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15/04/12
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oh barcelona on the tuesday. i see barce had there league game moved back.

the fa dont help our clubs but i dont care because we had to play the carling cup final 3 days after we played a uefa cup game

no its on the wed not the tuesday.
damm

so good you said it twice lol

we can we will we must. we are sacrificing harry on the alter of the fa, so they owe us big time lol. get us to the final harry then you can bugger off to the fa with our blessing.

I really think chelski will field there strongest possible team , wednesday cl is 3 days so plenty of time to rest and its over 2 legs , I can't see what they have that can beat us, yes respect, but we have a good enough team to win this cup, I hope arry goes for it and doesn't use the CL 4th spot as an excuse if we lose, CL is great but if your seriously going to be within a chance of wining it then I can't really see why every year teams like arselol make it there sol purpose to retain CL football but yet we all know they will never win it , I hope we don't go that way, so arry if your listening go for it mate

TEAM NEWS


Chelsea defenders John Terry and Ashley Cole have been passed fit for Sunday's FA Cup semi-final tie with Tottenham Hotspur.



Terry (cracked ribs) and Cole (ankle) were both doubts
but have trained this week. Right-back Branislav Ivanovic misses the
game as he begins a three-match suspension.



Ryan Bertrand (calf) and Oriol Romeu (illness) are also
out, while Younes Kaboul's knee injury means Spurs manager Harry
Redknapp only has two fully fit first-team centre-backs.



Ledley King's chronic knee problems could rule him out
as he struggles to play more than once a week and he started the 2-1
defeat by Norwich City on Monday, while Michael Dawson is sidelined for
the season with ankle ligament damage.



Midfielder Scott Parker is likely to be available after
he missed the loss to the Canaries, but playmaker Niko Kranjcar has
picked up a knee injury that rules him out of the trip to Wembley.





MATCH FACTS


Head-to-head




• These clubs are facing each other for the 146th time.
Chelsea have won 60 of the previous 145; Tottenham are looking for
their 50th win.



• This season's Premier League meetings were both drawn; 1-1 at White Hart Lane, 0-0 at Stamford Bridge.



• This is the ninth time they have been paired together in the FA Cup, with honours even at four wins a piece.



• The most recent clash was in a quarter-final replay in March 2007, which Chelsea won 2-1 at the Lane.



• They have never met in the semi-finals, but Tottenham
were 2-1 victors when the pair clashed for the one and only time in the
final in 1967.



Tottenham Hotspur




• It is 21 years since Tottenham won the FA Cup for the
eighth time in their history. Only Manchester United (11) and Arsenal
(10) have won the silverware more often.



• Spurs have won half of their 18 previous semi-final
appearances, but have been unsuccessful in the most recent five -
included the season before last.



• The only major piece of silverware of Harry Redknapp's managerial career was the 2008 FA Cup, with Portsmouth.



• Jermain Defoe is Tottenham's top FA Cup scorer so far this season, with three goals.



Chelsea




• Chelsea still have the chance to become only the
second club to complete the double of FA Cup and Europe's premier club
competition, following Manchester United's Champions League, Premier
League and FA Cup treble achievement in 1999.



• The six-times FA Cup winners, who have lifted the cup
in three of the last six seasons, have lost only two of the last 32 FA
Cup matches - one of those being on penalties.



• This will be their 20th appearance in a FA Cup
semi-final. They have progressed from the last four to the end-of-season
showpiece on 10 of the previous 19 occasions.



• Caretaker manager Roberto di Matteo has two FA Cup
winners' medals with Chelsea; 1997 and 2000. Under Di Matteo, Chelsea
have won eight, drawn two and lost one in all competitions.



• Juan Mata is Chelsea's top scorer in the FA Cup, with three goals.

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp is determined to end his club's 21-year wait for FA Cup glory this season.


Spurs, who won the last of their eight FA Cups in 1991,
face Chelsea in the semi-final on Sunday and Redknapp said: "It's about
time we won another trophy.
"This is a great opportunity for us to go all the way this year. On our day we can beat Chelsea. We can beat anyone.
"There is not a lot between the two teams, but they have the medals to show for it."
Spurs are fourth in the Premier League, two points ahead of Chelsea, but have won only one of their last eight games.
"We were in a fantastic position but have ended up losing points," said Redknapp.
"Arsenal have been on a great run and picked up win
after win and that's what has changed - but I'd have taken this position
at the start of the year for sure.
"People forget where Tottenham should be at times.
"They have won two Carling Cups since 1991 and the
average finishing position until four or five years ago was probably
about 10th."
Redknapp guided the team to Champions League football
in the 2010-11 season and is confident of doing so again, but insists
new recruits are needed.
"If we want Champions League football again we need to
improve the squad again in the summer," the 65-year-old said. "You have
to keep improving because everyone else around us will.
"If you want to start winning championships then you
really have to push on and raise the bar because that's the only way you
are going to do it.
"You just need to keep adding a little bit of quality
to your squad. We need to bring one or two top quality players in and
make us even better."
Despite their indifferent recent form, Spurs winger
Gareth Bale is confident his team have sufficient quality to overcome
Roberto Di Matteo's side at Wembley.
"Chelsea are a great side and have done
really well in the Champions League. It won't be easy but if we are on
our game on the day, then we can reach the final because I feel we have
the better team," the 22-year-old said.

"We let ourselves down against Portsmouth two years ago
[in the semi-final], we didn't play well and that was a tough defeat to take.
We've got another chance to reach the FA Cup final and we're determined not to let it slip by this time."

our team v Chelsea - Cudicini; Walker, Gallas, King, Assou-Ekotto; Lennon, Modric, Parker, Bale; Van der Vaart; Adebayor.

subs Friedel, Nelsen, Rose, Giovani, Livermore, Sandro, Defoe.

1 Petr Cech
17 Jose Bosingwa
4 David Luiz
26 John Terry (c)
3 Ashley Cole
12 John Mikel Obi
8 Frank Lampard
7 Ramires
10 Juan Mata
21 Salomon Kalou
11 Didier Drogba

Phil McNulty at Wembley, BBC Sport Chief Football WriterTottenham v Chelsea (1800 BST)
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp
might be chasing a Champions League spot but the FA Cup remains a top
priority. He says: "It's about time we won another trophy. This is a
great opportunity for us to go all the way this year. On our day we can
beat Chelsea. We can beat anyone."

Chelsea have a Champions League semi-final against Barcelona looming, but caretaker manager Roberto di Matteo
said: "We are going to be focused on trying to reach the FA Cup Final. I
am not a gambler. Whatever it takes to reach the final we will do.We
are not going to throw anything away, absolutely not."

Tottenham fan Calum Ward on Twitter: "Why is Friedel on the bench? It's these weird little decisions by Harry which make no sense at all."

Bale nerds. To get in te game

FFS, how can you give that

im going to pub. crap. let down again

f*cking sh*t
bale again did f*ck all
and why didnt we play brad.