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Crystal Palace vs. Manchester United Match Thread
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 Teddy Eagle  03 Mar 21 9.12pm |
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Originally posted by Den1923
Need to get Benteke off, its like playing with 10 men when he is on the pitch, spends most of his time watching and keeping well away from action. Clearly does not like roughing it up in Man U defence! Seeing the way he bounced Maguire off at the start he should really get in there. Also he needs either Ayew or Eze to get closer to him - no point holding the ball up when there’s no one there.
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TheBigToePunt  03 Mar 21 9.12pm |
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Originally posted by The Dolphin
Our players do not make themselves available for the ball - they just stand there. Spot on. I know some will feel a coach ought to drill attacking movements into the players, but there are plenty, including Wenger, who preferred to just let players play. Ours can't be left to do that. What Neville said about Eze is also true of Zaha, and Ayew. They are all individualistic, which is fine, but none of them run off the ball. They each want it to feet. You can see our defence passing it around looking for movement ahead of them, but none of ours knows how to make runs, and certainly not selfless runs to move opponents around. I don't think that's a lack of coaching, it's a lack of that skill and understanding in the players we have. Still a good performance so far though.
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| 55 years a fan 03 Mar 21 9.12pm |
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Originally posted by Eaglecoops
Except for his desire to constantly pass sideways or backwards. He certainly adds more bite though. I would argue that Riedewald does that a lot as well. Difference is as you say Riedewald has no bite in his game
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| Eaglecoops CR3 03 Mar 21 9.13pm |
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Originally posted by The Dolphin
Their central defence is an accident waiting to happen. Agreed, their strengths are definitely not in central defence. If we pressurise them they will make mistakes. We have to improve our set piece delivery.
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 becky over the moon 03 Mar 21 9.13pm |
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Originally posted by adelaar
Playing like this against the top teams is acceptable. Playing the same way (or worse) against the likes of Burnley and Fulham is not. He might get up from his seat and give them a bit of encouragement
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| r&bthru&thru 03 Mar 21 9.13pm |
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Ha ha gotta love this forum. We have just played a decent first half against a good side and some of crap that flows out of people's fingers is a madness, with criticism non stop be it Ward (who has had a blinder), Eze or tekkers. What do people expect.... Oh yeah a brace from Tekkers without a proper chance Bunch of jokers. Just enjoy the face we have tried to play a little against a team in the top 4 🤣🤣🤣 Edited by r&bthru&thru (03 Mar 2021 9.13pm)
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| ripleyeagle Ripley Surrey 03 Mar 21 9.14pm |
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I Originally posted by The Dolphin
Ward is getting shredded No he isn’t.
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| PZ Eagle Penzance 03 Mar 21 9.14pm |
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Originally posted by taylors lovechild
We look much better with Ayew behind Tekkers than Eze, who despite some mistakes has been more involved in 45 minutes than he did in the whole of the last two games when he was in the middle. United aren't closing us down that much which is helping us keep possession a bit better, but one thing I will repeat is how annoying it is that the big clubs repeatedly foul counter-attacking teams without recourse. Nearly every time we looked to break Andros, Ayew or Eze was fouled; so frustrating! The fact we are still in this is good news. Hopefully the mist gets thicker as the Man Utd players might disappear completely No chance you can see those zebra shirts a mile off.
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| Gary St.Andrews Kenley 03 Mar 21 9.14pm |
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This looks like a poor United side looking at that first half. Not many openings at all for both sides.
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| johnmcormick8 Brundish 03 Mar 21 9.16pm |
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aye[quote=r&bthru&thru;3611683] Ha ha gotta love this forum. We have just played a decent first half against a good side and some of crap that flows out of people's fingers is a madness, with criticism non stop be it Ward (who has had a blinder), Eze or tekkers. What do people expect.... Oh yeah a brace from Tekkers without a proper chance Bunch of jokers. Just enjoy the face we have tried to play a little against a team in the top 4 🤣🤣🤣 Edited by r&bthru&thru (03 Mar 2021 9.13pm)
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| EddieMac 03 Mar 21 9.16pm |
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We need to not concede for the 1st 10 minutes and we have a chance
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| lefty27 ipswich 03 Mar 21 9.17pm |
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Originally posted by stuckinbristol
His line; there will be no added time in the first half, even the ref has had enough, was a gem. Also that we haven’t replaced Yohan, spot on. I also think Wardy has had a good half.
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