Chelsea v Liverpool League Cup 2nd Leg. 27/01/15 7.45pm SS1

jebus84

could the FA ban costa?

Rayne Wooney

Teebow did a good impression of De Gea over the two legs, would take him as backup for Victory Valdez

RainMaker

jebus84 wrote: »

could the FA ban costa?

Hopefully...

Sanity_Saviour

Alfredo Handsome Picnic wrote: »

If Costa doesn't see at least a four game ban retrospectively it's a joke, that said he is useless so they might end miss him.

citytillidie

jebus84 wrote: »

could the FA ban costa?

All depends if the ref says he seen it in his match report

GavRedKing

Kudos to pool though, being honest there was very little between them. If pool had sturridge fit a different outcome is very likely.

Top 4 is well in their ability.

Heisenberg1

Sanity_Saviour wrote: »

Shake harder boy !!

mada999

is the interviewer going to ask him about the stamps ?? nah ??

edit : oh wait he did, haha mourinho wasnt going to speak about these things, but now he talks about them....

super_furry

Surprisingly decent stuff from Mourinho.

bad2dabone

Costa really is the most chelsea of chelsea players.

GavRedKing

A manager isnt going to come out against his player.

Theyll always avoid it.

GavRedKing

bad2dabone wrote: »

Costa really is the most chelsea of chelsea players.

A winner? Agreed

Heisenberg1

We should beaten them over the two legs but like always we didn't take our chances over the two legs and they came back to haunt us.

donfers

yes mourinho let's not talk about the two stamps and the rake on gerrard's face, let's just sweep it under the carpet

blueser

"We all love Diego Costa". Er; no we don't Jamie.

GavRedKing

donfers wrote: »

yes mourinho let's not talk about the two stamps and the rake on gerrard's face, let's just sweep it under the carpet

And give the papers ammunition?

If he says it was nothing theyll wrote something so better off not saying anything.

doc_17

Mourinho doesn't want to talk about decisions but he seems happy to talk about Costa and the non penalty.

donfers

donfers wrote: »

yes mourinho let's not talk about the two stamps and the rake on gerrard's face, let's just sweep it under the carpet

In fairness, what do you expect him to say.

I hate Sky interviewers, always looking for the headline quote. Tabloid TV nonsense

niallo27

Nib wrote: »

Costa 17 league goals
Sterling 4 league goals

What does that make Sterling?

A winger.

niallo27

I think we should all calm down. Liverpool more than held there own against top of the league so things are looking up. Fair play to Chelsea for getting through. Hazard does annoy me though and that's not just me being bitter.

bad2dabone

GavRedKing wrote: »

A winner? Agreed

interpret it as you will Gav, but You know hes........unsavoury.

Wrongway1985

doc_17 wrote: »

Mourinho doesn't want to talk about decisions but he seems happy to talk about Costa and the non penalty.

Dead right he doesn't like the probing of one incident when he knows a question about a possible 2nd yellow for Lucas or Henderson or a possible penalty isn't coming, may aswell tell them to f**k off basically as these Sky interviewers are so predictable!!

GavRedKing

bad2dabone wrote: »

interpret it as you will Gav, but You know hes........unsavoury.

Hes been like that in spain. Didnt expect or want him to change as long as he channels it correctly.

citytillidie

niallo27 wrote: »

I think we should all calm down. Liverpool more than held there own against top of the league so things are looking up. Fair play to Chelsea for getting through. Hazard does annoy me though and that's not just me being bitter.

Hope he is ok that scream hunted me I thought the poor chap broke his leg

Strumms

Seeing a couple more replays I think it was a penalty although the argument will always be that Costa should not have been on the pitch. If there was any doubt about the first one the second one sealed the deal and I think the FA will deal with that and he will be sitting out a few games. I like his aggression but he way oversteps the mark when it's put up to him at times. I think Henderson should have gone also to be honest in the latter stages and Lucas walked a tightrope.

Overall Chelsea were the better side tonight, probably very even over the two legs. If only Liverpool had a striker.

Sanity_Saviour

citytillidie wrote: »

All I can do is laugh at your posts thanks for keeping me entertained

ok

what do you think was funny enough to make you laugh

donfers

GavRedKing wrote: »

Hes been like that in spain. Didnt expect or want him to change as long as he channels it correctly.

But he didn't channel it correctly, not by a long way. Hopefully he'll get a lengthy ban. If Suarez had behaved like Costa did tonight he would be publically hanged

citytillidie

Sanity_Saviour wrote: »

ok

what do you think was funny enough to make you laugh

How much you have one those blue tinted glasses

8-10

niallo27 wrote: »

I think we should all calm down. Liverpool more than held there own against top of the league so things are looking up. Fair play to Chelsea for getting through. Hazard does annoy me though and that's not just me being bitter.

I'm ok with Hazard just because he's so good to watch, nearly scored a cracker tonight. Costa on the other hand is a quality player but the stamping is just not cool, really don't think either were necessary and would prefer if he'd just have let his play do the talking

niallo27

Sanity_Saviour wrote: »

ok

what do you think was funny enough to make you laugh

The game went to extra time. Your keeper was man of the match in both legs but yet you thought it was more comfortable than you thought it wouid be. Extra time Chelsea looked comfortable after they scored but it was wide open before that.

citytillidie

Strumms wrote: »

Seeing a couple more replays I think it was a penalty although the argument will always be that Costa should not have been on the pitch. If there was any doubt about the first one the second one sealed the deal and I think the FA will deal with that and he will be sitting out a few games. I like his aggression but he way oversteps the mark when it's put up to him at times. I think Henderson should have gone also to be honest in the latter stages and Lucas walked a tightrope.

Overall Chelsea were the better side tonight, probably very even over the two legs. If only Liverpool had a striker.

Chelsea where not the better team at Anfield

bad2dabone

GavRedKing wrote: »

Hes been like that in spain. Didnt expect or want him to change as long as he channels it correctly.

Its A Tactic From Him, and It works.


However I Find Him Disagreeable and A Bit Manky.

donfers

Oh and Hawthorne and Quinn have to be the worst commentary team going, cliche after cliche and no real understanding of the key moments in the game, no mention of the Costa stamps and trying to make out like Zouma had a good game - just really dumb, populist, agenda-driven and cowardly almost anti-analysis

8-10

citytillidie wrote: »

Chelsea where not the better team at Anfield

He basically said Liverpool were, not Chelsea

Kirby

donfers wrote: »

Oh and Hawthorne and Quinn have to be the worst commentary team going, cliche after cliche and no real understanding of the key moments in the game, no mention of the Costa stamps and trying to make out like Zouma had a good game - just really dumb, populist, agenda-driven and cowardly almost anti-analysis

I'm no fan of Quinn as a commentator at all.....but he mentioned both stamps. Wtf were you watching?

8-10

Kirby wrote: »

I'm no fan of Quinn as a commentator at all.....but he mentioned both stamps. Wtf were you watching?

Also he praised Zouma when he deserved praise, saved a goalscoring chance at least twice

phobia2011

get in, Hazard and Costa...Legendary

donfers

Kirby wrote: »

I'm no fan of Quinn as a commentator at all.....but he mentioned both stamps. Wtf were you watching?

OK they made reference to it but they underplayed it - Quinn said the key moments in the first half were the penalty appeal and the two liverpool chances, then they cut straight to the studio and the presenter said the key moment was the Costa non-red. The fact that Quinn was so immediately contradicted was amusing but he's a terrible pundit

"Liverpool will lick their wounds but Chelsea march on" - an example of his "analysis" - just banality after cliche after meaningless platitude. He had his big book of footballing cliches open and he must have went through the lot

emo72

we couldnt sign the likes of costa, we had to sign balotelli. they sign courtois even though they have cech. we are not at the races at all, and we nearly took them. courtois man of the match in both matches tells a story.

donfers

8-10 wrote: »

Also he praised Zouma when he deserved praise, saved a goalscoring chance at least twice

Zouma was poor tonight, badly positioned, looked nervous and was bailed out by those around him on more than one occassion, not great on the ball either

Will I Amnt

emo72 wrote: »

we couldnt sign the likes of costa, we had to sign balotelli. they sign courtois even though they have cech. we are not at the races at all, and we nearly took them. courtois man of the match in both matches tells a story.

Courtois shouldn't have been anywhere near MOTM tonight, he wasn't overly busy in fairness, very surprised he got it.

elefant

emo72 wrote: »

we couldnt sign the likes of costa, we had to sign balotelli. they sign courtois even though they have cech. we are not at the races at all, and we nearly took them. courtois man of the match in both matches tells a story.

To be fair, they signed Courtois 4 years ago.

Costa is some bástard. I think he's great! Gives and takes as good as he's got, and, from interviews during his time in Spain, is totally unashamed in doing so.

Courtois was brilliant first half.

Cracking keeper

fullstop

donfers wrote: »

yes mourinho let's not talk about the two stamps and the rake on gerrard's face, let's just sweep it under the carpet

He hit him with a rake? Some of the whinging on this thread is hilarious tbh.

Lukker-

donfers wrote: »

Zouma was poor tonight, badly positioned, looked nervous and was bailed out by those around him on more than one occassion, not great on the ball either

Disagree. He didn't have a perfect game and was understandably nervous.

But he got better as the game went on and he gave Sterling very little compared to how bad Cahill last week.

niallo27

Will I Amnt wrote: »

Courtois shouldn't have been anywhere near MOTM tonight, he wasn't overly busy in fairness, very surprised he got it.

Was very surprised myself. I don't think any player really stood out tonight. Lucas did ok but probably could have gone. I don't know who should have got it.

GavRedKing

Lukker- wrote: »

Disagree. He didn't have a perfect game and was understandably nervous.

But he got better as the game went on and he gave Sterling very little compared to how bad Cahill last week.

The difference is Zouma engages people cahill backs off far too much

Sanity_Saviour

niallo27 wrote: »

The game went to extra time. Your keeper was man of the match in both legs but yet you thought it was more comfortable than you thought it wouid be. Extra time Chelsea looked comfortable after they scored but it was wide open before that.

And I stand by that. Overall Chelsea the better team tonight and deserved to go through.

Liverpool much better in the first leg but unfortunately it's over 2 legs that counts

Sanity_Saviour

citytillidie wrote: »

How much you have one those blue tinted glasses

Have a look through your own posts and you'll probably come to the same conclusion

Will I Amnt

niallo27 wrote: »

Was very surprised myself. I don't think any player really stood out tonight. Lucas did ok but probably could have gone. I don't know who should have got it.

Skrtel was Liverpool's best player and Hazard was Chelsea's IMO.