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Dubair said:
I wouldn’t be deviating much from the team played in the last few games. It’s another must win. Barnsley game Tuchel can rest most of the starters and give others a chance whilst still putting out a very strong side.
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rtwelch said:
8 changes? I’d expect 2/3 at most
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I expect Tuchel to agree with you. However with this and Barnsley coming up it gives him the chance to look at others and this is an ideal game for Gilmour and Anjorin.

 
Keep Jorginho & Kova in the middle, play one of Giroud or Tammy up top, give Chilwell another run at LWB (Alonso must be an injury risk playing 180 minutes in a week after playing none for months) and keep CHO, Reece and Mount on that right hand side. 

 
With 6 nations coming back I finally get to justify wasting a whole weekend getting pissed infront of the screen and thank god the matches dont clash

 
I am sensing a lot of worry already here. Maybe respect to the Blades for the results last season. They are deserving of respect certainly for their work ethic and passion however they are not the same side as last season.

While the blades are better than their position imo, and miles better than Fulham and WBA, they have been hit hard by the loss of O'Connel, Berge and Henderson.  (They are my dads team therefore my second team so have watched them a lot).

They are as hardworking as anyone but Ramsdale is not a patch on Henderson and O'Connell was their best defender last season. Those are big misses for a side like them, as is the fact McBurnie and Brewster are big money signings and their attack has been poor most of the season baring odd spurts from Sharp and McGoldrick.

If we do as we have been doing and match their work ethic we win, and can afford to make some changes and still do that. At home and in need of points they wont park the bus like Wolves and that space we can get at them.

 
chi blue said:
You sound like a Gooner, the fa cup and all it’s tradition, the Premier League, FA and Sky tv, have done their up most to kill it, but still means lots to me, a day out at Wembley fantastic
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While i do get what you mean the difference between us and Arsenal is we would go into the CL looking to actually win it.

Regarding the FA Cup being watered-down rightly or wrongly if they want to change they have to offer financial incentives to clubs like they do in the league. The harsh reality is the financial rewards of surviving in the big league is what many clubs rely on to sustain themselves, clubs like Hull, Wigan and Birmingham took the cups seriously and have been "rewarded" by divng down the league's with little resources available to help them get back.  

If they offer rewards atleast akin to what PL survival gets you for a deep run in the Cups then the lesser sides may gamble more with a cup run knowing they would have the means to bounce back if they lost their top flight place rolling the dice!

 
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FA cup is my favourite tournament. Got to love the away games at league 2 stadiums or even below if we get lucky. There’s something special about the FA cup, love seeing the minnows play against giants and often you’d hear about nice stories etc behind the minnows.

You don’t get that in the Premier League or Champions league.

 
dansubrosa said:
FA cup is my favourite tournament. Got to love the away games at league 2 stadiums or even below if we get lucky. There’s something special about the FA cup, love seeing the minnows play against giants and often you’d hear about nice stories etc behind the minnows.

You don’t get that in the Premier League or Champions league.
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Agree Dan I'll watch a Cheltenham Town v Mansfield Town if it's a FA Cup match..​
 
Argo said:
While i do get what you mean the difference between us and Arsenal is we would go into the CL looking to actually win it.

Regarding the FA Cup being watered-down rightly or wrongly if they want to change they have to offer financial incentives to clubs like they do in the league. The harsh reality is the financial rewards of surviving in the big league is what many clubs rely on to sustain themselves, clubs like Hull, Wigan and Birmingham took the cups seriously and have been "rewarded" by divng down the league's with little resources available to help them get back.  

If they offer rewards atleast akin to what PL survival gets you for a deep run in the Cups then the lesser sides may gamble more with a cup run knowing they would have the means to bounce back if they lost their top flight place rolling the dice!
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That is quite difficult to do though, the tv money is just not the same unless pl want to subsidize fa cup (very unlikely) 

 
Some interesting fixtures this weekend which again should help us close the gap on 4th. 
 

Liverpool v City

Wolves v Leicester 

United v Everton

Liverpool and Leicester are the ones to catch for me so let’s hope they drop points

 
JM7 said:
Some interesting fixtures this weekend which again should help us close the gap on 4th. 
 

Liverpool v City

Wolves v Leicester 

United v Everton

Liverpool and Leicester are the ones to catch for me so let’s hope they drop points
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I would not say that United is completely out of reach but I agree that at the moment Leicester and Liverpool seem to be the main opponents for the 4th.
But lets not forget Everton as well because they have 2 games in hand.
Anyways the most important is to win the next two games against Sheffield and Newcastle and then the 4th should be in reach no matter what the other clubs are doing.
Especially in the next round Leicester will play against Liverpool. So it is guaranteed that one of them will drop points.
 

 
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Hope no one thinks sheff utd away will be a walkover...they may be bottom but i.m.o only by bad luck....this will be as tough a game as weve had all season....sheff utd have some tough players....if we win this ill believe in our good seasons end...but...gone are the days of elite 6 clubs...there are 22 good clubs capable of good things...head says 1 1...

Heart says 1 2....

 
I actually think this is the most difficult game Tuchel has faced so far, they won't sit back in 2 banks if 4 and give up possession as easily as the last 3 teamd weve faced.

 
Mike Carefree said:
Hope no one thinks sheff utd away will be a walkover...they may be bottom but i.m.o only by bad luck....this will be as tough a game as weve had all season....sheff utd have some tough players....if we win this ill believe in our good seasons end...but...gone are the days of elite 6 clubs...there are 22 good clubs capable of good things...head says 1 1...

Heart says 1 2....
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I agree and out of the bottom clubs they are on better form.

No easy games in the PL.

2.0 Chelsea - honeymoon period still intact but expect a physical encounter and without Silva let’s see when Rudiger is at.

 
Thinking Werner still fresh enough to start , cho goes back to wing back leaving room for Pulisic or better havertz if fit to play up top with Werner   Maybe Chilwell could come in for alonso. 

 
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Important game to win, won't easy. In their three last games, they won 2 (2-1 against United) and lost to City only 1-0.

They're not going to give up. 

This is the lineup I'd like to see:

--------------- Mendy -------------

---James ---- Rudiger ---- Azpilicueta

CHO --- Jorginho -- Kovacic - Alonso 

-------- Mount -------- Pulisic -------

----------------- Werner -------------

Without Thiago Silva won't be easy to be safe and confident in the back. But we have to get our win there, there's no way we're coming home without the three points.

COME ON CHELS!!!

 
They have no pace or creativity and will have < 35% of the ball so if we don’t win it’s on us. 

 
If city beat Liverpool tomorrow and we win we will only be a point behind them..

All of a sudden the clouds start to break and it’s not as gloomy as things were painted in franks last days. 

 
Sheffield could pull a Wolves and just sit back all game and go for counters. 

They've been grinding out some results tbf to them but we should be winning this, they're awful. 

 
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