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PatrickA Flag London 02 Apr 24 10.51pm Send a Private Message to PatrickA Add PatrickA as a friend

My only surprise is that people seem surprised by the result and performance.

I take no pleasure in keeping to say this, but we can’t keep a clean sheet and struggle to score.

This means 1-1 is about the best we can hope for at present.
The side we fielded tonight is a bottom 5 team.
It’s fine talking about we’ll be fine when the injured players are back , but when is this going to be?
Meanwhile there’s the possibility of picking up more injuries along the way.
I’m not being negative, just realistic.
It may well get worse before it gets better with forthcoming games v Man C and Liverpool.
At the moment we have to hope the teams below us don’t put together a run of good results.
We need to find another 5 or 6 points from somewhere.

 

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Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 02 Apr 24 10.55pm Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

Originally posted by PatrickA

My only surprise is that people seem surprised by the result and performance.

I take no pleasure in keeping to say this, but we can’t keep a clean sheet and struggle to score.

This means 1-1 is about the best we can hope for at present.
The side we fielded tonight is a bottom 5 team.
It’s fine talking about we’ll be fine when the injured players are back , but when is this going to be?
Meanwhile there’s the possibility of picking up more injuries along the way.
I’m not being negative, just realistic.
It may well get worse before it gets better with forthcoming games v Man C and Liverpool.
At the moment we have to hope the teams below us don’t put together a run of good results.
We need to find another 5 or 6 points from somewhere.

I wholeheartedly concur with these sentiments.

Tonight's result is NO surprise to me one jot.
Squad short on depth, goalscorers at a premium.
Optimism low in terms of upcoming fixtures.
GRIM.

 

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Nicholas91 Flag The Democratic Republic of Kent 02 Apr 24 11.02pm Send a Private Message to Nicholas91 Add Nicholas91 as a friend

Tonight just exposed our entire identity and existence unfortunately, we’re a club lacking any coherent plan and/or ability to spend.

We’ve once again had to change things dramatically as we plummeted south with an underfunded and very thin squad. With a few injuries we’re reduced to a mid table championship side just now without Wilf to carry us. No new manager bounce, a sincere lack of goals and points. I can barely remember what a Palace win feels like let alone any enjoyment and positivity amongst the fan base.

If we’re lucky enough to survive this season, and it will just be luck, something dramatic will have to happen in the summer. I’m not massively hopeful of our survival. Equally not quite resigned to relegation yet but it’s a sincere possibility. Chickens roosting I fear. Over a decade in the PL and nothing but an FA Cup final some years ago to show for it. An improved ground and European football? Perhaps our summer transfer budget was spent on Crack C0caine?

That’s the best I can muster for a hysterical whine atm

 


Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

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Brinscalleagle2 Flag Brinscall 02 Apr 24 11.03pm Send a Private Message to Brinscalleagle2 Add Brinscalleagle2 as a friend

Unfortunately we just do not have a high enough quality squad. The game tonight showed that we are being much more proactive in moving forward . Our issue is we have no threat from Ayew and Mateta to take advantage and as much as we all love what Eze does he is a major culprit in our attacks breaking down due to poor passing.
We will lose plenty more games before the season is over but as long as we keep progressing we survive. What comes next must be an influx of better quality players.COYP.

 

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Yellow Card - User has been warned of conduct on the messageboards robdave2k Flag 02 Apr 24 11.06pm

If we’re still playing like this at the end of September I’d be worried.

A summer of recruitment, a proper pre-season and players back and we are a different side.

Freedman got Muniz and Wharton - both excellent signings. I trust him to pull out a decent signing or two.

It is what it is at the minute. But there’s shoots there and I’d trust Glasner to use new players.

Edited by robdave2k (02 Apr 2024 11.07pm)

 

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Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 02 Apr 24 11.07pm Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

Originally posted by Nicholas91

Tonight just exposed our entire identity and existence unfortunately, we’re a club lacking any coherent plan and/or ability to spend.

We’ve once again had to change things dramatically as we plummeted south with an underfunded and very thin squad. With a few injuries we’re reduced to a mid table championship side just now without Wilf to carry us. No new manager bounce, a sincere lack of goals and points. I can barely remember what a Palace win feels like let alone any enjoyment and positivity amongst the fan base.

If we’re lucky enough to survive this season, and it will just be luck, something dramatic will have to happen in the summer. I’m not massively hopeful of our survival. Equally not quite resigned to relegation yet but it’s a sincere possibility. Chickens roosting I fear. Over a decade in the PL and nothing but an FA Cup final some years ago to show for it. An improved ground and European football? Perhaps our summer transfer budget was spent on Crack C0caine?

That’s the best I can muster for a hysterical whine atm

I have heard some who have opined that Glasner will not be on the managerial 'Throne' for an extended period of time and believe that Cooper would have been a better option.

Glasner has only been in charge for 5 games and the squad is NOT strong enough!

Edited by Willo (02 Apr 2024 11.15pm)

 

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PalazioVecchio Flag south pole 02 Apr 24 11.11pm Send a Private Message to PalazioVecchio Add PalazioVecchio as a friend

the offside for our goal was harsh.

and Mateta was tripped but denied a penalty.

referees generally tonight.....we woz robbed.

 


Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford

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Henry of Peckham Flag Eton Mess 02 Apr 24 11.33pm Send a Private Message to Henry of Peckham Add Henry of Peckham as a friend

Originally posted by Willo

I have heard some who have opined that Glasner will not be on the managerial 'Throne' for an extended period of time and believe that Cooper would have been a better option.

Glasner has only been in charge for 5 games and the squad is NOT strong enough!

Edited by Willo (02 Apr 2024 11.15pm)

To be fair Glasner has exactly the same problem as Roy had ... the squad is too thin (albeit with the two extra players bought in January) and there are too many injuries! ANY manager would have to be a magician to work wonders with that.

Edited by Henry of Peckham (02 Apr 2024 11.35pm)

 


Denial is not just a river in Egypt

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radicalsteve Flag ottawa 02 Apr 24 11.42pm Send a Private Message to radicalsteve Add radicalsteve as a friend

It was rather bleak from the start and the longer the match goes on, the lack of attacking talent is so obvious. Eze has great skill, and Mateta is doing a lot better (and is also a really good asset defending corners) but that is it!. Ayew made no real contribution and the midfield can't release killer passes. We have no attacking width, so its all down the middle and bodies just get in the way. Ozoh never going to be a match up against Semenyo (coaching / substitution decision) and it cost us the game. A more experienced player would have pulled him back and got the yellow card. Don't blame the youngster, it was a tactical mistake from the coaching staff.

Big makeover required in the summer!

 

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Living In Hope Flag Petersfield 03 Apr 24 12.19am Send a Private Message to Living In Hope Add Living In Hope as a friend

Just back from the game and decided to post before reading other comments so I am not influenced. In short we were dreadful, and anyone who thinks we are safe from relegation needs a wake-up call.

We don’t yet have the players to play Glasner’s preferred style, especially with so many injuries. The injury to Richards meant Lerma was moved to centre back and Hughes replaced him as defensive midfielder. Glasner’s style, in my understanding, uses pace and athleticism to compensate for lesser technical skills than our opponents. Although Hughes did okay, athletic and pacy are not words which apply to him. He began to get found out for physicality and pace as the game wore on. Sadly the same is true of Ayew and Mateta (though perhaps less important for the striker role). Ayew has gone so far off the boil under Glasner – he offered absolutely nothing this evening and is back to the player of 2 or 3 years ago when most of us couldn’t understand why he continued to occupy a place in the team.

The wing-backs are obviously crucial to the system, and I though Munoz looked knackered, and Mitchell (who I rate higher than many on this site) posed no attacking threat whatsoever, and both constantly checked back and played a simple square or backward pass rather than running for the byline and trying to cross. That was symptomatic of our attacking – however good a position we got ourselves into, we generally kept passing until the chance was gone. We were shockingly lacking in incisiveness in attacking positions.

At half-time my daughter asked me what I thought was going to happen. I told her I though Bournemouth’s substitutes would make the difference for them. I am no football sage, but it always felt likely that with Bournemouth able to send on Semenyo and Kluivert, they were going to find the energy and ability to see us off eventually. Our substitutes included bringing Ozoh on to play out of position at centre-back, the increasingly lumbering-looking Schlupp for the semi-conscious Ayew, and Edouard for Wharton (who was probably our best player but began to miss simple passes as he got tired).

The positives ? Well Henderson, Andersen, Ward and Lerma also put in respectable performances, as did Mateta in the first half, but his lack of pace was more and more obvious as the game wore on. Ebs was off his game, but still looked more likely than anyone else to create a goal. But it’s difficult to be very positive when you can’t see where many more points are coming from. We are going to need Luton to be pretty crap in order not to get into real trouble in my view, unless we can get a couple of key players back very soon. I hate this season !

 

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Bexley Eagle Flag Bexley Kent 03 Apr 24 2.33am Send a Private Message to Bexley Eagle Add Bexley Eagle as a friend

Yes. You hit the nail on the head with that post. I can’t wait for this season to be over.

 

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sprites Flag Auckland 03 Apr 24 6.21am Send a Private Message to sprites Add sprites as a friend

3-4-3 is a stupid system that negates the strengths of our best player - Eze.

It also requires top, top wing backs - of which we don't have. Munoz looks decent enough...

It's not much more complicated than that for me.

 

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