Match Thread FA Cup Final | Arsenal v Chelsea | 17:30

[Professor Yaffle]

Chelsea not playing well but the ref is doing a Clancy

 

[derek145]

If they really need a drinks break then it should be a case of stop the game and the backroom staff can bring drinks on...coaching from the managers shouldn't be allowed

It's became a time out, saw someone on here mention that it's the start of 4 quarters instead of two halves so we can have advertising breaks

 

[IM BLUE]

Chelsea down to 10 men. Kovacic off.

 

[doyle55]

Bullshit sending off they just touch boots.

 

[jones65]

getting tasty now. Chelsea not happy

 

[SGbanwa]

Doesn’t apply as wasn’t a straight red

Makes sense what a strange rule.

 

[Captain Cutlass]

A second yellow and a sending off for THAT?
Un-fkn-believable!

 

[Ruben Sosa]

Who's the bright spark that decided VAR can't be used for such a game changing decision as a second yellow card?

Unbelievable!

 

[devilman]

That is the kind of decision that should see a ref sacked altogether.

 

[Mabearette]

A very harsh yellow card. When it's the 2nd and results in a red, perhaps there should be VAR.

Arsenal do like to dive.

Dive and pressure the ref to send players off

 

[Artful Dodger]

Poor decision.Another there surely he was outside the box when he caught that?

 

[student_loyal]

We not getting a replay of the keeper issue?

 

[Main Stand]

Aye right, that was like Stuart Kerr circa 99.

 

[SuperAlly1990]

Poor decision.Another there surely he was outside the box when he caught that?

Are VAR not looking at that? Looked definitely out.

 

[Stevethebluenose90]

They not checking that? WTF

 

[Bobans27]

A goalkeepers body can be outside the box when he’s holding it, never knew that.

looked like a foul all day long

 

[Artful Dodger]

Aye right, that was like Stuart Kerr circa 99.

Mind that.Always laugh when I read that fannies name.

 

[student_loyal]

A goalkeepers body can be outside the box when he’s holding it, never knew that.

looked like a foul all day long

of course he can - it’s where the ball is

same when a keeper slides out behind the goal but keeps the ball in play.

 

[WinkieWATP]

Xhaka for a supposed hardman is a diving pussy

 

[Captain Cutlass]

We not getting a replay of the keeper issue?

Exactly, he looked miles out of his box!

 

[thomsonstackle]

He looked miles outside the box on first glance.

 

[devilman]

VAR rendered itself utterly pointless in 10 mins of a single game. Absolutely zero point to it at all. This is why it won't work in Scotland. Shit referees coupled with morons that can't even see the issues on a screen with unlimited replay ability.

 

[Artful Dodger]

Are VAR not looking at that? Looked definitely out.

I want Arsenal to win but ref has given them absolutely everything today.Ruined what could have been a better game of football.

 

[WinkieWATP]

Are VAR not looking at that? Looked definitely out.

Must have been as the commentators must have been seeing the pictures.

 

[Stevethebluenose90]

Where is this replay? The keeper looked miles out the box

 

[Disco Deejay]

Tim like behaviour from Xhaka.

 

[devilman]

Tim like behaviour from Xhaka.

In all fairness - there has been a huge tim like performance from Arsenal all in today.

 

[Peter_OHanrahahanrahan]

Still no replay of that incident of the keeper catching the ball outside the box? Something stinks.

 

[Thommo2006]

The first goal and arsenals second apart there hasn't been much quality in this game

 

[CaliforniaBlue1872]

Total disservice to everyone watching to not show where the Arsenal gk caught the ball on the edge/outside the box there

Unreal really

 

[DJ Blue]

 

[devilman]

Again, I repeat. VAR has rendered itself utterly pointless and should just be removed.

 

[NorthSideBlue]

That new arsenal top reminds me of one I had as a boy in the 80s with JVC on the front . I wonder if it’s a deliberate nod

 

[StuGers]

The ref is very partial to a Chelsea booking for %^*& all.

 

[student_loyal]

Probably just about on the line but would have been nice to have seen the replay!

 

[Pentasa]

One of my workmates is an Arsenal supporter and is ironically called Antony Taylor and I don't he'd be as biased as the Anthony Taylor who is refereeing the game

 

[Disco Deejay]

Just watched the keeper incident again and froze it. His feet are well outside the box, but his body is at a 45 degree angle leaning back into the box. Impossible to tell for certain from the angle they showed but looks like he may well have caught it on the line, so no foul.

 

[DJ Blue]

 

[student_loyal]

Keeper hardly got touched, goes down and wastes more time. Zzzzzzzz

 

[kingstonbear]

Thing is I don't actually think that VAR can look at that as it would only be a free kick and probably just a yellow. It is absolutely crazy but the only way VAR could be involved is if it was a red card offence

 

[CaliforniaBlue1872]

Just watched the keeper incident again and froze it. His feet are well outside the box, but his body is at a 45 degree angle leaning back into the box. Impossible to tell for certain from the angle they showed but looks like he may well have caught it on the line, so no foul.

Which is all fair enough, but given the game, situation and magnitude of the moment to not show a reply at all is absolutely mental

 

[SuperAlly1990]

Literally no one touched the keeper there.

 

[AmsterdamBear]

Would be delighted for Arteta to win this.

 

[Captain Cutlass]

VAR rendered itself utterly pointless in 10 mins of a single game. Absolutely zero point to it at all. This is why it won't work in Scotland. Shit referees coupled with morons that can't even see the issues on a screen with unlimited replay ability.

But it will rule if a players toenail was offside ages before a goal is scored yet they still miss glaring injustices and even when the ball has clearly crossed over the line.
I hate it!

 

[Main Stand]

Quite a few Scottish football connections here

Arteta
Morris
Gilmour in the stands
Tierney.

 

[Commentator]

Arsenal have the biggest bunch of chunts in the EPL.

 

[theateam]

Arsenal players screaming at every tackle, and the refs falling for it.

 

[SGbanwa]

Arsenal all falling is laughable

 

[Kentbear]

I've caught the last half hour, goal apart the game is rubbish.

 

[luckywhitefeather]

What a cheating diving bastard tierney is

Continually falls down , pretends he’s hurt head

pity Chelsea have thrown this away and he’s going to win a medal