3-2 Chelsea in extra time

Mourinho's cup final record. Conte's cup final record. Our absolute catastrophe of a season. The disgrace of a match that the Newcastle match was leading into this. 

I'd give us a 5% chance of winning this. I don't know if I'd be able to bear seeing us lose back to back FA Cup finals to Le'Arse and Mourinho.

Conte has made me miserable this season. Whether we win or not, he needs to be binned in the stairway immediately after the match. I've had enough.

7 hours ago, quik said:

3-2 Chelsea in extra time

I'd be f**king shocked.

Chelsea 2-1 manure. Giroud scoring a brace !

Edited May 16, 20188 yr by Londonisblue

Optimistically, over 90 minutes anything could happen, just like Arsenal did us last year when nobody gave them a chance. I think it will be the same team against Liverpool, and Jose will play safe like he always does in final. If we lose, no doubt Conte will leave the next morning. If somehow we win this, will be interesting to see what to do with Conte.

13 hours ago, Barrettinator said:

Mourinho's cup final record. Conte's cup final record. Our absolute catastrophe of a season. The disgrace of a match that the Newcastle match was leading into this. 

I'd give us a 5% chance of winning this. I don't know if I'd be able to bear seeing us lose back to back FA Cup finals to Le'Arse and Mourinho.

Conte has made me miserable this season. Whether we win or not, he needs to be binned in the stairway immediately after the match. I've had enough.

Bloody hell !!

We have had a shocker of a season but even so, 5%?! LOL. 

I'm not filled with confidence myself, but we are playing a United side who have been a bit less sh*t than us this season. A united team we beat this season. A United team that has lost to all 3 promoted teams this season. 

They really aren't great and their form coming into this game is as bad as ours. 

Hoping for the win..... UP THE CHELS !

Mourinho will set up a defense that Hazard won't be able to penetrate, I don't know how we will score goals...All it takes is 1 mistake from our defense and we lost it. Hope I'm wrong though.

We played pretty well against United both times we faced them this season. We really should have left Old Trafford with at least a point. I don't think you can draw much from our dreadful showing at Newcastle. The players knew that the 4th spot was almost certainly beyond them at that point, and I think if anything they were saving themselves for the Cup final. I am hopeful that they will at least put in a decent performance on Saturday. Whether that is good enough to win the Cup remains to be seen.

No one tell me the fa cup is Micky mouse, I've just checked the string is sound on my two big Chelsea flags and about to go and iron them, already for Wembley come Saturday. Would be nice to see the whole of our upper tier draped with Chelsea flags over the balcony, I hope our lot aren't going to sit on their hands all game and not make a murmour while the mancs give it large, our support must be top notch. Don't expect to win on the pitch with the team and manager we have, but winning off the pitch is up to us. Sing up everyone Saturday! 

Edited May 17, 20188 yr by chi blue

24 minutes ago, chi blue said:

No one tell me the fa cup is Micky mouse, I've just checked the string is sound on my two big Chelsea flags and about to go and iron them, already for Wembley come Saturday. Would be nice to see the whole of our upper tier draped with Chelsea flags over the balcony, I hope our lot aren't going to sit on their hands all game and not make a murmour while the mancs give it large, our support must be top notch. Don't expect to win on the pitch with the team and manager we have, but winning off the pitch is up to us. Sing up everyone Saturday! 

I’m in the front row of the lower tier on Saturday so wouldn’t be seen  and a-bit old to take one, but here’s my flag with a couple of Legends out on the golf course!,

6 hours ago, Gol15 said:

Mourinho will set up a defense that Hazard won't be able to penetrate, I don't know how we will score goals...All it takes is 1 mistake from our defense and we lost it. Hope I'm wrong though.

He’ll put Herrera on him for sure, Hazard should do his best to lure him into the foul then increase his chances of getting red carded.

43 minutes ago, Bobbywoodhogan said:

He’ll put Herrera on him for sure, Hazard should do his best to lure him into the foul then increase his chances of getting red carded.

a united player getting red carded against chelsea in the FA cup final  !! would be a miracle surely !!

7 hours ago, luckywerthers said:

a united player getting red carded against chelsea in the FA cup final  !! would be a miracle surely !!

Yeah it’s unlikely 

10 hours ago, Richard P said:

I’m in the front row of the lower tier on Saturday so wouldn’t be seen  and a-bit old to take one, but here’s my flag with a couple of Legends out on the golf course!,

Yes I'm to old as well Richard, my lads will be in charge of flags, I'm just the mug who had to iron them!!

I just hope we don't get battered. COME ON YOU BLUES !!!

On 15/05/2018 at 20:55, Bobbywoodhogan said:

Problem is we will probably go 1-0 up and then defend 

 

Yep, with all the consequences we know so well.

Herrera on Hazard and he will probably mark him out of the game, like he did at Old Trafford last season. Their defense will take care of Giroud, so we only have Willian to supply some magic. Man Utd are supremely confident of winning this match and so are their fans. We are the underdogs here but will we give a sh*t on the day?  It's impossible to tell. If they play like they did against Huddersfield and Newcastle we will surely lose.

44 minutes ago, TheBluesBrother said:

Herrera on Hazard and he will probably mark him out of the game, like he did at Old Trafford last season. Their defense will take care of Giroud, so we only have Willian to supply some magic. Man Utd are supremely confident of winning this match and so are their fans. We are the underdogs here but will we give a sh*t on the day?  It's impossible to tell. If they play like they did against Huddersfield and Newcastle we will surely lose.

I keep hoping we do what Arsenal did to us last season and shock everyone. With the team being so written off by media and fans will that give them a kick up the arse?

The players certainly owe a performance after the sh*t show v Huddersfield/Newcastle.

4-3-2-1
                 Courtois
  Azpi - Rudiger - Cahill - Alonso
   Fabregas - Bakayoko - Kante
           Willian - Hazard
                 Morata

Hopefully we win the FA Cup and Conte gets the sack next week. Up the Chels.

1 hour ago, TheBluesBrother said:

Herrera on Hazard and he will probably mark him out of the game, like he did at Old Trafford last season. Their defense will take care of Giroud, so we only have Willian to supply some magic. Man Utd are supremely confident of winning this match and so are their fans. We are the underdogs here but will we give a sh*t on the day?  It's impossible to tell. If they play like they did against Huddersfield and Newcastle we will surely lose.

If Herrera is to man mark Hazard, then surely Hazard or Conte should be able to counter act the man marking, by Hazard staying out wide on the wing, creating space inside, and keep continually swapping wings with Willian (if he plays) and dragging Herrera all over the pitch

I know it's become fashionable to be 'dreading' the FA Cup final this season, but I am absolutely buzzing for this now.

I make United slight favourites, granted, but we are not going up against some Goliath of European football as the doom and gloom merchants would have you believe. 

For all Mourinho's 'big game pedigree', and I agree he has it, it's worth remembering that this counted for nothing when Sevilla took United to school over two legs in the Champions League this season. 

They can be beaten this United team. They have been beaten by all 3 promoted sides this season.

We beat them with ease at the Bridge in what was a massive game for Mourinho. 

COME ON YOU BLUES 

 

 

Can't remember the last time I was this uninterested/lacking in hype, in the build up to a cup final. There's just no positivity about the club at the moment and I can only see a loss.

9 minutes ago, Zeta said:

Can't remember the last time I was this uninterested/lacking in hype, in the build up to a cup final. There's just no positivity about the club at the moment and I can only see a loss.

Probably don't bother watching it then mate....

If only Morata wasn't a flop this season many more fans would have been hyped for this, but our attack has been so poor this season in fact it was so poor that it affected our defense as well, nobody can keep the ball in front we only pray that Hazard will be able to run away from guys twice his size or that Willian will test a long range shot...Giroud is a fine player but there is a good reason why he is mostly a super sub type of player. 
It's still not 100% if Lukaku will play but their team just has more stability in both attack and midfield, we just need to hope that their team doesn't perform well because they are the favorites while our new signings Morata and Bakayoko are flops, only if Bakayoko plays like he did vs Liverpool it will make things better for us.

This year was the first without John Terry, David Luiz was a bit unstable and injured and Gary is older now so his performace has been a bit underwhelming at times, but just like in Munich when we had many suspension and an obviously weaker lineup I hope this time as well our players will show pure hearts of lions on the pitch and win.