Fat Frank is doing a superb job, give that man one of those eight year contracts Chelsea so love!
Anyone seen Chelsea's run in? Arsenal (A), Bournemouth (A), Forest (H), City (A), Utd (A), Newcastle (H). The four sides currently in the CL spots will all have too much for Chelsea, especially given their morale must be through the floor. That leaves Bournemouth and Forest, who are both fighting for their lives. I could actually see Chelsea not getting anything from their remaining games (though I suspect they will end up with 4pts). All we need then is Everton, Forest, Leicester, WH, Leeds, Bournemouth to find some form, totally likely, and Chelsea are down! Obviously it won't happen. 39pts will be enough to keep them up, but I can dream!
@Cazza, I have seen one **** angle of the penalty incident and it clearly hits his arm, below the shirt, zero issue there. No idea if the ref saw it but no way VAR could miss it. All I can assume is that as Thiago is falling (and he knows FA about the handball) that the ref uses common sense and realises there was nothing he could do about it. Being honest though, if roles were reversed I would be calling for a penalty there.
The issue is more what the **** is handball? Genuinely, does anyone know? They have ****ed around with that rule so much I gave up trying to understand it. Look at the goal that knocked Utd out of last year's FAC, the Boro boy controls with his hand, clear as day, Utd stop cos he blatantly handles it, he rolls it square to his mate for a tap in and the goal stands cos the guy who handled it 'didn't directly benefit from the hand ball'. Dafuq? His team scored as a result, is that not a slight benefit? Had that been Harry Maguire who handled it it would have been a free kick. But cos it was a striker, tis ok!
Or look at the daft pens they were giving at the start of last year for strikers flicking the ball on and it glancing a defenders arm. Even if he was 6 inches away and the ball was travelling. Penalty. I think Palace got one against Spurs (possibly Eric Dier). Utter nonsense and they soon had to stop giving them.
The whole handball rule needs sorted out once and for all. But I can totally understand why WH fans are pissed after that not being given. I wonder will PMGOL come out and apologise/say it was the correct call?
I have no doubt Liverpool will make a miraculous return to their 2021 form for Sunday
