Amazing Performance from our boys, left everything out there. played some lovely one touch intricate passing at to get up the pitch, Kouyate always seemed to be in their way....but Man! Bournemouth were shocking, worst I've seen them play. nothing up front, no confidence in front of goal.
I don't think the Red made a jot of difference to the game. We dominated them throughout, but except for the odd pieces of individual brilliance from Ayew/Zaha/Schlupp never looked like being through On goal. All our chances even before the sending off was inside a crowded penalty area with B'Mouth defending very deep.
bit nervous at the end when we were trying to close out The game. We wasted possession a few times deep in their own half and gave them another opportunity to attack,

"It was a Team effort, I guess it took all players working together to lose this one"

I think the sending off motivated our players more than it did them. I just had this feeling that before that Palace were heading for a draw or a 1-0 defeat.

Anyway that is pure speculation what matters is that Roy and the boys responded.

Just one last observation it's funny how Palace never play well its the opposition e.g. Burnley and Bournemouth who played badly, or did they? I think Roy would dispute that and point out it was our team performance and work rate that denied them goal scoring opportunities.

COYP 30 points or better by New years day please.

One more point

He might well see himself that way now (and probably quite rightly) but he was a right back at Liverpool, and we bought him to play right back. His Wikipedia page backs up my memory on this, with talk of Glen Johnson being moved over to left back to make way for the young Kelly to rampage forward. When he signed for us Ward moved over to the left for the same reason, before we signed PVA and Schlupp.

Kelly ended up fitting in a centre back when everyone was injured, and did so well that it became another string to his bow. His flexibility probably resulted in his getting a new contract last time around.

Absolutely none of this matters at all. I just wanted to be sure my memory wasn't knackered, and having done the necessary research, I thought I'd share it with you.

Point remains that we've got 8 blokes for four positions at the back, including those who, like Kelly and Schlupp, can play in more than one position. Thats plenty, we are not Man City. Spend any dosh we might have on a forward I say.

Edited by TheBigToePunt (04 Dec 2019 1.55pm)

It's a borderline red and if it were a foul on one of our players I'd probably say fair dues. Other than that, Taylor was broadly ok.

If you want to live in a world full of kindness, respect and love, try to show these qualities.

For What it's worth,
I thought that it was both a Red (by current recklessness rules)
and it was not a penalty (Zaha was knocked off The ball to easily).

"It was a Team effort, I guess it took all players working together to lose this one"

you have got to be joking...if hes one of the best, the others must be totally s***e..we had 6 fouls 3 bookings (maybe 4) Bournemouth 16 fouls 1 booking and you think he was fair???

Edited by the silurian (04 Dec 2019 3.49pm)