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Jimenez SELHURSTPARKCHESTER,DA BRONX 01 Dec 17 11.46pm
Originally posted by Ray in Houston WBA have lacked any real attacking ambition, but defensively drilled they are not. They conceded 2 goals vs. Newcastle, 4 vs. Chelsea, 3 vs. Man City and 2 vs. Watford...all at home. Their last clean sheet anywhere was mid-September at home to West Ham; against whom they too failed to score. Now, I don't think Pardew has been there long enough to really screw them up by having them try to dribble out of their own 6-yard box, but even with Pulis' defend first / defend forever tactics, they were shipping goals and losing games. That is, of course, why Pulis was fired in the first place. It wasn't the boring football (although that should be enough), it was that there were not the results to show for the drudgery. There's usually a new manager bounce, but are the players really going to be excited to have that preening gadfly in charge now? Edited by Ray in Houston (30 Nov 2017 8.40pm) Blimey Ray are you related to Willo? Pro USA & Israel
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Jimenez

SELHURSTPARKCHESTER,DA BRONX 01 Dec 17 11.46pm

Originally posted by Ray in Houston

WBA have lacked any real attacking ambition, but defensively drilled they are not. They conceded 2 goals vs. Newcastle, 4 vs. Chelsea, 3 vs. Man City and 2 vs. Watford...all at home. Their last clean sheet anywhere was mid-September at home to West Ham; against whom they too failed to score.

Now, I don't think Pardew has been there long enough to really screw them up by having them try to dribble out of their own 6-yard box, but even with Pulis' defend first / defend forever tactics, they were shipping goals and losing games. That is, of course, why Pulis was fired in the first place. It wasn't the boring football (although that should be enough), it was that there were not the results to show for the drudgery.

There's usually a new manager bounce, but are the players really going to be excited to have that preening gadfly in charge now?

Edited by Ray in Houston (30 Nov 2017 8.40pm)

Blimey Ray are you related to Willo?

Pro USA & Israel

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Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 01 Dec 17 11.49pm
As I mentioned in another thread, Pardew has not lost his opening game as manager at his last 5 clubs.
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South coast - west of Brighton. 01 Dec 17 11.49pm

As I mentioned in another thread, Pardew has not lost his opening game as manager at his last 5 clubs.

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Glazier#1 01 Dec 17 11.58pm
He will tomorrow. 0-2
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Glazier#1

01 Dec 17 11.58pm

He will tomorrow. 0-2

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spartakev2 Anerley 02 Dec 17 12.42am
Originally posted by Willo As I mentioned in another thread, Pardew has not lost his opening game as manager at his last 5 clubs. Means absolutely nothing..
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spartakev2

Anerley 02 Dec 17 12.42am

Originally posted by Willo

As I mentioned in another thread, Pardew has not lost his opening game as manager at his last 5 clubs.

Means absolutely nothing..

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cpfccolin Dorset 02 Dec 17 12.58am
West Brom 4 palace o
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Dorset 02 Dec 17 12.58am

West Brom 4 palace o

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PhuketEagle Phuket 02 Dec 17 5.21am
Rondon's their most dangerpous player IMO...watch out for the inevitable dive in the penalty area and/or surruptitious shove on our defenders that goes unnoticed/unpunished by the ref. Stop this guy & I think we can win it - going for 2-1 Palace; first goals away this season & first away win.
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Phuket 02 Dec 17 5.21am

Rondon's their most dangerpous player IMO...watch out for the inevitable dive in the penalty area and/or surruptitious shove on our defenders that goes unnoticed/unpunished by the ref.
Stop this guy & I think we can win it - going for 2-1 Palace; first goals away this season & first away win.

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Gary St.Andrews Kenley 02 Dec 17 10.00am
Originally posted by 60 yrs a palace fan Wrong on 2 accounts, Deserved the sack and Gayle going a no brainier. Opinions that's all it is. At some point a manager has got to last longer than a couple of years. At the moment we are going through them like a dose of salts. Apart from, Pulis and fireman Sam who both walked out of the door. As for Gayle, thought he did a great job coming off the bench and scored some vital goals. I take it 60 year old Palace fan you weren't at the Villa game on Boxing Day when he scored a screamer with seconds to go from what was it now, 35yrds or maybe even further out?
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Originally posted by 60 yrs a palace fan

Wrong on 2 accounts,

Deserved the sack and Gayle going a no brainier.

Opinions that's all it is. At some point a manager has got to last longer than a couple of years. At the moment we are going through them like a dose of salts. Apart from, Pulis and fireman Sam who both walked out of the door.

As for Gayle, thought he did a great job coming off the bench and scored some vital goals. I take it 60 year old Palace fan you weren't at the Villa game on Boxing Day when he scored a screamer with seconds to go from what was it now, 35yrds or maybe even further out?

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miles18 Telford 02 Dec 17 10.42am
0-0. They're crap and Benteke won't score yet again. .
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miles18

Telford 02 Dec 17 10.42am

0-0.

They're crap and Benteke won't score yet again.

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Aolcpfc Finchley, London 02 Dec 17 11.12am
This is a really difficult one to call. There is far too much uncertainty. It makes Roy's job very difficult: he has not seen this combination of WBA and AP so predicting their tactics is fraught with uncertainty. This kind of situation may be why AP has won first games in the past because opposition managers and teams have been up against an entirely unknown quantity. I suspect that AP will go in all guns blazing telling them to attack like hell because he wants instantaneous (positive) results to prove himself: this being the opposite of Sam's 'respect the point' precautionary principle. For my part, were I in Roy's shoes, I would be very cautious: defending and trying to catch them on the counter attack, at least until half time when I had had some time to see what the WBA/AP tactics were.
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Aolcpfc

Finchley, London 02 Dec 17 11.12am

This is a really difficult one to call. There is far too much uncertainty. It makes Roy's job very difficult: he has not seen this combination of WBA and AP so predicting their tactics is fraught with uncertainty. This kind of situation may be why AP has won first games in the past because opposition managers and teams have been up against an entirely unknown quantity.

I suspect that AP will go in all guns blazing telling them to attack like hell because he wants instantaneous (positive) results to prove himself: this being the opposite of Sam's 'respect the point' precautionary principle. For my part, were I in Roy's shoes, I would be very cautious: defending and trying to catch them on the counter attack, at least until half time when I had had some time to see what the WBA/AP tactics were.

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CockneyRebel West Harrison,NY. 02 Dec 17 1.26pm
Hate myself for saying it..but 2_1 WBA....They will have the AP effect.. Here since 81...(LAST CENTURY !!).. x-Dunraven School, early 1960.... Palace 'nut' since 58....
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West Harrison,NY. 02 Dec 17 1.26pm