it will be very very intersting to see what teams both managers pick...will Pep for instance go with his strongest 11 or will he now rotate which will leave us not quite as strong.....same with Tuchel - who has much more to lose as they still need to get top 4 (unless the aim to qualify by winning it of course)All of a sudden I am upset re: that FA Cup semi-final defeat again ... what a chance we had for a Quad and we literally just threw it away ... it was the manner of the defeat where we didn't even try to change anything having five subs allowed and available and plenty of time to do something about it but it was like we just didn't care and were playing a pre-season friendly (not even Community Shield) ... talking of Community Shield, won't be surprised if we start the next season by playing against Chelsea again in that, given they're hot favourites for the FA Cup as well.
But in hindsight ... if I was told BEFORE that FA Cup semi-final that we'd play them in the Champions League Final and I could chose one to win, I'd happily have let that one go ... (so we better win the CL Final now).
This week ... win the PL beating them, in a few weeks ... win the CL beating them, then in a few months start the season with a trophy (CS) beating them again ... and I have already said in a few places that they (Chelsea) will be our main title challengers next season, not Scousers, not Rags ... but them!
Chelsea will beat us 4-0 easily. Maybe even more.
and KDB was bloody awful that day (along with the rest of them it has to be said) - i cant imagine he will play that badly againRealised I posted this in the wrong thread:
Just checking back, only 3 of our starting XI from Tuesday started the FA Cup semi against them (Dias, Fernandinho, KDB).
That’s not bait, he may as well go fishing with no line or hook coming out with that shit..!You might want to make your bait a little less obvious!
We got revenge against Spurs for 1981
Now it’s time for revenge against Chelsea for 1971
I’d rather drag them over to Turkey with us then play in their home City Wembley .
If there only going to be 10 or 15k
Fans then Villa Park would be ideal.
PSG and Dortmund have just as much pace if not more. Only 3 of our 11 from last night started the SF. 8 of our 11 from last night started away at Chelsea in the League and we were 3-0 up at ht, though they now have a better manager and play a different system. Even then in the SF we had just over double their attempts at goal, so man up, and believe.Problem we have is Chelsea posses what we most struggle against. They have amazing pace on the break. This is not going to be a fun watch we will dominate possession but Chelsea will be very dangerous on the counter. They also have the ability to pass through our press. They are fantastic at what they do
whilst we had many first team players absent for the semi they also where missing kovacic who improves them immeasurably.
For me it is simple whoever scores first wins the game. Dreading it already (especially as my dad is a Chelsea fan)
Yep. It reassured me a bit, checking back to see that it was so few of what has now evolved to be our best XIand KDB was bloody awful that day (along with the rest of them it has to be said) - i cant imagine he will play that badly again