GW19 - Matchday thread

A chelsea goal would be good to ensure Haland staying on the pitch.

Auba off, Hutchison on

Cucruella off, Hall on

Ziyech, Gallagher on

For all the money that Chelsea have spent - that's a terrible bench - and Auba was subbed on

This is legit the worst Chelsea team I've seen in 25+ years

That is my favorite unit of measurement☺️

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Such a frustrating GW. Hard to know where to go. Salah, KDB and Cancelo have to go though.

Salah - rashford

Cancelo - An other

Kdb - Son??

Kane up top too.

The kids ended up being better than the experienced guys. The Auba signing really was a clear sign that Boehly hasn't a clue what he's doing.

Felix starts for Chelsea

Fulham :

Leno, Tete, Robinson, Ream(c), Adarabioyo, Willian, Reed, De Cordova-Reid, João Palhinha, Andreas Pereira, Carlos Vinícius

Subs: Diop, Chalobah, Harris, Rodák, Wilson, Cairney, Solomon, Kurzawa, James

Chelsea :

Arrizabalaga, Thiago Silva, Chalobah, Koulibaly, Kovacic, Hall, Zakaria, Azpilicueta(c), Havertz, João Félix, Mount

Subs: Bettinelli, Jorginho, Badiashile, Aubameyang, Chukwuemeka, Ziyech, Fofana, Gallagher, Cucurella

Mount starting means trippier stays on the bench, zero faith in him doing anything

It's really incredible just how poor Chelsea are this season. I already transferred Mount out for next GW.

Willian goal.

Seems to be scoring a lot lately 👀

CS gone, Andreas on a yellow and Mount is just Mount.....

Andreas Periera Assist!

What a ball in for Vinicius

I'm really getting turned off the game with all the ridiculous rules these days. There doesn't seem to be any room for a referee to decide if something is serious enough for a red card anymore. If the foot is high it's a red card regardless.

I just can't get over this, if a challenge is dangerous and could do serious damage then yes it's a red card but when a player pulls his foot back to ensure not to do damage then it should only be a yellow. Felix only lightly touched the shin of the opposing player tonight and got sent off for it. That's just all wrong, it's not tiddlywinks FFS.

I'm sorry to be ragging on about this so late after it happened but it's ruined the game for me. I'm not a Chelsea fan, I don't have Felix in my fantasy team either. I am just getting fed up of this stuff.

And I'm all for safety in sport. I'm involved in rugby with kids and take any hit to a head very seriously, I always do a HIA regardless of how innocuous it might look.

I'm against the current situation in rugby too and I'm involved in trying to get it changed. Right now an accidental clash of heads can result in a red card which is wrong in my opinion. If it's not wreckless or intentional it shouldn't be a sending off in my opinion.

Looked like a clear red card to me with foot really high and not in control of his weight when he went into the tackle with momentum. The fact he did not cause a serious injury was just luck. It was a reckless dangerous tackle that could have caused serious injury if he put his studs into the knee rather than shin pad and letting it off as a yellow would have been very lenient from what I could see. I had the sound turned off but it looked like it was the referee who made the decision to give Felix the red card.

My point is there was very little contact with the player because Felix pulled his leg back towards his body as he knew he was in the wrong position. He hit his shin but there was no force in it.

I don't agree that it was a dangerous. If it was with force then it's dangerous and reckless. In this instance there's no force and a player clearly trying to avoid the impact as much as he can. There's mitigation there and it should count for something.