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

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We have scored nine goals in three games and Haaland is averaging a goal a game and a couple of assists , i can only see the players improving the understanding of playing with a centre forward over the next few games , Palace have a knack of getting a result on occasions but if Walker looks after Zaha when Palace are trying to score in transisition their threat will be virtually nullified.
A narrow 1-0 or 2-1win will suffice and rack a few goals up against Forest if we can get eight points clear of Liverpool who have a tricky home game against the Geordies next week expect the Dippers to start claiming they are concentrating on their seventh european trophy because "it means more"
 
Over the last few games we are not closing down enough. Alveraz needs to start on the right.
 
wolviedinho said:
Over the last few games we are not closing down enough. Alveraz needs to start on the right.
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It might help walker as walker has changed his style of play recently (copying Virgil Van Dyke and standing off the opponent or waiting for the opponent to kick the ball before he starts running, perhaps overconfident in his ability to win the foot race) and does not fill with confidence.
 
Craig said:
Be interesting how we line up tomorrow against another quick counter attacking team. If he plays Walker in midfield again it’s extreme stubbornness from the great man. Would it be because we’ve now got a world class striker? We played Palace late on last season with a striker and didn’t concede. We didn’t score either but more because our striker in that game wasn’t a very good one.
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Pep regards Haaland as a pure CF therefore unable to drop deeper and bolster the middle of the pitch as a false 9 would. Therefore he puts the FBs into midfield to (hopefully) give us superiority of numbers there. As we saw last Sunday it leaves us vulnerable down the flanks with wide open spaces there for opponents to exploit.
 
I think we will win and that Haaland will score more than one. If Grealish is not fit, then I would love to see Alvarez play on the right with Phil on the left. Come on you Blues.
 
This will be a difficult test. They are a bit of a bogey side for us, they have 2 wins at ours in recent seasons which is probably more than any other club. Vieira has never lost to City as a player or a manager.

The key problem for us is that they are well set up to play us. They have real pace on the counter, some excellent skilful players like Ezra and Olise, defensively solid and in Zaha, a player who always causes us problems. We can’t afford to be as open as we were last Sunday.

It’s one of those matches we need to start well and force them to play. They will try and catch us early and shut up shop. We can’t afford to be casual on the ball as turning over the ball leads to counters.

That said if we play well, we’ll win, so it’s in our hands.
 
stan bowles said:
Pep regards Haaland as a pure CF therefore unable to drop deeper and bolster the middle of the pitch as a false 9 would. Therefore he puts the FBs into midfield to (hopefully) give us superiority of numbers there. As we saw last Sunday it leaves us vulnerable down the flanks with wide open spaces there for opponents to exploit.
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Correct. My point was there were games last season where forget the constant false 9 bollocks the media harped on about someone played as a striker. A clear example of that was Palace away.
 
I think the problem last week against Newcastle was losing the ball in areas that left us exposed to the counter attack. Partly because Newcastle were not afraid to challenge us on the halfway line. That left players out of position and our centre backs having to cover the full back areas.
 
arbabarshad said:
It might help walker as walker has changed his style of play recently (copying Virgil Van Dyke and standing off the opponent or waiting for the opponent to kick the ball before he starts running, perhaps overconfident in his ability to win the foot race) and does not fill with confidence.
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He tried that against Willock and got caught on the backfoot and actually outpaced because of it.
 
Couple of early goals please. We know palace will sit ultra deep and use eze Zaha and ayew on the counter. Think we will see mahrez and kdb throwing lots of crosses in the box for the big man.
 
uwe rosler 28 said:
Couple of early goals please. We know palace will sit ultra deep and use eze Zaha and ayew on the counter. Think we will see mahrez and kdb throwing lots of crosses in the box for the big man.
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Why ? He cannot jump. He needs precision crosses that he can get a yard on his marker. Mahrez used to do that for Vardy so he needs to refresh that aspect of his game.
 
Just flood the penalty box area when attacking, luckily they are not one of the teams they can hurt us on the counter-attack.
 
Thought I’d watch Pep pre-game press conf and within 2 minutes realised why I’d stopped ages ago. Trophies galore, record points hauls and yet they’re still constantly trying to get him on the back foot. When you compare it to the sycophantic fawning of managers who have achieved little in comparison, or previous managers whose record Pep can rival, it’s a disgrace.
 
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