Crystal Palace (A) Post-Match Thread

[BLUEMATT23]

Great performance yesterday, however I thought Mendy had a very poor game. Dreadful passing throughout and error strewn.
He needs to buck up his ideas.

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

We HAVE to start taking more of our chances. The reason why is no matter how dominant we are in a game we always give the opposition at least two good chances. Today Ederson saved them but often teams have one or two shots on target and they end up in our net.

For the Zaha chance we had at least three reasonable chances to have got the ball away, but trying to be too intricate and lay off a delicate pass put us right in the mire. Ederson was rightly furious.

Look at today, a game we dominated from start to finish and should have scored six, yet one cross and one mix up and we could have ended up with a 2-2 draw. Crazy.

Aye. BUT we won 2 - 0 and it we could've had a lot more. Why always dwell on negatives that didn't happen anyway.

 

[Dazzle84]

If you're feeling down at any point this week just think about that second goal. Oof.

 

[OB1]

A fine demonstration of defending by dominating possession - a true Pep trademark. It might not come off in every circumstance but paid off well enough yesterday. We looked really classy (apart from the finishing).

We smothered them for most of the game.

 

[Citizen in Pakistan]

In a strange way I am really enjoying this season, even the defeats haven't felt as bad as it used to, coupled with injuries it has pushed us to the spot where we are the chasers and personally I love fighting from when people start writing you of or doubting you ability. It has a unique pleasure of its own.

There is no fun in dominating all the time, challenges are necessary and make for an interesting story.

 

[havefaith]

Get the link posted mate it deserves hits. Too many complaining about poor coverage so I am sure they would love to view this

To honest didn't think I knew how to post a link, copy and paste has been deleted so here we go.

To anyone who hasn't, read it well worth a read

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/majestic-man-city-should-cherished-20657086

 

[stan bowles]

Just saw Pep's post match presser. Wow...he was seething after another obvious penalty not being given for us. No misconstruing the irony in his voice. He's realised that VAR is being used to screw us over alright.

 

[deano ou812]

Back to doing what we do best control the game,thought Fernandinho and Rodri were fantastic at CB,d.silva was very good thought g.jesus was absolutely brilliant motm for me,but can’t not mention ederson and that unbelievable save from benteke,possibly save of the season for me..

 

[Bill the Blue]

Back to doing what we do best control the game,thought Fernandinho and Rodri were fantastic at CB,d.silva was very good thought g.jesus was absolutely brilliant motm for me,but can’t not mention ederson and that unbelievable save from benteke,possibly save of the season for me..

All of what you said above deano.

Plus, if you have good players , trust them and allow them to express themselves in a fluid system you will win more games than you lose.
Pep has complete trust in the team and knows the players are good enough to play in any position on the pitch and put in a performance.
We are changing how the game is perceived to be played.
You don't need full backs, centre backs, midfielders and forwards in a rigid shape, you need good, intelligent footballers who work hard for each other and manage the game on the pitch.
That's what we had yesterday and it looked good..
We have a lot of interchangeable players who can slot into the first team and not look out of place.
We can thank our Manager for that..

 

[foggy1974]

no,i feel really stupid now for thinking that VAR would work for us as they wouldnt be able to shaft us anymore because the evidence of poor decisions would be there for all to see, how fucking wrong was i

Dont think you're the only one