Crystal Palace (A) | Post Match Thread

[Big Yaya Wilko 12]

One of the things I loved about City -- and why I fell in love with the club in the dark days -- was the sardonic wit and black humo(u)r of the fans, the belief in "typical City", the self-deprecating songs.

Glad most of the "whole life" fans I know continue such behavio(u)rs, beliefs and traditions, success or no.

Obviously I know you aren't scouse, you fuckin' igloo, but no one would figure that from your ever-present moaning and wailing.

Apologies, I thought you were actually calling me a scouser so I was defensive!

Sometimes sarcasm doesn’t compute with me!!

 

[Chris Holmes]

To be honest I don’t have a great deal of faith in either of those to change a game in the last 15 mins but it was probably worth a try.

Defiantly thought Raz was worth 15 mins of mayhem running at them and getting a nice ricochet or catch a stray leg in the box.

 

[Burtonblue]

One of the things I loved about City -- and why I fell in love with the club in the dark days -- was the sardonic wit and black humo(u)r of the fans, the belief in "typical City", the self-deprecating songs.

Glad most of the "whole life" fans I know continue such behavio(u)rs, beliefs and traditions, success or no.

Obviously I know you aren't scouse, you fuckin' igloo, but no one would figure that from your ever-present moaning and wailing.

Great post
The younger generation expects us to win everything all the time
It’s just not how football works
Fuming about missing a few chances while actually turning in a decent performance with plenty effort is harsh….but disappointment is natural.

 

[schfc6]

To be honest I don’t have a great deal of faith in either of those to change a game in the last 15 mins but it was probably worth a try.

Sterling especially is ineffective quite often as a sub. But both he and Jesus and especially Gundogan have a good knack of grabbing a goal. All them giants stood in a line last night, i’m sure Sterling may have found a tired limb to run in to!

 

[IcriedwhenTueartleft]

Arsenal have been brilliant. Their young players are in really good form.

I admire your confidence mate....I suspect that Liverpool will steamroller them unfortunately

 

[IcriedwhenTueartleft]

If Arsenal weren't in such good form and Liverpool not in a downturn of their form I'd have agreed. As it is though, anyone who's been paying attention to both teams these past few weeks, will probably tell you don't count on Liverpool steam rolling them.

Can't see it myself, off the top of my head, Arsenal have not beaten or taken a point off any top 6 club is far this season?

 

[Metalartin]

Can't see it myself, off the top of my head, Arsenal have not beaten or taken a point off any top 6 club is far this season?

Have they played any in the past few weeks though?

I've not said Liverpool will definitely drop points, if Liverpool get back to their best, they are capable of steamrolling them but I was making the point about the recent form of both clubs and what that should logically indicate.

To be fair, I was thinking today that us dropping points might just rejuvenate them/give them the mental boost they needed. As someone was saying the other day on here, it's probably not a co-incidence Klopp was moaning that there should be 5 subs, just as their form started to dip. So I guess the point is, lets just wait and see. They should be beating Arsenal with the squad they have, so I'm ready for any outcome in that game. Not getting my hopes up too high for a favour from Arsenal but I wouldn't be shocked if they do take points off them either.

Are people forgetting the game they gave us in Jan? It was probably that performance that started their good run of form(although I wasn't following them closely before that I admit).

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Apologies, I thought you were actually calling me a scouser so I was defensive!

Sometimes sarcasm doesn’t compute with me!!

Fine, but your takeaway SHOULD be "You know, Foggy's right, and so is everyone else -- I whin(g)e and complain all the fucking time -- maybe I should remember that we aren't going to beat everyone by six, that setbacks are part of what make the victories and trophies sweeter, that we have an incredible manager and side but they’re all human and aren’t perfect, and resolve to see the good in our performances as well as the bad when don't City win."

 

[IcriedwhenTueartleft]

Have they played any in the past few weeks though?

I've not said Liverpool will definitely drop points, if Liverpool get back to their best, they are capable of steamrolling them but I was making the point about the recent form of both clubs and what that should logically indicate.

To be fair, I was thinking today that us dropping points might just rejuvenate them/give them the mental boost they needed. As someone was saying the other day on here, it's probably not a co-incidence Klopp was moaning that there should be 5 subs, just as their form started to dip. So I guess the point is, lets just wait and see. They should be beating Arsenal with the squad they have, so I'm ready for any outcome in that game. Not getting my hopes up too high for favour from Arsenal but wouldn't be shocked if they do take points off them either.

Are people forgetting the game they gave us in Jan? It was probably that performance that started their good run of form(although I wasn't following them closely before that I admit).

Hope you're right pal and I admire your confidence

 

[nellyonthewing]

Is the game plan hold on for dear life and pray that we miss 5 absolute sitters?! I hope so!

Fair point but I'd suspect we have a poorer ratio of chance completion than our main challengers. ?

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Sterling especially is ineffective quite often as a sub. But both he and Jesus and especially Gundogan have a good knack of grabbing a goal. All them giants stood in a line last night, i’m sure Sterling may have found a tired limb to run in to!

Yeah maybe although in the league Jesus hasn’t scored since Sept and only has 2 goals all season. I think Pep has lost a bit of faith in him and Sterling’s purple patch lasted about 5 games.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Really?

Really

 

[Jack74]

Hello chaps and girls , always remember you can’t win every game

 

[the blue panther]

We didn't play as well at Everton or against Peterborough but won, then played - imho - better at Palace but only drew. That's the way it goes. It'll probably happen for Liverpool too before the seasons over - perhaps starting tomorrow night with one of their toughest games of the season. To my mind, Palace away - especially this season under Vieira - is one of the toughest we can face. They are a bogey team for us, so it was no surprise we didn't win. We had plenty of chances and on another day, we could have had 3 goals easily, but it wasn't our night; simple as.
We managed to win late at Arsenal; Liverpool won at Palace. Will they win at Arsenal? Not long to wait to find out.

 

[FantasyIreland]

You are right. Subs would not have made a difference. They weren't suddenly going to find space. There was no space.

There was no space because we allow that situation to develop.Our constant slow,tedious build ups allows and encourages the opposition to stay behind the ball or get behind it when required.
We need an outlet or a plan B that doesn't involve taking longer to get forward than our opponents take to reorganise themselves and park the bus.

 

[Kinkladze 1]

You say “he did his job” by getting CP a point by any means necessary. So would you like him to bring those tactics to City?

I take it you’re a teenager and dont remember the glory days of the Joe Royle / Frank Clarke / Brian Horton era when we employed similar tactics?…

 

[Mr Blue Moon]

I take it you’re a teenager and dont remember the glory days of the Joe Royle / Frank Clarke / Brian Horton era when we employed similar tactics?…

I remember those days perfectly. so your assumption is wrong.
I’d like to think we’ve improved significantly since those days.
Are you seriously advocating that we revert to that style of play when Pep leaves?

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Every man and his dog saw that result coming from a mile off.

Except, crucially, the bloke in the dugout.

It is perfectly reasonable to criticise the guy when there’s a banana skin so big it’s visible from space and yet he jumps on it with glee.

 

[balotellishaircut]

Yeah maybe although in the league Jesus hasn’t scored since Sept and only has 2 goals all season. I think Pep has lost a bit of faith in him and Sterling’s purple patch lasted about 5 games.

Well £100m Grealish hasn’t scored a league goal since middle of December and has 3 goals all season, and before you say he isn’t a striker neither is Jesus this season, he’s a winger, do you think this is a good return for money spent?

 

[Kinkladze 1]

I remember those days perfectly. so your assumption is wrong.
I’d like to think we’ve improved significantly since those days.
Are you seriously advocating that we revert to that style of play when Pep leaves?

Obviously we have improved significantly since those times.

If ever we are shit again and find ourselves in division 1 then the manager will have to employ tactics necessary to get us points or he’ll be sacked. It’s happened before and it’ll happen again. You can’t play like Pep plays with shit players.