Oh how I laughed at Chelsea. I dont think I have ever seen a bigger, or funnier dose of karma in my life. Couldnt have happened to a nicer club. Im sure PSG will be next to employ Mourinho though once he realises he cant buy the league at Chelsea

Regards

King James

John Terry thinks it's OK for players to surround the referee and carry on like they did ( because it's part of the game he says ) after the foul by Ibrahimovic. Oscar should have got a yellow card for his over the top reaction as well after the foul - pathetic.

Every time there's a borderline yellow/red card incident there's always a swarm of oppo players insisting that it's a red. This notion that it's only Chelsea that do it is utterly ridiculous. PSG were doing it on Wednesday night for a start, but no one gave a toss because that was against us.

Earlier in the season at Palace Azpilicueta was rightfully given a straight red for an awful challenge that he was stretching for. Palace had seven players instantly running at the ref over that and making sure the right card was produced. Three minutes later Delaney, already on a yellow card, was beaten by Remy and stupidly stuck both arms around Remy and pulled him down, earning himself a second yellow. After the game the absolute idiot Neil Warnock whined that Chelsea players had got Delaney sent off by pressuring the ref and that was the story the press went with.

At home against Arsenal Cahill committed a borderline yellow/red foul on Sanchez. Arsenal players went ape excrement over it, Wenger went ape excrement over it and even went and shoved Mourinho, the commentators whined about it only being a yellow and not a red. Not a word about hassling the ref then.

Late in the game Wednesday Costa committed a moronic foul on Silva that really could have seen him off. Three PSG players immediately ran at the ref trying to make it a red card, and when it was only a yellow they were clearly complaining about it. No comment whatsoever from Sky about that.

Ibrahimovich committed a borderline yellow/red on Wednesday. He lunged into a challenge and couldn't pull out of it, he was nowhere near the ball and clearly made contact with Oscar. Some refs would have given the yellow, but going by the rules it was a correct red card. With the way both Ibrahimovich and Oscar went in to that challenge whoever was late was in big trouble. The notion that the press have that it was a blatantly incorrect red and only given because of the CFC players is complete and utter BS.

I thought CFC played awful on Wednesday and can totally understand the glee that oppo "neutrals" have at us going out. But the standard of journo/pundits in this country is even worse than our awful refs. And most football fans are so utterly dim that they need to be told what to think by utter cretins like Carragher and Souness. You'd probably be sat for hours watching both of their teams hounding refs at the slightest opportunity. Their offence over it now simply doesn't ring true.

Have you seen the league table, you quarterwit?

Yes, why?

Regards

King James

I guess he hasn't.

Monaco - Arsenal. Cross into Monaco penalty area from a free kick. Ball headed to Arsenal player who looks to have strayed offside. He hits the bar but the flag is up.

On the replay it shows that it was actually a Monaco defender who headed it.

Clive Tydesley, the ITV commentator, twice makes the comment that the header has to be deliberate by the Monaco player and because he accidentally headed it backwards rather than forwards it renders the linos offside flag correct.

That utter lack of football knowledge should be a sackable offence. I want to smash my TV after hearing that.

"In the context of Law 11 – Offside, the following definitions apply:"

"A player in an offside position receiving the ball from an opponent, who
deliberately plays the ball (except from a deliberate save), is not considered
to have gained an advantage."

So the ITV commentators are correct!

FIFA might have messed up in the wording of the offside law. That doesn't really make any sense to me. You need to quote Law 11 to see what that says. They haven't changed the offside law to the dumb 5hit Tydsley was saying last night. FIFA are corrupt and obsessed with money, but they are not stupid enough to bring in Tydsley's law without the world telling them where to shove it.

Gerrard cementing his place as a total moron

Just brilliant wasn't it. Pele was on the field for longer, providing twitter with enough to go at for unfunny memes for about the next decade, with things that lasted longer than Stevie G.

I thought United were the better team by an amazing distance. Everyone has been going on and on about 'Brodgers' and his amazing tactical setup. I'll tell you what, they've got some decent players in Coutinho, Sterling and Sturridge, but they are just the luckiest team in the world. Swansea battered them last week by all accounts but were unlucky and Liverpool got that goal. Today, United's players were setup better, far more solidity in the way they were lined up.

Brodgers excuses for Skrtel are an absolute joke as well after all the crying and moaning about Costa. Skrtel's was a red card offense as well and should be picked up by the FA as it wasn't dealt with on the field.

What has he said? I agree it was pretty much the same as the Costa incident, so it would be considerable hypocrisy to defend it.

It's some insult to have your arrogance publicly criticised by Nigel Pearson.

That Skrtl isn't that type of player (lol) and he went to nick the ball away but wasn't quick enough

IMO Skrtl knew he was going to stand on De Gea, *possibly* extended his stride a little to make sure of it. Made absolutely no attempt to evade standing on a floored keeper when he could have done.

IMO Diego Costa was attempting to retrieve the ball quickly because Can was writhing around on the floor in an attempt to con a free kick. Costa stood on Can's leg accidentally.

I know this is highly convenient for a Chelsea fan, but I'd have sent Costa off for pulling Luiz's hair v PSG and Cahill should have got 6 games for kicking Harry Kane and stamping on his leg on New Years Day.

I've watched Diego Costa nearly every minute he's played. That boy doesn't do subtle. If he'd stamped Can there would have been absolutely no denying it. Just like there's no denying Gerrard and Cahill did it.

As I have been preaching. Just see each incident with truthful, honest, intelligent eyes.

Yeah, right. Complete gubbins from Rodgers.

Cheers for letting me know.

Did you think about Costa not doing subtle? Can you actually point to him actually looking like he's having a subtle go at someone?

I've watched him play all season and I don't think he has.

I've seen him do plenty of SLY digs though. The little kicks that are plain to the eye that don't even get given by refs. He did one against Hull on the keeper. He also held his hands up as well to draw even more attention to what he'd done. There was a sly little kick against Burnley. He is a sly mofo, but IMO still not a 1/5th of the slyness of the defenders he's up against.

Being a striker is a strange position. In the penalty are if the referee see you give a tiny push he'll happily to blow away all day, because a free kick against a striker in the box means so little. Yet many defenders virtually need to use rope to tie a striker up before a ref will give a pen against a defender for holding.

I do actually admit that Costa may have deliberately known he was going to step on Can's leg when chasing for the ball. My argument over that not being a 3 match ban is 1. You can't prove it, only the men knows. 2. Can provoked the situation by messing around play acting and then kicking the ball away when his play acting didn't work. The fact he was messing around on the floor was the reason he got stood on. If you don't want to get stood on then Stand TFO.

I offer the same opinion when Suarez STOOD ON the dude's back in Europe while playing for Liverpool. I do think Suarez could have evaded standing on him, but he could have also injured himself in doing so. If his opponent didn't want his back stood on he shouldn't have gone down like a fool in front of him when he was chasing after the ball.

Skrtl, not content with taking the three-game ban, took to his instagram page and posted a picture of a bunch of clowns, in reference to the disciplinary panel. Fitting of the club he plays for i suppose

Never their fault

They should be forced to have that as their main sponsor for 5 years as punishment for their lies.

At what point does the repetition of "I can't get a managerial job because I'm black" cease to become tiresome and actually be deemed some sort of incitement or bringing the game into disrepute?

How poor were Man City today? I was shocked at just how bad they have become. Change of manager needed?

Regards

King James

City's recent displays are adequate proof of why having shedloads of cash and fetching in mercenaries isn't always a huge advantage.

Its fantastic when you are on form and in the hunt for trophies, but once things go slightly awry and there becomes a need to dig deep and show a little pride in the shirt, then teams like City go missing because, to put it bluntly, they don't actually give a for their clubs, they are just interested in their next destination or size of their pay packets.

The most despicable thing about City today was that they gave up without a fight - Once United equalised you could only see one result. United were not actually that good, but they had passion and fight and it easily overcame City's superior skill levels.

City's performance today was the type which seals a manager's fate - I'd be surprised if Pellegrini sees the season out.

Audrey Roberts out at City and Klopp in?

It does seem to fit rather nicely doesn't it. I can't help but think Arsenal should step in however, retire Arsene upstairs where he can't do as much damage and get Klopp in.