FA Cup Semi-Final | City v Chelsea pre-match thread

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the blue panther said:
No poll for this game?
I need to tick "Lose!"
Superstition.
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Another win over Chelsea seems the most likely outcome. With a 3-0 scoreline arising then and there. A stepping stone towards the final and our eight ever FA Cup title. C'mon City!!!
 
I just don’t see us winning this game.

Pep has an appalling record against the so called top six clubs in semi finals with defeats to Arsenal in 2017 and 2020, Chelsea in 2021 and Dips in 2022.

Podge has a decent record against Pep in knock out competitions.

We have struggled against Chelsea this season and Podge has set them up to disrupt our control.

Our players will be exhausted after Wednesday so I expect a B team with the game against Brighton the priority.

Also, I expect Palmer and Sterling will have a point to prove.

I hope I’m wrong but I’m really struggling for optimism for this one.
 
The ridiculously short turn around after the Champions League make this incredibly difficult. We should still be able to put together a formidable side but we need to deal with Chelsea better than the previous two meetings. We allowed them to counter too easily. It would be great to finally get a win against them this season.

We really need a few more players to contribute goals, the likes of Doku, Grealish, Bernardo, Bobb even Nunes need to start scoring. We’re relying on Foden, Haaland, Alvarez and Rodri too much.
 
DWIFF said:
I just don’t see us winning this game.

Pep has an appalling record against the so called top six clubs in semi finals with defeats to Arsenal in 2017 and 2020, Chelsea in 2021 and Dips in 2022.

Podge has a decent record against Pep in knock out competitions.

We have struggled against Chelsea this season and Podge has set them up to disrupt our control.

Our players will be exhausted after Wednesday so I expect a B team with the game against Brighton the priority.

Also, I expect Palmer and Sterling will have a point to prove.

I hope I’m wrong but I’m really struggling for optimism for this one.
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Is "Podge" the nickname you have for Pochettino? That guy who has only ever won trophies in France with PSG...

"Podge" has only ever won 4 games against Pep in 23 meetings. Pep has also won more trophies in the last 12 months than "Podge" has won in his career.

We dominated Chelsea at The Etihad for the majority of the game and the story of our season is not killing teams off. We also dominated the game at Stamford Bridge, Again couldn't kill the game off.

Don't be making out that "Podge" is some sort of messiah against Pep Guardiola as it's simply not the case.

If you don't have faith in this manager and this group of players to get a result against Chelsea there's something not right. This group of players don't need to prove themselves to anybody as they do it time and time again.

No doubt it's going to be a tough game, No need to carry on like we're Wycombe Wanderers wondering how we'll overcome Chelsea.
 
DWIFF said:
I just don’t see us winning this game.

Pep has an appalling record against the so called top six clubs in semi finals with defeats to Arsenal in 2017 and 2020, Chelsea in 2021 and Dips in 2022.

Podge has a decent record against Pep in knock out competitions.

We have struggled against Chelsea this season and Podge has set them up to disrupt our control.

Our players will be exhausted after Wednesday so I expect a B team with the game against Brighton the priority.

Also, I expect Palmer and Sterling will have a point to prove.

I hope I’m wrong but I’m really struggling for optimism for this one.
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Chelsea haven't beat us since the Chumps league final. Go figure.............
 
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