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Another one for the 'corkers against Tottenham' compilation, get the f**k in. Kepa-esque from Kinsky. I took the genius decision of putting him and van de Ven in my fantasy team. I will accept all of your 'thank you' pints after the game.

ACHEAAAMPOOOOOOOOONG

Martin Luther has a lot to answer for

The squad Ferguson left behind was a pretty big mess that he managed to drag to a final title by signing Van Persie. Man City's squad is still world-class. That said, I'm all for it. Who's the 2026 equivalent of Marouane Fellaini?

Isn't that what we bought Quenda for? Left wing-back is the more pressing need: we have nobody who even close to fills that hole in the XI (maybe Antwi can do it but he turned 19 a week ago and has a grand total of 21 senior minutes). To answer the question posed by the thread title: Delap and Jörgensen are the obvious ones as they are both incompetent players. All of our wingers (bar Estêvão) are varying degrees of sh*te or unlikeable, and it's probably time to move on Cucurella before Barcelona cotton onto the fact that he's an idiot.

I hope a year of the gormless prick Liam Delap has been sufficient punishment for everyone. Can't wait to have Jackson back.

We came, we saw, we should be grateful that this sh*tshow of a team bothered putting a bit of effort in. f**k BlueCo and f**k private equity. Human detritus. Take your pick.

He's an utterly appalling footballer and should never wear a Chelsea shirt ever again.

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We’re in it, and that’s more than I hoped for before kickoff. Not sure why they’re showing us so much respect, maybe they haven’t noticed that we’re sh*t. Come on you preening f**ks, make me proud.

Will be watching at the pub so I can drown my sorrows. Looking forward to the yearly tradition of being lectured by my old fart mate about how football isn't the same because FA Cup Final coverage used to last all day. Thank God it's against Man City who nobody in Leicester seems to support. Insert at random throughout the thread: Can't believe we didn't start Acheampong, what a f**king joke. f**k me, Delap is our only attacking sub. That's Foden's first goal since what? January? Gormless, jug-eared prick, bet he won't do that for England. Something or other about private equity and erectile dysfunction Why the f**k is Neto taking that free kick? Blah blah blah left-footed ball striking, Ben Chilwell, etc.

What's Ryan Bertrand up to?

(Lampardian transition) Seriously though, why are so many of you starting Lavia? It would be suicide.

Our masterplan should be leaving out anyone with a prior Man City affiliation (Palmer and Tosin can sit next to each other behind the bench). This would also include 85% of the coaching staff so we need a backup plan for that. Robbie D is busy and apparently exhuming Tommy Doc is 'unethical' and 'disgusting' so it will be a Cudicini/Willie Isa dream team leading us on the touchline. Step two of the masterplan is to start as many Cobham graduates as we can get our hands on. Unfortunately most of the ones we haven't already flogged for peanuts are centre-backs so we will be going for a classic balls-to-the-wall 19% possession Chelsea FC smash-and-grab victory á la 2012. Step three is to play Cucurella in a free role in a vaguely forward position. Not because it's clever or effective, but because he doesn't understand what structure is, and everyone seems to love him so we had to wedge him in somewhere. So here you have it, your 2026 FA Cup winners: Sánchez Chalobah Acheampong Colwill James Caicedo Santos Hato Fernández (Cucurella) - he could feasibly be anywhere Pedro

Like so many cases of venereal disease, he caught it in Paris.

I've written at length about the endemic f**kfaceitis which has spread within that Real Madrid squad (Bellingham is now also infected). Neymar was patient zero.

I'm more concerned that, at the age of 20, he'd never heard of Strasbourg. That is an alarming level of dimwittedness for somebody who has spent his entire life in Europe. @Valerie What are they teaching these kids??

I am in favour of this only because it would be coming full circle: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/mar/16/sheffield-united-west-ham-carlos-tevez

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This is a much better song than You'll Never Walk Alone

That was... not terrible. We didn't disagrace ourselves, which is a step in the right direction. Take your pick.

Not sure how the Liverpool fans have come to the conclusion that they're the victims of the match officials. We had a perfectly legitimate goal ruled out and you don't see us whingeing about it.

Heroic interception from Colwill, good lad

We don't seem particularly desperate to bring Delap on. That reflects well on McFarlane.

This must be one of the bitchiest games of football I've ever seen. That does it, I'm joining the 'game's gone' brigade