Blues appeal Lampard red
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Chelsea have appealed against the red card given to Frank Lampard at West Ham on Saturday.
Although The Blues won the game 4-0 at Upton Park, they were made to play for just under an hour with 10 men following Lampard's dismissal.
Lampard saw red for violent conduct after lashing out at Luis Boa Morte after the pair clashed just outside Chelsea's penalty area.
The former West Ham midfielder was given a straight red by referee Peter Walton, although Chelsea have now claimed wrongful dismissal.
Chelsea's appeal will be heard by a Regulatory Commission on Tuesday 4th March
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thread started by anti-chelsea retard. Let's see how clones come in wif their B.S
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Don't take it as red, Frank - Chelsea star Lampard lands three games for 'shove'
All those prone to seizures, spasms or suicidal thoughts, look away now.
Martin Taylor is serving a three-match ban for the challenge that turned Eduardo's ankle 180 degrees and Frank Lampard will do the same after an assistant referee took offence to his petulant shove on Luis Boa Morte.
The Barclays Premier League has gone potty. Official.
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Flashpoint: Lampard has words with Boa Morte
Chelsea generals met in the war room on Sunday to discuss tactics as they consider an appeal, but it should be a no-brainer; all out attack is the only option.
If they grit their teeth, Lampard will be in the stands for games against Barnsley in the FA Cup and the 'gimmes' against Derby and Sunderland.
If they bare their teeth instead, it raises the alarming prospect that the FA will apply the 'Aliadiere principle' and add an extra game to his punishment.
Should Lampard make a stand and be prepared for the possibility that he will then miss the chance to avenge their Carling Cup Final defeat by Tottenham on March 19?
Decisions, decisions.
To take this on the chin — and how Lampard must be wishing that is exactly where he had planted his retribution for Boa Morte's part in his dismissal — would be to gloss over a miscarriage of justice.
Not quite on the same scale as the Birmingham Six, but baffling all the same.
For all his talent, Boa Morte is undoubtedly the Premier League's most irritating player.
One rule for one, one for another? Last weekend, Martin Taylor was rightly sent off for his rash challenge on Eduardo, but on Saturday, Claude Makelele's almost identical lunge at Julien Faubert went unpunished (see picture below)
He twice called it on with Chelsea captain John Terry in the opening half hour, but his tangle with Lampard should have taken referee Peter Walton no more than 10 seconds to sort out.
Instead assistant referee Guy Beale summoned Walton to the sidelines and Lampard was sent off for the second time in his career.
Just imagine 'Big Fat Frank', as the West Ham supporters joyously belted out while he walked off the pitch in the 35th minute, flanked by lawyers on the steps of Soho Square later this week and contemptuously admitting that the FA are bastions of the beautiful game.
Make a stand, Frank.
"I have no problem with the referee, only the assistant," claimed Avram Grant — the Chelsea manager who appeared more relieved that his side responded so emphatically at the end of a week he wishes he had never had.
"The referee said it was very clear that Lampard touched the face of Boa Morte and if he did it's a red card. If not, then it's not a red card."
Still, it was hardly the red mist.
Chelsea saved that for their opponents with a display of such attacking intent in the opening half hour there was talk of supplanting the Premier League's record score.
After Lampard kissed the badge in front of the West Ham fans following his penalty — awarded for Anton Ferdinand's trip on Salomon Kalou — Curbishley's side kissed goodbye to the game.
Joe Cole sent the sweetest of half-volleys beyond Robert Green with his left foot that merited more than the muted celebrations from the former West Ham midfielder.
Lampard then spotted Michael Ballack's blindside run and the Germany captain volleyed the floated pass with the outside of his boot beyond the West Ham keeper.
Three down in 30 minutes, West Ham were dead and buried.
"If they didn't score three goals, we would have been on level terms at the break," protested Curbishley.
It seems that sending-off affected everyone.
Chelsea were awesome but even the game's golden moments — Cole and Ballack's goals deserve joint billing — were overshadowed by the colossal performance of Terry.
The England captain was back to his very best while outbattling Carlton Cole.
He was immense, but others deserve credit; Ashley Cole returned to the side and scored his first Chelsea goal, Ballack was a towering figure in midfield, Paulo Ferreira was excellent and Joe Cole can take enormous satisfaction from his performance.
Sadly for the manager, Roman Abramovich is electioneering in Russia and was not at Upton Park.
"He saw the game on television," claimed Grant. "I know he would see our games — even if he was on an island on the moon."
It was certainly a performance from another planet. And that didn't just apply to Guy Beale.
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http://mysoccermedia.com/index.php?module=detail&video_id=645&lang_id=1
Look out for 1:36 on the clip and make your own judgement, don't simply assume what the clonemaster says, be sure for yourself.
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Curbishley believes Lampard's dismissal was a little harsh and argued the referee could have applied common sense in this instance.
"As they have both got up, I think Frank has pushed Luis but sometimes you look at that and like to think common sense might prevail," Curbishley said.
"But the referee sees it instantly and makes a decision. He decided to send him off. I don't know if Chelsea will ask him to have another look at it but it was a soft one."
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Originally posted by ronaldog:
thread started by anti-chelsea retard. Let's see how clones come in wif their B.S
small boy, go home suck thumb la
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Though i didn't watch the match so didn't want to comment on it, But having seen to clip provided by SumOne, I must say it was a Red card offence for retaliation... Cos it didn't seem like a causal knock, it seems rather heavy and the linesman caught him doing it... Another thing is I thought the all important first goal was a result from a Kalou dived... Oh well...
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Ref: Lampard Red A Mistake
Chelsea are likely to see Frank Lampard let-off a suspension after referee Peter Walton admitted he was wrong to show the midfielder a red card in the 4-0 win at Upton Park on Saturday.
The England international instigated the Blues victory by scoring the opener from the penalty spot, before playing a part in Joe Cole’s and Michael Ballack’s goals.
However, after half-an-hour the former West Ham youth product was sent from the field for reacting to a bad foul by Louis Boa Morte.
Walton had already given the foul but the assistant referee deemed an incident during the minor fracas that ensued as violent conduct on Lampard’s part, advising the referee to show the red-card.
Now though, it is understood that Walton wrote to the FA yesterday stating that he had looked at the incident again by video replay and concluded that he made an error in judgment.
Chelsea appealed the decision Monday morning and it will now be heard by a four-man judicial commission on Tuesday, with Walton's testimony likely to swing the final judgment. -
Originally posted by ronaldog:
thread started by anti-chelsea retard. Let's see how clones come in wif their B.S
Whats wrong with appealing?
So you think Lampard was rightfully dismissed?
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Originally posted by ronaldog:
thread started by anti-chelsea retard. Let's see how clones come in wif their B.S
there isnt an anti chelsea retard in this thread, only anti man utd retards like you.
you clones are dam paranoid haha! NO ONE IS AGAINST CHELSEA!
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FA chiefs let Lamps off the hook
Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard has escaped a three-match ban after the FA overturned his red card against West Ham at the weekend.
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Originally posted by zocoss:
Though i didn't watch the match so didn't want to comment on it, But having seen to clip provided by SumOne, I must say it was a Red card offence for retaliation... Cos it didn't seem like a causal knock, it seems rather heavy and the linesman caught him doing it... Another thing is I thought the all important first goal was a result from a Kalou dived... Oh well...
To really give my opinion on it, the clip I gave you was inconclusive. Because it did not really show Lampard's hand contact with Boa Morte's face. Whereas it is stated the linesman deemed Lampard to have hit Boa Morte's face. -
Originally posted by SumOne:
To really give my opinion on it, the clip I gave you was inconclusive. Because it did not really show Lampard's hand contact with Boa Morte's face. Whereas it is stated the linesman deemed Lampard to have hit Boa Morte's face.I understand... Just like Paul Scholes took a swing at one of the Pool player and was rightfully sent off tho there was certainly inches between them and definitely no contact, but there was still intent... Thats the point i am making, here i actually think Lampard may have made contact with Boa Morte's face enough for the linesman to bring to the referee's knowledge...
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Gibson hits out at FA favouritism
Chelsea midfielder Lampard won his appeal on Tuesday against his sending-off in Saturday's Premier League victory at West Ham, when he and Luis Boa Morte clashed. He will now not serve a three-match ban.
Boro were furious when their appeal against Jeremie Aliadiere's red card at Liverpool the previous weekend was dismissed as "frivolous", costing the striker an additional one-game ban.
Aliadiere was dismissed after slapping Javier Mascherano on the cheek.
Gibson said in the Daily Star: "I am trying hard to make sense of it all. It astonishes me. The whole system is flawed.
"It was the right decision by the FA to take way Lampard's dismissal as TV evidence showed there was nothing violent.
"But how can the FA say that was any different to that involving Aliadiere?"
An FA spokesman told The Times: "The FA treats all cases on their merits.
"We would refute any suggestion that one club is being treated differently to another."
