FA Cup Final 5.30-ish BBC One - Arsenal FC v Chelsea FC

Harry Palmr

No thread? Well I couldn't find one which maybe says something about the esteem in which the Cup is held these days.

Anyway Premier League title winners Chelsea face Arsenal who could be playing their final game with Arsene Wenger in charge. Conte's side are as usual in more or less full strength good health and as usual Arsenal have some players missing but could see Mertesacker start his first game of the season.

The grauniad go with the following



With Arsenal Subs from Cech, Martinez, Jenkinson, Debuchy, Coquelin, Elneny, Walcott, Sanogo, Iwobi, Giroud, Perez, Gibbs, Mustafi

and Chelsea's Eduardo, Begovic, Zouma, Terry, Aina, Fabregas, Kenedy, Ake, Musonda, Willian, Loftus-Cheek, Batshuayi, Chalobah

The build up is on BBC One throughout the afternoon.

Panthro

5-1 Chelsea all out burst

The_Kew_Tour

Arsenal to win and Wenger stays so come on you Gunners!!

Osmosis Jones

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Arsenal to win and Wenger stays so come on you Gunners!!

More chance of him staying if they lose I'd say. I'd imagine he'd be happy enough to leave on an FA Cup win.

Carpentry

Panthro wrote: »

5-1 Chelsea all out burst

Agreed. That one goal from Sanchez please, so he wont be too upset coming to Chelsea

domrush

My heart says 2-0 Arsenal, my head says 3-1 Chelsea.

pjohnson

Is kick of 5.15 or 5.30

GreNoLi

pjohnson wrote: »

Is kick of 5.15 or 5.30

Chelsea kick off at 5.15, arsenal at 5.30.

4-2 chelsea.

ArmaniJeanss

pjohnson wrote: »

Is kick of 5.15 or 5.30

5.30 KO. OP is a known monarchist who wants to trap us into watching the royal handshakes, anthem and Abide with Me.

brianregan09

I'm ****ting bricks but funnily enough I'm also cautiously optimistic

ya we'll lose 5-1

Paully D

Hope Arsenal win this but I just can't see past Chelsea.

greendom

Take a look at @Arsenal's Tweet: https://twitter.com/Arsenal/status/868489454364880896?s=09

greendom

No defenders on the bench!

Guaranteed that Mertesacker will pull up with a hamstring after 10 mins.

Rekop dog

Wenger calling certain Arsenal fans a disgrace is an odd move before a final. I mean he's obviously right but coming out and saying such things is very unlike him.

greendom

Rekop dog wrote: »

Wenger calling certain Arsenal fans a disgrace is an odd move before a final. I mean he's obviously right but coming out and saying such things is very unlike him.

Yes unlike him to be so unguarded, don't know what to think.

tayto lover

Rekop dog wrote: »

Wenger calling certain Arsenal fans a disgrace is an odd move before a final. I mean he's obviously right but coming out and saying such things is very unlike him.

His arrogance getting the better of him.
He's not above criticism.

greendom

tayto lover wrote: »

His arrogance getting the better of him.
He's not above criticism.

He's acknowledged that. I think its the vile abuse he takes exception to.

tayto lover

greendom wrote: »

He's acknowledged that. I think its the vile abuse he takes exception to.

There's more to it than that.
I'd say he's in fear of the Board and the sack.

greendom

tayto lover wrote: »

There's more to it than that.
I'd say he's in fear of the Board and the sack.

He's angry that the board has taken so long to make a decision about his future. It does seem to be a very poor boardroom for a modern football club.

Rekop dog

greendom wrote: »

He's acknowledged that. I think its the vile abuse he takes exception to.

To be expecting modern day fans to be level headed and have perspective after an under performing season is just unrealistic. Obviously he deserves better but I don't think you ever turn on the fans the way he has in that interview, should always rise above that.

He's done imo

tayto lover

greendom wrote: »

He's angry that the board has taken so long to make a decision about his future. It does seem to be a very poor boardroom for a modern football club.

The Board members backing him are only interested in money i.e. Kronke.
Others looking for change it seems.

tayto lover

Really hope we have no sending offs today.
It will be hard enough with 11.

Turtwig

With Kol out it's hard to see anything but a Chelsea win here and tbh I kind of think they deserve the double. Hopefully Arsenal can put a great fight though.

ERG89

Rekop dog wrote:

Wenger calling certain Arsenal fans a disgrace is an odd move before a final.

DT, Claude & Troopz will be fun later if this goes bad.
Think if Koscielny didn't get sent off I'd give Arsenal a good chance in a one off as they are in decent form.

GavRedKing

Going to enjoy this anyway. Id be shocked if either side kept a clean sheet.

tayto lover

Harry the 7-legged spider has indicated a 4 - 3 win for Arsenal.
He's never been wrong before.

Mickeroo

Terry apparently has brought both kits with him so as not to be left out regardless of the victor.

Tipsy McSwagger

Danny Murphy FFS

GavRedKing

Mickeroo wrote: »

Terry apparently has brought both kits with him so as not to be left out regardless of the victor.

As long as hes still wearing his shinguards, ill condone it.

GavRedKing

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

Danny Murphy FFS

Ya hes a pain in the bo**ocks alright.

callaway92

Chilling minutes silence

omega man

Goal ffs

Edit: Good call ref

Trigger

Correct decision, though it might have been a handball

LightningBlue

How the **** is that not given as a handball.

murpho999

callaway92 wrote: »

Chilling minutes silence

I think they have lost their impact nowadays as they happen so often.

Bleating Lamb

Great start for neutrals

RobertKK

That was controversial.

ctrl-alt-delete

Might have been complaining for the handball, the offside was the right call as much as I'm not a fan of that rule. Ramsey did run towards the ball.

Harry Palmr

What did the linesmsn think he seeing?

SlickRic

Unless it's handball, that's a goal.

GavRedKing

Was a handball alright. Shouldnt have stood for that but was clearly onside. Good finish.

murpho999

LightningBlue wrote: »

How the **** is that not given as a handball.

As it wasn't a handball maybe?

What were the officials discussing though?

callaway92

murpho999 wrote: »

I think they have lost their impact nowadays as they happen so often.

90 000 people there and you could hear a pin drop. Was well done and was striking, especially given the circumstance.

greendom

Brilliant start!

Mickeroo

Costa still furious he didn't manage to take Holdings head off.

wandatowell

Clearly handball.

Too Tough To Die

Offside should've stood as Ramsey ran towards the ball.

murpho999

Still expect Chelsea to win as they will be mentally stronger and Arsenal could crumble.

tayto lover

wandatowell wrote: »

Clearly handball.

I didn't see it. A shadow came across the t.v.:D

Osmosis Jones

I think it's fair enough that it was given as onside, but it could be argued that Ramsey was interfering with play.

SlickRic

murpho999 wrote: »

As it wasn't a handball maybe?

What were the officials discussing though?

Not the handball. They'd have been discussing whether Ramsey touched the ball or whether he interfered.