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Palacesince64 Flag Edinburgh 28 Feb 21 5.20pm

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 ....

 

Qwijibo Flag Bournemouth 28 Feb 21 5.33pm

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.

 

johnmcormick8 Flag Brundish 28 Feb 21 5.38pm

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.

 

eagleman13 Flag On The Road To Hell & Alicante 28 Feb 21 5.41pm

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.

 


This operation, will make the 'Charge Of The Light Brigade' seem like a simple military exercise.

jeeagles Flag 28 Feb 21 5.45pm

Fortunately I had to go out today. Watched the first 5 minutes and saw poor cross into Benteke. The listened to the rest half on the radio.

The commentary team on the BBC TV and Radio seemed better Sky/BT. Although by half time the radio team were trying to politely hint they were board.

Sounds like the second half was much worse.

Whilst a point at home to Fulham is very disappointing, we have to respect the point. 10 points clear with 12 games to go.

Out of our next 12 games we are only player 3 bottom half teams. West Brom, Sheffield United and Southampton.

We probably need 6 more points to limp over the line with another disappointing season where we have regressed again.

Having said that last seasons run in leaves some room for doubt as to weather or not 6 points are achievable.

We have better players the Brighton and Fulham that carried us over the line. Brighton also have a worse manager than us.

At least we have the end of lockdown to look forward to over the coming months. With any luck, fans won't be allowed back into games.

I wonder if Roy things signing off the end of his career at Anfield will be leaving on a high?

 

lush1076 Flag leatherhead 28 Feb 21 5.47pm

The saddest thing for me is my 11 year old and 8 year old boys slowly becoming disinterested with watching us play.
They were so excited in the past but that excitement is being replaced by boredom and indifference. They arent glory supports (obviously) but I feel the young fans deserve more excitement from our playing style. Even a shot on goal

 

Rachid Rachid Rachid Flag 28 Feb 21 5.51pm

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.

 

Gribbo Flag Bromley 28 Feb 21 6.03pm

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.

 

Putitout Flag Oxford 28 Feb 21 6.12pm

In normal circumstance with a full squad, we could have won this game and probably put the season to bed.
But we are in no way normal at the minute. So a draw was a good outcome against a side that has recently really found its self, and could well survive this year. From our point of view we keep what is a good side at a ten point arms length, whilst putting another point in the pot. If we had opened up and lost Fulham , would have almost caught the Weed, Not such a bad thing, but been seven points from us and steaming.
It wasn’t pretty again, but the mood and the moaning would have been far more justified if that had been the outcome.

 

m/k mick Flag milton keynes 28 Feb 21 6.12pm

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

 

Putitout Flag Oxford 28 Feb 21 6.19pm

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.


Their football is nicer on the eye, not better. It only gets better when it gets more points than the football their opponent s play.


 

NEILLO Flag Shoreham-by-Sea 28 Feb 21 7.06pm

Well, that was a terrible game. Glad I was prevented from being there in person.

It went much the way I thought it would. Fulham play nice, high tempo stuff with no cutting edge, and we defend doggedly while creating very little. Fulham needed to win and pushed harder for that but again came up short.

I'm now looking beyond what remains of this season. None of the football - ours or other games - feel ' real '.

What happens next, as the possibility of some sort of normality returns next season, will be interesting.

I feel a change coming on.

 


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ASCPFC Flag Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 28 Feb 21 7.10pm

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.
They were so excited in the past but that excitement is being replaced by boredom and indifference. They arent glory supports (obviously) but I feel the young fans deserve more excitement from our playing style. Even a shot on goal

You're entirely right. No way will I put my son through that.

 


Red and Blue Army!

doi209 Flag Fighting for the weak and innocent... 28 Feb 21 7.21pm

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.

 

babylonjohn Flag St Leonards-on-Sea 28 Feb 21 8.21pm

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.
They were so excited in the past but that excitement is being replaced by boredom and indifference. They arent glory supports (obviously) but I feel the young fans deserve more excitement from our playing style. Even a shot on goal

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.

 

AERO Flag 28 Feb 21 8.46pm

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.

 

EddieMac Flag 28 Feb 21 8.54pm

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)

 

cryrst Flag The garden of England 28 Feb 21 8.56pm

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.

 

Crystal_Clear Flag Belfast 28 Feb 21 8.57pm

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?

 

EddieMac Flag 28 Feb 21 9.01pm

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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