Jase

We have lost 4 of our last 5 domestic cup finals.

Lost another final, wearing the new kit! @Milan

We haven't done very well when we concede first in games under Tuchel... D 1-1 Southampton L 2-5 West Brom L 0-1 Porto W 2-1 Man City L 0-1 Arsenal L 0-1 Leicester Can excuse the West Brom and Porto games because we went down to 10 men in one and we conceded like in the 93rd minute or something in the other. But the rest (apart from Man City)...

Leicester couldn't defend like Arsenal, aye?

Chelsea 2-1 Leicester PRE/POST-MATCH DISCUSSION, LIVE CHAT AND ANALYSIS 2020/21 Premier League Match 37 18th May, Saturday 2020 Stamford Bridge 20:15 Kick Off (UK time)

Getting tired of losing these FA Cup finals. FUCKING STUPID!

VAR checked that offside but not the handball by Perez in the buildup to their goal...

This is getting very Spursy from us...

Tuchel said he started Alonso because of his height and experience but has now brought Chilwell on anyway...

What did Tuchel even say at HT? We're even worse than in the first half!

It's so fucking stupid how easy it is to just win fouls by backing up to a player these days...

OFF TOPIC, VESPER!

What should have happened was Werner just focusing on running in behind and get Mount and Ziyech to take advantage of the space in between the lines. It's bloody obvious that Leicester are scared of Werner's pace. Get Mount and Ziyech to drop a bit deeper and play narrower between the lines!

NOT NOW, VESPER!

Infuriating first half. Game is there for the taking but so many piss poor decision making!

Inclined to agree but just going off the assumption/rumors that the club will look for one - Haaland or no Haaland.

Tuchel also confirmed Kante will start tomorrow. Said he was rested in midweek due to pain management, to get some treatment but trained fine yesterday and today.

Whole group is available, according to Tuchel. Also reiterated that Kepa will start the final.

The point was about the psychological impact if we lose Saturday's final because the league game against Leicester is just 3 days after that. If the worst happens, can the team pick itself back up in time? And not to mention, Leicester have actually done fairly well against the top sides this season - 6 wins in 10 league games.

So, Aguero to Barcelona and if Haaland stays at Dortmund, then what?

You made it sound as if we were playing exciting football under Lampard when it was all about just spamming crosses into the box. It benefitted only a few players in the team and it also helped that we played a lot more poor sides under Lampard than under Tuchel (Barnsley, Morecambe, Luton at SB to name a few). Is it really Tuchel's fault that we don't score enough goals? The players have missed so many chances. Off the top of my head, we have Werner v Everton, West Ham, Real Madrid + Havertz v Arsenal, Real Madrid, Leeds, Brighton + Ziyech v Liverpool, Man United, Man City, Fulham + Pulisic v Porto, Sheffield Utd + Mount v Real Madrid. The irony of complaining about not scoring enough goals is it was Lampard's focus on attack and his neglection of the defence that got us into trouble in the first place. That Lampard approach was working till we started playing the better sides in December and suddenly, it cannot be sustained because our attacking play was bad and our defence was even worse that it failed to give us a chance of winning games. Tuchel has at least turned that around. Does he want us to score more goals? Am sure he does but again, it's not his fault that the players somehow contrive to miss chances, like against Real Madrid last week. If you compare shots, big chances created etc under Lampard and Tuchel, they aren't actually that different at all. (N.B. This was taken from an article that was written about 2 weeks ago and it's the stats for this season's Premier League) Aspects - Under Lampard v Under Tuchel PL Games - 19 v 14 Total Shots - 263 v 213 Average Shots Per Game - 13.8 v 15.2 Big Chances Created - 43 v 33 Average Big Chances Per Game - 2.26 v 2.36 Goals Scored - 33 v 18 Goals Conceded - 23 v 8 Another irony about complaining about the lack of goals under Tuchel is that we have picked up more points under Tuchel in less games than under Lampard (35 in 17 compared to 29 in 19), which in other words suggests we have stat padded the goals along the way in some games under Lampard.

If we don't win this Saturday's final, I can see the team losing their heads in the next league game and then god knows what will happen in the last one...

It's not. Kante was rested due to pain management. Kovacic could return to the squad at the weekend.

One slight problem with the Leicester game next week is they could play for a draw. A draw would mean their fate would still be in their hands going into the last game.

But it could all go very wrong as well...