Leeds United v Chelsea - FA Cup Semi Final Match Thread

[CUSSIE01]

....or on positive side give Chelsea confidence for their home games against Forest and Spurs

Knowing our luck they’ll rest players for the cup final

[Cjay]

Farke mentioned XG klaxon

Newly promoted side?

[DDB220]

Yes, they are a cup team. They and Citeh have all the big game players and winners. The likes of Arsenal don't beat them in cup games.

Cup football is a different mentality.

[Cjay]

I lost count of the one to one battles we lost.
You can be brave all you like but if you dont have the ball or just keep running into traffic it is irrelevant.

That for me is about a gap in quality in the squads.

DCL made some great runs but Bogle found Cucclurella every time.

Only Guds could say he had a great game today.

Saying they lacked bravery is just an easy accusations to make. Impossible to disprove but easy to hide behind.

Imo.

Fair enough

Each to their own.

I just think we have performances like this quite a lot (away from home especially).

All very slow, cautious and lacking intensity.

We did lose a lot of duels but it wouldn't have made much difference if we hadn't we were so deep.

[Orange Box]

Could be worse, we could be the Blunts. They haven't won at Wembley in over 100 years.

We’ve got time on our side …

[Cjay]

Also I don't think Ally McCoist is even at games.

He's just in a box in Glasgow.

Only way to explain his motm choices

Neto was motm imo

[SG90]

Cup football is a different mentality.

That's why we need more winners in the team.

[apollo]

+8 still feels too short for me

It was gonna be 6, then caicedo went down for 3 mins, 6+3=8 simple maths

[Orange Box]

56 for me Swannie, it never gets any easier

Still an apprentice.

[SG90]

We’ve got time on our side …

I'm sure Leon and CJay will still be posting on here in 2092

[Orange Box]

Also I don't think Ally McCoist is even at games.

He's just in a box in Glasgow.

Only way to explain his motm choices

Neto was motm imo

Oh, if only.

[Orange Box]

I'm sure Leon and CJay will still be posting on here in 2092

Don’t forget the vampire, BB.

[Madron]

Chelsea v Spurs will have to be rearranged. Spurs 3 games in a week ? Or last week ?

[DDB220]

That's why we need more winners in the team.

We need more quality and big game players. Tanaka let the occasion effect his game as did a few others. But the experience is important going forwards.

[WhiteRose]

Here’s a new one to add to the wall of shame, Leeds become the first club side to lose 4 games at Wembley without scoring a goal.

[1964white]

Dark arts spoiling football. I wouldn't be proud of my club if we adopted those tactics. Chelsea are a horrible club.

[whiteswan]

Knowing our luck they’ll rest players for the cup final

Don't.....

[weasel]

It's a reasonable concern DDB.

We've been very poor last 2 games.

Where was the bravery and intensity from the Manure game?

Wouldn't question the bravery. Chelsea have beetter players, more comfortable on the ball ,better technique etc. If they play to their best anbd we paly to ours then Chelsea win.

Cup finals and big games are different. As a player, albeit at a far lowel level, I remember my first cup final and it definitely felt different, the occasion can get to you. We played a team we'd comfortably done the double over yet werr 1-0 down at half time. It was just a case of me telling the players that we simply had to play how we had all season, didn't need to do anything deifferent but trust in ourselves. We won comfortably. Cup final a year later and I made sure our pre-match routine was as similar as it could be to a normal match and we were far more relaxed, and won again.

So for me the palyers can hopefully learn from this and play in more big games and get to the point where it is just another game - that is all it would have been to the Chelsea players.

The MU game suited us. We had the early missed chance which gave us the belief we could get at them and then got the first goal. We caught them cold. Whether that is cos of their 24 days (or whatever it was without a game) or they had their tactics/mentality wrong - probably expecting us to come and park the bus. Whatever it was that time it worked - but it doesn't simply work every time. A recetn example was earlier in the season. We went at Chelesa and won 3-1. Next game, v Liverpool, and they were prepared for us and we did nothing till 2-0 down.

It is football. Best laid plans etc.

[SG90]

We need more quality and big game players. Tanaka let the occasion effect his game as did a few others. But the experience is important going forwards.

It's great that we're playing in these kind of games again. If we stay up, we should be looking at the Carabao Cup next season.

[weasel]

It's great that we're playing in these kind of games again. If we stay up, we should be looking at the Carabao Cup next season.

Definitely. If we stay up and can then kick on so we are not looking over our shoulder then no reason why we can't target both cups. I think we have shown that we are capable of competing with the top clubs - just sometimes you need that moment of luck, or to take the chance when it comes.