The substitution occurred after 83 mins. If he felt he was that poor he should not of even started. That sub was totally baffling as we had to rejig at a crucial time when we were chasing an equaliser and looking like we might get one. Also did Roy mistake Lukaku for Tekkers, as he clearly felt he wasn't a threat ? The stats don't lie. Only the 3 bottom teams have scored less goals AWAY than we have scored at HOME !!

Edited by Booted Eagle (28 Feb 2019 9.25pm)

“ [T]here are known knowns; there are things we know that we know.There are known unknowns; that is to say there are things that, we now know we don't know.But there are also unknown unknowns – there are things we do not know we don't know. ”
—United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld

Thank you, I was behind the goal & the utd player put ball in net...the Ref guessed before the lino had no clue!!

Well if we play the team that was on the pitch prior to Benteke coming on we will be fine. With Meyer on the pitch, we scored, we played great football and united were on the ropes. Then all that went out the window.

Edited by dreamwaverider (01 Mar 2019 7.39am)

All down to Hodgson's submissive defensive tactics - keep shape, cede territory, park the bus. GK, 4 defenders, 3 defensive mids - that's 8 players whose role it is to defend against the opposition AT HOME. No wonder we can't score.

Ive now watched the Sky Highlights of the incident. So very briefly with his left arm on the ground, he may have finger touch the ball with his left hand ( the ref could never had seen this), which the keeper was holding with one hand against his leg, when the utd player with his own momentum falls against the keeper. Straight after Ward sees the opportunity, kicks the ball as keeper only has one hand on ball into the net. So is the keeper deemed to have full control of the ball?? or Was Ward denied a second goal to make it 3-2. Im 100% had that been at the Palace end, the Ref would have given goal!!