English FA Cup 2017; Round 3 and Beyond.

[ArtetaCognition]

I think it's the best draw for us all things considered.

We could play this new Chelsea system 10 times and we would lose every time. When teams allow them to, Chelsea give a masterclass of counter attacking football and coming up against an overcommitting tactically-naive team like ours would put us on a hiding to nothing.

In City, we have a team that also wants to play football and leave spaces. Not to mention we will be playing them on the massive Wembley pitch and their defence is just as weak as ours at times. If we take our chances and make the quality of Alexis and Özil count, it's possible that we win this tie.

I also can't believe that they haven't paid for having Yaya Toure as a single midfield pivot yet. Surely Arsène would focus on that and press the living **** out of their midfield? I'm joking, obviously.

COYG

 

[SuperGoon]

I've never heard you so positive so much fight:bounce:

I'm not negative. I'm realistic.

 

[redwhiteAustrian]

Thought we'd get Bayern.

However, best possible draw I guess, we can beat City.

 

[Batman]

Arsenal, Chelsea, City and Sp**s all competing for the Cup, while only Chelsea compete for the league on their own. Hmmm... makes you think, perhaps the FA Cup is the bigger competition?

When the likes of Lincoln and Sutton join the PL you might have a point.

 

[razörist]

Bless Oliver, he's not a great ref at all, but give him the chance to put one over on United, and he'll do it. For all his flaws, this is why he's my favorite.

 

[turkish gooner]

Not Two legged games, true? one at Wembley?

 

[GoonerJeeves]

Chelsea fans showing their class last night. Calling their most successful manager Judas...

 

[carlito'sway]

Chelsea fans showing their class last night. Calling their most successful manager Judas...

I would be hard pressed to feel sorry for this classless jerk.

 

[TheKippaxYears]

City fan here, who sometimes posts on this forum. We're pretty happy with this draw, too. Should be a good, open match, and there'll be goals in it, for sure. I think the other semi-final will be a cagey affair, with both teams very wary of each other.
What we'd really like to go is get through and get Sp**s in the final. Vengeance for 1981 – I was at Wembley, and I never quite got over it. Retrospectively, it also signalled the beginning of a long decline…

 

[A_G]

Pogba getting that Özil treatment.

 

[tap-in]

Arsène screwed it. He knew about Kante at Caen but thought he would not have made it in the PL.

I know, just another in a long line of "I could have signed them!"

 

[celestis]

Chelsea fans showing their class last night. Calling their most successful manager Judas...

Got to admit I winced , considering they used to sing "he's one of our own" to Judas and "it's all your fault". Serious bunch of scumbags .

 

[carlito'sway]

Got to admit I winced , considering they used to sing "he's one of our own" to Judas and "it's all your fault". Serious bunch of scumbags .

They deserved each other.....

 

[celestis]

They deserved each other.....

Interesting how Karma has comeback to bite Mourinho , what Karma has in store for the CFC fanbase must be quite spectacular.

 

[ArtetaCognition]

Bless Oliver, he's not a great ref at all, but give him the chance to put one over on United, and he'll do it. For all his flaws, this is why he's my favorite.

He hates us almost as much to be fair.

 

[razörist]

He hates us almost as much to be fair.

The Di Maria red card at old trafford makes him the best possible ref for us, even if we take into account the red for Coq and bottling the second yellow for Dier (?) last season. It isn't much, but we don't really get much from other refs.

 

[Axel_Gunner]

Not Two legged games, true? one at Wembley?

correct.

 

[amirkat]

Good game last night.

Hazard. The one that got away. Bet Wenger regrets that every single day.

Isn't it interesting that Alexis never gets the same protection. Hmm. Remember our Chelsea game at Stamford Bridge in Jose's first season back. Not even a yellow card for Ivanovich hacking at him all game.

Glad Herrera finally got pulled up, snidey little ****.

 

[GoonerJeeves]

I can see this ending in a loss to Sp**s in the final. Good grief the joy of it all....

 

[redanddread]

I can see this ending in a loss to Sp**s in the final. Good grief the joy of it all....

No Sir, we will not be having any of that!! That would just be the end of me...