Daniel Sturridge has been ruled out of Liverpool's
League Cup semi final tie against Stoke City tomorrow night.
The second
League Cup semi final that took place this week was the first leg tie in 2014 against this weekend's FA Cup opponents, Mancheter City.
I liked what I saw from him last season, especially the way he out muscled Manchester United's forwards in
the League Cup semi finals.
Sakho's Rennes debut could come in a midweek
League Cup semi against Paris Saint - Germain.
When Liverpool have really needed him in big matches, he has only really delivered once this season, in one leg of
the league cup semi.
The Saints are sitting comfortably in mid table so I expect them to play their very best team in an attempt to reach
the League Cup semi final, so it will certainly not be an easy one for our makeshift side.
City has 2
League cup semi final games and a possible final all of which will drain them.
Year 2 — 2007 League Cup Final Year 3 — 2008 ECL Quarter Final —
League Cup Semi Final — EPL 3rd After leading the Premiership since the previous September until Eduardo had his Leg broken at Birmingham — with a REALLY young Team.
But all that would be just decoration if the games themselves weren't worth watching, and the best argument for the importance of
the League Cup semis comes in the fact that for the disinterested viewer simply looking for entertainment, recent years have been very strong indeed.
Not exact matches
He only started 16 Serie A games & finished with 7 goals & 7 assists in a tight Serie A. He's a big game player - scored in the Champions
League final against Barcelona in 2014/15 & both legs of the
semis against Real, & the recent Italian
Cup final this season with his first touch.
Year 4 — 2009 ECL
Semi Final — EPL 3rd — FA
Cup Semi Final Year 5 — 2010
League Cup Final — ECL Last 16 — EPL 4th Year 6 — 2011 ECL Last 16 — EPL 3rd Year 7 — 2012 - EPL 3rd Year 8 2013 — EPL 4th and we Led the EPL for 27 Weeks of the Season Emirates Financial Constraints ease off FA
Cup win in 2014 FA
Cup win in 2015 People talk about the 8 Season wait for a Trophy — but we had our share of Finals and
Semi's.
Last season we handed Chelsea a comprehensive hiding in the
league, beat City in the FA
Cup semi final and defeated Chelsea (again Soundly) in the FA
Cup final to mention a few.
In my honest opinion I don't think any team will touch Chelsea and City this year, so 3rd place was as good as it gets with a quarter final champions
league, and
semi final FA
cup.
Perhaps an FA
cup semi against a lower
league team would suit Arteta, where his passing and vision would help us to set the tempo and aid our attackers.
ONE What have City won during this period?Champions and
League Cup and we beat them in the cup semi final rememb
Cup and we beat them in the
cup semi final rememb
cup semi final remember?
After losing their FA
Cup semi final with Aston Villa on Sunday and looking off the pace in the race for Champions
League qualification, current boss Brendan Rodgers is under pressure.
next season has to be title / double with fa
cup / cl
semi at least or nothing else will do for me, wenger's had three summers including this summer now to try and bring in big names (and he has delivered in the last 2 summer windows) so that's more than enough time to build a first team capable of winning the
league.
Hence Arsenal don't need any more players they can win FA
cup and 3rd place EPL and
semi's in Champion's
league..
defense should be ok just the attacking side needs changing more pace and direct running in behind gets us a BIG NAME C / F that can do it all up front on his own we are at least 2 more big attacking names away from a least making c / l
semis, but once again well done for winning on the night just shame we could get the third and make c / l history on wars and upwards in the
league and f.a
cup coyg
On the cusp of 4th in the
league, knock out stage of the Europa, in the
semi's of the Carabao with the FA
Cup to come.
And also extend their knockout run in the Europa
League Cup by knocking out CSK Moscow to reach the
semis.
And so far achieved in the Europa
League Cup by knocking out CSK Moscow to reach the
semis.
I always think if you reach the
semi final then take it seriously because then you have a good chance of some silverware but it's never worth risking key players for the
league cup.
Despite the Gunners excellent home record, they have won just 3 of their 11 away
League games this season, but adversely Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 10 away games in the FA
Cup, and even more if you include our Wembley
semis and Finals!
The
league is gone, but we're in the Carabao Cup semis, we're one of the favourites for the Europe League, we're always the favourite for the FA Cup, and only six points off second at the time of writing this, so there's still a lot to pla
league is gone, but we're in the Carabao
Cup semis, we're one of the favourites for the Europe
League, we're always the favourite for the FA Cup, and only six points off second at the time of writing this, so there's still a lot to pla
League, we're always the favourite for the FA
Cup, and only six points off second at the time of writing this, so there's still a lot to play for.
We currently have just 15 matches left season if we win all 15 we will be in the
semi finals of the
cup, 1/4 finals of the champions
league and 100 % guaranteed 3rd spot.
I would set my expectations to reach the
Semi finals if we didn't have a nightmare match or a rough draw — same as with the FA
Cup or
League Cup just with better opposition.
When Jose Mourinho's Manchester United were in the Europa
Cup semi finals last season, the Portugese boss gave up on the title race and rested players in important Premier
League games so they could be fresh for the infamous Thursday night competition.
Walking out on a
cup final early is poor saying the things after is poor we have had the most consistancy of any pl club for 20 years it goes bad we lose and we show no honor in defeat i never mentioned wenger i mentioned the lack of support in a
cup final was sad and by walking out it showed we've been spoiled city did nt leave the
semi early last year when we beat em they did nt leave early wehen they lost in
league one and i cant stand city im arsenal through and through we won a
cup last year and the year before were in another
cup final and tempemental fans leave early even though it takes alot to get to a
cup final maybe you need to lose more to lose respectable its hard it sucks but its a
cup final bigger than the management our opinions for a day its about how you show you solidarity as a club win or lose every other club in england would of taken our spot in a heartbeat if they could of and we lea e early that shows spoilage and it was embarrassing to see we need to be stronger as supporters newcastle does nt like ashley yet they still show up and when was the last time they won a
cup?
The Gunners are away to Burnley and then there is the FA
cup semi before the Premier
League game at home to Jose Mourinho's team and even if the Gunners win it, we will need Chelsea to have dropped some points in their two previous games away to QPR and at home to Man United to have a chance of overhauling them.
After an empathic win against Lancaster 1s last week to secure the BUCS Northern 2A
league title, our netball 1s continue their
cup campaign tomorrow where they host Leeds Beckett 1s in the
semi final.
12 April 2016: City plays Champions
League QF, while Arsenal rests 16 April 2016: City vs Chelsea (away), Arsenal vs Crystal Palace (home) 23 April 2016: both City and Arsenal play FA
Cup semi final (rescheduled games: City vs Stoke City, Arsenal vs Sunderland) 30 April 2016: City vs Southampton (away), Arsenal vs Norwich (home) 3 May 2016, delayed games: City vs Stoke City (home), Arsenal vs Sunderland (away) 7 May 2016: City vs Arsenal (Etihad stadium) 15 May 2016: City vs Swansea (away), Arsenal vs Aston Villa (home)
League cup will not be a factor as the 2nd
semi is on 22nd of Jan..
Klopp has won the
league twice, won domestic
cups, and went to a CL final and
semi.....
Look if Wenger was winning something every two - three years, a championship here, an FA
cup there, a
semi final of Champs
league etc. nobody would be complaining but this is just ridiculous
The Gunners won their Europa
League group to set up a Round of 32 tie against Ostersunds FK, are in the
semi finals of the Carabao
Cup where they take on Chelsea and begin their FA
Cup campaign with a trip to Nottingham Forest next month.
After a handful of midweek fixtures, there are six
league matches coming up over the weekend - with four live on Sky Sports Premier League - while Manchester United face Tottenham and Chelsea play Southampton in the FA Cup
league matches coming up over the weekend - with four live on Sky Sports Premier
League - while Manchester United face Tottenham and Chelsea play Southampton in the FA Cup
League - while Manchester United face Tottenham and Chelsea play Southampton in the FA
Cup semis.
Recently, fans have become unhappy with the Reds» inability to challenge Manchester United for fourth spot in the Premier
League, and a limp performance in the FA
Cup semi final against Aston Villa capped a disappointing end to the campaign.
German
Cup success followed in the form of the DFB Pokal, however it was Champions
League heartache as Bayern were eliminated at the
semi final stage to Atletico Madrid.
Barcelona in the
semi's of the Champion's
League last season A.Madrid winners of the Uefa
Cup.
Mourinho won the
League Cup twice in his first spell, and he's in with a chance of winning it again this season, with his side through to the
semi final stage.
He was truly dire against Chelsea in both the FA
Cup semi and the
league game at Emirates.
If the current
league position was just a little more healthy then perhaps we could expect to go into this game all guns blazing, in the hope of securing a
semi final berth in this season's EFL
cup competition.
With artificial pitches now allowed in the Conference National
League, as well as in all rounds of the FA
Cup (apart from the
semis and final) then this article looks as to why they are gaining in popularity with Clubs and whether they may one day be accepted by the Football
League.
Unfortunately, they have faded by the wayside in 2011, winning only four of their twelve
league games since the turn of the year, though what they relinquished in standard in the
league they made up for in the FA
Cup, beating the likes of Birmingham City, Fulham and Wigan Athletic, all away from home, en route to the
semi's.
And given the European
Cup Competitions pedigree of our Europa
league semi final opponents, you won't find many if any, that are expecting us to reach the Final.
The coach, who came close to joining Chelsea's Academy as a youngster, will hope the Blues beat the Saints again in the FA
Cup semi on Sunday, virtually confirming Burnley qualify for the 2018/19 Europa
League along with the Londoners.
Thats the thing now Gorse Hill Red, we are now talking about Chelsea games with regard to wondering what blatant decision will go against us, pretty bad its come to that but it cant be ignored, watch the FA drag the Rooney thing out and then guess what banned for 1 match for either the FA
Cup semi or the Arsenal or Chelsea
league game.
The Blues will face Southampton up next in Premier
League and in FA
cup semi finals too; but this season is almost over for them.
One other Greavise quote I always liked was when Bill Nicholson gave him a rest for a
league match at Southampton the week before an important
Cup semi final against Nottingham Forest.