Crystal Palace (H) - Post-Match Thread

We were utterly poor today, showed a bit in the second half, would've been interesting if the Jesus goal stood but not to be and we didn't really deserve it to be honest.

Unfortunately Laporte set the tone with his early mistake, gifting Zaha a goal, then he ended it getting sent off. Gives Stones his spot back so I guess that's a plus.

Not our day, credit to Palace, move onto Brugge and the Derby now, which has become massive with Chelsea's result today.
 
People here overreact so much. We are 5 points below chelsea(2 if we beat them). Chelsea are struggling to score the opening goal, and they have some tough matches in the next weeks.

Today it was a poor performance by everyone except Rodri and Dias. Dias just has a winners mentality, and I hope the longer he stays with us, the more his mentality is spread on other players.

It’s time for Dias-Stones to be back.
 
SidJames said:
First the postives,we are still better off than we were this time last season,And we all know how that turned out.

This game to me had "A one of those Days "feel about it right from kick off.And that is exactly how it turned out.

Still I thought our VAR disallowed goal was seriously harsh.

I thought Palace game plan was spot on,Playing with a well marshalled back 8 at times,and frustrate the shit out of us.Then hit on the counter.Viera fully deserved this today.

KDB form has become seriously alarming.

We fight another day Blues.

Now lets hopefully watch the Rags go from crisis,to crisis.
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So are chelsea
 
Smacked arses on here. Think I’ll tune into the rag game to see if Spurs can do something un-Spurssy

Heads high, Blues. Can’t win them all. This time next week we’ll be celebrating another romp at Kellogg’s HQ.
 
I feel like Grealish looks scared of using the talent he has. So many times he gets face-to-face with two defenders and then just passes it to Cancelo or someone. Obviously you want to keep possession sometimes, but I'd like to see him running at people a bit more.
 
Not our empirical best, but the PiGMOL ruined that as a spectacle.

Just said it in the Ref Watch thread; people underestimate how the actions (or inactions) of the referee affect how a team plays.

Yes, there was a mistake leading to their goal, but the referee 100% influenced the outcome of that game. Because of Marriner Palace were utterly fearless in the challenge, and we were overly cautious because we knew we would get punished for every 50-50. I seriously believe the sending off would also have been a different outcome at the other end, being described as nothing more than a 'coming together'.

The offside was also horseshit, as it certainly appeared to me that the footage had been rolled forward to make it look clearly offside. Whatever happened to the PiGMOL giving the advantage to the attacking team when it was that close?
 
Worst performance of the season. No excuses about the ref, we shot ourselves in the foot, little to no creativity, poor passing, abysmal linkup play. Looked like amateurs out there.

Ironically played better with 10 men till obviously the legs ran out and so did the desire and hope. Palace have been consistently losing games and conceding, which is another indicator of how bad we were.

Walker and Stones are the only players who can hold their heads high, the former isn't really adept at offensive play so can't fault him for a couple loose crosses.

Lastly, it was coming, the signs were there. Started in the West Ham game, and my word we're ridiculously predictable, you know after 10 minutes into the game as to whether we'll win or not, you don't need to predict anything. Something needs a change, lots of poor performances up top and lack of usual cohesion, Pep will have to take big decisions and bench the lackluster performers, starting with KDB and Grealish.
 
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