***Treble Winners v Chelsea FA Semi Official Match Thread***

[nottsblue]

Back down to London and Etihad South

We have to put the CL exit out of our heads and possibly even use that as motivation for this one. We are huge favourites but as we all know, anything can happen in a one off game. Chelsea are coming in on the back of a 6-0 win so will be full of confidence and Palmer will have a point to prove as well.

Team selection as usual will be anyone's guess and media reports suggest Haaland will miss out. Two draws against these in the PL wasn't good enough and we owe them I feel.

A huge opportunity for us to create more history today and I'm now more hopeful than 11pm on Wednesday. Think we will shade it

3-1 Bobb Nunes Alvarez

[zuricity]

Finally managed to find a pub in London selling Pride on tap. Big game for us today , followed by a choke game for Arse. What's not to like here.

[Mase]

Come on you beautiful blue boys

[Original Dub]

It's one of those pivotal games.

We win this and I can see us doing the double. We lose it and we might end the season empty handed.

So COME ON CITY !!!

[carl_feedthegoat]

Haaland apparently has a '' muscle injury'' pmsl....at least he can focus on that diet of his , you know the one that doesn't make you tired and keeps you focused!!

We need a reaction today...a fuckign statement !!

[MIAMCFC]

Hoping for the best!! But have a suspicion we could be ending a shit week badly, hope not, cmon boys.

[Mase]

Hoping for the best!! But have a suspicion we could be ending a shit week badly, hope not, cmon boys.

Exactly how I feel.

[blues2win]

Don’t need Blue Jam on the match thread today it seems!

[john@staustell]

Don’t need Blue Jam on the match thread today it seems!

No, I'm feeling exactly the same

[Harry Dowd scored]

I would feel more confident if we had the ability to keep a clean sheet after we go into a lead & keep the opposing team at bay, but it is not one of those seasons. So hoping for a 2-1 win

[CTID Hants]

Your City side!

XI | Ortega Moreno, Walker (C), Stones, Akanji, Ake, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Foden, Grealish, Alvarez

SUBS | Ederson, Dias, Kovacic, Doku, Gomez, Gvardiol, Nunes, Bobb, Lewis

#ManCity | Etihad Airways

[Original Dub]

Strongest side he could play. I sincerely hope rodri doesn't get injured

Come on city !!!

[Mase]

Very strong team. A lot more confident.

Kev proves he’s an absolute bottle job. Fuck all wrong with him the other night

[Harry Dowd scored]

Team looks good, but it’s how he sets it up. Hope Foden is in central position

[Mase]

Hopeful that a few like Rodri that could have been rested have spoken out to Pep about wanting to play because they’re annoyed about the other night. We’ll see within the first 10 mins

[Harry Dowd scored]

Chelsea team -:

Chelsea XI: Petrovic, Gusto, Chalobah, Silva, Cucurella, Caicedo, Gallagher, Madueke, Palmer, Fernandez, Jackson.

Subs: Bettinelli, Badiashile, Disasi, Gilchrist, Chilwell, Chukwuemeka, Mudryk, Sterling, Washington.

[Original Dub]

Very strong team. A lot more confident.

Kev proves he’s an absolute bottle job. Fuck all wrong with him the other night

Jesus mate that is seriously unfair.

A bottle job is the last thing I'd call de bruyne. He dragged us to that treble last season with a half a hamstring. Had his face broken in the final v chelsea and scored on Wednesday.

There's no way on this earth he came off because he was scared

[Mase]

Very strong team. A lot more confident.

Kev proves he’s an absolute bottle job. Fuck all wrong with him the other night

Jesus mate that is seriously unfair.

A bottle job is the last thing I'd call de bruyne. He dragged us to that treble last season with a half a hamstring. Had his face broken in the final v chelsea and scored on Wednesday.

There's no way on this earth he came off because he was scared

Kev didn’t drag us anywhere last season in my opinion. It was probably the best all round team performance I’ve ever seen in a season. Haaland stood out, Gundo won us games. Bernardo second leg of the semi. Stones adapting to his new role with ease. Carson making everyone laugh.
But I’d say the whole team was phenomenal.

[nottsblue]

Your City side!

XI | Ortega Moreno, Walker (C), Stones, Akanji, Ake, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Foden, Grealish, Alvarez

SUBS | Ederson, Dias, Kovacic, Doku, Gomez, Gvardiol, Nunes, Bobb, Lewis

#ManCity | Etihad Airways

On paper a very strong XI

But I’m very concerned that the triumvirate of KDB Foden and Bernado rarely if ever complement each other when playing together.

But overall I approve of the line up

[PeterParker]

Are we one up yet?