[Football] EFL Cup Final - The Thread

[Bodian]

I can see why Klopp is angry…..but considering the amount of time he’s spent berating the 4th official without being carded …I can only assume that RDZ yesterday was choosing some really really really bad words in a very short time to get his card

Maybe he's voluble in Italian, and as they can't understand him assume it's worse than it is.

The irony is that Caicedo's challenge has led to a bad injury and nothing given. Gilmour's challenge led to player getting up and playing on

and the Everton player was 'confused' as to which leg Gilmour had hurt....

 

[SeaGullBum]

I'd really fancy our chances against this Liverpool side. Without Salah, TAA, Jota, Darwin, Allison, Sbozslai, Curtis Jones, now Gravenberch, they're really not much hat at all.

That's a hell of an injury list of course

Think Arsenal are legit the only side that scare me at the minute, they're annihilating teams.

 

[The Fits]

More like the Sunday League final than an elite level one. Kind of entertaining really.

 

[The Colonel]

Why do refs have a default setting to book both players in the event of any scuffle? Bradley did absolutely nothing in that clash yet ends with a yellow.

Meanwhile, Caicedo is up to 5 or 6 fouls and still nothing.

 

[SeaGullBum]

Got rid of Caicedo at the right time, why his value was high as it was and we had stupid enough idiots like Boehly around.

He's been shocking all season

 

[jcdenton08]

How has Caicedo not even been booked?!!! My tenner on his red should be paid out by now. Disgraceful

 

[Billy in Bristol]

Liverpools bench notice.

Liverpools bench is looking a tad weak….if their is ET then Chelsea surely will be favourites with their 1 billion side

As I type MC produces yet another foul..should have been carded by now

Joe Gomez had been promised 90 minutes baby sitting duties to the rest of bench no wonder Klopp was so annoyed having to find another at such short notice

 

[SeaGullBum]

If Liverpool don't get some players back by time they play City at Anfield, might not even be a contest, although if pool keep winning games against the lower sides and bag a draw against City they just might do it.

Although definitely am not ruling Arsenal out, they look immense.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Why do refs have a default setting to book both players in the event of any scuffle? Bradley did absolutely nothing in that clash yet ends with a yellow.

Meanwhile, Caicedo is up to 5 or 6 fouls and still nothing.

You reckon?! That was all Bradley, landed on Chilwell and held him down, don't blame him for reacting at all

 

[The Fits]

Why do refs have a default setting to book both players in the event of any scuffle? Bradley did absolutely nothing in that clash yet ends with a yellow.

Meanwhile, Caicedo is up to 5 or 6 fouls and still nothing.

Chilwell is an experienced international. This is Bradley's what, fifth game?
Pathetic from Chilwell. Snide.
Could you imagine someone like Gross, Lallana, Welbeck, Milner etc doing that?
You laugh it off and calm the inexperienced player down.

 

[TomandJerry]

 

[jcdenton08]

Chilwell is an experienced international. This is Bradley's what, fifth game?
Pathetic from Chilwell. Snide.
Could you imagine someone like Gross, Lallana, Welbeck, Milner etc doing that?
You laugh it off and calm the inexperienced player down.

They are trying to gain an edge. Don’t agree with it but it’s elite football

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Got rid of Caicedo at the right time, why his value was high as it was and we had stupid enough idiots like Boehly around.

He's been shocking all season

It is strange. Caicedo was our player of the season above Mac Allister, Mitoma and Dunk for a reason, because of what he did on the ball. It wasn't as some kind of midfield enforcer, yet this is what Poch is playing him as. The few occasions he got for the ball in tight areas in this first half today he played lovely first touch passes, the kind we purred over last year, and I love watching Caicedo when he's doing that, still a superb player when he's the one in control. But Poch leaves him so isolated, plating him at this rough tackling DM, getting stuck into every challenge, and they're all fouls. Shame

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Chilwell is an experienced international. This is Bradley's what, fifth game?
Pathetic from Chilwell. Snide.
Could you imagine someone like Gross, Lallana, Welbeck, Milner etc doing that?
You laugh it off and calm the inexperienced player down.

Well, yeah, Chilwell is an experienced player and Bradley is a kid. Think he should be a bit more respectful than holding him down when he's lying on him. Don't have any issue with what Chilwell did.

 

[The Colonel]

You reckon?! That was all Bradley, landed on Chilwell and held him down, don't blame him for reacting at all

He landed on him but he didn't make any move towards him, no arms raised, no intent. He simply didn't retreat. Chilwell is the one who started the pushing.

 

[medwayseagull reborn]

Think Arsenal are legit the only side that scare me at the minute, they're annihilating teams.

Apart from Porto.

 

[jcdenton08]

Oh and Diaz so far is reminding me a lot of Adingra’s performance yesterday

 

[Coldeanseagull]

I don't really care who(liverpool) wins, as long as it's not chelsea

 

[PascalGroß Tips]

Chelsea are doing a grand job in displaying all of their attributes and reasons why I bloody well can't stand them. Sorry, but I'd want Palace to beat that lot.

 

[Justice]

Apart from Porto.

Arsenal have had one shot on target since 2017 in a champions league knockout round.