Today’s Football 2020/21 Season

[zukai12_]

Did you forget about the final.

hence the Probably

Chelsea outclassed City in the FA cup semi

 

[davek]

I mean, sooner or later Werner will score, I always think of when Chelsea won the Champions League in 2012, and Torres popped up with a big winner and then scored in the Europa League a year later.

He scored tonight and has largely been, much like Torres was, a flop at Chelsea... so far.

Still agree, and think City will be too strong, but Chelsea fully deserving of their place and just hope it’s a good spectacle.

They defo deserve to be there. I have to say, though, that City swept a team like PSG aside, and I couldn't see Chelsea doing the same. Madrid were truly shocking there tonight. They just handed midfield over to Chelsea. So as good as Chelsea were over the two legs they have to be a distant 2nd favourite.

I'd set odds at:

1/2 City
3-1 Chelsea

 

[Wizard]

i think the final will be a very close game , tuchel tbf has done really well since he landed at Chelsea but city all round have a big squad and i would make them favourites

I think a big thing could also be that City will be able to purely focus on the final from this weekend when they win the league. Chelsea still have to fight for top 4 and have the FA Cup final. In a year when it is clear everyone is knackered that is a huge advantage for City

 

[Goat]

They defo deserve to be there. I have to say, though, that City swept a team like PSG aside, and I couldn't see Chelsea doing the same. Madrid were truly shocking there tonight. They just handed midfield over to Chelsea. So as good as Chelsea were over the two legs they have to be a distant 2nd favourite.

I'd set odds at:

1/2 City
3-1 Chelsea

20 quid on Chelsea please Dave.

 

[Nymzee]

City have never won a CL before. Think that’ll push them through more in the final.

 

[emir]

I genuinely don't think a single Chelsea player gets in Man City's first 11. Maybe Kante. But this is not a slight on Chelsea as they are a great team with incredible players. I think they will be the closest challengers to City next year. They also have a lot of young players so could push on very quickly to be at City's level. I just don't think they are there yet

I just believe that both teams have players that are very evenly matched in their respective positions, where you can't just definitively say that a specific Chelsea player would get into City's team or vice versa. But your first sentence shows that either you're very biased or you haven't thought hard enough about your football opinion.

City have KDB who is pretty much their crown jewel of their team, something that Chelsea lack and that's the sort of player that Chelsea need to buy, if they are to match Man City in the long run. But to say that only Kante gets into the City's team is misleading as f"ck. Chelsea's fullbacks are arguably better than what Man City have, for starters. Ederson and Mendy are very evenly matched. Stones probably wouldn't even get into the Chelsea line-up. I don't even think Bernardo would get into Chelsea's current setup. Mason Mount and Phil Foden are very evenly matched. Chelsea's front line of Havertz, Pulisic, Mount is just as good as City's front line of Mahrez, Bernardo, Foden.

 

[davek]

20 quid on Chelsea please Dave.

You're the first mug reeled in.

That's how bookies make cash.

 

[barneygumble]

They defo deserve to be there. I have to say, though, that City swept a team like PSG aside, and I couldn't see Chelsea doing the same. Madrid were truly shocking there tonight. They just handed midfield over to Chelsea. So as good as Chelsea were over the two legs they have to be a distant 2nd favourite.

I'd set odds at:

1/2 City
3-1 Chelsea

Madrid were pitiful, and maybe you could say there was an element of fortune with their run to the final in that

Atlético began to wobble when they faced them, then Porto were no real threat, and for whatever reason, Zidane persisted with Hazard and rushed Ramos back today... didn’t need to.

But you can only beat what is infront of you, and they’ve done that, and I just say, rather comfortably too.

I think City won’t go in that low, but have to be stacked in their favour, they now need to keep momentum, with the league practically sewn up, need to make sure they keep same tempo... whereas Chelsea have springboard of a cup final to boost their confidence.

 

[emir]

You certainly are a master debater.

Definitely

 

[Martin Alvito]

Lol.

Mount and Kante and maybe Pulisic gets a game for City.

I'm not sure that this matters, in that the result is ultimately determined by the sum of the parts. West Brom 'mare excluded, they've been nearly impossible to score on.

I'd set odds at:

1/2 City
3-1 Chelsea

I'd also take those Chelsea odds.

I feel like this gets decided by meta factors - does Chelsea have enough left in the tank and stay healthy after grinding out top 4 and a cup final, does someone gift Pep with the method for breaking down Chelsea in that run, and does City stay sharp after three and a half weeks of nothing to play for? A single United draw or City win with a half-strength side ends the league, so I'm sure they'll be instructed that the first order of business is 'don't get hurt'.

 

[davek]

Madrid were pitiful, and maybe you could say there was an element of fortune with their run to the final in that

Atlético began to wobble when they faced them, then Porto were no real threat, and for whatever reason, Zidane persisted with Hazard and rushed Ramos back today... didn’t need to.

But you can only beat what is infront of you, and they’ve done that, and I just say, rather comfortably too.

I think City won’t go in that low, but have to be stacked in their favour, they now need to keep momentum, with the league practically sewn up, need to make sure they keep same tempo... whereas Chelsea have springboard of a cup final to boost their confidence.

Chelsea are profligate and IMO that will cost them.

Pep's got this one.

 

[Tin-Tin]

Id prefer a City win.

 

[Toast]

They defo deserve to be there. I have to say, though, that City swept a team like PSG aside, and I couldn't see Chelsea doing the same. Madrid were truly shocking there tonight. They just handed midfield over to Chelsea. So as good as Chelsea were over the two legs they have to be a distant 2nd favourite.

I'd set odds at:

1/2 City
3-1 Chelsea

 

[emir]

I also love how that WBA result keeps getting brought up under Tuchel but didn't Man City lose to a 10 men Leeds United at home very recently? Very selective posting.

 

[Nymzee]

Can honestly say right here I will only be watching this boring arse final if I can’t find literally anything else to do.