Clutch at this; why was Cole's over the ball challenge on a United player in the 6yd area a, not deemed worthy of a straight red, and b, if a yellow was given then why no penalty?SpaceCruiser wrote:Clutch this then, is it a coincidence that Dowd is in charge of match where the linesman is conveniently letting two offsides through. I thought the "officals" were a team and that they work together?FORSTERS_RIGHT_FOOT wrote:Linesmans job to rule the offsides, can't blame Dowd for that. It wasn't a dive, there was slight contact, a soft penalty to give that could so easily not been given.SpaceCruiser wrote:Does nobody realise that Phil Dowd (yes, the same man who gave Swansea two penalties at Wembley) absolutely oxf*rd up here? Two of Manure goals should have been given as offside and the penalty was a blatant dive by Nani. Not to mention that Chelsea could have been given a penalty when Torres was shoved over.
Straws. Clutching.
I dunno, there's something dodgy about Dowd and I don't like him. At all.
Quagmire wrote:The worst miss in Chelsea's eight year history.......
roadrunner wrote:Fat Fwank subbed at half time
Torres LOL
Even Simon Church can put away a sitter!
Not that I agree with his decision however if you watch the replays, I'm pretty sure one of the United players asks Dowd the same question. His response was something along the lines of "the ball was out of play" (pretty easy to lip read).Mr Angry wrote:Clutch at this; why was Cole's over the ball challenge on a United player in the 6yd area a, not deemed worthy of a straight red, and b, if a yellow was given then why no penalty?
Yeah - REALLY anti-Chelsea from the ref.....
(Old fan mode on)T.R.O.L.I. wrote:Not that I agree with his decision however if you watch the replays, I'm pretty sure one of the United players asks Dowd the same question. His response was something along the lines of "the ball was out of play" (pretty easy to lip read).Mr Angry wrote:Clutch at this; why was Cole's over the ball challenge on a United player in the 6yd area a, not deemed worthy of a straight red, and b, if a yellow was given then why no penalty?
Yeah - REALLY anti-Chelsea from the ref.....
I also don't think he saw it as he spent a minute or so discussing the incident with his linesman before showing Cole the yellow card.
That was what I guessed the reason would be - but you still get a foul if a player is assaulted while the ball is dead, right?T.R.O.L.I. wrote:Not that I agree with his decision however if you watch the replays, I'm pretty sure one of the United players asks Dowd the same question. His response was something along the lines of "the ball was out of play" (pretty easy to lip read).Mr Angry wrote:Clutch at this; why was Cole's over the ball challenge on a United player in the 6yd area a, not deemed worthy of a straight red, and b, if a yellow was given then why no penalty?
Yeah - REALLY anti-Chelsea from the ref.....
Also, hasn't Andy Johnson made a career out of just getting to the ball before a keeper, hoofing it out of play as the challenge comes in, and getting a penalty??cmonurz wrote:That was what I guessed the reason would be - but you still get a foul if a player is assaulted while the ball is dead, right?T.R.O.L.I. wrote:Not that I agree with his decision however if you watch the replays, I'm pretty sure one of the United players asks Dowd the same question. His response was something along the lines of "the ball was out of play" (pretty easy to lip read).Mr Angry wrote:Clutch at this; why was Cole's over the ball challenge on a United player in the 6yd area a, not deemed worthy of a straight red, and b, if a yellow was given then why no penalty?
Yeah - REALLY anti-Chelsea from the ref.....
LOL you're a bellTheMaraudingDog wrote:Chelsea fans calling for manager to be sacked!
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I thought Chelsea played better after Fwank went off, certainly more pace to the way they played.Silver Fox wrote:Great game after the torrid Liverpool affair. united ar just too good attacking and without Fwank on the pitch there was little Chelsea could do about it. Torres TBF had a pretty good game, hos goal was excellent. highlight of the game was Smalling shouting his own name as he scored the first
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He aint gonna score whilst watching from the stands for the next 3 games.No Fixed Abode wrote:another game, another goal.
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