Crystal Palace PL (H) Post match thread

[A57 the snake]

Unfortunately I’m writing the same post after the spurs game , arrogant on the pitch and off it . Shocking

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

I want to see Bernardo in the middle with Rodri.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Some questionable defending, but even more pitiful refereeing from Tierney. VAR takes an age to ratify or chalk off our goals (they can't abide us scoring!) and their 'pen' had nor more than a cursory glance devoted to it. Why didn't VAR see the two fuckin' fouls on our players in the two challenges seconds before Tierney magics up his Chrissty present to Woy! Every fucking touch by a City player is deemed a foul and fifty percent of the illegal challenges made by the opposition are just ignored. Rodri got barged in a similar manner to a Palace guy, both in the second half - Rodri's is waved away but there's is nailed on. Week after week and match after match we are stuffed by shitty reffing and over-zealous VARRING!

 

[Blue_Lightsaber]

Not arsed what some of the blinkered happy clappers on here think.

We’re miles behind where we need to be this season.

A fucking embarrassment to watch frankly.

It’s on the manager this.

The manager is forced to play Foden in the middle and you wonder why he after 7 years doesn't trust him in the middle.

 

[Stevieatlasblue]

A lot of moaners in here. Personally I love the football we play and feel blessed watching this world class team. Win lose or draw this is the best time to be a City fan ever. Drink it in. Up the blues. I’m never and never will be self entitled ever.

 

[blue whippet]

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.

Bellingham would have been excellent for us but unfortunately he didn't want to come, a shame for us.

 

[axlgod]

Think I’m going to watch Requiem for a Dream to cheer myself up.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

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

The more so in that we have a man — Nathan Aké — who has been doing just fine at left back for some time, now. Put Gvardiol back in central defence, which is where he's supposed to be, partnering Stones or even Días, and Aké over there on the left, and I think you've got a considerably more solid defence.
Pep can be very, very stubborn sometimes.

 

[come-on-barney]

The manager is forced to play Foden in the middle and you wonder why he after 7 years doesn't trust him in the middle.

He wasn’t forced

 

[Rammy Blue]

Could smell that coming a mile off. Completely depressing

Yep, I sat there at 70 mins and said we’ve stopped pressing and are trying to manage the game out, and we aren’t currently good enough to do it. This is where for me Pep has to take some blame, we should have been making subs to add some extra legs, Kovacic/Nunes/Stones could all have come on and helped finish that game off.