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The 'hard pass' is a) but, in any case, b) we have a buyback so, if we choose to trigger it, Jose has no say. He could of course try to persuade Tammy to stay in Rome, but he would not have a veto over the move.

Let's hope that you are wrong.

That draw didn't go so well. 😞 In the same half as, probably, the three best teams in Europe. At least we have the second leg at home against Real. Small crumbs.

I was! Along with a lot of other Blues. The game was played at Brisbane Road where they only open one stand for Tottenham Women's games. Trouble is it's the one where the cameras are, so you don't see the fans on screen. I went there to watch The Blues take on Spurs twice in 12 days recently. First time I've been to Orient's ground since a Men's FA Cup game in 1978. P.S. Lauren's goal against Spurs won the club's goal of the month award for February. After never having topped the poll before, this makes two consecutive goal of the month wins for CFCW players following Sam Kerr's win in January.

And don't forget the expanded Champions League. Another upping of the workload for top players. With 12 European sides spread across 8 groups in the club world cup, it's entirely possible that all 12 will progress to the last 16. That would mean a minimum of four games for us over 11 days in June, At least it's only once every 4 years.

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I don't believe this. As I've said all along, I believe that Nkunku has been our player since September.

Updated CFCW fixture info

I always make this point, and I'll take the opportunity to do so again. Being a top quality shot-stopper is an entry level requirement. It doesn't make you a good keeper, it just gives you a chance to be one.

Think there is bad blood between him and Leicester fans.

It did cross my mind, but who knows?

Maybe I 'heard' it elsewhere then but, since I don't read newspapers or follow twitter, most of the Chelsea rumours I 'hear' come from here.

What happened to the rumours about TT having had an affair with a female staff member at the club? I'm pretty sure I initially heard that rumour when someone mentioned it here.

Ah, I get you. I can't say I've noticed that. Maybe officials have taken their eyes off this because keepers don't kick from hands anywhere near as often as they used to. These days it should actually be easier for the linos to monitor this. In the old days they would jockey level with the front edge of the penalty area watching to see that keepers didn't carry the ball out of the area, then sprint hell for leather after the kick to get in line with the last defender who had pushed up towards halfway. Nowadays, the last defender is usually standing next to the goalkeeper. 🙂

I must be misunderstanding you here because I don't see why a keeper shouldn't be allowed to play the ball outside the penalty area. He has the same 'rights' as any other player. It's just that he has special rights when he in his own penalty area. When he's doing a drop kick from the edge of his penalty area, as long as he doesn't handle the ball outside the area, why can't he can drop it wherever he likes?

Aside from the fact that the old law, which required the ball to be fully within the quadrant, made taking the kick harder, it was incompatible with the way the laws treat other lines on the pitch. A ball which is almost entirely outside the pitch, but which overhangs the outer edge of the touchline by even a millimetre, is deemed to be 'in' the field of play. A foul which occurs on the outer edge of a line marking out the penalty area would be penalised with the award of a penalty, not a free kick. If those lines are a part of the area they contain, then it follows that the arc which marks the edge of the corner quadrant should also be regarded as being 'in' that quadrant. Hence the 'new' law deems that as long as some part of the ball overhangs some part of the corner quadrant's arc, the ball is 'in' the quadrant.

I used to be a referee so you need only ask. 🙂 In that connection, I once met Sir Stanley Rous. Literally once. He ran football as head of fifa for over ten years, played, refereed at top level, was chairman of The FA, and single-handedly wrote the first modern version of the laws of Association football. (This was in the days when The FA was responsible for the laws of the game.) Rous lost the top job at fifa partly because the rest of the world was fed up with England trying to run the sport, and partly because he was a man of his era who saw nothing wrong with apartheid South Africa so he resisted attempts to isolate them from the international game. Hint: The centre circle is also the metric equivalent of ten yards in radius. 🙂

He is encroaching. He is in the D. Remember a penalty kick is just a glorified free kick, opposing players are not allowed within 9 point whatever metres of the ball until it is kicked. That's why the D is there. It traces out the arc which is 9+ metres from the penalty spot. The one thing I would like to believe, in the interest of fairness, is that a retake would also have been ordered if Kai had scored with his initial effort. Ben is clearly also is the box.

You're gonna be out of luck I'm afraid. Try Joe Pesci.

We didn't play as well as we did in Dortmund, but we did play better than we have been doing domestically. Had chances to score more than two, and lost goals to two very close, but accurate, offside decisions.

Three wins and two draws will do fine. 🙂

I'm sad to say that I do not believe Noni is starting quality for Chelsea.

If true, this suggests the club has lost hope that they can complete a deal for Zakharyan anytime soon.

Boring. I've said it many times before, so deleted.

CFCW March Fixtures: - Sun 05 Mar 2023: vs Arsenal, League Cup Final, Selhurst Park, 15:00, Lost 1-3, Highlights Wed 08 Mar 2023: vs Brighton & Hove Albion, WSL, Kingsmeadow, 19:30, Won 3-1. Highlights, Reaction. Sun 12 Mar 2023 vs Man Utd, WSL, Kingsmeadow, 12:30, Won 1-0, Highlights, Chelsea TV reaction, Chelsea postgame press conference, United postgame press conference, League Table Sat/Sun 18/19 Mar 2023 vs Reading, FA Cup Qtr Final, Madejski Stadium (a.k.a. Select Car Leasing Stadium), Won 3-1, Highlights, Chelsea TV reaction Wed 22 Mar 2023 vs Lyon, Champions League Qtr Final 1st Leg, Groupama Stadium, Lyon, 17:45, Won 1-0, Highlights, Chelsea TV Reaction, postgame reaction both clubs Sun 26 Mar 2023 vs Man City, WSL, City Football Academy, 12:40, Lost 0-2, Emma Hayes pregame press conference, Highlights, Emma Hayes postgame, Magda Eriksson postgame, City postgame, Table Thu 30 Mar 2023 vs Lyon, Champions League Qtr Final 2nd Leg, Stamford Bridge, 20:00, Tickets, coverage: DAZN YouTube channel All times UK