Chelsea - FA Cup SF | Pre-Match Thread

[kaz7]

Lets be 'aving you

Wemberley wemberley !

 

[Akpowell]

4 huge games now in just over a week ....what a fantastic position to be in under severe media scrutiny.
Game 1 won in Germany elated
Game 2 Chelsea at second home FA cup semi ..predict 3 1 city.
Game 3 Villa away get 3 here League is 95% there .
Game 4 Spuds at Wembley honestly thinking a trough game but a city win.
Then breathe I will be ecstatic next Sunday evening if these come true.
The Media will be gutted if I'm correct but fook em.
Not sure when to have first beer off the day yet but thinking it wont be long
Enjoy the day Blues we will continue to make history.

I really can't see us winning all 4

 

[MarsLlama]

I really can't see us winning all 4

I'm assuming we'll play a similar team vs Villa as we did vs Leeds. I'd say Villa are a better team than Leeds so I'd expect us to drop more points there.

 

[Roachy]

Tough game and I think we'll do well to win. Slightly different Chelsea to the one we played earlier in the season, however turn up and take our chances and we'll have a great chance.

 

[kaz7]

Steffan starts , i am happy with that , i think the lads try and protect him so play better , like to see dinho today and next weekend

 

[MarsLlama]

Got to use our big game players, they can have midweek off. Right now that's De Bruyne, Foden, Gundogan and Dias. Don't want to go into this one without Zinchenko either. The other questions- Walker/Cancelo, Stones/Laporte, Sterling/Mahrez, Rodri/Fernandinho, I can take or leave either way. But I think we need those five.

If Steffen's penalty record is anything like Hart, Bravo or Caballero's were for us, then I'd be happy to see it go to pens, especially if Kepa plays for Chelsea.

 

[Shirley]

Wembley 2 weeks on the trot, takes some adjusting sometimes.

 

[lazerblue]

I vaguely recall Chelsea thumping City 5-1 or thereabouts in the FA Cup a few years back, which nobody seems to have mentioned. I also recall having attended the Full Members Cup final at Wembley when Chelsea led 5-1 midway through the second half, a match also being remembered for pitch battles outside.

Doesn't compare to Southampton beating the rags in the 76 Cup final, had a cracking day

 

[Inter Me Nan]

You’re a fucking troll and not a subtle one.

Innit, why would anybody mention a match we put the kids out for?
Bizarre!

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

I'm assuming we'll play a similar team vs Villa as we did vs Leeds. I'd say Villa are a better team than Leeds so I'd expect us to drop more points there.

I can’t see him playing De Bruyne or Foden just before a CL semi final so I think they will play against Villa but not against Spurs.