1 hour ago, just said:

Diaz is new to this league and is already looking some player. Often cutting in from out wide like Werner but is technically much, much better in terms of touch / control and can dribble with the ball.

Stop hating on him, he tries, which is more than our other striker does.....

24 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

League table and that they are still in the CL says they are the better side. 

Palace took 4 points off City this season. Does not make them the better side they were just better than them in 2 games

I’m sorry to have to disagree on this. They are still on the CL, fair enough, but we won it last season and have won this season the club World Cup or whatever is called. As for the PL, I repeat myself, if it weren’t for the refereeing they’d be on par with us. The same with the League Cup, we’d have beaten them if it weren’t for LiVARpool.

One of those days where the chant ‘you’ve had your day out now fcuk off home’ is just so appropriate. Palace virgins in their thousands giving it large as their team inevitably huffed and puffed…then lost. 
meanwhile us rather ‘spoilt’ chelsea fans just waited for the team to click a few times to win.

really hope revenge is sweet against Liverpool in the final.

Eden Hazard was at Wembley today! Forever Chels 

2 hours ago, strider6004 said:

Thought we would win 2-0 before the match yet missed the first 20 mins and then for the rest of the half convinced myself without a massive improvement we were going out.

It seemed to get worse with Kova getting injured and Havertz getting a card for a probable dive when no-one these days gets carded for it.

We were better in the 2nd and scored two good goals. 

Havertz's dribbling on the right and attempted cross gets deflected into the path of RLC who delivers a cracking shot into the net.  Some time since he has scored for us and probably his best goal to date.

Werner was trying hard and nice to see him get the assist for the next goal where Mount intercepted the ball and angled this as a forward pass that he pokes home expertly to give us the 2-0 lead.

Yes we could have had more if Lukaku or Ziyech had been more clinical and Palace could have had one too.

Werner MOTM - surprising.

A good day all around:

• A Chelsea Men's Day 2-0
• A Chelses Women's days 2-0
• And a blue day north of the border as Rangers knock out Celtic.

 

 

That’s two out of three for me, as I don’t like the Scottish blue team and I like the Scottish green team better.  Blues brothers, my arse!

 

 

Poor first half. We wakened up eventually and won 2-0. I’d have taken a 2-0 win before the game.

4 hours ago, RMH said:

I’m sorry to have to disagree on this. They are still on the CL, fair enough, but we won it last season and have won this season the club World Cup or whatever is called. As for the PL, I repeat myself, if it weren’t for the refereeing they’d be on par with us. The same with the League Cup, we’d have beaten them if it weren’t for LiVARpool.

No problem mate I respect your opinion. I guess another way I would put it is that personally I think they are as good a team as City and I feel we are a level below them.

10 of us went yesterday and a couple of mates who have moved out of London who can't go very often said it and we all agreed our support is not great. Pre match in the pub it's good but inside it's probably cause we play these games all the time but it's half hearted a couple of carefree's and we've got TT and that's it. Palace were much louder than us but the 100 or so pound shop ultras all dressed in black even though they come from suburbia are so cringy it's unreal.

14 hours ago, dansubrosa said:

Eden Hazard was at Wembley today! Forever Chels 

So many former players come back and visit the club. For example, Gullit describes his time at Stamford Bridge as some of the most fun he had in the game and has fond memories.

We must be doing something right.

3 minutes ago, TokyoBlue said:

So many former players come back and visit the club. For example, Gullit describes his time at Stamford Bridge as some of the most fun he had in the game and has fond memories.

We must be doing something right.

Good to hear though suspect winning your first trophy as a mangers must be pretty special and a good reason to remember us. 

3 hours ago, bluehaze said:

Palace were much louder than us but the 100 or so pound shop ultras all dressed in black even though they come from suburbia are so cringy it's unreal.

I’d rather sit in silence. 

Early odds have Liverpool favorites at around 2/3 on.

4 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Early odds have Liverpool favorites at around 2/3 on.

Just how we want it. Hopefully Tuchel will also say they are favourites to the media... and most of all ...our players.

Reece James pockets Vinicius Jr. and Zaha in the same weekend. Not a peep. 

TAA sprays his 967th Long pass of the season, whole media creams in their pants. 

20 hours ago, Gol15 said:

Was never going to lose this one. Up to Tuchel to prepare the final now.

He'd better pull off something miraculous, I won't be able to cope with a third lost FA Cup final on the trot, and back to back losing cup finals to the scousers 

Edited April 18, 20224 yr by Valerie

6 hours ago, bluehaze said:

10 of us went yesterday and a couple of mates who have moved out of London who can't go very often said it and we all agreed our support is not great. Pre match in the pub it's good but inside it's probably cause we play these games all the time but it's half hearted a couple of carefree's and we've got TT and that's it. Palace were much louder than us but the 100 or so pound shop ultras all dressed in black even though they come from suburbia are so cringy it's unreal.

I was in the lower tier at the back to the right of the goal. My section were always trying to sing but the acoustics sound so poor. Your right Bluehaze the songs you mentioned were louder but don’t understand with the other songs it doesn’t carry round.

55 minutes ago, Valerie said:

He'd better pull off something miraculous, I won't be able to cope with a third lost FA Cup final on the trot, and back to back losing cup finals to the scousers 

Imagine how bad poor old @Eight Times would feel!

Since 1997 we  have had

10 F A cup finals at Wembley 

10 F A cup semi finals at Wembley 

5 League cup finals at Wembley 

 

3 Finals at Cardiff 02, 05, 07,

3 F A cup semis at Highbury Old Trafford & Villa Park

Does Wembley lose its appeal with semi’s being played there?

8 hours ago, bluehaze said:

10 of us went yesterday and a couple of mates who have moved out of London who can't go very often said it and we all agreed our support is not great. Pre match in the pub it's good but inside it's probably cause we play these games all the time but it's half hearted a couple of carefree's and we've got TT and that's it. Palace were much louder than us but the 100 or so pound shop ultras all dressed in black even though they come from suburbia are so cringy it's unreal.

I think its a mix like you say just another game and our louder fans being spread about all around the stadium rather than a small section as they were. 

Atmosphere wasn’t great our end…but think some benefit of the doubt is required here…as I inferred above, we have been ‘spoilt’ by annual visits to Wembley…for palace it was a rarity, of course it was more exciting for them…but also we have beaten palace something like 10 games in a row and they play dull football against us….not saying it’s right, but it’s understandable if people weren’t exactly up for it. I’ll be much more annoyed if there is a repeat v Liverpool when it matters.

the home game against Madrid recently provides a positive contrast…big occasion against big opponents and we were loud throughout, even at 3-1 down.

We were certainly louder outside Wembley. The underground train I got at Kings Cross had more CP supporters and hardly any Chelsea, they were loud and cocky (“do you hear the Chelsea?” Etc) but as soon as we got to Baker St, the train crammed with Chelsea and the CP went all quiet and could not hear them any more. The same getting at Wembley Park Station and the avenue to the stadium. As soon as we got inside, everyone had dispersed and the Chelsea went quieter, true. We’ve also been quiet in games that have been boring as hell, like Brentford or yesterday’s first half. Second half we lightened up after the goal.