Christ, you lot are fucking miserable. I’ve heard of a post mortem, but this is more like a pre mortem.
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Latest injury reports are that Chiesa is available with Salah close. Alisson is definitely out and Frimpong is still to be assessed.
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i have a sneaky suspicion that we’ll beat them,
there you go…
I’ve said it!
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I’m convinced this will be the start of an unbeaten run until the end of the season which will include CL and FA Cup wins.
You heard it here first..
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The way Pep saw off arsenal in the final making them look really poor, he will not have to do much to beat us just play fast and we are doomed, doomed I say. 
Nah
3 days ago I predicted a cup double.. ..
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But Rambo’s extremely venerable, and you’re a young whippersnapper, so it’s only fair to give him a head start.
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And you, Mr Poster of the Year…you can remove your laughing emoji on my prediction post when the Reds win on Saturday.
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Nothing would give me greater pleasure.
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Is that official? The FA has been holding back the information for some reason. I suppose having a City employee blowing the whistle would account for that.
Edit: just noticed the date. Nothing on the FA website yet, although West Ham seem to know their officials
Confirmed now:
Referee: Michael Oliver
Assistant Referees: Stuart Burt & Timothy Wood
Fourth Official: Paul Tierney
VAR: Paul Howard
AVAR: Sian Massey-Ellis
https://www.thefa.com/news/2026/apr/02/emirates-fa-cup-quarter-final-match-officials-20260204
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The fair and impartial Oliver who has never, ever caused controversy with his decisions favouring one team over the other in this particular fixture and not only.
This is a joke. The FA is making a mockery of its own competition, whereas once more the club is about to get shafted without making a peep about it.
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I’m actually in two minds about whether to watch the thing now. I stopped watching the Premier League other than us a fair while back.
I suppose I can line up a miserable film for afterwards to cheer myself up. I’m actually running out of them. I suppose there’s always “Threads” but that is literally the nuclear option.
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No Alisson…
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I’ll likely miss this on Sat as on a stag do pub crawl from 12 - a blessing in disguise perhaps.
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