Chelsea fined over ref protests

a-Lost-9uY SG

LONDON (AFP) - Chelsea were fined 40,000 pounds (79,000 dollars) by the Football Association on Thursday after admitting a charge of failing to ensure their players conducted themselves correctly during a stormy 2-0 win over Derby in November.

Chelsea were charged after a posse of their players, led by captain John Terry, angrily confronted referee Andre Marriner following the red card he gave to Ghanaian midfielder Michael Essien for elbowing Kenny Miller in injury-time.

The incident caused a number of observers to question whether Terry's conduct was appropriate for a captain of England's national side and helped to fuel speculation about whether he will continue in the role under new head coach Fabio Capello.

youyayu SG

JT is right to do that.. after all the refree is a mofo

uncle_abc SG

i disagree...
even if the ref makes the worng decision, and i stress on "if"
you just cant go there and protest the way JT and Co always do..

ever since he got the england armband, he starts to be yaya papaya and thinks that he is bigger than ref..

zocoss SG

As usual lah... Terry at it again... If they were playing an international match his behaviour will only make the rest of the England players more aggressive... Once one can't control, the rest will follow... Neutral

glacer SG

To make it worst, he's their captain

ghimpheng SG

J.T did the right thing despite that

turbo_drift SG

quote for u to see the reason stated by uncle_abc again. Very Happy

seotiblizzard SG

money is nothing to chelsea.

Laughing

ctstalin SG

that is less than peanuts Laughing

seotiblizzard SG

Laughing

n1 sia.

gunner77 SG

their glowing jersey very nice

ghimpheng SG

that uncle abc point of view and that doesn't mean that he is right

funny to See Arsenal Surrounding ref several times and involve in fights / arugement with opposition team several times but not fine or anything

zocoss SG

Maybe money isn't but reputation certainly is... They have got rid of their previous manager cos he was giving them a bad name... Mr. Green

glacer SG

But did they snatch the card from the ref before? Rolling Eyes

uncle_abc SG

i agree with you that is my personal opinion,
i believe that he is a very good defender, probably one of the best in world.

but as the england captain, who is supposed to be a role model for the young kids, his behaviour of confronting the ref and the attempt of trying to "help" mike dean to "hold" dean's red card is not exatly a role model for young kids.

what if the young kids all think that they are JT and start confronting the ref.?

4getmenot SG

more like referees are nuthing to J.T & Co... Mr. Green

ghimpheng SG

did he hold dean card ? i never saw that but anyway i tot that challange should be awarded @ most a yellow instead of a red.

Role Model ? alot of footballers aren't Role Model Anyway. Maybe you should ask C.Ronaldo do cut down on his diving so that Man u fans that admire C.Ronaldo and that play football won't dive too much.

Role Model - Walcott (Good Boy)

uncle_abc SG

if you miss the holding of dean's red card, you probably didnt know he got fined for that also by the FA..

since that you mention Ronaldo,
even C Ronaldo is cutting down on his diving as compared to his initial arrival in england
and he scores 22 goals so far this season,

but did JT try to improve his antics on pitch with the ref??
again my personal opinion
at least there is no visible effort by JT to cut down on his "yaya papaya"

Slipshade SG

I agree, especially when he's the captain. He really doesn't lead by example.

glacer SG

Wow, C.Ronaldo again? If u really have eyes, C.Ronaldo has cut down on his diving tremendously compared to last season. Thats why you don't see so many news regarding him diving in order to help Man U to win