Crystal Palace (A) - Sat 7th Dec, 15:00 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

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supercity88 said:
They looked shite against Ipswich so yeah...could turn it on when we rock up.

Ultimately, with Juve, Rags and Villa to play we're better off giving SP minutes in this game and keeping the general shape otherwise than mixing things up further. Hopefully Stones and Akanji are both back soon, even if Ake isn't. Three tough games that have the potential to really define our season.

Win at Palace without injuries first step!
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If Pep is reluctant to lose Gvardiol's attacking qualities, then he may bring in S-P.
 
No doubt Palace, like many other teams seem to do, will turn into Brazil when they play us tomorrow !

It's rare that we keep a clean sheet at the moment which is understandable without a settled team. I'm just hoping to get the 3 points anyway we can but to do so we will need to be clinical and take at least two or three of the chances that we will create....
 
Looking at all our injuries and absences the best hope for us tomorrow is the weather helping and a postponement tbh.

Asking a 33 year old and 34 year old to play a 2nd game in three days in midfield is asking for trouble. The back 4 will be a mish mash too. Only fair thing is to call it off and come back in April I reckon.
 
Lee the Blue said:
Looking at all our injuries and absences the best hope for us tomorrow is the weather helping and a postponement tbh.

Asking a 33 year old and 34 year old to play a 2nd game in three days in midfield is asking for trouble. The back 4 will be a mish mash too. Only fair thing is to call it off and come back in April I reckon.
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Tra-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.
 
Weather forecast looks shite tomorrow so can see a few games being off. The dipper Derby is forecasting 70mph winds. Ours will be on but it will make it a tricky game.

To be honest if it’s a defence including Walker and Lewis then we may need to score 3 again to win.
 
ninjamonkey said:
Possibly the swiftest and most pointless press conference yet?

Quick summary of the press conference

How's Foden? Out

How's ake and akanji? Out, don't know yet.

How's stones and kovacic? Out

Kdb new contract? Nothing to do with me.

Thoughts on palace? They play good.

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Our defenders are made of glass
 
If Rico plays, please keep him out wide to actually defend. In the midfield, he fucks up the chemistry.

Jack, KdB and Gundo again with Nunes coming in for Kev after the game looks secured.
 
Mike S said:
No doubt Palace, like many other teams seem to do, will turn into Brazil when they play us tomorrow !

It's rare that we keep a clean sheet at the moment which is understandable without a settled team. I'm just hoping to get the 3 points anyway we can but to do so we will need to be clinical and take at least two or three of the chances that we will create....
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These managers in the prem are getting quite clever. They will have watched vids of recent city performances. Feyenoord, spurs and even Forest who got through a few times.
Our only defence to the ball over the top is to not lose the ball in the first place. So need confident on form players
 
bluemoon32 said:
Our defenders are made of glass
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They're not (Stones aside) we just decided to go into a season with 6 defenders, one of which is 34. Soon as one goes down with injury the strain placed on the others to play every 3 days woth no alternatives was always going to see them all fall.

Dippers have had injuries to TAA, Bradley, konate, Robertson, tsmikas, arsenal have had injuries to white, timber, calafiori, Gabriel. The difference is, they both have the standard 8-9 defenders in a squad so they can cope with injuries and not put too much strain on the fit ones, we do not. It's entirely our own doing and piss poor squad management.
 
ninjamonkey said:
Possibly the swiftest and most pointless press conference yet?

Quick summary of the press conference

How's Foden? Out

How's ake and akanji? Out, don't know yet.

How's stones and kovacic? Out

Kdb new contract? Nothing to do with me.

Thoughts on palace? They play good.

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Pep will be happy with that !
He hates Press Conferences and the infantile questions put to him.
Obviously, no mention of KDB coming back to fitness and form ?
Or Jack in a more central position tomorrow ?
 
I think we're back on the struggle bus tomorrow. Just as we got the defence sorted out its fucked again. Hopefully Kev can play again or midfield is fucked again too.
 
Lee the Blue said:
Looking at all our injuries and absences the best hope for us tomorrow is the weather helping and a postponement tbh.

Asking a 33 year old and 34 year old to play a 2nd game in three days in midfield is asking for trouble. The back 4 will be a mish mash too. Only fair thing is to call it off and come back in April I reckon.
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With Juve, Rags and Villa to come this is the game we can look to rotate. We don't have many options, which isn't ideal. But Palace away has been a pretty happy hunting ground for us, and they don't look very good this season. We can draw at Juve and it wouldn't be a disaster, but win that game and top 8 is back on - which would be positive considering the situation we're in at the moment. Then we have two games we really must win and the game just keep coming thick and fast.
 
ninjamonkey said:
They're not (Stones aside) we just decided to go into a season with 6 defenders, one of which is 34. Soon as one goes down with injury the strain placed on the others to play every 3 days woth no alternatives was always going to see them all fall.

Dippers have had injuries to TAA, Bradley, konate, Robertson, tsmikas, arsenal have had injuries to white, timber, calafiori, Gabriel. The difference is, they both have the standard 8-9 defenders in a squad so they can cope with injuries and not put too much strain on the fit ones, we do not. It's entirely our own doing and piss poor squad management.
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7 defenders - Gvardiol, Ake, Akanji, Stones, Dias, Lewis, Walker

Two of those often have injury issues, one of those was clearly looking past his best and another is young and not one we should have been relying on so your point still remains.

However, Arsenal and Liverpool might have an extra one on paper but they're generally reliant on younger players or unproven players within that count. There's no reason Simpson-Pusey can't come in and do a job on Saturday, particularly next to Dias. Liverpool have had to use Gomez and Quansah who are a considerable drop to their usual options.

Our defence would cope a lot better if we defend well ahead of them and don't give the ball away or play suicide passes as we've seen consistently in recent games - even with Gundo and De Bruyne on Wednesday.
 
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