Crystal Palace (A) | Post Match Thread

[super_city_si]

No subs is just fucking weird. Havent a clue what hes trying to prove with that. Bernardo wasnt on it at all. Why no gundo? Foden false 9 against teams that sit really deep and just pack the area doesnt work. Why no jesus.

yes we should have been 2 up at half time but we had no fucking clue second half and no changes just doesnt make sense.

big lift for the dippers. We‘re definitely struggling at the moment. no striker is going to hurt us.

 

[daztrueblue91]

Dippers, hate to say it have finishers in front of goal we really lack that. I wish we still had Sergio.

We knew that in the summer and decided to spend £100 million of Jack Grealish rather than sign a striker.

We’ve no one to blame than ourselves for that.

It’s not like the writing wasn’t on the wall either. The fact Gundogan was our top scorer is pathetic with the forward players in this side.

 

[johnnytapia]

Pep doesn't make subs when the game is open.

It works for him 80% of the time.

It’s like is a surprise every time it happens.

80% you say? Pretty good odds.

 

[Blu3m00n91]

Time to sit on this thread and watch the bed wetters emerge….

any other day and we win that 3-0 it just wasn’t to be. Regardless of what happens on Wednesday it’s in our hands still. This is football at the highest level if you wanna watch a cake walk to the title every season go watch bayern Munich zzzzzz.

I don’t doubt Pep and this team. Bring it on.

 

[Revolver]

Would have obviously preferred the win but tonight not end of the world. This is not the German or French one horse league. Palace are on a good run and are hard to beat. We had our chances but our players are not machines. We kept going but it’s wasn’t our night.
The only irritant was the Sky team willing Palace on but we don’t play in red so hey ho.

 

[N1985]

I would love for someone to check who the #1 player in the league in terms of shots blocked by defenders is because it has to be grealish by a country mile

I'd like to see who the #1 player is in the league for setting up chances for his teammates to miss. I'm guessing Jack is right up there pal.

 

[Dirty Harry]

I've never seen Foden so anonymous in a game

I have, it’s normally when he plays that false 9, wasted there imo.

 

[Wanchope n me Dickov]

We assume Liverpool have already beaten Arsenal.?

Yes and that’s the beauty of football - one title contender drops points. The other gets giddy and drops all 3

 

[madloaf]

Yes really!

Just checking ;)

 

[paulchapo]

We've done well to win trophies without a proven striker for a couple of years it it's starting to catch up with us now. The squad is starting to look stale and predictable. It badly needs freshening up in the summer. If.....and I must admit it's a bloody big if Liverpool lose on Wednesday it will be seen as a great point. The problem is we have a similar game like this; n Wolves away where I can see a similar result or worse. Both Liverpool and our teams are evenly matched but their forwards are better and this may prove the tipping point.

 

[deano ou812]

You don’t deserve to win the league if you can’t beat teams like Palace ( yes no one has a Devine right to win any game)when we should have been at least 3-0 at HT,chance after chance missed the only surprise is Palace didn’t win it with their first shot on goal,which we know all to well in games..

 

[Irishblue93]

Knew that Bernardo chance was going to come back to bite us....

 

[Dr Jacoby]

Can’t believe we haven’t scored against Palace this season.

Liverpool have the momentum now. The game at the Etihad is a must win.

 

[stan bowles]

The longer the game went on the worse we got. Players losing their self-control. Bernardo should either be dropped or made the sacrifical lamb as the false 9 because you cannot have Foden being played in that role any longer.
Utterly ridiculous he never tried one subsitution.
At least our possession stats will be so so good...perhaps the players are more concerned about that than putting the ball in the net.
Can't wait till we have a goalscorer in our team again.

 

[give it to gordon]

Not great.

But I hate the park the bus teams. Playing at home with 11 behind the ball.
The fans celebrate like they have won abit odd.
Guess that's a complement.

 

[Chak19]

First half was wasteful, second half was one of the worst I've seen this season, and of course Pep doesn't make a single sub.

It seems like whoever took points off us in the first half of the season will do it in the second half, so that means we won't beat the scousers, hopefully we'll get a draw.

 

[Blu1]

When we Fook up it’s usually the same reasons - tactics & subs

business end of the season & having no striker will cost us & we all know it.

A top striker drags us over the line

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

Love Pep but why will he not make changes ?

Its laughable how often he mentions not being able to make 5 substitutions as well. Next time he says it, one of the journo’s should just ask him “why”?

 

[super_city_si]

Could say the same about KDB, Laporte, Rodri, Foden and Cancelo as well. All were well below their best.

And yet no changes. Baffling

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

Great point. Different circumstances but it reminds me of the point away to Stoke in the 11/12 run in. If you can’t win it, don’t lose it. Could be the point that makes all the difference.

At least one point clear with only 9 games left. Once again, offer that to anybody with a pair of bollocks in August and they’d have snapped your hand off.

Cheered me up that!