FA Cup Final

[Francis Albert]

Used to love the FA cup final. I find this as boring as could be. I could count the number of genuine and adventurous examples of individual skills on one hand. 

Oh well there is obamayang. Brilliant!

Edited August 1 by Francis Albert

[iantjambo]

Chelsea down to 10

[Cruyff]

Never a 2nd yellow in a million years. Disgraceful decision. 

[neilnunb]

🤣

 

👋 Chelsea

[milky_26]

Just now, iantjambo said:

Chelsea down to 10

shocking decision. xhaka rolling about like he had been shot

[gashauskis9]

Refereeing in this game is beyond a joke.  Oh, and Xhaka is a horrible *****.

[milky_26]

Just now, Cruyff said:

Never a 2nd yellow in a million years. Disgraceful decision. 

i would even be debating if it was a foul

[NANOJAMBO]

I didn't agree with the "diving" comments on here earlier but that was  blatant cheating by Arsenal and a ridiculous 2nd yellow. 

[neilnunb]

Had a feeling there'd be a red card in this but that was awful 🤣

[Cruyff]

What is the point in VAR if they aren't going to overturn that? 

[HMFC01]

Diving ****er!  No review?  Total shambles!

[Cruyff]

Just now, milky_26 said:

i would even be debating if it was a foul

True story. 

[milky_26]

Just now, Cruyff said:

What is the point in VAR if they aren't going to overturn that? 

can they overturn it since it wasn't a straight red?

[Kiwidoug]

Terrible decision.  Just ruins the game.  At worst it was an unintentional foul.

[Cruyff]

Just now, milky_26 said:

can they overturn it since it wasn't a straight red?

Nope, that's the point, it's stupid. 

[iantjambo]

VAR will disallow a goal if a players toenail is offside but it won’t overrule blatant cheating?

 

Insane.

[milky_26]

is that a handball by the arsenal keeper?

[Cruyff]

Keeper was out the box, surely? 

 

 

[Cruyff]

1 minute ago, iantjambo said:

VAR will disallow a goal if a players toenail is offside but it won’t overrule blatant cheating?

 

Insane.

Yup. Daftest invention ever. 

[Tazio]

Just now, milky_26 said:

is that a handball by the arsenal keeper?

May or may not have been but the ref made his mind up in an instant despite it looking close. Isn’t that what VAR is for?

[The Spy Who Loved Me]

Remember all the hoo-ha in 1985 when Kevin Moran was the first man to be sent off in the FA Cup final, and there was a big debate as to whether he’d get a medal or not?

[Thommo414]

Wanted Chelsea to win purely so Wolves would be guaranteed another crack at Europe. Want them to claw it back after that red now though, cheating arsenal *******s 

[Sir Gio]

1 minute ago, Thommo414 said:

Wanted Chelsea to win purely so Wolves would be guaranteed another crack at Europe. Want them to claw it back after that red now though, cheating arsenal *******s 

Levels out after the pen. No attempt to play the ball,  Chelsea got a bonus half hour with 11.

 

 

[neilnunb]

1 minute ago, Thommo414 said:

Wanted Chelsea to win purely so Wolves would be guaranteed another crack at Europe. Want them to claw it back after that red now though, cheating arsenal *******s 

 

Wolves are a good side to watch tbf.

[milky_26]

7 minutes ago, Thommo414 said:

Wanted Chelsea to win purely so Wolves would be guaranteed another crack at Europe. Want them to claw it back after that red now though, cheating arsenal *******s 

wolves can still win the europa league and get a CL spot

[milky_26]

another dive by arsenal

[Sooperstar]

11 minutes ago, Tazio said:

May or may not have been but the ref made his mind up in an instant despite it looking close. Isn’t that what VAR is for?

VAR did look at it. Not sure what you wanted the ref to do other than let play continue and leave VAR to do its job?

[Tazio]

1 minute ago, Sooperstar said:

VAR did look at it. Not sure what you wanted the ref to do other than let play continue and leave VAR to do its job?

In an ideal world he’d send off the whole Arsenal team for being Arsenal. Then refuse to give Chelsea the win, for being Chelsea. 
Fairly unlikely outcome though. 

[Sooperstar]

2 minutes ago, Tazio said:

In an ideal world he’d send off the whole Arsenal team for being Arsenal. Then refuse to give Chelsea the win, for being Chelsea. 
Fairly unlikely outcome though. 

And then take pity on Spurs for being serial failures and hand the trophy to them?

Edited August 1 by Sooperstar

[Tazio]

1 minute ago, Sooperstar said:

And then take pity on Spurs for being serial failures and hand the trophy to them?

Exactly. 

[Gone]

John Beaton would have got more right today

[Taffin]

Really poor game made even worse by terrible refereeing. 

[Cruyff]

Arsenal deserved to win it, they were the better team it's just a shame the ref ruined it with that red. 

 

I like Lampard but he should have changed it early second half, they didn't lay a glove on Arsenal 2nd half. 

[Neil Dongcaster]

Happy for the Arsenal keeper. 

[The Spy Who Loved Me]

Mikel Arteta is the first person in Arsenal’s history to win the FA Cup as club captain and as manager.

[neilnunb]

🤣 loving his attempts at lifting the cup

[Sooperstar]

Why are they struggling to understand how the trophy works?!

[Angel eyes]

1 hour ago, gashauskis9 said:

Refereeing in this game is beyond a joke.  Oh, and Xhaka is a horrible *****.

Should have handed the the goons the cup after they scored their second the referee weren’t going to let Chelsea back into the game after that.

[Thommo414]

44 minutes ago, milky_26 said:

wolves can still win the europa league and get a CL spot

Granted but the Europa League has an unusually strong field remaining with the likes of Inter, Man U, Leverkusen still potentially in wait. Would like to see them do it though 

[Cade]

Arsenal are becoming FA cup specialists.

4 wins in the last 7 years and 7 wins this decade.

 

Maybe just as well for them as it's becoming their only route into Europe!

Edited August 1 by Cade

[The Spy Who Loved Me]

Pulisic kept on running despite the hamstring injury.

 

Respect.

[LeftBack]

26 minutes ago, The Spy Who Loved Me said:

Remember all the hoo-ha in 1985 when Kevin Moran was the first man to be sent off in the FA Cup final, and there was a big debate as to whether he’d get a medal or not?

Wasnt allowed on pitch iirc

[milky_26]

1 hour ago, Cruyff said:

Arsenal deserved to win it, they were the better team it's just a shame the ref ruined it with that red. 

 

I like Lampard but he should have changed it early second half, they didn't lay a glove on Arsenal 2nd half. 

there seemed to be a change in their tactics in the first half when the momentum shifted from chelsea to arsenal. They stopped hitting balls to giroud who was holding it up and linking play with the players out wide. if they went back to doing that it might have pushed arsenal back a bit

[Harry Potter]

Missed it, ach well.

[pablo]

20 minutes ago, Harry Potter said:

Missed it, ach well.

 It's on now Harry. BBC1

[Ex member of the SaS]

Shame they didn't have VAR for the Sevco ,Sheep game. Kent was head and shoulders offside and the linesman( will never call them assistant refs ) was feet ahead of play and couldn't tell. Sevco getting the benefit of a dodgy decision? Surely not.

[Seymour M Hersh]

14 hours ago, Gone said:

John Beaton would have got more right today

 

Ha ha I doubt that. Probably more accurate to say he would have got even more wrong than Taylor (as hard as that might appear).

[Harry Potter]

1 hour ago, pablo said:

 It's on now Harry. BBC1

👍

[complete control]

1 hour ago, Ex member of the SaS said:

Shame they didn't have VAR for the Sevco ,Sheep game. Kent was head and shoulders offside and the linesman( will never call them assistant refs ) was feet ahead of play and couldn't tell. Sevco getting the benefit of a dodgy decision? Surely not.

He was onside to me

[Tommy Brown]

1 hour ago, Ex member of the SaS said:

Shame they didn't have VAR for the Sevco ,Sheep game. Kent was head and shoulders offside and the linesman( will never call them assistant refs ) was feet ahead of play and couldn't tell. Sevco getting the benefit of a dodgy decision? Surely not.

 

19 minutes ago, complete control said:

He was onside to me

15 hours ago, Sir Gio said:

 

Just on for me