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And as predicted the talk of a quadruple has started and now that they are the semi finals of the League cup, it's gaining momentum ... exactly like it happened to us last season ...

We lost Negredo in the second leg semi of this competition and that did leave us short up top with Aguero also re-injuring himself around then ... so a similar injury or suspension etc to say Costa or Febregas or even Matic for them along with loaded fixtures for them in Jan would be good for us ...

The title of thread is actually misleading ... what I wanted to write about instead of "their quad" was their fixture overload and how that (the extra fixtures and travel) combined with media hype/pressure of this Quad talk will do us just fine ... let's see how well they cope with these now.

Thier draw against Liverpool (for league cup semis) is just perfect for us as now as they have to play them mid week right before playing us on weekend.

Here is how their fixture pile up looks like:

Starting from now ... we last played over the weekend at the same time as them but have had a whole week off while they played last night against Derby and quite a few of their first team was featured in the game.

We next play on 20th Sat early morning against Crystal Palace while they don't play till 22nd Mon night against Stoke. This isn't so bad as our win would put us on equal points as them at the top (and should we win 4-0, we'd even be top of the table) ... let's see how they take that pressure of us breathing right on their necks ...

26/12 They play West Ham at home earlier 12:45 kick off and we play later at 3:00pm away to West Brom.

28/12 Again they play a little ahead of us (at 2:05pm) away to Southampton while we take on Burnley at home (3:00pm)

1/1 We kick off at 3:00pm at home vs Sunderland while they take on Spurs (away) at 5:30pm

4/1 We play Sheffield Wed at home at 3pm as they take on Watford at home at 4pm

10/1 Both on Sat 3pm kick offs, we are away to Everton and they are at home to Newcastle

17/1 They are away to Swansea 3pm
18/1 We play Arsenal at home 4pm

20/1 (or 21/1) They are away to Liverpool for first leg semi of the League cup ... we rest.

24/1 (or 25/1) FA Cup fourth round weekend (hopefully we proceed and get another easier home draw, and hopefully they proceed too but get a tough away draw. I know wishful thinking, but we'll know in 1st week Jan)

27/1 (or 28/1) They play Liverpool again, second leg of their semi, this one at home ... we rest (and prepare).

31/1 We go to Stamford Bridge 5:30pm kick off. This could really be a six pointer as at this point at best we'd be 3-4 points ahead of them or at worst they'd be 3-4 points ahead of us. Most likely is we'd be pretty neck to neck with maybe equal on points or a single point up or down. This surely is a huge game and we can totally do with if Liverpool can not roll over in the first leg itself and go there with all to play for just a couple of days before they play us and then in that second leg a few injuries and suspensions that keep one or two key players out of our game with them will be icing on top.

7/2 They are away to Villa while we have Hull at home. No times yet as TV companies yet to select games from this week on.

And then another game week after that will come the Champions League back ...

We'll now see how they take all these fixtures and the whole Quad talk along with it ... I can see Liverpool being more motivated in the semis as that's the only thing they can realistically win this season, top 4 chances for them are pretty much gone.

Don't forget the outcome for us though last season...

But yes, the more pressure and fixture congestion for them the better, and a two leg semi against Liverpool is perfect.

little horses for courses..we shall see..

..actually I dont mind Chelsea, I dont. Mourinho?..its a bit tiresome, all the the media cock massaging, it must be sore by now...and the fact they can sell jokers like Luiz for the GDP of a small country in the time it takes me to boil an egg irks me a bit, but if they win stuff fair enough, as long as we are there pushing them as it doesnt look like anyone else is capable of it...I remember when they were shit as well, and miles off even spurs and the hammers so fair do's

As Utd are guaranteed to win the double this year and the scousers the league cup all this talk is total nonsense

well they're winning the League cup at least

I don't mind chelsea that much either, except for the vile figure of diego costa. Think he is up to Suarez levels of cheating and lack of character. For having him alone, I don't want chelsea to win anything. fabragas to a lesser extent

Chelsea do have impressive depth in their squad, but I think they are prone to the odd fuck up during the season. As long as we play it smart we should have a good chance to win it. Agree that the game vs. them will be massive

bigblue wrote:I don't mind chelsea that much either, except for the vile figure of diego costa. Think he is up to Suarez levels of cheating and lack of character. For having him alone, I don't want chelsea to win anything. fabragas to a lesser extent

Chelsea do have impressive depth in their squad, but I think they are prone to the odd fuck up during the season. As long as we play it smart we should have a good chance to win it. Agree that the game vs. them will be massive

And that was the whole point of my post ... The game between the two at the top will be massive and the way games are leading up to it no one of us would have stretched too far off the other by then and will give either one of us a chance to either stretch away winning that game or for the other to catch right up again ... it does help us that they have a mid week game days before playing us and another mid week game in the previous week and they both are against Liverpool (and not Sheffield Utd or even Spurs where they wouldn't have had to travel) so as we play them we'd be playing our 3rd game in two weeks while for them it'll be their fifth and all this right after the busy Christmas/New Year scheduling so hoping that they get to our game with lots of tired legs, knocks and suspensions.

As for the Quad ... ain't happening ... (it has never happened for a reason) ... only thing is all this talk will only pile more pressure on their players and now we'll see what they're made of (more like who cracks when).

The way Jose goes on , he might be a candidate for a quadruple.... bypass .

Can Brenda survive to perform the op on Jose in January ?

Now that Sterling is back to his 'World Cup' best will Scouse2 flog him to Real before the semis ?

No chance of Chelski getting four. Paris will turf them out if the CL too. The league cup is a pretty safe bet though.

AG7 wrote:And as predicted the talk of a quadruple has started and now that they are the semi finals of the League cup, it's gaining momentum ... exactly like it happened to us last season ...

You mean last season when we won the League and League Cup, and the League Runners-Up ended up trophyless?

We were on for the quad up until Mid March, we won the COCUP at the start of march and then went out of the FA Cup to Wigan and the Champions League to Barca in mid March. Those results galvanised us for the run in, the only game we lost after that was to liverpool (W9 D2 L1)

We will win the league by two points.

I've had a feeling.

could we do the treble?

Bianchi on Ice wrote:little horses for courses..we shall see..

..actually I dont mind Chelsea, I dont. Mourinho?..its a bit tiresome, all the the media cock massaging, it must be sore by now...and the fact they can sell jokers like Luiz for the GDP of a small country in the time it takes me to boil an egg irks me a bit, but if they win stuff fair enough, as long as we are there pushing them as it doesnt look like anyone else is capable of it...I remember when they were shit as well, and miles off even spurs and the hammers so fair do's

I think that mirrors my own feelings to some extent.

The only thing that does irk me is that they seem to be more accepted by the media, even though their 'sugar-daddy' supremo is far more disreputable and questionable than owners.

To some extent, we've only been following a pattern of development set out in Chelsea's earlier footsteps, but they've never elicited the same fury and anger that we seem to have showered incessantly upon our heads and they never seem to get the "what will happen when Abramovic gets tired of his toy" question, that we seem to get thrown at us with regard to our own Sheik.

In this aspect, a Russian 'Mobster-cum-Spiv' seems to be more acceptable than an Arab oil man. I don't know if the original love-affair the media had with Mourinho has tended to soften the media approach to Chelsea, but there are certainly double standards at play here.

In spite of that, I don't feel the same animosity towards Chelsea, as I do towards Loserpool and the Scum.

lets all have a disco wrote:We will win the league by two points.

I've had a feeling.

Don't be rude....

wonder if they only end up with the league cup will their season be a seen as a failure? just like ours was last season.

sheblue wrote:wonder if they only end up with the league cup will their season be a seen as a failure? just like ours was last season.

Ahhh Mr Redknapp, the tosser :-)

Considering the "money" we have spent, I wonder what he feels about the rags then?? And his beloved candlepool?

The 25 year old Brazilian ahem i mean Spanish striker.

surely he's in his early-mid 30s

lets all have a disco wrote:We will win the league by two points.

I've had a feeling.

I suspect if we win the league it won't be 2 points to Chelsea, I have a feeling there is another team in the mix. Won 3-0 the other night and can anyone tell me that it seemed on balance like they won 3-0? Those sorts of victories win titles.