Crystal Palace vs Chelsea (PL) Monday 12th February 2024 20:00 GMT

[Roland The Bruin]

Am i the only one that still believes we will win the league this year

[WhiteWall]

2 minutes ago, icecoolguy22 said:

Be very surprised if we don't make a couple of changes at HT. This could be it, lose this and we will get an interim manager this weekend.

Won't happen. We still have deeper to go before that happens

[axman2526]

Players given up on the league, or given up in general? Will see vs Leeds and Pool.

If we play like this against City...

[BewareoftheDrog]

7 minutes ago, El regreso said:

I don’t see why everyone is upset we are getting the performance we expected against Villa. I didn’t expect anything from this game or anything going forward. When we do get a result then I take it as a surprise but outside of that I don’t expect anything.

What's annoying is that it was a great performance. Probs one of the best we've seen all season. So what the f**k has gone on since last Wednesday. Poor effort, or lack of, tonight 

[DarkMata]

3 minutes ago, Zeta said:

 

[evissy]

Not sure why we insist on playing with the ball. Every time they have attacked and we've managed to get the ball back we've had some space.

[Scott Harris]

2 minutes ago, DarkMata said:

Still beat a team of Caicedos

No he wouldn't because he can't pass, shoot or even control the ball. At best it would finish 0-0.

[KonaKai Blue]

My god man. Why why why do we play such slow football!!!!!???

[Gordon Bennett]

13 hours ago, Gonoir Beniashile said:

Palace will defend with a basic 2 banks of 4 and 10 men behind the ball at most times. It'll be up to us to break them down.

With that in mind there's absolutely no reason to deviate from the successful tactics we employed against Aston Villa.

Nkunku comes in for Conor to add more guile to our attack. The returning Colwill in for sicknote Badiashile.

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[Andy North]

4 minutes ago, AndyDowsleftflank said:

True. Gallagher has been largely anonymous, while Caicedo and Enzo are competing for worst performance of the season. No point in blaming singular players though, the team doesn’t work at all so everone looks bad

Precisely. We can keep possession , pass etc in own half but there doesn't seem to be a plan to break out of that. A decent coach will change that at half time. I think we have the players to punish this Palace side.

[Jangz]

Poch knew this was coming but really can’t understand the set up and lack of reorganisation when it was clear that balls out wide aren’t working .. no plan A no plan B 

[evissy]

No changes for us it seems. Pochettino is not a ht subber. 

Edit: Nkunku on.

Edited February 12 by evissy

[Frankie8Lampard]

Just now, evissy said:

No changes for us it seems. Pochettino is not a ht subber. 

nkunku coming on

[Stas1]

9 minutes ago, timetowaste said:

Bang on, I don't think I've disliked a manager as much as Poch since Conte in his second season.

The fat Spanish waiter is still the most hated for my liking

[Chris Gundleton]

2 minutes ago, dansubrosa said:

Will people stop criticising Silva for christs sake. What is he supposed to do when there is no passing options.

He doesn’t need to take 10 touches to make the same sideways pass he could have done with one touch.  Gary Neville is saying the same thing and he knows a lot more about football than us!

[WhiteWall]

I think the only benefit of Nkunku's injuries this season is that he has had less time being coached by this bloke. Hopefully his quality hasn't been eroded with countless sessions of sideways and backwards passing

[Jangz]

He doesn’t look like a man who knows what he is doing .. his eyes are full of fear .. don’t see any fearlessness or freshness in his ideas.. I was excited about poch but he has Ben a complete sh*t show.

[El regreso]

Noni was horrible but I expect that

[big blue]

We need someone a bit cuter to find the little pockets of space behind their midfield, receive on the half turn, and thread balls either wide, or in the channels.

We play in a large 'u' shape from one side to the other like a horse shoe. Occasional we get a cross in, and occasionally we lose the ball and get done on the counter.

We cant go long to the striker, because we dont even have one, and the players that end up receiving in those spaces are mainly Gallagher and Enzo, and both just lose the ball.

[BewareoftheDrog]

80% possession and one shot on target!!! Somebody's taking the p**s!!!

[loz]

Michael Oliver is off the park looking for Enzo and Jackson

[mojo]

I guess we’ll beat City on Sat then

 

Nkunku in Madueke out

[DarkMata]

1 minute ago, BewareoftheDrog said:

80% possession and one shot on target!!! Somebody's taking the p**s!!!

Er that sh*t wasn’t on target.

[evissy]

Really hoping we show something this half. Even though I am fully in for the long project this type of football is so inspiring to watch. Have some good movies on my watchlist... much better than this turdball.

[dR3]

Conor stays on the pitch when we’re chasing a result. Well done.