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

[blueballs84]

Doku
Savinho
Foden
Marmoush
Pep

All need to go.

You forgot Haaland.

 

[Mad_fer_it]

One word - cowardly. They deserve every bit of criticism that comes their way. I hope they feel fucking ashamed of themselves. Only Doku looked even remotely up for it.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Sorry but I'm looking forward to a new manager. Pep's been amazing, sublime, incredible. Thank-you Pep. But he isn't any more. That's the reality. He's run his course and it's time for someone else to take over.

Couldn't agree more. Will go down as the best ever - but time has been called.
Yet another loss of his own making.

 

[madloaf]

Don't worry everyone, pep doesn't fuck up finals

Except when he does.

 

[Longdarnit Blue]

No dynamism at all from us but how anybody can think that Palace deserved to win is delusional. Their anti - football is worse than our meandering tippy tappy.

 

[eyalluvitt]

Every time we sell out Wembley Pep and the players shit the bed

 

[Nellies left peg]

We have no playmakers whatsoever. We rely on central defenders to hoof the ball into the box.

No playmakers no movement and sideways predictable passing all game. Palace weren’t good but we were fucking awful

 

[RiversideBlue]

I get why people criticise Haaland but we have 2 fucking useless wingers who can’t get a ball to him.

Gbardiol has probably got more goals then Doku and savinho combined this season too

If he was truly world class he wouldn't have given the ball to Mamoush.

 

[Micky Blue]

I cannot see us getting CL football now.

If Haaland bottling the pen sums up our players mental fragility, there’s no way we recover from this for Tuesday.

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

I'd also say good bye to CL next season, we won't make it with these performances. Been a horror season

A lot of it is down to Pep himself.
As Coatigan alluded to, next season is crucial for him.
Off we start next season the same as we have been this season, you can’t see him walking.

Is he out of ideas?

 

[stuart_kennedy_tache]

Sorry but this Kev farewell tour was always gonna cost us,everybody knew it but Pep. How the fuck did Haaland on the pitch whole game? How did Savinho start? Time for Pep to go, I have totally ran out of patience with him. Yes I know keeper should have been red carded and all that, but apparently it’s more important for KdB to have a farewell tour than City win trophies, if that’s the case time for Pep to go.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

I think Palace took the lessons from the 5-2 mauling the other week than we did.

 

[noseve]

100%.

Should Henderson have been sent off? Yes.
Should we have been able to at least be level at 90 minutes regardless.... Yes.
Shit game, shit season.

Personally I wouldn't be shattered to see both Pep and Haaland go.

What is the scoring record of the striker you'd bring in to replace Haaland, then?

 

[RiversideBlue]

Don't worry everyone, pep doesn't fuck up finals

Except when he does.

Which is quite often

 

[Coatigan]

End of an era I think.

It has been amazing. Can't complain one bit.

 

[Micky Blue]

If he was truly world class he wouldn't have given the ball to Mamoush.

Oh I completely agree.
I cannot understand that.
It’s terrifying that he did that.

All I’m just saying is he is a proven goal scorer but he feeds off scraps and we don’t play to his strengths.

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

Yip well done to palace hunger and desire to hang in there,we just want to keep passing it around then the penny drops to late in the game when we see a bit of urgency..

Haaland doesn’t work in our team against ten men defences.

 

[blueballs84]

What is the scoring record of the striker you'd bring in to replace Haaland, then?

Playing a striker on the modern game isn't just about scoring.

 

[BigJoe#1]

Congratulations to Palace... don't like to lose to anyone but if we have to then Palace are an acceptable option.

It is their equivalent to our 93:20 for them (or maybe even better) glad that City were part of it.

 

[walker_is_faster]

Another! Watch the fucking save! It’s a huge deflection.

Doesnt matter, after that his reaction was slow.