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

[Stoned Rose]

Go on I'll hold my hands up I wasn't at York away must be the only blue that didn't go :-(

Rag.

 

[Stoned Rose]

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.

What an absolute fanny.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Need to win purely to get back to winning ways for the league imo.

Chelsea are fucking bobbins if you set up to control the tempo and prevent counters.

Narrow win.

 

[stan bowles]

Surely we can beat this mid table team at the 3rd time of asking ?

 

[lancs blue]

This is a pretty intense--and vicious--take on a player that hasn't been with us a full season.

I thought it was a bit harsh on Graham Baker too...

 

[Jam Tomorrow]

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.

No reason we couldn’t have played Sunday, outside of wanting to fuck us up.

 

[normskih]

No chance Haaland plays tomorrow. Muscular issue? No chance it’ll resolve in a couple of days.

I think Haaland’s confidence is low or perhaps he is still carrying this injury of some kind. There has to be something because he doesn’t seem to be his usual self.

 

[Jam Tomorrow]

Tomorrow is the fortieth anniversary of the famous Oldham “ladders” away game, my first away game if you don’t count Wembley.

 

[axlgod]

Pochettino is the most overrated manager in world football.
Hope we fucking smash them.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I think Haaland’s confidence is low or perhaps he is still carrying this injury of some kind. There has to be something because he doesn’t seem to be his usual self.

Stress fractures can take forever to heal. He might still be managing that.