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@CFCDaily Refs shouldn't be worried about this rather focusing on making the right decisions on the pitch like the palmer penalty.

🚨 Chelsea staff were told at the pre-match meeting between officials, representatives from the two clubs and the PL not to form the huddle around the centre circle if Newcastle were about to kick-off. [telegraph] telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

It’s absolutely insane the ref didn’t call this on field, let alone VAR review. Insane.

@TheBlueDodger Because fofana fell asleep they scored early and could sit back

How did we not score against this Newcastle defence 😂

@MaccaSport @EBL2017 Yes we(Chelsea) were way more physical yesterday which showed in corners and set pieces. But it means we have lost focus on the technical aspects which is from the cyclical nature of football, possession countered by low block which is countered by transition football and so on.

@grsare @EBL2017 Good read. Agree with a lot there. However, technically the PL seems to be going backwards recently.

Arsenal battered Leverkusen. Their own imbalance caused themselves issues in first leg and they still drew away with minimal discomfort. Liverpool also caused their own issues in Turkey. Imbalance. And it was still a game where they easily could have scored 2 or more. Slot should rectify it tonight, though. If he does, Liverpool are likely to progress. Newcastle should have beaten Barca by 3 at St. James’. Tough game tonight but still expect them to cause Barca some issues. Chelsea individuals (first leg) + squad (second leg) cost them in a tight game dynamics wise. The xG proved that over the two legs. Madrid beat City, but they can do that to any team on any day. Looking at it on such a broad scale and categorising English teams and European teams into one category is illogical. It’s what people who don’t pay attention to each game do. They’re casuals who don’t actually analyse all of these games. If you do watch the games, you know that you cannot paint the entire situation with such a vague answer (i.e., technical quality, tactics, etc). Everyone worth their salt knows the Premier League is the crème de la crème. But don’t get it twisted - that’s not something to be proud of. The league blows every other league out of the water financially. Of course it’s going to be the best. I wish it wasn’t so we could preserve the competitiveness of the non-elite clubs around Europe, but that is the reality.

The dumbest guy you know: "this is why xG is a useless stat"

@IsolatedPlay_ Glad I've found you now, so many fans have been doom and gloom and having discussions I couldn't quite put it as good as you have but just by feel alone I cannot say Rosenier is the problem but people dislike other factors of the clib and go mob mentality.

It’s clear on football twitter these dudes attach all emotional resentment of their own miserable lives onto the team they support if they fail to meet expectation. Even the so called analysts or “tacticos”, in moments like these they show how frail their objective analysis of the game actually is when emotions stemming from the result overrides the actual performance - which is the long term determinant of future results.

Let’s be honest, we literally just witnessed an otherworldly form of finishing, I’ve never seen anything like it

Look we got waxed but I still can’t get over the fact that 3 of our own players combined for 6 goals against us over the 2 legs

I don’t understand why we see a ruling like this every month. This ruling comes after the incident, but so does VAR? Isn’t that the point of VAR? Are they just ignoring incidents or forgetting to check things?

Twat in the away end with the whistle is the most annoying nobhead in the world

Arsenal wrongly escaped two incorrect VAR penalty calls in games where they won by a single goal 3 times this season their opponents should have been awarded a penalty They have not had a single incorrect call against them. Clear evidence EPL will make sure they lift the title

@InvertTheWing He's not coaching the players to be loose, they were making u9s mistakes

Rosenior cannot continue. He cannot coach a defense at all. Cannot say I watched the first 2 goals, as I was out. But it’s a constant trend. Look at how no one closes down the attacker, AGAIN. The red flag should have been him jumping ship mid season at the very first opportunity. He did not trust his craft enough to get a move later.

The SD’s have to go. The ownership has to go. It all has to go. We’ve got to move quick before some of our actual decent players want out too!

The stupid thing about this tie is Chelsea are going to end up with as many big chances and a better xG. They have conceded maybe 1 really quality goal and the other 6 have been gifts from a defensive standpoint. It's simply not good enough at elite level.

Consider me shocked. Quite obvious what PGMOL were attempting to do. These 2 decisions, the Kolo Muani foul decision, all came in 3 consecutive match weeks. Worst stretch of officiating I’ve seen. What is an apology going to do? Deduct Arsenal points? Give Chelsea and Brighton points? Time to start penalising referees involved.

Genuinely why on earth is Chalobah jogging and getting outran by a 40 year old to save a goal in a cup final. I’m meant to believe these guys actually give a fuck about winning

The lack of seriousness is alarming. 😭

Two things - why are players diving in the VAR era? And why are 90% of dives not punished by a booking?

On no planet is this a penalty. Unless it happens next week in the PL in which case it’ll probably be a penalty