Crystal Palace (A) | PL | Post Match Thread

[blue by birth]

funny how we never moaned about refs when we were swatting teams away like flies.

Some of us did..just because we win it doesn't stop refs being shite..just more noticeable if we not winning I guess

 

[manimanc]

Have a nice night y'all.

I'm going to watch forest smash the red mardarses.

Super city.

Just call me Jonny Wishbone.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

He goes over the top, unintentionally to be fair, on Rico.

I can translate that, as the laws prescribe, as careless and bordering on reckless, but for some players it's ignored, for others it's a red. I've seen enough football over the decades to have witnessed some shitty hopeless refereeing, and today's card for Rico was another example.

 

[wolviedinho]

Survival is the word pep used in his press conference.

Many of these players won’t survive.

He knows we have a real fight on our hands for top4. Reminds me of when we were compete with spurs for top 4. This season is going to be brutal unless we buy new players on Jan and they somehow make an immediate impact. Lots of ifs.

Set pieces today were poor. The marking was non existent.

Anyway, we all know the faults.

Survival and it’s live… -:)

Wonder what Makem is doing these days? Or Samaras or dabo or dunne.

 

[Stiff Little Wingers]

I could dig out players and Pep's choices in the starting lineup, but anybody who wins 18 trophies gets a free lifetime pass from me,

It’s not a lifetime pass but in this context I’m happy with a point

 

[Scottish Cityzen]

Exactly. Too many “nunes was ok”. Hes fuckin shite.
Not good enough.
Hes not alone.

The decline in our squad is appalling

He has become a ‘meh’ player, decent moments but they are few and far between.

Added into the fact that he’s had to be used as a utility left winger because he’s too soft to play a useful role in the centre of the park. I can’t fathom the how’s and why’s of a player being given a great opportunity not to be busting a gut in terms of distance covered, soft in the tackle etc.

I’m disappointed as I thought he could or should have been making a bigger impression here.

 

[shemnel]

The injuries are the primary reason. It's having a knock-on effect to other players in that they are not getting their usual rotation. Whether that rotation would be for physical or mental tiredness doesn't make a difference, it's still needed. Players cannot play every 3 or 4 days and still be at their best.

We can disagree, I think there's been rotation to a degree. Either which way, I don't think a point at Palace is too bad in our current form. Just got to keep working at it.

 

[southamptonblue]

He has become a ‘meh’ player, decent moments but they are few and far between.

Added into the fact that he’s had to be used as a utility left winger because he’s too soft to play a useful role in the centre of the park. I can’t fathom the how’s and why’s of a player being given a great opportunity not to be busting a gut in terms of distance covered, soft in the tackle etc.

I’m disappointed as I thought he could or should have been making a bigger impression here.

When he's even approaching, being a fraction as hopeless as the current Gungogan...I'll worry ;)

 

[makinghistory]

Not sure how you seperate Pep from the players he's had. He's trained them, picked the team and no doubt had a massive influence on who we bought over the years, what more do you want and what makes you think that the players he has had led to his success? He could have a different group of players and won even more? Are there any players in particular you think he couldn't have done it without them? When you're a manager at the top of the game you get good players per se.

Not necessarily talking about his own purchases Im just raising the question as to could he have done it without so many wc players. When he came in the first season we could see what he was trying to do but won nothing. He then got the players he needed and we started winning. It's not a criticism of him. A typical eg now is without Rodri and a partly fit KDB could he still win something ?

 

[East Level 2]

Someone commented in the match thread that Nunes is having a good season. I'm on a different planet to that opinion. He's fuckimg dismal. At one point today, he trod of the fucking ball and it dribbled out for a throw-in. Comically awful. Sure, good cross for a goal, but is that it? If we are going down the path of this calibre of tart, you can enjoy boring bullshit mid-table football for as long as players like him pull on our shirt. Fucking shocking player. You can throw that beach footballer Savinho into that mix too, fuck me he's a million miles away. I could swing for the scouting and procurement department, who the fuck saw talent in them?

Nunes and Savinho aren't shit, but they aren't good enough to be regular starters for a top four team. And I'm not convinced by Doku either though he has scored a couple of crackers.
Oscar Bobb is probably the best wide option in the long run but it will take time to get back to full fitness.
We need to buy a couple of players who are ready to start, not to sit on the bench.