Crystal Palace (H) | PL | Post Match Thread

Otamendi's Beard said:
Pat on the back for you all being moaning bastards rather than waiting to make judgement on the actual performance.

I'm so glad the likes of Macca and O'Reilly bagged. A shit first 30 mins but thankfully a match lasts for 90.
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If we want to moan if the team are playing shit we will. It was a great comeback and in the end we got a great result. However it's a match day thread and you comment as you see the game going. If I want to comment what I see on the pitch I will do. If you want to pretend your happy for likes you do that.
 
Xhavenjoe said:
We were poor the first 20 minutes.
After that a DeBruyne Masterclass.
I genuinely didn't see that comeback coming.
Delighted to see McAtee scoring and his general play was good.
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We weren’t poor but we were wide open behind Nico and they exploited it well. Now it’s down to Nico but they’ve created team as a whole.
Could have easily have been 2 up as well as 2 down.
 
Just got back, thoroughly enjoyed that after the first twenty minutes. Where did this city team come from? The fight and passion was back, fighting for every ball. KDB was superb, along with others. Marmoush was like a terrier ( a bit Tevez like). Mcatee when asked said the fighting talk came from Kev, Dias, Gundo and Kova. Biggest compliment you can pay Nico G is he just knits everything together and goes under the radar. Thought the atmosphere was good, and I didn’t hear any booing. Frustration possibly, but not booing where I was. Like others I thought the lineup was odd, but Pep pulled it out of the bag and deserves full credit. I’m pleased for him as much as anyone as it’s been a tough old season. I would love Nico and Mcatee to become a permanent part of the squad, next season although I think Nico might be claiming a regular first team spot, sooner rather than later. Hope Eddie is okay and back asap. For me it was the return of the fight, press and passion that pleased me today. Tough game next week, but all to okay for now. Plus nice being back in the light at a decent time.
 
Dodge said:
I've heard no mention that the corner that resulted in their 2nd came from a free kick that was taken about 20 yards further forward than it should've been. Kova was penalised for a foul inside their D and the keeper took it from about the middle of their half.

Winds me the fuck up when the ref let's this go.
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It’s by design absolutely certain of it,happens to often similar fouls and so forth not reffed correctly for both teams..
 
KDB turned that game for us....

IN the first 20 mins we (and KDB were awful - as bad as we have seen in the whole time Pep has been here)...then something clicked....KDB was the catalyst and leader for this. Without the ball KDB was awful in the first 20 mins...then he changed and started fighting....
When they had the third goal disallowed Pep was speaking to some of the players..i also think he tweeked something tactically at that point...Marmoush I think started slightly wider (not touch line hugging) which helped cover the wide position a little and McAtee started roaming a little more central as did KDB - and we seemed to get control...Nico Oreilly started to step more into the middle of the park as well and the back line were more aggressive and on the front foot

There is a long way to go but that second half was more like our old selves but with a real fragility to it at times.

On an individual basis KDB was the standout, Nico Oreilly after the first 20 was very good. Nico G did very well as wel. McAtee was wasteful at times but good in parts. Marmoush once he got the idea of workign harder was decent but he needs to be more consistent in his all around performance...he is good in front of goal but he has to work harder in other elements of the game especially defensively and there were signs of this in the second half
KDB without the ball is an issue...magician with it...but without it and especially in the first 20 mins he was awful..he just stepped running on a number of occasions when we didnt have the ball...then something clicked and the rest was vintage KDB
 
Luke The Blue said:
If we want to moan if the team are playing shit we will. It was a great comeback and in the end we got a great result. However it's a match day thread and you comment as you see the game going. If I want to comment what I see on the pitch I will do. If you want to pretend your happy for likes you do that.
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You’re
 
come-on-barney said:
Just got back, thoroughly enjoyed that after the first twenty minutes. Where did this city team come from? The fight and passion was back, fighting for every ball. KDB was superb, along with others. Marmoush was like a terrier ( a bit Tevez like). Mcatee when asked said the fighting talk came from Kev, Dias, Gundo and Kova. Biggest compliment you can pay Nico G is he just knits everything together and goes under the radar. Thought the atmosphere was good, and I didn’t hear any booing. Frustration possibly, but not booing where I was. Like others I thought the lineup was odd, but Pep pulled it out of the bag and deserves full credit. I’m pleased for him as much as anyone as it’s been a tough old season. I would love Nico and Mcatee to become a permanent part of the squad, next season although I think Nico might be claiming a regular first team spot, sooner rather than later. Hope Eddie is okay and back asap. For me it was the return of the fight, press and passion that pleased me today. Tough game next week, but all to okay for now. Plus nice being back in the light at a decent time.
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Spot on!
 
Blu3m00n91 said:
We created 12 big chances today. I’m gonna say without checking that’s the most this season in one game. So bizarre when you consider just how bad that opening 30 was.
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To be fair, McAtee's pass back and Marmoush's 1v1 were either side of their first goal. We were only bad in terms of just how easy it was to attack us quickly - we were decent on the ball first half and then just excellent
 

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simon23 said:
KDB turned that game for us....

IN the first 20 mins we (and KDB were awful - as bad as we have seen in the whole time Pep has been here)...then something clicked....KDB was the catalyst and leader for this. Without the ball KDB was awful in the first 20 mins...then he changed and started fighting....
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That is nonsense.

We played the whole game pretty much the same way (until the last 20 mins when we went more into keep what we've got mode). We created the same amount of chances in the first 20 mins as the we did the next 20 mins. The difference was the we took our chances and didn't give them as many clear breaks.
 
come-on-barney said:
Just got back, thoroughly enjoyed that after the first twenty minutes. Where did this city team come from? The fight and passion was back, fighting for every ball. KDB was superb, along with others. Marmoush was like a terrier ( a bit Tevez like). Mcatee when asked said the fighting talk came from Kev, Dias, Gundo and Kova. Biggest compliment you can pay Nico G is he just knits everything together and goes under the radar. Thought the atmosphere was good, and I didn’t hear any booing. Frustration possibly, but not booing where I was. Like others I thought the lineup was odd, but Pep pulled it out of the bag and deserves full credit. I’m pleased for him as much as anyone as it’s been a tough old season. I would love Nico and Mcatee to become a permanent part of the squad, next season although I think Nico might be claiming a regular first team spot, sooner rather than later. Hope Eddie is okay and back asap. For me it was the return of the fight, press and passion that pleased me today. Tough game next week, but all to okay for now. Plus nice being back in the light at a decent time.
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At one point where their goalie fielded a backpass I said "Carlos would be charging at him now!"
 
samuelyeboah said:
let me tell you, i picked a hell of a day to miss the first 30 minutes of a game
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Ditto. I said to the Mrs not sure I would watch today as I have a load of decorating to do and after last week's shit show, wasn't sure I could be arsed as well. Not like me - I never miss a game unless it's totally unavoidable.

Anyway, I gave in after 40 mins and downed paint brush to watch the game, only to hear the commentator say it was perhaps the best first half of football he'd seen all season. FFS.
 
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