Crystal Palace vs. Larnac match thread

[Palacesince64]

Every time the camera went to Glasner he was moaning to his 2 mates. I’m afraid he’s clueless against packed defences. We never looked like scoring tonight. Our only hope is they attack us at home and we can hit them on the break. Larnaca looked comfortable defensively but pretty ropey when they had the ball.

 

[Paaalaaace]

All I can say...….REALLY!

 

[PatrickA]

All too predictable.
They defended well, but we made it easy for them.
What's the point of fielding three central defenders rolling the ball to each other in their own half while the opposition happily sit in their own half without being threatened.
Play with an extra body in midfield and press them in their own half.
Force mistakes.
Look like you're at least trying to put them under pressure if you're struggling to create.
Stretch the play.
Guessand and Sarr played so narrow cramping the play.
It's not as if our wing backs were creating down the sides.

This is not said in hindsight - it's been the pattern of a lot of our European fixtures.

 

[Uphill]

Two home matches against Larnaca and no goals.
Loads of possession but terrible inability to make use of it.
No ambition to take the ball forward, we hold the world record for side and backwards passing.
There is a chronic lack of skill and ideas.
All the manager does is moan at his staff.
Doesn't bode well for Leeds on Sunday.

 

[Theeagelhaslanded1]

Was disappointed that we couldn't get the win but still all to play for in the second leg.

 

[Frenchaigle]

Sky comments
Boos from those still there at Selhurst Park, and you can't blame them.

There was a lack of intensity and attacking quality. They couldn't break down Larnaca even with Mateta returning to the fray.

Credit to Larnaca. They did their part in making things difficult. This will give them so much confidence going into the return leg in Cyprus.

This Palace is unrecognisable from what we have seen at times under Oliver Glasner. Much work to do.

Its unrecognisable because we rarely play park the bus teams .Even Macclesfield came out and had a go .
Bus splitting passing and tight intricate touches in crowded spaces were missing tonight .

 

[Dogburger]

It would certainly help.

Even if we'd scored twice in the first half though, it wouldn't have changed the opponents approach.

All these years hoping to see palace in Europe, and we're this far into it now and I can't remember a single good game we've played in. If I was offered Europe again next year I think I'd swerve it.

I'm hoping if we can somehow win this poxy tournament of non football the next manager will have the the book on smashing these teams in his back pocket .
Glasner just believes his way is the only way when its been shown 7-8 this season against lower level teams that it is not .

The question now is will they come out of their defensive block at home or will we have another frustrating night ? It wouldn't surprise me if we gave them a spanking in Cyprus even though it looks like their best chance of going through will be if they play for penalties

 

[mtp1958]

Absolutely awful.. All Larnaca have to do in the 2nd leg is exactly the same thing again. Stick 11 men behind the ball as they know we are incapable of breaking teams down and then they'll hope they nick it on penalties.

Let's be real here.. As exciting as it was to get into Europe it's quite possibly been the biggest anti climax ever.. We have been so poor in Europe all season and it genuinely wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if we get knocked out next week.

You do know our penalty taking is spot on so bring on the pens we would beat them , but we won't need them to beat them

 

[Painter]

The standard of this competition is desperately poor and we have been consistently poor. Not shown anything to suggest we are anywhere near capable of getting into the later stages.

The chances of progressing are now no better than 50 50. A hostile ground and most likely dubious officials could well see the end of the road.

I enjoyed the game and great tactical battle, cant wait for the next instalment.

 

[Eaglecoops]

Two home matches against Larnaca and no goals.
Loads of possession but terrible inability to make use of it.
No ambition to take the ball forward, we hold the world record for side and backwards passing.
There is a chronic lack of skill and ideas.
All the manager does is moan at his staff.
Doesn't bode well for Leeds on Sunday.

Leeds will attack us which means they will leave gaps in behind. This will give us opportunities, whether we take them or not who knows. They definitely won’t play with all 10 behind the ball though.

 

[Matty 1915]

I enjoyed the game and great tactical battle, cant wait for the next instalment.

I thought about going tonight, but I thought about the 1st game back in October and thought how predictable this would be, so I stayed at home. I made the right decision. Good night.

 

[Charles]

Like so many games we should and do control,there were plenty of clever moves, good chances and close calls; just not that sense of urgency to turn one into a goal.

 

[PalazioVecchio]

Credit to Larnaca, they are no mugs.

 

[kennybrowns leftfoot]

You do know our penalty taking is spot on so bring on the pens we would beat them , but we won't need them to beat them

That's why I said 'they'll hope they nick it on penalties'...

 

[Nicholas91]

Its unrecognisable because we rarely play park the bus teams .Even Macclesfield came out and had a go .
Bus splitting passing and tight intricate touches in crowded spaces were missing tonight .

Yeah, so was hitting the ball toward let alone into the f**king net when the odd occasion arised.

Absolute sh!te all round.

 

[grumpymort]

Dawdle Ball

I would rather watch Roy Ball.

Very poor glad I chose not to go tonight.

What is manager doing BJ right wing back and waits until 75min to do a change which is straight up swap striker for striker makes 0 sense.

Larnac are a poor team and will play for pens at home

 

[park the bus]

We're not very good. The manager has one way of playing and the players lack energy and composure. Larnaca are good at what they do and we don't have the answer.

 

[sprites]

If Wharton's off it, we have zero creativity coming from the middle unfortunately.
Perhaps Lerma can offer something different next game.

 

[RubinsCube]

With no away goals rule applied in this competition (2025–26 UEFA Conference League knockout phase - Wikipedia) this was an opportunity missed.

We'll have to do it the hard way if we are to progress.

 

[eritheagle]

Leeds will attack us which means they will leave gaps in behind. This will give us opportunities, whether we take them or not who knows. They definitely won’t play with all 10 behind the ball though.

They will if we give them an early present!