Chelsea vs Aston Villa match thread

The Muppet

The ref does appear to be a little card happy all right.

homer simpson

matrim wrote: »

no way was that a peno. malouda didn't even attempt to get the ball just backed into collins

UpTheSlashers wrote: »

get the ufck up terry :mad:

The posts are just getting worse and worse in here!

It was stone wall penalty, he was all over malouda, he did go down theatrically, but it was 100% a foul!

And as much as Terry is a numpty at times, he is not a player for lying down if he isn't hurt / in pain, it was a sore one, heskey caught him after terry released the ball!

Bounty Hunter

now thats a lot of yellow cards picked up will be interesting to see if we can avoid a red in this game

matrim

n fairness clark, petrov and gabby deserve their yellows. the others have been soft

LuckyLloyd

J. Marston wrote: »

More than half the Villa team booked in 44 minutes?
Cop the fùck on, ref.

To be fair, he has been consistent with his carding. The problem is that he set the bar too low early doors. It's a key mistake that referees make every so often. Put yourself in the corner by getting the wrong side of the line on an early foul.

fullstop

How the **** is Essien not booked there

Iago

and again no booking for Essien.

I don't particularily want Essien to be booked, but the inconsitency again from PL referees is shocking.

Soby

Haha this ref is a joke :P

Gonzovision

Essien needs to wake the hell up

Woeful performance from us again. So disjointed, can't string 3 passes together. How does Ferriera continue to be picked? Bos must be seriously out of favour with Ancelotti.

LuckyLloyd

Essien is looking flat footed and unexplosive. Maybe he'll never be quite the same player again.

everdead.ie

Have to agree re inconsistent bookings Essien in particular I thought he had been booked for the penalty and when I saw the last foul I thought he could of been off

Hank Scorpio

Villa have had 7 fouls, 6 of them being yellows

LuckyLloyd

everdead.ie wrote: »

Have to agree re inconsistent bookings Essien in particular I thought he had been booked for the penalty and when I saw the last foul I thought he could of been off

That's the only one really though? I can't think of any other obvious cards that weren't awarded relative to the cards handed out so far...

Panthro

on the upside, we went a goal up first, not happening too often lately.
on the downside, we conceeded yet again.

Gonzovision

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Essien is looking flat footed and unexplosive. Maybe he'll never be quite the same player again.

I'm sure he will, just not as quick as expected. Has played a lot of footall since coming back from a long term injury and we just don't have the squad to rest him.

Xavi6

Just took evens for there to be a red card.

Soby

gonzovision wrote: »

Essien needs to wake the hell up

Woeful performance from us again. So disjointed, can't string 3 passes together. How does Ferriera continue to be picked? Bos must be seriously out of favour with Ancelotti.

Hope he's on at half time

kilburn

one of villas better performances this season soft penaltys given away by both teams though

matrim

I have to say Villa look up for this game much more than they have in a while. We're actually looking like a team rather than headless chickens

The Muppet

homer_simpson wrote: »

The posts are just getting worse and worse in here!

It was stone wall penalty, he was all over malouda, he did go down theatrically, but it was 100% a foul!

And as much as Terry is a numpty at times, he is not a player for lying down if he isn't hurt / in pain, it was a sore one, heskey caught him after terry released the ball!

In a week where we've seen players pulled down in the box by defenders and others have their shirt pulled over their head and no Penalty awarded it's soft to award one against Collins for that, he really just attacked the ball.

noodler

Iago wrote: »

Essien doesn't get a yellow for the penalty but villa have picked up 6 yellow cards for nothing challenges, the mind boggles.

ref has lost it big time imo

fullstop wrote: »

How the **** is Essien not booked there

Iago wrote: »

and again no booking for Essien.

I don't particularily want Essien to be booked, but the inconsitency again from PL referees is shocking.

everdead.ie wrote: »

Have to agree re inconsistent bookings Essien in particular I thought he had been booked for the penalty and when I saw the last foul I thought he could of been off

Couldn't agree more - I hope the ref's super is watching.

Cowardly stuff.

everdead.ie

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

That's the only one really though? I can't think of any other obvious cards that weren't awarded relative to the cards handed out so far...

Ferreira has given away a good few fouls so i'm surprised he hasn't been booked either, I also think if they are going to give a yellow to collins and Friedel he probably should of given one to Terry for giving out to him

chelseavera

Yet again - Anelka not at the races. Essien not good. Sturridge and McEachran on now please Carlo.

kilburn

matrim wrote: »

I have to say Villa look up for this game much more than they have in a while. We're actually looking like a team rather than headless chickens

well its pretty much our full strength team that played most of last season together so time to rest the kids

homer simpson

The Muppet wrote: »

In a week where we've seen players pulled down in the box by defenders and others have their shirt pulled over their head and no Penalty awarded it's soft to award one for against Collins for that, he really just attacked the ball.

Attacked the ball and the player, he hooked his arm around his neck! It was a foul, all day long! IMO it wasn't soft, the referee made the right call...

No-one would disagree with ya though that referee's are getting too inconsistent (i mean across the board as in referee's decisions differ wildly for similar situations), in fact i was going to start a thread about this yesterday here, but then though about all the abuse i'd be receive for being an abu so decided against it :pac:


anyways back on topic, com-on-te-fook chelsea!

Soby

Ahhh he's still on the pitch

noodler

kilburn wrote: »

one of villas better performances this season soft penaltys given away by both teams though

How was Villa's penalty in any way harsh?

Crazy stuff.

Bounty Hunter

Chelsea have another gear that they havent accessed for months, hoping they dont do so in the second half cos atm despite the yellows ive hope atm and i had none after the last game

homer simpson

If i had a sniper rifle now, i'd make sure i wouldn't miss that useless fecker :eek:

The mind boggles.....why is he on the pitch

Jax Teller

Yessss

noodler

DON'T MESS WITH THE HESK!

joe316

Nice header DJ Spoony!!

Mars Bar

Booyah!

invinciblePRSTV

Yessush! UTV

everdead.ie

Great goal:D

homer simpson

FML

Soby

**** off .shocking defending AGAIN

J. Marston

G'wan Heskey!

Just the 27 fouls without a booking for Essien.

iMuse

The sooner alex is back the better for chelsea fans, defence is crap without him.

Bounty Hunter

anyone have a non sopcaast (picture wont show) stream thats reliable, in Taiwan and struggling to get a good un atm

edit: Wooooooo replay

noodler

That Ref - wow.

joe316

If chelsea dont win this I cant see them playing CL football next year

Soby

iMuse wrote: »

The sooner alex is back the better for chelsea fans, defence is crap without him.

Ivanovic > Alex imo

Xavi6

G'wan the 10/1 shot!

Now just to hold on for 40 minutes...

That_Guy

Bollocks. Missed the goal as I was watching the end of the Rangers/Celtic game. Any use?

iMuse

Soby wrote: »

Ivanovic > Alex imo

Both of them > Bruma and ferreira

kilburn

noodler wrote: »

How was Villa's penalty in any way harsh?

Crazy stuff.

since when does the word soft mean harsh, bad defending gave away both penos but villa are very much the better side

noodler

kilburn wrote: »

since when does the word soft mean harsh, bad defending gave away both penos but villa are very much the better side

Apologies.

I thought you meant it was not a stonewaller.

My mistake.

machiavellianme

kilburn wrote: »

since when does the word soft mean harsh, bad defending gave away both penos but villa are very much the better side

Ah. I see you've been to the Roy Hodgson school of contradictory meanings!
You're right tho. Both were penos. It's the number of yellows where he's getting it wrong.

Le King

How are chelsea playing? They are pretty much full strength bar two at the back. I thought they would do this easy Thu. Fair play to villa so far