Crystal Palace (H) - Post Match

[Prestwich_Blue]

Fucking hell.

You know a few names of highers ups and have a bit of insight, it doesn't preclude you from posting utter nonsense.

So you don't think Txiki should be asking Pep "What are you going to do about this defence Pep?. It's not good"?

I'd expect a DoF to ask that, whether or not the coach was his mate or he'd won 3 trophies last season. Now I'd also expect part of the answer to be something like "Well my best centre back is injured and my two others aren't really reliable enough. I need another 2 by next season". But the simple and unanswerable fact is that we've clawed back a deficit twice now then failed to stop mediocre opposition from scoring almost straight away. As a DoF I'd be asking the question why.

 

[Kenward Garg]

Th

He put loads of crosses in today.

The cross for Aguero's second was a "pearl".

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

Bad day (again) at the office. We did well to be winning . Something is wrong though, it's not drive or hard work, seems to be belief.

Belief in Stones, belief in ourselves, belief that we are THE best. Which we are. We just don't have that confidence at the moment.

I hope pep is using this time to prepare for next season.

 

[chesterbells]

There is no need to play the lineup he played to accomplish any of that. Today’s performance is not some clever pathway to the CL. Enough mindless defending of these choices, which he’s made time and again all season long. It is ok to say he’s wrong.

For sure. It’s also ok to say it’s not the end of the world, and we are still on track to achieve some success this season

 

[come-on-barney]

Yep. I was impressed by their goalie. Very quick and brave , especially in the first half, to narrow down the angle and take a hit.

yeah I agree with you, in order to clear his lines and get absolutely precision on his kicks, he needed lots of preparation time all game. To think some thought he was just wasting time, shame on you.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Thought City should of had a penalty when Aguero was pushed after de Bruyne hit the bar from a free Kick

That was a push on Fernandinho. It was a straight arm, two handed push that would have been a foul anywhere else on the pitch.

 

[HarrytheBlue]

yeah I agree mate, we've already thrown away 7 points against Wolves, Newcastle and Palace, these are the games tests we needed before RM and I'm afraid we failed miserably with a poor defensive showing.

But don't you think that against Madrid we won't be doing the 'don't waste any energy thing' like we do against some lesser teams ? Playing within our capability isn't one of our strengths. We'll be looking to take our game to its limit - busting a gut defending - busting a gut attacking - busting a gut in between. And if that's not good enough, so be it, but in my opinion we'll be formidable against Madrid.

 

[Sky Blue]

Yep. I was impressed by their goalie. Very quick and brave , especially in the first half, to narrow down the angle and take a hit.

He wasn't very quick taking goal-kicks.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

And given that Laporte is probably not going to reach and produce his best this season, that’s either high praise for Fernandinho or an indictment on the quality of the rest. :-(

...or both!

 

[Lennyh]

No Sterling or Gundogan at Villa last week,a sweet performance and 6 in the onion bag, picked today and..........work it out for yourselves.