06-01-2020, 10:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-01-2020, 09:41 AM by Joe Baker Legend.)
Chelsea v Forest (FA Cup)
Love the kit...reminds me of the good old days
It's fantastic. Love the fact that the club is acknowledging the past so explicitly
HUDSON-ODOI!!!!!
GET IN CALLUM!!! great play from the midfield and Pedro
Bats should have scored there...great cross from James.
f**k off, that isn't a pen, he is offside.
Penalty to Forest.
My stream is behind please tell me that's been overruled, it's a clear offside
Ooo actually, on that replay it isn't!
saved by var
Penalty to Forest.
terrible decision by the ref
Looked level...but also looked a harsh penalty. Who knows these days?
Is that even a penalty without the offside? Barely anything in it, just outmuscled him
Saved by VAR, but that was really poor defending again. We were so open there that if the Forest player was quicker with his decision making, he could have played two players in for a one v one with Caballero.
...this VAR crap is ruining the game...but we'll take it.
Penalty to Forest.
terrible decision by the ref
That's offside
My stream is behind please tell me that's been overruled, it's a clear offside
Ooo actually, on that replay it isn't!
saved by var
Looked level...but also looked a harsh penalty. Who knows these days?
terrible decision by the ref
That's offside
Is that even a penalty without the offside? Barely anything in it, just outmuscled him
Saved by VAR, but that was really poor defending again. We were so open there that if the Forest player was quicker with his decision making, he could have played two players in for a one v one with Caballero.
...this VAR crap is ruining the game...but we'll take it.
BARKLEY!
Much needed confidence goal for him.
If Abraham or Giroud were playing today, this game would be 4-0 at least.
A dominant first half from us. Hudson-Odoi, James and Pedro have been our best players. Batshuayi has been terrible.
Apart from the penalty call which was overturned, Forest haven't posed much of a threat for us so far.
Apart from the Penalty scare and one decent cross across our Goal Forest have done very little. Looks a bit like a Training Match for us, and complacency will be the main issue in the second half. Any decent Striker would have scored at least one if not more of those quality crosses that Reece is putting in. Bats has been really poor, didn't even have the sense to get out of the way when Pedro had a shot early on. Seems to have left his brain in the Dressing Room.
You know the FA Cup is on its knees when Forest make 10 changes and Barkley gets pulled off the naughty step for a game.
Really sad tbh, 10 changes is ridiculous.
The Romance is gone, sadly. A lot of lower league opposition put promotion ahead of any league cup trophy these days but I dont blame them because of all the revenue you'd get, making it into the Premier League.
That's why I have barely given this game a thought. Glad to read that CHO is playing well and James, but a bit surprised to read some getting a bit carried away here given the low level opponents. But on the other hand, yes, playing badly against a Nottingham Forest representative 11 is not a good look for any player. Poor old Michy.
This is strolling pace now. Over-50's football.
ref is f**king useless. terrible decisions made in this game. absolute amateur, needs to return to the conference or wherever he came from.
God we are now making hard work of this game....Sheff Utd etc all over again against even lower opposition.
So they can check VAR for that, but not the foul? Oh f**k off!
Even though v.a.r will cancel the goal. We really suck at defending set pieces
Lol Forest - no luck today
To be fair on that one it evens up the fact it was never a foul in the first place.
The refereeing has been atrocious today.
VAR saves us again, but why is nobody picking that guy up? He was given a free header. We are one of the worst teams for defending set pieces
Batshuayi is Nottinghams best cb.
Really should be giving this forest side a pasting. They are playing their b team apparently.
Who said they were all over us...I said we are making hard work of this game, especially against a Notts Forest reserve side...and they have had two goals disallowed by the thickness of a VAR line. I think we have learned this season that the opposition, especially what we consider lower opposition, don't even need to be in the game to score against us.
We could and should be about 5 up if we didn't have a bats up front.
With Michy playing it's 10 v 11, and were at home, what more of a chance could Forest want ?
Solid win. Did what we needed to do early on and eased off in the second half.
It's a nonsense yellow card, but how you could call gently leaning towards someone as violent conduct is entering into a whole new level of shitness.
I reckon the Forest pricks got him a yellow for either a push on the defender or a jump into the keeper because of their aggressive reaction.
Should have been them getting a stern talking too, but the ref seemed to be in love with them seeing as he let Watson get away with a cynical pull down and Sow get away with three or four fouls equally as bad as Swift's yellow (which would have been fair but for the Forest leniency)
Also thought the Forest player could have been off when he took out Swift in our area.
Meite penalty and ball over the line for their goal - impossible to tell from the camera angle
Up until the 90th minute, it felt like he was leaning toward leniency to let the game flow, which it was IMO.
Albeit with my Reading hat on, I would have given Sow a yellow and not given Meite a yellow. Everything else appeared to be justifiable, perhaps we got my fouls in the second but Forest were more aggressive defensively.
I have to forgo judgement of the lead up to their goal as I was in Y25. The Sky replay of the hook back for their goal didn’t provide any real evidence that it had definitely crossed the line either. Put it another way, I would have been disappointed it was us scoring that goal and it being chalked off based on what I’ve seen so far.
So you agree with BT that he “couldn’t have done much more”. Well, as a winger, I’d have thought scoring, assisting or creating chances would be top of the list. From what I recall (with a dodgy stream mind which kept jumping back and forward) he didn’t do any of the above mentioned
One thing I’d say though as a general point is that when he goes down, he needs to go down cleverer if that makes sense. When he’s fouled, he often goes down like he’s been shot which doesn’t play well with the ref. Like today’s penalty shout for example. A natural fall, rather than a theatrical fall will get you free kicks and penalties
Agree with what you are saying about him going down. He nearly scored and could have had a penalty, got on the end of a couple of crosses too but was unable to direct his headers. His service into the box could have been better but he was relying on gunts on the overlap to do that for him with varying degrees of success...
Love the kit...reminds me of the good old days
It's fantastic. Love the fact that the club is acknowledging the past so explicitly
HUDSON-ODOI!!!!!
GET IN CALLUM!!! great play from the midfield and Pedro
Bats should have scored there...great cross from James.
f**k off, that isn't a pen, he is offside.
Penalty to Forest.
My stream is behind please tell me that's been overruled, it's a clear offside
Ooo actually, on that replay it isn't!
saved by var
Penalty to Forest.
terrible decision by the ref
Looked level...but also looked a harsh penalty. Who knows these days?
Is that even a penalty without the offside? Barely anything in it, just outmuscled him
Saved by VAR, but that was really poor defending again. We were so open there that if the Forest player was quicker with his decision making, he could have played two players in for a one v one with Caballero.
...this VAR crap is ruining the game...but we'll take it.
Penalty to Forest.
terrible decision by the ref
That's offside
My stream is behind please tell me that's been overruled, it's a clear offside
Ooo actually, on that replay it isn't!
saved by var
Looked level...but also looked a harsh penalty. Who knows these days?
terrible decision by the ref
That's offside
Is that even a penalty without the offside? Barely anything in it, just outmuscled him
Saved by VAR, but that was really poor defending again. We were so open there that if the Forest player was quicker with his decision making, he could have played two players in for a one v one with Caballero.
...this VAR crap is ruining the game...but we'll take it.
BARKLEY!
Much needed confidence goal for him.
If Abraham or Giroud were playing today, this game would be 4-0 at least.
A dominant first half from us. Hudson-Odoi, James and Pedro have been our best players. Batshuayi has been terrible.
Apart from the penalty call which was overturned, Forest haven't posed much of a threat for us so far.
Apart from the Penalty scare and one decent cross across our Goal Forest have done very little. Looks a bit like a Training Match for us, and complacency will be the main issue in the second half. Any decent Striker would have scored at least one if not more of those quality crosses that Reece is putting in. Bats has been really poor, didn't even have the sense to get out of the way when Pedro had a shot early on. Seems to have left his brain in the Dressing Room.
You know the FA Cup is on its knees when Forest make 10 changes and Barkley gets pulled off the naughty step for a game.
Really sad tbh, 10 changes is ridiculous.
The Romance is gone, sadly. A lot of lower league opposition put promotion ahead of any league cup trophy these days but I dont blame them because of all the revenue you'd get, making it into the Premier League.
That's why I have barely given this game a thought. Glad to read that CHO is playing well and James, but a bit surprised to read some getting a bit carried away here given the low level opponents. But on the other hand, yes, playing badly against a Nottingham Forest representative 11 is not a good look for any player. Poor old Michy.
This is strolling pace now. Over-50's football.
ref is f**king useless. terrible decisions made in this game. absolute amateur, needs to return to the conference or wherever he came from.
God we are now making hard work of this game....Sheff Utd etc all over again against even lower opposition.
So they can check VAR for that, but not the foul? Oh f**k off!
Even though v.a.r will cancel the goal. We really suck at defending set pieces
Lol Forest - no luck today
To be fair on that one it evens up the fact it was never a foul in the first place.
The refereeing has been atrocious today.
VAR saves us again, but why is nobody picking that guy up? He was given a free header. We are one of the worst teams for defending set pieces
Batshuayi is Nottinghams best cb.
Really should be giving this forest side a pasting. They are playing their b team apparently.
Who said they were all over us...I said we are making hard work of this game, especially against a Notts Forest reserve side...and they have had two goals disallowed by the thickness of a VAR line. I think we have learned this season that the opposition, especially what we consider lower opposition, don't even need to be in the game to score against us.
We could and should be about 5 up if we didn't have a bats up front.
With Michy playing it's 10 v 11, and were at home, what more of a chance could Forest want ?
Solid win. Did what we needed to do early on and eased off in the second half.
It's a nonsense yellow card, but how you could call gently leaning towards someone as violent conduct is entering into a whole new level of shitness.
I reckon the Forest pricks got him a yellow for either a push on the defender or a jump into the keeper because of their aggressive reaction.
Should have been them getting a stern talking too, but the ref seemed to be in love with them seeing as he let Watson get away with a cynical pull down and Sow get away with three or four fouls equally as bad as Swift's yellow (which would have been fair but for the Forest leniency)
Also thought the Forest player could have been off when he took out Swift in our area.
Meite penalty and ball over the line for their goal - impossible to tell from the camera angle
Up until the 90th minute, it felt like he was leaning toward leniency to let the game flow, which it was IMO.
Albeit with my Reading hat on, I would have given Sow a yellow and not given Meite a yellow. Everything else appeared to be justifiable, perhaps we got my fouls in the second but Forest were more aggressive defensively.
I have to forgo judgement of the lead up to their goal as I was in Y25. The Sky replay of the hook back for their goal didn’t provide any real evidence that it had definitely crossed the line either. Put it another way, I would have been disappointed it was us scoring that goal and it being chalked off based on what I’ve seen so far.
So you agree with BT that he “couldn’t have done much more”. Well, as a winger, I’d have thought scoring, assisting or creating chances would be top of the list. From what I recall (with a dodgy stream mind which kept jumping back and forward) he didn’t do any of the above mentioned
One thing I’d say though as a general point is that when he goes down, he needs to go down cleverer if that makes sense. When he’s fouled, he often goes down like he’s been shot which doesn’t play well with the ref. Like today’s penalty shout for example. A natural fall, rather than a theatrical fall will get you free kicks and penalties
Agree with what you are saying about him going down. He nearly scored and could have had a penalty, got on the end of a couple of crosses too but was unable to direct his headers. His service into the box could have been better but he was relying on gunts on the overlap to do that for him with varying degrees of success...