Crystal Palace (H) - Post Match

[come-on-barney]

And he plays there like it's been his natural position. Mad isn't it.

and vacated the position that protected us for the last few seasons

 

[alexmcity]

We were playing well. We just didn't score and they scored from their first attack. Football can be like that

I felt we were lacking in urgency and concentration. We still have the quality to create chance but something was missing and it wasn't just bad luck. The performance was levels bellow the once against Leicester and manure away . When we don't move the ball quickly, we ask for troubles and this season they almost never fail to materialise.

 

[@BluePhil8]

VAR and ref endorsed cheating every week. Oppo 'keepers taking 60 seconds on every goal kick, never booked. Handball is fairgame as long as the outcome goes against City, the rule changes every week in the games we play. City defending like clowns and conceding from the only 2 Palace approaches in our half. It's crazy what is happening this season.

 

[Zenmanc]

Did you actually watch the game my friend ? Gundogan ran the midfield and had an excellent game - to say he slowed the tempo is not the case today there were many others doing that
Try and see if you can watch it later and watch more carefully

He fell asleep on the first goal.

 

[manimanc]

and vacated the position that protected us for the last few seasons

Only to be replaced with rodri and gundog on the odd occasion.

 

[Zenmanc]

Ederson - 5
Cancels -4
Fern -6
Stones - 4
Mendy - 5
Gundog - 5
Sterling - 5
Bernardo - 6
Serg - 8
Sterling - 4
De Bruyne - 6

4 or 5 out there who I just don’t rate. Been a flat season. Atmosphere was shocking.

Mendy played one of the better games he has played for us.

 

[Rammy Blue]

That happened because KDB lost a tackle that was at least 80/20 in his favour & that allowed Palace to break. The number of tackles we lost that we should have won was criminal. There was one where Zara had 3 City players around him, all capable of winning the ball, but somehow came away with it unchallenged.

Having got into a winning position with minutes to go, yet again we didn't show the drive or desire to defend that lead. Soriano and Begiristain should be asking the same hard questions of Pep that Cook & Marwood asked of Hughes when his team went through a patch where we couldn't hold onto a lead. And if Pep can't answer those questions satisfactorily then he can have no complaints if he suffers the same fate.

He also shouldn’t have picked the same shitty starting 11 either. Fucking annoying, and funnily enough every player that shouldn’t have been on starting 11 stunk the place out - Sterling garbage, Gundogan pathetic, and Dave Silva just shouldn’t be starting games any more.
And Stones is just pony, but we all know that.

 

[come-on-barney]

Was our best defensive midfielder. Who do you play alongside Stones? Garcia?

no point in going over old ground. We never strengthened.

 

[bluevalley]

Until Laporte comes back we should be playing with 3 at the back as we are very vulnerable at the back, they have a 50/50 of scoring on each counter. Also other teams are now well versed at defending against our 433.

 

[Bluemanc100]

was thinking the same. Hadnt kicked it long all match

If it was a dispute because of what their keeper did all game it backfired spectacularly