FA Cup SF Draw | Chelsea | Sat 17 Apr 5:30pm

[OffertonBlue]

Good spot.

Now we "should" be ... Wed - Sun - Wed - Sun (and Wed)

Wed - Dortmund A (CL Quarter Final)
Sun - Chelsea N (FA Cup Semi Final)
Wed - Villa A
Sun - Spurs N (Carabao Cup Final)
Wed - Bayern/PSG (CL Semi Final) - Should we get past QFs

Can we just give Villa 3 points and not show up ... we can probably afford it :)

I'd argue it was a good S/F draw for us on two counts.
Firstly, of the 3 sides left, Leicester look most likely to cause us problems with their quick counter attacking style, plus they looked a far better side than Chelsea on todays showing.
Secondly, Chelsea will have a mid week game against Porto in the CL and both Southampton and Leicester have the week off (I think).

 

[chesterbells]

Damn. April is super hot!
Those 2.5 weeks will determine how good was the season which is kinda unfair to all the efford all year long.

I know what you’re saying, but that’s just this media quad agenda talking imho.
Any year we win the league is fking amazing, and as for anything else, it is what it is, even this year. The manager and players should be put on a pedestal for winning yet another league title.

 

[the blue panther]

Nothing to fear against Chelsea - we've got Mr Whippy, the white/ginger Pele, Saint Ruben Diaz, and Phil Foden.
Chelsea won't want to park the bus and that will be their undoing.
They won't be getting the ball much.
Just keep the faith, brothers.

 

[Withnail]

Basically April will define our season, time for this squad to show we can compete on all fronts.

 

[Rochdale Blue]

Great draw. Love how it was done before their game.

Find it curious that rag and a Leicester representative made the draw.

 

[BamberBridgeBlue]

I know what you’re saying, but that’s just this media quad agenda talking imho.
Any year we win the league is fking amazing, and as for anything else, it is what it is, even this year. The manager and players should be put on a pedestal for winning yet another league title.

Absolutely this all day long. The treble had never been done before and it rarely gets mentioned so we’d get no credit even if we did manage the miracle. Winning the league is still the ultimate prize for me. I would like a domestic cup to be fair, two trophies would be amazing.

The treble had never been done before, but we did it! We’ve never won the chumps league and there are still very good teams in there. Don’t fall into the trap of thinking this is a disappointing season unless we win a quadruple. The fact we’re even talking about it is an achievement. These fuckers are setting us up for a fall.

 

[LucahArchie10]

No way.
We want the game Sunday because we play Dortmund Wednesday (in Budapest?).
Whereas Chelsea play Tuesday at home.
Leicester and Saints have no mid week commitments.
So unless we get shafted, they will play Saturday and we will be on Sunday.

Saturday it is then

 

[lasereyes]

We walked all over Chelsea earlier in the season. I don't see them as any better now - just drabber

 

[chesterbells]

We walked all over Chelsea earlier in the season. I don't see them as any better now - just drabber

Different manager now, has them set up much harder to score against now I’d say, though I haven’t seen a huge amount of them. Not saying they will score more easily against us though.

 

[Stoned Rose]

I actually think these are the second best team in the country.

Not going to be an easy game by any stretch.