Chelsea vs. Crystal Palace match thread

[BromleyMonkey]

No that’s one record we wont hold

Spurs awarded a corner when Burnley keeper held ball for more than 8 seconds.

I stand corrected, I only saw the goals, I wonder if it’s one of those new rules that will gradually drift away as the season goes on?

 

[Spiderman]

I still don’t really understand this ‘new’ rule. Are attacking players now longer allowed to be in the wall? Or do they just need to have joined the wall before a certain point - a deadline if you will, in March perhaps?

Don’t worry it won’t be applied again

 

[Spiderman]

I stand corrected, I only saw the goals, I wonder if it’s one of those new rules that will gradually drift away as the season goes on?

Depends who the goalkeeper plays for surely?

 

[Teddy Eagle]

I still don’t really understand this ‘new’ rule. Are attacking players now longer allowed to be in the wall? Or do they just need to have joined the wall before a certain point - a deadline if you will, in March perhaps?

Arsenal just got a free kick and the ref drew two lines on the ten yard marker a yard apart to separate the players in the wall. It looked a bit strange seeing a gap but maybe it gives the keeper a better view or something.

 

[Palace Old Geezer]

Yep first time implemented

Travesty!

 

[BromleyMonkey]

Depends who the goalkeeper plays for surely?

You know it spidey

 

[BromleyMonkey]

Arsenal just got a free kick and the ref drew two lines on the ten yard marker a yard apart to separate the players in the wall. It looked a bit strange seeing a gap but maybe it gives the keeper a better view or something.

The game has gone crazy, rule change after rule change, var etc, no wonder refereeing standards have gone down, their heads must be spinning with it all.

There’s probably an unwritten rule, if in doubt give it to the biggest club especially if they’re at home

 

[Spiderman]

Hey Willo
Your hero Clattenfuck has said VAR cannot get involved and on pitch decision to award goal should have stood

 

[ex hibitionist]

I think Glasner was right about the rule, apply it every time and half scoring free kicks would be disallowed - it was a new rule to me and most fans. Great point but we screwed up good positions second half, lack of conviction going forward, whereas we were the more dangerous team first half. Wharton was majestic, Mitchell had one of his off days attacking wise.

 

[Foxy82]

 

[Eaglecoops]

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We’ve already established we were hard done by, but yet again here we are and denied a goal by an error.

The VAR refs do not have a clue as they should not have interfered.

 

[Spiderman]

Was Caceido even part of the walk? Very debatable

 

[Spindle]

One for Willo to digest. This was in January 2025

There it is

BENT

 

[Spindle]

Was Caceido even part of the walk? Very debatable

Why's he holding his balls? He has none

 

[doombear]

This is true but why allow the kick to be taken in the first place?

In soccer, when a defensive wall of at least three players is formed during a free kick, attacking players must stand at least one meter away from the wall until the ball is in play. If an attacker encroaches within that meter, an indirect free kick is awarded to the defending team, according to TheFA.com. This rule was implemented to prevent disruptions and delays caused by attackers standing too close to the wall, according to The IFAB.

Whe Eze started his run-up, Guehi was more than a metre away from those standing in the wall. Unfortunately, he pushed the bloke next to him too hard and the momentum brought Guehi next to the wall at the point that Eze struck the ball.

 

[doombear]

It all depends what they are defining as “the wall”. Guehi is in the line of players throughout. Why have the officials decided that only the left hand section of this line is “the wall”?

You need a minimum of 3 players next to each other to form a wall. Guehi wasn't in the wall when Eze started his run up/

 

[Willo]

In the final analysis the 'Proximity' aspect of Law 13 was applied correctly.

 

[doombear]

The 1-meter rule had better be widely discussed throughout the league this week. Also, I'd like to be enlightened about how the 6-minutes of stoppage time was determined. Richards' injury didn't take more than 2 minutes, did it?

IN a word "Substitutions".

 

[eaglesdare]

To be fair. Even without the law being applied it probably was a foul.

No way the ball goes straight into the goal without Marc pushing the guy.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

In the final analysis the 'Proximity' aspect of Law 13 was applied correctly.

That's not the point though which is that no one has ever seen this law enforced before when the same situation has arisen hundreds of times. It just looks like VAR trying to justify it's existence by making daft interventions. Howard Webb has said VAR might get involved with corner and yellow cards in the future. Games will go longer than a David Lean film at this rate.