Crystal Palace PL (H) Post match thread

[PistonBlue]

Could smell that coming a mile off. Completely depressing

 

[Mr. Shush]

I thought Pep was taking the piss when he had Stones lined up to come on as Olise was preparing to smash home the penalty on 95 minutes. No idea what he thought that would achieve when he should have made that change when we were 2-0 up after 75 minutes.

Absolutely! There's no excuse for waiting. Why? Close it down! When you're 2-0 up and you're lacking creativity or any impulse to score the dagger - then go defensive.

 

[big gaz]

Why pay £80 million for a centre half to play him at left back?

Thought he was centre forward with those runs ;-)

 

[Paul1970]

I wonder where’d we be in the league now if we’d somehow managed to persuade one of either Bellingham or Rice to play for us.

Should have strengthened from a position of strength, and you never get better than being current treble winners, with the world’s best manager.

Are these poor transfers all because of ffp? If so we need to fight that off in the courts asap, we can’t let some arbitrary rule created by the red shirts hold us back.

We certainly need to be more ruthless and ambitious in the transfer market, not complacent and arrogant.

Trouble is we are too savvy in the market even though we should be able to sign anyone . Not getting a left back is criminal as is giving a contract to a player who should have been. Moved on but instead is given the captaincy . Pep is so arrogant and pig headed and fat he refuses to change things and this is our undoing his season but then again we can’t win it ever year .

 

[lazerblue]

It’s on the manager this.

agree with that, fuck knows why he's not changed anything, we're making the same mistakes, gvardiol is not a full back and the defence is set up all wrong, it's not even hard to see

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Other than the Villa match where we were completely outplayed, what's frustrating to me is that form-wise we've been good enough to win every other Prem match we haven't -- at least that I recall. On balance, were this scored by boxing judges, we'd win on the balance of play -- true I think vs. Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and clearly today. Are our defenders too far forward? Our MF too soft so easy to cut through at pace when we give away possession? Are our players like Walker and Dias and Rodri just too knackered to close out matches? I wish I could put my finger on it but I almost feel like it's the same pattern over and over so there must be a common cause -- I just don't know enough to know what it is. More confusing is that if the greatest manager on the planet can't figure it out then I surely can't.

 

[Mcfc1.9.8.0]

wasn’t there today apparently BOO’s at the end is this true or media bullshit or was it directed at the ref

 

[radcliffe1309]

Title Gone … Typical City never really went away did it?

Oh ffs

 

[TrentGrisham]

My opinion, but I know fuck all: We're desperately missing Kev.

Scoring goals isn't our problem, though... We've scored the most goals in the league. It's the goals we're conceding.

Sure- a 3rd goal today would have sealed it, and with KDB out there, we're far more likely to get it.. but a two-goal at home in the 70th minute shouldn't need KDB to see it out. It's not like KDB is the defensive workhorse he was in 17/18,18/19 anymore, anyway.

 

[robbieh]

That's what the rags used to say about the GPC.

Based on performances, I'd say that 23/24 Pep is a serious downgrade on 22/23 Pep.

Not sure. Thought we were poor last year until suddenly we weren't.
What seems true is that is impossible to play 60 games at peak intensity and still collect trophies.