The Budweiser FA Cup

[Lineker]

Is the Chelsea vs. Boro game on anywhere apart from talksport?

[Colly]

Nope.

[Matt]

I could swear it was on tv

[Khain]

Is the Chelsea vs. Boro game on anywhere apart from talksport?

Yeah, ESPN Latin America :/

[Colly]

Highlights on ITV4 later on.

[stokeriño]

Astonished that Ake starts...

Not because I think he shouldn't be getting starts in the first team. More that Benitez has had several better opportunities to play him (e.g. Brentford, games we were winning by a wide margin...) but has never bothered, short of a 30-odd second cameo against Norwich, so it's a fair leap.

Edit: Tsk, Moses only had to stick a foot out and we'd be ahead...

[stokeriño]

With that said, Boro's defence is looking much, much worse than Brentford's.

[Matt]

If this were to go to a replay it would be played next Monday and as such chelsea would play Wednesday Saturday Monday Thursday Sunday. Crazy.

[stokeriño]

If this were to go to a replay it would be played next Monday and as such chelsea would play Wednesday Saturday Monday Thursday Sunday. Crazy.

Would seem about par for course, considering our season so far.

Luckily for Boro a poor defence is little concern when our attack is this shocking!

[Matt]

Ba, Lampard and Hazard to come on? In the 75th minute of course, given that benitez is manager.

[stokeriño]

75th minute is optimistic. I could see Ba getting an 88th minute run-out.

HT 0-0. Lalalalala.

Occasionally Oscar/Moses/Torres have shown flickerings of intent, but only ever one of them at a time and the final ball they attempt to provide has always been shit...or non-existent. Can't recall any real shots on goal per se.

"When Rafa gets the sack! When Rafa gets the sack! We're gonna have a party, we're gonna have a party, were gonna have a partyyyyyyyy... When Rafa gets the sack!"

[stokeriño]

Yaaaaay we actually took a shot and Ramires scored. 1-0.

[Matt]

Apparently it's been given to Torres.

[stokeriño]

...If that's a joke I'm not sure I understand.

[Dan]

Torres was credited by the stadium announcer, deflected off his head.

[Matt]

No Talksport are saying that it was given to Torres.

[stokeriño]

Oh. I thought it deflected off a defender's head.

(My stream is too shit/foreign to discern the PA anyway)

Hazard on, and it's not even the 60th minute...my God. Someone must be injured.

Edit: Oh wait, it was Yossi who came off. Nevermind.

[Matt]

I love how Stan Collymore was slagging off Torres for missing that chance and then the other commentator pointed out it was going into the top corner until the keeper tipped it over. Why is Collymore still employed?

[stokeriño]

Twenty minutes to go and Chelsea are doing their darnedest to let Boro back into this.

Edit: Decent effort from Hazard though.

Edit 2: Nevermind, Moses makes it 2-0.

[Khain]

Go-la-zo. Amazing pass by Oscar