Palace (A) Post Match Thread

Depends how long he's out for ? Has pep suggest how long ?.
No but looking at his reaction it looks like knee ligament which sometimes you don't feel immediately but are the hardest to rehab - he's in good hands and you never know it may not be as bad as it looks now. Fingers crossed.
 
Crystal Palace were immense today, to be fair. We looked laboured. I don't think any of the referee's decisions would have affected the result, but that was a disgusting challenge at the end, and at least the fourth in the last few games that has gone unpunished.

Hopefully that one will be looked at again, because the FA is allowed to revisit dangerous behaviour even if a yellow card was given at the time.

Oh well, 48 hours 'til the next one. I'm sure we'll be equally below par then too. The Christmas/New Year schedule is absolutely stupid.

Scott Dann’s Challenge on KDB was also a targeted one. He’s another snidey twat.
 
I think he was just turned away from the penakty, but what he did do realising that kdb had the ball and with his ability to counter and thread the pass, puncheon decided to take him out maliciously

I don’t think he watches penalties out of superstition. He wasn’t just looking at KdB wanting to wipe him out as the penalty was going on. He made that decision when they break started. Horrible twat.
 
We are rightly angry and pissed off that our players have been injured,however,to wish injury on others is classless,its also unacceptable in regards our Code of Conduct.

Stop it now,thank you.
what if we say he gets jailed for his off field shit. or some **** shoots him tonight whilst pissed. any good?
 
They need to change the rules about reviewing bad tackles, puncheons was a nailed on straight red but as he's been booked, that's the end of it? That can't be right, he deliberately set out to hurt Kev, withholding the physio's for Jesus was a fucking disgrace too...!
Are City being targeted?? Absolutely 100 fuckin % we are...!
 
People saying Sane was poor, you do realise he had 3 players in front of him the entire game, right?

Because Danilo doesn't overlap and Gundogan didn't move at all, they were able to screen him. He did well considering tbh. At least he tried, whereas Bernardo on the other wing just stood on the wing. Fine, if the midfield took advantage and moved, but they didn't. Fernandinho was in his usual role waiting for Gundogan to come collect the ball like Silva would, but he never bothered. This allowed KDB to be man marked out of the game without any fear. We got screwed because Gundogan sat in space waiting for everyone to do the work for him, when the game was there for him to take advantage of by doing it himself. That's the difference between him and Dave.

Sane was poor but was actually the only real threat we had today. Your points about Gundogan are bang on, he only seems interested when the ball is within 5 yards of him, otherwise he ambles through the game waiting for things to happen for him. A good squad player but nowhere near the level of Silva.
 
We didn't do enough to win. Nor did they even considering the dodgy penalty. A few tackles flying in, which is to be expected these days, but Puncheons on Kev was a disgrace. The ref saw it, the ref gave a yellow, good enough for the F.A then. No further action. This needs looking at as it was disgraceful. Moss was also a disgrace.

Still, unbeaten, 14 points clear at the New Year, the most ever, and a home game against Watford to look forward to.
 
He defends ok. Biggest problem for me is when he has the ball, he doesn't bring it out and play it forward often enough. We have missed Stones ability to do this and he will be back in on Tuesday I would expect. Mangala has done better defensively than I expected though.

Agree with the bringing thr ball out bit, and we have missed Stones, but then Stones is one of the best in the leagie this seaon at bringing the ball out so any team would miss him.
I think with Stones and Kompany out Mangala has done well
 
Walker motm for me...KDB will be fine and like others I was unsure about Sanchez but even without the GJ injury I think we need fresh talented blood in there to give others a break in what is probably the most physically demanding midfields to play in Europe. Bernie will come good if he gets an extended run in midfield and not on the wing and let’s bring Merlin back when he’s ready to come back mentally not just because we dropped 2 points.

Well done City on the 18 in a row and being 14 clear at the half way mark a truly brilliant team and management effort to achieve those stats!
 
Trialling VAR in a game today I'm sure I heard should've trailed it in this one with the inept Moss in charge...

 
We have got potentially another 33 games this season. We need him and we need a left back.

Maybe. But I think we'd cope fine without him tbh. Even at left back Delph has been more then good enough. Other then today we've been brilliant. And even today we didn't lose. So I don't see the great panic to buy more attacking players. Obviously if Jesus is out for most of the season then maybe we should.
 
more disjointed.
Yep, about sums it up. Tight ground, oppostion hassled and harried and we weren’t quite at our best. Thought it would be a struggle given the time, the ground, the opponent and so it transpired. Sane was off the pace, Walker was superb. The run has come to an end. But we remain undefeated. And 14 points clear.
 

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