Crystal Palace vs. AZ Alkmaar match thread

[Daddyorc]

Palace: Henderson (GK), Richards, Lacroix, Guéhi, Muñoz, Hughes, Lerma, Mitchell, Sarr, Pino, Mateta.

Subs: Benítez (GK), Matthews (GK), Clyne, Canvot, Sosa, Kamada, Wharton, Esse, Devenny, Uche.

AZ Alkmaar: Owusu-Oduro (GK), Dijkstra, Goes, Pentra, Chávez, Koopmeiners, Mijnans, Smit, Patati, Parrott, Sadiq.

Subs: Verhulst (GK), Zoet (GK), Dekker, Natali, Jensen, Van Duijl, Zeefuik, de Wit, Van Duijn, Boogard.

 

[Eagleman13]

Wow, Hughes & Lerma. Guess Wharton wouldn't start, but didn't Kamada, get a knock last Sat?

 

[eaglesdare]

I could be proven wrong tonight but in my opinion Hughes or lerma should be paired with Wharton or kamada.

What do I know anyway Glasner knows best 😀 happy to rest kamada and Wharton for Brighton.

 

[Jim_Cannon]

Hopefully we can get into a comfortable early lead and rotate a few in the second half

 

[PatrickA]

Leaving aside possible injury doubts for Wharton and Kamada, it may also indicate that Glasner only feels truly confident about rotating his central midfield.
Playing e.g Benitez, Sosa, Uche or Devenny is obviously not deemed appropriate for tonight

 

[Freedman87]

No Riad on the bench? Has he fallen over again?

 

[Jim_Cannon]

No Riad on the bench? Has he fallen over again?

He wasn’t going to play so hopefully nothing in it !!!

 

[silvertop]

Best team available!

 

[sprites]

Bar Wharton, our strongest 11. But also Lerma proved last game that he's well worthy of a start.
Let's gooo!!!

 

[pssguy]

No Riad on the bench? Has he fallen over again?

Looks like it. Didn't Glasner say he would be in the matchday squad but not play?

 

[Dogburger]

A performance tonight to get us into a stride in this competition please lads . Been a bit of a struggle so far against very defensive sides .

COYP !

 

[Hannes]

Can somebody explain to me why there are so many tickets left for the game even today? People have been talking about their desire to see us play in Europe for years and now that we face a good Dutch side in a European competition the demand for tickets seems limited. I had assumed that this would be sold out long ago.

 

[Badger11]

Hopefully the fireworks are on the pitch and not thrown on. 😀

 

[Spindle]

COYP!

 

[pssguy]

well looks like they have come to play. Mitchell coughs up the ball twice in the first 2 minutes

 

[Spindle]

Not happy with the number of flicks that Pino tries which end up nowhere near a Palace player

 

[Spindle]

Can't string 3 passes together atm, embarrassing. Get a foot on the ball ffs.

 

[Nicholas91]

We look way off the pace, same as last time.

 

[Daddyorc]

Yeah, we look terrible. Look like we're trying to be overly fancy with everything. Just string some passes together.

 

[PalazioVecchio]

Sarr is good
Eagle's good
Senegalese & good