewing always felt a bit weird for me for the reason that I was usually there anyway, but now it feels even more alien and so removed from my normal football experience.
VAR is just the cherry on the cake of disappointment
I've been a season ticket holder for the last 16 years, and done 50+ away grounds in that time. TV viewing always felt a bit weird for me for the reason that I was usually there anyway, but now it feels even more alien and so removed from my normal football experience.
VAR is just the cherry on the cake of disappointment
I can’t see any fans being allowed in for all of this season!
chrisd
Major Champion
We gained against Man U and lost against Everton on this rubbish hand ball rule so I guess that's even, but anyone whose ever played the game knows that there's a huge difference between a deliberate hand ball and an accidental one. When I played you had to have been seen to handle it and the ball hitting you from 10 yards away at 70 mph when you dont move your arm/hand to the ball was rarely, if ever, a penalty.
Another rule change that does nothing for the game
Can't argue with this. I'd readied myself for an equaliser, I would have been happy with a point. You dominated the second half without actually threatening too much though. As you have done to other teams we did to you. A well organised team is very difficult to break down if they decide to dig in and not charge forward. Our weakness is a whipped in ball on top of Pickford. You did a few in the first half but then stopped. I don't know if that was Palace not being smart or Ancelotti getting the full backs to push up and block the crosses but once you were in front of us we were okay.
You look stronger than in past years, I don't see any issues this season with bottom of the table worries.
PJ87
Journeyman Pro
Just to point out the decision isn't VAR issue .. it's the handball law
VAR saw the correct law applied
The law however is ridiculous
PJ87
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Long may it continue. Only reason we played so well last 10 games was because the knuckle draggers were at home rather than getting on the teams back
Plus loving watching every game at random times so you can see more games
Slime
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What a bizarre couple of games......
I won't dig out Ole or United too much but it's clear as day they're badly coached, have no system and totally rudderless. A farce restarting the game after the final whistle for a penalty. A circus that sums that club up right now. How can you play a left winger upfront for so long and a striker on the right wing. No pace in central midfield or defence at all......bizzare.
Chelsea are similar to United, decent players but a manager that looks like he's about to be found out. Lucky at Brighton, outclassed by Liverpool and a nothing showing against probably the worst team in the league. He started out OK but since lockdown Chelsea have looked muddled. Possibly too early to judge this season as so many new arrivals will take time to gel but it doesn't look good.
It's getting boring with City and Liverpool, can we get Poch back and someone like Nagelsmann in the league. Wave goodbye to former club heros and replace with proper managers?
Respect to Ancelloti, fantastic start. Picking a system and buying players that fit it might catch on one day
So, you don't know the rules.
Orikoru
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Why is that your take? Him saying it's stupid to restart the game for a penalty after it's finished doesn't imply he doesn't know the rules at all.
clubchamp98
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Unfortunately when they do they are sanctioned, so they don’t say anything.
The clubs had a say in the five subs debate so why were they not consulted on the rule changes?
