Crystal Palace (H) Post Match Thread

[Neville Kneville]

If Liverpool get away with running the same players into the dirt & their opponents not hitting a bull's arse with a banjo & handing them goals, then Pep's attempts to keep the squad fresh can be scoffed at, but I think we should look at things in Feb/March before deciding to slaughter his selections.

 

[dajd1984]

Defensively we were poor yesterday. Walker is going through a very bad spell as we all know and was at fault for 2 of the goals. Taking nothing away from a brilliant strike by Townshend, but the ball should have been cleared before Townshend had the opportunity to pull the trigger.

Which two? The ones he gave the free kick (2nd) and penalty (3rd) for? Or were you including the one where he could maybe have got a block in (1st) too?

 

[Bill Walker]

No more Stones at CDM unless it's against very low opposition

Cant understand why Gundo wasnt playing there, Ive tried to explain it to myself to no avail.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Erm shouting again

EMPHASIS, not SHOUTING! ;^)

Bah humbug!

 

[Keeper!]

The lack of a proper summer break for a lot of our players is taking it's toll , Walker and Bernardo look knackered and very leggy.

 

[mosssideblue]

Defensively we were poor yesterday. Walker is going through a very bad spell as we all know and was at fault for 2 of the goals. Taking nothing away from a brilliant strike by Townshend, but the ball should have been cleared before Townshend had the opportunity to pull the trigger.

Which reinforces the point we win and lose as a team

 

[Blue Llama]

That's the point blue, he won't be average.

That's just wishful thinking. There is no evidence that he can read a game as a top DM does or be capable of beating a man. In fact against Palace he was making the same errors and losing the ball that Kompany made when he was tried as a DM. And there were many on here said the same as you that Kompany would become a great DM. Far better to get a good DM than make the mistake of playing players out of position

 

[Grassland Blue]

As soon as I saw the line up I said to my pals there’ll be trouble mate.

It wasn’t Pep getting it wrong or it not quite working out, it was sheer ‘it’s only Palace at home’ complacency.

I also didn’t see that ‘fuck this we’re not having these ****s take the piss’ mentality of last season. The desire, drive and sheer refusal to not get beat just wasn’t there.

Bizarre considering we were 4 points behind.

Exactly how it seemed to me too.
My thoughts are always to start with the strongest team available and get the game won, then bring on the fringe players.
I think that we showed disrespect to Palace by selecting that line up, they are a well organised and gritty team and have some skilful players.
I also think that it does the rest of the struggling teams a disservice by aiding one team ahead of others.
We are supposed to be challenging for the title and should be at it until we have done so. Dippers are a different proposition to the rags of last season.
Good luck to Palace for the rest of the season.

 

[Grassland Blue]

Because they weren’t fit???

Because they weren’t fit???

De Bruyne playing at say 80-90% of his fitness would still have made our midfield more effective. Foden might well have linked up better with Bernardo too.
Stones and Laporte have a great understanding and should be left to play alongside one another.
Sterling should always play out on the right too. Expecting him to make way for Mahrez is wrong.

 

[Grassland Blue]

On the train home from yesterday's game I was Sat next to Palace fan. His joy and supprise at his team winning, made me think back to the 2007 season. We didn't even score a goal at home after new year, never mind win a game. What I would have given to win just ONE game at that time.

Encountered some Palace fans. They seem a decent lot imo. They were over the moon with the win - fair play to them.