Football Focus

[Ladygooner]

I think a penalty shoot out must take 10 years off your life! Let's hope the final doesn't go that way!

[Bluerevolution]

Cracking day at Wembley yesterday, really nice atmosphere (well,where I was anyway!!!)

[Bluerevolution]

Annasfield and other Liverpool/City fans-we'll be in the Effra Hall Tavern. All welcome, banter not bitchiness

[Mick Mac]

Good luck Liverpool. It will be an emotional day one way or another.

[Otta]

Seen lots of tweets basically saying that today's match just shows what great footy both teams play, and how desperately dull Chelsea are in comparison.

[????]

and, unexpected bonus of Scottish Independence part 2 (part 1 being Ed Milliband never being PM), is not having to turn on the radio for a feast of sports and finding the game on 5Live is StJohnstone Vs Aberdeen.........

[JohnL]

Mourinho making friends again

No handshake, no turnout at the press conference.

[Parkdrive]

JohnL Wrote:

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> Mourinho making friends again

> No handshake, no turnout at the press conference.

Said it before and I'll say again, the main is a tool, and that's being polite

[Parkdrive]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> Yeah, I'd rather Liverpool won it than anyone else

> this season.

I'm in agreement with that

[Parkdrive]

Is it true that CSKA Fulham fans sang through the minutes silence yesterday?

[Otta]

I've just looked at a couple of "as it happened" reports, both of which say that the silence was well respected at the time. However, one of them later mentions reports that there was some faint singing, possibly by fans not yet out on the stands.

I dunno. The vast majority of Chelsea fans are just footy fans like any other, but they do seem to have a small number of comlete and utter cunts supporting them. And one captaining them.

[Otta]

Whilst we're on that subject, massive respect for City and their fans for the way they represented themselves at Anfield yesterday.

[Parkdrive]

Otta Wrote:

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>

> I dunno. The vast majority of Chelsea fans are

> just footy fans like any other, but they do seem

> to have a small number of comlete and utter @#$%&

> supporting them. And one captaining them.

Yep

[Parkdrive]

I've read the FA have alloacted 25k for each of the clubs in the final and 40k for corporates. If true, well done FA yet another winner.

[Bluerevolution]

25k at FAC final is standard

[red devil]

That's right. The 40k of tickets go mostly to FA affiliated groups/interests, not corporates per se, and usually end up on the black market in the hands of touts...

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twas ever thus

[Parkdrive]

25 tyears ago, I watched in horror as events unfolded at Hillsborough. That horror has never diminished with passsing of years. Remembering those who lost loved ones back then, JFT96.

[Mick Mac]

Liverpool's performance on Sunday.....

Thought overall impressive but when it went to 2-2 I thought there was only going to be one winner and thought a number of Liverpool players went missing, especially Suarez who thought at 2-2 that the only way to win an important game was by fooling the referee into penalties/free kicks he didn't deserve, and clearly lost his composure by being regularly caught offside. The winner was a bit of an opportunistic effort, brilliantly taken.

Liverpool of course won't mind one bit how they got the points, any win against MC is fantastic, but they do seem to freeze a bit when teams come back at them.

My worry is that, assuming they beat Norwich??, that against Chelsea, they wont be able to establish that early lead, Chelsea being what they are.

[titch juicy]

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> Liverpool's performance on Sunday.....

>

> Thought overall impressive but when it went to 2-2

> I thought there was only going to be one winner

> and thought a number of Liverpool players went

> missing, especially Suarez who thought at 2-2 that

> the only way to win an important game was by

> fooling the referee into penalties/free kicks he

> didn't deserve, and clearly lost his composure by

> being regularly caught offside. The winner was a

> bit of an opportunistic effort, brilliantly

> taken.

>

> Liverpool of course won't mind one bit how they

> got the points, any win against MC is fantastic,

> but they do seem to freeze a bit when teams come

> back at them.

>

> My worry is that, assuming they beat Norwich??,

> that against Chelsea, they wont be able to

> establish that early lead, Chelsea being what they

> are.

Considering that Liverpool have won ten PL games in a row and that Chelsea's away form is patchy- i think Liverpool are strong favourites for that game and for the League title now. Plus Chelsea have the small matter of a two legs of a CL semifinal either side of the game.

[Otta]

That could well be the key. I hope Chelsea do quite well in the first leg, not so well that they feel it's won, but well enough that they're still in it, and maybe have that in their minds when they come to Anfied.

I then obviously hope they lose to Liverpool before getting buried in the second CL leg.

Neither Sturridge nor Suarez were great on Sunday, which for me shows what a good team performance it was.

[red devil]

Mourinho is much more tactically cuter than Pelligrini, and will set Chelsea up to not concede and try and nick a goal. It won't be the open, end to end game we saw on Sunday which suits Liverpool game...

[Mick Mac]

Otta Wrote:

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>

> I then obviously hope they lose to Liverpool

> before getting buried in the second CL leg.

That the ideal scenario

>

> Neither Sturridge nor Suarez were great on Sunday,

> which for me shows what a good team performance it

> was.

That's a glass half full approach.

[Otta]

And why not? Whatever will be will be now, not point being negative.

Agree with RD though, think Chelsea will be a harder proposition for Liverpool. City was always going to be a very difficult match which we could have lost, but it was always going to be like to boxers going toe to toe and throwing bombs. Chelsea will be much cagier and try to knock us out with counter punches.

As I say, whatever will be will be, but I pray we beat them, just to wipe the smug look off of Jose's face.

[StraferJack]

"but I pray we beat them, just to wipe the smug look off of Jose's face."

ah I remember last time I feltthat way

1000 games in charge for Wenger - surely THIS was the moment to ... awwww bugger

but I am so hoping Liverpool do it - and am booking time in the pub for that game. Everywhere will be heaving I expect