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

[ChicagoBlue]

Marmoush couldn't crush a grape. Imagine peak Ronaldo or Messi letting someone else take a penalty in a cup final? This is level Haaland is supposed to at now, he's paid enough!!

Oh, you’re one of them. Got it.
Bye numpty.

 

[Kippax77]

Mard arse **** lazy coward wankers.

I didn’t think my opinion could get any lower after the derby home game. But fuck me they achieved it today.

From the manager to every single player. Absolutely shameful and not a single one of the twats deserve to wear our badge.

Bunch of fucking cowards.

We were the better team but just needed that goal

 

[jimharri]

Pep/city decide Kdb’s no longer good enough? then play him every game since? He’s a legend, but yet again today showed he’s way past it

He shouldn't be anywhere near the starting XI now. He simply isn't up to the job any more. Which isn't his fault. Time (and injuries) wait for no man. Not even him. The performance against Palace (irony alert!) a few weeks ago was clearly the exception these days, and not the rule. I hope he gets a brilliant goodbye on tuesday night; he's been an outstanding player for us. Possibly the best in the Pep era (though Rodri fans might argue about that!). But he should only be coming on for the last 10 minutes or so, and that's provided we're fairly comfortable.

 

[laplandblue]

It's shocking and only gets worse the more times you see it, How can VAR not give anything and then say Haaland and the ball were going wide ?? What the fuck has Haaland got to do with the their Keeper handling it outside the box

Apparently a two handed shove in the back in the box is "not enough contact " against Southampton last week.

 

[Lavinda Past]

You’ve got no fucking idea!

It’s just amazing to think you think Haaland would bottle out of anything.

I assume they practiced pens for the Final, and maybe Marmoush was crushing it in training.

The fucking cheek of know nowts!

The fucking cheek of know alls!

You "assume" and think "maybe" to back up your spurious argument.

On today's showing, Marmoush has more bottle in his little finger than that walking football paced lump has in his entire body.

 

[mick10]

This tells all…
Need to make our point (in the dressing room) and let it go.

He didn’t get motm? I’d say he was but I’m guessing he didn’t get it because of the non red card decision, so they’d be less uproar.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

We were the better team but just needed that goal

Exactly how much crack cocaine did you consume today?

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

He didn’t get motm? I’d say he was but I’m guessing he didn’t get it because of the non red card decision, so they’d be less uproar.

He fucking well should have done…
Not his ‘fault’ so to speak - you take what’s given.
But he was their MOTM by a country mile…

 

[DTKOAG]

It’s a shit place to lose and sadly over the recent times we’ve had our share of losses.

 

[Shaggy]

Another dim witted scouser.

It's not his fault though

 

[coolcity]

Objective be view: We tried, we really did but there was something missing - the last ball or a sharp finish (Nico O, you’re a professional, just hit it with your right foot. Embrace the moment and take it. No big bad heaviness on you, just a big learning point).

We had a lot of half chances.
Their keeper shouldn’t have been on the pitch for most of them, but he was so you press on.

They rode their luck like hell and hats off…
Not a big fan of the fake head injuries but it was paid back in 10 mins by njury time.

They did what they had to do. We didn’t quite.

Shitty VAR, but what’s new? Fuck them all, finish the league worh 2 all out wins, smash the 115 and come back with renewed will next year…

Yes, that's pretty much my take on it. We deserved to win (never been a fan of the theory that the side that managed to scrape a win by hanging on after getting battered for most of the match were "deserved winners"), but hey ho.

TBH I would have rather we had played the second string and saved the team for the two final matches, especially after the Villa and Chelsea results. Getting into the CL is far more important to the club going forward than winning the FA Cup, especially from a financial point of view.

 

[Sirlaughalot]

For the money does haaland offer us much? Pep’s trying me also nowadays.

If you don’t play to his strengths, crosses and balls over the top, it’s a waste of time playing him

 

[Tommy_Catons_Perm]

Disappointing and frustrating that missed penalties continue to haunt for season after season. Every time we get a penalty I rate the chances of scoring about 50% at best.

Not a certain like with Yaya Toure or Balotelli ?

Surely, in a squad of world class players it must be possible to identify a penalty taker or two to practice every day for a couple of hours to almost guarantee success on match day?

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

It's shocking and only gets worse the more times you see it, How can VAR not give anything and then say Haaland and the ball were going wide ?? What the fuck has Haaland got to do with the their Keeper handling it outside the box

This

 

[Columbia]

Like once having Peter Barnes and Paul Power and ending up with Buster Phillips .

Or Rick Holden, smart arse. If you pay lots to go to games then you can comment, or happy clap.

 

[DCS1]

He’s taken it off Haalands toe.
Jared Gillett needs to be deported back to Australia the cheating ****.

But not before being put outside the Etihad before our next game and put in stocks with all the fans being given free , rotting fruit to throw at him-- His kit shut be sponsored by Specsavers he is clearly blind

 

[laplandblue]

But five yards behind where he should have been.

"Why don't we hit long balls for Haaland to chase?" Better ask PGMOL.

Along with, " We need a strong defender " then Khusanov gets penalised every time he uses his strength for a fair shoulder charge.

 

[David White]

The first shot we had from outside the box was after 99 minutes.

And that was shite too.

I’m not sure what Pep and the coaching staff are seeing. We never, ever do anything different. We can’t cross, we can’t take set pieces, we can’t get a shot off with having 43 touches and we hesitate and delay every single time on every single pass. Utter piss.

 

[Gundoggin]

Got exactly what we deserved FUCK ALL .
A season to forget which could get even worse !

 

[bluethrunthru]

Agree. He might have had a point, but we had 10 minutes injury time as a result. I thought that was about right - not all refs would have given that much.

We’ve been found out, big time - any whinges about time wasting (which I’d have hoped we’d do if we were winning 1-0 near the end) are irrelevant.

we haven't been found out - Peps has