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PatrickA Flag London 21 Aug 23 10.42pm Send a Private Message to PatrickA Add PatrickA as a friend

Lerma and Doucoure are good players and give us a sold look.
However, this is at the expense of our attacking play.
Essentially we're playing two 6s and one 8 rather than two 8s and one 6.
It makes Eze easier to mark and leaves him isolated which could be a problem in the absence of Zaha/Olise.
Until we get more flair in the team I would like one of Lerma and Doucoure to sit and the other to break forward.
They could alternate in this regard.
We have excellent central defenders who don't need 2 sitting midfield players in front of them.

 

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PalazioVecchio Flag south pole 21 Aug 23 10.44pm Send a Private Message to PalazioVecchio Add PalazioVecchio as a friend

Roy smiled when he shook hands with Mikel Arteta.

 


Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford

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Eaglecoops Flag CR3 21 Aug 23 10.47pm Send a Private Message to Eaglecoops Add Eaglecoops as a friend

Originally posted by PalazioVecchio

Roy smiled when he shook hands with Mikel Arteta.

Only because he had Odegaard 1-0 Arsenal on his acca.

 

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Gary St.Andrews Flag Kenley 21 Aug 23 10.51pm Send a Private Message to Gary St.Andrews Add Gary St.Andrews as a friend

We played ok in a game of few chances, after the penalty went against us Arsenal spent the rest of the game time wasting. It’s a shame Edouard can’t head the ball as that looked like our best chance. Glen Murray would have buried that opportunity!

 

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Paaalaaace Flag Croydon 21 Aug 23 10.53pm Send a Private Message to Paaalaaace Add Paaalaaace as a friend

Best thing about tonight was when the Arthur was lit up in red and blue with the clock.....Thought it looked superb, back to how it should be.

Originally posted by soapbox

Great to see the Red and Blue stripes and the clock back on the Arthur Wait - still no sign of a centre forward however!

 

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palace chick Flag South Croydon 21 Aug 23 10.55pm Send a Private Message to palace chick Add palace chick as a friend

Not a bad performance against a side that will again be title contenders. They have quality throughout the team and a quality bench. Our bench sadly is lacking and the first 11 requires strengthening so that some of tonight’s 11 make our bench stronger. Schlup being one of them. Final ball and half chances let us down and perhaps more urgency in getting the ball into the box quicker was needed. Ayew is playing as well as ever but lacks a good final ball. Appreciate he made Sheffield goal but tonight he messed up a few. Edouard also had a chance with his head that he messed up. Good performance but could have done better.

 

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ripleyeagle Flag Ripley Surrey 21 Aug 23 11.05pm Send a Private Message to ripleyeagle Add ripleyeagle as a friend

Originally posted by Painter

There was no bias, theirs was a penalty, Eze just got squeezed out and fell. Their sending off was very harsh, Ayew conned the ref.

I agree with these comments, I would have taken a 0-1 loss at the start.Annoyed that the seven extra minutes should have been more as more time wasting was going on.

 

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Elpis Flag In a pub 21 Aug 23 11.11pm Send a Private Message to Elpis Add Elpis as a friend

Not a lot to add but was well impressed with the chips on Thornton heath high street , best Ive had in ages

We still need a centre forward

 

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Canterbury Palace Flag Whitstable 21 Aug 23 11.12pm Send a Private Message to Canterbury Palace Add Canterbury Palace as a friend

We just need attacking reinforcements. Schlupp was anonymous, Edouard barely got a sniff and Ayew played well and is always industrious but never really has an end product.

When we get Olise back our deliveries will improve but we still need a striker who can take them.

It always feels like we're so close to something good and never quite get there.

 


We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold...

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ASCPFC Flag Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 21 Aug 23 11.49pm Send a Private Message to ASCPFC Add ASCPFC as a friend

Rak-Sakyi was better than I expected. Based solely on today, I'd keep him around.
No one was particularly poor. Our final ball and forward runs off the ball aren't good enough. We're clearly not good enough wide meaning teams can force us to try and play through the middle. We're continuing to play out from the back but we're too slow on the ball. Defences have time to get back.
When we break - there's no one lurking in the box. So many balls go across to no real oncoming attackers. We're always a yard behind the ball.
I'm probably in the minority but think Edouard is improving - very technical. If he can get a bit more direct and link up with Ayew, they could act much more as two up top. Edouard robbed defenders a couple of times in this match and in the previous match. Looks like he's worked quite hard - relatively, for him. Still the head drops and he stops trying around the hour mark and starts to drift.
The whole team needs the confidence of a couple of goals. Shame we didn't score today or more in the Sheffield match. Eze never fully fired today - he may have been better to dive less obviously but that's life. You wonder do we work well enough on set pieces - as usual. Bad free kicks happen I guess.

Edited by ASCPFC (21 Aug 2023 11.50pm)

 


Red and Blue Army!

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Daddyorc Flag Atlantic Highlands, NJ 21 Aug 23 11.51pm Send a Private Message to Daddyorc Add Daddyorc as a friend

My view:

We were lucky to escape 1st half 0-0

I initially thought Ayew had a penalty. But great tackle.

We shut off, but when he kickicked the ball wasn't at all toward the goal. Why give a penalty to someone kicking out?!

Sending off on a 2nd yellow was a travesty.

Eze was the only one going to score and they knew it. Frustrating...

They gave all the room in the world to Mitchell. Should have subbed him off.

 

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Rachid Rachid Rachid Flag 21 Aug 23 11.53pm Send a Private Message to Rachid Rachid Rachid Add Rachid Rachid Rachid as a friend

We were solid enough but a horrible lack of quality in attack from starting eleven and the bench.

Hard to see where the goals are coming from.

 

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