Closed Chelsea v Spurs

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

Don't think we'll see Ake in this one, even if Mikel is still injured. He will play this:

Courtois

Iva Zouma JT Luis

Ramires Azpi

Willian Cesc Hazard

Costa

Not Azpi. Zouma has a good build for a DM, I'd imagine this would be the last resort before digging into our loan players

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

Both are suicidal.

Yeah, and that's our punishment in the Burnley match for not picking a full reserve DM in Ake in the name of 'experience'.

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

btw, 4-0 City.

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

...5-0...

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

Losing this in any other way than a moment of brilliance from one of their player or the ref decision and I will go mad. Matic is a big loss but we have to cope with Ramires.

[BleedsBlue 1,549]

start Drogba for this one. Mr. Wembley will make us forget about the absence of Matic.

[Laylabelle 9,376]

They beat us already this season...beat us before at Wembley so need to make amends....hopefully talking point be result whichever way rather then the ref.Whoever that is not that there are many think good they wont mess up this season

[The Chels 2,502]

I think this will be an incredibly difficult game. Tottenham completely ruined us with their pressing and movement last time and we were on better form and had Matic in that match. Zouma and Luis to start again hopefully.

[dmode 113]

I am wondering if Luis can play a Matic type role in the pivot. Pretty good defensively, good going forward, similar built, and Borge left footed. Not sure if Jose will take that chance

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

start Drogba for this one. Mr. Wembley will make us forget about the absence of Matic.

This is actually kind of funny bro

I am wondering if Luis can play a Matic type role in the pivot. Pretty good defensively, good going forward, similar built, and Borge left footed. Not sure if Jose will take that chance

Jose tried this against Atletico with Dave in CDM basically...result-3-1 to them at the Bridge.

[The_Flash 1,144]

If you thought the shocking refereeing was bad today just wait until the final, they CANT LET US GET A TROPHY!!!

Everything will be done to make sure that Chelsea don't win, they hate us

[Laugh1ngMan 393]

FYI, Spurs have a tough away game at fiorentina two days prior which is a huge advantage for us cause it will take alot of energy out of them and won't be able to pressure us like they did in their 5-3 win over us earlier this year. Their pressuring is one of their biggest strenghts imo and one of our biggest weaknesses, we never do well against it because we simply start to play the ball backwards and eventually hoof it up to Costa who ain't great in dealing with it

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

I think a lot of you guys are overrating spuds to be honest.

Sure they destroyed us one time this season, but they still are a big bunch of bottlers.

[The Chels 2,502]

Jose tried this against Atletico with Dave in CDM basically...result-3-1 to them at the Bridge.

He played on the right wing (man marking Luis) and assisted Torres' goal. It wasn't his fault we lost and the experiment could have turned out brilliantly to be fair.

[Milan 17,859]

An extra time after extremely difficult 90 minutes with some injury doubts and no progress in Florence would be a nice thing.

And beating broken Spuds in the final would be even nicer!

[Supermonkey92 1,428]

Ake isn't as inexperienced as the others. He's had a handful of games for three seasons now in the premier league, both domestics cups and european competition too. Even had a fantastic assist for hazard this season in CL against sporting I think.

Personally I think without matic AKe is the DM that is everything Mikel isn't. He can press, is a strong tackler and looks to play balls into the channel, which he is quite good at.

Questions I have about him is how good is his positional sense and will the occasion be too much?

[didierforever 7,349]

start Drogba for this one. Mr. Wembley will make us forget about the absence of Matic.

at this moment, I honestly can't see how he wipl be any worse than costa

[didierforever 7,349]

I think a lot of you guys are overrating spuds to be honest.

Sure they destroyed us one time this season, but they still are a big bunch of bottlers.

Actually, its not them, its us. We look poor at the moment.