Crystal Palace (A) | PL | Post Match Thread

[wattle]

I don’t even think that’s a bad result under the circumstances. It’s painfully obvious we’re not winning the league this season. We need to finish top 4 so win our home games and draw away and we’ll be fine. Didn’t agree with the team selection re Doku and Jack, but there you go. The planks on the match thread saying we were getting dominated by Palace and it was embarrassing were ridiculous. We look so much better than in previous weeks.

 

[Leeky]

Can’t control games anymore, haven’t got the players to go up and down, easy to score against and not creating enough with possession when on top.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

Defensively shit(except Dias who was great).

Passing ability has reached a worrying level, either sideways, backwards or give it away for 99% of passes.

One or two players too weak in the finishing department.

Players getting bullied out of possession constantly.

Having said that, the ref was trolling today surely, ONE foul given to us before Jack came on at 87 mins or thereabouts, including sending Rico off for being fouled, a suspicious stat.

Re the second yellow, did the ref take advice before wielding the card, because var would know they cant reverse it, also suspicious.

Beating the rags next week would be the high point so far this season, sad but true, just like old times.

Pep was fuming, maybe thats a good thing given his character.

I suspect that a lot of Pep's anger was towards the shite performance by the bloody ref.

One team clearly exempt from fouls or bookings , and it wasn't City

 

[blue by birth]

How did Lewis share some blame?

Because he's the scapegoat mate..keep up lol

 

[robbieh]

Why can't we play any of the youth lads like a wright or O'Reilly in the middle just to give us some legs we won't know if they are good enough if they don't play it's obviously not working with what we are doing now

Absolutely. Other clubs do it. In fact Barca make a habit of it. The game where Wright, McAatee and O'Reilly all played was one of our better performances during this poor run.

 

[wolviedinho]

Wasn't the target an average of one major tropy per season. We are dramaticlaly overperforming on that front. Don't think there will be a major expectation of winning it every year from anyone sensible in the club. Need to work out what went wrong with transfers, who we need in, and take it from there. Not a time to be losing our heads.

Not losing head mate,sick of the excuses.

The team is bang average. Hoping that viana can pull out few rabbits is 50/50.

I don’t blame pep or the players. Problems down to poor management.

Anyway, that’s me done.

Next up -:)

 

[paulchapo]

We beat a shit Forest side and some on here were giddy that we were back, well we're not, we still have the same problems but we will be back, it might just take us some time.
Relax, it's not the end of the world

The result against Forest was great but we all saw the three great chances they should have scored against us too. Teams used to dread playing us, now they're licking their lips.

 

[MadchesterCity]

so sick and tired of the commentator

 

[cookster]

And you think he was blameless ?

Completely.
He didn't gift 2 goals to Palace.

When did we become Liverpool?

 

[Roachy]

Been to see us at Croydon many times in 80s and 90s never remember seeing us win. Mainly draws, I regard a 2 2 draw twice coming from behind as a point won. Wish many of our fan base would lose their sense of entitlement and enjoy what we have. An away point is always good, I'm happy tonight just off to Spoons.

A point away is ok as long as you don't want to win titles.