FA Cup Final

A classic game, up there with the 1984 final for entertainment value

 

I needed 48 cans of red bull, a whole packet of pro-plus, and a "pulp fiction" style adrenaline injection to keep me going until the end of the game

 

it was dire!

 

Boring

 

The highlight of the match for me was a satisfying dump at half time

 

The grass i was watching grew 2mm during the whole game.

 

my grass grew 3mm, but it was raining here !

Spent the second half watching the rain outside

 

I was in the gym so at least I had something else to do whilst watching that rubbish, only bit of entertainment was the swearing by the other people in there when the Man U goal was disallowed!

 

took my advice then?

 

Rumour has it that by half-time SKY were considering switching coverage to the Albanian crown green bowling 2nd round qualifying match

 

The two gloryhunting sets of fans and the "football family" got exactly what the deserved - a pathetic excuse for a final. Cant stop laughing at people who spent £1000s on that season ticket thing!!

 

I wonder if they've they've put the champagne and caviar away after witnessing their grand specatacle of a cup final that they wanted from day one descend into a bore-fest.

 

Also noticed that the VIP seats were still totally empty 10 minutes into the 2nd half, (maybe they weren't that stupid)?

 

I sat in a pub drinking copious amounts of Dutch beer watching the game in a pub just outside Dublin. The place was spilt Chelsea / Utd, I sat on the Chelsea side. I was delighted when Drogba netted.

My mate who I sit next to in the Lower Rous called me at 13.00 and said that he was going to support Utd. NOT ME!!!

At 122 minutes I sent a text saying, "Remember Villa Park .. They were c.u.n.t.s. - HAPPY DAYS!!!"

 

I am of firm belief that the ball was in fact over the line and that Cech rolled it over himself before he was basically smacked in the face by Giggs ass.

So therefore Chelsea are dirty cheats as usual. That is my reasoning and i am damn well sticking to it ;D

 

Giggs should've hit the net rather than relying on the ref/lino, modern game is sadly a lot wetter than days gone bye. If you slide into keeper these days going to be a foul.

I hated Utd fans a Vic in September and at Villa Park, especially walking back to car after semi.

 

I would choose Man U fans over Chelski fans any day although they are both evil armchair supporters who dont actually come from where they support or have any connection with the places at all.

But whatever team has Frank Lampard i will loathe until the end of time. Man U is the lesser of two evils!

 

who won the albanian bowls anyway.....

 

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Well that's fair enough, I will go to sleep feeling delighted that the northern b@stards have to travel home after losing and the london Utd fans have to go to work on Monday knolwing their mates will give them sh!t pleases me.

Plus TERRY CRISTIAN has been gutted on 1089, just hearing him moan has been quality. Especially after remarks such as "You know it's Christmas ... Watford have scored"

So Carly go to bed wishing Chelsea and Lampard had lost. As for me I can look forward to the morning papers and read about 'poor' Utd!!!

 

To be fair if the keeper has two hands on the ball like Cech did Giggs can't touch him legally. No goal in my opinion.

 

Giggs fouled Cech, and the ball was not "TOTALLY" over the line anyway, almost but not quite :sign13: :sign13: :sign13:

As for the claim that Giggs himself was fouled..............:sign6: :sign6: :sign6:

 

Exactly! That one has totally baffled me, as not one person in the pub nor Giggs himself claimed a foul. Even watching the many replays there was no real hint of a foul by Essien. Fergie is being a right twit coming out and trying to claim that.

 

Overall I think the incident had the right outcome, all-be-it not to the rules.

The ball definitely crossed the line, but only because Giggs momentum pushed Cech into the goal.

Hi UEA, as our unofficial rulemeister, how do the laws untangle this sort of thing? It certainly wasn't an intentional foul by Giggs as his momentum was inceased by his contact with Essien, but if the goal had stood he would have gained by illegal contact(?)

I'm on the fence with this one because I was hoping that both teams would somehow lose...

 

It's always said that as soon as the goalkeeper has two hands on the ball the only legal way for a goal to be scored is (a) if his own momentum takes him over the line or (b) if he is shoulder charged legitimately across the line by an opposition player.

The confusion about the incident came from the fact that the referee never gave a foul - though I'm certain he would have ruled out the 'goal' for a foul if it had been judged to have crossed the line by the linesman.

To be 100% honest I'm not convinced by any of the tv replays that the whole of the ball crossed the whole of the line. This angle looks conclusive but the angle is dodgy in my opinion:

 

Cheers mate, From the pic I would say the ball is not completely over the line. I can't say for certain, but I thought that it was a little further back just before your shot - probably wrong though!

I agree the goal shouldn't have stood, I just wasn't sure if the rules covered it.