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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Aug 24, 2019 12:07:58 GMT
quite the match so far!
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Post by Aj_June on Aug 24, 2019 12:21:34 GMT
What an amazing first half!
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Post by staggerstag on Aug 24, 2019 12:22:27 GMT
Ref Atkinson prepares himself to blow up, but not before Ross Barkley blazes it over from 12 yards. The whistle brings to a close a first half of dodgy defending from both sides and a virtual free-for-all for both sets of attackers.
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Post by staggerstag on Aug 24, 2019 12:45:11 GMT
The two halves of the pitch are like two pinball tables side by side, pressed together with their adjacent panels removed, the ball pinging from table to table like a Mexican jumping bean on coke. Enjoyable for the neutrals, though. '55 gone.
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Post by staggerstag on Aug 24, 2019 13:03:18 GMT
Barry says that was a stone wall penalty on Aspilicueta by Stiepermann. It looked no pen to me but looking again I could be wrong. It matters not now. 23 minutes left on the clock.
Wait, Chelsea goal. No, not yet. VAR. Is it? Something is being checked here...but Tammy Abraham's strike from outside the area stands. He cut through the home defence and left Krul with no chance. More defensive frailties on display but Abraham did well there and sticks it to his detractors for 2-3.
Now Godfrey assaults the away woodwork.
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Post by staggerstag on Aug 24, 2019 13:06:40 GMT
Giroud is on for Abraham. About 15 left and this game isn't over.
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Post by staggerstag on Aug 24, 2019 13:10:42 GMT
VAR situation. Giroud half-lunged into Krul mid-air. Andre Marriner in the VAR cupboard gets in on the act. But nothing doing. As Boycie said, it's any little thing these days.
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Post by staggerstag on Aug 24, 2019 13:13:24 GMT
It's a triple-whammy-burger substitution for Norwich. They're all in.
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Post by staggerstag on Aug 24, 2019 13:15:25 GMT
Oh Godfrey goes in studs down on Mount's foot. No need for that. He escapes a caution. What a rotter.
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Post by staggerstag on Aug 24, 2019 13:18:37 GMT
Barry G thinks it should be 2-4.
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Post by staggerstag on Aug 24, 2019 13:20:50 GMT
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Post by staggerstag on Aug 24, 2019 13:21:47 GMT
Into the 2nd of 5 added and the home crowd is roaring their boys here.
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Post by staggerstag on Aug 24, 2019 13:28:05 GMT
Kurt Zouma flies offensively into an ariel tussle with his man and succeeds only in doing his own back in. What was he doing, no direction at all. This guy looks up and down before crossing the road.
Ref Atko blows up on a lively encounter. Norwich, if they can keep up this pace, will show us plenty more this season. But both sides need to have a word with their defences.
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Post by DrKrippen on Aug 24, 2019 13:41:26 GMT
Good win for your Chelsea Staggs.
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Post by Zos on Aug 24, 2019 13:43:29 GMT
Messy and unconvincing, but it was a win hat Chelsea needed to steady the ship. Mind you, they have to stop leaking goals.
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Post by staggerstag on Aug 25, 2019 20:22:10 GMT
Gee, I have a stalker! Better watch where I go. As Arthur Daley once said, "Dodgy massage parlours, three floors up, ring bell and wait" - definitely off the menu.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Aug 26, 2019 10:45:14 GMT
Gee, I have a stalker! Better watch where I go. As Arthur Daley once said, "Dodgy massage parlours, three floors up, ring bell and wait" - definitely off the menu. Even if I had the inclination there's no way I'd be able to make it down to your pub of choice before you'd left!
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