Chelsea Thread

[Mayhem]

I agree, the behaviour of some of the Chelsea players echoed Man Utd of not so long ago. Conversely the ref was pathetic and bottled more than one decision in favour of Barcelona.

[NemesiS]

I don't agree or condone what Ballack did and i haven't seen Drogbas incident but tbh, in such a pressure cooker game where emotions are running extremely high i think as a player you are going to react to diabolical decision at the death with vitriol, no doubt about it, and especially if you think a lot of decisions have gone against you.

Its just part of being competitive at the highest level. Tensions run high. Every sport is the same. He will get disciplined tho as you simply can't man-handle the ref.

[abigsmurf]

Hiddink is incredibly measured there, you could clearly see what he thought but managed to keep himself under control.

Even the pundits there were suggesting it was a fix.

[ezee ryder]

It is not professional though, not in anyway at all. Countless of times on this forum people have singled out Man Utd players for being dirty or unprofessional, now it is time to single out the Chelsea players. Disgusting behaviour.

Hiddink is incredibly measured there, you could clearly see what he thought but managed to keep himself under control.

Even the pundits there were suggesting it was a fix.

Yes he did what certain Chelsea players failed to do, be professional.

You seriously think that the game was fixed?!

[EJG1980]

Yeah, definitely a fix, and I reckon he sent off the Barcelona player to make it "look good" and throw people off the scent... those cunning foreigners!

[abigsmurf]

Sorry if Man U were on the receiving end of something like that, no one would talk about anything else for a week.

In all my years watching football I have never seen such awful refereeing. Not even from a certain Mr Poll who blew the whilstle before full time preventing a goal in the world cup and gave a player 3 yellows. In that case FIFA said if the goal have been a match changing one, they would've replayed the game.

[Kongster]

Calm down, mate.

[ezee ryder]

Sorry if Man U were on the receiving end of something like that, no one would talk about anything else for a week.

Yeah and if our players reacted like that some people on this forum would have called for them to be beheaded publicly.

Yeah, definitely a fix, and I reckon he sent off the Barcelona player to make it "look good" and throw people off the scent... those cunning foreigners!

Yeah I agree. The referee was actually Platini in a fat suit and he planned it all along.

I thought it was quite funny seeing Guardiola doing a Mourinho down the touchline, quite ironic.

[Ajay1986]

To be fair i believe it was this ref that made a total mess of his game in Euro 2008 and ended up having to apologise and didn't take charge of another game.

But still thats hardly an excuse for Chelsea's almost total lack of attacking especially when an already make shift defense had lost a player.

[Kongster]

Yeah and if our players reacted like that some people on this forum would have called for them to be beheaded publicly.

Not before being labeled "complete and utter disgrace" and "little ****"

[C']

I thought Hiddink gave a really class interview just then. I hope he stays on as Chelsea manager as it would be a credit to the Premier League.

Yes he did what certain Chelsea players failed to do, be professional.

You seriously think that the game was fixed?!

We can't say if it was fixed either way but it's fair to say that certain UEFA officials are happy with the way the result has gone tonight and as I alluded to in the other (as a joke admittedly) all manner of conspiracy theories are going to be thrown out now.

End of the day though, had Chelsea scored more goals, it would have been irrelvant. They can cry about the penalty decisions (or lack thereof) as much as they want, but they also need to appreciate that they did only score one goal themselves.

[abigsmurf]

That it was. His Wiki page is currently getting more than a few modifications to it...

[teenagewasteland]

That was a terrible display of refereeing.
The red card was a joke, as were the penalty decisions. I can understand one or two not being given but the Piquet one and the Eto one where he had his hand above head height were both pens.
That being said, some of the Chelsea player's behaviour was poor but, as Hiddink said, I can understand why.
Hiddink is a class act though isn't he.

[Kongster]

I seem to remember his Korea team benefiting from one or two dodgy refereeing decision in the 2002 World Cup. Not that it was a fix or anything.

[SharkSkin-Man]

When Jamie Redknapp is arguing for chelsea, you know something is majorly wrong.

Er, doesn't he work for Chelsea at the moment?