Palace (A) - PL 27 October 2023

[The Cryptkeeper]

Have at it people.

Bentancur on the bench.

 

[ClemFandango]

Udogie not in the squad as well.

Let’s go five clear at the top, if only for a few hours

 

[The Cryptkeeper]

Roy Hodgson is one of the true gentleman of football. Full respect to him.

 

[The Cryptkeeper]

Why the fuck is Bissouma taking that? Surely Maddison takes those and if not him then Porro?

 

[Havocc]

Seem to slightly frustrated in our performance so far.

 

[ClemFandango]

Same here seem to be working hard and producing not a lot

 

[The Cryptkeeper]

Cheap shots on our players from Palace all half.

 

[Havocc]

Ref needs to dish out a yellow, protect the players a bit.

Maddison looks stuck in the mud at the moment, taking an extra touch when not needed

 

[The Cryptkeeper]

Palace getting lots of numbers into the middle of midfield along with a mid-block is proving hard to break down. We are not as sharp as we have been.

This one might be a grind decided by a single goal.

 

[ClemFandango]

Cheap shots on our players from Palace all half.

They’ve always been like that. Grabbing arms and having a dig all over the place.

Ange needs to get amongst them at half time as that wasn’t good.

Obviously set up for Bentancur to score the late winner though..

 

[Chavhater01]

Well combine the 2nd half on Monday night, and 1st half tonight, and it’s comfortably the poorest 90 mins we’ve put together this season. Bissouma needs to make himself available more often when the CBs have the ball. Just all been a bit slow, passing’s off and the ball isn’t bouncing our way. Just need to up the tempo a bit, and get the passing a bit crisper.

 

[The Cryptkeeper]

Game is crying out for Gil.

Johnson’s assets of no real value tonight. We need some guile and trickery to unlock this.

 

[The Cryptkeeper]

Emerson coming on for Davies.

 

[ClemFandango]

Get the fuck in!

 

[The Cryptkeeper]

Lucky one but we’ll take it.

 

[ClemFandango]

Yep, they all count

Hopefully might open the game up a bit

 

[The Cryptkeeper]

Bissouma has been rotten today.

 

[ClemFandango]

Richarlison has been worse

 

[Chavhater01]

Get in! Right

Bissouma has been rotten today.

He really has, a lot of our success this season has come from him running thru the press but he’s been so quiet tonight. Barely seen him offering himself as an option at all, seems to just be hiding amongst the Palace press.

 

[ClemFandango]

Bissouma has been rotten today.

Richarlison has been worse

As if by magic, they get hooked two minutes later

 

[Havocc]

Brilliant, injection of pace

 

[Chavhater01]

That’s beautiful!

 

[ClemFandango]

And he’s done it again ..

 

[The Cryptkeeper]

Oohh that’s quality.

 

[Chavhater01]

Richarlison has been worse

I’d sell him at the first whiff of an offer! Thought he was a waste of money in the first place.

 

[The Cryptkeeper]

Yeah, because Johnson’s assets will be of no use today.

 

[ClemFandango]

I’d sell him at the first whiff of an offer! Thought he was a waste of money in the first place.

I was really hopeful he could have done something. You don’t sign Brazil’s number nine and not expect goals but it’s really not working I think. We’ve got enough quality in Johnson and Gil and even Sonny if he moves out to the left that I think I’d certainly sell him at the first decent offer as well.

 

[Chavhater01]

I was really hopeful he could have done something. You don’t sign Brazil’s number nine and not expect goals but it’s really not working I think. We’ve got enough quality in Johnson and Gil and even Sonny if he moves out to the left that I think I’d certainly sell him at the first decent offer as well.

He was only Brazil’s 9 by default really. Personally, Jesus is a far better footballer than Richy. He has his moments but he just doesn’t do enough on a game by game basis.

 

[Chavhater01]

We should be go for the jugular here, haven’t got a game for 10 days, we should be putting 4 or 5 past this lot.

 

[Havocc]

I am sure we slowed the pace at the back to draw palace out