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Crystal Palace vs Liverpool - Match Thread
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 Painter  Croydon 26 Feb 23 11.08am |
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Originally posted by Rachid Rachid Rachid
Liverpool were absolute crap and didn’t turn up at all but we lacked the quality to hurt them. I think the majority of other Premier League teams beat them last night. Olise has really stepped up in recent weeks and was our best player with Lokonga who can drop his shoulder and get us playing forward. Our lack of firepower is really concerning. Liverpool werent allowed to play their normal game by the tactics Palace employed, Vieira knows they have better players than us, so set the team up not to lose.
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Teddy Eagle  26 Feb 23 11.20am |
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Originally posted by Painter
Liverpool werent allowed to play their normal game by the tactics Palace employed, Vieira knows they have better players than us, so set the team up not to lose. True about Liverpool but I'm glad Nunez didn't play - he probably thinks he owes us one after the red card up there.
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| SwordFish Peasmarsh,East Sussex 26 Feb 23 11.25am |
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Originally posted by Painter
Liverpool werent allowed to play their normal game by the tactics Palace employed, Vieira knows they have better players than us, so set the team up not to lose. Spot on mate Rant over Also the amount of Liverpool fans in palace end was shocking btw , I didn’t see them myself as was in holmesdale but I noticed going in that there was a few red shirts but I had a beer and didn’t take too much notice but on twitter someone put up a photo and there was loads in the Arthur all scarfed up hats on and shirts , I know it happens but that was shocking , why don’t stewards do anything ? Why didn’t us supporters do anything ? Unbelievable
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| Rachid Rachid Rachid 26 Feb 23 12.20pm |
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Originally posted by Painter
Liverpool werent allowed to play their normal game by the tactics Palace employed, Vieira knows they have better players than us, so set the team up not to lose. I've not been one of Vieira's detractors and agree he's done well to make us tighter at the back. However, I prefer to call a turd a turd and Liverpool were exactly that yesterday by their own notably poor standards this season. We created (or forced mistakes which lead to) four good opportunities yet we failed to register a shot on target (again). I think any team with a cutting edge beats them comfortably last night. At the start of the season I looked at the squad and wondered where the goals were going to come from. The short term answer was the usual....Zaha. However, I don't think it's just a goalscoring issue - there's insufficient attacking guile and quality across the team.
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| Plaistow Eagle 26 Feb 23 12.49pm |
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Originally posted by Painter
Liverpool werent allowed to play their normal game by the tactics Palace employed, Vieira knows they have better players than us, so set the team up not to lose. Totally agree.. COYP
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| Plaistow Eagle 26 Feb 23 12.54pm |
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Originally posted by Palace Old Geezer
I agree, and he was unjustly penalised for a perfectly well timed tackle. And booked for it..!! Refereeing standards in the Prem do not reflect the standard of the league and the players playing it..!! COYP
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| Plaistow Eagle 26 Feb 23 1.02pm |
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Originally posted by Nicholas91
I’d of bitten your arm off Teddy! Even towards the end when we looked the more likely I though ‘just see out the draw’ lol I was fearing a loss to the Welsh in the rugby today and an easy win for Liverpool but with such a low bar I can sleep quite contentedly!! When I eventually do of course Don’t think either Mateta or Edouard are good enough - think Edouard worth persevering with as IMO there is a player in there somewhere - just looks totally devoid of confidence at the moment. That’s why as I’ve said before once Zaha is fit I’d play a “fluid” front 3 of Zaha, Eze and Olise - on the basis that ATM they are our most likely source of goals.. Plus be exciting to watch..!! COYP
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| YT Oxford 26 Feb 23 4.28pm |
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Originally posted by Teddy Eagle
True about Liverpool but I'm glad Nunez didn't play - he probably thinks he owes us one after the red card up there. Equally maybe Liverpool fans are glad Zaha didn't play
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Nicholas91  The Democratic Republic of Kent 26 Feb 23 4.32pm |
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Originally posted by Plaistow Eagle
Don’t think either Mateta or Edouard are good enough - think Edouard worth persevering with as IMO there is a player in there somewhere - just looks totally devoid of confidence at the moment. That’s why as I’ve said before once Zaha is fit I’d play a “fluid” front 3 of Zaha, Eze and Olise - on the basis that ATM they are our most likely source of goals.. Plus be exciting to watch..!! COYP I very much agree!
Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!! |
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| samprior Hamburg 26 Feb 23 5.15pm |
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I've certainly questioned some of PV's lineups, mainly in the use of Schlupp, Ayew and Mateta. I get that they are all put in a shift and a useful squad members for different types of games. Playing all 3 of them in a game I feel pretty much reduces our attacking threat to just hoping for miracles. This will obviously be a source of debate until we start scoring/winning. However what PV gets big praise from me for is that through this very tough run of games (still more to come) he's managed to keep the squad spirit in tact, and we're starting to play with more energy and we look fairly solid. Keeping that togetherness in the squad is no easy task in a lengthy winless streak. Hopefully we can come out of the next 4 games equally unscathed whilst picking up a few more useful points. How we fair in our final 10 games of the season will then be a good indicator of how far through this squad transition we are from Roy's Old Boys.
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Hannes  Vienna 26 Feb 23 5.29pm |
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Originally posted by samprior
However what PV gets big praise from me for is that through this very tough run of games (still more to come) he's managed to keep the squad spirit in tact, and we're starting to play with more energy and we look fairly solid. Keeping that togetherness in the squad is no easy task in a lengthy winless streak. Hopefully we can come out of the next 4 games equally unscathed whilst picking up a few more useful points. Yes, that's what I thought yesterday. The team seems to be determined and not impressed/demoralised by the mediocre series and points tally. Perhaps his approach of emphasising the positive sides is not entirely wrong after all.
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| Rachid Rachid Rachid 26 Feb 23 5.32pm |
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Originally posted by samprior
I've certainly questioned some of PV's lineups, mainly in the use of Schlupp, Ayew and Mateta. I get that they are all put in a shift and a useful squad members for different types of games. Playing all 3 of them in a game I feel pretty much reduces our attacking threat to just hoping for miracles. This will obviously be a source of debate until we start scoring/winning. However what PV gets big praise from me for is that through this very tough run of games (still more to come) he's managed to keep the squad spirit in tact, and we're starting to play with more energy and we look fairly solid. Keeping that togetherness in the squad is no easy task in a lengthy winless streak. Hopefully we can come out of the next 4 games equally unscathed whilst picking up a few more useful points. How we fair in our final 10 games of the season will then be a good indicator of how far through this squad transition we are from Roy's Old Boys. Some great points and clearly PV is placing staying in the game and having options from the bench above putting his "best" starting eleven out.
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