Crystal Palace (N) | FA Cup Final | Post Match Thread

levets said:
Got back to Hollinwood at 9:40pm. 3 hours, No traffic. Left 103 on final whistle, straight into blue car park and away.

This team have done us proud, won everything, were the best team on the planet; incredible record breaking team; however now there seems to be one word for me… STALE! The team has gone stale, past it’s sell by date and needs a total refresh in personnel and playing style.

Yes we were done out of what would have been a clear advantage… I believe they just didn’t want to send a keeper off in a cup final. All this direction of the ball meant it wasn’t direct goal scoring opportunity is totally irrelevant. If a keeper deliberately handballs outside his area it’s always been a red card, when did this change.

However, what the fuck was going on with the pen? Haaland had it, they reviewed it and then Marmoush had the honour. What a horrible penalty. The stats of this game are ridiculous, so much possession, so many shots and we didn’t score. Clueless, toothless, weak up front.

Savinho is a waster, he needs to vastly improve and quickly. Akanji again repeatedly caught napping and slow to react for the goal. Why after being out so long was he shoe horned back in. I’m sorry, I’ve never been a fan of his, always at the scene of the crime. Kushanov has gone from player of the month, to persona non grata. Gvardiol, so many mistakes today, particularly in possession. Who was supposed to be left back, Josko or Nico?
Dias another one, playing walking football. Kev and Bernardo, it’s sad to see them huffing and puffing but creating nothing much. Marmoush and Haaland clueless. Doku tried, but nothing produced.

The midfield had no bite at all, I was surprised that Nunes and Kovacic weren’t brought on, as opposed to Foden and Gundogan; what has happened to Phil? The one positive today was Echeverri and what on earth have Grealish and Gonzalez done to deserve exclusion. And finally Pep, they say a team plays in the image of the manager, has Pep gone STALE too? Our pass, pass, pass tactics certainly have. Too often we look to pass rather than shoot. Young Nico TWICE had the opportunity to shoot with his right foot, but chose to dilly dally trying to get it on his left foot and fucked the chances up; one of them was a great chance.

They owe us a huge performance on Tuesday, because any hangover from today, any repetition of today’s performance and it will be curtains. So frustrating today. Can’t wait for this season to be over.
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Great post - Kova didn't make the squad though - think we may have won if he started.
 
I've just got back. All I will say to the wet wipe wankers who moaned we didn't sell out the semi final..... this is why.
£105 on the train, £115 for a so called discounted OAP ticket for that.
Don't ever call me and other Blues again. I'm fucking sick of spending my hard earned to watch that kind of performance at Wembley.
I won't feel different tomorrow, fuck off.
 
vinny123 said:
because you wouldnt start the race with no left stub axle, and a botched bit in its place
you wouldnt start the race with no right stub axle and and old used one that was worn out sat on shelf
you wouldnt start the season with no replacement steering wheel
you wouldnt start the season with an engine with already worn out piston rings and no replacements

and if you did then the person responsible would be sacked
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We've done all those things.

No striker - Done that.
No LBs - Done that
No CBs - Yes we've won titles without those too

I dont think Pep is that bad tbh
 
vinny123 said:
I have purposely waited till late tonight to post as if I had at full time it would have been a full rant
Now calmly and with thinking head on Pep and his backroom staff need to go - not walk at their time scale - sacked the second the ref blows his whistle after the Fulham game
New manager and staff in take the players to CWC and let the new boss decide who stays and who goes
As to who that new boss is - well step forward new director of football - time to earn your pay - but we we cannot start next season with same formation, same tactics and bar KDB same players

1000s will disagree I will probably get slated, but that's my 2 pence as a fan of over 55 years and yes i fully appreciate everything I have witnessed since 2011, but new winds blowing and time to change
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2 Words...Fuck off!
 
Mad_fer_it said:
Can we stop with the fucking F1 analogy please.
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It's ridiculous isn't it! I'd wish they'd just pit stop going on about it, It's getting tyre some, He needs to realise we were in pole position up until we conceded that goal, Unfortunately it was Palace who ended up on the podium...

Ok I'll stop now! Just trying to cheer myself up...
 
vinny123 said:
I have purposely waited till late tonight to post as if I had at full time it would have been a full rant
Now calmly and with thinking head on Pep and his backroom staff need to go - not walk at their time scale - sacked the second the ref blows his whistle after the Fulham game
New manager and staff in take the players to CWC and let the new boss decide who stays and who goes
As to who that new boss is - well step forward new director of football - time to earn your pay - but we we cannot start next season with same formation, same tactics and bar KDB same players

1000s will disagree I will probably get slated, but that's my 2 pence as a fan of over 55 years and yes i fully appreciate everything I have witnessed since 2011, but new winds blowing and time to change
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Cmooon tell us who you would have instead of Pep.
 
B\connellblue said:
What a load of Bollox. how many points were at stake during those pre-season matches?
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I think the fact that you can't tell whether the players are performing to the best of their ability in any given match says it all really.
 
oakiecokie said:
Pep you are disgrace to our club your rant at the Palace goalie, Why ?? The officials were to blame not Henderson. Ive always supported you until today but there is no way that any fair minded City fans can support you on this ocassion.
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No you havent, you moaned about him before. And then you are happy when we win, then when we lose your are moany about him. I am noticing a pattern :)
 
blue whippet said:
Just made it home. Disappointing result and as with last year it's a long journey home when you lose. As soon as we fluffed our lines with the penalty I felt the writing was on the wall. No amount of cheering and singing could change the result. We couldn't hit a cows backside with a banjo today.
There was no creativity in midfield, a lot of possession to be sure but little else. Peculiar how with a team packed full of internationals our shooting is quite poor. Ah well, it wasn't to be, again. Palace defended in numbers and hit us on the break as most teams do now adays.
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Ever noticed in our warm ups they practice shots from roughly the edge? And they're finding the corners and rattling in off posts. Where's that in the game?
 
ninjamonkey said:
Correct. Everything is like a training drill, you cant attack until the other side have reset.

We give the ball to our wingers with no room to work with where every opposition player has had ample time to get themselves into position and set and expect them to do what exactly? No room to run, no room to dribble and no movement off the ball, stick a prime Messi in this current version of us and he'd look useless too.
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Your first sentence sums us up for me. When we get the chance to break invariably we don’t take it, knock it backwards a couple of times until chance gone.
 
Mad_fer_it said:
Can we stop with the fucking F1 analogy please.
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Agreed, it clearly seems to have gone over their heads anyway. I should have known better than these wannabe world class football coaches. And no, not the ones with wheels on.
 
shemnel said:
Marmoush and Haaland were very poor today, but they were squeezed immensely by the style of the game.

I thought, not for the first time recently, O'Reilly was lackadaisical and a bit ponderous, which sadly for him manifested in messing up a golden opportunity to shoot/score.

Overall we created chances to win it, at least one if not two of: Haaland acrobatic lunge, penalty, Doku top corner, OReilly switching feet and Echeverris golden chance, should have gone in

I feel for Nunes too, to be shunted out of the team by Akanji.

Palace's day, but that Henderson decision will rankle for some time.
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Anytime Doku plays ahead of O'Reilly, O'Reilly struggles to play well. Coz Doku takes all his natural advantageous positions and he is left having to go stand stagnantly in the box as the CBs pass it sluggishly between each other :(
 
Blue Mist said:
I've just got back. All I will say to the wet wipe wankers who moaned we didn't sell out the semi final..... this is why.
£105 on the train, £115 for a so called discounted OAP ticket for that.
Don't ever call me and other Blues again. I'm fucking sick of spending my hard earned to watch that kind of performance at Wembley.
I won't feel different tomorrow, fuck off.
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The OAP ticket was £115? Just can't escape that number.
 
SWPISHOME said:
It's ridiculous isn't it! I'd wish they'd just pit stop going on about it, It's getting tyre some, He needs to realise we were in pole position up until we conceded that goal, Unfortunately it was Palace who ended up on the podium...

Ok I'll stop now! Just trying to cheer myself up...
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I enjoyed reading this 10/10 for effort
 
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