Match Thread | Crystal Palace vs. Man City FA Cup Final (17/05/25)

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Foul not given on Savi.

Getting done here.

 

[Betterdeedthan red]

These referees. Why would he dive if he was going to get there first?

I don't no why did he

 

[PinkFinal]

Need to equalise ASAP these fuckers look like scoring everytime they get near our goal

 

[Rodri’s ACL]

Akanji was a soft fucker then & gk positioning & reactions a bit slow to move

How often does that happen though
Could have played a dm to help prevent it.

 

[hertsblue]

laughable really.
Takes us 100 passes to get to the area before our wingers do nothing with the ball and only takes any team with pace 2 passes and a few seconds to get to our box and score/force a save.

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

The CBs are so far up field that they end up being the creative players it’s all being played in the last 30 yards closing up the play

Yeah makes no sense to me

 

[BluestBlue]

This is why I didn’t want any changes why is Akanji playing instead of Nunes. Look at how Eze scored Akanji is useless he’s not fit

 

[Bald fraud]

Did we expect anything else?

 

[youngbob]

Nothing to do with midfield. Acres of space left by our LB and chance finished because our RB was beaten to the ball

And where do midfielders usually cover if the full-backs are advanced.

 

[WallyA]

Big problem with the back 3 that I noted earlier in the season, and Pep solved with wide fullbacks.

The opposition simply wont press the back 3, they will then easily have the numbers to man mark every other player, because the 3 CBs will always pass the ball.

So we have less space and less time on the ball, so intricate passing is tough and we have to rely on "hero balls" like what KdB does.

Pep solved this, why has he reverted back?

 

[Goater=Legend]

Why is it always City that seem to be victims of that?

How many teams have their defenders have all the possession?

 

[skillman]

I tell you what. Atwell is the only referee who seems to let stonewall free kicks go - that’s twice in the last 2 minutes for fouls on Savinho

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Again, so easy. No DM tracking the runs from midfield. Bernardo was miles behind the play.

 

[SamTheGuru]

Savinho, diving there when he had the pace to get past him

Savinho or Doku need to take this game by the scruff of the neck.

 

[Blu1]

Savinho a waste of time so far.

He’s offering nothing. Not even tracking players

 

[Tricky_Trev]

It’s kind of like having no DM makes us predictably easy to counter.

 

[B\connellblue]

Nice to see Pep has sorted out the issues we've had all season. We are so easy to score against it's unreal.

 

[Micky Blue]

we have just given them something to defend....

We need a passer of the ball like David Silva here...those little precise through balls are what is needed to get through this palace defence

I’d take Ian Bishop atm

 

[BlueMonkey79]

The contrasting quality in wide areas is a chasm.

 

[bluwes]

Could easily be 2-0 down again