{"id":2241,"date":"2026-04-29T11:29:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T11:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=2241"},"modified":"2026-04-29T11:29:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T11:29:52","slug":"its-insane-matt-law-slams-petty-crybabies-at-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=2241","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;It&#8217;s insane&#8221; &#8211; Matt Law slams &#8220;petty&#8221; crybabies at Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Matt Law was on the London is Blue podcast today, where he laid into the Chelsea players for giving up on their season.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Telegraph journalist Matt Law is not a Chelsea fan, but he watches the team every week and was as annoyed as anyone about the recent way the players gave up on Liam Rosenior and sacrificed their season to get rid of him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough their own petty minded selfishness, ridiculous crybaby behaviour, they\u2019ve trashed their own league season,\u201d Law said on the London is Blue podcast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they don\u2019t somehow get through the back door and back into the Champions League\u2026 one of the most stupid things about this, the most brainless part: their contracts are <em>heavily<\/em> dependent on qualifying for the Champions League. They are on massive incentive based contracts. So they\u2019ve shot themselves in the foot financially. It\u2019s insane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can see Law speaking in the clip embedded here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-lazy tweet-img lazyload\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83e\udd2c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Matt_Law_DT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Matt_Law_DT<\/a>: Through petty-minded selfishness, ridiculous cry-baby behavior, they&#8217;ve (CFC players) trashed their season. The most stupid thing is their contracts are massively incentive based; heavily dependent on UCL qualification. They&#8217;ve shot themselves in the foot\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eShw7CZHtI\">pic.twitter.com\/eShw7CZHtI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 London Is Blue Podcast \u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f (@LondonBluePod) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LondonBluePod\/status\/2049424256216477910?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>(Footage from London is Blue)<\/p>\n<h2>Chelsea players getting off easy because of disaster around them<\/h2>\n<p>We couldn\u2019t agree more, and we think the players are really getting off lightly here because Liam Rosenior was so out of his depth and the sporting directors are such clowns. We won\u2019t forget which players gave up on their season just because they wanted a new coach.<\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Millie Bright has just announced her retirement from football after struggling to recover from an ankle injury picked up earlier in the season.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea have sent their first team on holiday for a few days because of the gap until Monday\u2019s game against Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips\u2019 SPTC podcast here:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SPTC Podcast: Leeds fan Jack Durkin joins Jai Mcintosh to preview the FA Cup Semi Final!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/td3C9ns6uiU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"more-stories std-mgn-b\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<header class=\"col-s-12 std-mgn-t\">More Stories about <span class=\"topic\">Matt Law<\/span><\/header>\n<div class=\"post-container col-s-4\">\n<p>\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"img-cntr\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" 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