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Badger11 Beckenham 31 Jan 24 11.00am
Originally posted by Robk We need his physicality against Brighton.. you saw how physical Luton were last night against them.. Brighton don’t like it !! They don't like it up em Captain Mainwaring. One more point
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Badger11

Beckenham 31 Jan 24 11.00am

Originally posted by Robk

We need his physicality against Brighton.. you saw how physical Luton were last night against them.. Brighton don’t like it !!

They don't like it up em Captain Mainwaring.

One more point

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georgenorman 31 Jan 24 11.32am
He's just another Benteke.
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georgenorman

31 Jan 24 11.32am

He's just another Benteke.

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TheBigToePunt 31 Jan 24 1.22pm
Last night was the best I've ever seen Mateta play, and he was no more than OK. He barely won a header all night but did hold the ball up pretty well. We had tonnes of corners but even at 6'4" he got nowhere near any of them. He managed to make one run in behind and flashed a shot over after Eze put him in, but otherwise didn't threaten at all. He was nowhere to be found when crosses went in, which is probably the thing he should thrive on. I don't want to see anyone seriously hurt of course, but when their goalie had to go off after colliding with Mateta I was as intrigued by the idea JPM might finally be punching his weight as I was concerned that bloody VAR would send him off. In the event, turns out Mateta went nowhere near the keeper, the keeper just slipped and flew into him, so not one to chalk up to some new-found aggression. Ultimately, as poor a player as I think he is, I would apply the same approach to him as any other player: keep him unless we can sign a replacement who is better. It is madness to do otherwise. That said, if anyone is actually offering cash money for him, it must be sorely tempting to the club even if we don't have a replacement available.
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TheBigToePunt

31 Jan 24 1.22pm

Last night was the best I've ever seen Mateta play, and he was no more than OK. He barely won a header all night but did hold the ball up pretty well.

We had tonnes of corners but even at 6'4" he got nowhere near any of them.

He managed to make one run in behind and flashed a shot over after Eze put him in, but otherwise didn't threaten at all.

He was nowhere to be found when crosses went in, which is probably the thing he should thrive on.

I don't want to see anyone seriously hurt of course, but when their goalie had to go off after colliding with Mateta I was as intrigued by the idea JPM might finally be punching his weight as I was concerned that bloody VAR would send him off. In the event, turns out Mateta went nowhere near the keeper, the keeper just slipped and flew into him, so not one to chalk up to some new-found aggression.

Ultimately, as poor a player as I think he is, I would apply the same approach to him as any other player: keep him unless we can sign a replacement who is better. It is madness to do otherwise.

That said, if anyone is actually offering cash money for him, it must be sorely tempting to the club even if we don't have a replacement available.

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Painter Croydon 31 Jan 24 2.29pm
Originally posted by TheBigToePunt Last night was the best I've ever seen Mateta play, and he was no more than OK. He barely won a header all night but did hold the ball up pretty well. We had tonnes of corners but even at 6'4" he got nowhere near any of them. He managed to make one run in behind and flashed a shot over after Eze put him in, but otherwise didn't threaten at all. He was nowhere to be found when crosses went in, which is probably the thing he should thrive on. I don't want to see anyone seriously hurt of course, but when their goalie had to go off after colliding with Mateta I was as intrigued by the idea JPM might finally be punching his weight as I was concerned that bloody VAR would send him off. In the event, turns out Mateta went nowhere near the keeper, the keeper just slipped and flew into him, so not one to chalk up to some new-found aggression. Ultimately, as poor a player as I think he is, I would apply the same approach to him as any other player: keep him unless we can sign a replacement who is better. It is madness to do otherwise. That said, if anyone is actually offering cash money for him, it must be sorely tempting to the club even if we don't have a replacement available. It seems his role is to be a focal point and hold the ball up, which he does quite well. He is a big guy and gives opposing CBs a hard time and occupied, creating space for Eze and Olise.
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Painter

Croydon 31 Jan 24 2.29pm

Originally posted by TheBigToePunt

Last night was the best I've ever seen Mateta play, and he was no more than OK. He barely won a header all night but did hold the ball up pretty well.

We had tonnes of corners but even at 6'4" he got nowhere near any of them.

He managed to make one run in behind and flashed a shot over after Eze put him in, but otherwise didn't threaten at all.

He was nowhere to be found when crosses went in, which is probably the thing he should thrive on.

Ultimately, as poor a player as I think he is, I would apply the same approach to him as any other player: keep him unless we can sign a replacement who is better. It is madness to do otherwise.

That said, if anyone is actually offering cash money for him, it must be sorely tempting to the club even if we don't have a replacement available.

It seems his role is to be a focal point and hold the ball up, which he does quite well. He is a big guy and gives opposing CBs a hard time and occupied, creating space for Eze and Olise.

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thai-eagle chiang mai 31 Jan 24 2.38pm
Would like to see Mateta and Edouard starting together in a 4-4-2
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chiang mai 31 Jan 24 2.38pm

Would like to see Mateta and Edouard starting together in a 4-4-2

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Uphill Bedford 31 Jan 24 2.48pm
Originally posted by thai-eagle Would like to see Mateta and Edouard starting together in a 4-4-2 Think not as they would be falling over each other's ankles and neither is particularly good at heading - possible reasons why we haven't scored from a corner this season. Man and boy Palace since my first game in 1948 sitting on my dad's shoulders
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Uphill

Bedford 31 Jan 24 2.48pm

Originally posted by thai-eagle

Would like to see Mateta and Edouard starting together in a 4-4-2

Think not as they would be falling over each other's ankles and neither is particularly good at heading - possible reasons why we haven't scored from a corner this season.

Man and boy Palace since my first game in 1948 sitting on my dad's shoulders

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Fatherken 31 Jan 24 4.20pm
As I said earlier Mateta did play well last night but lets be honest it was against the worst team in the league
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Fatherken

31 Jan 24 4.20pm

As I said earlier Mateta did play well last night but lets be honest it was against the worst team in the league

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georgenorman 31 Jan 24 9.58pm
People are saying he holds the ball up and is a focal point. Just the sorts of things said about Benteke. We need a centre forward who scores goals not someone who just wins the odd header and holds the ball. People are saying he played well yesterday, were we watching the same game?
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georgenorman

31 Jan 24 9.58pm

People are saying he holds the ball up and is a focal point. Just the sorts of things said about Benteke. We need a centre forward who scores goals not someone who just wins the odd header and holds the ball. People are saying he played well yesterday, were we watching the same game?

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doombear Too far from Selhurst Park 31 Jan 24 11.01pm
Originally posted by georgenorman People are saying he holds the ball up and is a focal point. Just the sorts of things said about Benteke. We need a centre forward who scores goals not someone who just wins the odd header and holds the ball. People are saying he played well yesterday, were we watching the same game? Well, Hodgson praised his performance yesterday and although Olise and Eze collected the lion's share of the votes for POTM, Mateta came 3rd! That suggests you're in a (very) small minority who watched a different game.
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Too far from Selhurst Park 31 Jan 24 11.01pm

Originally posted by georgenorman

Well, Hodgson praised his performance yesterday and although Olise and Eze collected the lion's share of the votes for POTM, Mateta came 3rd! That suggests you're in a (very) small minority who watched a different game.

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CT Charlie 01 Feb 24 1.20am
At least 3 benefits of Mateta's recent improvement: 1) good holdup play creates more opportunity for the WonderLads 2) if other teams want him, his sale price will rise quickly 3) his energy and effort should motivate Edouard to work harder when he plays
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CT Charlie

01 Feb 24 1.20am

At least 3 benefits of Mateta's recent improvement:
1) good holdup play creates more opportunity for the WonderLads
2) if other teams want him, his sale price will rise quickly
3) his energy and effort should motivate Edouard to work harder when he plays

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Houston Eagle Houston 01 Feb 24 3.45am
I still feel that Edouard has the biggest upside but recently Mateta has stepped up his game and deserves his starting spot! We do need fresh blood either tomorrow or next summer! I assume one will go and one will stay! Right now there is no wrong or right answer to which!
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Houston Eagle

Houston 01 Feb 24 3.45am