Thatâs what I was thinking, but theyâve a match on weds and the Train is not a reliable option.
Traffic would have been brutal.
A police escort wouldnât be unreasonable I donât think though, and a bus.
The average age thing is somewhat misleading too. Chelseas oldest 2 players were Chillwell (27) and Sterling (29). Liverpool had Roberston (29) Endo (31) Van Djik (32) Diaz (27) all starting which brings the average age up significantly. Liverpool finished with 5 players U21 on the pitch (Quansah 21, Clark 19, McConnell 19, Elliot 20, Danns 18) while Chelsea only have one player younger than Quansah (Gusto 20) finishing on the field. The combined senior appearances for those 4 Liverpool players excluding Elliot is 20 excluding yesterdays game, so on average 5 senior apps each. They are very inexperienced. Gusto has 24 apps this year for Chelsea alone.
Semi final. Against KK in 04. Pig of a day and the plane couldnât take off. They had to rush into town and get on the train. Classic Waterford. Nearly as bad as the year that the bus they hired was too big to get into the tunnel under Croke Park. 2008.