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

[dickie davies]

I'd be subbing Savinho off immediately or very soon into the second half
He's not contributing

 

[waspish]

Problem is palace have practice attacks on the break all week while we are doing what we always do and we are the one of worse teams in premier of the ball!

 

[glyntowen]

we've played well without getting the goal we deserve
defence needs sorting as we still look ropey and there is an error waiting to happen
Savinho just not ready and soft as fuck

 

[CityDE]

Nico G seemed so promising in his first few games. Is he shit in training or is he already the next Kalvin Philipps? Don't know why Pep doesn't trust him.

 

[Newmoston1212]

They done a poll on skysports app asking whether Henderson should have been sent off. 58% are saying No-the ball was travelling away from goal. Got to be fans fucking trolling

 

[simon23]

Not sure if VAR can give free kicks. I thought it was for offsides, penalties and red cards.

Ah of course...yes

 

[chesterbells]

He's going away from goal... like you have to be facing directly the goal to score with no keeper there?.. how do you round a keeper without going away for goal for about a second??

100% true. That’s exactly the point mate.

 

[Crooked_rain]

I'm sick off the constant slow ,turgid side to side . It doesn't tire fucking anyone out .

It reminds me of the Spain team around 6 years ago or so when they weren't really threatening to win anything anymore. It was just side to side over and over with very little else.

It works if you can pull the trigger and find the killer ball when the opportunity comes but we can't seem to do it anymore

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

it was a bit soft

The defender cleaned him out. That kind of challenge has been a penalty for 20 years.

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

Fuck it,

Mystic TinFoilHat predicts Ortega red card and Scotty Carson wins us the cup with his penalty.

:)

Lump on…

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

Any player that misses a penalty is mentally weak.

Its a free shot on goal from 12 yards.

You don’t know what you’re talking about. Clearly. A free shot apart from a keeper trying to stop the shot.

Anyway, this thread is making me want to go out and kill someone, so I’m out.

Those who aren’t not complete bell ends, let’s enjoy the second half and see what we can do.

 

[theholysmurf]

Why didnt we even get a free kick for it...regardless of whatever interpritation there is of the incident surely it should be a free kick?

It is what it is, but if that’s Ortega vs Fernandes then we’ve lost a player.

 

[Gorbachev]

We need to get this "we have had 80% possession, we should be winning" type of mentality out of our systems.

The game is changing with more and more pace and power players coming into the game. Tiki taka is on the decline as the number of silky 10s and 8s are decreasing.

Teams are getting results with low to moderate amounts of possession nowadays

 

[pbueno16]

Opposition love playing against us.

Cant remember who said it this season, but the player said, when City have the ball we rest.

Aina I think and he’s spot on.

 

[citymad]

I'm sick off the constant slow ,turgid side to side . It doesn't tire fucking anyone out .

That’s why I’ve never understood that argument.It tires out the attacking players just as much as the defending players.

 

[ShedDweller]

Say its not a red card which it 100% is. How's it not a free kick outside the area wtf

It’s fucking laughable, can’t give the clear as day free kick cos you’ll have to send the keeper off…

Oh ok, do fuck all then…

 

[YatesA]

Incredible that the BBC are making Haaland not taking the pen the story, and not the most obvious red card ever not being given and the keeper then saving a pen.

Even rooney scoffed and them trying to bring the rules in to justify it.

 

[Silva&Silva]

Reverse the roles in the var decision, if Haaland had tapped the ball away from the keeper and scored would it been allowed?

 

[Norbert D]

The Henderson incident is nothing to do with atwell to be fair. It’s whichever incompetent **** in the VAR box

That fucking clown Gillette

 

[DisturbedSwan]

Think we’ve played really well first half but worrying lacking that cutting edge in the final third, not sure how we’re not at least 2 up.

No idea how their Keeper wasn’t given a red for a handball, no idea why Haaland didn’t take the pen.

We’ll see what happens in the second half, I’m not exactly confident we’ll be able to break Palace down though after last weekends effort against relegated Southampton.