Palace v Chelsea Match Thread

This page is no longer updated, and is the old forum. For new topics visit the New HOL forum.

Palace v Chelsea Match Thread

Visit the current forum | Forum Rules

Page 9 of 16 < 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 >

redshift Toronto 10 Apr 21 7.12pm
Originally posted by JRW2 This is a genuine, innocent question, though it might not sound it. Would you at half-time have calmly said "ok, they're f***ing good but keep doing your best", or would you have torn strips off them for laziness and lack of interest, as many posters on here would have done? Personally, the team is still trying so no, I would not tear a strip off them. Sometimes you just get a better team playing to win and there isn't much you can realistically do about it. You just try to minimise the damage and put it behind you, focus on next game. That's just my opinion. Success will lie to you but failure always tells you the truth.

redshift

Toronto 10 Apr 21 7.12pm

Originally posted by JRW2

This is a genuine, innocent question, though it might not sound it. Would you at half-time have calmly said "ok, they're f***ing good but keep doing your best", or would you have torn strips off them for laziness and lack of interest, as many posters on here would have done?

Personally, the team is still trying so no, I would not tear a strip off them. Sometimes you just get a better team playing to win and there isn't much you can realistically do about it. You just try to minimise the damage and put it behind you, focus on next game. That's just my opinion.

Success will lie to you but failure always tells you the truth.

MR100% 10 Apr 21 7.12pm
Yet again we set up so defensively against a team where we shouldn't get a result Why not have a go ! I feels so sorry for Eze and Ayew ,Both played in positions that they are uncomfortable with and they subbed off ! I can't stand another season of this nonsense. If we lose to the bigger Teams we don't care but we do care if we surrender without any fight

MR100%

10 Apr 21 7.12pm

Yet again we set up so defensively against a team where we shouldn't get a result

Why not have a go ! I feels so sorry for Eze and Ayew ,Both played in positions that they are uncomfortable with and they subbed off !

I can't stand another season of this nonsense. If we lose to the bigger Teams we don't care but we do care if we surrender without any fight

southnorwoodhill 10 Apr 21 7.14pm
I said during the Everton game we might not reach 40 points this season, can't see anything to change my mind. The players don't look interested and half of them know they'll be gone along with the manager.

southnorwoodhill

10 Apr 21 7.14pm

I said during the Everton game we might not reach 40 points this season, can't see anything to change my mind. The players don't look interested and half of them know they'll be gone along with the manager.

croydon proud Any european country i fancy! 10 Apr 21 7.14pm
Originally posted by MR100% Yet again we set up so defensively against a team where we shouldn't get a result Why not have a go ! I feels so sorry for Eze and Ayew ,Both played in positions that they are uncomfortable with and they subbed off ! I can't stand another season of this nonsense. If we lose to the bigger Teams we don't care but we do care if we surrender without any fight I"m just hoping for survival and the league cup one season, before i die.

croydon proud

Any european country i fancy! 10 Apr 21 7.14pm

Originally posted by MR100%

Yet again we set up so defensively against a team where we shouldn't get a result

Why not have a go ! I feels so sorry for Eze and Ayew ,Both played in positions that they are uncomfortable with and they subbed off !

I can't stand another season of this nonsense. If we lose to the bigger Teams we don't care but we do care if we surrender without any fight

I"m just hoping for survival and the league cup one season, before i die.

TheBigToePunt 10 Apr 21 7.17pm
Originally posted by The Dolphin PVA should never be allowed to wear a Palace shirt again. He ignores all instructions and never ever marks his man. He is a disgrace to his profession. I could not agree with you more. Plays exclusively for himself. One downside of us allowing the manager’s contract to run down is that a bloke like PVA who so plainly couldn’t give a flying duck still gets a game. If the manager knew he was staying next season and the player wasn’t, surely Mitchell would be playing if even half fit.

TheBigToePunt

10 Apr 21 7.17pm

Originally posted by The Dolphin

PVA should never be allowed to wear a Palace shirt again.
He ignores all instructions and never ever marks his man.
He is a disgrace to his profession.

I could not agree with you more. Plays exclusively for himself. One downside of us allowing the manager’s contract to run down is that a bloke like PVA who so plainly couldn’t give a flying duck still gets a game. If the manager knew he was staying next season and the player wasn’t, surely Mitchell would be playing if even half fit.

croydon proud Any european country i fancy! 10 Apr 21 7.17pm
This has proved, benteke must be kept for another year and if we get a new manager, play to his strengths.

croydon proud

Any european country i fancy! 10 Apr 21 7.17pm

This has proved, benteke must be kept for another year and if we get a new manager, play to his strengths.

lefty27 ipswich 10 Apr 21 7.21pm
I still think we could have been beaten 4-1 (might get worse) and played a little more exciting football. The 1st half was so so so s***, Chelsea were very good but we sat so deep and were so negative. It’s like we invited Chelsea to an attack v defence training session. You sit that deep and let better players have the ball with no pressure they will destroy. I’d rather have cc as manager or pardew back after that half.

lefty27

ipswich 10 Apr 21 7.21pm

I still think we could have been beaten 4-1 (might get worse) and played a little more exciting football. The 1st half was so so so s***, Chelsea were very good but we sat so deep and were so negative. It’s like we invited Chelsea to an attack v defence training session. You sit that deep and let better players have the ball with no pressure they will destroy.
I’d rather have cc as manager or pardew back after that half.

Wilesy01 Bristol 10 Apr 21 7.22pm
I enjoyed the free kick in a dangerous area that Luka played short to Zaha who then dribbled it off the pitch for a goal kick. It's like watching Brazil

Wilesy01

Bristol 10 Apr 21 7.22pm

I enjoyed the free kick in a dangerous area that Luka played short to Zaha who then dribbled it off the pitch for a goal kick.

It's like watching Brazil

CPFC Dartford Dartford 10 Apr 21 7.22pm
Thank you for what you have done Roy but that’s it. He’s lost the plot, wrong formations, wrong team, players playing out of position, it’s definitely time for a change

CPFC Dartford

Dartford 10 Apr 21 7.22pm

Thank you for what you have done Roy but that’s it. He’s lost the plot, wrong formations, wrong team, players playing out of position, it’s definitely time for a change

CT Charlie 10 Apr 21 7.23pm
Well, we drew the second half.

CT Charlie

10 Apr 21 7.23pm

Well, we drew the second half.

Henry of Peckham Eton Mess 10 Apr 21 7.25pm
Originally posted by southnorwoodhill I said during the Everton game we might not reach 40 points this season, can't see anything to change my mind. The players don't look interested and half of them know they'll be gone along with the manager. I hope we have one more win in us! It was always going to be an uninspiring end to the season with our personnel situation. Denial is not just a river in Egypt

Henry of Peckham

Eton Mess 10 Apr 21 7.25pm

Originally posted by southnorwoodhill

I hope we have one more win in us!

It was always going to be an uninspiring end to the season with our personnel situation.

Denial is not just a river in Egypt

Den1923 10 Apr 21 7.27pm
we were absolute rubbish, I can't say anymore, we have scored 16 goals all season at home and that is not the performance of a team worthy of this league!

Den1923

10 Apr 21 7.27pm

we were absolute rubbish, I can't say anymore, we have scored 16 goals all season at home and that is not the performance of a team worthy of this league!

croydon proud Any european country i fancy! 10 Apr 21 7.27pm
Originally posted by CT Charlie Well, we drew the second half. Ha ha, v good.

croydon proud

Any european country i fancy! 10 Apr 21 7.27pm

Originally posted by CT Charlie

Well, we drew the second half.

Ha ha, v good.

lefty27 ipswich 10 Apr 21 7.27pm
I almost found myself hoping for 7 or 8 after 10 mins, make parish act. Stick paddy in till the end of the season.

lefty27

ipswich 10 Apr 21 7.27pm

I almost found myself hoping for 7 or 8 after 10 mins, make parish act. Stick paddy in till the end of the season.

taylors lovechild 10 Apr 21 7.31pm
We pressed higher up the pitch and made more of a game of it in the second half, but at the end of the day we lost to a better team. We can argue about formations, poor performances, etc., but when a club with a squad like Chelsea's turns it on a club with a net spend of minus £1 million doesn't stand much of a chance.

taylors lovechild

10 Apr 21 7.31pm

We pressed higher up the pitch and made more of a game of it in the second half, but at the end of the day we lost to a better team. We can argue about formations, poor performances, etc., but when a club with a squad like Chelsea's turns it on a club with a net spend of minus £1 million doesn't stand much of a chance.

slubglurge welling 10 Apr 21 7.32pm
Problem is we have the worst back four in the league shielded by two of the slowest CMs in the league. Even from set pieces our CBs never get off the floor, Zouma scored an identical goal in the reverse fixture. Cahill is way over the hill now.

slubglurge

welling 10 Apr 21 7.32pm

Problem is we have the worst back four in the league shielded by two of the slowest CMs in the league. Even from set pieces our CBs never get off the floor, Zouma scored an identical goal in the reverse fixture. Cahill is way over the hill now.

Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 10 Apr 21 7.32pm
Originally posted by Den1923 we were absolute rubbish, I can't say anymore, we have scored 16 goals all season at home and that is not the performance of a team worthy of this league! I totally agree. Embarrassing and unacceptable.

Willo

South coast - west of Brighton. 10 Apr 21 7.32pm

Originally posted by Den1923

we were absolute rubbish, I can't say anymore, we have scored 16 goals all season at home and that is not the performance of a team worthy of this league!

I totally agree.
Embarrassing and unacceptable.

redshift Toronto 10 Apr 21 7.33pm
Originally posted by lefty27 I still think we could have been beaten 4-1 (might get worse) and played a little more exciting football. The 1st half was so so so s*, Chelsea were very good but we sat so deep and were so negative. It’s like we invited Chelsea to an attack v defence training session. You sit that deep and let better players have the ball with no pressure they will destroy. I’d rather have cc as manager or pardew back** after that half. Drink some orange juice and lie down. The acid you took just kicked in. Success will lie to you but failure always tells you the truth.

redshift

Toronto 10 Apr 21 7.33pm

Originally posted by lefty27

Drink some orange juice and lie down. The acid you took just kicked in.

Success will lie to you but failure always tells you the truth.

the silurian The garden of England.(not really) 10 Apr 21 7.33pm
Originally posted by redshift Personally, the team is still trying so no, I would not tear a strip off them. Sometimes you just get a better team playing to win and there isn't much you can realistically do about it. You just try to minimise the damage and put it behind you, focus on next game. That's just my opinion. we didnt minimise anything (1-4 at home) we wont put it behind us (well be just as useless next game. If only we could focus on any game! do agree that the team is trying.....very trying!!

the silurian

The garden of England.(not really) 10 Apr 21 7.33pm

Originally posted by redshift

Personally, the team is still trying so no, I would not tear a strip off them. Sometimes you just get a better team playing to win and there isn't much you can realistically do about it. You just try to minimise the damage and put it behind you, focus on next game. That's just my opinion.

we didnt minimise anything (1-4 at home) we wont put it behind us (well be just as useless next game. If only we could focus on any game!
do agree that the team is trying.....very trying!!

TQ_Eagle Torquay 10 Apr 21 7.34pm
The summer can't come quickly enough. A number of players don't look too keen to "get involved", Wilf has turned into a complete whino rather than stay on his feet and fight for the ball, Eze is lacking quality around him and Rh just stands emotionless on the sidelines. Looking forward to a new manager, a squad overhaul and more attractive football next season.

TQ_Eagle

Torquay 10 Apr 21 7.34pm

The summer can't come quickly enough.

A number of players don't look too keen to "get involved", Wilf has turned into a complete whino rather than stay on his feet and fight for the ball, Eze is lacking quality around him and Rh just stands emotionless on the sidelines.

Looking forward to a new manager, a squad overhaul and more attractive football next season.

Page 9 of 16 < 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 >

Crystal Palace FC Supporters' Website - The Holmesdale Online

Palace v Chelsea Match Thread

Site Map