Seems like the pundits are surprised that the Ref disallowed the West Ham equaliser. It was very, very soft.
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Did the referee expect him to jump over Mendy without touching at all ?
I'm not clicking on that but fair enough.
I do think they should let more go, glad they didn't today obviously!
I know!!I'm just winding you up.
Sack the ref. Outrageous call.
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Don't see a surprise package challenging for top 4 this year in the way Leicester and West Ham did at times over the past 2-3 years.
Spot on!
It doesn't help that the players go down like they have been shot and the officials are still buying it. Mendy got tapped on the arm and goes down like its been snapped in two...
Why is Coutinho not starting for Villa?
Mandy writhing around in agony until VAR overturned the goal won Chelsea the game. What a fecking fraud.
“But we're applying a higher threshold for fouls. The players, managers and clubs know about this approach, too. They all had this info shared before the season's start and have taken to it well. “
We definitely saw it first week or so. Lots of tackles that wouldve been a weak free kick last season and refs let go.
Just a poor decision today. He must have seen the incident as presumably following the ball, so why go review it?
We need a system where ref says “what is it?”. VAR official says “Bowen kicked the goalie”. Ref says “no, I saw it real time, looked fine to me”.
I don't read the Daily Mail, I'm not apologising for that.
It’s like VAR is allowing them to go back and make a mistake that they didn’t make on the pitch. It’s not getting rid of them, it’s allowing more.
There should be a panel of 3 on VAR, majority rules.
I’m also coming around to majority rules over the ref. This idea that it has to be the ref on the pitch as if the rules aren’t meant to govern all and be consistent no matter how is in the middle never made sense to me. Be it the ref in the pitch or in the VAR room, they should all be following the same rules and interpretation.
How many does the Caf reckon Haalborg will score?
I’ll all for equality in a meritocratic fashion. Men have no biological advantage when it comes to refereeing.
Not sure about him specifically but I‘m betting City scores at least 2 against that Villa line-up..
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People talk about City's strength in depth but look at their bench
More chance of refs making good decisions than getting sacked , or even any punishment.
I would begrudgingly accept it IF head of refs (Dean) came out and said it was the wrong decision and he’ll remind officials about when to use/not use VAR.
I am calling another hattrick
21/10 to score first, can’t not have a piece of that against Villa.
Since when can we post pictures in the football forum? Spoiler those.
At least 2
Players will be fouling left and right just so that she'll get involved.
Are Chelsea still one of the most dislikeable teams in the league?
They were, but then you lot signed Antony
Ballsy. Good luck!
Never have been. Everyone loves us.
I will gladly accept all charitable points!
That headlock from Antonio on Silva should have been a yellow. So all is balanced in the universe now.
That headlock from Antonio on Silva should have been a yellow. So all is balanced in the universe now.
We're still owed for the hair pull on Cookie. I want another bad call in our favour.
Walker a moron two times already 
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True, but we wouldn’t have even been in danger if they had given the appropriate second yellow when Antonio put Thiago in a full headlock and hip tossed as they weed running for that 50/50. You can play this game all day with refereeing.
Soft or not, missing the ball and kicking the goalie IS a foul.
Mendy has been embarrassing though… we did get very lucky.
Fecking Walker.