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Luka Modric
Official stats have Chelsea only conceding 19 fouls,Alonso 5 fouls before yellow
Luiz 7 before yellow
Kante 8 before yellow
Official stats have Chelsea only conceding 19 fouls,Alonso 5 fouls before yellow
Luiz 7 before yellow
Kante 8 before yellow
Well he did, the tone was for Chelsea bias
I don't think the ref even gave most of them as fouls, many were waved on.Official stats have Chelsea only conceding 19 fouls,
We'll have to get used to it. Our new pitch will be full size too.
I don't think he did give us two.
Dembele was being blocked off the ball - if he hadn't got the ball then he should have been given a free kick.
The other was clearly handball but i don't think the ref bottled it or got it wrong, he just couldn't see from his angle. It took the BBC two replays to find the angle from which it was clear, with Hugo facing the wrong way it's just too difficult to see.
The referee's application of the laws of the game is poor and is not conducive to a team wanting to play a passing game. Chelsea set up defensively, knowing they would get plenty of leeway to foul our players and proceeded in taking liberties throughout the match.
I don't think the ref even gave most of them as fouls, many were waved on.
This is why we need linesmen on all four sections and/or a video ref. I think it was Alderweireld who was stood next to it probably blocking the linesman's view too.whether dembele was being blocked or not he still committed a foul, opposing players can both commit at the same time
the lino must have seen the handball from lloris, the fault may well of been theirs rather than atkinsons but "the officials" either let it go or didn't see it, irrespective of which their incompetence benefited us there
You don't need contact for a freekick (or penalty) to be awarded, that's just something clueless pundits keep saying. The player was impeded. He added a marvellous dive, but that doesn't make that foul go away.
This is why we need linesmen on all four sections and/or a video ref. I think it was Alderweireld who was stood next to it probably blocking the linesman's view too.
You're right that should have been given, but if the officials got everything right they should have done, i think it would have tipped the balance well back into our favour.
I agree, so knowing in advance that that would be the case why didn't we cut our cloth accordingly?
If you mean play less football and resort to the dark arts, it's difficult when you've spent large parts of the game chasing equalisers.
maybe, but we can't setup expecting that because it never happens, chelsea were smarter than us yesterday, they played the pitch and the officials, we turned up and tried to play football, and thats why we lost
I was wrong, there was a lesson in it
Poch talks about his football philosophies and that he is a manager that will tweak the tactics a little but he is not one who will abandon his core principles. He wants to win by dominating the ball and goes about setting up his teams to do this.
I'm happy for Poch to stick with his way but I also understand those who would like to see him modify his tactics to counter act certain opponents.
if we'd started that way we might not have been chasing, it's impossible to say
We don't need to change the way we play, we can do it all off the field.Poch talks about his football philosophies and that he is a manager that will tweak the tactics a little but he is not one who will abandon his core principles. He wants to win by dominating the ball and goes about setting up his teams to do this.
I'm happy for Poch to stick with his way but I also understand those who would like to see him modify his tactics to counter act certain opponents.
you can do all of that and still be pragmatic, we'd be better with a bit of nastiness and cynicism
thats where we miss lamela imo
you can do all of that and still be pragmatic, we'd be better with a bit of nastiness and cynicism
thats where we miss lamela imo