FA Cup Final

[Craig_H]

****ing hell.

[Phoenix07]

I was going to say that perhaps they're choosing between the FA Cup Final and Champions League final, but then I realised how wealthy their classless fanbase is. Abomination of a club.

[Craig_H]

The FA Cup final is on their doorstep

[ChesterDave]

1,000 tickets went on sale today, it seems.

[Craig_H]

Via Chelsea FC, you mean?

[ChesterDave]

Indeed. Presumably unsold through their first wave process.

[Craig_H]

Yep, just seen this, which indicates they were EXTRA tickets via the FA

We have received an additional 1000 tickets for the FA Cup Final against Liverpool. Adult tickets for this match are priced £115, £85, £65 and £45 with Seniors (over 65) and Juniors (under 17) receiving a £10 reduction on the full adult price ticket.

All tickets will be sent out special delivery with a £5.65 booking fee per transaction to cover this cost. Tickets must be signed for by the customer. Chelsea FC is not responsible for failures in the postal system. Please note, on this occasion the £1.50 booking fee will be waived on all purchases.

Customers who live overseas will need to collect their tickets from the Chelsea box office by 5pm on Friday 4th May.

[ChesterDave]

I'm not convinced it is extra from the FA. I think they just dont want to put on the opfficial website;

"Hey, you know how we couldnt sell our semi final allocation.... Well the actual final is no better either. We got 1,000 still unsold"

[Craig_H]

It's extra. Confirmed by LFC (via RAWK) that a number of tickets set aside for the 'Football Family' were left unsold and, as these were in the Chelsea end, they were allocated to Chelsea FC.

[Lee]

So what did everyone think of tonight's line-up in terms of who is going to start on Saturday?

I have a worry that we'll start with Johnson, Carragher, Skrtel and Agger at the back.

Bellamy played at the weekend, Downing was benched tonight and Kuyt played this evening. Obviously Maxi won't start on Sunday. Bellamy on the left and Downing on the right?

I can also see Carroll being benched for the final. He's come back from a minor injury and played 90 minutes four days before the game.

I think we'll see

Reina
Johnson Carragher Skrtel Agger
Downing Henderson Spearing Bellamy
Gerrard
Suarez

[colin85]

Lee, Agger must be superman.

[Gibbo]

He's a legend, and a proper hero.

But I really hope Carra doesn't start the final.

Hope Sterling is on the bench too, but he wont be imo.

[Lee]

Lee, Agger must be superman.

He's a class player. What are you trying to say?


**** you, beating my edit.

[BootRoom]

So what did everyone think of tonight's line-up in terms of who is going to start on Saturday?

I have a worry that we'll start with Johnson, Carragher, Skrtel and Agger at the back.

Bellamy played at the weekend, Downing was benched tonight and Kuyt played this evening. Obviously Maxi won't start on Sunday. Bellamy on the left and Downing on the right?

I can also see Carroll being benched for the final. He's come back from a minor injury and played 90 minutes four days before the game.

I think we'll see

Reina
Johnson Carragher Skrtel Agger
Downing Henderson Spearing Bellamy
Gerrard
Suarez

I'm not convinced Carragher will start because he's physically shot and so couldn't cope with a Saturday/Tuesday combo anyway. That leaves the question of: "Why didn't he sit out Saturday and play tonight?"....I'll do a bit of straw-clutching and say that Kenny wanted to give Agger as much time to recover as possible, so out of the main two (Agger/Skrtel) Agger has the Saturday and Skrtel the Tuesday. A further straw-clutch of "why not Agger/Skrtel on Saturday and Carragher/Coates? tonight" - Kenny wanted to divide the centre back resources more evenly instead of having a strong and weak pairing.....Plausible?

[Lee]

Sorry mate, I've read that a couple of times now and it's not sinking in. I'll read it again tomorrow.

My point is that I'm worried that Kenny will start with Carragher. I'd be mortified if that happened.

Edit: Read it again. Gotcha.