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Pete53 Hassocks 15 Mar 23 11.14pm | |
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I'm just back from the game. I was sat in with the home fans. Any worries about getting over excited and giving myself away were groundless. Apart from the first 10 minutes, I was able to sit there and watch us play our usual game of give the ball away and create nothing, and without anything happening that might have tempted me to lose control and jump up. We seem to be in a hole that there is no way out of and look increasingly clueless. The 2nd half was particularly painful to watch, and sad to say Eze was awful when he came on, constantly losing the ball.
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Rachid Rachid Rachid 15 Mar 23 11.20pm | |
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The manager can't be blamed for Edouard and Olise's poor finishing and there's an argument that we simply don't have (good) enough players with a goal in them. However, apart from the first ten minutes another tepid and lame performance notable for slow play and a complete lack of urgency after being behind for so much of the game. The two centre backs our only good performers again and Olise looked our only genuine threat until he went off. Edouard and Doucoure were absolute sh1te again. Parish, Freedman and Vieira all shoulder equal share for this mess IMO.
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grumpymort US/Thailand/UK 15 Mar 23 11.34pm | |
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Originally posted by Den1923
Blame PV if you wish but the real fault is with Parish and Freedman they do the recruiting between them and frankly they go for any player that they can get for the cheapest price or any loan player. PV has made it clear like others before him what he wants but gets what he is given. The whole balance of the team is all wrong we have too many individuals and lack team players. Sorry to say but we have had it, if we can't score!
Loan players cost millions it's like like Fifa you transfer people around for free. Originally posted by PJEagle
Does anyone know what's gone wrong with Decoure? He started the season well, but gone downhill , a bit like the team? I would say he is trying to hard and it doesn't help when he is the only one who really is trying others like Schlupp waste of time Doucoure is going 3 mens work. Originally posted by Rachid Rachid Rachid
The manager can't be blamed for Edouard and Olise's poor finishing and there's an argument that we simply don't have (good) enough players with a goal in them. However, apart from the first ten minutes another tepid and lame performance notable for slow play and a complete lack of urgency after being behind for so much of the game. The two centre backs our only good performers again and Olise looked our only genuine threat until he went off. Edouard and Doucoure were absolute sh1te again. Parish, Freedman and Vieira all shoulder equal share for this mess IMO.
Two center are nothing special lots of little errors and too much side to side and backwards play but I do think a lot of it is due to poor tactics. Disagree about the last two Ed was doing a lot of closing down and yes he should have scored or hit target from header but he really doesnt get good service and when he does its not expected. Doucoure did well apart from a few iffy challenges have you forgotten he stopped easily two chances they could have scored and he was the only one even trying to stop them the other mids did nothing (this is the case every game schlupp plays hes useless at anything but going forward with pace which doesn't happen when he starts games) What do you expect from Parish and Freedman? PV as I said before has best squad we have had in this league with over 100m spent this is a lot for Palace.
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Rachid Rachid Rachid 15 Mar 23 11.48pm | |
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Originally posted by grumpymort
Two center are nothing special lots of little errors and too much side to side and backwards play but I do think a lot of it is due to poor tactics. Disagree about the last two Ed was doing a lot of closing down and yes he should have scored or hit target from header but he really doesnt get good service and when he does its not expected. Doucoure did well apart from a few iffy challenges have you forgotten he stopped easily two chances they could have scored and he was the only one even trying to stop them the other mids did nothing (this is the case every game schlupp plays hes useless at anything but going forward with pace which doesn't happen when he starts games) What do you expect from Parish and Freedman? PV as I said before has best squad we have had in this league with over 100m spent this is a lot for Palace. Not the game I was at. Doucoure good apart from a few iffy challenges ? Seriously. Also fed up with the utter over simplification / excuse that he's "doing it on his own" Edouard failed to hit the target from six yards with a simple header and looks slow and weak.
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Warlodog Warlingham 15 Mar 23 11.58pm | |
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Likewise - my brother and I were sat with the home fans. After such a good start when we could/should have scored twice, I can't believe how pathetic we were as an attacking force once we were a goal down. We appeared to be more concerned about conceding a second rather than going for an equaliser. Certainly no danger of revealing our true colours to those around us given that second half performance.
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radicalsteve ottawa 16 Mar 23 12.00am | |
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rearranging the deck chairs on the titanic ... unfortunately our leadership has the same view as that crew
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Palacesince64 Edinburgh 16 Mar 23 12.14am | |
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Didn’t expect much from a run of tough games but worryingly we look incapable of lifting our game for the 6 winnable matches that follow the Arsenal game. The top coaches make players better and have the ability to adapt in games to get a result. If I’m being generous Olise has maybe improved defensively since he came to us but that’s about it. The rest have gone backwards. It was obvious for a while Vieira didn’t know his best 11 and I don’t think it helped chopping and changing his strikers every other game. The board have failed to provide funds, DF has done ok with his signings , PV has failed to build on last years success, and the players aren’t performing. We will be very fortunate to avoid relegation and if we do go down the “project” will be a failure- 10 years in the top league and precious little to show for it!
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terryriker Newport Beach 16 Mar 23 2.04am | |
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I’ve been following this board for years. I live in Southern California and became a Palace fan April 10, 2017. I saw that Arsenal match at Selhurst and fell in love. I have watched almost every match since on TV and attended 3 more Palace matches( March 2018 vs Liverpool, Boxing Day 2-1 over West Ham 2020, and another Palace 3-0 over Arsenal last April. I follow the transfer windows and signings of all our mid table competitors. I know I didn’t grow up in Croydon but I love the club and the fans.
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crvenaeagle 16 Mar 23 4.15am | |
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Originally posted by terryriker
I’ve been following this board for years. I live in Southern California and became a Palace fan April 10, 2017. I saw that Arsenal match at Selhurst and fell in love. I have watched almost every match since on TV and attended 3 more Palace matches( March 2018 vs Liverpool, Boxing Day 2-1 over West Ham 2020, and another Palace 3-0 over Arsenal last April. I follow the transfer windows and signings of all our mid table competitors. I know I didn’t grow up in Croydon but I love the club and the fans. The problem Terry is the same one we've had for about a decade now; not replacing key players. And as you say midfield is where we are worst with this, and unbelievably so. Jedinak, Cabaye, Milivojevic, McArthur, Gallagher, even Puncheon. These are all key midfield players who either moved on or became too old to fulfil the task and it appears that Freedman and the board just shrug their shoulders and hope it works itself out. Zero shots in three games. That's not the strikers fault, even s*** strikers manage to get a shot away. The issue is our midfield isn't creating anything for them, why? Because our recruitment is all wrong.
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The Dolphin 16 Mar 23 5.26am | |
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For those blaming Edouarde or Mateta in different games you have to look at PV.
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Elpis In a pub 16 Mar 23 5.57am | |
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Originally posted by The Dolphin
For those blaming Edouarde or Mateta in different games you have to look at PV.
Maybe its better to live in hope than in dissapointment
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VinceHilaire London 16 Mar 23 6.32am | |
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We seem to always be in this same predicament - then somehow- a miracle happens - we win a few games - and the premiership rollercoaster starts all over again the following season. I think it is different this time. We don’t have those natural leaders on the pitch and our young, inexperienced team are looking less likely to respond to the challenge. Like all of you, feel sick at the thought of us going down. However, I’m clinging to the fact we need about 10-12 points from our remaining 11 games. It is possible, but we need Lady Luck to start working her magic!! Hey, when you support Palace you know life ain’t ever going to be straight forward..lol..
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