Match Thread | Crystal Palace vs Man City (06/04/24)

[Josh_D]

This is one where Pep knows…he has to change it. I don’t think the shape can remain as is and for him to let the lads deal with it.

He usually gives the lads playing a chance after the half but an extra body is needed at the back.

 

[MCFC1993]

Foden for Alvarez, Bernardo for Bobb.

They're the changes to win it. Bobb's played well though.

 

[Fordyboy46]

Not good enough, we have to up it loads for Madrid

 

[chris85mcfc]

Absolute shite

Lost count the amount of times we've given the ball away in the most ridiculous areas, how Palace aren't ahead I don't know

Haaland hardly had a touch and yet misses a chance he'd have scored with his eyes closed last season

Bobb and Lewis probably the only two who come away with any credit

 

[WestGorton]

Get Rodri off, he's running on empty. We're going to need him big time in Madrid.

He does look tired

 

[Nour]

Nunes is on bench but we are seeing a striker being forced to play in the mid

 

[Chak19]

Take off Alvarez and you leave a clearly unfit Haaland against 2x centre backs and essentially play with 10 men.

Why the fuck is he starting if he's unfit ? stop with this nonsense.

 

[Norwegian_Blue]

Sluggish

 

[super_city_si]

No issues if pep took Alvarez & haaland off neither have done anything. Both very poor today

Let’s go full false 9. Bring on Foden and Bernardo.

 

[Fordyboy46]

Alvarez off please, not the answer at all

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Stones or Dias, Alvarez and Bobb off. Akanji, Kovacic and Foden on.

 

[I'm Blue]

I'll take that for now after some of that defending.
Gonna be a long afternoon though.
It was never gonna be easy, Palace away.
I'll take 3 points over a performance any day.
Just hope we get em!

 

[Leroy Leroy Leroy]

Bobb Lewis have looked good on the right

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

a non- peformance , kDB strike masking a very poor first half ,Rodri having a nightmare , Haaland and Alvarez missing more one on one's , Foden & Bernardo desperately needed if we want to win this , no urgency or creativity , only bright spark is Rico Lewis good first half from him , the rest of them need a kick up the arse.

 

[Jonas.shaffer]

another terrible half of football. had too many of those this season.

I don't think it was 'terrible'. You have to credit Palace.

 

[Gorbachev]

Haaland doesn't start against Madrid for me.

Rodri looks tired.

 

[Bluemoonie92]

I fucking hate Palace. Bend over and take it from any other team, play out their skin against us. Kovacic on at ht for alvarez and we will win this

 

[city warrior]

No worried. We created plenty, and what Palace created came from very poor individual decisions (very rare from Stones, and especially Rodri who is playing his worst match in years). That won't happen in the nd half, so we should win this.

 

[ninjamonkey]

Needs changing now rather than waiting for us to be behind and then doing so, because we will go behind carrying on like this. Once again, one too many players in attack leaving us wide open in the middle. Rodri who is having a complete mare himself needs help.

Grealish off at halftime who's been awful, get kovacic on central next to Rodri and push alvarez out wide for now then replace him with foden when needed. Not winning this without somebody coming in next to rodri.

 

[sh249]

We are playing well as a system but unusual individual errors are making a game of it.

Agree. We’ve looked decent on the ball. Just making heaps of stupid mistakes at the back.