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Bournemouth v Palace match thread
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 taylors lovechild  04 Apr 24 10.08am |
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Eze has not got back to his best yet but he's still by far our most creative player until Olise is fit again. Despite some carelessness in possession he still does things that no other player on the pitch would even imagine. Because he doesn't complain I think sometimes people don't notice how much rough treatment he gets. Semenyo made a few attempts to step on his Achilles before succeeding the other night and other players were clearly tripping him and kicking him. I still think the way he plays he would struggle at a big English club in which these days managers seem to look down on exuberance. It's like Grealish, a joy to watch at Villa but at City he has been forced to be a team player in a boring tappy tap system.
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EverybodyDannsNow  SE19 04 Apr 24 10.15am |
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Originally posted by CrazyBadger
crikey, seems harsh. He's just come back from Injury, and he's immediately expected to win us games on his own. You're right though, that he needs to play in a better team.. but if our first 11 is ever available, then this team is good enough for him. No, just not give the ball away 25 times a match ffs.
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| NEILLO Shoreham-by-Sea 04 Apr 24 10.34am |
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Eze's had a stop/start season due to injuries. And it always takes him time to get his rhythm going again. He's frustrated me against Forest and Bournemouth with some poor decision making and not protecting possession more carefully. I'm expecting him to find some form again when Olise returns and takes some pressure off of him.
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| rikz Croydon 04 Apr 24 10.35am |
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Let's be honest, eze lacks in so many attributes, he's among the best player in the league when It comes to dribbling, maybe 2nd to only foden. When you look at other attributes, speed, acceleration, strength, work ethic, tackling, shooting, game management, passing, he scores pretty low. Tho he's still our most exciting player, take him out the team and we would be absolutely dire. When you compare him to other players at the big clubs who play in a similar position, palmer, foden, silva, de bryne, maddison, jota, fernades, odegaard, he's not better than any of them so unless he wants to warm the bench, he should stay here.
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| Phil’s Barber Crowborough 04 Apr 24 10.44am |
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Originally posted by rikz
Let's be honest, eze lacks in so many attributes, he's among the best player in the league when It comes to dribbling, maybe 2nd to only foden. When you look at other attributes, speed, acceleration, strength, work ethic, tackling, shooting, game management, passing, he scores pretty low. Tho he's still our most exciting player, take him out the team and we would be absolutely dire. When you compare him to other players at the big clubs who play in a similar position, palmer, foden, silva, de bryne, maddison, jota, fernades, odegaard, he's not better than any of them so unless he wants to warm the bench, he should stay here. Don’t let Lanzo see you posting sense like this!
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| Adrift Creepy Crawley 04 Apr 24 11.32am |
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Originally posted by CT Charlie
What's the weather in PalaceLand today? From 3000 miles away, the Forum suggests that many are living in a continuation of yesterday's dismal conditions at Kings Park. Yes, Ebs was off his game, but he did a fine job of finishing Ayew's useful cross – if only JPP hadn't been a shoelace or so offside. And without Guehi, Doucoure and now Richards, our central defense will be hard pressed to stop any Premier League club. Count our blessings that Henderson showed some promise, Andersen returned to form, our set piece play has improved, and Wharton & Munoz have notably elevated Palace's play from box to box. Excellent post, yep the glass is half full not half empty
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| Adrift Creepy Crawley 04 Apr 24 11.43am |
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Originally posted by rikz
Let's be honest, eze lacks in so many attributes, he's among the best player in the league when It comes to dribbling, maybe 2nd to only foden. When you look at other attributes, speed, acceleration, strength, work ethic, tackling, shooting, game management, passing, he scores pretty low. Tho he's still our most exciting player, take him out the team and we would be absolutely dire. When you compare him to other players at the big clubs who play in a similar position, palmer, foden, silva, de bryne, maddison, jota, fernades, odegaard, he's not better than any of them so unless he wants to warm the bench, he should stay here. As I see it if you give the ball away 20 odd times in a match you're not going anywhere Its something the coaching staff should be working on but I don't see it improving under the new lot so far
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| PatrickA London 04 Apr 24 12.06pm |
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To my mind Eze is a player capable of great moments rather than a great player.
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| Dubai Eagle 04 Apr 24 12.27pm |
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This stat of having given the ball away 20 times in the game seems to be appearing a lot & on its own I feel its a pretty one sided stat - Given that Eze is our main creative out ball (& at the risk of me being made to look stupid) I would be interested to know how many balls into him he received Originally posted by Adrift
As I see it if you give the ball away 20 odd times in a match you're not going anywhere Its something the coaching staff should be working on but I don't see it improving under the new lot so far
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| EverybodyDannsNow SE19 04 Apr 24 12.53pm |
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Originally posted by Dubai Eagle
This stat of having given the ball away 20 times in the game seems to be appearing a lot & on its own I feel its a pretty one sided stat - Given that Eze is our main creative out ball (& at the risk of me being made to look stupid) I would be interested to know how many balls into him he received Giving the ball away that many times doesn't really need much context to be honest - there are no mitigating circumstances for being that wasteful, even if you factor in the creative burden etc. For context, he received 56 passes against Bournemouth which was the most on our team (as you'd expect). He attempted 58 passes of his own with a success rate of 70.4% - of the ten outfield starters, only Andersen and Mateta had a lower %. He also attempted 7 take-ons, and was successful with 3 of them. You can't lose the ball nearly 50% of the time you receive it, regardless of role or playing style.
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| palace99 New Mills 04 Apr 24 12.54pm |
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Originally posted by palace chick
Ozoh was for some reason put at the back and Lerma moved into midfield. Bad management, that change wasn’t needed and just made us weaker and I would sAy resulted in the defeat? we renewed injury prone and high earning Tomkins in the summer because we wanted cover at CB. We then bought Holding a few weeks later - who is also regularly injured and on big wages. The other night with 2 CBs injured we played a midfielder and a RB alongside Andersen. Is he now 7th choice CB? What a joke
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Houston Eagle  Houston 04 Apr 24 1.35pm |
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As a squad with limited CB options, why not switch to a back 4 for the last 10 minutes and add an extra player to midfield especially as Wharton had been taken off! That seems the most flexible way to go and just maybe we would stopped the flow if pressure on our goal! BTW our fitness, speed and passing accuracy is shockingly bad at the end of games!
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