Crystal Palace vs. Nottingham Forest match thread

Lanzo-Ad said:
I think we did ok, 2nd half, Benitez was mostly kicking up the pitch, less tippy tappy, IMO Larsen, Pino both had decent games, Lerma and Kamada best two, very pleased for Sage, but he needs to stop the Tippy Tap at the back, they are not good enough on the ball, Delap looked awful, Gibbs-White dosent fit in the system, at all
Click to expand...

Good point, he really doesn't when you think about it. I could imagine him playing 1 of the #10 positions but he didn't seem to spend much time there, rather he was out on the wing.
 
TomH_CPFC said:
Weird stuff. Are they yearning for a rival in lieu of Derby being in the Premier League?

Also, surprised a sticker of Marinakis would fit on the front of the club shop. Must have been seriously scaled down...
Click to expand...


You could understand it if we were

1. Nearby
2. Had done something terrible to them

Neither, it's all a bit odd, especially as we won stuff with Glasner and they act as if they have and we didn't. I think it won't work out with him there, he'll come unstuck because of their culture.
 
Nicholas91 said:
He needs to find that balance.

I see the bloke who posted the ‘Sage out/Howe in’ comment got a lot of stick but we did look extremely vulnerable again today. Could easily have been a very different tone to this thread, a team on their game could have had a hat full.

This win today was worth more than the 3 points for me, if I could pick only one home game for a win this far into the season it would have been this one, but we had luck on our side and needed it.

Onwards and upwards (hopefully). COYP
Click to expand...

We did, but a totally different type of vulnerable.

Earlier in the season we were a mess through the middle and in transitions. the latter of which a low block counter attacking Glasner team would be looking to exploit.

But ignoring Khalaili's back pass, we couldn't clear the most basic crosses, and the ball just seamed to get stuck in out box. Bouncing off players left right and centre.

However, on the attacking front, we were clearly better than Forrest, we didn't really have any pace up top, but put together some nice passing moves.

We've still got a long way to go, but I'm a glass half full chap, and there are lots of great signs there. Granted sandwiched between some terrible bits.

And I know people will say its just IF's. But we could have beaten Everton if JP could finish, Ipswich could have easily been different without the sending off, a we deserved to beat Leeds.
 
MrRobbo said:
We did, but a totally different type of vulnerable.

Earlier in the season we were a mess through the middle and in transitions. the latter of which a low block counter attacking Glasner team would be looking to exploit.

But ignoring Khalaili's back pass, we couldn't clear the most basic crosses, and the ball just seamed to get stuck in out box. Bouncing off players left right and centre.

However, on the attacking front, we were clearly better than Forrest, we didn't really have any pace up top, but put together some nice passing moves.

We've still got a long way to go, but I'm a glass half full chap, and there are lots of great signs there. Granted sandwiched between some terrible bits.

And I know people will say its just IF's. But we could have beaten Everton if JP could finish, Ipswich could have easily been different without the sending off, a we deserved to beat Leeds.
Click to expand...

Yes agree with all of that.

I think the thrust of it for me is that we still look a work in progress.

The cynic or the bedwetting type (me) might see that as a potentially permanent arrangement with no resolution however an optimistic approach would be to look at what has gone right so far, the conditions within which we (Sage) are working, and see potential for further improvement (noting we’re far from perilous danger as things stand regardless) as the season progresses.
 
Eaglecoops said:
Enjoy. There are two types of Palace post match drinks, despair and delight, today is the latter of the two and I can’t think of a better team to have got the result against.

Forget Brighton this is our new scrap and I really enjoyed that win.
Click to expand...
Frankly Brighton still matters more to me but if we came out of both fixtures with wins then I'll be delighted.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Share this page

Holmesdale Online Shop

Back
Top