Crystal Palace vs. Larnac match thread

[chris123]

I daren't display any positivity on HOL as whenever I do, our team do not deliver and disappoint us all !
I was optimistic about our prospects against Larnaca!
Proof positive that I am a limited clunker.

Aren't all clunkers limited?

 

[chris123]

It's excruciating to watch but so long as it's effective for them they'll keep doing it.

Pep often moans when teams sit deep against City, a certain FA Cup final springs to mind! I usually think "oh f*ck off Pep"...so I can hardly complain when teams do it against us when they view us as the Big Team!

I'll say it again though, it is so painful and infuriating to watch. I pray we can we find an early breakthrough in our 3rd match against them so we don't have to endure another 90 mins of the same monotonous crap.

And take the odd shot maybe?

 

[Eagle One]

And take the odd shot maybe?

Bang on, as someone said earlier just take more pot shots from outside or just inside the box. Sure they will get blocks in and the goalie will save most but it increases the chance of a favourable deflection or the goalie spilling it to one of our forwards.

 

[samprior]

And take the odd shot maybe?

Across the two games:

Palace Shots: 28
XGoals: 3.64

Larnaca Shots: 6
XGoals: 0.40

Makes it pretty obvious where we need to improve... Finish your bloody chances!!

 

[eritheagle]

Bang on, as someone said earlier just take more pot shots from outside or just inside the box. Sure they will get blocks in and the goalie will save most but it increases the chance of a favourable deflection or the goalie spilling it to one of our forwards.

If only it was as easy as that. They were denying us space both in and around the box last night. Sarr had that brilliant effort that just went over but he only got to have that effort cos he'd taken three defenders out of the game which allowed him some rare space.

 

[manoftaste]

Bang on, as someone said earlier just take more pot shots from outside or just inside the box. Sure they will get blocks in and the goalie will save most but it increases the chance of a favourable deflection or the goalie spilling it to one of our forwards.

And run at their defence. Wharton did it once, shortly after the start of the 2nd half, and it looked dangerous, but most of the time we just passed the ball around in front of them or hit hopeful crosses which nobody got on the end of. If you run at defenders, you make chances and get penalties. Guessand can do it, and presumably at £45m and £35m respectively, against this level of opponents, Strand Larson and Johnson might be able to manage it too?

 

[CPFCSaturn]

Across the two games:

Palace Shots: 28
XGoals: 3.64

Larnaca Shots: 6
XGoals: 0.40

Makes it pretty obvious where we need to improve... Finish your bloody chances!!

Shocking really.

I thought our finishing was the main issue again yesterday - I understand the frustration with the performance, but I still thought we should have won by at least a goal or two; Mitchell, Guessand and Richards all missed sitters, as well as a load of half chances and wasted dangerous positions.

I find the lack of intensity in our play the most frustrating things in these games; even things like getting the ball back in play from throw-ins seems so slow and lethargic - there doesn't seem to be any urgency in what we do.

 

[Painter]

Shocking really.

I thought our finishing was the main issue again yesterday - I understand the frustration with the performance, but I still thought we should have won by at least a goal or two; Mitchell, Guessand and Richards all missed sitters, as well as a load of half chances and wasted dangerous positions.

I find the lack of intensity in our play the most frustrating things in these games; even things like getting the ball back in play from throw-ins seems so slow and lethargic - there doesn't seem to be any urgency in what we do.

Richards missed, the other two had their efforts on target saved by a keeper in good form.

 

[doombear]

Yeah got to say Johnson RWB got me , but I have yet to see a good game were there's cold driving rain winds hitting 45 , from what my son told me we done more than enough to win the game , just didn't gamble enough on running at the keeper when there is a chance of a cross coming in , since Eze went nobody seems to have a shot in them , myself with the wind have a go from 25 / 30 and forwards keep running in on the follow up just in case , looked at weather next week alot more like football weather , we're ever its played its

I was there and it was clear that the wind was a factor with passes either going too long or too short; the ball acting almost like a boomerang when in the air. In short, the conditions were not conducive to a decent game of football.

Despite that, we had our chances but once again didn't put them away - that isn't the manager's fault.Their keeper did make a couple of excellent saves in the 1st half (possibly more by luck than judgment - I couldn't tell because I was in the Holmesdale). We also had a couple of good chances in the 2nd half. Balls into their box just seemed to hit (as Glasner said) some part of a Larnaca's player's body. Larnaca defended well and their overall record in the ECL is testament to that (rather like our FA Cup run last year).

I think we will do the business in the return leg, hopefully though, not by having to suffer the stresses of a penalty shootout.

 

[doombear]

Should we exit the competition having failed to progress against Larnaca over 2 legs it will be a humiliation.

To set alongside our exit from our defence of the FA Cup.

 

[ex hibitionist]

As i have said on other posts, Think of Glasner as a general maintenance man, who is really a plumber, all the plumbing work, top notch, electrical work and general repair's, not so.

could explain our wing backs - lefty loosey, righty tighty, especially where crossing is concerned.

 

[est1905]

Richards missed, the other two had their efforts on target saved by a keeper in good form.

The two big saves their keeper made he knew nothing about them. One hit his shoulder. One hit his hip.
He was very brave to put his body in harms way each time but it was luck that the ball hit him rather than the back of the net.
A great save is when the keeper tries to get to it, gets to it and keeps it out. The two biggest chances (removing Richards header which he should have got on target) were more about bravery and luck.
On another day we win that game 3 0 but its very hard to make a game of any match when the opposition's main target is to just stop you from playing.
It's my hope that they show a bit more ambition at their own home and we get a couple more chances but it wouldn't surprise me if they plan to play the entire tie for penalties

 

[Willo]

I was there and it was clear that the wind was a factor with passes either going too long or too short; the ball acting almost like a boomerang when in the air. In short, the conditions were not conducive to a decent game of football.

Despite that, we had our chances but once again didn't put them away - that isn't the manager's fault.Their keeper did make a couple of excellent saves in the 1st half (possibly more by luck than judgment - I couldn't tell because I was in the Holmesdale). We also had a couple of good chances in the 2nd half. Balls into their box just seemed to hit (as Glasner said) some part of a Larnaca's player's body. Larnaca defended well and their overall record in the ECL is testament to that (rather like our FA Cup run last year).

I think we will do the business in the return leg, hopefully though, not by having to suffer the stresses of a penalty shootout.

Apropos the Guessand chance the ball just hit the goalkeeper when he was standing up.
In relation to the second chance, Alomerovic sprinted out to confront Mitchell whose shot hit the legs of the goalkeeper.
In the second half, Alomerovic palmed the ball out centrally, it certainly wasn't a textbook save. Unfortunately we never had a player in the vicinity, had we been able to take advantage and scored the goalkeeper would have been pilloried.

 

[Hannes]

Should we exit the competition having failed to progress against Larnaca over 2 legs it will be a humiliation.

TBF, I‘ve seen much stronger sides than us exiting against much weaker sides than Larnaca more than often in European competitions. Not a provident excuse if we really get kicked out, but a humiliation seems a little bit exaggerated to me. Some of these so called minnows aren’t that bad and have some experience how to frustrate the bigger guns and take their chances.

 

[mtp1958]

could explain our wing backs - lefty loosey, righty tighty, especially where crossing is concerned.

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[StandbyPalace]

Glad I dodged that game last night, sadly it played out exactly as I thought. You only have to watch Palace vs Mostar/Larnaca 1st legs to see how by stopping the away goal rule UEFA has caused away teams to have a lack of attacking ambition. Funk Uefa

 

[Willo]

Glad I dodged that game last night, sadly it played out exactly as I thought. You only have to watch Palace vs Mostar and Larnaca 1st legs to see how by stopping the away goal rule UEFA has caused away teams to have a lack of attacking ambition. Funk Uefa

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