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Nottingham Forest vs Crystal Palace - Match Thread
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 pompeyeagle  Relocated to Shropshire 12 Nov 22 6.02pm |
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Really disappointing result today. I know they have improved in recent weeks but we really should be capable of putting in a better performance than that.
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| lush1076 leatherhead 12 Nov 22 6.06pm |
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I can definitely see us in a scrap against relegation, along with 6 or 7 other teams.
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| palace chick South Croydon 12 Nov 22 6.07pm |
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Originally posted by spartakev2
How can you have zaha, Ayew, eze, olise, ebiowi mateta, edward on the pitch and not have a single shot on target... But, it is the lack of service. We don’t get the ball quick enough to these players you mentioned. How many times do you see us playing it across the back into the player just in front of the back four and then back again. It give’s organised times time to re group. Forrest are poor but they are organised / balanced. We on the other hand aren’t and play into the opponents hands. It needs a couple of strong midfielders taking the ball forward quickly and passing to those players you mentioned quicker. It’s not rocket science ;-)
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| southnorwoodhill 12 Nov 22 6.11pm |
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Originally posted by joe_cpfc
Clueless performance. I think Schlupp must be his love child or something, either that or Viera just cant see how much having him in the middle is f***ing us up. We have our own little Ward-Prowse sitting on the bench every week doing nothing when he could be the answer to our non existent midfield, its the reason we spend about 20 mins per game knocking it sideways and backwards because theres no midfield or forward making any sort of run or movement. The forward line has a lot of talent but unfortunately the brains and movement of rocking horses and wingers dropping deep to receive instead of making a run down the line, wtf is all that about. I agree, and have previously posted my doubts about his tactics. Jumping to this game in particular, where we pass it from side to side so our possession stats are 68%, highly impressive PV might say, but when weighed up against the stat that we had zero on target attempts then I think questions need to be asked. He doesn't seem to realise that even if we have Zaha, Olise, Ayew, Edouard, Mateta, and anyone else on the pitch at the same time, as long as they are f***ing about at the back with the side to side bollocks and there is not a midfield to carry the ball forward and pick a pass then all those forward minded players are in vain. It has been noted that we only have one genuine midfielder who knows the position and the role, and yes, it is like that. Perhaps we should just go long and feed off the scraps. Again, I do wonder what Pulis would have done with this set of players. Edited by southnorwoodhill (12 Nov 2022 6.26pm)
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| kennybrowns leftfoot Reigate 12 Nov 22 6.17pm |
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Originally posted by joe_cpfc
Clueless performance. I think Schlupp must be his love child or something, either that or Viera just cant see how much having him in the middle is f***ing us up. We have our own little Ward-Prowse sitting on the bench every week doing nothing when he could be the answer to our non existent midfield, its the reason we spend about 20 mins per game knocking it sideways and backwards because theres no midfield or forward making any sort of run or movement. The forward line has a lot of talent but unfortunately the brains and movement of rocking horses and wingers dropping deep to receive instead of making a run down the line, wtf is all that about. Ward wasn't having an excellent season at all... He hasn't been good enough for the Premiership for at least the last 3 seasons.
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| the silurian The garden of England.(not really) 12 Nov 22 6.21pm |
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Originally posted by spartakev2
How can you have zaha, Ayew, eze, olise, ebiowi mateta, edward on the pitch and not have a single shot on target... Simply because apart from Zaha none of them are goalscorers and Zaha today was having one of his "throw my toys out of the pram " days where he just couldnt be bothered.....
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| Tickled pink Cornwall 12 Nov 22 6.24pm |
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Originally posted by palace chick
The forwards got no service today, doesn’t matter who we sign if the service is rubbish! It appears as if our back line is having huge problems seeing a pass forward or our forward players are having huge problems creating themselves space to receive the ball forward ..because otherwise it's just a case of holding onto the ball to waste time ..and passing the ball forward only for it be immediately booted back is not helping anyone. We are excellent with allowing the opposition time to organise themselves.
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Den1923  12 Nov 22 6.27pm |
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Originally posted by palace chick
The forwards got no service today, doesn’t matter who we sign if the service is rubbish! We are useless in final third, we need a striker who can react quickly, get in to six yard box and capitalise on tap in’s, we often get crosses in to the box but all our so called existing striker are slow to react!
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| Tickled pink Cornwall 12 Nov 22 6.37pm |
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Originally posted by the silurian
Simply because apart from Zaha none of them are goalscorers and Zaha today was having one of his "throw my toys out of the pram " days where he just couldnt be bothered..... They all appeared to be afraid to get stuck in, becoming a problem.
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Uphill  Bedford 12 Nov 22 6.41pm |
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Originally posted by palace chick
The forwards got no service today, doesn’t matter who we sign if the service is rubbish! This is it -in a nutshell. Have been going on about the need for a creative midfielder for yonks ! If Viera doesn't understand this we are done for. The Eriksens of this world are hard to find but Barry Bannon is one and Jonjo Shelvey the other who can pass constructively.
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| VinceHilaire London 12 Nov 22 6.57pm |
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Would love to see Sam Johnston in goal. Why not??
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| spartakev2 Anerley 12 Nov 22 7.32pm |
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Originally posted by Uphill
This is it -in a nutshell. Have been going on about the need for a creative midfielder for yonks ! If Viera doesn't understand this we are done for. The Eriksens of this world are hard to find but Barry Bannon is one and Jonjo Shelvey the other who can pass constructively. Aren't eze and olise supposed to be creative midfielders, if not, and they're not goalscorers, what the f**k use are they.
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