Chelsea (N) | FA Cup SF | Post-Match Thread

LangleyBlue1970 said:
Just had a look. She was posting photos of herself in lingerie late last night. Not much about the football.

No shame.
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Almost certainly has no interest whatsoever in football. Just uses it as a tool to interact with football fans and to groom more 14 year old boys
 
Lucky to win really.
Chelsea and Jackson in particular could have finished the game before City scored the winner.
Saying that, the players must have been exhausted, but still battled, dug in, and took their chance and scored.
It was always going to be a tight game with one goal either way being enough.
Roll on to another FA Cup final.
Thankfully 5 days rest before Brighton away.
 
Dribble said:
I thought it was a decent game which was characterised by some profligate finishing, hence why the commentators kept making out it was a poor match.

What got me more than anything was our energy levels. No one showed signs of weariness which was incredible after Wednesday's extra time exploits.

Guardiola, his players & our coaching & management staff are just on another level.
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It's getting to a point that City games I really enjoy are called boring by the media and the opposite way round for the games I find boring. I thought yesterday's game was one of the best semi finals I've seen and enjoyed for some time, although I was on edge until the final whistle. Think it was that cretin Luke Edwards who said he had no sympathy for City playing yesterday and Pep should have rotated more players if they were tired. You can bet if Pep had made many more changes Edwards would be the first to criticise Pep for devaluing the cup.
 
Watched the second half again this morning. Bit too much pissing around near the box yesterday. Overplaying it. That changed when Doku came on as he is much more direct. We have got to stop plying such a high line against quick forwards too. It’s so risky and caught us out a couple of times or so yesterday.

Just been checking hotel prices for the final! Not cheap!
 
Dribble said:
City vs Chelsea is more of a global draw than ManUre vs Coventry. If I was the BBC & had the first pick, our match is the one I'd have opted for in terms of viewing figures.

Granted, the FA must look at potential fixture pile ups like this in future, & come with something more joined up.
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Bigger global draw? What about the romance of the fa cup and the world wanting to see if the giant killing minnows from Trafford can beat big bad Coventry. :)
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
Watched the second half again this morning. Bit too much pissing around near the box yesterday. Overplaying it. That changed when Doku came on as he is much more direct. We have got to stop plying such a high line against quick forwards too. It’s so risky and caught us out a couple of times or so yesterday.

Just been checking hotel prices for the final! Not cheap!
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Doku is a great aquisition for our club, he can beat defenders with ease. He will only get better as Pep drills him in what to do.
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
I simply don't understand how footballers, who have played the game, can even debate this (fans who are in bad faith, pundits who are deep down hostile to us, yes, that I understand all too well).
When you jump as high as you can from a standing position, your ams do not stay straight at your sides as if you were a soldier on parade. Everybody knows this. It's kinetically impossible. Jack's arm was somewhat out from his side, maybe 20°. And he'd have to be a very clever boy indeed to know that the ball was going to head towards him, and exactly there. It wasn't at a bloody right angle.
There's nothing whatsoever to see here.
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That would be a relevant point if for a handball offence to occur a player still had to have deliberately handled the ball.

That’s a general point, not an observation on the Grealish incident.
 
ChicagoBlue said:
If he had raised it, a pen might have been awarded, but as you rightfully said, he was trying to lower it as the wall separated and the ball was going well wide and deflected back towards goal.

All of that said, I'm surprised VAR didn’t “give it,” by making Oliver go and have another look. However, if Oliver told them exactly what he saw and he didn’t think it was a one, and VAR confirmed what he saw, then there’s nothing to overturn.

Strong refereeing in my book.
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Handball legislation is probably the one thing that Webb has improved this season.
 
Amazing win for us yesterday, such determination when we really weren't playing at our best and with what had gone before working against us.
Dias was good when he came on, poor Stones looked way off the pace.
Kyle needs to stick to the team offside line and not his own version.
Silva was having a really mediocre game but can't up with the goal.
Pep when Phil played that stupid late pass...not pleased.
Going to have a few more cup finals in the weeks ahead, buckle up lads and lassies.
Oh, and Micah saying after that Chelsea were the better side...time that fool was put out to pasture, absolutely horrendous pundit with nothing to say of interest.
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
Watched the second half again this morning. Bit too much pissing around near the box yesterday. Overplaying it. That changed when Doku came on as he is much more direct. We have got to stop plying such a high line against quick forwards too. It’s so risky and caught us out a couple of times or so yesterday.

Just been checking hotel prices for the final! Not cheap!
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The hotel prices are ridiculous.
 
Gray said:
Doku is a great aquisition for our club, he can beat defenders with ease. He will only get better as Pep drills him in what to do.
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He wasn't honestly very savvy when he arrived. Explosive pace, but not much of a footballing brain. There are signs that he's learning in that department (as how could you not, with the best tutor in the world?) although still has a bit of a tendency to pick out the wrong player, or not pick out a player at all when he should. I'm absolutely certain that he will be even better next season. As will Josko Gvardiol.
Not sure about Kova (who's a good player, but probably too old to improve much) and I think the jury's out on Matheus Nunes who, unless I'm mistaken, has not played a full league game for us yet, so it's pretty unfair to just say “Get rid” as some are doing.

Oh, and maybe Mr Whippy to come back in the summer? ;-)
 
No matter the result you can always be proud of this team for how hard they try. They never shy away and clearly put max effort into each match.

Was lovely to see Bernardo get the winner after what must have been a tough few days for him.

Fair play to all the fans who continue to spend their money and time following the club home and away. I can't do it anymore, but I am often envious when watching on TV. But the sacrifices the fans make are real also, just like the players.

Chelsea aren't far off being a good team challenging for top four IMO.
 
hammocity said:
The League fixtures were also selected with a relatively easy start then games against our rivals around the time the Champions League started, happened in Autumn and Spring.

However when next season’s fixtures are announced the same “we play every other team twice” comments will be in here, yes we do but there’s been a clear agenda this season to fuck us over.
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Most of our rivals are in Europe in one way or another so that does affect them as much as us to be fair. The recovery won't always be the same as it does matter when the home fixture is and what the precise gap is but that is not known when they decide the seasons fixtures.
 
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