Crystal Palace (H) | Pre-Match Thread

[the-ecstacy-of-eight]

My captain this week.

I went for Jesus, just had a hunch, hope it pays off :)

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

They are two of the senior players

senior players lol. but one of them is in shocking form. dropping your current best player is a crazy decision. most people are calling it right.

 

[Tuearts right boot]

" God, please don't let it be one of those nights. Certainly after all the hard work Lpool and untied have put in."

 

[BringBackSwales]

Fell asleep with 20 mins to go!

The media have been hyping this up for weeks, now let them tell us how shite it was. And who is top if games in hand are won

 

[CC1]

No Phil no party.

dont you support City?

 

[dom]

So all four games on Sunday are on Sky ... usually whenever they have two or three games on Sunday, they setup the studio/set at the ground of the last game and start the Sunday by talking about that and then move on to the first one and take them game by game and end up at the last game ... kind of makes sense too ...

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Any guesses though why this won’t be the case this Sunday and they’d all be wanking elsewhere and that’s where they’d be starting talking from and about and that’s where they’d end ... would absolutely love it if that game is a bore 0-0 and all of them while scratching their heads which of the two to declare title favourites would still declare them two as the best two teams in the land and declare city’s troubles have comeback citing Brighton game and only a narrow 1-0 win that we could manage ... and then later City go and smash Palace 4-0 and they’re all left with eggs on their face.

So far so good !

 

[Mayor West]

The Dipper /Rag result should be all the motivation that we need, come out of the blocks flying and be clinical.

Win this and the season is in our own hands and it's there for the taking.

Ffs bit early for that kind of talk we have 22 games left!!

 

[Brad mcfc]

Come on blues 3 points. Nothing less.

 

[SidJames]

Pep likely thinking about the Villa game.

I suppose it is what it is.

I think Phil is the best player in our team at the moment though.

Hope we dont miss him too much and beat these, and dont need to bring him on at 80 minutes to save the Day.

 

[CC1]

Isn’t it a bit stupid to drop Cancelo? He’s been one of our best and Walker hasn’t player a full game for a long time. His first real test against Zaha... I can see him making mistakes.

Walker is faster - and that’s what’s needed against Zaha

EDITED - sorry I’ve just noticed Zaha out!!!

 

[daflanger]

Bit disappointed with the team. Not sure where the goals are going to come from with that side. Foden has made us more direct and incisive of late so worried we will miss that against a side who will camp in with a low block. If he did require resting Villa would have been a better game for me.

Bernardo is due another brace and Gundo and De Bryune are still scoring! Have some faith

 

[brummie blue]

Cancello and Foden saved for Villa? Which on form is a tougher game.

 

[VinceYoungisaBLUE]

I knew the match threads were full of flapping but this is insanity in the prematch thread... we are capable of dropping points today, certainly, but this defeatist attitude when we're finally playing decent football and today against Palace of all teams is giving me quite a laugh

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

Less of a hot take is what you need

i just want our best team out. that isnt it.

 

[heslops barnet]

Walker is faster - and that’s what’s needed against Zaha

Wake up

 

[bluemoon32]

Come on City, vital we win today

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

Decent side that come on blues!

 

[lonestay]

We are not a team of eleven players we have more depth and quality than that , the subs are just as important in a game as the eleven picked to start. The days of a "first eleven" are as old as Sky's coverage of football these days.

 

[dickie davies]

So what do you think - Bernardo False 9 or wing ?

Definitely Sterling right, Jesus Left, with Bernardo and KDB floating

 

[Gabriel]

He’s still young and inexperienced, but I do like the look of Palace’s Eze and am looking forward to see how he plays against Walker. There’s something graceful and effortless about the way he runs with the ball, a little like Sane in that sense.