Crystal Palace (A) - Sat 7th Dec, 15:00 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

[Bay Area Blue 93]

Say we buy a rodders backup , once rodders is back he will never play again because rodders is our main man and we have players that can make a fist of it for the odd games

Do that for every player currently injured then we end up with a bloated squad that pep has to keep involved somehow and we go above the number we are allowed anyway

Our squad is big enough , pep knows what he is doing and i think you are over reacting

We have won four titles in a row , we are due an off season

And then we'd be Chelsea, with 3 players for every position!

 

[chaddblue]

Run out the same team.

Let everyone build chemistry.

No Rico starting please.

Rico will have to play left back if akanji’s out

 

[clarion]

Rico will have to play left back if akanji’s out

Nope. That’s Gvardiol‘s.
Pep will rather play Simpson-Pusey than Joško as CD.

 

[Gone for a Burton]

Nope. That’s Gvardiol‘s.
Pep will rather play Simpson-Pusey than Joško as CD.

Rico rb,Kyle & Ruben cb,Josko lb.

Hopefully then the same team again.

Sorted !!

 

[Bellamy's Caddy]

Rico will have to play left back if akanji’s out

He's been trusted to play there before and several times for England, so this feels a realistic shout. Hopefully being taken out of the starting line up v Forest and a bit of a rest will have done him some good. He isn't the only one who would have benefited from some rotation but needs must and they've given their all.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

He's been trusted to play there before and several times for England, so this feels a realistic shout. Hopefully being taken out of the starting line up v Forest and a bit of a rest will have done him some good. He isn't the only one who would have benefited from some rotation but needs must and they've given their all.

Agree he was probably our best/most consistent player in the early games of the season.

He's fell foul of being a bit of a jack of all trades and being overplayed with our injuries.

 

[SWPISHOME]

Ortega
Walker
Dias
Gvardiol
Lewis
Gundogan
De Bruyne
Bernardo
Grealish
Doku
Haaland

Not an ideal back four going into this game, We looked much better with Walker and Lewis out of the side on Wednesday.

 

[hcblue95]

I'd rather see walker at cb than rb because it's painful when he gets it on the right wing.

 

[Roachy]

Come on lads, get the win and get outta there.

 

[jimharri]

Nope. That’s Gvardiol‘s.
Pep will rather play Simpson-Pusey than Joško as CD.

Disagree. Has to be Gvardiol and Dias as the CBs. S-P isn't ready for this. Palace have some dangerous players up front, and we'll need experienced heads out there.