2014-15 FA Cup

[jod23]

I cant even. So many lols to be had all over the shop.

Spurs. Gone.
Southampton. Gone.
City. Gone.
Chelsea. Gone.

The FA Cup just opened right up!

Disappointing not to beat Bolton at Anfield but a replay it is, at least we are still in the hat.

Chelsea though, at home to a League One outfit. Losing 4-2??? ******* LOLZ.

 

[chef]

Cech; Christensen, Zouma, Cahill, Azpilicueta; Ramires, Mikel; Remy, Oscar, Salah; Drogba (c). Like the team!

Schurrle not even in the squad, he's off.

I guess the only good to come out of last night is a fair few of our regulars got a rest and should be ready for a couple of huge games inside a week.

When was the last time we lost 2 in a row at the Bridge?

 

[kreglze]

LOLZ about the results. Waking up to the best news for an Arsenal supporter!

 

[glenferry23]

Amazing set of results.

 

[tigs2010]

wtf happened?

 

[Cruyff14]

Good to see many of the big teams are out, but Arsenal never make anything easy. We still need to get through this round ourselves first before we start getting too cocky.

 

[Tulip]

See chelsea lose, see city lose, just knew we would too. Typical Tottenham.

 

[Fryer Tuck]

Man, some very interesting results indeed. Suddenly, the field looks a lot more even, especially considering that Man Utd, Liverpool, and Arsenal are the only big teams left. Could be one for the 'smaller' team. But I won't say anything more. What we all witnessed is the magic of the cup. You don't get that anywhere else (Mind you, I wish our victories against Newcastle and Tottenham counted for points.)

Highlights of Tottenham v Leicester: http://goalsider.com/tottenham-hotspur-vs-...ity-24-01-2015/

Tell you one thing, those runs of ours look very encouraging. Good keeping by Vorm, mind you, though that Kramaric incident should've been a penalty. (I think the Moore one was there, to be fair, but still, if that's the only way opponents are going to get goals, I'd be alright with that.)

Kramaric is definitely getting to the end of them, unlucky not to score. He should be pleased if we deliver more of that next week against United. He's reading the ball really well, but gee whiz, he is a lightweight. Really good link up play as well. A good Nugent replacement, though I feel if Nugent had the exact same game as Kramaric, he would've been criticised instead.

Schlupp, hoo boy, Ghana be mad, he was really at it! Producing some brill runs, and some good crosses, and to top it off with a goal! Talk about a blessing in disguise. My MOTM. Hard to beleive this guy was just a younger Lloyd Dyer in the start of the season. His last few games have been fantastic!

Albrighton also helped with that Schlupp goal. If that one isn't starting against Utd next week, Pearson definitely hates him, lol. He better make it count, Mahrez could be on his way back if Algeria lose to Senegal (Hey, if you're not playing him Algeria, give him back!)

Schwartz was good, had great distribution, and made a key save. Good to know that we have quality on the bench should something happen to Hamer.

King?

On form as usual.


As for our opponent... can we please not get a Prem League side? They were magical over the last few seasons, but I kinda want to play someone that's not in our league. Why do I get the feeling we may get Liverpool if they win? Be nice to get that win against them, even if its for no points.

 

[typeclub]

Take Fabregas out of Chelsea's team and they can't even beat Bradford

LOL

 

[TheOz]

Hope to see Bradford City back in the premier league soon, top club.

 

[manureid]

And I thought our result was going ot be the worst. Well in lower division clubs!!!

 

[Jatz]

Man, some very interesting results indeed. Suddenly, the field looks a lot more even, especially considering that Man Utd, Liverpool, and Arsenal are the only big teams left. Could be one for the 'smaller' team. But I won't say anything more. What we all witnessed is the magic of the cup. You don't get that anywhere else (Mind you, I wish our victories against Newcastle and Tottenham counted for points.)

Highlights of Tottenham v Leicester: http://goalsider.com/tottenham-hotspur-vs-...ity-24-01-2015/

Tell you one thing, those runs of ours look very encouraging. Good keeping by Vorm, mind you, though that Kramaric incident should've been a penalty. (I think the Moore one was there, to be fair, but still, if that's the only way opponents are going to get goals, I'd be alright with that.)

Kramaric is definitely getting to the end of them, unlucky not to score. He should be pleased if we deliver more of that next week against United. He's reading the ball really well, but gee whiz, he is a lightweight. Really good link up play as well. A good Nugent replacement, though I feel if Nugent had the exact same game as Kramaric, he would've been criticised instead.

Schlupp, hoo boy, Ghana be mad, he was really at it! Producing some brill runs, and some good crosses, and to top it off with a goal! Talk about a blessing in disguise. My MOTM. Hard to beleive this guy was just a younger Lloyd Dyer in the start of the season. His last few games have been fantastic!

Albrighton also helped with that Schlupp goal. If that one isn't starting against Utd next week, Pearson definitely hates him, lol. He better make it count, Mahrez could be on his way back if Algeria lose to Senegal (Hey, if you're not playing him Algeria, give him back!)

Schwartz was good, had great distribution, and made a key save. Good to know that we have quality on the bench should something happen to Hamer.

King?

On form as usual.


As for our opponent... can we please not get a Prem League side? They were magical over the last few seasons, but I kinda want to play someone that's not in our league. Why do I get the feeling we may get Liverpool if they win? Be nice to get that win against them, even if its for no points.

Just saw the highlights. Really open game by the looks of it. We should have been 2-0 up early on. Their penalty was definitely there but so was the Kramaric one. There was definitely contact.

Schlupp looked outstanding, Ulloa is boss.

Stuff it, with all the other results that happened, I'm putting money on us for the FA cup! Haha.

 

[Hawkforce]

Take Fabregas out of Chelsea's team and they can't even beat Bradford

LOL

Fabregas played.

The last two Bradford goals were stunning quality. Absolute quality. Lovely football.

 

[Loonerty]

Fabregas played.

Subbed on though.

 

[Loonerty]

The view of a redditor at the game.

I can, was at the game, there was no desire to win, at all. Went 2-0 up then just went "* it, that'll do, its only Bradford". Salah was woeful, Drogba was meh, Remi looked quite promising but didn't really do much. The defense looked shaky from the start, Zouma had a good game, but I still can't understand why the * he was up front in the last 20 minutes or so. That's how they scored, we had a back 3, with one player horrendously out of form, one great RB, and a youngster who hasn't had much, if any, game time.

I'm really annoyed at the performance, not because we lost, but because we never looked like we truly wanted to win. Nobody was making runs, nobody looked like they really knew what they were doing.

Second half was ******* ridiculous, why Salah wasn't subbed off at the break is beyond me. He gave the ball away so much. All that needed to happen was Salah/Drogba off, Hazard/Cesc on. If that would've happened at half time then things would've been much different. But instead Mourinho decided to wait until it was too late to change it. giving 100% for the last ten minutes doesn't make up for giving 20% the whole game.

Whats even worse is that this was the problem at Liverpool too. That was only a draw (somehow), but the same problems are present. Not holding the ball, or knowing what to do with it, and lapsing in concentration when defending.

And on top of that, the atmosphere at the Bridge was dire. A lack of passion all round really.

 

[Loonerty]

No idea why Jose thought "Yes, Zouma as a striker seems reasonable"

 

[Zidane98]

Drogba / Remy can replace Diego Costa effectively. Hmmmmmm....

 

[Genesis67]

Watching Man City v Boro now. Boro were magnificent. Stayed organised, always wanted to be first to the ball.

Oh, and Chelsea, if you aren't going to pick Bamford, we'll take him thanks. Kid oozes class.

 

[Hawkforce]

Watching Man City v Boro now. Boro were magnificent. Stayed organised, always wanted to be first to the ball.

Yep - they'll play Premier League next year.

 

[chef]

Drogba / Remy can replace Diego Costa effectively. Hmmmmmm....

Remy apparently played well, made good runs but had no supply.

We didn't lose because Costa didn't play.

 

[floodbuster]

Strange night to say the least, I can understand Southampton especially considering Palace haven't been too bad lately and it was 3-2 and even city's form hasn't been perfect but Chelsea going down 4-2...

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Take Fabregas out of Chelsea's team and they can't even beat Bradford

LOL

Fabregas was subbed on when we were 2-1 up. It makes the result look worse but Chelsea aren't a one-man team, just a s**t effort in general.

 

[chef]

Just finished watching the City/Boro game, Bamford was very impressive. Would love for him to get Drogs spot next season. But if Boro come up it might be best for him to get a full season in the Prem before coming home.

 

[BluesMan]

Well that was interesting night. Watched the City/Boro game at the casino, but continuously updating my phone for chelsea results... a real wtf result.

 

[Tulip]

'Good keeping from Vorm'?

I'd argue that second goal is the exact reason why he's not 1/10th of the player Lloris is.