Who would you rather face in the final?

[bluemc]

Chelsea.

Leeds will be well up for it both on & off the pitch. It would be a free hit for them as underdogs. Potential for a Palace-like upset if we don't take it seriously or don't turn up, as happened last year.

Playing Chelsea will mean travel is easier and I'd imagine there would be less bother around Wembley, although of course Chelsea do still have their fair share of dickheads.

I think City would be more "on their game" versus Chelsea and less prone to a brain fart performance than we would be versus a Chelsea team who are admittedly off form at the moment, but would still be seen as a bigger threat.

 

[Boo or Boo-urns]

Chavs if Sanchez / Jorgensen in nets.
Dir*y Leeds if Meslier in nets.

 

[deano ou812]

Leeds for me,Chelsea have a habit of still being jammy in finals when they are a shambles at times off the field changing managers having interim ones and scabbing a win like in Porto the bastards..

 

[blue b4 the moon]

I'd be a bit safer & calmer outside playing Chelsea but even as they've been shite for near enough all season IF they turn up they are a much better side than dirty Leeds.

So reluctantly for a better chance of a result Leeds....I'm blocking out my trips to the Wigan & Palace finals.

 

[uwe rosler 28]

Chelsea Leeds fans are vile scum Euston would be a nightmare

 

[Norbert D]

Chelsea Leeds fans are vile scum Euston would be a nightmare

Would they go into Kings Cross? Presume we would bump into them on the underground anyway.

 

[Deepest Blue]

Yes, but they've lost their last 3 FA Cup finals.

That's another record we can equal if we're not careful.

 

[MCFC1993]

I'd say Chelsea as hopefully that way the referee would be a bit more neutral, none of this 'underdog' shite with the referee team deciding which rules to apply and to which team.
I just want decisions to be made according to the rules rather than what the neutrals at home and pundits would prefer after the match fixing that went on in last year's final.

Also valid, if Chelsea's keeper does what Henderson does last year he's off, none of this ruining the game nonsense.

 

[ninjamonkey]

Chelsea. Easily. Less hassle getting down there and fewer giddy pricks on their once in a generation day out. Chelsea are a mess right now but they've still been there plenty of times for them to have a similar level of calmness about another final as us. Also more likely to make it a better watch. Leeds will go down the shithouse route.

 

[Semper aggressus]

Leeds.
Chelsea are a better side than them.

We still can have no room for complacency though. Have to pick the strongest available team.

 

[bluestevei]

Don’t want those knuckle dragging cunts anywhere near Wembley

so chelsea or leeds

 

[bluethai]

Leeds! Chelsea have better players who can hurt us more than Leeds. No matter how low or how shambolic they are, Chelsea always turn up against us in important games... except when Kepa is in goal.

 

[bluestevei]

it be fun coming from doncaster down the M1

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Yes, but they've lost their last 3 FA Cup finals.

But they won the Club World Cup and beat us in CL final.

 

[youngbob]

I'd say Chelsea as hopefully that way the referee would be a bit more neutral, none of this 'underdog' shite with the referee team deciding which rules to apply and to which team.
I just want decisions to be made according to the rules rather than what the neutrals at home and pundits would prefer after the match fixing that went on in last year's final.

Or any of the soft shite Southampton kept getting rewarded for. Usually like Pawson but he was fucking horrendous yesterday.

 

[dublinblue12]

Leeds. Chelsea interim managers have a habit of winning things!

 

[bladdered]

Anyone but Dirty Leeds. Wouldn't enjoy coming down on the rattler with that mob.

 

[Marvin.]

I would prefer Leeds to win on the basis that Chelsea have a higher potential than Leeds. Chelsea are in disarray at the moment but they might be a different prospect by the time the FA Cup Final comes around. I see Leeds as a decent but unexceptional side. We don't know what we'll get if Chelsea win.

 

[vmsuhail]

But they won the Club World Cup and beat us in CL final.

Since beating us in the CL final in 2021, they haven't beaten us in 13 games in all competitions, 10 losses and 3 draws.

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

City Leeds is a proper final. I’d like to see that.