Crystal Palace (A) - Sat 6th April, 12:30 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

[timperleyblueboy]

Looked like he took a knock late on against villa, so not surprised with madrid coming up.

 

[manimanc]

Kev to start and Phil benched apparently.

I know Phil has played a lot lately (thanks TwatGate) but nervous at the thought of in-form players being benched.

I'd like to think benched is the sky sports news version of being rested ahead of the Madrid game.
Called rotation if you want to put a label on it.

 

[69FACUPfinal]

I dislike Palace, one of our bogey teams, similar to Wolves. Hard to predict this one I would love the lads to muller them 4-0, but we find parked buses notoriously difficult ( see Arsenal last week), plus iirc we have Atwell/ Tierney combo, so if we do score, they need to be clear goals that they don't have an excuse to overturn.

Hard to predict apart from they will clog us at every opportunity, get no bookings, time waste, be quick on the counter and have 11 behind the ball.

Personally think Phil would have been a better option than KDB, but realised he has played far too many games of late,no thanks to Waistcoatgate.

I also hate early KOs, just doesn't feel right.

 

[Blue Steel]

Try 'rested' instead of 'benched' or 'dropped'.

Real away will be a game with a lot more intensity than today and we'll need Foden's energy there. Also, it's better to start with fresh players than with players who played 60 hours ago. Imo, Pep's going to make 5-6 changes from Wednesday.

I don’t disagree, he needs to start midweek.

Just expressing my annoyance that Phil was overplayed by Southgate which means rest for him now is imperative. Hopefully we won’t need him second half and he’ll be fresh for Real.

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

Kev to start and Phil benched apparently.

I know Phil has played a lot lately (thanks TwatGate) but nervous at the thought of in-form players being benched.

He can't play them all. We've 7 games between now and April 28th. I'd rather he was managed than burnt out.

 

[manimanc]

Where's everyone watching the match?

 

[stonerblue]

Think he got a bit of a knock at the end of the Villa game.

Yeah, took a whack on left ankle by looks of it.

 

[CC1]

Yeah, took a whack on left ankle by looks of it.

lets hope KDB steps up ( did I really say that :-). )

 

[give it to gordon]

How can a pl game take place when there is no parking ? Not only do have to leave at silly o'clock in the morning there's also no parking !

 

[lancs blue]

How can a pl game take place when there is no parking ? Not only do have to leave at silly o'clock in the morning there's also no parking !

Tbf you have to be desperate to drive to Selhurst, terrible place to get to by road from the north.