Carabao Cup & FA Cup Thread

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We'll smash them turds

[Laylabelle 9,534]

Long as don't defend how did Tues should be straight forward..sort of! Prob not lol

[Special Juan 28,088]

Ha ha United v City Come on Pep's army.

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should be a good one for the travelling support.  Approx 5.7k allocation if they play by the 10% rule

[OhForAGreavsie 6,057]

On 11 August 2016 at 10:30 PM, Iggy Doonican said:

Remember playing Bristol Rovers in 1980 we beat them 1-0 with a goal by Gary Chivers. The game at Eastville was a bit lively to say the least we lost 3-0 and there was loads of trouble with many Chelsea fans getting banned for life.

 

I would certainly have been at that 1-0 game but I don't remember a thing about it. I would definitely not have been at the away fixture however. I never formed the habit of travelling out of London with Chelsea precisely because of the moronic behaviour of so many of the fans.

What a curse those people were and what untold damage they did to our club. They drove countless thousands of decent Chelsea supporters away from the terraces and were directly responsible for our lost generation of match going support from the mid-70s to the mid-90s.

That was a tough period for our club on  and off the pitch. Crowd numbers were bound to fall as the quality of football and footballer dropped dramatically. There is no way however that Chelsea football club should ever have posted average attendances in the low teens, or individual match attendances well below five figures.

Part of the problem of course was the complacent attitude of the board. An attitude that is well evidenced by that piece of 'it ain't our fault guv' nonsense from David Mears during the video. As crowds fell right around the country, football boards everywhere seemed focused on trying to avoid responsibility, and costs, rather than on dealing with the problem. Left to their own devices they may well have presided over the demise of the game in England. As it was, the government eventually forced them to act and, in so doing, rescued football from itself.

Complacency is not confined to the past however. These ignorant and violent people are still out there. If given the slightest encouragement, they would bring their ugly, criminal behaviour back to our grounds. They must not be given that encouragement. 

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7 hours ago, Jason said:

1. West Ham away...URGH!

2. Man United v Man City. Hope Guardiola smashes Mourinho again

3. Liverpool v Spurs should be fun

4. A fucking easy draw for Arsenal!

4, As Usual.

[MefiX19 1,092]

what a surprise, Arsenal gets easiest draw in the cup!

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These draws are hand picked and still no one surprised Arsenal get the easiest games year after year.

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10 hours ago, Jason said:

Spare a thought for Mourinho. He faces Liverpool (a), Chelsea (a) and Man City (h) in the space of 10 days next month!

I can't wait! Imagine the media's reaction if United lose 2 out of those 3 games 

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1 hour ago, Reddish-Blue said:

I can't wait! Imagine the media's reaction if United lose 2 out of those 3 games 

Are you suggesting that they will beat us?

[Special Juan 28,088]

Should be a good game...They have Antonio as top scorer and Payet as top assists....yet they are 18th

[OhForAGreavsie 6,057]

14 hours ago, Jason said:

Spare a thought for Mourinho. He faces Liverpool (a), Chelsea (a) and Man City (h) in the space of 10 days next month!

I hope he wins two of the three.

We've all read the posts where Chelsea fans are, wrongly, accused of caring more about Jose than they do about Chelsea. That is nonsense of course but sometimes it is even suggested that Chelsea fans would prefer United to beat us. I don't think anyone can seriously believe that, but I have read it in this forum.

Now there is a post hoping that City smash United in the EFL cup. This despite the fact it clearly suits us for United, the weaker team, to win that game. I Think it's legitimate to ask if it is the pro-Jose majority, or the tiny anti-Mourinho minority, who are putting their feelings about The Special One ahead of Chelsea's interests?