<sigh> .. 
This has been painful.
Sure there'll be a gala time at the 'redcafe goes into meltdown' threads elsewhere..
This has been painful.
Sure there'll be a gala time at the 'redcafe goes into meltdown' threads elsewhere..
Chelsea vs. Manchester United
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To Abramovich, Chelsea is just an extension of his toys. He barely even shows up these days. You think he uses all of his fleet of yachts? No way. There are probably a few docked in Monaco he's forgotten he even owns. Same thing with the loan players.
You can guarantee he's made out like the corrupt crook he is from building contracts for Sochi 2014 too. Probably made more on bribes in a week than all 24 of those loan players cost him.
Crazy from Rafael
I fecking love Rafael, obviously that isn't on but he just cares far more than the rest of them.
Moyes in
the only positive...Rafael did not get a red...wow....
Pleas resign Moyes
Rafa's challange was much worse then Vidic's but I guess he was saved because he actually hit the ball, still the red against Vidic was just a stupid decision.
No way that was a red for Vidic, imo. Definite red for Rafael.
We are a fecking team of retards. What the feck was Rafael thinking?
Absolutely no discipline.
Absolutely no discipline.
I am sure that Moyes will be happy with our performance
We were OK. They were rubbish. They won 3-1
fecking football
fecking football
I wanted Jose....
ah well..
Charlton and Fergie will be shaking their heads I suppose.
This.
Definitely. In fairness I don't think we went into any summer and thought "Midfielder? Na, no need!"
We don't spunk money away and Fergie had been burned numerous time with poor midfield signings. We should have bought and bought better but if the right player isn't there at the right time you shouldn't just spend.
It was shocking foul with no intent to get the ball.
He actually gave a throw in there at first
Good refereeing from Stamford Bridge there. Just like the Ashley Young 'handball', which he delayed on giving until Stamford Bridge stepped in and decided for him.
Yea the same, lost his shit, could've been sent off but he's the only one to still give a feck in 90th minute.
Vidić was never ever a fecking red card, you have to literally be blind to say so. Luiz should've been off in the first half for amount of fouls as well.
Maybe in fecking MMA. Rafael's was a straight red.
Another insipid, pathetic performance. First 12 minutes were good, then utter gash from then on.
I still reckon we'll get 4th.
He's not a natural goal scorer so what's your point? I wasn't critising him I was giving an honest opinion. A natural goal scorer would have got at least one today Welbeck is a good player but he's not a goal scorer regardless if he hit 6 in 6 (7).
fecking hell Vidic saved Rafael - that was red all day long
So by that reckoning, anytime someone slide tackles a player with the sole intention of brining them down, it's a red card?
No way that was a red for Vidic, imo. Definite red for Rafael.
Dowd is a useless fat turd.
Not if it's a fairly light challenge. That wasn't though.
He might as well have just snapped him Dowd giving the straight red was pathetic by even his standards.
Quite pleased with how we stood up in the face of the luck Chelsea had.
I used to tackle like that all the time when I was a kid. 99% of the time I got the ball. Things have really changed these days.
we need at least two solid midfield players in the window...but we wont...
disaster of the summer idiocy being seen now.
disaster of the summer idiocy being seen now.
Never a red for Vidic, was a crap, late tackle and a definate yellow (even our players looked suprised at the red). Was a horrible one from Rafael.
I was hoping Luiz would get subbed at halftime, I think that's the last we'll see of him in midfield for Jose. Him charging into people was reckless at best.
Also, from before the game.....
I was hoping Luiz would get subbed at halftime, I think that's the last we'll see of him in midfield for Jose. Him charging into people was reckless at best.
Also, from before the game.....
I want a name change to Nostraduffmas.
Why do people praise reckless challenges saying at least they are showing passion or that they care?
Nothing shows you dont care and are not thinking of the team than being reckless and getting sent off.
Vidic debatable, but these days it is a red, you would be screaming red if it were reversed. Rafael definite red.
Nothing shows you dont care and are not thinking of the team than being reckless and getting sent off.
Vidic debatable, but these days it is a red, you would be screaming red if it were reversed. Rafael definite red.
Lou Macari saying it wasn't a sending off as very little contact, I haven't seen it yet. Surely if the intent was there the ref was justified to send him off? Can someone give an opinion.
So again, by this reckoning, Paul Scholes would never have recieved yellow cards - he would have only ever got Reds.
Dowd has gone from bad to worse....retire already.
what?Karma's even. Remember that Joe Cole tackle on Ronaldo at OT a few years ago? He stayed on. The wheel has now turned full circle.
Like feck we would
It was a normal yellow card challenge. I'm guessing you didn't "see" Luiz's many reckless challenges today.
No it isn't. Show me a similar challenge that has been red-carded in the Prem this season? Because theres tackles like that which have got yellows occuring all the time. Januzaj's taken a shit-ton of them.
If the tackles in question showed no intent to get the ball and involved reckless force, then yeah, it should be a red.
Well then football really has moved on.
The only reason he was "saved" was because Dowd bottled it as he had given a read to Vidic earlier. Moronic decision, Rafa's was a read every day of the week, dreadful challenge.
Never a red card for Vidic and the ref wasn't even giving a foul for the Rafael one .
Agree with all except Vidas. If that challenge happens at 1-1 at say 40 mins, it's a yellow. The Ref has let the 'frustration' element inform his decision. Of course the frustration makes it malicious which can push a yellow to a red, but it's still harsh for me.
Not a massive factor in the game and I don't think it really hurts us in the next 3 games.
Mourinho won the game for yous there, set it up perfectly. A few lucky/shit defending goals and it was really comfortable. Typical Mourinho performance in many ways.
And you are the bestest fan in the whole history of football fandom. Congratulations sir!
I wasn't saying that he should be sacked, only that pretty much any other team wouldn't have our patience.
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