That's a red for maguire, how is that not a red? Son was sent off for lashing out in exactly the same kind of situation.

What a chance for michy.. that was a perfect lay off from mount. Haizzz

Martial gets away with elbowing christensen in the face and then proceeds to score. That's just shocking.

No different from the son incident, in fact this was worse as he very, very clearly made contact with michy. Var team and the ref are a bunch of cowards.

How is that a booking for rudi?? loollll

What the hell??? what the hell was that?? Azpi was pushed into the player by fred?! Hahahahahha oh my God get the ref a united jersey already loooolllllllllllll

What a world class tackle by zouma. Got all of the ball with impeccable timing. And it's a booking of course hahahahhahqhqhqhqhqqhhahahaha
Wqhahhahhahahaahahaha

He shouldn't even be on the pitch. Hahahahahhaha very nice. Wonder how much they spent to buy all these officials. Congrats to them, never thought I'd see such blatant biasness hahahaha

Corrupt bunch of pussies can't even do the right thing looolllll

Oh My God they got a booking??? u have to be kidding me!!!!

Hahahahahha they call a marginal offside but can't spot maguire kicking out hahahhahhhaha

Sorry guys, officials' corruption aside, I'm not impressed by lampard's decision making and man management so far. Are we really shocked by michy's performance after being frozen out for so long?

Why the hell's the ref stopping for a non-head injury? Hahahhahaa oh my God at least make an effort to cover up the corruption laa

His stubbornness puts even sarri to shame imo.
Had tons of chances to do so throughout the season and give tammy more rest, but now we're reaping the 'rewards,' with only one competent striker who's beginning to look worse as the games go on.

It's so predictable now, it's sad

I honestly don't believe we can't just pluck someone from the academy / youth team and give them a run. After all, youngsters have been the theme all throughout frank's reign so why the special exception for willy? Heck I'd rather even see lamptey there with his pace. Yea he's gone now, but surely there are others. Such strange decisions, and don't even get me started on his favourite son mount

This post has been edited by Kerplunk: Feb 18 2020, 06:22 AM

Interestingly, there wasn't any VAR review or even a replay of the incident? A broken nose is no joke, christensen had martial in his pocket up to that point and was having a great game. Wouldn't be surprised if it was a blatant elbow from the striker, and christensen was sent off instead, for hurting his feelings. Var team all had a single objective today and they achieved it gloriously.

All 3 losses against ole's utd this season,shocking record. People have been mentioning we have no answer to counter attacking teams, and I've been in denial for awhile. Looks like we really have no way of breaking down organised teams, or buses. Spurs next, with the injury news coming in, nothing short of a miracle will save us imo. Starting to accept that we may well be back in the europa next year.

Iike I said if it was reviewed, christensen would be more likely to be punished for simulation, bloody nose and all
Just like the willian incident, where it was never a dive, he was just trying to avoid being clattered into, and didn't even appeal.

I'll say it again, chelsea were idiots for not going for him in january and expecting tammy to be the second coming of drogba. Lamps has to shoulder some of the blame as well, refusing to give michy and especially giroud more opportunities in order to build confidence and at least keep tammy on his toes. I mean if I were in his shoes, why bother trying so hard, and what's the big deal in missing so many chances? I'm the undisputed number one anyway. Virtually undroppable.

Drogba was pushed by the very best in the business, in the form of crespo, anelka, shevchenko and torres. It brought out a different kind of monster in him, and you could see this translated onto the pitch.

Tammy looks over his shoulder and he sees a bunch of mugs whom the manager doesn't even trust. What lamps needs to realise is tammy is just as culpable for us dropping points when he misses big chances, as kepa is when he let's in silly goals. He kicks kepa to the curb without a second thought, yet tammy gets a free pass. Bad man management imo.

Tammy is nowhere near the level of an elite striker like the drogs who can turn a game at any given moment. The kid doesn't deserve to be given so much trust, nor should he be burdened with the responsibility of carrying the team.

This post has been edited by Kerplunk: Feb 20 2020, 12:53 PM

You're right about that. Our good run which included some fantastic wins away vs burnley, wolves (5-2!), etc, kind of pushed expectations way up including mine, but when teams started to figure us out, all of us were hoping for frank to come up with solutions. They haven't been coming, plus our injury crisis (not sure what they're doing in training, but I can't recall the last time our players were dropping like flies, one after another) has only made things worse, so everyone's on edge and worried right now

The most obvious are tammy, mount, and kante imo. It's okay to have favourites, but he absolutely must know when enough is enough. Alienating giroud and michy has also been detrimental to their confidence. Michy especially, looked like a very capable player for palace and dortmund while on loan. It's impossible for him to turn garbage overnight, but when your manager decides to go strikerless and sub in a midfielder for his final change in a crucial match (vs leicester) , it can happen. It shouldn't, but it can.

A couple of losses in a row and we may well be heading for a downward spiral. Players like giroud (if given a chance) need to step up, even barkley. Frank may just need to bite the bullet and play 'conservative' against some of these teams, maybe even go for a counter attacking approach. My main worry is we've been drilled into such a one dimensional system with mixed results, it may be the only system the team is capable of utilising. Let's see what happens tonight.

Farewell kepa. Thanks for all the penalty saves
Think his chelsea career is basically over. On the other hand, great to see barkley and giroud in there!

Not a bad idea, but not sure how he's been with milan? Supposed to be some wonderkid as well right..

What a strike from giroud! He's been very good overall.