The FA Cup Thread

[Villan57]

We are making Chelsea look good with this sloppy play and passing backwards

 

[villasince67]

Martin Tyler still a full fledged member of the sky 6 fan club.

"Chelsea haven't lost a home cup game in several seasons"
"Villa haven't gotten past this round since 2015 and then got hammered in the final"

Unbearably boring idiot. Monotone ... irritating doesn't cover it. Give him a stat laden laptop and it ruins any game. Then the fookers go on about the increased away allocation in FA Cup games results in a great atmosphere - shame the broadcasters turn the stadium sound down and ruin everything by overwhelming it with idiotic biased commentary

 

[Villan57]

Is this where we have the HT talk and go behind in the first few mins of the second half

 

[AV Dave]

Some tongue pie at half time and smash and grab it is then.

 

[Fulford]

McGinn and Luiz look like they're running on empty.

 

[thevillaboy]

Some tongue pie at half time and smash and grab it is then.

 

[Fulford]

I would imagine Unai is very frustrated with Diaby as most times he's had the chance to run at a Chelsea player, he's checked back.

 

[remote]

We are making Chelsea look good with this sloppy play and passing backwards

To be fair Chelsea have some very good players - and I feel we are playing them just as they come into form.

But we're hanging on in there

 

[ItAin'tAGameAnymore]

Lovin' the total bias halftime, seems AV only have 3 "notable" subs. And think Shaka Hislop will be in pain to give Emi any credit for making some super saves so downplays them.

 

[Fulford]

Their pass completion is 92% ours 81%

 

[AV Dave]

Different Villa second half, C'mon, nothing to fear here.

 

[Fulford]

No way was that a yellow.

 

[Fulford]

Lenglet is having a poor game.

 

[JuanPabloAngel]

To be fair Chelsea have some very good players - and I feel we are playing them just as they come into form.

But we're hanging on in there

They are better than their league position suggests and you're right about them getting into form.

We're looking comfortable though, but smash and grab seems the most likely route to the win.

 

[hightrinity]

This passing about at back I don't see the point 9 times out of 10 we don't even get over the halfway line before we give the ball away.

 

[JuanPabloAngel]

No yellow for Madueke on Tielemans there? I'm shocked, I tells ya.

 

[AV Dave]

Fancy shit playing out from the back then give the ball away. fuckin wake up.

 

[Silhillvilla]

We are carrying Diaby again

 

[Moose66]

Co-commentator, who I now know is Matt Holland (thanks !) was asked who has been our stand out player this season so far, he answered Matty Cash.

Err. ok then. Good player, I like Cash, but he's not one of the stand-out players for the season.

Just shows how much attention they pay to us.
And on a side note, all this talk of " we need a break " etc etc is,IMO,a complete load of bollocks as we seem to play worse after a rest. Unai is right saying he'd rather play games than train

 

[ItAin'tAGameAnymore]

So far seems the game is going to plan, nice to have the lads face heavy pressing a change of pace from the teams that sit back.