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Crystal Palace (H) Post Match Thread
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Rammy Blue
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Good to “see” you mate.I think it's compounded by the fact that it means we don't have Stones/Laporte as the CB pairing. Otamendi's not been great recently, Walker's form has been iffy. You'd think Pep would want stability in the back 4 and better ball players on the park.
Anyway, it's gone now. There's a game Boxing Day to put this right and get some rhythm back.
Yesterday was a horrible selection by Pep, he thought we’d be able to get away with it knowing we had big guns on the bench for the second half. Going 3-1 down to the shitty penalty just made it a bridge too far and we panicked.
Shit happens, we move on.
p.s. I agree with your earlier post about Stones/Laporte, said the same yesterday.
aguerooooo
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imho the next three matches are premiership wise the most vital for us Leicester won at Chelsea and Southampton have had an upturn in form since they changed manager It is imperative that we go into the liverpool game no more than 4 pts or at worst 5 pts behind i cannot see liverpool losing in excess of two games whilst we were poor at Chelsea and sluggish v Everton and yesterday follows a pattern However we no doubt can feel unlucky with injuries to are best 3 players Having said that we have a manager who despite head patting all our players at the end yesterday. would have felt it as deeply as we do and will not give up our title ambitions with ease
Neville Kneville
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If Wolves had finished like Palace, Liverpool would have conceded 8 goals.
Bizarre game.
Walker has been the opposition's most effective player in recent weeks.
Bizarre game.
Walker has been the opposition's most effective player in recent weeks.
kaz7
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Doubles are won all the time,we have done it twice recentlyChallenging for 4 trophies will always open you up to injury and fatigue. Both Chelsea and City lost winnable games yesterday after playing in the League Cup midweek. Yes Leicester also played but they haven't had to also play in Europe in recent weeks. A 2 legged semifinal against Burton plus a final (presumably)are 3 more matches than we have play more than Liverpool. Add to that the PL game that will have to be moved out to accommodate the League Cup final. Mind you, by then, the Champions League will be back in full swing.
It's all good and well to be competing on all fronts but there is a reason no one has ever done it before. It doesn't matter whether you're playing Burton or Schalke. Minutes on the legs are minutes on the legs. Liverpool are already benefitting from an early League Cup exit. If I were Klopp I'd also "throw" the FA Cup tie against Wolves and just play the kids. City will definitely recover from this blip but Liverpool will be pushing us all the way.
Exeter Blue I am here
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Yesterday was a freak result by any measure but that does not mean Pep and the players are immune from criticism. I have no issue with rotation in general but I do feel that sticking with Stones and Laporte as the CB pairing for most league and UCL games is the way to go.
I don't like to single out players or focus on the negatives too much but Walker's mare of performance could have been directed by Wes Craven. I'm in the club that considers him to be overworked and in need of a rest.
I do think we should break the bank as it were for a Fern successor in January.
Definitely, and of the two bookies’ favourites, I’d favour Ndombele over De Jong, if only for the physicality and that ability to drive forward quickly. There’s just no margin for error whatsoever this season. I half expected to lose yesterday as soon as I saw the names Stones and Gundogan paired together in the engine room (and I mean no disrespect to either player, but they both lack any kind of zip). As regards Walker, that performance had been coming. Several times this season he’s lost track of where the ball is (usually after having let a high one bounce) and let opponent’s wriggle away from him, or tried, unsuccessfully, to shepherd balls out of play only to get robbed, and he seems congenitally incapable of preventing any kind of cross coming in. Unfortunately, Mendy was equally poor prior to his injury, Delph isn’t quite living up to last season’s heights either, and Danilo’s been out injured long-term, which reasons combined are probably why we look like conceding every time the opposition attacks at the moment.
A left back and a centre forward have got to be on the shopping list as well next summer.
Yesterday was a freak result by any measure but that does not mean Pep and the players are immune from criticism. I have no issue with rotation in general but I do feel that sticking with Stones and Laporte as the CB pairing for most league and UCL games is the way to go.
I don't like to single out players or focus on the negatives too much but Walker's mare of performance could have been directed by Wes Craven. I'm in the club that considers him to be overworked and in need of a rest.
I do think we should break the bank as it were for a Fern successor in January.
City won't break the bank in the sense of overpaying for a player. That's laudable in some respects but has a downside best example being Van Dijk. It also applies to Sanchez Fred and Pogba though they might have been bullets dodged. But they illustrate the point.
OB1
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Definitely, and of the two bookies’ favourites, I’d favour Ndombele over De Jong, if only for the physicality and that ability to drive forward quickly. There’s just no margin for error whatsoever this season. I half expected to lose yesterday as soon as I saw the names Stones and Gundogan paired together in the engine room (and I mean no disrespect to either player, but they both lack any kind of zip). As regards Walker, that performance had been coming. Several times this season he’s lost track of where the ball is (usually after having let a high one bounce) and let opponent’s wriggle away from him, or tried, unsuccessfully, to shepherd balls out of play only to get robbed, and he seems congenitally incapable of preventing any kind of cross coming in. Unfortunately, Mendy was equally poor prior to his injury, Delph isn’t quite living up to last season’s heights either, and Danilo’s been out injured long-term, which reasons combined are probably why we look like conceding every time the opposition attacks at the moment.
A left back and a centre forward have got to be on the shopping list as well next summer.
We didn't actually concede many goals with Mendy in the side but clearly he does have work to do on the defensive side. If we'd had Mendy yesterday, Delph could have played DM.
Danilo has been a big miss for me. He looked to have found his feet at City towards the end of last season but the has been blighted by injury. He can provide Walker rest and competition.
A DM who is a bit of a beast, in addition to have the requisite technical chops for a Pep team, would be my preference. There are times in the Premier League when you need to compete physically.
Bob Loblaw
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Quadruples are not though. And that was my pointDoubles are won all the time,we have done it twice recently