Crystal Palace (H) | Post Match Thread

[urban genie]

I do love the happy clapper 10 year old berts, sorry blues who baulk at any criticism.

Personally you can fuck off

 

[Big Chap]

Thank you. I must admit that once I'd looked on the BBC website at half time I switched everything off and wandered round the house chanting 'Come on City, come on City, you can do it, you can do this.' Luckily my neighbours at both sides were out so they couldn't hear me!! I start off at a normal tone and build myself into a frenzy. :-)

I ended up Hoovering (Dysoning) the front room and starting to make a meat and potato pie............ then realised I had no flour so it ended up just a casserole!! :-)

Turned back on just as the BBC posted that it was FT.

I suppose I shouldn't really admit this as it makes me sound soooo weird but it's City and we fight to the end and I have to fight along with them in the only way I can. :-)

Can you please do that each weekend until mid-May? Not that I’m superstitious or anything………!

 

[johnnytapia]

It’s a foul, if not soft, the rules state it’s infringing on the goalkeeper so regardless of perceived impact, it was the correct decision

It was a goal. We got lucky.

 

[Vienna_70]

Because of work commitments, we didn’t arrive in our seats until 14 minutes were on the clock, so we missed Big John's own goal, though about five minutes of that was going down and up in the fucking lift! Upon seeing the score, I thought, "Here we go again," and when the second went in, it seemed to me that Palace really did have a curse on us.

Talk about a game of two halves!

We were absolutely brilliant after the break, with Bernardo leading the way, continuing from his efforts in the first half. There is no doubt that our first goal was the spark we needed drag ourselves back into the match, and the barista provided it with his brilliant, mazy run and shot.

After that, there was only ever going to be one winner.

It was great to see Erling score his first Manchester City hat-trick, but his supporting cast wasn’t bad. The chip from Phil for his first was exquisite and perfectly delivered.

In fact the three goals all highlighted different aspects of the Norwegian giant’s goalscoring prowess; his second was a classic poacher’s effort and the third showed his power and strength.

It was a fantastic afternoon and certainly well worth the effort to get to Etihad.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE CHAMPIONS!

 

[mcfcphil]

I take it you don’t look at any stats other than the score then?

How do you rate how individual players do?

My chosen technique is to watch the match

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

It was a goal. We got lucky.

We could and do disagree, however the rules were upheld imo

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Bollocks. Did well on the ball several times, usually had no room to get the cross in and lacking support behind him.

The “problem” with Mahrez is that you never know when he’s going to cross the ball. That’s hard to defend against, but almost impossible for Haaland to anticipate.

When Mahrez is on form, he’s fluid and makes good, quick decisions. He didn’t do that today.

Bernardo showed him what he should have done in the second half.

 

[manclad]

As long as there’s a hole in my arse, Ilkay will never get the plaudits he deserves.
The man is the glue that holds this team together.

I said exactly the same to my mate at the match today.
Gundo is a real unsung hero !!

 

[urban genie]

Yeah OK, lets just moan about the bits when we're shit instead of enjoying the ride. FFS.

I'd take a fucking bang average 4-2 win every week.

Mate I am very polite to berts and blues on here but you seem like a teen or new clueless blue and so I dont get what you think as you seem to be ignorant of basic english and a comment favouring city but adult enough to show concern

 

[Magz]

Haaland looks like a very expensive Bony at times

 

[Makanaky90]

Please keep the 2nd half set-up over the inverted fullbacks

You got it dude. 3 centre halves, 1 pivot, 2 wing backs cum wide men, 3 attacking men in running into the box and haaland smashing their ass (3-1-2-4)

 

[mcfcphil]

It was a goal. We got lucky.

We didn’t get lucky. It’s one of the most uncontroversial decisions you could ever see. If the opposition player makes any kind of movement, interference or obstruction to the keeper while in the process of kicking or throwing the ball it’s a foul.

It was clear as day in the stadium and equally clear in footage that the palace player raised his foot towards ederson while he was throwing the ball.

It’s actually pretty baffling this is even being discussed as being anything other than a cast iron free kick. The only controversy is that he didn’t get booked.

 

[Makanaky90]

I said exactly the same to my mate at the match today.
Gundo is a real unsung hero !!

now pep uses him in his best position a proper 10 making runs late runs . He is not is an holding midfielder.

 

[johnnytapia]

I take it you don’t look at any stats other than the score then?

How do you rate how individual players do?

I don’t need decimals or numbers to tell me how players have done. And, despite it being an age old aphorism, the only statistic of any value is the result. The league table never lies. And it never ever asks how well a particular player did. Ever. “It’s a results business.”

 

[kinggoat64]

We didn’t get lucky. It’s one of the most uncontroversial decisions you could ever see. If the opposition player makes any kind of movement, interference or obstruction to the keeper while in the process of kicking or throwing the ball it’s a foul.

It was clear as day in the stadium and equally clear in footage that the palace player raised his foot towards ederson while he was throwing the ball.

It’s actually pretty baffling this is even being discussed as being anything other than a cast iron free kick. The only controversy is that he didn’t get booked.

What an absolutely fantastic post what do everyone else don't get read the rules and peps subs won us the game

 

[johnnytapia]

We didn’t get lucky. It’s one of the most uncontroversial decisions you could ever see. If the opposition player makes any kind of movement, interference or obstruction to the keeper while in the process of kicking or throwing the ball it’s a foul.

It was clear as day in the stadium and equally clear in footage that the palace player raised his foot towards ederson while he was throwing the ball.

It’s actually pretty baffling this is even being discussed as being anything other than a cast iron free kick. The only controversy is that he didn’t get booked.

I thought it wax a perfectly good goal and that Ederson / City dodged a bullet.

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

Feed the big fucking Viking and he will score.

Long way to go, but fingers crossed he could end up being the goat too!

 

[come-on-barney]

We change the formation and the second half is the second half.

 

[mcfcphil]

I thought it wax a perfectly good goal and that Ederson / City dodged a bullet.

This isn’t about opinions - it’s undeniably 100% a foul.

 

[johnnytapia]

This isn’t about opinions - it’s undeniably 100% a foul.

I thought it was a goal.