Crystal Palace PL (H) Post match thread

[David White]

Our problems are stacking up tbh. Another 2 minutes and they’d have won that. We’re so so slow in possession and we have stopped killing games off. It doesn’t matter that place or whoever else for that matter sit back, we allow teams to get back into shape anyway.

We’re wasteful, we don’t go for the kill and we have absolutely no tempo to our game. We allow teams to walk through us and once we’ve decided the game is won we stop. I expected a drop off this season, not because we won everything last year, but because our recruitment looks bang average. I also don’t get why we’d spend so much on a young, promising centre half and then play him out of position. Even worse we persist with it when he clearly lols like he’s out of place.

I seem to remember, maybe I’m jaded, but Pep’s Barcelona, Bayern and us in previous years under him didn’t take their foot off the gas. In games like today his teams would have hit 5 or 6. If we’re trying to manage games out without expending energy that is on Pep. If the squad isn’t big enough we need to make it big enough. I know we have a couple of injuries to important players but fuck me..

It’s all a bit boring really. We’re beating ourselves.

 

[Gray]

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!

In a lot of games I would agree with you, but 2 goals in front and then fuck it up is nothing to do with the officials. We were bloody awful in those last 20 minutes.

 

[Coatigan]

was a foul all day long, i couldn't believe var never went back to it, i was confident they would

Var wouldn't check fouls if they aren't in the lead up to a goal. Not a penalty that leads to a goal.

 

[Stevieatlasblue]

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 theirs is nailed on. Week after week and match after match we are stuffed by shitty reffing and over-zealous VARRING!

Well said Dave, should have been a booking in the first minute when their player kept the ball then threw it back. Rodri complained but nothing. It was deliberate time wasting.

 

[Cobwebcat]

Pep fuming. Mainly, I think, with Foden.

 

[paulchapo]

Hodgson be gone in a month they'll be smashed next few games they are so so poor

They have loads of injuries and on their day are half decent. I've said this before but at the moment I'd take the Dog and Duck pub team to score against us. We wobble worse than a melting jelly under any sort of pressure.

 

[waspish]

We should be good enough like last season to go 1-0 up and hold that score for 90mins+ the problem is we are not good enough defensively

 

[paulchapo]

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!

Well said!

 

[Palerider]

Gutted. I like winning, it's addictive. We should have won and Pep needs to have a bit of a think on how we somehow blow these winning positions. Maybe, it's time to have two rock solid defensive full backs as back up and ready made subs for if/when we go 2-0 up. Call me old fashioned but at 2-0 up I want us to keep the opposition at nil more than score again.

 

[I'm Blue]

Or tiredness, and the stupidity of relying on a small squad given we're likely to play 55+ matches during the season and have a squad full of internationals so they'll be playing additional games.
This might be tolerable in some circumstances but 20-21 was extended due to Covid, 21-22 started slightly late due to Covid and finish slightly early due to the World Cup being held during the 22-23 season which itself ended late with both the FA Cup final and CL final being held in June.
The players are absolutely dead on their feet.

All the more baffling that we don’t make changes then, bringing fresh legs on.
I’m not sure I buy into them being tired, we start games lacking concentration.
We seem to be making idiotic decisions instead of keeping it simple when the time calls for it.
That includes Pep.
Players out of position, lack of subs.
It’s throughout the squad and management.
I hope it’s nothing to with the charges.
When we were charged it galvanised the whole club, really lit a fire under our arses.
Since all the Everton stuff and all the extra shit coming our way we’ve looked appalling.
Hopefully not, but something isn’t right this season and it ain’t just tiredness.