Crystal Palace (H) - Sat 30 Oct 15:00 | Pre-Match Thread

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Go along with that, but given last nights performance would be worried about the form of Gundogan …..

he has just come back from an injury. Difficult to judge him

 

[The Black Shed]

Banana skin game. We'll either score 4 or nowt, feast or famine. Our current best XI should be ok (and imo that's no KDB, Gundogan & Sterling), but you never know. It's a funny old game

 

[mccity]

Banana skin game. We'll either score 4 or nowt, feast or famine. Our current best XI should be ok (and imo that's no KDB, Gundogan & Sterling), but you never know. It's a funny old game

If there are neither KDB or Gundogan playing who make up the front 4?

 

[The Black Shed]

If there are neither KDB or Gundogan playing who make up the front 4?

Mahrez Foden Grealish Jesus Palmer
I'd perm a front 3 from those, my choice:
Grealish Jesus Mahrez
Bernardo Foden
Rodri
Back 4
Nutter

 

[lionheart]

Ederson
Walker, Dias, Laporte, Cancelo
Rodri
Bernardo, Gundogan
Jesus, Foden, Grealish

Team picks itself right now.

I disagree. Gundogan has only just returned from injury and should not start again. If he was destined to play vs Palace, he would have been subbed at West Ham.

 

[alexmcity]

Kevin won't regain form by sitting on the bench. He will probably start vs Palace. Once he hits form, this team will find another gear in attack.

 

[fodenmagic]

Same team as Brighton

 

[Marvin]

Looking forward to seeing Palace with Vieira. I know this isn't their typical game but they seem to be a lot more attacking than they were under Hodgson.

I'd make two changes to the Brighton line-up: Sterling in for Grealish and KDB in for Gundogan. I think it's unlikely Gundogan will start 3 games back to back after a while out. I'd make early subs too if the game proves difficult. Mahrez, Grealish, Palmer could all be a handful for what you'd expect to be a tiring Palace side. I think Pep will start Grealish because he was rested at WHU but he's not doing enough imo and I want Sterling to get his game back.

CL tie on Wednesday but I think Pep will be totally focused on this game.

Hopeful that City win, and Utd lose in the evening game to Spurs. Some other interesting games too on Saturday: NUFC v Chelsea and LFC v BHA. Could be surprises in these games? We have to beat Palace first though. I still remember that horrific game when Palace beat us 3-2 at the Etihad with a wonder-strike from Townsend. I thought that day we had lost the title but we went on to pip Liverpool by one point and get 98 points.

 

[adelaideblue]

i think Grealish is doing enough, he's just different to the others - brilliant at keeping hold of the ball and attracting 2 or 3 opposition players at him and therefore creating a load of space for others to run into. we have so many options compared to other teams its fascinating to see what team Pep picks - all the other teams the best 11 picks its self week in week out

 

[the-ecstacy-of-eight]

anyone not wanting KDB to play is pissed, that is all i have to say.

I've not had a single drop of -OH for something like 11 years; but at the moment we're much more fluid in transition with Bernardo pulling the strings in midfield than we are with DeBruyne in there.

He's not got the same range of passing as DeBruyne but the ball moves to the right places and gets there quicker when Silva's playing; right now DeBruyne's slowing us down a fraction, and a fraction is all it takes for Prem. teams to get back and stifle our attacks.

IMO