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Lights on for Luke
As long as its not that Turkish fella, I'm alright Clattenburg will dowho is the ref?
As long as its not that Turkish fella, I'm alright Clattenburg will dowho is the ref?
Fat Rafa has other ideas!Steady! We've already had (and lost) bigger games this season and we have another, bigger game on thursday.
We've won the FA cup quite a few times recently, it's 3rd on my list of priorities for the rest of the season (top 4 and europe being the other two of course).
Giggs/Welbeck in for Kagawa and Smalling in for Rafael, and I think that'll be the team today.Here's the team from the 2-2 draw, we're likely to see a very similar team again:
De Gea
Rafael Ferdinand Evans Evra
Carrick Cleverley
Nani Rooney Kagawa
Hernandez
Lindegaard, Anderson, Young, Vidic, Van Persie 63', Welbeck 76', Valencia 45'
I fear it will be this. No matter how lacking Chelsea ever are, I just never feel confident going to Stamford Bridge.Either that or we won't turn up in the 2nd half.
It's true that there are few more dangerous things to collide with on a football pitch than Vidic's face.I fear it will be this. No matter how lacking Chelsea ever are, I just never feel confident going to Stamford Bridge.
As a believer in tradition, I hope Hernandez starts.
I think Lindegaard will start in goal, which I'm not sure how I feel about. Fergie has mentioned De Gea getting wiped out by Nemanja a couple of times since the game on Saturday, so I'll be surprised if he's not rested.
Fergie 'goes British' but no Cleverley even on the bench when he should clearly be starting?Fergie goes British and experience for important cup games. So I expect to see this line-up
-----------------------------De Gea-----------------------------
--Smalling------------R.Ferdinand------J. Evans----------Evra----
--Nani---------------Carrick----Giggs---------------Wellbeck------
--------------------Rooney---Hernandez-------------------------
Subs:Lindegaard,Jones, Buttner, Scholes, Vidic, Ando, Van Persie
Admittedly our devil does look like a abstract of Bernie Clifton riding his ostrich with a pitchfork.It looks like the creature on the Chelsea emblem is trying to eat it's own tail. What a twat.
Indeed. Me n all.I hate games at stamford bridge.
That's the part that worries me most actually. We really ought to beat them but I always dread playing at Stamford Bridge and they're a better cup team than us so this is one of the few times I don't expect to win. We've generally done well in the big games though.Chelsea are shit. We'll win.
Yes because we've never had a bunch of toss decisions decide a game of ours against Chelsea.Yeh, that curse of Stamford Bridge where Chelsea are reduced to 9 men and you score an offside goal to win.
Christ, I'd love some of these curses.
Yeh, that curse of Stamford Bridge where Chelsea are reduced to 9 men and you score an offside goal to win.
Christ, I'd love some of these curses.
One thing CHELSEA don't want is extra time...going to be a touch game today, I hate early matches and 2 games in 3 days will be hard on some of the players.
One thing we dont want is extra time.
dont either team want it, but yeah Chelsea will want it less.One thing CHELSEA don't want is extra time...
The good thing is our squad depth is so much better than Chelsea's.going to be a touch game today, I hate early matches and 2 games in 3 days will be hard on some of the players.
One thing we dont want is extra time.
They are going to play their strongest team. I think for Benitez this is far more important than a top 4 finish, he won't be there next season anyway and he'd rather take credit for another trophy or two (they still have a good chance of winning Europa League) that he'd boast about for the next decade.Hazard, mata, cole, ramires, ba, cahill and luiz didnt start on saturday so chances are they all will today.
How do you figure? Rentboys left their best players out against Southampton.This will be a poor game. The spines of both teams will be tired.
Better him than Terry(even if he is so slow).Hazard, mata, cole, ramires, ba, cahill and luiz didnt start on saturday so chances are they all will today.