FA Cup 3rd Round Macclesfield

Glasner is getting stick for picking a few kids, but it was the senior players who let us down today. I thought Rodney was our best player in the first half, and could not see the logic in replacing him with Hughes other than perhaps to place responsibility on more senior shoulders.

Of the usual stalwarts, Guehi and Richards were poor, loads of silly little errors, including Richards fluffed headed clearance for their second goal. Wharton was also poor, giving the ball away all over the place. For a while now he has been like that, and the constant stream of praise for him from pundits is simply lazy journalism combined with a touch of the emperors new clothes. Hughes wasn't much better when he arrived, nor Deveney. That said, I am inclined to cut them all a bit of slack, partly because most of them have been brilliant for Palace, and partly because today further highlighted what I think is the much bigger, ongoing problem - we have so little creative threat in the final third.

We struggle terribly to break down a deep block, be it a premier league side, some European minnow, and today a Step 6 side. Some of that is because of our conservative system (albeit Glasner changed it today in the 2nd half), which employs five defenders and two holding midfielders, thereby placing all the creative weight on the two No10s. Mostly though, its because we don't have the No10s to open people up. Eze and Olise are gone, and with them went the individual brilliance our whole formation relies on. Pino was awful in general play once again. Sarr and (from what I have seen) Johnson are pacy, but limited outside the box. We have finishers in Mateta, Nketiah, Sarr, and Johnson, but that doesn't really matter as we could still be there now and not have any created chances. How will this change?

Finally, not for the first time, today showed us how limited the senior back up players are. Benetiz fecked his footwork up royally for BOTH goals, not just the second one (although what on earth was he doing?). Sosa obviously had the game from hell, even on the left side, but when has he had a good one? Uche is a raw powerhouse one moment, and a whimpering diver the next. Perhaps there is a player there, but we needed him today and he wasn't there.

Everyone will be pissed off with Glasner today, and I can understand that. His tactics and selection policy can seem to exacerbate the problems we have, culminating in today. That does not mean he should go, or that his approach is wrong. We are a small club for the big league, and there is logic in setting up defensively and in relying on a small group of decent players. Its just that none of that prepares us for being the favourite on the day, having a lot of the ball, and trying to rotate the squad.
 
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Paul Salvage said:
I do not disagree about the lack of investment and have posted several times that we have missed the boat.
But once the window shuts, there is nothing that can be done so to keep having the same moan is pointless.
I am as angry about today as anyone, and even been critical of players which I do not normally verbalise, but they all deserve a lambasting along with OG for the way they were sent out.
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The "same moan" needs repeating as it is a pretty significant point that underpins the entire season.

With Parish picking up £2.5million a year salary, then I think it's fair that he is held accountable for key decisions at the club.
 
JHB said:
I completely get what you mean by this and agree. In one way though I’d like us to be a bit less respectful. Play a more attacking formation and go out at absolutely full tilt attacking play from the get go. Impose ourselves on the game. Play ultra high tempo, flood forward. Take them on one on one. Do that and you could be out of sight after 20 mins. Go for the jugular

What we did today was play a rigid system, pass it around at the back, slowly build up and never made a single run. It was slow, defensive, boring and tepid. That is 100% on the manager
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In the 1st half we never forced the goalkeeper into a save and we were playing a team 6 levels below us.
Overall, a pathetic and shameful performance and they deserve all the brickbats that come their way.
Many supporters travelled a long way to witness that dross and they and all of us in the comfort of our abodes were subjected to a dastardly display and result.
Thank you for thoroughly ruining my Saturday. 😡 😡
 
Let’s have this straight, for us, Palace fans. The FA cup is the holy grail. Today we treated what we won so amazingly last year utterly contempt. We have had to sit through Glasner not changing a f***ing thing during the last 6 weeks even when he should have rested JP and some of the others and given one or two a go. Today he decides to leave out our most consistent defender, our only striker, our boss in midfield and our number one goal keeper. That is the definition of the spine of the team.

We were all worrying about Ollie leaving. To be honest there is now a real chance he gets the elbow.

Before any mugs say ‘Pant Wetting’ and other assorted bollocks. Take a long hard look at where we are right now. Going into December we were 4th in the league, in a quarter final and looking forward to an easier than expected FA cup 3rd round draw.

Well once you have taken a look at that it does not look great does it. If Ollie thinks he is an elite level manager he bloody well better show it from here on in. We MUST win the two bob European cup. No question. Parish is not blameless here. Get your f***ing cheque book out and get some f***ing cover in.

I still feel physically sick at what I watched today. I had to go and sit in the garden in the freezing cold because I was so f***ing pissed off. Shame the players didn’t care as much as we did today.
 
Penge Eagle said:
Macclesfield got their first from a set-piece and 13 of the 23 goals Palace have conceded in the Premier League have come from set-pieces. This is one is firmly on Glasner. Not good enough.
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If you watch the replay closely from behind, it's clear that Canvot was in the right place at the right time but he simply didn't track the ball or go for it when it arrived. Macclesfield's captain put his bloody head on it, and managed a perfect placement beyond Benitez, who we've all seen make fine reaction saves in the past.
 
Jacey said:
After that result,we have a simple task to remain in the Premier League.
Cannot any longer complain about too many games and tiredness!!
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Still in the Euro Conference league. Two games to play there, at least. Win that and finish top ten and all will be forgiven -well nearly all!
 
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CT Charlie said:
If you watch the replay closely from behind, it's clear that Canvot was in the right place at the right time but he simply didn't track the ball or go for it when it arrived. Macclesfield's captain put his bloody head on it, and managed a perfect placement beyond Benitez, who we've all seen make fine reaction saves in the past.
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So Canvot made no challenge is what your saying he didn’t jump
 
I can't help feeling that just one player – Daniel Munoz – would have got us through this tie. His absence has been a major blow. Crazy considering he's just a wingback but he offers so much. Fight, hunger, produces assists and goals.
 
Penge Eagle said:
The "same moan" needs repeating as it is a pretty significant point that underpins the entire season.

With Parish picking up £2.5million a year salary, then I think it's fair that he is held accountable for key decisions at the club.
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All fair enough then.
My anger is somewhat dissipating now, so I will climb down from the slippery pole of ire.
 
CT Charlie said:
If you watch the replay closely from behind, it's clear that Canvot was in the right place at the right time but he simply didn't track the ball or go for it when it arrived. Macclesfield's captain put his bloody head on it, and managed a perfect placement beyond Benitez, who we've all seen make fine reaction saves in the past.
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You might be right... I need to look at it again. I felt that Richard could have got something on it.
 
FalmouthEagles said:
I've supported Palace since Feb 1967, with far more lows than highs, but today's defect has left me feeling physically unwell, I just can't get my head around how bad they were. The worse defeat in FA Cup history
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I hear you.

When the stress of it makes you feel unwell, it's better just to step away from it.

Football will be waiting for you....This kind of thing should ruin your afternoon, but don't let it ruin your day.
 
Maybe I'm just being a cynic but it looked to me like a team that has had a falling out behind the scenes. Nobody believed in themselves or each other.

The most bizarre was just the hoofing from the back and Richards seemingly always by himself pogoing for bouncing headers.
 
I think what hurts the most, is after the unbelievable performance in the cup last year, to go out without a fight, is an insult!! Almost seemed like the players couldn’t be bothered.

Anyway, our remaining fixture list is ever decreasing. Win the conference cup and stay in the premiership - that’s our goals
 
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