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Old Apr 20, 2007 | 11:37 AM
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This is 'boro who we had to replay in the FA cup, and the difference after 180 minutes was a penalty and the second lag was at OT. Saha, Nev's, Vidic and possibly a few more like Rio,Oshea may not be ready.
Every team has a side which causes them problems, Arse have Bolton, Liverpool have had a few this season.
Also every time we've added pressure to Chelsea like Tuesday they answer back with a result like 4-1 against West Ham. Under pressure from a 3-point gap we folded against Pompey. If they were to close the gap although we'd be leading on Goal Difference the pressure would definately be on.

I was hoping Bolton would close in on Arse, making the Chelsea game a must win for Wenger but now they are quite comfortable in 4th qualifying for the CL next year. I'm not saying Arse will be a push over but if it was more urgent for Wenger to take something from Chelsea then a better game could have been on the cards. The way Arse have played i'd be suprised if chelsea didn't roll them over.

I'd rather it was more tied up before we travel to Stamford Bridge, 1-1 at OT earlier in the season could mean a 3 point drop.

We could spank 'boro 4-0 on current form but we're inconsistent. 2-1 Pompey and three days later 7-1 Roma.
I'm hoping the run of games Chelsea will have come the end of the season will have a dramatic effect on their fatigue, there's not much difference between UTD and Chelsea even Jose said the same so it could go either way.

For me the treble is an after-thought, wrapping up the league should be the priority. As far as i'm concerned the CL and FA Cup should come second. Stopping the quadruple will i think have some effect on the Liverpool/Chelsea CL semi, meaning they won't do the double either.