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Originally posted by Palacesince64
Time to cheer up folks. We’ve taken 4 points form out last 2 games despite having no cutting edge up front. Fulham are playing well and look like they might stay up. If they do then it is quite possible that The Weed will go down instead! Very cloud and all that .... Do you really think we have 'no cutting edge up front?' Brighton have no cutting edge up front. 66 shots and 1 goal, or whatever the stat is. It would take us months and months at this rate, to have 66 shots. Our strikers don't get a sniff. They did incredibly well to score one each mid week.
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100% agree Roy is a pragmatist. todays match was poor from an attacking slant but the team spirit and defence has to recognised and applauded Originally posted by Glazier#1
You hate that man? Calm down and stop being so personal. Anyway, I'm sure he's scratching his head , wondering why, in all his 45 years in football, he never listened to your advice. Yes - injuries have decimated the squad. Yes - he's kept us up for all this time - our longest in the top flight in our history Yes - he's helped us to survive with, mostly, players that are cheaper but older, since he's been given very, very little to spend. No to personal insults against a professional who's forgotten more about the game than you or I ever will. No to the Curbishley Solution.
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Originally posted by Qwijibo
Do you really think we have 'no cutting edge up front?' Brighton have no cutting edge up front. 66 shots and 1 goal, or whatever the stat is. It would take us months and months at this rate, to have 66 shots. Our strikers don't get a sniff. They did incredibly well to score one each mid week. In that game, Ayew & Andros put a cross in for both our goals. Today, Andros put in at least 6 crosses in & only once was anybody near(Tekkers) & even the BBC even said he couldnt be arsed to attack it.
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Originally posted by doombear
We are missing 4 key players who make a difference - Zaha, Schlupp, McArthur and Tomkins. Our ageing squad is struggling to cope with the pace of opponents' pressing game. Whose fault is that? Our team out today had no pace. To his credit Andros tried to make things happen and put in some good crosses. Unfortunately, Benteke reverted to type and hid away. I'm disappointed with the performance but happy we avoided defeat. What the recent performances suggest to me is the dearth of talent in our squad when we aren't at full strength. Agree with this 100%. Fulham came into the game undefeated in their last six away games and with a recent defensive record second only to Man City so I wasn't expecting too much. We must have the slowest midfield in the division and Eze doesn't have the guile or skill set to play centrally. He's a left sided forward. I thought Benteke's selection was correct under the circumstances as the ball never stopped coming back in the games Mateta has started and Fulham had a clear threat from set pieces. Not pretty but a six pointer under the circumstances.
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Originally posted by Gribbo
We don’t have a worse manager than Brighton. Missing 2 pens and having a perfectly good goal chalked off is not down to Potter. They play good football, much better than us. If they buy a good striker in the summer, they will finish top half. Maupay not as good as he thinks he is, needs replacing. "they play good football, much better than us" after 26 games they are seven points behind us, although I agree some of our football is basically crap, cobblers to playing nicer and losing more
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Originally posted by Gribbo
We don’t have a worse manager than Brighton. Missing 2 pens and having a perfectly good goal chalked off is not down to Potter. They play good football, much better than us. If they buy a good striker in the summer, they will finish top half. Maupay not as good as he thinks he is, needs replacing.
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Originally posted by lush1076
The saddest thing for me is my 11 year old and 8 year old boys slowly becoming disinterested with watching us play. You're entirely right. No way will I put my son through that.
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Originally posted by lush1076
The saddest thing for me is my 11 year old and 8 year old boys slowly becoming disinterested with watching us play. That is sad indeed. I worry too that we were live on the BBC and have not really showcased our club in a very good light. We need to be recruiting new young dynamic players and hopefully coaching staff soon. I hope Parish has a plan because I cant see a big queue of talent knocking his door down to come here right now.
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Parish was picked out on TV watching that crap.How can he witness that performance and expect fans to renew season tickets to set up and play this system.
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Originally posted by AERO
Parish was picked out on TV watching that crap.How can he witness that performance and expect fans to renew season tickets to set up and play this system. Because he knows the club and all his hopes for the future are down the drain if we get relegated. He will be happy with the point today. Edited by EddieMac (28 Feb 2021 8.55pm)
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Originally posted by doi209
My condolences to all season ticket holders. How can you watch this drivel week after week. I have supported Palace for over 50 years and cannot remember such dross. Even in the darker days at least we tried. Good thing is that I now live in Cornwall and rarely get to see Palace live. We are getting our dough back this season but seriously am considering not renewing if our owners don't see the issues and address them.
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Originally posted by AERO
Parish was picked out on TV watching that crap.How can he witness that performance and expect fans to renew season tickets to set up and play this system. I hope that Parish is reading all these comments on the different websites. The media think we are pathetic, the pundits think we are pathetic and mostly importantly look at all the comments from the fans on pathetic we really are. I'm sure if the Premier League hd their way, they would kick us out for ruining their product. They would rather see Fulham in the PL than us. How many comments have I seen whereby fans switched off this afternoon, including me. Are these fans going to return when crowds are allowed back?
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Originally posted by Crystal_Clear
I hope that Parish is reading all these comments on the different websites. The media think we are pathetic, the pundits think we are pathetic and mostly importantly look at all the comments from the fans on pathetic we really are. I'm sure if the Premier League hd their way, they would kick us out for ruining their product. They would rather see Fulham in the PL than us. How many comments have I seen whereby fans switched off this afternoon, including me. Are these fans going to return when crowds are allowed back? Parrish doesn’t care about a few thousand disgruntled fans or BBC.
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