Our game is at mid day Saturday!

Ridiculous FA! Wtf is wrong with 3pm!?

In fact what is wrong with just playing the game at Old Trafford!?

Only Everton fans are happy about it being at Wembley cos they want the day out having been starved of excitement for decades.

Yeah I know guys, I personally agree with you. They should easily be able to manage it.

But I think (like everything) including me on FIFA, when I play a few games, I lose interest a bit not give as much.

But when I play after a break, I am enthusiastic and spank everyone.

Also feel as if it was Man United asking the FA... they would co-operate with them.

But in this case for Chelsea, they have deliberately gone the opposite way just to what, spite us?

How many 6pm Sunday games can you remember seeing? With English teams. I really dont think there has been one for at least 10 years, maybe ever.

So they have given us the latest possible time slot... To me thats out of order.

Actually thinking about it, the KO time is mainly decided by the police. The Grand National is on on the same day as the Liverpool Everton game so perhaps that is the reason for the early KO time?

Then again it is probably cos they don't wan 120,000 drunk scousers, so set the time to mid day. No time for the pub that way.

The reason you are playing on Sunday Derry is because Liverpool will never play on the 14th April because that is the day of our Hillsborough Memorial Service at Anfield.

Yeah I think early kick offs is for this reason.

If the game was at 3pm, then you have 120,000 fans in London from about 12 waiting (drinking)... come 3pm, a fair few might be slightly intoxicated

I cant really see any reason why Chelseas would be much later.

Man United are playing Villa at 4pm...

But when you consider Bolton P v P Tottenham 2pm... was postponed due to Tottenham now playing us...

There are no games apart from the 4pm kick off. I really think its a nasty act by the FA.

Get over it Derry. I once had 3 games in 4 days on an old footie manager!

Also, there are something like 20+ players in the squad. Play one team one day and another on the other day

You are all failing to see the point.

No other team gets treated like this and if they did and it wasnt Chelsea, there would be a uproar.

In cases similar to this with United, City, Liverpool and now Bolton... circumstances have lead to pressure been eased and campaigns to help 'right' a 'wrong'.

But in this case people maybe chuckle, think nothing of it. Because I dont have a voice, Chelsea dont have a voice - as powerful as other teams and people.

I think this would be worded in the paper something like "The FA Strikes again" "Who is worse, Labour party of the FA?"...

Had it been voiced via Liverpool. Due to Liverpool being more powerful and are followed.

There is no good reason for the FA do have done this to Chelsea. There are many factors as to why it shouldnt have been done.

So common sense has evaded the FA? Thats a talking point.

But even you said Seb... If English clubs dont do well in the Champions League... we will lose an allocated club spot to enter into the Champions league.

That will cost the FA a fair few quid thats for sure. But yet they have gone out of their way to make a trip to Barcelona a lot harder when it was borderline impossible for us anyway.

I remember just last season we were all making fun of Dalglish because he complained of too many fixtures within a short amount of time.
Maybe the decision wasn't smart by the FA, but is it a well-coordinated conspiracy against Chelsea? I'm not so sure.

Sunday-Wednesday isn't too bad tbh. We had 2 games in 3 days last season, and maybe this cant remember.

Dunno where you get it from that the FA always crease under pressure to us Derry as it has never happened. In May 1989 just 2 weeks after the disaster which saw 96 lives taken from us, Liverpool were faced with 8 games in 23 days.

In December 2009 we were faced with 7 games in 24 days.

Chelsea have 5 games scheduled in 17 days (should they get through to the Semi), last January Liverpool had 5 games in 16 days. This January saw us play 6 games in 20 days. (5 in 17 in 2 different sequences in there)

So I doubt it is this big conspiracy you go on about.

And Jack, you really think Newcastle have a better squad? Better form yes, but better squad nahhh!

Of course we have a better squad...
Our midfield > your midfield.
Our attack > your attack.

Only area you might have one up on us is defense, but even then that's only because Steven Taylor is out injured for the whole season, and Coloccini is injured for the game on Sunday. I'm not just saying that because I support Newcastle either, I've been on the red & white kop forums and a lot your own fans have said the same.

A lot of people on the RAWK forums are United/Everton fans on there to cause trouble. Probably same with Sunderland fans on a Newc forum.


I would say on the attack, at the minute probably yeah, but midfield nope! Would still rather our midfield than yours.

Nah they were genuine Liverpool supporters.
And I'm sorry but c'mon... Tiote & Cabaye are up their with the best midfielder's in the prem at the minute lol.. Who are your main players?? Adams & Spearing?? (Wish there was a laughing smiley ).

Errr, Gerrard?

And if you are laughing at Spearing he has been solid for us stepping in for Lucas has made very few mistakes. Adam is out injured for the rest of the season probably now by the way.

We also have Downing who other than the game against Wigan has been playing really well recently. Suarez on the wing or in an Attack mid role. Henderson plays well alongside Gerrard (again with the exception of the Wigan game) Then we have Bellamy who can play on a wing and tear players to pieces and Kuyt who can make a difference.

Gerrard is pants these days.. Not his fault, that's just what happens when you get old. Spearing is nothing special, Adam is awful, Downing is one of the most overrated players in the whole of England at the minute, and Henderson is average most games at best.

Kuyt and Bellamy are good though, I'll give you that.

Henderson is diabolical most games mate, but that is because he is getting played on the wing, put him in the center with Gerrard (a position I think he has only played 4 times) and he plays well. Gerrard may look pants these days yes but his presence is enough to make opposition teams think twice and give our players a lift.

Adam I will agree is awful, and Downing had a shocking first half to the season, but watch every Liverpool game since Brighton I would say maybe a game or 2 before and he has played well, except for the Wigan game where none of our players played well at all.

Spearing has the fight, and potential to be good it is just a shame he is in the same team as Gerrard as he is always compared to him and was never goig to be as good, but will come a decent player in the next season or two.

I reckon it will be a score draw on Sunday, probably 1-1.

Gerrard is not pants. Ask the bitters. In fact you witnessed it first hand when his first came back he came on against you lot to tear you apart.

Have some respect, if we had Lucas fit all season we'd be in the top 4 easily!

By the way I was just kidding before when I compared you to Blackburn lol. I don't think you're a bad team, I just think you're going through a poor patch. I do think our team is better on paper, but it's football and anything can happen. It's going to be a very tough game for both teams, and to be honest, both will have a pretty poor defense on Sunday, so I can see there being quite a lot of goals for both teams.

I'm going for another 4-3, only this time we'll win

I think you're deluded lol. You beating us earlier in the season wasn't down to Gerrard coming on, it was down to your whole team outplaying us for the full 90 minutes.. I'll be the first to admit that, we were poor, and you played good.

Look at Gerrards performance over the past handful of games he's played and it's blatant to see he's nowhere near the player he used to be, and probably only has a season or 2 at best left in him.

After Chelsea playing...

Man City (League leaders) Away

Tottenham (Champions league fight, £40m + at stake) Home

Benfica (Could be the only root to stay in the CL costing a similar amount) Away

Those 3 games in 6 days.

Then Villa + Benfica again, Tottenham again and then 2 legs with probably Barcelona.

Now there is no team thats had it harder than that this season.

Liverpool had to play a few games... due to the Carling Cup. I dont want to sound critical but thats a competition for loose change. That isnt something someone who invested £500m wants to win.

I have said previously, it was will be. I dont expect them to say ohhh, we can reschedule you... You all think im asking for favours, when im not.

This time slot COULD have been done on Friday, Saturday or 12-4 Sunday.... Instead they give us the second EVER Sunday 6pm game.

So my point is... why have they done this?

When if Chelsea dont progress the FA could lose £30m + And all the revenue created in the process of travelling fans to Stamford Bridge, etc... Flights, Accomodation companies...

Sketched up, £12m on average, this would be Chelsea v Barcelona... hardly average.

I know Chelsea are disliked... but we are English.

If we fail to progress to the semi finals or win the competition... It will be Liverpool, Arsenal, Newcastle... that pay the price. Only 3 teams will be eligable from England... these teams struggle with 4.

Chelsea/City £££ And Man Utd will always be there.