Crystal Palace (H) - Post-Match Thread

[ONTHERUNWITHTHAKSIN]

First game I was actually glad the stewards were blocking my view

 

[blue whippet]

When I saw Sterling & Mahrez coming, I knew they will add nothing.

I actually thought that Pep was conceding defeat and saving legs for Wednesday.

 

[bondsman]

Don’t see what will really change prior to the derby we don’t look like scoring and they’ll happily play on the break and likely Nick the win

 

[ancoats]

I get what you mean, we need something different, more energy, against teams good enough to low block for a whole match and as pep always says the same players can’t play week in week out. For that reason I think - hope - the loss to West Ham will prove to be a blessing. Let’s see what next Saturday brings.

the midweek game is bigger than the derby
pep should play more of the quality youth players we have at home vs games like palace just to fresh it up and rest the big players. we just look so leggy and dare i say slow and KDB is not the player he has been for 4 or 5 years

its a puzzle to what is wrong with KDB ? is it a injury problem that is taking a long time to get over or is it just burn out and got nothing in the tank. what i will say is we have B.silva gundogan foden all good enough for KDB to take a break of a couple of weeks and lets see what that does for him

 

[Mhh1960]

Please stop starting Grealish. He offers fuck all

At the moment i have to agree but hope he proves me wrong. If we had lost Bernardo in the summer for Grealish I would have been devastated. Fingers crossed Grealish is just taking time to settle just like others in the past.

 

[Bluewonder]

Not good enough that.

We can’t just rely on Rodri and Bernardo to play well and win the game for us every week… Cancelo Laporte deBruyne Grealish Foden we’re simply nowhere near good enough, and the same ones who played against Burnley were all just as bad that day (Grealish didn’t play that one but has also been average as it gets in other games).

These midtable teams are far too good now to play so poorly and expect to win. We got away with it with Burnley but we were just as poor against them as we were Southampton and today.

We might have lost against Burnley had Cornet stayed on. They were causing us trouble on the break until Dyche wrongly hooked him.

 

[LongsightM13]

Is it only me that thinks he is too slow?

Viera clearly targeted him and Laporte today

 

[Xhavenjoe]

We can’t just rely on Rodri and Bernardo to play well and win the game for us every week… Cancelo Laporte deBruyne Grealish Foden we’re simply nowhere near good enough

That's what I can't get my head around.
Jesus, Rodri and Bernardo have really picked up their game from last season yet there are others who have gone the opposite way.

 

[ancoats]

Pep doesn't seem that arsed about the result in his post match interview. Everything must be fine and dandy down at the training complex.

i been saying for weeks its champions league or bust this season

 

[smallsteve]

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Any bullshit from Pep yet about it being a good performance, so so happy etc

Not great, but better than the tears!