FA Cup Final 2020 - Arsenal v Chelsea

gorky_utd

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So without extra rest days chelsea are not the exact same team I reckon. Good win for arsenal.
 

Flexdegea

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According to Keown chelsea will be there again next season and defo be battling it out with city and liverpool next season.


Swear we didnt overtake them in the league and been unbeaten for months :lol:
 

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On loan. Think there were rumours they were signing him.

I don’t rate him highly at all. He’s had a good game here though.
I like him, be surprised if they don’t buy him after these last few weeks...
 

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Lampard will probably claim Chelsea were the better team like he normally does...
 

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Always the way. Think arsenal deserved it today mind. You looked poor since the penalty. Never a red card though and odd about the handball and GK seemingly not replayed or looked at.

Might be good for you though and keep you lot honest with what needs doing in the summer if that makes sense.
Yeah after we went 1-0 up it was a bizarrely passive performance. We were thoroughly outplayed for the rest of the first half and Arsenal were good value for the equalizer. Once Azpi went off we were always going to struggle, that position is the lynchpin that allows us to swap to 4-3-3 in possession. We looked to have come out with a better plan 2nd half but Pulisic's injury was the nail in the coffin.

Not helped at all by Taylor, mind. Really atrocious performance from him I thought (biased though I might be).
 

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3 FA Cup finals against Chelsea and 3 wins for Arsenal. Chelsea wait to win a cup final with a English manager goes on. (Dave Sexton 1971)
 

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I like him, be surprised if they don’t buy him after these last few weeks...
I’d be shocked if they didn’t. But they could do better. He’s not a player that will make them any better next season.
 

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All the little things that went Chelsea's way in the semi final went against them today.

Mike Dean was completely shite in the semi and helped Chelsea enormously, today the ref gave them nothing.
 

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I quite like the Medieval RPG character creation screen font Arsenal use for the names on the back.
 

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Now Aretata could be 3rd manager of the year :lol: :lol: :lol:



I'm I looking into this too much?
 

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So how does it feel when your players are injured and you don't get ref decisions Frank?
 

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I love Arteta. Aubameyang is one of the best to grace the Premier League as far as I'm concerned.
 

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Arsenal deserved it on the day. Good game though, poor sending off stopped it from getting interesting at the end
 

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Great work Anthony Taylor, totally ruined that match. Yet another example of the shitty standard of refereeing in England.
 

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But can we still give manager of the year to Super Frank and his band of kids?

No sympathy for them after all the nonsense after the semi final. Fair play to Arsenal, would have given them no chance after the semi final draw.