6 minutes ago, Mod said:

If you can grab a URL I can block it, Google won't allow adult ads so don't know why that's getting shown!

Nice hat though!

Who said anything about wanting it blocked?

2 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

They weren't really questioning it though, it was more like they were insinuating that they can't give the handball to Fulham because the ball hits Pedro's hand too, which is just nonsense because Pedro's was not a handball.

Their social media is focusing on it too, so you can see that they all want it put out there that Fulham were robbed of a win. You would never see this against Liverpool, or if it was the other way and it was Fulham gaining an advantage from these situations.

To me it looked like they didn't really understand the rules cause I agree the Pedro one wasn't a handball.

You may be right though, like I said elsewhere I rarely watch TNT so not sure how bias they are.

Lol, I'm not sure where FotMob gets it's ratings from, but congrats to Enzo for that amazing MOTM performance.

6 minutes ago, dR3 said:

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Takes me here when I click it:

Ahhhh crap! I keep clicking it and all I get is the flowers in a vase puzzle!

TNT have been disgraceful today.

Yes, we probably got away with one on the Fulham goal, but it was mentioned literally every 5 minutes afterwards, they was begging for a Pedro handball to cancel out our penalty, and in the interview they even asked Pedro if Chelsea was lucky today.

Broadcasting shouldn’t be that bias - especially when you’re paying a subscription!

It’s not the worst referee display ever although they will make you think it is.

I bet there will be a bigger incident this weekend in one of the other games.

Even Joe Cole was on board with TNT, probably worried he’d get cancelled if he went against them.

Horrible commentary today.

Edited August 30, 2025Aug 30 by 2211

12 minutes ago, mojo said:

Bytheway, our co-captain ‘hate’ is really alive&kicking here.

he really shut the mouth the lot them

TOP OF THE LEAGUE 😁

Were we watching the same game here, stinker of a 1st half in general, but the biggest face palm for me was minute 50 when he couldn’t get his feet together and ruined a counter attack. If stat-padding penalties (Pedro should have taken it) and one corner (thanks to Pedro brilliance) is a great performance, then we might as well follow the club through a results app, and cheer when we see the pixel digits form a good scoreline instead.

Excellent pieces of defensive brilliance today, Gusto in particular with that inch perfect save, and enough said about Chalobah already.

I know this was a terrible day for VAR referees Marco Silva and Fulham oh and Fletch at TNT

oh dear what a shame never mind. 2-0 to the Chels and we didnt play well. nice.😎

Marco Silva makes me laugh, reacting to that penalty like he was witnessing prime tom henning ovrebo, if that was a Chelsea player he’d be going mental. Hate this performative stuff on the touchline, these kind of coaches feel they have to put on this dramatic show when we’ve got VAR, a million angles and the ref himself explaining it.

18 minutes ago, Remodez said:

To me it looked like they didn't really understand the rules cause I agree the Pedro one wasn't a handball.

You may be right though, like I said elsewhere I rarely watch TNT so not sure how bias they are.

Did they change the rules? Last year, any handball on the build up to a goal or penalty was given, even if unintentional

Just watching Silva now. To be fair to him, he was honest without going OTT. I understand his frustration with the disallowed goal, because VAR is not meant to be used to re-referee decisions, and the ref had decided to let the incident go. I can see why VAR got involved but I agree that it wasn't a clear and obvious error.

He didn't comment on the Pedro handball because he didn't want to face FA punishment. To me, it was correct not to call a handball because it was kicked at his hand from a few inches away.

21 minutes ago, bluedave said:

Lol, I'm not sure where FotMob gets it's ratings from, but congrats to Enzo for that amazing MOTM performance.

I'm pretty certain @Sexyfootball does the stats and ratings for FotMob.

1 minute ago, Backbiter said:

Just watching Silva now. To be fair to him, he was honest without going OTT. I understand his frustration with the disallowed goal, because VAR is not meant to be used to re-referee decisions, and the ref had decided to let the incident go. I can see why VAR got involved but I agree that it wasn't a clear and obvious error.

He didn't comment on the Pedro handball because he didn't want to face FA punishment. To me, it was correct not to call a handball because it was kicked at his hand from a few inches away.

But then you are accepting this to be natural flow of the game, which in itself sets a dangerous precedent. It took Chalobah out the game which led to their goal in the first place.

It’s a 50/50 call that some people are blowing way out of proportion.

Just watched the highlights. Awful VAR decision. Fulham should have been 1-0 up.

3 minutes ago, nonotnowjim said:

Did they change the rules? Last year, any handball on the build up to a goal or penalty was given, even if unintentional

The rule has been changed ( year ago I think). It used to be that hitting a player's arm either when he was in the act of scoring or immediately before he scored saw the goal disallowed - even if the arm was in a natural position and would otherwise not be penalised as a handball.

The law now is it's just the goalscorer who will be penalised.

Was a much better second half and good to sh*t house a win like that, don’t know what people are moaning about everything going against Fulham their first goal fair enough but the penalty was clear.

only criticism was how slow they was to come to a VAR decision,

One team in Fulham up the chels

2 hours ago, PhilH930 said:

Damn. Our lack of depth will cost us.

Would have put Santos on for me, Enzo higher up. Looks like George - will he shuffle Neto and Estevao to do this.

I agree but I thought Enzo was shyte today - apart from the corner and penalty kick 😁

Good 3 pts - MOTM between Chalobah, Pedro and VAR!

Edited August 30, 2025Aug 30 by Bebe1980

4 set piece goals and it’s not even September 😂

1 minute ago, Sconnie Blue said:

But then you are accepting this to be natural flow of the game, which in itself sets a dangerous precedent. It took Chalobah out the game which led to their goal in the first place.

It’s a 50/50 call that some people are blowing way out of proportion.

I agree with that. It did take TC out, and fouls don't have to be intentional to be penalised, so the ref and VAR were not wrong. But they are being pilloried for the call (because we are the beneficiaries).

But if it's a 50-50 it can't be a clear and obvious error, and managers have been told VAR is not meant to get involved unless it is (apart from offside calls). The ref saw the incident and saw nothing wrong. He missed the tread on TC's foot, but such contact does happen all the time and is often missed.

55 minutes ago, Deino said:

Trev is so good today

55 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Still has to prove himself to someone, somewhere.

Don't know his real name but around here he goes by @timetowaste

8 minutes ago, dan_cfc said:

don’t know what people are moaning about everything going against Fulham their first goal fair enough but the penalty was clear.only criticism was how slow they was to come to a VAR decision,

One team in Fulham up the chels

Fulham were definitely shafted by VAR last week. Man U got a penalty when Bassey threw Mount to the ground at a corner, but VAR ignored the very dimilar foul two feet away by Shaw. Fernandes missed the pen.

Then Man U scored from a corner when Yoro clearly pushed the defender. Should have been ruled out but VAR didn't get involved.

10 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

4 set piece goals and it’s not even September 😂

Have we nicked Arsenal corner coach?

34 minutes ago, 2211 said:

TNT have been disgraceful today.

Yes, we probably got away with one on the Fulham goal, but it was mentioned literally every 5 minutes afterwards, they was begging for a Pedro handball to cancel out our penalty, and in the interview they even asked Pedro if Chelsea was lucky today.

Broadcasting shouldn’t be that bias - especially when you’re paying a subscription!

It’s not the worst referee display ever although they will make you think it is.

I bet there will be a bigger incident this weekend in one of the other games.

Even Joe Cole was on board with TNT, probably worried he’d get cancelled if he went against them.

Horrible commentary today.

TNT and in particular Darren Fletcher are always looking for controversy. Fletcher is a pretty useless commentator who probably can’t name more than five players from either side, so to cover his inadequacy he plays on whether VAR should be involved and then complains when they do. He’s no John Motson who put in the homework before a match.

Fooking hell!

3 minutes ago, charierre said:

Fooking hell!

Are we sure he's not cosplaying? I recognise that symbol on his jacket, it's the Umbrella Corporation logo from the Resident Evil games 😆

1 hour ago, Remodez said:

I know Pedro scored and will get the plaudits but Chalobah for me was excellent and my MOTM.

I agree. I thought he was becoming a bit of a bomb scare for a short period after their ruled out goal, but I think he got back to basics and had a really strong game in the end