Undeserved defeats

That Chelsea Barca game is still to this date the worst refereeing performance I've ever seen

People make the mistake thinking a team deserves to win because they had loads more shots compared to the other team. It doesn't work like that, at least not in terms of 'deserving' something.

Should have won it? Yes. Played well enough to win it? Yes. Deserved to win it? No, because your shots weren't accurate enough, or they took their chances better than you did and defended better.

Only time a defeat should have been a deserved win is when bad luck, as in bad refereeing decisions or otherwise, comes into play.

Chelsea played very well and fully deserved the win against Barca. The ref was a bēllēnd that evening. Even blind people could see the injustice, yet It's normal for a twisted mind like Spurtle to think otherwise.

What was most galling for me about that Barca game was how the authorities stood behind Ovrebo. I don't believe it was a conspiracy, I think he really was just that spectacularly poor at his job

I remember a Bayern-Fiorentina match he did the following season where he was somehow even worse than that night at the Bridge

Unless I've missed it......Carlo's 2nd season against Birmingham. They had 1 shot all game. Think we had 23 on target and lost 1-0.

comment by The Noble Lord Flash (U8334)
posted 31 minutes ago
Unless I've missed it......Carlo's 2nd season against Birmingham. They had 1 shot all game. Think we had 23 on target and lost 1-0.
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Funnily enough that was one of only two top displays that season, United at home being the other.

Ben Foster was unreal that game.

Agree obviously with the barca game, everyone walked out that night saying we'd been cheated. Can't believe we did not get atleast 2 pens.

But nobody has mentioned that ghost goal game, we absolutely played liverpool off the park that night at anfield after the goal(and say what u will about the goal)

Even Jamie Carragher has mentioned(I believe in his book) how good we were that night.

The Overbo night was depressing on the National Express home.

Wanted to see if it was just Blue Tinted Specs that was making me damn his performance. No it wasn't. Watched it back on Sky+. He was awful.

3 things came outta re-watching that game.

1) i realised Jamie Redknapp was a smeeee-heeeee who was defending Overbo and saying "Remember what league he's from...."

2) i started to respect Souness as a pundit. "In what league in the world are 3 out of 4 of those not nailed on penalties? Chelsea have been done tonight!"

3) Swearing aside i realised Drogba had become a Chelsea fan. He'd choose us to beat Marseille every time now, from watching that I have no doubts.

comment by Nickalopodis (U9257)
posted 10 minutes ago
Agree obviously with the barca game, everyone walked out that night saying we'd been cheated. Can't believe we did not get atleast 2 pens.

But nobody has mentioned that ghost goal game, we absolutely played liverpool off the park that night at anfield after the goal(and say what u will about the goal)

Even Jamie Carragher has mentioned(I believe in his book) how good we were that night.
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No problems with the ghost goal. I think the decision favoured us rather than Cech getting a stonewall red card.

And we fecked that tie up because Jose was too defensive in the home leg.

Moscow.