Was their a specific reason for all the empty seats at the Etihad last night?
Was their a specific reason for all the empty seats at the Etihad last night?
Coronation Street was on.
There’s always empty seats; that’s why people call it the Emptihad.
I'm a twit
Midweek games always struggle for attendance. It's no surprise the CL has been wailing and gnashing its teeth for years to get games moved to weekends.
https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news...s-dean-shiels/
Scottish fans really take the biscuit when it comes to absolute cuntery.
Only two Andy Gorams etc.
Life ban territory these days.
The punishments for this stuff aren't severe enough. They need to get away from the 'ooh it's a minority' attitude and say actually no, it's on your watch and that's a 100 point deduction (or something similarly medieval).
Quality work.
https://www.express.co.uk/sport/foot...-League-FA-Cup
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Bizarrely I recognised it instantly before I clicked on the link.
EDIT: Jesus Christ it's fucking wax?
Nice end to a decent year for him.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/irel...-win-1.3343203
Who's winning tonight?
Another game without Pedro or Willian starting. That's got to feel weird for them after such a successful season.
edit- Chelsea would be my guess, Boydy.
Chambers, Holding, and Maitland Niles in the back five, with the left side consisting of the latter two. I'd put Hazard out here and let him do as he pleases, he'd have those two on toast whenever he fancied it.
Boring 0-0 guaranteed.
Jesus, what a miss that was.
Fucking hell Morata
Morata is good but fuck me his finishing one on one is dreadful.
What a miss that is. Pathetic from both sides once the ball was played.
If you stop thinking of him as a sexy Spanish stud and start thinking of him as a very good old fashioned target man, he makes more sense.
Fucking hell
Fuck me, Courtois.
Who scouted Bakayoko and why? Might as well have Carlton Cole in midfield.
Who was that Arsenal player and why, as a professional footballer, is he unable to run?
Maitland Niles looks very competent here. That'll teach me take what Phonics says as the truth.
Tended to start a bit deeper than Toure would, but he was certainly a more attacking presence than he's been for Chelsea.
The thing that most stood out watching him last season was that he seemed to make the right decision at almost all times, which makes this madcap shit all the more baffling.
Chelsea seriously need a right wing back. Moses and his Italian counterpart is shite.
It's fucking weird how since Mourinho left Chelsea always come across as the inferior side despite clearly not being it. We may lose because we're actually shit but the way these games go considering our massive inferiority complex versus United is so weird.
Hazard’s back heels at it again
He’s far too unselfish. Needs to get out of Chelsea ASAP.
Bakayoko seemed less box to box at Monaco to me. He was in a 4-4-2 so couldn't go forward that much. He's looked pretty dreadful each time I've seen him for Chelsea. Gets into good positions but is too clumsy. What a waste of the Fabregas pass (which was ).
Every pass of Fabregas' does make me think we fucked up not taking him but I still hate him.
That HSBC surely trumps whatever Adidas thing Floyd was moaning about before as the worst thing ever. It's like something they filmed in anticipation of a Remain vote then decided to put out anyway.
That's the first time I've ever seen anyone pass out of our anti-goal kick routine and not put it out for a throw in and of course it's Kante. I'd thought he's been quite poor prior to that but maybe we're just bypassing him.
The Moses/Crappacosta sub is always terrible no matter which way round it is.
Jack Wilshere is bae. Learn it. Live it.
Morata just can’t finish one on ones.
What was the gobshite Neville on about for that penalty shout? He kicked him.
That Hazard backheel to Zappcosta is sex.
That little flick from Hazard was a thing of real beauty.
“On the edge of being good”
High praise indeed from Gary.
Conte’s lack of faith in Hazard is mind boggling. He must substitute him in every game.
The one thing I've taken from adverts over the past month or so is that I'm the only person in the country with two white parents.
Fucking hell, Morata has been so shit.
Crappacosta almost broke the bar with that effort.