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Palace Old Geezer Flag Midhurst 28 Feb 21 2.13pm

Blimey, that was a dull, uninspiring game. A very difficult watch and destined to be the last, very short slot on MOTD2 tonight.

I agree with the comments about RLC, would love to see him back at Selhurst. Perhaps he was asking Roy after the game if there were any vacancies.

Still, a point's a point, but no doubt changes are needed.

 


Dad and I watched games standing on the muddy slope of the Holmesdale Road end. He cheered and I rattled.

Tickled pink Flag Cornwall 28 Feb 21 2.14pm

Originally posted by Pete53

Its a sign of the times that I find myself breathing a sigh of relief when the whistle goes and we hang on for a point - 0-0 against a bottom three side!

They won at Everton 2-0 about three weeks ago and they outplayed them from start to finish much much more then they did us today, Fulham have been playing wonderful keep ball for most of season and they do not deserve to be in the situation they find themselves ...same as Brighton lol

 

Qwijibo Flag Bournemouth 28 Feb 21 2.14pm

Originally posted by babylonjohn

Are you for real? Agreed beforehand lol ? All i see is one young team in form and desperate for a win and one older team missing injured players and quite happy with a draw.

Yeah, Scott Parker after the game just said "We did everything in our power to try and win the game but it wasn't to be."

We simply cannot claim the same.

So little drive, intent, motivation, energy... where to start with a rebuild? There's so much to do.

Going back to the first few games of the season, Fulham had a load of new players, including an entire defense. They were disjointed and naive, but have done really well to grow as they have and just about have a fighting chance.

My big worry is that we try and make these massive changes and it all goes wrong. We have slept walked into an aging squad for 2 or 3 years. Now it is catching up and will only get worse.

I would say Scott Parker would be a safer bet than a lot of other managers. Anyone is a gamble. But he has shown he can quickly re-mould a squad, under pressure, with limitations. And he would have a squad better than the one Fulham had back in August.

 

Badger11 Flag Beckenham 28 Feb 21 2.15pm

The BBC will be panicking after that game as even more people cancel their licence.

 


One more point

Midlands Eagle Flag 28 Feb 21 2.15pm

I don't know if it has been asked already in this thread but I thought that the limit for loan players in the Premier League was two at any one time so how come Fulham are allowed so many players on loan and all playing at once?

 

The_postman Flag Forest Row 28 Feb 21 2.17pm

Originally posted by eagleman13

Ditto. Ive got Leicester v Arsenal on me Tablet & 'The Man Who Never Was' on Sony Movies Action(true story)

&#8917;me too

Having it on in the background is the only way I can cope!

 

Elphers40 Flag Sunny South Coast 28 Feb 21 2.19pm

I thought Parker set them up well they were solid and yet ambitious going forward.
I hadn’t really thought of him as a potential Palace manager but the way he has adjusted to life as a Premier League Manager- has got me thinking he might be a safer option than I thought.

If he brought Andersen, RLC and Maja with him it might be the best deal on offer!

Benteke has to go and we have to get some natural width into the team.

 

Den1923 Flag 28 Feb 21 2.19pm

Originally posted by Gribbo

Not a single shot on target, at home to Fulham. To go with the 2 shots last Monday. Royball - 4 points and scraping by in order to stay in the division to try and do the same next season. Time to the ring the changes, if we go down, we go down, but I don't see the point of this.

Be careful what you wish for, there are many teams like Charlton/Stoke/Bolton/Sunderland for example who took the route your asking us to take. The financial stakes are huge in the PL, if we are relegated all that is lost and I for one certainly do not want to see this football club fade away in the lower leagues. Four points from the last two games whilst not very pretty to watch has increased our changes of survival in the PL and I'm very happy with that!

 

slubglurge Flag welling 28 Feb 21 2.20pm

Originally posted by Midlands Eagle

I don't know if it has been asked already in this thread but I thought that the limit for loan players in the Premier League was two at any one time so how come Fulham are allowed so many players on loan and all playing at once?

The two limit is only on domestic loans. You can loan as many overseas players as you like

 

Qwijibo Flag Bournemouth 28 Feb 21 2.21pm

Originally posted by Midlands Eagle

I don't know if it has been asked already in this thread but I thought that the limit for loan players in the Premier League was two at any one time so how come Fulham are allowed so many players on loan and all playing at once?

I think there's a split between domestic and foreign loans. Can't remember. Ola Aina is from Torino, RLC Chelsea etc.

Maybe the best hope Palace have of 3 points is by way of an admin error by the opposition.

 

Palace Old Geezer Flag Midhurst 28 Feb 21 2.23pm

Originally posted by Midlands Eagle

I don't know if it has been asked already in this thread but I thought that the limit for loan players in the Premier League was two at any one time so how come Fulham are allowed so many players on loan and all playing at once?

I was thinking the same thing. 7 loanees out of 11 on the pitch, very odd way to build a team.

I'm also in the 'Scott Parker for manager' camp. He'd work well with Roy during a year of transition. We could do a lot worse methinks.

 


Dad and I watched games standing on the muddy slope of the Holmesdale Road end. He cheered and I rattled.

Midlands Eagle Flag 28 Feb 21 2.24pm

Originally posted by Den1923

Be careful what you wish for, there are many teams like Charlton/Stoke/Bolton/Sunderland for example who took the route your asking us to take.

That's a bit unfair. Bolton were relegated as they appointed a crap manager in Dougie Freedman

 

Chaos Flag 28 Feb 21 2.24pm

Originally posted by Den1923
Be careful what you wish for, there are many teams like Charlton/Stoke/Bolton/Sunderland for example who took the route your asking us to take. The financial stakes are huge in the PL, if we are relegated all that is lost and I for one certainly do not want to see this football club fade away in the lower leagues. Four points from the last two games whilst not very pretty to watch has increased our changes of survival in the PL and I'm very happy with that!

I am guessing this is the thinking in the boardroom. Let's be safe and avoid relegation at all costs. Does not make it any easier to watch these games tho.

 

Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 28 Feb 21 2.25pm

Originally posted by Qwijibo

I think there's a split between domestic and foreign loans. Can't remember. Ola Aina is from Torino, RLC Chelsea etc.

Maybe the best hope Palace have of 3 points is by way of an admin error by the opposition.

PL clubs can only have a maximum of 2 players on loan from fellow PL clubs at the same time.
Fulham have RLC and Lemina on loan from PL clubs but the rest are from clubs in Europe.

 

Eaglecoops Flag CR3 28 Feb 21 2.28pm

Originally posted by Palace Old Geezer

I was thinking the same thing. 7 loanees out of 11 on the pitch, very odd way to build a team.

I'm also in the 'Scott Parker for manager' camp. He'd work well with Roy during a year of transition. We could do a lot worse methinks.

Why would you want a transition period with a manager that has a totally different style. All they would do is argue tactics, or Parker would show too much respect for Roy and end up ruining his own style of play.

 

Qwijibo Flag Bournemouth 28 Feb 21 2.30pm

Originally posted by Chaos

I am guessing this is the thinking in the boardroom. Let's be safe and avoid relegation at all costs. Does not make it any easier to watch these games tho.

Yes, but I think we are running out of old-school English managers.

We've already had Bruce, Allardyce, Pulis, Warnock, Hodgson.

Does Mourinho belong in the Dinosaur club yet?

 

Pete53 Flag Hassocks 28 Feb 21 2.30pm

Originally posted by Tickled pink

They won at Everton 2-0 about three weeks ago and they outplayed them from start to finish much much more then they did us today, Fulham have been playing wonderful keep ball for most of season and they do not deserve to be in the situation they find themselves ...same as Brighton lol

I would agree that they are a pretty good side, but it shows just how low we have sunk that we can't compete with them on an even level. Okay we got a point, but we never looked like getting three.

 

Chaos Flag 28 Feb 21 2.32pm

Originally posted by Eaglecoops

Why would you want a transition period with a manager that has a totally different style. All they would do is argue tactics, or Parker would show too much respect for Roy and end up ruining his own style of play.

Sometimes that works. Roy was arguably the best manager Finland ever had, even looking at the stats, until the new guy lifted from the U-23 national team lifted them to Euros.

And yes, the same "negative game" arguments were in play at that point. Limited resources are limited resources, be it club or country.

 

peterg Flag Anerley 28 Feb 21 2.32pm

Desperately hanging on again, this time for a single point. Somehow we are scraping our way to enough points to stay up. The last match I actually enjoyed watching was the 5-1 win at West Brom - plus the last two minutes at Brighton. Gary Cahill is back at his best and a good thing too otherwise we would have no chance to getting a result. I suppose we will scrape through to the summer when Palace face massive decisions about the future, with so many players out of contract and Roy too.

 


The right place at the right time

Uphill Flag Bedford 28 Feb 21 2.32pm

We could do with the crowds coming back - they would have got rid of Mr Hodgson by now as he would have been regularly booed off the pitch after our abysmal home performances and even Parish could not ignore the derision.

They say (or was it Roy Hodgson) 'beware of what you wish for' - well all I can say is that I wish for something better than this and being laughed at as the worst PL team with little skill, no creativity and persistent negative tactics.

It is beyond embarrassing.

 


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