Crystal Palace (A) | Post Match Thread

Excellent result and the performance not as bad as the media are making out and some on here , we never gave Palace a sniff of our goal and should have been at least 4-0 up at half time , very similar to the Forest game , where we played well and wasted a dozen chances.
We need to be more ruthless in front of goal and our build up play is laboured at times , Pep's obsession with posession at times is to the detriment of the team , but who can really argue result like the Palace are exactly what wins league titles.
We might be labelled the most boring team ever to win trophies(they didnt watch Leeds in the 70's) , but that stinks of envy and jealousy and long may it continue , we dont need the media to blow smoke up our arses , they can do that to the Gonns and start their inquest at the end of the season when they have won f*ck all.
 
BolinCell said:
problem is we won't get 11 more scruffy wins. We are garbage once we get to the penalty box. Teams are just putting 10 men behind the ball and waiting for us to pass and pass and pass and then fuck up and get caught on the counter. Some teams with less ability can't wait to get to the wing near the area and cross it. We can't wait to get to the opposition wing near the box only to then pass it back and work an opening on the other wing then pass the ball all the way back to Ederson. We got away with it today with a silly penalty, apart from that we never looked like scoring.
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Still 7.
 
richards30 said:
I actually thought you played pretty well to be honest , especially against a team that didn’t want to play at all?? Could have scored maybe 4-5 , freezing cold night at a bogey ground for us in the past? Every time just sits back against us these days so performances like the centurion season are going up be fair less unfortunately as teams had a go back in them days and left us to tear them apart. Thought Grealish was great again and Rodri was superb!
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We also played far more aggressively and direct back then,rather than this backwards/sideways shit which creates the scenario where the opposition have little alternative but to sit and wait till we lose possession.
 
FantasyIreland said:
We also played far more aggressively and direct back then,rather than this backwards/sideways shit which creates the scenario where the opposition have little alternative but to sit and wait till we lose possession.
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Agreed mate and I personally think if that shot Jack tool in the first few minutes had gone in we would have gone on to score a couple more in the first half? All in all though a much better performance than some are making it out to be
 
richards30 said:
Agreed mate and I personally think if that shot Jack tool in the first few minutes had gone in we would have gone on to score a couple more in the first half? All in all though a much better performance than some are making it out to be
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It wasnt a bad performance,we dominated and should probably have been 2 or 3 up at HT

However......for a few reasons....The word of the day was 'frustration'

The positive in recent weeks is our attitude and our never say die approach,i'm not suggesting Cancelo was the reason......and im sure its pure coincidence.....but moral is clearly high and we look far more together as a team since he left.
 
I've just watched the highlights again. We get some great chances, and on other days they'd be buried. We just need to give the City+ TV a bit of a bang on the side, get the system back into flunter and we'd be 4-0 up by HT. and the chances would be knocked in - 90% strike rate, instead of the current 15%.
 
Maybe just me but I really didn’t enjoy that performance at all. I thought we were sloppy and slow and gave the ball away far too much. Coupled with CP usual tactics it was a hard watch. Good result although we are winning tough rather than beautiful. Thought Rodri and Jack were good. Our back 4 not great with Aki the best and most consistent.
 
Great result, let's get that straight. Another league win, something like form now, although the performances could be a touch more consistent.

I thought first half was really decent actually, but it had an air about it, with the very good chances going begging. Palace looked like doing a defensive number on us until Olise's brainfart. That Mitchell at left back always plays very well against us....

Everyone mucked in, I don't really have a motm, possibly gundo or Rodri. Onwards Blues.
 
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