[Albion] Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***

[Washie]

It's almost as if we have 10 injuries and just played out of our skins in Europe on Thursday. Yep - you're right. Dogshit.

Except we didn't, we were shit on Thursday too.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Sanchez there being as classy as ever.

But there's some on here think we should have overturned our 'no dickheads policy' for the sake of that dickhead

 

[WhingForPresident]

According to the commentator here in Norway, that’s the rule!
If the decision is overturned in that situation the defending team gets an indirect free kick.

Makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

I didn't realise he had given it! Sky Sports said he didn't, stream I was watching said he didn't.. It definitely wasn't one either.

Still an absolutely ridiculous rule.

 

[Dick Swiveller]

They need to change the wording of the review so people have some idea of what is going on. Checking potential penalty is useless. Checking award of penalty and checking non award of penalty would make more sense.

 

[Jim in the West]

Didn’t see the incident properly. Did the ref award a penalty and then VAR overturn it? If so, did the ref really award the penalty quickly enough that the ball hadn’t gone out for a corner by the time he blew his whistle?

If the above is how it happened, I get that the rules have been followed properly but still it seems massively unfair to not get the corner.

I was thinking that, but in other circumstances (where the ball remains in play) I don't think there's a logical alternative.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

What he do? Apart form time waste all game and only got a token yellow at 88mins

At the end of the team he was goading the Brighton players. Had to be dragged away by his own team. And he kept going.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Didn’t see the incident properly. Did the ref award a penalty and then VAR overturn it? If so, did the ref really award the penalty quickly enough that the ball hadn’t gone out for a corner by the time he blew his whistle?

If the above is how it happened, I get that the rules have been followed properly but still it seems massively unfair to not get the corner.

Even if he had let it go out, and then given it I believe it restarts with a drop

 

[pocketseagull]

Are we really going to be one of those teams with embarrassing fans that scream corruption when things don't go our way

 

[Krafty]

I sometimes find it comical when people say the Premier League is the "best league in the world" when the refereeing is so, so bad.

 

[Dick Swiveller]

I didn't realise he had given it! Sky Sports said he didn't, stream I was watching said he didn't.. It definitely wasn't one either.

Still an absolutely ridiculous rule.

He did a little limp wristed point in the direction of the penalty spot. Ambiguous at best

 

[Bridcutt]

To be fair, we've rode our luck a little in the last couple of games...it was always going to come back and bite us.

But we didn't get unlucky today? Poor defending in the first 25 minutes but played fine, not great but better than Chelsea and they got away with not having to play with 9 men

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

What the actual f*** was that second half?!

I was in emotional tumult at half time...I don't know what the word is to describe what I'm feeling now.

That end of the match penalty/corner/goal kick thing feels like the 2023 version of that man utd after the final whistle penalty.

What was going on at the end? Who was kicking off? Sanchez was giving it some? To our players? Staff fans?

 

[Arthritic Toe]

Ah ok - if he gave it, then I suppose that makes sense - although still penalises us for his bad deision.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Except we didn't, we were shit on Thursday too.

We are running on fumes with players that shouldn't be anywhere near the first team yet because we have an unprecedented injury list. Seriously - we didn't play well on Thursday but they played themselves into the ground to get a win. What is wrong with some of our fans?

 

[Bodian]

Are we really going to be one of those teams with embarrassing fans that scream corruption when things don't go our way

Maybe not corruption - but explain why Caicedo didn't get one of two blatant second yellows.

 

[jessiejames]

As the game stopped at the awarding of the pen. It restarts with a drop ball

WTF. its either a pen or corner. If u Believe what you posted then you must be a corrupt ref like the rest.

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

Disgrace of a refereeing performance. Complete f***ing moron.

 

[Blue3]

Has there ever been a VAR recommendation that the referee should take a look at the TV replay that results in the on pitch referee telling VAR to F$¥@ Off

I wish I had not asked this question before our penalty/corner shout

 

[Lever]

Sadly we lost the game after twenty five minutes.....

 

[Justice]

Better to win one lose one than draw to many anyway win next week lads.