Chelsea v Everton. 16th Jan at 1500.

[Fansince1988]

Just watched Chris Sutton on final score (enough said).

 

[evo1878]

I hear your point, but take it from an American, the NFL has gone overboard with the stoppages of play, challenges of non-impact calls to the game, and just general over-flagging things and taking too much time to make decisions. If we could bring technology into football such that it doens't interfere with the game, like goal line technology has, then i'm all for it.

I remember last year when someone (can't remmeber, possibly Costa) shoudl have clearly received a Red but it was missed by the ref. I would agree with a situation where you let play go on, and independent refs watching replays can call down to the Red and say get this guy off, clear red card. The issue is I don't know how you can possibly do replays for something like offside. The game goes on - you can't go back in time. Unless we think a one minute stoppage to review a goal isn't that intrusive to the game.

i don't know what the right answer is, but it does seem incredible that something like what happened today can't be overturned.

Agree mate. I am loving watching the nfl this year by the way. Never watched it seriously before. I'd have a hybrid of the nfl, rugby and cricket in terms of the team captain being able to challenge an offical's onfield decision in real-time ie each team gets a limited number of reviews when it concerns something like a wicket decision being overturned or a try / goal being scored ie not challenging a yellow card decision or throw in decision. I'm just saying the technology is there and the credibility of football is at stake with the money that is now involved it is no longer excusable for self-governing officials to officiate the game and hide behind human errors. Or in the case of football referees hide behind a wall of silence without fear of sanctions.

 

[rbm]

We are what we are: an entertaining mid division team which can't defend a lead and won't win anything.

We are the new Spurs

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Nothing wrong with a bit of passion mate.

Shows if nothing else the fans are as much a part of the club as the players are if they feel the need to celebrate with them

Nothing wrong with the passion between fans and players, I love to see it, but players can celebrate with the fans when we've won, and the games over.

At the end of the day celebrating like we did today, and against Bournemouth, could be the reason for the extra, extra time being put on for those games.

 

[Fansince1988]

Its football pure and simple. It does your head in, but you'll come back for more. City should have had a penalty against us midweek but the ref didn't give it. Today Chelsea score a goal that was clearly offside. Meh we only have ourselves to blame for blowing it when we were 2-0 up.

It's not so much the decision on the offside, the 8 plus minutes is what annoys me, that is a lot of injury time, there was alway Fergie time the big teams are given this advantage so much.

 

[Fansince1988]

We are what we are: an entertaining mid division team which can't defend a lead and won't win anything.

We are the new Spurs

This will never change un till we have rich owners, Leicester are going great guns, but if it gets near the end of the season, I bet little things will go against them for city or arsenal to win the league.

 

[Fansince1988]

This will never change un till we have rich owners, Leicester are going great guns, but if it gets near the end of the season, I bet little things will go against them for city or arsenal to win the league.

Adding to that the premier league wouldn't even want Leicester to get a place in the champions league.

 

[VentureBrosEFC]

Adding to that the premier league wouldn't even want Leicester to get a place in the champions league.

It'd be very bad for the coefficient for sure.

 

[DanEFC92]

2nd time this season we've scored a 90th minute winn-oh 'ang on.

Sake.

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

It's not so much the decision on the offside, the 8 plus minutes is what annoys me, that is a lot of injury time, there was alway Fergie time the big teams are given this advantage so much.

I hear ya - the ref was a tit!

 

[Fansince1988]

2nd time this season we've scored a 90th minute winn-oh 'ang on.

Sake.

I think Martinez and the players need to get the mentality that we have the beat the team in front of us and the ref, that the way it should be beat a team fair and square, going in to injury time today at 2-0 there would only have been 4 minutes and we would have won. I'd like to see the refs match report explaining injury time though.

 

[bluelord49]

Added time today was 7 minutes...play continued ..as we all know Chelsea scored.. on the screen it came up as
Terry 90 plus 8 wtf...........

 

[Sideliner]

Somehow the playing field should be leveled with poor referee decisions -
The 7 minutes and the 8 and a half minutes should be publicly explained -
the off side should lead to some sort of penalty for officials making such crucial mistakes -
2 points could mean relegation at the end of the season or a team can miss the top 4 by 2 points - that's how serious it is -
if any other professional makes that kind of negligent mistake costing someone that kind of money his pants get sued off him -
why should football referees receive amnesty for blatant mistakes?

 

[VentureBrosEFC]

Somehow the playing field should be leveled with poor referee decisions -
The 7 minutes and the 8 and a half minutes should be publicly explained -
the off side should lead to some sort of penalty for officials making such crucial mistakes -
2 points could mean relegation at the end of the season or a team can miss the top 4 by 2 points - that's how serious it is -
if any other professional makes that kind of negligent mistake costing someone that kind of money his pants get sued off him -
why should football referees receive amnesty for blatant mistakes?

Completely understand and am fuming myself but most other professions don't receive bullets in the post for mistakes.

Just to play devil's advocate cause I'm reeeaaallllll upset.

 

[MrGrumpy]

Barkley was shocking today, kept giving the ball away, we should have won 4 or 5 nil but for misplace pass here and there. Howard needs gone again but we all know this. Shame Mirallas missed the 1 on 1