2-1 palace and assured of safety there have to win so will leave gaps for us to exploit

1-1, ugly game, lots of Stoke fouls but a draw means they are doomed and I am not at all fussed to see them go down.

Two games left, i can see us going with the 11 that have been starting - i can see Stoke begin told to muscle Zaha out of it, make it scrappy, take the game to us.

Needs a strong ref for this one.

Wouldn't suprise me if Roy changes it up at half time or around 60 for the sake of the players - against watford it looked feisty, Stoke will make it look like a brawl - there is no way they can win this game by playing football when they haven't shown up all season.

Personally, i would like to see what Solorth and Bentekke can do - after all, next season will be there chance to shine/redeem.

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Agree - I think after last week we’ll be totally up for this to ensure complete safety.

This will be a unpopular post, but here’s my thoughts on the game and result.

Stoke will setup around cancelling out Zaha and will probably go in hard which could risk injury. I’d throw a curve ball and drop Zaha to the bench for the first 50 mins. Once they have had to change there setup we can bring on Zaha for 35-40 mins to take advantage of the tired legs, I could see a 3-1 victory in this scenario and would totally mess up there game plan.

I have predicted 0-0 for the last three matches so will continue this impressive form.

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