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

[GaudinoMotors]

Take it it's turned into an I love the club more than you, thread.

 

[heslops barnet]

no way there is a bigger chance to win a premier league than champions league atm.

Top 4 I was alluding too

 

[richardtheref]

My racist friend who I suspect only came on board in recent years claims this is the worst City line up ever. Quite clearly not around in the 80s/90s

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

I remember similar stuff when Mancini dropped Dzeko after scoring 4 goals away at Spurs.

Must have been hard work trying to keep Sergio, Edin, Mario & Tevez happy

 

[Franny 1234]

Disappointed with the negative comments in this thread today. Admittedly I thought both Jack & Doku earned a starting place until I read about both not being 100% fit.
KEEP THE FAITH. IN PEP WE TRUST.

 

[MeatnSpudsMCFC]

Pep’s lineups.

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

See the matchday moaners are getting in early this week.

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

Just got in to see the shitshow on here. Might go back to the play centre with my granddaughter and that was bad!

Get yourself a beer and pull up a pew. Just don’t go in the match thread if we’ve not scored within 2 mins.

 

[Millennium]

Walker and Lewis on the right is a concern. We don't know what Pep sees in Lewis to choose him as right back.

 

[M12Blue]

I've seen them mate but we're in a bad spot here and I think Jack and Jeremy can pull up their boots for a couple weeks and play through some soreness and knocks for the club. We've wrapped them in cotton wool long enough.

Smells like not fancying Selhurst Park in a storm to me, I feel like Peps not throwing them under the bus to the press but it must be exasperating. He was talking up Jack in the middle the day before and seemed like he was planning on continuing with it.

Bollocks. If they break down playing when not fully fit esp if muscular be out a lot longer.

 

[Jonas.shaffer]

Pep prioritizes the Juve game, it's that simple. He's likely to sub on Doku and Grealish after the break.

Why wouldn't he be prioritizing this? There's a far greater chance we miss out on the top four than the top 16 in UCL or whatever the cut off is.

 

[Franny 1234]

Walker and Lewis on the right is a concern. We don't know what Pep sees in Lewis to choose him as right back.

My guess is Peps a better judge than us

 

[eyalluvitt]

Don't think Eddy has done much wrong, maybe a couple of errors in the Spurs game but I think it's a contract issue.

Feyenoord he was howling

 

[Jonas.shaffer]

Walker and Lewis on the right is a concern. We don't know what Pep sees in Lewis to choose him as right back.

Lewis is at left-back... and Walker is the far greater concern of the two, in my eyes.

 

[Ajm1985]

Get yourself a beer and pull up a pew. Just don’t go in the match thread if we’ve not scored within 2 mins.

Not sure beers at the play centre are a great shout

 

[dronefromsector7G]

Shit team , fuck of Pep, 9-0 to Palace coming up

 

[PragueBlue]

Walker and Lewis on the right is a concern. We don't know what Pep sees in Lewis to choose him as right back.

Could play LB with Gvardiol at CB I suppose.

 

[Jonas.shaffer]

Personally, I'd have priorised today's game. Win today, and it just increases the pressure ever so slightly on TMM. On Wednesday night, we could have been (realistically) 15 points adrift, taking GD into account. Win today and, even though they'll have a game in hand, we'll be 6 (realistically, 7)pts behind.I want the 5-peat, rather than a second CL. Others will disagree; so be it.

I just said the same thing. Even bigger chance, given Spurs and Brighton's poor results in the week.

 

[lancs blue]

Shit, I've blundered into the "let's slag off Lewis" thread by mistake...

 

[journolud]

Rest one of them but not both.

Which one do you want to risk losing for a few games for the sake of asking them to do too much now?