Match Thread | Crystal Palace vs. Man City FA Cup Final (17/05/25)

[the-ecstacy-of-eight]

Get the excuses in now whilst we can, we were fucking shite let's be honest atleast I won 500 I knew we'd lose

Excuses?

70 odd mins with 10 men, which it should've been, and a substitute keeper on the field and it's a totally different game.

There are rules and they were bent today.

 

[Nellies left peg]

Any striker worth his salt would be taking that penalty. Haaland is not a beast but a pussy

 

[RiversideBlue]

Oh I completely agree.
I cannot understand that.
It’s terrifying that he did that.

All I’m just saying is he is a proven goal scorer but he feeds off scraps and we don’t play to his strengths.

Agreed. Our style of play is dead. We've been found out and it needs a change. Even if we just mixed it up occasionally but its so predictable. Pass sideways and back again

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

A lot of it is down to Pep himself.
As Coatigan alluded to, next season is crucial for him.
Off we start next season the same as we have been this season, you can’t see him walking.

Is he out of ideas?

I don't think so, but we won stuff with players at their very peak. Another twelve months in the legs and yer can see the effect. We've chased too many games this season. And of the games this season the only one I think we dominated from start to finish was the Salford game.

 

[mick10]

Doesnt matter, after that his reaction was slow.

What? He was diving the other way! Try it see how quick you are. Silly comment

 

[Dodge]

One word - cowardly. They deserve every bit of criticism that comes their way. I hope they feel fucking ashamed of themselves. Only Doku looked even remotely up for it.

Fuck off and support another club.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Agreed. Our style of play is dead. We've been found out and it needs a change. Even if we just mixed it up occasionally but its so predictable. Pass sideways and back again

Oooh, yer don't see the women? I get two lots of this sideways backward dross!

 

[BigJoe#1]

Palace should be embarrassed to celebrate beating the football equivalent of Henshaws blind school

You can only beat what's put in front of you.

 

[madloaf]

Ok. I'm really upset with the performance and pep and the season, but let's not go crazy on each other.

 

[RiversideBlue]

Any striker worth his salt would be taking that penalty. Haaland is not a beast but a pussy

He was definitely a coward in that moment

 

[Mancity1980]

Not sure about that.

We should have scored, Henderson should have been sent off. We didn’t deserve to lose. Fair do to Palace, I am pleased for them winning something for the first time in 100 plus years.

 

[RiversideBlue]

Oooh, yer don't see the women? I get two lots of this sideways backward dross!

Unfortunately, i do watch them too, but they only pass it side to side when they've managed to pass it out of their own box

 

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

Research has been done
Books have been written
Business schools teach the strategy


….but Pep stays true to his football philosophy even when its not only been worked out but its now a matter of ‘best practice’ in sport…..even when he doesnt have the players who can play the system

 

[Mancity1980]

Sadly we do...... because we are

We had many good chances to score, their keeper should have been red carded.

 

[noseve]

We should have scored, Henderson should have been sent off. We didn’t deserve to lose. Fair do to Palace, I am pleased for them winning something for the first time in 100 plus years.

But did we deserve to win?

 

[Bluemoonadam]

Excuses?

70 odd mins with 10 men, which it should've been, and a substitute keeper on the field and it's a totally different game.

There are rules and they were bent today.

Lol I'm not even convinced wed of done them even if they had 10 men, rabbit on about it if you like as much as you want nothings changing now. We were shite.

 

[alan__mcfc]

But did we deserve to win?

We were shite so no

 

[Mancity1980]

But did we deserve to win?

I think so, did we deserve to lose in the 90 minutes?

 

[Bowyers Sausages]

Roll on Tuesday!

But did we deserve to win?

We looked like the only team trying to win. Palace sat back like Forest did in the league recently.

 

[blueballs84]

Lol I'm not even convinced wed of done them even if they had 10 men, rabbit on about it if you like as much as you want nothings changing now. We were shite.

The happy clappers always have some excuse.