The Official Thread of Chelsea FC

[Dinny Breen]

1-1 currently at Turf Moor. Can't understand why Alex starts ahead of Carvalho

[ross4life]

commentary on espn.........

Chelsea score after their first shot on goal..... "it was coming! was only a matter of time"

Burnley Score........ " i think that's their first shot on goal & they score"

[ross4life]

"John Terry scores away from home" on the front and back pages of newspapers?

[Dinny Breen]

So Chelsea win, Terry lucky not to see red and then scores the winner, after the few days he's had you couldn't make it up. Means a draw tomorrow is now a bad result for either side.

[mountainboii]

That Bikey is a useless bollix. Sleeping for both Chelsea's goals.

[Norf Tyrone]

So Chelsea win, Terry lucky not to see red and then scores the winner, after the few days he's had you couldn't make it up. Means a draw tomorrow is now a bad result for either side.

Old seen MOTD so can't comment, but ready 4 or 5 reports, watched MOTD, and trawled the Chelsea forums. First mention of escaping a red I seen.
What did he do?

[Dinny Breen]

I didn't think he should have been sent off but he was the last man and it was blatent body check on Blake so technically it was a red card,it got a yellow Paul Walsh on Fox I think kept going on about it and Fat Sam mentioned it on Goals on Sunday.

[Minder]

I didn't think he should have been sent off but he was the last man and it was blatent body check on Blake so technically it was a red card,it got a yellow Paul Walsh on Fox I think kept going on about it and Fat Sam mentioned it on Goals on Sunday.

The rule afaik is "goalscoring opportunity" not "last man", if I remember right it was just inside the Chelsea half so Blake would have had a fair bit of work to do.

[A Quinn Martin Production]

I didn't think he should have been sent off but he was the last man and it was blatent body check on Blake so technically it was a red card,it got a yellow Paul Walsh on Fox I think kept going on about it and Fat Sam mentioned it on Goals on Sunday.

The rule afaik is "goalscoring opportunity" not "last man", if I remember right it was just inside the Chelsea half so Blake would have had a fair bit of work to do.

Correct Minder...it has feck all to do with whether you are the last man or not...you must be "denying a clear goal scoring opportunity"...I think the man fouled must be in control of the ball and heading towards goal as well

[Dinny Breen]

Sorry I do know the rule, but he was through on goal and Terry fouled him, it's up to the referee's to decide whether a clear goal scoring opportunity was denied but as he was fouled no one can be certain so on another day a ref might give a red card for it, either way it was quite cynical. Personally I don't think it was a red card but the commentators were stressing he should have gone.

[under the bar]

Terry like Gerrard and Rooney get off with a lot as key England players.  Terry in particular gets the rub of the green by not even getting booked for shirt-pulling and deliberate body checking in the box that foreign premiership players would get cautioned for.  Fair play to him for having the refs in his pocket.

[magpie seanie]

That Bikey is a useless bollix. Sleeping for both Chelsea's goals.

He got top bonus points on Fantasy Premier League for that game!

[anportmorforjfc]

1-0 hull 30 mins gone. 

[ballinaman]

1-0 hull 30 mins gone. 

Expect a Drogba or deflected Lampard goal soon enough. C'mon Hull though

[Minder]

1-0 hull 30 mins gone. 

Expect a Drogba or deflected Lampard shot soon enough. C'mon Hull though

Correct sir