Chelsea v Spurs, Capital 1 Cup Final, 4pm k/o, Sky

GavRedKing

Chelsea, without Matic will likely to see Ramires & Cesc at CM although its possible but unlikely, that Ake, Loftus-Cheek or Cahill could play in CM.

Spurs have no injury worries ahead of the game but have had an away game in Florence on Thursday night to deal with in the build up.

Some facts :

Spurs recently ended a 10-match winless run against Chelsea in all competitions (D5, L5)

Spurs’ last piece of silverware came in this competition in 2008, beating Chelsea 2-1 after extra-time

Younes Kaboul is the only player involved in the 2008 triumph who is still at the club

Chelsea and Spurs have both won the League Cup four times

All three of Mourinho’s domestic final appearances as Chelsea boss have ended in triumph, having won the League Cup in 2005 and 2007 and the FA Cup in 2007

Petr Cech, John Terry and Didier Drogba played in both the 2005 and 2007 League Cup finals under Mourinho

Going for a Chelsea victory, 2-1

Nalz

:pac:

Duck Soup

3-1 to Chelsea. Kane to score early doors for Spurs, only to rouse the slumbering behemoth that is Chelsea FC. And lo, their vengeance shall be mighty.

niallo27

Hopefully Spurs can win this one. Jose is on the verge of cracking up and hopefully a dodgy penalty might push him over the edge.

GavRedKing

niallo27 wrote: »

Hopefully Spurs can win this one. Jose is on the verge of cracking up and hopefully a dodgy penalty might push him over the edge.

He'll never go full Rafa....you never go full Rafa.

niallo27

GavRedKing wrote: »

He'll never go full Rafa....you never go full Rafa.

I think he is close. Lot of pressure on him. He came third in a two horse race last year and its all or bust in the next few weeks. By the way Rafa was cool and calculated and spoke the truth and the team had a higher points per game after his interview than before it.

davycc

My heart thinks 2-1 spurs with chadli and Kane scoring.

The problem is my brain knows our entire back 4 is prone to catastrophe individual errors leading to goals and no way will do they go a full game without gifting a truck load of easy chanced to Chelsea's on form forward line.

bad2dabone

Who to support in this final.....Spurs, a proud club with a long history who endeavour to play attractive football and have an exciting team and a young manager building his reputation, or Chelsea, whose fortunes turned with the addition of a dodgy Russians massive financial input, who have a despicable captain and a controversial wind up merchant for a manager, and undeniable racist element in their fanbase.
Spurs, or Chelsea?
Spurs..


...or Chelsea?

Only one choice there really.


Come on you Blues!

ShamoBuc

Spurs to score an early goal ( although a bit offside) and park the bus to win 1-0.
Mourniho to complain - quality.

Soby

Jose doesnt crack . All some stunt to deflect from Paris knowing him . And it has worked.

3-1 Chelsea win for me

Crann na Beatha

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davycc

bad2dabone wrote: »

Who to support in this final.....Spurs, a proud club with a long history who endeavour to play attractive football and have an exciting team and a young manager building his reputation, or Chelsea, whose fortunes turned with the addition of a dodgy Russians massive financial input, who have a despicable captain and a controversial wind up merchant for a manager, and undeniable racist element in their fanbase.
Spurs, or Chelsea?
Spurs..


...or Chelsea?

Only one choice there really.


Come on you Blues!

God damn your treacherous ness! Lol

Got to admit I did cheer for Monaco midweek but I cheered for Arsenal in the fa cup final last year, so you kind of owe me one

bad2dabone

davycc wrote: »

God damn your treacherous ness! Lol

Got to admit I did cheer for Monaco midweek but I cheered for Arsenal in the fa cup final last year, so you kind of owe me one

Haha fair enough, may the best team win !

SEPT 23 1989

Kane hatrick

The_Kew_Tour

Spurs to take the lead, but Chelsea to come back strong and win 2-1

Iused2likebusts

Hoping for a spurs win can't see it happening though

GavRedKing

Drogba and Ivanovic for Chelsea.

efb

Go Chelsea
didn't Van Gaal go full Rafael with he dirty "long ball" dossier???

Optimalprimerib

Yikes. I see this as 5-1 chelsea. Spurs are in a bit of a dip at the moment and chelsea will be looking for revenge.

Nalz

efb wrote: »

Go Chelsea
didn't Van Gaal go full Rafael with he dirty "long ball" dossier???

You love that word

Panthro

Chelsea to destroy Spurs.
3-1.

hullaballoo

3-1 Chelsea for me.

GavRedKing

Chelsea are

Courtois
Ivan zouma jt azp
Cahill cesc
Ramires willian hazard
Costa

klose

Are Chelsea fans happy with that line up? Conservative obviously but looks risky enough trying Cahill centre mid in such a big game.

GavRedKing

Some of us suggested it recently so not surprised really. Id say itll be a 433 with cahill as the anchor and cesc and ramires either side and william and hazard on the wings

GavRedKing

Oh and i wouldnt mind if cech was cm if we win.

TimRiggins

klose wrote: »

Are Chelsea fans happy with that line up? Conservative obviously but looks risky enough trying Cahill centre mid in such a big game.

Happy enough. Its been shown this season that Ramires or Mikel can't do the job Matic does, We need that stabillity, leaving Cahill there will hopefully allow Cesc to cause havoc in the Spurs defence.

Panthro

Cahill with the first goal!

GavRedKing

Panthro wrote: »

Cahill with the first goal!

Hazard and 2-1

GavRedKing

Our bench is pretty strong

GavRedKing

Cmon you blues.

Soups123

Don't enjoy games were I want both teams to lose

GavRedKing

Zouma in cm is it?

GavRedKing

Ya zouma next to ramirrs

GavRedKing

Happy in cm...im happy

GavRedKing

Willian

GavRedKing

Get in there costa

GavRedKing

With 4 cbs on the pitch we should be a threat from set pieces

blueser

What the hell is wrong with Costa? Perfectly fine tackle by Dier there.

Johner

We have started brightly.

GavRedKing

blueser wrote: »

What the hell is wrong with Costa? Perfectly fine tackle by Dier there.

He'd find a fight in an empty room

Johner

blueser wrote: »

What the hell is wrong with Costa? Perfectly fine tackle by Dier there.

Little nibble after. I'm sure Dier has been told to try wind Costa up.

GavRedKing

Johner wrote: »

We have started brightly.

Ya well enough

GavRedKing

Johner wrote: »

Little nibble after. I'm sure Dier has been told to try wind Costa up.

Everyone will be at him

GavRedKing

Arsenal fan done well there

Johner

That was too easy for Kane.

irishmover

Should be a yellow for fabregas. Got lucky. Nuts challenge on Kane

GavRedKing

Unlucky

blueser

Johner wrote: »

Little nibble after. I'm sure Dier has been told to try wind Costa up.

Did he? Never noticed it. Bit ironic, Costa taking exception to someone having "a little nibble" at him!

irishmover

Christ!!! Eriksen is lethal at free kicks. So close...

GavRedKing

Why does cech pull away he looked confident when he shouldnt have be