Chelsea (H) - Sun 8th Jan, 16:30 - FA Cup | Pre-Match Thread

[AliBobbyJ]

Hope the club do a nice tribute to Vialli before the game. We are good at that and Chelsea fans will no doubt appreciate it. I’m sure we will. Everton fan mate I spoke to after the game said he couldn’t believe the tributes to former Everton staff and players at the last game and it was much appreciated by him and lads who he goes home and away with.

The photo of him and Mancini embracing would capture his spirit and go down well with both sets of supporters.

 

[Tbilisi]

The photo of him and Mancini embracing would capture his spirit and go down well with both sets of supporters.

Thats a great shout, you should send a note to the club.

 

[wythenshaweblue£££]

Strongest team possible let’s get the job done.

 

[birchwoodgingerste]

..............................ortega..............................lewis . . Akanji..laporte...cancello....
...................bernardo......foden ..........
........................grealish......................
.......mahrez.....haaland.......alvares....

 

[Jamshopbridge]

The photo of him and Mancini embracing would capture his spirit and go down well with both sets of supporters.

Maybe applause in the 9th minute to remember his shirt number

 

[KS55]

The rags devalued the FA cup forever. It hss never been the same since they did that

The rags devalue everything they are in. Just twats.

 

[KS55]

There's only four trophies you can win every year, there's no guarantee we'll retain this level of success forever (and chances are there will be a turn in the cycle even if I doubt we'll see the dark days again), and none of us are on the planet for that long. I'm as greedy as you, win as many as we can while we're able to.

Are we still in the Lancashire Senior Cup?

 

[KS55]

Our best defender and always should start, sure he would agree but then chelsea don't really have any attack of note so resting him for this would be sensible in auch a cramped fixture list

“Chelsea don’t really have any attack of note” Pep’s reasoning to start the CL final without a DM. That worked out well.

 

[KS55]

Foden , Cancelo and Walker definitely need game time and reminded they are playing for their places , because Lewis and Grealish are far more effective at the moment , would also like Alavarez to be given a start maybe alongside Haaland , cant see Chelsea risking players for this , they are always heralding their academy so let see how good they are.
Hopefully Pep will not make the same mistake as last week and will play a formation the players understand from the first minute , save the experimental tactics for pre-season friendlies.

………and dead CL rubbers.

 

[KS55]

Preferred order : win, lose, draw.
A replay is the last thing we need.

Yup. If it’s 2-2 at 90 mins, a tactical own goal is called for. Is the Dunneymonster available?