Crystal Palace (N) - Sat 17th May, 16:30 | FA Cup Final | Pre-Match Thread

[balotellishaircut]

Has Pep had a brain fart here, just hoping what he sees works out

 

[pbueno16]

Kova not even on the bench ?…,

Knock or something didn’t feel right before the lineups came out

 

[heslops barnet]

bold of pep playing without a midfield

What is this midfield you speak of?

 

[I'm Blue]

Only Marmoush, de Bruyne and O’Reilly will look for him. Doku and Savinho will do their typical flailing

Need to get more players in the box to give Doku and Savinho options.

 

[Charlesfarsbar]

Fucking stupid line up , has the 2021CL final vibes about it

He gets spooked against three at the back teams

Hopefully it’s another Pep masterclass but I’m worried

 

[southamptonblue]

Only Marmoush, de Bruyne and O’Reilly will look for him. Doku and Savinho will do their typical flailing

Doku and Savinho both starting....Jesus wept, might as well have started me!

 

[Gabriel]

Weird if Echeverri makes his debut in a Cup Final.

 

[Norbert D]

Has the BBC turned into Crystal Palace TV?

I made the mistake of switching on early and both ITV and BBC were just CPTV so switched off. Will switch back on at 16:29:59

 

[JGL07]

KDB not good enough for a contract but starting yet again. Strange…

Not strange at all. He’s good enough to start when fit but that is too few matches to justify a two year contract extension.

 

[heslops barnet]

Comfortable 4-3 win for City

That’s comfortable!

 

[ONTHERUNWITHTHAKSIN]

Pep the lover of midfielders only picks 2

Genius

5 - 2 City

 

[Tricky_Trev]

How many millions did we pay for Nico - please remind me?

£50m

 

[Bluemania66]

Kova not even on the bench ?…,

He's not feeling 100% mate

 

[Dazzle84]

Surely, surely, we can't be boring with a team out like that...surely!

 

[noseve]

I'm having a whinge and a moan before the match begins. It's my coping mechanism.

Practice, more like :-)

 

[johnny crossan]

The bald genius leaves City fans open-mouthed

 

[Sky Blue]

Knock or something didn’t feel right before the lineups came out

Cheers just got in and seen the mad team!

 

[skillman]

Akanji will be coming into midfield then

 

[pbueno16]

Not strange at all. He’s good enough to start when fit but that is too few matches to justify a two year contract extension.

His form recently has certainly not been good enough to start.

 

[Dax777]

I am disappointed. True.

But i was also disappointed the last time he played a lineup i hadn't seen before against this same team . But that lineup worked out.


How best can this 11 work? Here is my guess ..
A 3 Box 3 formation. Or what folks from the 70s remember as the WM formation.

....................Ederson
....Akanji......Dias........Gvardiol
..........Bernado .... O'Reilly........
........Debrynre......Marmoush....
...Savio.......Haaland.........Doku....


I see the potential in this formation. Id have rather we started our best midfielder in Kovacic over Bernardo though. But we are here.