Chelsea v Everton. 16th Jan at 1500.

[ijjysmith]

We gave away the first goal. The second goal came from a deflection.

You can hardly call that throwing away a 2-0 lead.

I can mate. Sadly. I actually wish I agreed with you.

 

[R.Reddington]

Dermot Gallagher said we can have no complaints about the time as the ref intended to play a minimum of 7 minutes so could've went up to 7:59.

 

[mrb85]

Dermot Gallagher said we can have no complaints about the time as the ref intended to play a minimum of 7 minutes so could've went up to 7:59.

The stupid thing about this is that the decision to have the injury time to be allowed announced was made so as to remove all the uncertainty for players and crowd alike. To then have it that the time announced is a minimum only surely then defeats the object.

 

[Professor Toffee]

The stupid thing about this is that the decision to have the injury time to be allowed announced was made so as to remove all the uncertainty for players and crowd alike. To then have it that the time announced is a minimum only surely then defeats the object.

this is essentially a non-issue, the goal was offside and should never have stood
we defended correctly the player was in an offside position, free out!

 

[Walsall Blue]

If there are only thirty seconds left, then the referee cannot add on two minutes, can he?

He added on time when we scored ,ho I forgot we were playing one of the money clubs and its different rules for them .

 

[DRM]

I hate it that some of the added time came from Costa's injury when he rolled back onto the pitch to save time. The snide!

 

[bluemoz]

I'm still not over it. How the hell does this keep happening to us. The linesman has one job and he ballsed up. Very hard to take.

On another note, I have never encountered as much aggro to get into a football ground. My son got sniffed out by a sniffer dog which only added to the days drama. I think I counted 5 ticket inspections prior to the turnstile. I have since learnt that this was down to many Evertonians trying and failing to gain entrance to Man City last week on Under 16 tickets.

I thought we played some great stuff in the second half though, defending aside, just wish they could have given our magnificent following something to cheer for once.

 

[Bungle]

Not from where I sat. Not his most influential game, but he teed up Baines for the first goal and was unlucky not to score himself. He was blowing hard when substituted which indicates his work rate.

He's so angry with the board that he doesn't even watch the games any more, just throws in random comments that don't make any sense.

 

[ianefc]

Sake.....Chelsea have just gone
4-3 up. Zouma header.

 

[Furey1878]

Really?

A lot of Blues just have a pathological hatred of Barkley because he's not a world beater at the age of 22.

You'd think Ross being a blue would give him a bit more leeway with our fans, but it's quite the opposite.

 

[Stutheblue]

Dermot Gallagher said we can have no complaints about the time as the ref intended to play a minimum of 7 minutes so could've went up to 7:59.

This is fine as long as its consistent in every game. Which it clearly isn't. I've clocked it many times at Goodison when injuries, delays taking goal kicks or free kicks, goal celebrations etc etc in 'added' time just haven't been added on. And thats both in our favour and not so. Be consistent either way and not selective (like on Saturday).

 

[Stanley Parker]

He added on time when we scored ,ho I forgot we were playing one of the money clubs and its different rules for them .

It was close to the end of the game. There were, perhaps, only 30 seconds left. So, after the goal, the referee will resume play for just 30 seconds.

It makes no difference whether Chelsea celebrate for 2 minutes or 2 hours. There are only 30 seconds left!

 

[Jeff Jones]

They did when we played Bournemouth.

No they didn't. I replayed the extra time in that match as well as the Chelsea match and the time played in both was within a few
seconds of the allotted added time.

I'm watching the Swansea - Watford match. At 45 minutes the board went with 1 minute on it. 7 seconds in Williams went down and
play was held up for 2 min' 30 seconds and play resumed for the rest of the original I minute added, as it should.

It's so simple. I don't know why some people can't understand it.

 

[Stanley Parker]

I think you can add onto the already added time. That's why they say a minimum of however many minutes.

Say an injury had happened in the 7 minutes on Saturday. However many minutes that took to sort out should have been added to the 7. So however long Chelsea celebrated for should have been added on.

But that isn't logical!

If there are two minutes to play, then the referee should clearly allow two more minutes of play to complete the 90 minutes of play.

If there is then an interruption for an injury that lasts, say, ten minutes, the referee should still allow just two minutes of further play.

The referee cannot allow 2 +10 minutes more play. If the injury took 30 minutes, he couldn't add 2 + 30 minutes, could he?

 

[ijjysmith]

But that isn't logical!

If there are two minutes to play, then the referee should clearly allow two more minutes of play to complete the 90 minutes of play.

If there is then an interruption for an injury that lasts, say, ten minutes, the referee should still allow just two minutes of further play.

The referee cannot allow 2 +10 minutes more play. If the injury took 30 minutes, he couldn't add 2 + 30 minutes, could he?

Yes.