[Albion] Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***

[Washie]

We are running on fumes with players that shouldn't be anywhere near the first team yet because we have an unprecedented injury list. Seriously - we didn't play well on Thursday but they played themselves into the ground to get a win. What is wrong with some of our fans?

Because we have poor mental health and i'm angry, so i'm posting on here rather than harming myself or my loved ones. Thats whats wrong with me

 

[Triggaaar]

But we didn't get unlucky today?

So was it a clear and obvious error for the ref not to give their penalty?

 

[BevBHA]

Are we really going to be one of those teams with embarrassing fans that scream corruption when things don't go our way

Yes we are. Terrible penalty call, and then totally bottling a clear second yellow for Caicedo, not once but twice

 

[dazzer6666]

WTF. its either a pen or corner. If u Believe what you posted then you must be a corrupt ref like the rest.

Don't think so, because play is stopped when the penalty is given.

 

[Krafty]

Our players need to constantly dive in the penalty box against Brentford.

At least, one or two of them would be penalties considering the state of Premier League refereeing

 

[jessiejames]

Just to clarify - Pawson gave the penalty - hence the review and drop ball as he stopped the game for a penalty.

No thats wrong surley.

 

[Dick Swiveller]

WTF. its either a pen or corner. If u Believe what you posted then you must be a corrupt ref like the rest.

Learn the laws. As crap as it was all round, the drop ball was correct

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Bit disappointed with the subs today, it was just RDZ getting his best eleven on the pitch but i thought a bit more creativity in the subs would have been better. Adingra wasn't having a good game, Buonanotte was, I'd have left the latter on instead, and maybe withdraw one of the full backs then and go three at the back. But oh well.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Are we really going to be one of those teams with embarrassing fans that scream corruption when things don't go our way

There are about 5 people who post on NSC who do that.

For the rest of us we shrug and move on

 

[Farehamseagull]

Oh well, didn’t expect to get anything from that anyway.

Bored of talking about refs and VAR, need to focus on ourselves as to be honest, we weren’t great again today.

Really poor first 40 minutes and our defending again has generally not been good enough. Dunk’s idiocy at Forest certainly didn’t help and we didn’t create anywhere near enough quality chances in nearly an hour of football against 10 men. Appreciate the Thursday/Sunday thing and injuries/suspensions but definitely things to work on with the players we do have available.

 

[zefarelly]

Whatever went on you just knew we were getting nothing from this game

I agree, which merely reinforces why VAR ( and whatever corruption may/may not be behind it) nust be scrapped.

the referees need balls, and they'll only get them if they're not being undermined by fuckwits and money launderers.

we also need to bring back linesmen, to work with the referee . . . Not just jogging jugglers doing f*** all

 

[birthofanorange]

The bottom line is that we were given a lifeline ( at 2 -0) by a valid sending-off, yet we failed to capitalise on it for an entire 45 mins.
Their iffy penalty was the nail in the coffin, as I couldn't really see us coming back to score a further 2 goals.
At least it wasn't the thumping than many here expected, but we certainly had a chance to salvage a point....possibly more.

 

[Springal]

WTF. its either a pen or corner. If u Believe what you posted then you must be a corrupt ref like the rest.

Unfortunately it’s not. Go read the laws of the game

 

[Silverhatch]

But we didn't get unlucky today? Poor defending in the first 25 minutes but played fine, not great but better than Chelsea and they got away with not having to play with 9 men

Today we played well but defended poorly. Thursday we played poorly but defended well.

 

[Mustafa II]

What a bizarre game.

A lot to think about.

Another game where refereeing was all over the shop and completely determined the result.

Being on the wrong side of it this time, we have every right to feel aggrieved.

The refereeing in this country is an absolute joke. More often than not the drama is with the erratic refereeing, rather than the game of football itself.

Wouldn't say we deserved to win... Or lose... Who knows what the result would have been if we had reliable refereeing in the PL.

 

[zefarelly]

There are about 5 people who post on NSC who do that.

For the rest of us we shrug and move on

I shrugged . . .now I'm moving on . . .

I still think VAR should be binned. Its just wrong on every level.

 

[Weststander]

Because we have poor mental health and i'm angry, so i'm posting on here rather than harming myself or my loved ones. Thats whats wrong with me

That always does the trick for me too, it lances the loss boil.

 

[tstanbur]

Just been watching the replays of Caicedo’s 57 second yellow cards that weren’t given.

Every f***ing week we are let down by officials.

 

[zefarelly]

What a bizarre game.

A lot to think about.

Another game where refereeing was all over the shop and completely determined the result.

Being on the wrong side of it this time, we have every right to feel aggrieved.

The refereeing in this country is an absolute joke. More often than not the drama is with the erratic refereeing, rather than the game of football itself.

Wouldn't say we deserved to win... Or lose... Who knows what the result would have been if we had reliable refereeing in the PL.

SPOT ON sir.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

What he do? Apart form time waste all game and only got a token yellow at 88mins

He was mouthing something at the away end but the camera didn’t show it for long