Pre Match Thread | Palace v City

[Chi-town blues]

TE="SWP's back, post: 8867449, member: 21645"]Think he may know Bony's fitness level better than you to be honest.[/QUOTE]
they may but we shall see how that turns out.

 

[ONTHERUNWITHTHAKSIN]

Can you explain how?

Resting both Silva and Sterling.

If this was Chelsea, Rags or Arsenal both would have played.

Not buying into both injured and couldn't play watch Tuesday and both will play no doubt.

 

[simon23]

Palace will hopefully be rethinking their tactical plan re stopping Sterling.
Front foot forward ....come on Wilf!
Nasri must step up big time today.
Yaya to score first.

and this is the problem...if we lose or don't play well today people will blame individuals but certain systems expose individuals and this exposes Yaya as well all have seen countless times and will expose the centre halves at times to CP midfielders running at them through the centre of the pitch with yards of space in front of them (which has also happened time and time before)

It requires a lot more discipline from fernandihnio so instead of it being a flat 4-4-2 it should look more like a 4-1-3-2.....it could also see one of sergio or bony dropping deeper at times and hopefully palace will be too worried about our forwards to attack to much...

its on quick yutnovers of the ball/losing the ball high up the pitch that we get exposed so its all about discipline from the midfield and making sure someone is covering the spaces infant of the back 4

kolorov really worries me in this system as well with nasri infront of him

 

[Chi-town blues]

So what saying? They shouldn't be playing?

No just play one on top. Too much risk with both on field.

 

[leewill31]

It wont be a conventional 442

More

Back four

........yaya.....fern..........

...navas................nasri......

..............aguero................

........bony.........................


Bony will kill them today!!!!

Looking forward to seeing Bony today hopefully prove why we bought him :)

 

[CC1]

If it turns out to be a masterstroke I'll be eating humble pie and absolutely buzzing because of it.

I just think the quote that 'those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.' is a prescient one. . .

You can't stick to same team & format if your players are injured FFS. What do you expect him to do - send them on with crutches just to ensure we don't change the system!

 

[i8rags]

Fucking hell fellas, we look strong as fuck, bony aerial power, navas speed, Aguero bang in form, silva sterling best left out with slight knocks, kdb to come off the bench, what's not to like. Chelski lost, come on blues.

 

[wattle]

No just play one on top. Too much risk with both on field.

Not really. I think the plan is obviously to take one of them off on 60 mins and brink Kev on

 

[BillyShears]

Good to see one or two posters are alive and well. Not been seen around these parts since the season started.

Buzzing for the match. Not surprised by the switch to 442 with Juve on Tuesday. Win it in the first half get Kun off on the hour and give KDB a run out.

 

[Ducado]

Resting both Silva and Sterling.

If this was Chelsea, Rags or Arsenal both would have played.

Not buying into both injured and couldn't play watch Tuesday and both will play no doubt.

So you are saying the club are not telling the truth? Really? I would think that the club know exactly what they are doing they are managing the squad there is not need to play injured players with the squad we have