29 Jan 2015 04:13:26
Whilst Costa's stamp on Can was unforgivable, the media coverage on it is massive. The decision to not send Costa off, is probably the least of the worst decisions in the game. Especially as the ref didn't see it and so therefore the decision was really out of his hands. But the coverage on the extremely poor decisions by the ref, have been glossed over or completely ignored for the most part. In the post match interviews, not one question was asked about the lack of Skrtel, Can, Lucas and Henderson seeing second yellows. Whilst Costa's stamp is a worthy subject to report on, there was none of this when Mangala fly kicked an Everton player or when Aguero literally jumped on a Chelsea player a year ago. The amount of media coverage on any negative Chelsea story really does lead credence to JM's theory of a conspiracy.

Another point, a lot of refs have seemed reluctant to give second yellow cards recently. On the league cup show, one of the pundits gave credit to Michael Oliver as he said 'it made the game more interesting' or some other bs. Had they been given second yellows, we might have been able to win in normal time and our players would be in better condition for the weekends game. In City's game against Boro, Kolorov should have seen a second yellow when he hacked down a player outside their box, but since play went on and Boro scored, he wasn't. Now he's available to play against us. Henderson, Lucas et al are all available to play on the weekend too, and whilst Pool aren't really challenging us for the title, the fact that they're now available and can go on to help Pool win on the weekend is a sore point for me. And all that just because giving them a second yellow 'would have ruined the game'. And yet in our game against ManU, Iva was given 2 pretty soft yellows.
Anyways rant over. What does everyone else think? Are decisions really going against us? Should refs try to keep 11 players on the pitch in order to create a better game?

1.) 29 Jan 2015
I agree with the entire post. The ref had an absolute shocker, but all the after match focus has been on Costa. No mention of the penalty, continual fouling and blatant handball. Obviously we are the team to hate. I say, no one likes us we don't care.

2.) 29 Jan 2015
29 Jan 2015 14:50:12
I totally agree with you (fuser & brisvegas blue) and I must confess it hurts badly as the FA and media can not.be punish for bating js, I wish a massive social media campaign can be launched, If I was in England I would have loved to lead a peacefull protest (as a fan) with blackerd to the FA headquarters as well as the referee association, these campaign against chelseafc must stop

3.) 29 Jan 2015
29 Jan 2015 15:05:43
I honestly don't wish for the FA or the media to be punished but for them to be fair enough in their dealings' as far as Chelsea fc is concerned, we want to also possess accolade like Liverpool fc, manu fc, real Madrid. But its will be very difficult for us if the FA keep looking for way to alter our progress