Crystal Palace (N) | FA Cup Final | Post Match Thread

[TinFoilHat]

If it's true, it'll be all over social media before you're having your brekkie tomorrow morning.

Indeed. If it was "reported" by the Southern rag Alex Crooks I'd take it with a mountain of salt.

 

[slick]

Got what we deserved and congratulations to Palace on their first ever trophy.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

I'm honestly fed up of him. Offers absolutely fuck all. From beast to Carroll in 12 months. Flat track bully who can't even bully anymore. His transfer fee is 2/3 class players who actually want to run their bollocks off. Hopefully Madrid or PSG come knocking.

As for Phil. If he wants to leave, I wouldn't stop him.

I'd rather have Darwin Nunez. At least he gets in the right positions.

 

[eyalluvitt]

As long as they go to the club shop City will be happy

Get your Haaland Viking machete £17.99

 

[Solatron]

I'm honestly fed up of him. Offers absolutely fuck all. From beast to Carroll in 12 months. Flat track bully who can't even bully anymore. His transfer fee is 2/3 class players who actually want to run their bollocks off. Hopefully Madrid or PSG come knocking.

He took a cowards way out of taking a penalty. £5k a week my god!!!

 

[jimharri]

I'd rather have Darwin Nunez. At least he gets in the right positions.

Steady on!

 

[Coatigan]

That’s how I saw it. Was happy to get the pen call but I didn’t think it was one and would have been upset had it been given against us. Replay showed defender didn’t touch the ball but Silva was going to ground before the contact. Not saying the officials purposefully gave it nor is it an equaliz(s)ing event for a keeper red.

Yeah if that had been overturned, I wouldn't have been upset. If that had been given against us and then not been overturned, I'd have been livid. Poor from VAR. In no way does it excuse the handball one though.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

An awful spectacle if we are being honest, a team that wouldn’t play v a team that couldn’t

That fits about a good quarter of our games this season.

 

[grant1977]

The end of City as we’ve know it!! Absolutely cherish everything Pep has done for us but we’ve lost our way so badly. Times change and now is the time for change

 

[vicblueman]

Thanks Haaland you bottle job!

For a big lad he is a fuckin soft lad

 

[N1985]

On our best run since Rodri injury and Pep changes it all to get Haaland back in. We haven’t scored in 2 matches since. If everything changes to get you back on the pitch you have to take the penalty.

Absolutely spot on pal. The bloke sucks any kind of positivity out of the front line. Anything to shoehorn Erling in, probably in his contract that of fit, he plays

 

[RiversideBlue]

An awful spectacle if we are being honest, a team that wouldn’t play v a team that couldn’t

Disagree. That was an entertaining Cup final if youre a neutral.

 

[jimharri]

He took a cowards way out of taking a penalty. £5k a week my god!!!

How much? He wouldn't get out of bed for that!

 

[Semper aggressus]

Where has all our quality players gone? We have so many average players now. We used to be stacked with world class players.

All got old and left or got old and no longer good enough.

 

[SuttonColdfieldBlue]

Well done Palace I thought they were fucking immense defensively. Romance of cup still alive and kicking.

100% red card but cba using it as a an excuse.

Today was a summary of us this season.

Side to side possession, loads of nice pretty patterns, but very little cutting edge. Didn’t really look like we were going to score. Repeat, repeat, repeat. No plan B, no one willing to do something different.

I was happy to see Pep go for it with an attacking line up.

The problem is if you’re going to play wingers against a low block they need to be able to beat their man or make well timed runs in behind, beating their offside trap, for the slide rule ball and cross.

I like Savinho. I like his kid in a playground style but having watched him for a season he simply isn’t good enough for our side.

Only beats the full back a couple of times a game and his crossing and decision making has been shambolic all season. End product is completely absent. Also soft as shite and thinks everything is a foul. He simply cannot be in this squad next season.

Kev showed today that the club are right to let him go. 3 yards off the free ball all game. Caught dwelling on the ball numerous times and a few bizarre stray passes thrown in. The man is a god but it’s definitely time.

O’Reilly has been a great find this season and has been brilliant for his age. A nipper so I don’t want to dig him out but he definitely isn’t a full back. Positionally, he’s absolutely miles off and he switches off in transitions. I’d definitely keep him but he’s not a full back. We need to go and buy a proper one. Kerkez would be the one for me.

Biggest transfer window for years imo.

Need:

RB
LB
At least 2 CM, probably 3
RW
I’d also do a reset on the goalies.

About as accurate a summary as there is likely to be in this thread.

 

[Claytop]

You can say we played poor as much as we want (we weren’t great) but that VAR decision changes the whole game. We shouldn’t have to beat the officials too.

 

[HSA123]

That cost me over a grand to go down with the family. Fucking fuming

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Steady on!

I wasn't being entirely serious. But when I think about it...

 

[BlumerMooner]

Thought we played well and were the better team.

Stating the obvious but that’s a red and then down to 10 men.

But the twats on bbc agree but happy as it would spoil the spectacle… the fuxkkng spectacle. Bias cunts and corrupt fucking FA. Hope we fuck you in the courts you corrupt fuckers!!

 

[Asa's left peg]

I felt sorry for Kev. Pep set up for everything to go through him even though he hasn't been decent for a few weeks and stuck with it right to the end. It almost felt a deliberate act to show him and us that it definitely is over.