Today's Football

[Exiled_red]

how is that not a red for cech but doni gets one??

Because Spurs scored, it meant the referee didn't have a decision to make

[Craig_H]

So chelsea score a goal without scoring it, and their keeper avoids a blatant red card. Martin Atkinson is a truely woeful ref.

By the letter of the law, Cech cant be sent off there.

[Maxiedge]

I would take the goal especially with our record of pelanties!

[Craig_H]

I would take the goal especially with our record of pelanties!

I'd take the penalty and the red card, as long as Gerrard was on the field.

[Kenneth]

its the players fault though. diving, feigning injury, claiming for every throw in

It's the fault of managers and the disciplinary process, and most of all, apologists in the media.

[Assassin]

It's the fault of managers and the disciplinary process.

Surely the parents are to blame

[Maxiedge]

Actually Cech should have have yellow for taking a player out even though advantage was played

[Leyton388]

I've changed my mind i want the chavs in the final.

[Exiled_red]

Actually Cech should have have yellow for taking a player out even though advantage was played

[Kenneth]

By the letter of the law, Cech cant be sent off there.

What letter is that?

[Craig_H]

I want them both disqualified.

[Craig_H]

What letter is that?

Cech could only be sent off for denying a clear and obvious goalscoring opportunity - which he didnt, the clear and obvious goalscoring opportunity remained and was converted.

[Kenneth]

Cech could only be sent off for denying a clear and obvious goalscoring opportunity - which he didnt, the clear and obvious goalscoring opportunity remained and was converted.

Wasn't the goal a different opportunity?

[Craig_H]

No. If you want to play it that way, then the whistle should've gone as soon as Adebayor was brought down - and therefore the game has been stopped, so Bale's goal is disallowed.

You cant have it both ways.

[Exiled_red]

Wasn't the goal a different opportunity?

Only if you apply a similar interpretation as they do for offsides - phases of play etc