quiet_riot
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Lmao.
If Sterling and Kun could finish, Kev would've had about 8 assists in the second half.
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If Sterling and Kun could finish, Kev would've had about 8 assists in the second half.
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blueinsa
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All well and good but give Palace some credit they didn't let us play
Only because the ref let them get away with virtually everything mate.
Im the first to give the opposition credit but yesterday, they just employed strong arm tactics.
grim up north
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Only because the ref let them get away with virtually everything mate.
Im the first to give the opposition credit but yesterday, they just employed strong arm tactics.
I agree with that they pushed the boundaries got away with it but just riles me that very few people never to take the opposition in to account when pronouncing us shite
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blueinsa
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I agree with that they pushed the boundaries got away with it but just riles me that very few people never to take the opposition in to account when pronouncing us shite
Im with you there mate.
The PL is the most arduous and difficult domestic league there is and the money has ensured there are no easy games anymore.
Gabriel
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Don't know why, but our performances seem to have a habit of dipping at smaller grounds in London where the crowd is close and the atmosphere a little more claustrophobic. We used to make a hash of going to places like QPR and the old West Ham, too. It was all rather frenetic yesterday until Silva came on, at which point I think we looked more dominant and assured. Not the prettiest of spectacles but three welcome points.
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blueinsa
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Don't know why, but our performances seem to have a habit of dipping at smaller grounds in London where the crowd is close and the atmosphere a little more claustrophobic. We used to make a hash of going to places like QPR and the old West Ham, too. It was all rather frenetic yesterday until Silva came on, at which point I think we looked more dominant and assured. Not the prettiest of spectacles but three welcome points.
We are the big game now for virtually every single side. Managers, players and fans are frothing at the mouth in their attempts to get one over us and performances are raised.
We have to get used to it as it isnt going to change and despite several changes yesterday and us looking tired and off the boil, especially up front, we still won the game.
I will take that all day long.
Gabriel
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We are the big game now for virtually every single side. Managers, players and fans are frothing at the mouth in their attempts to get one over us and performances are raised.
We have to get used to it as it isnt going to change and despite several changes yesterday and us looking tired and off the boil, especially up front, we still won the game.
I will take that all day long.
Sounds a tad conceited (i.e. the other lot), so I prefer to think of us still as 'a' big game, not 'the' big game. :-)
As for the rest, all very true, but I've often wondered why we seem so fragile at such places. In the modern stadia, I think we adapt quite comfortably, but in some of the old, 'hostile' grounds we always seem to look far less assured. Might just be me.
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blueinsa
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Sounds a tad conceited (i.e. the other lot), so I prefer to think of us still as 'a' big game, not 'the' big game. :-)
As for the rest, all very true, but I've often wondered why we seem so fragile at such places. In the modern stadia, I think we adapt quite comfortably, but in some of the old, 'hostile' grounds we always seem to look far less assured. Might just be me.
It doesnt help, like yesterday when you get a ref like that either.
They had one game plan and it was kick and hack and he let them get away with it. You could see the frustration on our players as decision after decision went against us whilst the most minimal of contact on them resulted in a free kick time and time again.
It gives the players and the home fans hope.
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Don't know why, but our performances seem to have a habit of dipping at smaller grounds in London where the crowd is close and the atmosphere a little more claustrophobic. We used to make a hash of going to places like QPR and the old West Ham, too. It was all rather frenetic yesterday until Silva came on, at which point I think we looked more dominant and assured. Not the prettiest of spectacles but three welcome points.
David Silva was magnificent for the Last 20+ minutes. Absolutely world class. Great management by Pep.
Gabriel
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It doesnt help, like yesterday when you get a ref like that either.
They had one game plan and it was kick and hack and he let them get away with it. You could see the frustration on our players as decision after decision went against us whilst the most minimal of contact on them resulted in a free kick time and time again.
It gives the players and the home fans hope.
Perhaps there's some truth in that. Perhaps referees are influenced by the setting and allow the game to flow in the manner they were accustomed to when they had such games as they ascended the footballing pyramid: 'this was what it was like when I used to referee Bury v Rochdale', for example, 'so we'll just let that crude challenge go.'