Coulda, woulda shoulda. ITs so tricky, Anderson started going before Olise did, and in hendsight maybe should have stopped, but he took responsibility to close the man (which we'd all want him to do).

And Macca was just unfortunate, did the right thing to counter the threat from Auba, and then when in nomans land did all he could. Its only really when the pundits slow it down you see all the split second decisions players need to make in those moments.

Its so frustrating that they scored from 2 rebounds. On another day they are 2 great saves and we win 2nil.

It's funny to see Arsenal celebrating a home point against us.
We were the better side for much of the game, and it is amazing to see us having the majority of possession against so called passing teams. We did this without Wilfred Zaha.

I have to blame Vieira for playing six defenders in the closing 10 minutes. There was no need for that kind of caution, and it was predictable that it would end badly. I would rather see us manage the end of games with possession and keep someone up the field for a breakaway.

I cannot wait to get Eze back. The reason why we score our goals in the second half is largely because we take Ayew off. He is holding us back. With Wilf, Eze, Olise and Edouard we will be very dangerous.

haha, I love these clowns.

But he's not wrong "They (palace) have a playing style after 2 months"

People are starting to notice

I was at the game last night with my son. Just a few observations but not about the match itself.
Going to an away match where the team are playing well against a supposedly bigger side is just an amazing experience. The 'us' against 'them' mentality, the bond between the fans, the sheer explosion of joy when we score just can't be beat. I am 61 but its so emotional supporting your team in a match like this. I salute our fans...they are fantastic.
Their stadium is awesome, a truly great viewing experience. We can match them on the pitch but Selhurst can never come even vaguely close to that in terms of a structure.
But...the stadium also throttles the passion. In the away end we could sing, stand, goad the opposing fans without any problems. If any of their fans stood up for a prolonged period a steward was on hand to stop them. 'Sit down..Shut Up' was a constant refrain from our fans to any of their fans who sought to goad us and with good reason.
Of course the ending was painful but even that can't fully detract from the fun had in the previous 94 minutes.

They definitely counted the first as a goal from a corner - that was what the commentators said anyway. Second is surely still counted as a goal from a corner, I would think? I guess I could try finding the stats but I prefer not to.

Red and Blue Army!

There's actually only been one game where we scored all our goals in the second half after Ayew had been removed and that was against Leicester.
Did you miss his assist last night for our first goal or do you just write to suit your agenda against him?
Against Brighton we concede just minutes after he's removed from the pitch!
Against Spurs we score two goals with him on the pitch and one when he wasn't.
Same again against West Ham when Gallagher got both and then Declan Rice had to floor Ayew in injury time after he beat him with skill and pace down the right wing and had Rice not brought him down he would've been completely free on goal for a shot or pass which could've won us the game.

We have scored nine goals out of the total of ten so far this season during the second half, six of them being with Ayew on the pitch!

Please stop hating him.

Edited by Tickled pink (19 Oct 2021 8.01pm)