Chelsea vs. Crystal Palace match thread

[Foxy82]

They’ve plastered it everywhere. The big block of flats or office block in the background had ‘world champions’ in massive letters painted on it 😂😂😂😂

It was the hotel they 'don't own' anymore 😂

 

[Foxy82]

The sooner AI replaces these bent refs the better

 

[Eaglecoops]

Delighted with the point.
We were well-organised, resilient and defended admirably but posed little threat in the final third.

Something you could have said about Chelsea. In the grand scheme of things a draw was a decent result.

 

[Willo]

But how many times has it been used before?
I watch a LOT of football and never recall seeing it applied before.
Perhaps it only applies if you're playing the World Champions.

Leaving aside my obvious bias, is anybody else fed up of VAR looking for reasons to disallow goals.

I recall Danny Blanchflower opining that football was 'about the glory.'
These days he might say it's 'about the VAR.'

To be honest I have not seen a goal disallowed owing to this proximity ruling.
Perhaps the fact that Guehi moved the defender away and the ball went past the wall in the resultant gap was enough for VAR to alert the referee.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

You cushioned the blow with comment

A cushion? Whoopee!

 

[Teddy Eagle]

The sooner AI replaces these bent refs the better

Al who? Capone?

 

[Eaglecoops]

Surprised more hasn’t been said about the keeper punching Guehi in the head. Clear penalty from the slow motion replay I saw.

 

[BromleyMonkey]

They’ve plastered it everywhere. The big block of flats or office block in the background had ‘world champions’ in massive letters painted on it 😂😂😂😂

I did notice it’s everywhere, even on their shirts, bit like us milking the ZDS for 30 years 🤣

 

[BromleyMonkey]

Surprised more hasn’t been said about the keeper punching Guehi in the head. Clear penalty from the slow motion replay I saw.

Again, if it was up the other end a?

 

[BromleyMonkey]

Al who? Capone?

Pardew surely

 

[HoltonThunderBoots]

So having trawled the FA website I can find no reference to a referee being permitted to spray a 1metre line to let the attacking team where they should not be at a free kick. Darren England should be sanctioned by the PGMOL for a clear act of bias towards Chelsea.

 

[Spiderman]

Delighted with the point.
We were well-organised, resilient and defended admirably but posed little threat in the final third.

We had more shots on target than they did

 

[Willo]

Surprised more hasn’t been said about the keeper punching Guehi in the head. Clear penalty from the slow motion replay I saw.

With respect, in my humble opinion the incident did not warrant a penalty.
I don't recall any protests from our players.

 

[Eaglecoops]

So having trawled the FA website I can find no reference to a referee being permitted to spray a 1metre line to let the attacking team where they should not be at a free kick. Darren England should be sanctioned by the PGMOL for a clear act of bias towards Chelsea.

Hell of a name mate. Could have done with you at the CAS hearing.

 

[Spiderman]

With respect, in my humble opinion the incident did not warrant a penalty.
I don't recall any protests from our players.

Did not play the ball, clear penalty. Just like when defender goes to clear the ball and attacker steps in front of him and defender accidentally kicks his leg

 

[Eaglecoops]

With respect, in my humble opinion the incident did not warrant a penalty.
I don't recall any protests from our players.

Apart from Guehi who sat rubbing his head for 5 minutes whilst complaining to the referee. Honestly, you need to be pretty biased to say that the keeper got the ball. He didn’t, end of.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

So having trawled the FA website I can find no reference to a referee being permitted to spray a 1metre line to let the attacking team where they should not be at a free kick. Darren England should be sanctioned by the PGMOL for a clear act of bias towards Chelsea.

Man United got a free kick against Arsenal and if the ref drew this line then I didn't see it. Maybe he didn't know who to favour.

 

[Spiderman]

It hasn't been widely discussed by Sky. Sturridge waffled about rules are rules without being asked if it was a rule he'd ever heard of.

TBF Chris Sutton was outraged by decision. First time ever it has been implemented what a f***ing surprise.
Sincerely hope we complain every time attackers line up in front of our wall

 

[Spiderman]

I expect we’ll be the first ones to fall foul of the corners given if a keeper holds on to the ball too long as well

Dubravka yesterday

 

[Spiderman]

Getting decisions against the big clubs is near impossible. Having goals ruled out for a newly-implemented rule, is low, even by Palace's previous experiences.

A point away at the world club champions can't be bad. And the performance was even more encouraging. 👍

Apparently it’s been in since 2019, yep I know…never used until today