Crystal Palace (H) - Sat 27th Aug 15:00 | Pre-Match Thread

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Interesting one for Pep as Palace will stay deep and compact like West Ham and Bournemouth did, but with the very dangerous out-ball to their in-form forward player that Newcastle had (and our other opponents so far this season have lacked)

We could get ourselves caught on the break again if we go with the 2-3-5 in possession, but equally we might struggle to break them down if we don't have De Bruyne and Gündy pushed up alongside Haaland

Looking forward to seeing what our solution is
 
FromPollockToSilva said:
Interesting one for Pep as Palace will stay deep and compact like West Ham and Bournemouth did, but with the very dangerous out-ball to their in-form forward player that Newcastle had (and our other opponents so far this season have lacked)

We could get ourselves caught on the break again if we go with the 2-3-5 in possession, but equally we might struggle to break them down if we don't have De Bruyne and Gündy pushed up alongside Haaland

Looking forward to seeing what our solution is
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More about stopping the out ball to there forwards keeping them pinned in.
 
For me walker plays as a straight forward right back up and down the line overlap etc and hopefully keeping Zaha pinned back slightly
And if he doesn’t track back we should get some joy down the right
 
swinton blue said:
For me walker plays as a straight forward right back up and down the line overlap etc and hopefully keeping Zaha pinned back slightly
And if he doesn’t track back we should get some joy down the right
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At Anfield Vieira played Zaha more centrally rather than on the wing, so that we could keep him high up the pitch without sacrificing cover on the left wing (which someone else provided)
 
FromPollockToSilva said:
At Anfield Vieira played Zaha more centrally rather than on the wing, so that we could keep him high up the pitch without sacrificing cover on the left wing (which someone else provided)
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I did see that with Zaha but with St maximus getting joy off the left might lead to Vieira playing him more wide
 
lionheart said:
Will first need to see who returns unscathed from the ridiculous trip to Barcelona. Pep needs a new brain at times. What on earth was he thinking? if he wants us to donate to charity then simply write a bloody cheque rather than place our precious team in harm's way.
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That really depends on the team he puts out. We’ve got a goalie who needs a game. The same for Alvarez and Gomez. Plenty of kids need game time too. Stones looked rusty on Sunday so 90 minutes might help.
 
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