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  grumpymort  US/Thailand/UK 12 Feb 22 5.14pm |
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Originally posted by martin2412
Still toothless.
Edouard proves that my nan could have been a prolific striker in Scotland.
It would help if he was played as a striker and got some service.
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BlueJay  UK 12 Feb 22 5.15pm |
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Originally posted by thai-eagle
Would like Vieira to be honest and confirm what we all saw in his post-match interview- a dreadful performance. The only plus was the clean sheet.
I guess there's a fine line between home truths and demoralising the team. That and we have to honest about our level. A low bar perhaps but I'm just happy with every point right now as it means we'll be staying up and have room to breathe and build.
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chris123  hove actually 12 Feb 22 5.17pm |
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Happy with a point and a clean sheet - others will lose over in the Community Stadium.
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Slimey Toad  Karsiyaka, North Cyprus 12 Feb 22 5.22pm |
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Originally posted by chris123
Happy with a point and a clean sheet - others will lose over in the Community Stadium.
Being happy with not conceding a goal from Brentford is like being happy not to find Mrs Brown's Boys funny.
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| samprior Hamburg 12 Feb 22 5.22pm |
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Very frustrating performance overall.
Passing and decision making in final third today was very poor. Zaha and Ayew guilty of killing many attacks in promising positions by misplacing a pass or losing possession. Bad day at the office and another opportunity gone where we could have collected 3pts.
Still have to remind ourselves the team is in transition... it was frustrating last year not winning without the ball, and it's frustrating this year with the ball!
Clutching at straws for positives but it was good to see MacArthur back, another good game from Mitchell and the two CBs looking very assured.
Next up an easy 3pts against Chelsea and then the Roy derby!
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| mtp1958 Oswestry 12 Feb 22 5.23pm |
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were was these moans when we passed the ball about looked good still not scoring many but getting results , most of the time we still look good but need to finish it , arsenal done it for ages pass pass pass no end product , only the top teams are getting a result in these games this season , plus iffy pens they get
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| Texas Eagle San Antonio, Texas (via Adelaide) 12 Feb 22 5.24pm |
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Originally posted by samprior
Very frustrating performance overall.
Passing and decision making in final third today was very poor. Zaha and Ayew guilty of killing many attacks in promising positions by misplacing a pass or losing possession. Bad day at the office and another opportunity gone where we could have collected 3pts.
Still have to remind ourselves the team is in transition... it was frustrating last year not winning without the ball, and it's frustrating this year with the ball!
Clutching at straws for positives but it was good to see MacArthur back, another good game from Mitchell and the two CBs looking very assured.
Next up an easy 3pts against Chelsea and then the Roy derby!
Perfectly put.
"Billy Gilbert really is God"
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| chris123 hove actually 12 Feb 22 5.30pm |
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Originally posted by Slimey Toad
Being happy with not conceding a goal from Brentford is like being happy not to find Mrs Brown's Boys funny.
Maybe depends on how high your expectations are before we start a game, mine are always pretty lower than Willo's.
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 12 Feb 22 5.33pm |
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Originally posted by chris123
Maybe depends on how high your expectations are before we start a game, mine are always pretty lower than Willo's.
Goodness grief !
I am a renowned Elijah of doom.
At least we got a point more than I thought we would get.
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| Canterbury Palace Whitstable 12 Feb 22 5.33pm |
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Originally posted by Mathers
The blame for this sits with Vieira. I understand starting Ayew in away games to offer more support to Ward, however, it was clear Brentford offered little going forward. Subs were needed much earlier to give them a chance to impact the game.
2 points from these last two games is piss poor. Minimum was 4. Saints managed 4 points from Spurs and Utd away so our 2 against Norwich and Brentford looks pathetic.
Next up are Chelsea, Burnley & Watford. 6 points or we are bang in trouble.
Agreed, Ayew makes sense against the bigger clubs as he works hard and makes us tougher to beat. But Brentford were absolutely there for the taking and that selection showed them far too much respect.
Also, please never play Schlupp in central midfield again.
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold...
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| Casual Orpington 12 Feb 22 5.36pm |
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I only saw the first half , fell asleep for the second (true story).
Do our strikers practice scoring goals in training?
Eduard put a lovely ball through to ayew, one on one and he can’t even hit the target, you’d get slated for that in Sunday football. We’ve got 4/5 strikers that are all reasonable (none any better that reasonable) at the areas of play that don’t include scoring goals. At actually finishing chances they are all f*cking useless.
Actually every Palace player (Gallagher is a Chelsea player) , are a joke in front of goal. The 2 big lumps at the back are pony at attacking the ball , no point us even getting corners.
The midfield just smash the ball over the bar from the edge of the box and when the forwards miss they don’t even look surprised.
If that chance fell to Antonio, Bowen etc they win one nil.
The same people on here arguing for benteke, mateta etc, all your favourites are f*cking wa*kers and shouldn’t be called forwards.
Take conors goals and assists away and we’d be bottom 3.
I started this post quite reasonable but have got more wound up as I have been typing.
They are f***i*g sh*t in front of goal though aren’t they.
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| rob1969 Banstead Surrey 12 Feb 22 5.40pm |
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Originally posted by Den1923
We were poor nothing again from loads of procession, we are non existent in final third, thank God Brighton did the business at Watford, no win since 28th December in PL worrying times!
Brighton now 9th - and on the up ! Sickening.
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| CPFC1965 Warrington 12 Feb 22 5.43pm |
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Last on MOTD tonight, I doubt I can be bothered staying up,.
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| taylors lovechild 12 Feb 22 5.44pm |
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Brentford setup to ensure they didn't lose and we still don't have the quality to break teams down when they sit deep, as we saw at Norwich. Much better teams than us have had that problem over the years, although I do question why Olise was on the bench and not Ayew. A big frustration was our corners where until Olise came on every corner went to the same place making it easy for Brentford to clear.
Some people giving Wilf stick but he worked really hard for the team all game and looked the most likely to produce something. In any other game Brentford would be down to 10 men with Canos lucky not to get a second booking for dragging Wilf down, but in fairness the ref was lenient all game. Hopefully McArthur able to start ahead of Schlupp next game as we need more quality in the middle and more leadership.
I think at the end a pen for Wilf would have been a bit soft, but VAR barely looked at it and the player clearly had his arms around Zaha. The same for Guehi's handball in the first half. Why is it when the big teams get a VAR call it gets reviewed multiple times even when it seems quite clear? It does seem to feel like they're desperately trying to find a decision, or they view it as more worthy of their attention.
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| spartakev2 Anerley 12 Feb 22 5.45pm |
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Correct wilf should have stayed on his feet instead of diving
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| mtp1958 Oswestry 12 Feb 22 5.47pm |
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Originally posted by Casual
I only saw the first half , fell asleep for the second (true story).
Do our strikers practice scoring goals in training?
Eduard put a lovely ball through to ayew, one on one and he can’t even hit the target, you’d get slated for that in Sunday football. We’ve got 4/5 strikers that are all reasonable (none any better that reasonable) at the areas of play that don’t include scoring goals. At actually finishing chances they are all f*cking useless.
Actually every Palace player (Gallagher is a Chelsea player) , are a joke in front of goal. The 2 big lumps at the back are pony at attacking the ball , no point us even getting corners.
The midfield just smash the ball over the bar from the edge of the box and when the forwards miss they don’t even look surprised.
If that chance fell to Antonio, Bowen etc they win one nil.
The same people on here arguing for benteke, mateta etc, all your favourites are f*cking wa*kers and shouldn’t be called forwards.
Take conors goals and assists away and we’d be bottom 3.
I started this post quite reasonable but have got more wound up as I have been typing.
They are f***i*g sh*t in front of goal though aren’t they.
but we are not , we are 3 points from top half , what strikers are scoring shed load of goals for there teams look it up , we are no worse or better than most up front
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| spartakev2 Anerley 12 Feb 22 5.47pm |
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Originally posted by Slimey Toad
I don't mean to start a Mateta moan but that was £10 million wasted which could have gone to buy a better but more expensive player. He is just too immobile, worse than Benteke. The final cross, from Ward I think, just needed someone to move towards it.
Someone like wilf.....
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| southnorwoodhill 12 Feb 22 5.48pm |
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Originally posted by Casual
I only saw the first half , fell asleep for the second (true story).
Do our strikers practice scoring goals in training?
Eduard put a lovely ball through to ayew, one on one and he can’t even hit the target, you’d get slated for that in Sunday football. We’ve got 4/5 strikers that are all reasonable (none any better that reasonable) at the areas of play that don’t include scoring goals. At actually finishing chances they are all f*cking useless.
Actually every Palace player (Gallagher is a Chelsea player) , are a joke in front of goal. The 2 big lumps at the back are pony at attacking the ball , no point us even getting corners.
The midfield just smash the ball over the bar from the edge of the box and when the forwards miss they don’t even look surprised.
If that chance fell to Antonio, Bowen etc they win one nil.
The same people on here arguing for benteke, mateta etc, all your favourites are f*cking wa*kers and shouldn’t be called forwards.
Take conors goals and assists away and we’d be bottom 3.
I started this post quite reasonable but have got more wound up as I have been typing.
They are f***i*g sh*t in front of goal though aren’t they.
Don't hold back  As you mention and I posted elsewhere, imagine for one moment where we would be without CG and his early season performances.
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Nubes  London 12 Feb 22 5.48pm |
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Originally posted by Casual
I only saw the first half , fell asleep for the second (true story).
Do our strikers practice scoring goals in training?
Eduard put a lovely ball through to ayew, one on one and he can’t even hit the target, you’d get slated for that in Sunday football. We’ve got 4/5 strikers that are all reasonable (none any better that reasonable) at the areas of play that don’t include scoring goals. At actually finishing chances they are all f*cking useless.
Actually every Palace player (Gallagher is a Chelsea player) , are a joke in front of goal. The 2 big lumps at the back are pony at attacking the ball , no point us even getting corners.
The midfield just smash the ball over the bar from the edge of the box and when the forwards miss they don’t even look surprised.
If that chance fell to Antonio, Bowen etc they win one nil.
The same people on here arguing for benteke, mateta etc, all your favourites are f*cking wa*kers and shouldn’t be called forwards.
Take conors goals and assists away and we’d be bottom 3.
I started this post quite reasonable but have got more wound up as I have been typing.
They are f***i*g sh*t in front of goal though aren’t they.
I agree.
Missing the chances these top elite professional miss in front of goal in the amateur game gets you slaughtered and cussed with regularity. I don’t get how these players miss so many chances and how so many are off target when I watch week in week out on Palace TV these guys scoring goals for fun in training.
Why can’t they transfer the same techniques and coolness in training onto the pitch on game day?
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| spartakev2 Anerley 12 Feb 22 5.50pm |
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Originally posted by Canterbury Palace
Did Schlupp play second half. Never heard his name mentioned...
Agreed, Ayew makes sense against the bigger clubs as he works hard and makes us tougher to beat. But Brentford were absolutely there for the taking and that selection showed them far too much respect.
Also, please never play Schlupp in central midfield again.
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