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CpfcWeTrust1 Flag 01 Apr 23 11.43pm

Originally posted by Teddy Eagle

Hope not but "muscle strain" is a pretty vague diagnosis.

I think it's an 'omen'/ sign that Wilf may end up staying at Palace. He's getting more injuries and although still a brilliant player, no where near the speed and agility he had when he was younger. Plus if he's out for a while, he won't get the move he wants if he's hunting for a trophy.

I hope he stays.

 

dreamwaverider Flag London 02 Apr 23 12.13am

Just loved the way we all stayed at full time singing the house down.

That today is what Palace is all about and it been AWOL for a fair while.

What a brilliant day.

 

Nicholas91 Flag The Democratic Republic of Kent 02 Apr 23 1.38am

Originally posted by dreamwaverider

Just loved the way we all stayed at full time singing the house down.

That today is what Palace is all about and it been AWOL for a fair while.

What a brilliant day.

I had a do to attend afterwards hence the very late post.

First time in a long time however I had no inclination towards urgency whatsoever to vacate my seat at full time.

What a great moment for the fans and hopefully the players too.

Still on a high

COYP

 


Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

thai-eagle Flag chiang mai 02 Apr 23 4.09am

Originally posted by Daddyorc

To be fair, Schlupp was responsible for the Leicester goal. Watch the replay, he's standing in no man land and Pirera runs behind him and he doesn't move, until Pirera already has the ball (and then jogs toward him). Mitchell had to pick up the man running down the side, and Guehi and Anderson have to cover the six.


Agree on that! Not the first time and early 2nd half Schlupp was knackered. Should never be in a starting line-up.

 

johnmcormick8 Flag Brundish 02 Apr 23 5.49am

We may never win anything in this league apart from survival but days like are what being a Palace fan is and always has been. We remain and unfashionable club from South London with and old fashioned ground and fan base based on individual family's history of supporting the club. Whatever happens
something to be proud of.

Originally posted by dreamwaverider

Just loved the way we all stayed at full time singing the house down.

That today is what Palace is all about and it been AWOL for a fair while.

What a brilliant day.

 

mtp1958 Flag Oswestry 02 Apr 23 6.10am

well I slept well last night had a drink or 2 , me and my son was jumping in the living room when my man Mat scored , but what a way to start winning ,positive from the start , ok sloppy goal to give but we was always pressing that is the danger ,
downside Wilf may be out rest of the season , hope its more groin strain than rupture so could be back before end of season .

and finally some luck at last hit the post against arsenal hits keeper stays out some how , Eze freekick hits bar and goes in off keepers arse , small things like that helps belief in the team and with the way we played , i always believed we would be ok with games to play 2 more wins and job done , would be nice to win 5 COYP

 

YT Flag Oxford 02 Apr 23 6.53am

Originally posted by Qwijibo

Just seen that with Southampton playing West Ham tomorrow, Leicester will drop to second bottom regardless of the result.

A win for either side puts them above Leicester. A draw puts West Ham above (/level) with same GD. Not sure what the goals scored are.

But either way, that was a bad result for them today.

We all could have done without Bournemouth turning Fulham over! But I guess our future is in our own hands with a few more 'points on the board'.

 


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Eaglecoops Flag CR3 02 Apr 23 8.24am

Originally posted by YT

We all could have done without Bournemouth turning Fulham over! But I guess our future is in our own hands with a few more 'points on the board'.

With every match now being a cup final for the bottom 9 clubs, I’m pretty sure that won’t be the only unusual result during the run in. You just hope that they don’t all do it at once.

 

Tickled pink Flag Cornwall 02 Apr 23 8.58am

Originally posted by Eaglecoops

A bit sanctimonious, we’ve played 1 game. Justified if we play like that all the time, but you haven’t earned the right for that post.. yet!

No, Mr Hodgson has played one game with this squad, we all watched what he achieved with his previous.

 

Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 02 Apr 23 9.01am

A much needed and well deserved victory.

Particularly in the first half we played with verve and panache and I was hugely encouraged with our overall display.

The narrative before the game was about so called dour 'Royball' but we played with real attacking intent with Eze back in the fold and the team recording 31 shots.

When Mateta scored my tonsils almost left their moorings as I indulged in raucous merriment and last night my celebrations included several units of intoxicating liquor.
One gentleman of a certain vintage admitted after the match that he almost parted company with his dentures as he yelped with delight after the late winning goal !

Jolly well done to Mr Hodgson, his coaching staff and the players.Let us hope that the Zaha injury is not serious.

 

kevlee Flag born Wandsworth emigrated to Lanc... 02 Apr 23 9.08am

It was certainly good to see Ray Lewington back in the dugout. Proper old school coach screaming at the players! So refreshing.
I hope Wilf's injury isn't bad. He remains the centre of the team an has such a massive influence on the other players. I for one never want to see him leave.

 


Following Palace since 25 Feb 1978

cryrst Flag The garden of England 02 Apr 23 9.11am

So many shots on and off target. That is where we have failed under PV. It proves that playing football works !

 

PatrickA Flag London 02 Apr 23 9.45am

A very encouraging and enterprising display and three highly significant points…..but I’m greedy.
I want to see a better ratio in chance conversion .
I want Eze to demonstrate that he can produce performances like that in 3 in every 5 games rather than 1 in 5.
I want to see how we would cope in the likely absence of Zaha that would leave a massive gap in our attacking threat down the left.
Any potential replacement would be unlikely to be capable of any doing any more than ‘doing a job for the team’ (yes, I know Ayew created the winner yesterday).
I want to see how we deal with more testing opposition than Leicester who were very poor other than for a brief period in the second half.

Leeds are a pacy, aggressive team who play with intensity and are likely to provide a tougher test than Leicester.
I’ll be more reassured if we can come through that game unscathed too.

 

Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 02 Apr 23 9.53am

Originally posted by PatrickA

A very encouraging and enterprising display and three highly significant points…..but I’m greedy.
I want to see a better ratio in chance conversion .
I want Eze to demonstrate that he can produce performances like that in 3 in every 5 games rather than 1 in 5.
I want to see how we would cope in the likely absence of Zaha that would leave a massive gap in our attacking threat down the left.
Any potential replacement would be unlikely to be capable of any doing any more than ‘doing a job for the team’ (yes, I know Ayew created the winner yesterday).
I want to see how we deal with more testing opposition than Leicester who were very poor other than for a brief period in the second half.

Leeds are a pacy, aggressive team who play with intensity and are likely to provide a tougher test than Leicester.
I’ll be more reassured if we can come through that game unscathed too.

I wholeheartedly concur with these sentiments.
Leeds with their aggression will pose a far greater threat and they will have their vociferous hordes behind them.
Furthermore it is likely that we will be without Zaha.

 

Davepalace707 Flag Northumberland 02 Apr 23 10.07am

Originally posted by Willo

I wholeheartedly concur with these sentiments.
Leeds with their aggression will pose a far greater threat and they will have their vociferous hordes behind them.
Furthermore it is likely that we will be without Zaha.

Leeds haven’t been that great at home, just two wins against Bournemouth & Southampton. I fully expect us to play a very solid defence & midfield and get a draw

 

Davepalace707 Flag Northumberland 02 Apr 23 10.12am

Originally posted by Davepalace707

Leeds haven’t been that great at home, just two wins against Bournemouth & Southampton. I fully expect us to play a very solid defence & midfield and get a draw

Should have said since August when they won two early games

 

Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 02 Apr 23 10.31am

Leicester were at their best in recent seasons when they had the likes of Vardy and Tielemans firing on all cylinders.In defence they had Fofana,Evans and Soyuncu.Pereira was an attacking threat and Schmeichel was in goal.

Vardy has only scored 4 goals this season in 32 appearances.His goal return in the previous 3 seasons has been 17,17 and 23.
Leicester are a pale shadow of the team that finished 8th,8th and 5th in the last 3 campaigns.

Edited by Willo (02 Apr 2023 10.35am)

 

taylors lovechild Flag 02 Apr 23 10.54am

Originally posted by Willo

Leicester were at their best in recent seasons when they had the likes of Vardy and Tielemans firing on all cylinders.In defence they had Fofana,Evans and Soyuncu.Pereira was an attacking threat and Schmeichel was in goal.

Vardy has only scored 4 goals this season in 32 appearances.His goal return in the previous 3 seasons has been 17,17 and 23.
Leicester are a pale shadow of the team that finished 8th,8th and 5th in the last 3 campaigns.

Edited by Willo (02 Apr 2023 10.35am)

In recent seasons I've hated it when we've played Leicester because of how well they've pressed our midfield and backline into mistakes, while they tormented our fullbacks. None of that was on display yesterday. I have no idea what has gone on with their spending but the fact they are on an FFP watchlist despite selling Fofana for 85m suggests their success in recent years was built on sand.

I can only imagine Rodgers saw the MotD highlights reel rather than the game when he said they were unlucky!!

 

PJEagle Flag London 02 Apr 23 10.57am

Originally posted by Willo

A much needed and well deserved victory.

Particularly in the first half we played with verve and panache and I was hugely encouraged with our overall display.

The narrative before the game was about so called dour 'Royball' but we played with real attacking intent with Eze back in the fold and the team recording 31 shots.

When Mateta scored my tonsils almost left their moorings as I indulged in raucous merriment and last night my celebrations included several units of intoxicating liquor.
One gentleman of a certain vintage admitted after the match that he almost parted company with his dentures as he yelped with delight after the late winning goal !

Jolly well done to Mr Hodgson, his coaching staff and the players.Let us hope that the Zaha injury is not serious.

Well done Willo with your inimitable way of putting things! I think Zaha's injury did lead to the Leicester goal, as ,released from defending against Zaha, their RB could bomb forward and was much more of an attacking threat.

 

nead1 Flag 02 Apr 23 11.09am

Great win and well deserved as others have said. What I thought was especially interesting were the tactical tweaks that Roy had made. Getting the ball forward from the back much quicker was immediately evident, playing Eze and Olise very close together which worked so well, and playing the game in Leicester's half - high up the pitch - were all very noticeable.
Afterwards, Roy commented on how good the players that had come in since his departure were. That allowed him to play in a much more fluid way, similar to his first season, compared to his last when he simply did not have the players to do it. Interesting that he was also quick to point out that even in his last season, they still had 38 points after 30 games vis a vis the situation today.

 

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