1 minute ago, Womble said:

It was a completely legitimate goal it came off a palace player  before it came to willian...

But doesn’t it have to be a deliberate pass back, it wasn’t an intentional touch.

Okish first half.

however I would have kovacic on for Barkley in the second half.

kovacic is better with ball retention 

3 minutes ago, Slojo said:

I guarantee if it were Liverpool they wouldn't be saying it was offside, it's because all these pundits and commentators are ex Arsenal, United and Liverpool players. 

Is this some sort of meta analysis? Wasn't liverpool wrongly called offside yesterday ?

Not such a great half but we are ahead and it looks like Willian's goal was onside. We need to take more risks in their area. It's been too predictable so far. Hazaed on  pronto.

Just now, Floyd25 said:

But doesn’t it have to be a deliberate pass back, it wasn’t an intentional touch.

He was making an..."active attempt to block the ball" which according to the rules makes the goal legit...apparently Floyd 

That was a tough call for the officials to make in real-time but the replays show it was definitely a goal. I say this almost every time this happens, but the officials should really give the attacking team the benefit of the doubt in these situations.

1 minute ago, Londonisblue said:

ball deflected from cp player. Willian still on the line imo AND ball deflected from cp player ... Still calls it offside ... Ref ref ref

Always expect the worst with these refs.......especially in our case. Anybody surprised Wolves first goal vs spurs was deemed offside eventhough he was clearly onside? Its a sh*tshow designed to go certain way.

Poor up until Morata got stuck in and won us a corner. Too sloppy from almost everyone at times. The offside wasn't offside, but it was so tight that I can understand why it was given. 

Azpilicueta, Luiz and Jorginho are all having good games.

Without replays I would have initially said offside. Very very tight that can go for or against you. Can’t really blame the officials. Will be interesting to see what the pundits say. Eveidence is there that he’s onside so to say otherwise is bias.

Anyway. 1 0 up. Dominating from A to Z. Lacking inspiration upfront sometimes but better though towards the end of the 1st half. There's so much you can do without Hazard though and a team parking the bus.

Just now, Womble said:

He was making an..."active attempt to block the ball" which according to the rules makes the goal legit...apparently Floyd 

Oh okay, you learn something everyday. 

9 minutes ago, bluedave said:

Yeah, I’ve missed a lot of the match (including the goal) due to terrible quality steams but I’ve still managed to see Barkley give the ball away a bunch of times.

https://www.neostreamz.com/soccer2/

1 minute ago, Stim said:

Is this some sort of meta analysis? Wasn't liverpool wrongly called offside yesterday ?

Not a valid comparison is it? I'm talking about the commentary bias not referee decisions, did I say the referees are ex Liverpool, United and Arsenal pundits? No. I don't know how you can say that was offside when there are two big factors, factor one being he was level with the last player, factor two being it came off a Palace player. 

Ok first half. Good goal by Morata. Eden and Kovacic in the second half

From the linesmens point of view it is easy to see why he called it. The body of Willian is towards goal and Palace defenders off goal. Where he stands it looks Willy is definetly offside. He has a millisecond to decide. 

Barkley has been relatively poor so far imo ... Kovavic in the 2nd half hopefully ?

I've watched it back again that was a f**king goal, but then again....Chelsea, what do you expect 

Just now, Londonisblue said:

Barkley has been relatively poor so far imo ... Kovavic in the 2nd half hopefully ?

Barkley needs to be in a more advanced role. He has not been too good today. You could clearly hear Sarru yell at him when he hogged the ball in the low midfield area. 

Just now, Londonisblue said:

Anyway. 1 0 up. Dominating from A to Z. Lacking inspiration upfront sometimes but better though towards the end of the 1st half. There's so much you can do without Hazard though and a team parking the bus.

Willian and Alonso were the reason why were weren't creating much in those first 30 minutes. They were so predictable. You had Alonso who was too slow to beat his man so would just play it back 10 yards, then you had Willian doing what Willian does more often than not, he was running and then stopping instead of trying to beat his man. He didn't even try to get many crosses into the box. As soon as the ball was moved out to the right with Azpilicueta and Pedro, we looked more dangerous.

Offside decision - difficult for the referee in real time, we all have the benefit of numerous replays and watching in slow motion.

2nd ( and 3rd) goals needed early in second half

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Redknapp said it's a goal that's how you f**king know it's a goal

3 minutes ago, evissy said:

From the linesmens point of view it is easy to see why he called it. The body of Willian is towards goal and Palace defenders off goal. Where he stands it looks Willy is definetly offside. He has a millisecond to decide. 

if only there was some type of technology to assist the linesmen to make the correct call

And just as I'm talking about, Sky Sports halftime analysis, not one Chelsea pundit but an ex Palace player refusing to comment if it was onside or offside, odd. 

Anyway still 1-0 up pointless moaning, just making a point about the bias on Coverage and the lack of Chelsea pundits, other than that it's a hard decision from the linesman, at first glance Willian looked offside to me, the replay it looked obvious he was on. 

4 minutes ago, Londonisblue said:

Barkley has been relatively poor so far imo ... Kovavic in the 2nd half hopefully ?

You would hope so 

4 minutes ago, evissy said:

From the linesmens point of view it is easy to see why he called it. The body of Willian is towards goal and Palace defenders off goal. Where he stands it looks Willy is definetly offside. He has a millisecond to decide. 

That's why the rule is benefit to the attacker, if it's that close you keep the little f**king flag down by your leg