closed Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea

[Special Juan 27,429]

Bakayoko will get another start tonight.

[mccg 1,528]

Thibaut Courtois is set to be ruled out of tonight's semi-final vs Arsenal. Still feeling pain in his ankle. Willy Caballero set to start third game in a row for Chelsea. #cfc [@sjstandardsport]

[mccg 1,528]

Ohh to have a Robben tonight , now we have Batman!

 

[Special Juan 27,429]

And by the sounds of things won't be any Batman either, sounds like the false 9 again.

[Blusan Alamb 295]

 

[Unionjack 7,531]

Gonna be a tough one. No doubt in my tiny mind Baks will be in and a 352 which wont keep Eden in swag mode. And doubt Rossy will get time. I'm ready for a scrap.

What we thinking then?

Whos up front with Eden with no Marata and Conte ruling Bats out?

Maybe either Willi Eden Pedro/Rossy

Alonso Kante Baks Moses

Or

Eden Willi

Alonso Kante Rossy Baks Moses

??

[Special Juan 27,429]

He will start Bakayoko and Cahill.

 

[Unionjack 7,531]

12 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

He will start Bakayoko and Cahill.

 

LOL What about the other 7 with the donkey Cahill

Rossy has to play.

“If you remember, in the past, he stopped himself for a problem in his back. A pain in the back. Now this pain has come back. I hope it’s not serious. But this is the second game that he stopped. He wasn’t available against Brighton because this problem was there the day before as well [...] now he’s with the medical department to try and solve this problem and give him the opportunity to have a training session without pain.

”But this is the real problem now - not that he’s not scoring or that his confidence is down. For every striker, you can pass this type of moment. But the real problem now is he has to overcome this problem in his back.

“I hope to solve this problem very quickly because we need Alvaro. We need Alvaro’s commitment.”

-Antonio Conte; source: Evening Standard

[Magic Lamps 11,654]

I think the lineup will be

 

-----Caballero-----

Azpi---Christ---Cahill

Moses-Kante-Baka-Alonso

Pedro--Hazard--Willian

 

But I hope we will se a bit of Barkley and maybe better start with Drinkwater instead of Baka. But anyway, we will not win this, as Conte somehow never gets his stuff right with Wenger so the best we can hope for is to go through by away goals. So no need to get the midfield tight, we have nothing to defend. Make it an open game like the league fixture. Moreover, Not even sure this competition is worth our while anyway. ManCity will win it as they are heads and shoulders above the rest of the league.. I reckon Arsenal still hold a better record over them in cup competitions against City anyway. 

[Leif 6,006]

Hard to lose with Christ himself at the heart of your defence.

[Unionjack 7,531]

2 hours ago, Leif said:

Hard to lose with Christ himself at the heart of your defence.

I dont play football tho!

[Pizy 18,368]

See ya later Batshuayi. Hope it works out and he returns a much better player.

[Special Juan 27,429]

 

[Special Juan 27,429]

 

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,919]

Thats bullshit. Play Batsuayi.

[LAM09 6,751]

1 minute ago, Sir Mikel OBE said:

Thats bullshit. Play Batsuayi.

Thought he had done enough against Brighton. Hate a false 9

[Blusan Alamb 295]

 

[Special Juan 27,429]

He doesn't trust Batshuayi, never has done, no reason to start now. I could argue the case but he has done nothing to convince Conte otherwise, just simply not good enough.