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Was it fuck? We scored and nullified them completely after that.

Really good, didn’t put a foot wrong all match.

Stunned we could beat Arsenal without Emil Krafth.

Arsenal without Odegaard are really poor. That second half while chasing a goal was diabolical, no idea what to do at all outside the corners.

Longstaff has looked really solid and confident.

Really quiet here by the way after a win compared to the double digit pages after Sunday.

I mean that's right after the bad loss of possession by Isak. Has nothing to do with the midfield setup ffs. Edit. Like Vlad had already commented.

Get in!

I thought he was good although should've done better on the big chance. His touch, ability to carry the ball and shooting are majestic. Certainly has been a wasted career so far but I still love to watch him play as a neutral.

Yeah, I never understood the 'we were awful' narrative about Sunday. They had their chances today but still feel like we deserved to win this more than they deserved on Sunday although I'm hardly neutral.

Wouldn’t mind one of the bigger teams left at home. Rather face Liverpool or Arsenal now at home than in the final.

The one Kelly blocked was a good chance and then the Felix miss. Can’t remember much else from second half?

Thought it was a very professional performance. Pressed high early and got couple of goals. Chelsea had few dangerous counters mostly from us stupidly losing possession. Dropped back and it was quite comfortable despite Chelsea having couple of decent chances. Some really good individual performances (Krafth, Tonali, Joelinton etc.) and better from Willock and Longstaff. Pope not being able to catch anything is weird and Gordon once again appeared a bit sulky at right and all our good stuff came from the left.

Nah, he was garbage before Eddie and absolutely pointless signing. Glad it’s not true anymore though.

I was confidently placing him in my worst ever NUFC eleven before Howe.

I have no idea how he looks this good now on very limited minutes.

Would like some more possession to ease the pressure but we are defending really well here.

Yup.

Kelly with a Burn-esque block, get in!

Aye, was mad. Felix has looked good, talent and career don’t match.

Not for me, Kelly has had few shaky moments and Tino is so much quicker than Kraft, although he has had few blunders this season.

We had 7 last season (Bruno, Joelinton, Tonali, Willock, Longstaff, Anderson and Miley) and Longstaff had to play basically every match. Ideally that would be a role for some kid from the academy but that won't happen for a while.

We can't allow a 26 (tomorrow 27 year old, happy birthday Sean) regular to walk for nothing. Even getting £10-15m would be important and if not, he has a role as a homegrown 5th-7th choice CM in any case.

This is way too small of a sample size for any conclusions especially considering the circumstances. 10 players for the majority of one match and then matches against possession ultras Spurs and Man City. Trend is also upwards as we were much better than Brighton in everything but finishing chances. 60% possession (64% in the first half), outshot them two to one and xG was clearly to us.