New: Audio from Malo Gusto’s red card released
• On-field referee initially said no foul
• VAR wanted on-field review due to ‘buckling ankle’ and contact above ankle
• Howard Webb says afterwards the decision was correct
(Cut the end where ref sends Gusto off)
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I do find the Gary Neville criticism of Todd Boehly “just throwing money around” rather ironic when he and his friends took over a non-league club and totally destroyed any competitiveness within their league.
Hints of jealously it would appear.
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Chelsea have hugely messed up in their pursuit of Moises Caicedo.
Liverpool have overpaid in their pursuit of Moises Caicedo.
Both can be true at the same time.
[THREAD] A selection of the various ways tributes are being paid to the Queen.
1. British Cycling “strongly recommends” that people don’t ride their bike during the Queen’s funeral.
Others have mentioned it but the media outside Stamford Bridge was nothing short of a disgrace today.
Multiple cameras lining the side of the road, filming Chelsea fans to try and get a shot of just one acting up.
Try talking to the fans, not filming them like animals in a zoo.
Genuinely cannot fathom the absolutely ridiculous criticism Mason Mount is somehow receiving.
He came on with barely 10 minutes left and won England a penalty, yet he is somehow getting the blame?
Far too many people have an unhealthy obsession with him, which borders on abuse.
🚨NEW: VAR audio from Luis Diaz's disallowed goal released
Shows VAR only realising on-field decision was offside after the game had restarted, followed by expletives.
Replay operator and AVAR flag it first, there is discussion over whether to stop the game, but they don't.
It’s rather ironic that, in trying to say there is no bias amongst referees, this referee charity is displaying open bias against a club and a manager by specifically targeting them.
It would be funny if it wasn’t so worrying.
@ChelseaFC
🚨🔵 Three years ago, Enzo Fernandez was yet to make his professional debut.
Now, he is set to break the British transfer fee record. 💰
👀 Read about his remarkable rise, from a local club in Buenos Aires, to being a World Champion.
Read Here 👇
Chelsea vs Man United will take place at 5:30 PM on Saturday 22nd October.
Fixture had originally been scheduled for the Sunday but was altered to ‘TBC’ on Saturday due to
#CFC
’s
#UCL
involvement.
The reason Ally McCoist is so good on commentary, is because he genuinely loves football, so it doesn’t feel like he’s forcing anything. Wonderful to listen to.
To be clear, this isn’t something that happens for every game - a decision was made to put cameras by the entrance to try and film just one fan creating a scene, or singing Abramovich’s name etc. to get their ‘money shot’ that they could use to tar all fans with the same brush.
‘ITKs’ tweet such vague stuff that whatever happens they can’t be wrong.
If something doesn’t come off it’s ‘oh it was only interest’ and if it does then ‘they said it months ago’.
I could tweet ‘Lukaku has signed for Inter’ now and be right in 2 months, doesn’t mean I’m ‘ITK’
BREAKING: The BBC have announced that highlights on tomorrow night’s MOTD will not feature any players cutting in onto their right foot.
They are said to be doing all they can to avoid left wingers.
#MOTD
This on Udinese’s website says that Chelsea will be playing a second ‘training game’ against them tomorrow (Saturday) morning at 10am UK time.
Behind closed doors but being streamed free on the website by the looks of things.
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Webb on difference between Kovacic & Gusto fouls:
“The contact is a little bit more to the side with an upright foot as opposed to a side-on foot, that we saw with Gusto.
On Kovacic 2nd yellow “the referee … doesn't want to have a negative impact on the game by overreacting”
@CavAlbie
@SkyNews
@hardestgeezer
@RobHarris
“Man is halfway through running the length of Africa” doesn’t quite have the same appeal as “Man is finishing running the length of Africa” in fairness.
21. And finally, hospital appointments are being cancelled on the day of the Queen’s funeral - because apparently your health is less important than that of the person who has already died.
Anything I’ve missed, let me know. 👇
✍️ Three years ago, Enzo Fernandez was yet to make his professional debut.
Now, he is set to be one of the most expensive players ever.
I wrote about his remarkable rise, from a local club in Buenos Aires, to being a World Champion.
Read Here 👇
#CFC
I'm struggling to believe the intro I have just written to a story but it's true..
"Morrisons supermarket has turned off the beeps at its checkouts in a mark of respect to the Queen."
🤯
We are saddened by the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Our thoughts are with her family and all those affected by this news.
As a mark of respect during this time of national mourning we will only be posting daily forecasts and warnings.
Not sure how these false accusations started spreading over the past day or so, but they are just that: false.
The Daily Mail story makes clear there are no investors with > 5% share, and PIF almost certainly have less.
It’s easy to prove this wrong too.
(A thread 🧶)
(1/6)
This is cheating.
It means you can sign whoever the fuck you want and bypass FFP, because you'll always be able to make that back.
Let's just sell Pepe to the Denver Nuggets for £72m then shall we?
Let's call it what it is: cheating. I'm furious.
N’Golo Kante has written an open letter to Chelsea fans.
He says: “The first day I joined Chelsea, I was told very early on that the objective here is always to win trophies. Always.
“The last few years at this club have been great for me and, I hope, for the Chelsea fans too.”
Webb quote on not giving Kovacic a second yellow:
“The referee … will no doubt review that and he doesn't want to have a negative impact on the game by overreacting to something, and sometimes players will be on a yellow card and there will be pressure to show a second one.”
New: Clocks and timers inside stadia will continue running through injury time from this season.
Previously had to stop at 45 / 90 minutes, leaving fans unaware of remaining additional time.
Comes after it was announced that ‘World Cup-style’ injury time will be added.
#PL
#EFL
Genuinely cannot fathom the absolutely ridiculous criticism Mason Mount is somehow receiving.
He came on with barely 10 minutes left and won England a penalty, yet he is somehow getting the blame?
Far too many people have an unhealthy obsession with him, which borders on abuse.
@TomLevins1
Sure, nothing wrong with criticism (and that was a woeful effort aha) but it’s at the point where death threats are posted before he’s even on the pitch. Extremely strange behaviour.
So during this 10 day mourning period everyday people have to continue to go to work and school, but must not enjoy themselves outside of that by going to sporting events or concerts?
All the while, MPs will not have to conduct any formal business either?
Is that really right?
🚨 More quotes from Frank Lampard:
📈 Aubameyang a ‘high level player’ but not ‘fresh’
📕 Developing youngsters (incl. Mount)
💪Motivation staying high
👀 Responding to critics of playstyle
And More… 🗣️
For
@VAVEL
with
@LondonsFirst_
/
@CFCPys
👇
#cfc
Personal favourite part is how they refer to Tuchel as ‘he whom shall not be named’ in the first paragraph, before going on to name him in the final paragraph.
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A reminder that today's Streatham Common Wind Day has been cancelled by the Friends of Streatham Common
"In light of the sad passing of the Queen ... we have taken the decision to cancel Wind Day on Sunday as a mark of respect."
Lots of opinions swirling round about
#CHETOT
but one thing is clear.
It was a foul on Cucurella, but VAR can’t check ‘normal fouls’ (only reds / penalties) so there was no way of rectifying the fact Anthony Taylor didn’t see it.
A massive problem with VAR that needs fixing.
Less than 24 hours after Graham Potter was sacked, Bruno Saltor faced the media for a press conference.
He spoke about the ‘emotions’ of the last few hours, as well as promising ‘professionalism’ ahead of Liverpool matchup tomorrow.
Read More 👇
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Following the announcement of the date of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, we have made the decision to close all our UK villages on Monday 19 September at 10am as a mark of respect and to allow as many of our colleagues as possible to be part of this historic moment. 1/2
You wouldn’t have known it from his commentary, but John Motson was a Chelsea fan.
He said in his book: “You can’t evade the question for ever - especially when I look up from my desk while writing this and see two shelves of Chelsea programmes covering 40 years up to 1985.”
A truly iconic voice of the game and a friend of Chelsea.
Our thoughts go out to John’s family and loved ones at this incredibly sad time.
RIP John Motson, OBE. 💙
Please be aware that, following the passing of Her Majesty The Queen, today's scheduled Car Free Day celebration in Hammersmith has been postponed.
As a result, King Street will now remain open to motorists.
Let’s try that again… new Lampard quotes!
👀 “In an ideal world Mount would stay”
🤔Enzo as a six or an eight
🍷 Thiago Silva’s ‘amazing achievement physically’
👊 Motivation facing top four teams
And More… 🗣️
For
@VAVEL
w/
@LondonsFirst_
👇
#cfc
@FootballCliches
“Now, there is a new metric called ‘spin rate’”
“What did we use to call that back in the day?”
“Curl, Andy! It’s just curl!”
*raucous laughter ensues*
There’s been some interesting takes on Chelsea’s spending but this suggesting Todd Boehly is somehow bad for not finding the NHS is certainly one of the most interesting.
Not sure why this is now the tipping point for the ‘there is too much money in football’ viewpoint.
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@CFCDaily
If they’ve had access to far more funding in that season it’s not a particularly fair matchup. Plus over time the gap in money would only get bigger
So right now, if Spain lose this game then they play Morocco in the round of 16 and Germany go out.
If Spain score, they play Croatia in the round of 16 and Germany are through.
Someone tell Luis Enrique 👀
Lampard: “Mason Mount is already a top player. He’s hungry since the first day. If anyone thinks Mount is not already a top-level player then I’m not sure what they’re seeing”. 🔵
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“You can ask Tuchel, Southgate, Potter – it’s clear that he’s a top player”, via
@noahrobson_
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🧵 'Football Twitter': it's an interesting place.
But the recent growth of 'influencers' (🫣) not disclosing that they are being paid for advertising is frankly concerning.
Not only that, but the companies being promoted are shady to say the least.
A thread on this issue... 👇
Regretfully, we have made the decision to cancel Hackney Carnival on Sunday to observe this period of national mourning
We’ll be looking at whether it's feasible to hold Carnival later this year, or if we can showcase the artists’ work in another way