The Footie Thread

[Norrin Radd]

Brighton lost .
Five without a win now

 

[Bazz]

Brighton lost .
Five without a win now

Is that it? Rookie numbers.

 

[clubchamp98]

Villa really not at the races first half.
What’s Martinez doing for the goal?

 

[Swinglowandslow]

How was he booked for insisting he is allowed to stand within the goalmouth area?
Strange decision imo.

 

[Slime]

Why is Estevao not playing?
Strange one.

 

[Slime]

Why is Estevao not playing?
Strange one.

That aged well.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2004987832817868842

Anyone know why Rodgers was booked and why it wasn’t a penalty ?

 

[JonnyGutteridge]

Did a bit of analysis on Chelsea’s results/fixtures.

The highest league position of any team we’ve beaten this year is Liverpool, in 9th.

We haven’t played away from home against any of the other top 9 sides.

4 of our 7 wins are against the bottom 4 (Ange’s Forest, Wolves, West Ham and Burnley).

The 4 teams we haven’t played are City, Newcastle, Everton and Villa. 3 in the top 6, and Newcastle in 11th.

My conclusion: sack Maresca (well, do it in January).
We’re likely to be bottom half by January and our league position is mostly due to having outrageously easy fixtures.

As I said previously, sack Maresca. Another appalling result for us this evening and it’s put me in a foul mood.

He should be sacked for playing Badiashile alone.
The lack of response to Villa’s triple substitution was painful.
Pulling Cole Palmer was bemusing.
The lack of game time for Acheampong and Estevao is beyond belief. It shows he doesn’t place any merit on performances, or have the balls to play them over a “senior” player.

He doesn’t have a clue. One of the worst managers at team selections and substitutions I can recall at Chelsea, he simply gets it wrong every time. I can’t remember a single time he’s got it right with personnel.

It’s formulaic dross. Unbearable to watch. We throw away leads like confetti, we don’t ever kill a game, and we deteriorate into chaos in the 2nd half.

 

[anotherdouble]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2004987832817868842

Anyone know why Rodgers was booked and why it wasn’t a penalty ?

Can’t be a penalty as the ball is dead

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Can’t be a penalty as the ball is dead

Ah they said the ball was just played for the second one

But no idea why he booked Rodgers

 

[anotherdouble]

Ah they said the ball was just played for the second one

But no idea why he booked Rodgers

Didn’t see game only clip that u posted. In the games I see albeit not premier league, both tend to get booked not just the aggressor. I would like to see a rule change in that penalties can be issued in these circumstances even though ball is dead. It’s now at corners and free kicks, there is more emphasis on stopping a player than defending and playing the ball.

 

[JonnyGutteridge]

wasn’t entirely sure how this wasn’t given as a handball, am I missing something? The ball had travelled about 40 yards in the air, and no one deflected the ball.

 

[Red devil]

As I said previously, sack Maresca. Another appalling result for us this evening and it’s put me in a foul mood.

He should be sacked for playing Badiashile alone.
The lack of response to Villa’s triple substitution was painful.
Pulling Cole Palmer was bemusing.
The lack of game time for Acheampong and Estevao is beyond belief. It shows he doesn’t place any merit on performances, or have the balls to play them over a “senior” player.

He doesn’t have a clue. One of the worst managers at team selections and substitutions I can recall at Chelsea, he simply gets it wrong every time. I can’t remember a single time he’s got it right with personnel.

It’s formulaic dross. Unbearable to watch. We throw away leads like confetti, we don’t ever kill a game, and we deteriorate into chaos in the 2nd half.

But apart from that you were satisfied with the performance?

 

[Swango1980]

There will come a game, when every 5-10 minutes, goalkeepers from either side will continually get "injured", and coaches will speak to rest of team. The half time talk will be less important, as teams will have unlimited timeouts

When Ramsdale did it the other night, I half expected Lammens to get "injured" 10 mins later, when Newcastle's tactical change shifted the momentum

 

[anotherdouble]

There will come a game, when every 5-10 minutes, goalkeepers from either side will continually get "injured", and coaches will speak to rest of team. The half time talk will be less important, as teams will have unlimited timeouts

When Ramsdale did it the other night, I half expected Lammens to get "injured" 10 mins later, when Newcastle's tactical change shifted the momentum

This started to be very common in the women’s game with Arsenal and seems to have now carried over

 

[Don Barzini]

wasn’t entirely sure how this wasn’t given as a handball, am I missing something? The ball had travelled about 40 yards in the air, and no one deflected the ball.

I’m no expert on the handball rule these days but I’m given to understand that if a player is facing away from it when it happens (or in this case looking down and with two other players around him), then it isn’t a handball. Personally think that would have been incredibly harsh had it been given.

The biggest injustice in that game was Rogers being given a yellow card for being mauled by James.

 

[irip]

I’m no expert on the handball rule these days but I’m given to understand that if a player is facing away from it when it happens (or in this case looking down and with two other players around him), then it isn’t a handball. Personally think that would have been incredibly harsh had it been given.

The biggest injustice in that game was Rogers being given a yellow card for being mauled by James.

I’m not sure anyone could tell us the handball rule.

I don’t care what it is but do wish that whatever they decide then apply it consistently, the same handball can be a penalty one week and nothing the next.
That is the frustrating thing at the moment for me