1 hour ago, fitz said:

A great many things are 'not a Chelsea', and I tend not to get excited over most of them.

Tottenham striker Harry Kane will face no further action from the Football Association following an apparent headbutt on Chelsea's Cesar Azpilicueta.

The FA were waiting to see whether Marriner included the incident in his report, and whether he saw it or not. Marriner has insisted he did see the incident and therefore Kane can face no further punishment.

Edited February 28, 20197 yr by mojo

Predictably.

36 minutes ago, mojo said:

Tottenham striker Harry Kane will face no further action from the Football Association following an apparent headbutt on Chelsea's Cesar Azpilicueta.

The FA were waiting to see whether Marriner included the incident in his report, and whether he saw it or not. Marriner has insisted he did see the incident and therefore Kane can face no further punishment.

...and I can confirm I'm still not excited.

6 hours ago, Boyne said:

A great result. Always lovely to beat the Spuds. A brilliant atmosphere at the Bridge. Best in a while. Kante and Pedro were brilliant. The tackle by Pedro in our box was superb. And to see the away end empty so quickly after Trippier's own goal was hilarious. 

Popped into the pub after the game. Goals were shown on the TV to loads of cheers.

I read/heard/watched somewhere that Pedro committed a penalty on that tackle in the box. I can't remember cause immediately I stopped reading/watching/hearing whoever said that bs. Let's watch that excellent play again.

 

Edited February 28, 20197 yr by robdog

just watching a replay

26 minutes ago, robdog said:

I read/heard/watched somewhere that Pedro committed a penalty on that tackle in the box. I can't remember cause immediately I stopped reading/watching/hearing whoever said that bs. Let's watch that excellent play again.

 

as the tackle is a masterpiece so it's his afterwards power slalom

4 minutes ago, mojo said:

as the tackle is a masterpiece so it's his afterwards power slalom

good bit of commentating too from that clip - I loved the part when Arlo White said '& he is a winger'

4 minutes ago, robdog said:

good bit of commentating too from that clip - I loved the part when Arlo White said '& he is a winger'

well, let's not forget these 2 beauties when they put our defence to the test at full force

43 minutes ago, mojo said:

well, let's not forget these 2 beauties when they put our defence to the test at full force

That second one came from pedro's failed back heel near our own corner flag. To say I was cursing him would be an understatement! At least he made amends with his second half perfomance.

2 hours ago, mojo said:

Tottenham striker Harry Kane will face no further action from the Football Association following an apparent headbutt on Chelsea's Cesar Azpilicueta.

The FA were waiting to see whether Marriner included the incident in his report, and whether he saw it or not. Marriner has insisted he did see the incident and therefore Kane can face no further punishment.

FA don't punish England captain, who happens to be playing for them in a few weeks' time...meanwhile costa tunes in and laughs at the double standards by all concerned - ref, media, fa

 

1 hour ago, The Brit said:

FA don't punish England captain, who happens to be playing for them in a few weeks' time...meanwhile costa tunes in and laughs at the double standards by all concerned - ref, media, fa

 

He hates Spuds!!!

 

Edited February 28, 20197 yr by mojo

Could be a false dawn but this feels like a possible turning point in Sarri's time at Chelsea. Not only did we get a win against our big rivals, but he also acknowledged a key change in style that may yet allow him to continue his work in progress here. February has been a pretty awful month for the club at times, but it us nice to finish with a big win and some optimism!

10 minutes ago, forbzy said:

Could be a false dawn but this feels like a possible turning point in Sarri's time at Chelsea. Not only did we get a win against our big rivals, but he also acknowledged a key change in style that may yet allow him to continue his work in progress here. February has been a pretty awful month for the club at times, but it us nice to finish with a big win and some optimism!

To me he has really looked under pressure so hope he has found a compromise that can enable us to win more consistently rather than the yoyo results.

3 minutes ago, Strider6003 said:

To me he has really looked under pressure so hope he has found a compromise that can enable us to win more consistently rather than the yoyo results.

Agreed. His comments suggest that he found a compromise that the team prefers too. Hopefully that will help them to adapt to his style.

I think he has now realise that we have limited technical players and the work to get Sarri-Ball will take at least three years if slow progress

Why hasn't there been more fuss about Harry 'c**tING'  kane, and not being sent off for the attempted head butt on Dave, the debate on the Jim white show on TS was very illuminating from Cas and Perry groves, they reckoned the FA got to the ref and had I'm, Englands golden boy can't be done, sheer blocking double standards

It will be interesting to see if BBC Football Focus cover this, I expect not in any way that might put pressure on his England place.

If any other player made a head butt gesture towards an opposition player the way he did, they’d be suspended - simple as that.

On ?28?/?02?/?2019 at 15:21, robdog said:

I read/heard/watched somewhere that Pedro committed a penalty on that tackle in the box. I can't remember cause immediately I stopped reading/watching/hearing whoever said that bs. Let's watch that excellent play again.

 

Wonderful piece of play !

22 hours ago, Strider6003 said:

It will be interesting to see if BBC Football Focus cover this, I expect not in any way that might put pressure on his England place.

I watched Football Focus and no mention of Headbutt Harry yet to be fair they only did a very brief look at the week's matches.

One thing I did notice was the banner constructed for Brendan, 'Never a Celtic fan, instead just a fraud,'