Today's Football 2018-19 Season

[N.S.N.O.]

It's a big blow but our fixtures in the next month should all be winnable without them

Palace and Leicester were winnable games in December... How'd that work out for ye?

 

[Toffee-nerd]

Feel for Sarri but this confirms that vile club are on the downward trajectory. The epitome of everything that is wrong with modern football. Just need hazard to bugger off and they will be back to being a mid table nothing team in no time.

 

[Zatara]

Sarri should have blasted Kepa in the post match interview.

It shows weak management to do otherwise.

 

[cityfanrob]

Palace and Leicester were winnable games in December... How'd that work out for ye?

That was then this is now. All teams have blips and I certainly never expected an "invincible" season. We'll see who has more character in the run in out of City and Liverpool

 

[-Rob-]

You said he was right to fight to stay on

Are you dyslexic or drunk? Like I first thought, you didn't read what I said.

 

[Mozza1987]

Are you dyslexic or drunk? Like I first thought, you didn't read what I said.

I didn't see the game, only heard what happened but if you were Kepa, you'd be absolutely fuming being substituted right at the end before penalties.
Obviously he should respect the manager's decision but I can totally understand him literally fighting the decision. If you've played 2 hours of football, you deserve to stay on and be given the chance to help win the game.
Even after this, I expect Kepa to be at Chelsea longer than Sarri.

Erm think you said it right here that you understood him fighting the decision to stay on by refusing to get off the pitch.... I said I disagree with that.

Get it now mate?

 

[-Rob-]

This could go on all night. I said I can understand him fighting the decision but read the 7 words I wrote before that.

Do you get it now? You need to read all of what I wrote rather than misreading part of it.

 

[rochdaleblue]

sarri comes out a winner in all of this

Can’t agree with that mate. Yes he set up his team well to nullify a city team who two weeks ago put 6 past his team. However his ‘failure’ to sub his goalkeeper and his refusal to publicly condemn him in his post match press conference shows real weak leadership. The rest of the Chelsea players will have picked up on this. Look what they did to two title winning managers, mourinho and conte, why do we think sarri will be anything different.

 

[Chris O'Connor]

The ref couldn't do anything. Players can only leave the field voluntary unless sent off. So Kepa didn't break any rules.

John Terry hinted if he'd been the manager he would have been tempted to go onto the pitch and drag him off.

I know all the stuff of not leaving the technical area etc etc... so maybe it's not meant to be taken literally but what should have happened even if the captain had to drag him off.

Sarri will find this very difficult despite playing it down, the press and media all watched the match.

It was a very public humiliation.

 

[Mozza1987]

This could go on all night. I said I can understand him fighting the decision but read the 7 words I wrote before that.

Do you get it now? You need to read all of what I wrote rather than misreading part of it.

I read it lad. Like I have said I don't agree with you when you say you understand him fighting and being basically a spoilt child refusing to leave the pitch. Don't see how anyone can understand that action to be honest. He has been asked to do something by his boss and refused.

Not really hard to understand as that is what you wrote. There is simply no way you can defend it or give him excuses at all.

 

[-Rob-]

He's their first choice keeper and the most expensive keeper in the world and you can't understand him being extremely pissed off at being substituted right before a penalty shoot out? Yes he went over the top and he definitely should have gone off (as I made clear in my original post) but any player in that position that doesn't get extremely pissed off shouldn't be playing for a top team in a cup final. He showed passion, the kind of passion I'd love to see in the Everton players.

 

[FC sexy xxx]

Sarri backing down the, obviously more bothered about making sure he gets that pay off than saving his own integrity. Poor.

I’m sure you’d walk away from a multi million £££ pay off

 

[Saint Domingo]

The Firmino injury might be a big blow. Can’t see them blasting past Bayern without him.

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

Those same players who may now have a winners medal if Big Willy had come on? Not sure about that.

Big Willy is hard to beat. Especially in shootouts!

 

[N.S.N.O.]

That was then this is now. All teams have blips and I certainly never expected an "invincible" season. We'll see who has more character in the run in out of City and Liverpool

Well so far your character is getting beat by Liverpools luck, and today showed that again.... Hopefully that changes soon, but think ye will drop points again in Fernandinho absence