Let's All Laugh At... Let's all laugh at Chelsea thread

[nailsy]

always felt he was wasting time, trying to take the game to pens. maybe he did strain or sprain something, but i didn't think i was as serious as they made it out to be.

But i wonder... did Sarri want to bring on Willy.... after all, mind games against city, he will know the players the best and i am sure had a few penalty drills against them.

Like @worcestersauce says, it's unusual for a keeper to get cramp. It seems quite plausible that he was just trying to disrupt the flow of the game to prevent City from building up momentum. The ref has to stop play and allow time for the keeper to recover - more so than for outfield players anyway.

I don't think Sarri was thinking of bringing Cabellero on for any other reason than the injury. There was no indication that he wanted to make a change until the guy goes down again. His job is hanging by a thread and if he'd brought on his second choice keeper and he hadn't won the match then he'd be facing even more questions about his decision making.

Sarri admitting publicly that it was a 'misunderstanding' is interesting though. He's said that there was no injury so will he play Kepa against us on Wednesday? He's in a no win situation now. If he plays him he looks weak again. If he doesn't then he's admitting that he thought it was more than just a misunderstanding and the team will be without their first choice goalkeeper (although Caballero is probably no worse than Kepa who looks very average).

 

[spursfan77]

Listening to Five Live.

Apparently the law says it's not up to the ref to force the issue, it's entirely down to the player to come off. If he resfuses the game resumes.

That’s amazing. The rule needs changing then if you ask me.

 

[Gassin's finest]

I so hope this entire club and it's odious set of players and fans, disappear in a mire of financial collapse. The Oligarch's call in their loans and begin a merciless and swift exercise in asset stripping.

 

[allatsea]

So you have been watching football since before there was such a thing as a substitute which means in the whole history of substitutions you've never seen it, that's pretty damning on them.
Interesting someone saying he could have just been running down the clock, I have to say I have never seen a goalkeeper go down with cramp before, maybe that was the misunderstanding, Sarri misunderstood that Kepa was fucking cheating.

Funnily enough I had the impression it was Man City running down the clock. They seemed content to keep the ball rather than attack and take risks.

 

[DiscoD1882]

much as I hate these mugs and wish all the ill that comes to them I cant understand all this hate for the goalkeeper. He is playing in a cup final. he has just got through the game to penalties where he has a chance to be a hero. And they are trying t sub him? How would you feel if that was the case. I would be doing the same thing. that's just a professional sportsman wanting to play in one of the biggest games of his career. The media are making a massive deal out of this. And Sarri went about it the wrong way. I do agree if it was tactical. He will not play again. But I kind of feel for the bloke.

 

[CoopsieDeadpool]

much as I hate these mugs and wish all the ill that comes to them I cant understand all this hate for the goalkeeper. He is playing in a cup final. he has just got through the game to penalties where he has a chance to be a hero. And they are trying t sub him? How would you feel if that was the case. I would be doing the same thing. that's just a professional sportsman wanting to play in one of the biggest games of his career. The media are making a massive deal out of this. And Sarri went about it the wrong way. I do agree if it was tactical. He will not play again. But I kind of feel for the bloke.

Although I see your point, you've sort of answered yourself within y your post.

He's a professional sportsman, so the least he should do is act in a professional manner. He's paid extremely well for the privilege.

 

[DiscoD1882]

Although I see your point, you've sort of answered yourself within y your post.

He's a professional sportsman, so the least he should do is act in a professional manner. He's paid extremely well for the privilege.

Yeah I see all that. Heat of the moment and all that. He probably would have come off if they raised the board. They didn't. They just started shouting at each other. im not vindicating him. But I can 100% see why he wanted to stay on it was injury time in extra time.

 

[Gb160]

I'm not having this 'faking an injury/misunderstanding' theory....he was treated twice by the physios and they would've been fully aware if he was acting or not, and relayed this to Sarri.
This 'misunderstanding' is just playing down the incident to the media.

 

[Hakkz]

At the very least, run over to the manager and let him know you arent injured and he can make a decision then. I'm still convinced caballero was a tactical change anyway

I agree. He saved that sub for a reason. I wonder if Kepa knew and wouldn't have it?

 

[TheChosenOne]

I'm not having this 'faking an injury/misunderstanding' theory....he was treated twice by the physios and they would've been fully aware if he was acting or not, and relayed this to Sarri.
This 'misunderstanding' is just playing down the incident to the media.

Damage limitation. Unfortunately the horse has already bolted.

 

[WorcesterTHFC]

I so hope this entire club and it's odious set of players and fans, disappear in a mire of financial collapse. The Oligarch's call in their loans and begin a merciless and swift exercise in asset stripping.

Even if Abramovich decides to sell the club, he'll be selling to another multi-billionaire, possibly a royal family from the Middle East, which will mean the near-limitless financial doping backing provided by their government, along the lines of Citeh or PSG. The days when they spent more time in Division 2 than they did in Division 1 and Ken Bates bought the club for £1 are long gone, unfortunately.

 

[Japhet]

My take on it all;
Kepa suffered a bout of cramp. Did they say it had happened previously or am I imagining that?
Cramp is bloody painful but it passes quite quickly. The way Kepa was stretching ties in with it being cramp.
Sarri didn't know if it was an injury or cramp but would have quite liked to put Cabalero on anyway.
Kepa got over the cramp and signalled he was OK to carry on.
I didn't see the sub board go up at any time.
Game carried on and Kepa was fit to play.
Sarri lost a battle of wills with his player and was publicly humiliated.
I don't think Sarri had it in mind to sub Kepa before the incident.

Conclusion. Chelsea are a pile of smouldering pig shit.

 

[Gb160]

Even if Abramovich decides to sell the club, he'll be selling to another multi-billionaire, possibly a royal family from the Middle East, which will mean the near-limitless financial doping backing provided by their government, along the lines of Citeh or PSG. The days when they spent more time in Division 2 than they did in Division 1 and Ken Bates bought the club for £1 are long gone, unfortunately.

But the experts in the Levy/Eric thread seem to think if we were sold for 2B, it would financially cripple us as the investors would demand a return on their investment?

TBH either could happen to them or us...but if whoever buys the club/s borrows the money to buy it, they'd pay that off out of profits/assets from the club.

 

[Shadydan]

My take on it all;
Kepa suffered a bout of cramp. Did they say it had happened previously or am I imagining that?
Cramp is bloody painful but it passes quite quickly. The way Kepa was stretching ties in with it being cramp.
Sarri didn't know if it was an injury or cramp but would have quite liked to put Cabalero on anyway.
Kepa got over the cramp and signalled he was OK to carry on.
I didn't see the sub board go up at any time.
Game carried on and Kepa was fit to play.
Sarri lost a battle of wills with his player and was publicly humiliated.
I don't think Sarri had it in mind to sub Kepa before the incident.

Conclusion. Chelsea are a pile of smouldering pig shit.

I think Kepa was faking injury to stop City's momentum.

How can a keeper get cramp, it's not as if he's running around the pitch?

 

[Gassin's finest]

I think Kepa was faking injury to stop City's momentum.

How can a keeper get cramp, it's not as if he's running around the pitch?

Too much sugar, not enough fluids.

So either Kepa is having too many sneaky bags of Haribo on the side... or it was bullshit that backfired on him. Either way he was in idiot.

 

[rossdapep]

much as I hate these mugs and wish all the ill that comes to them I cant understand all this hate for the goalkeeper. He is playing in a cup final. he has just got through the game to penalties where he has a chance to be a hero. And they are trying t sub him? How would you feel if that was the case. I would be doing the same thing. that's just a professional sportsman wanting to play in one of the biggest games of his career. The media are making a massive deal out of this. And Sarri went about it the wrong way. I do agree if it was tactical. He will not play again. But I kind of feel for the bloke.

He put himself before the team. As others have mentioned Caballero is a good penalty stopper and knows City's players very well. He basically robbed Sarri and his team of a good opportunity to win.

I do wonder what David Luiz was saying to him. "Don't go off!"??

 

[Japhet]

I think Kepa was faking injury to stop City's momentum.

How can a keeper get cramp, it's not as if he's running around the pitch?

I've had cramp plenty of times when I'm not running about. Not saying what I was doing at the time though .

 

[stevenurse]

At the very least, run over to the manager and let him know you arent injured and he can make a decision then. I'm still convinced caballero was a tactical change anyway

Absolutely. Im not excusing him at all. It just wouldnt surprise me if it was totally an act of defiance.

He's still an absolute **** for doing it. But wouldnt surprise me if nothing else comes from it

 

[Shadydan]

I've had cramp plenty of times when I'm not running about. Not saying what I was doing at the time though .

Taking a shit doesn't count mate

 

[worcestersauce]

I agree. He saved that sub for a reason. I wonder if Kepa knew and wouldn't have it?

It's the manager's decision so Kepa should have had it.