28 Feb 2022 11:58:23
Any opinions on Nabys' challenge on Chalobah. He was slated by Jimmy and two Jamies on Sky. Personaly I though it was a 50/ 50 challenge. Maybe rose tinted glasses. Perhaps a view from unbiased Ed.
28 Feb 2022 12:18:47
I wouldn't listen to any ex-player turned pundit. For me it was 50/ 50 all day long. Both of them had their legs up and Naby couldn't control his leg on the way back down. Never listen to pundits mateðŸ‘.
28 Feb 2022 12:32:38
Pundits have agenda, OP. For me, they both went in studs showing and the ref let it go. Let the players play, me thinks.
28 Feb 2022 12:38:29
In the interest of fairness as we’ve all complained about City the last few days, I thought it was a definite red.
Absolutely shocking challenge and reckless. If that challenge was against one of our players I’d have been fuming. It was a 50/ 50 but Keita clearly slows down and backs out from going for the ball in case he got hurt which led to him making contact with the player.
But less I say on Keita the better, I know we have a few who love him on here.
28 Feb 2022 13:14:15
On another day, another ref., the call could have easily gone the other way. Same with Matip's disallowed goal (how often do we see obscure reasons being cited by VAR to justify decisions? ) Something that VAR was supposed to address and solve. Instead it has done absolutely nothing aside from shifting blame on the ref to the guys behind screens looking at slow motion videos.
28 Feb 2022 12:32:38
Pundits have agenda, OP. For me, they both went in studs showing and the ref let it go. Let the players play, me thinks.
28 Feb 2022 12:38:29
In the interest of fairness as we’ve all complained about City the last few days, I thought it was a definite red.
Absolutely shocking challenge and reckless. If that challenge was against one of our players I’d have been fuming. It was a 50/ 50 but Keita clearly slows down and backs out from going for the ball in case he got hurt which led to him making contact with the player.
But less I say on Keita the better, I know we have a few who love him on here.
28 Feb 2022 13:14:15
On another day, another ref., the call could have easily gone the other way. Same with Matip's disallowed goal (how often do we see obscure reasons being cited by VAR to justify decisions? ) Something that VAR was supposed to address and solve. Instead it has done absolutely nothing aside from shifting blame on the ref to the guys behind screens looking at slow motion videos.
28 Feb 2022 13:34:35
Agree with Josh. If Chalobah studs Keita between the legs we're all screaming red card.
But, moving on, I'm still delirious with having another trophy in the cabinet.
28 Feb 2022 13:34:38
Is this Groundhog day 🤔.
28 Feb 2022 13:48:15
Not a red. But definitely a yellow. There were many yellows not given yesterday. Thought the ref let way too much go in general.
Side note, how much time did Chelsea players spend rolling around on the floor getting treatment? Also, I am sure at one point the ref stopped the game for Reece getting a ball in the ghoulies but not even going down.
28 Feb 2022 13:54:42
I was starting to worry, Barry!
Hope you're good, mate.
Hope you're good, mate.
28 Feb 2022 13:56:59
Is this Groundhog day?
28 Feb 2022 13:58:26
I thought it was dangerous on Challobahs side as Naby nearly twisted an ankle on his undercarriage!
28 Feb 2022 14:17:25
So Kieta slowed down to avoid contact and getting hurt thus then causing him to make contact.
The lads just started in a team that’s won us our first domestic cup in a while. Surely he’s earned at least 1 day of not being slated by his own fans.
28 Feb 2022 14:22:27
I thought we'd have no chance when Keita didn't get sent off.
Bloody ref!
28 Feb 2022 15:08:45
At the time I thought he was lucky. Only thing I can say is that they both came in high and chalaboh came in quite fast and it seemed like Naby pulled out a bit and caught him as he was coming down.
I would have understood a red given he caught him high with his studs and you’ve seen them given. Deserved at least a yellow.
28 Feb 2022 15:26:44
I think it’s clearly the right decision to leave it no cards on both sides.
Both players were reckless and neither got the ball. The Chelsea lad was worse off for it, but that doesn’t mean he was any less reckless than Keita was. Two players giving it their all and trying to win the ball. Glad the ref didn’t ruin an excellent game, and not just because I’m a red.
That being said, Had the Chelsea lad won the ball, then we could’ve had fewer complaints if Keita were sent off. I could at least understand it then.
28 Feb 2022 15:32:21
It was a 50/ 50 challenge but Keita clearly slows down.
Joshke91, do you realise you were watching a slow motion replay.
It is funny how a pundit makes a comment and people jump on to it and claim it as their own.
28 Feb 2022 16:04:35
Gaga I said it at the time and didn’t even watch post match analysis. Keita did what he always does. Attempts to look like he is going into a 50/ 50 to win the ball without actually having any real desire to do so. If he had actually gone for the ball and the challenge was mistimed he would have ended up studding Chabolah in the shin or dare I say it actually winning a challenge.
Thanks though for your input.
28 Feb 2022 16:14:44
Genuinely thought he was going to get a red. As we’ve seen them given for less. But, equally, fair play for getting stuck in putting his boot in.
28 Feb 2022 16:42:21
Josh football should always be about opinions. For me Chalobahs' boot was also high. If we all agreed all of the time sites like this would not work. Sorry about the sarcastic line about slow motion replay.
28 Feb 2022 16:52:20
I agree that it was a 50/ 50 and they both went studs up but at the end of the day only 1 player ended up connecting so I do think Keita, and we, got very lucky.
28 Feb 2022 17:19:42
Both went in high and full blooded and if Naby pulled out of it then, it can’t be a red esp with the way the ref was letting other atrocities go unpunished without as much as a talking to.
28 Feb 2022 18:24:53
Josh you gave yourself away with your last sentence. You don’t like Keita we get it so you have an agenda against him.
For me if you send Keita off then you have to send Chaloba off too as both of them did exactly the same thing. It’s only the angle they went in at that meant Chaloba got caught and Keita didn’t but you can’t punish the result it’s the action that is reckless regardless of the end result.
Nothing to see here apart from pundits trying to make themselves relevant by revving up the usual sheep who blindly believe everything they say.
28 Feb 2022 19:04:35
Thanks goodness Keita realised that he was about to risk injuring an opponent and getting a red card so he slowed down to take away the force from the challenge. The contact was high I'm sure the force was reduced due to Keita slowing down.
There are too many haters against him here. Can't support a player when he starts a cup final at 10 minute notice, plays quite well against top midfield opponents, and wins a cup. Give us a break.
28 Feb 2022 19:41:53
Beckers pecker maybe unlike yourself I actually have the self control to look at a situation impartially despite my feelings about someone.
If Keita had been caught by their player I would have said it’s a red. Fact of the matter is that yes they both went for the ball, chabolah got it whilst Keita did not. Maybe no bad intent but challenge was reckless and dangerous.
Stop being so deluded, if a player made that challenge on one of our players and didn’t get sent off and we then lost the game everyone on this site would be up in arms. Or was everyone ok with pickfords challenge last year because he went for the ball?
{Ed025's Note - hard to argue with that josh..
28 Feb 2022 20:22:37
On the plus side he wasn't the only Chelsea player to get a whack in the plumbs :D.
28 Feb 2022 20:36:04
When did I say anything about going for the ball Josh? I said they both did exactly the same thing so if one of them was sent off then so should the other.
I hate it when people compare a completely different event trying to make out it has some relevance to a current argument. Pickford’s challenge was totally different he launched himself at VVD who had the ball. If VVD had launched himself at Pickford in the same fashion at the same time then yes 100% he should’ve been sent off too.
The fact is Chalobah was just as reckless as Keita so how can you just punish Keita? The ref got it spot on it was 6 or one and half a dozen of the other.
You quite clearly don’t like Keita so to claim you are impartial is just a joke.
28 Feb 2022 20:42:27
Grrrrr - Keita chickens out of challenges
Grrrrr - Keita went in high for a dangerous challenge.
What a way to celebrate a cracking game.
28 Feb 2022 21:14:18
Flash, damned if he dies and damned if he doesn’t. Like Beckers said, a storm in a tea cup really. Both guys went in studs up on a 50/ 50 ball and Keita pulled out and Chalobah got caught.
It happens hence, nothing to see here except for the pundits trying to justify why Chelsea lost instead of actually blaming their “penalty specialist†GK for sending the ball into orbit instead of hitting the darn target. I hear the ball will take a while to re-enter the Earth’s orbit cis that’s how hard Keita launched it.
28 Feb 2022 23:13:24
It’s nice that we found something to slag Naby off for- doesn’t actually feel like the day after our match (all our matches) if someone doesn’t find fault with something he did or didn’t do. I. ’m surprised nobody has mentioned his disciplinary record - after all it would have been the 6th time he’d have been sent off this season for recklessness…. oh no, hang on
Anyway, yet again, as a fan, I thought the whole 120 minutes and shoot out was brilliant entertainment and I’m hoping to have my finger nails grown back for the 2nd leg of the CL match (another Wednesday night CL match at Anfield ðŸ‘ðŸ‘)
28 Feb 2022 23:58:41
Lads/ girls, Gaga, like you say, it's all about opinion. Like you rightly say, if we all agreed with everything this site doesn't work. At the end of the day we all share the same love and we should all respect each others opinion. After all, there are far more serious things happening in Eastern Europe to get wound up about stuff that really isn't important.