Crystal Palace vs. Lech Poznan match thread

[Bingee]

I do wish we would mix it up a bit and hoof out from the back. Surely JSL is capable of winning the header and glancing back to our marauding samurai Kamada who is well capable of holding it up. Not every time but just a variation on slow build which seemed to break down before we got anywhere near the Polish half.

 

[park the bus]

Cold fact of the matter is it is difficult to measure the progress made in the overall scheme of things. Boro and Poznan not quite Premiership quality yet in the Premiership we have 3 points from 12 and lose against Leeds and that's 3 from 15 - relegation material.
We can only wait and see how the performance against Leeds turns out. last season we were extremely poor in league games directly after Euro competition. We'll see if Sage can shuffle his pack.

 

[cryrst]

Going to be exciting I think. I'm braced for the experiment going wrong but very willing to see it executed.

Yup, not been so keen for several years.
I’m happy we won a few trophies so now enjoy the footy. The players will love this and show how good they are. COYP

 

[JHB]

Cold fact of the matter is it is difficult to measure the progress made in the overall scheme of things. Boro and Poznan not quite Premiership quality yet in the Premiership we have 3 points from 12 and lose against Leeds and that's 3 from 15 - relegation material.
We can only wait and see how the performance against Leeds turns out. last season we were extremely poor in league games directly after Euro competition. We'll see if Sage can shuffle his pack.

Yep. Did the job well on Thursday and the confidence from that can only help. We’ve yet to turn in a convincing, let alone good, performance in the league so let’s hope it starts on Sunday.

 

[Den1923]

Cold fact of the matter is it is difficult to measure the progress made in the overall scheme of things. Boro and Poznan not quite Premiership quality yet in the Premiership we have 3 points from 12 and lose against Leeds and that's 3 from 15 - relegation material.
We can only wait and see how the performance against Leeds turns out. last season we were extremely poor in league games directly after Euro competition. We'll see if Sage can shuffle his pack.

This is the big concern, the average statically speaking says EPL teams competing in Europa League lose -2.6 EPL placings due to the extra games, this means that last years 15 place finish places us far too close to 18 position this season if these statistics prove correct and with our weak squad it could be far worse. Lets hope its not but a loss tomorrow at Leeds as this will not help us in the battle that is to come!

 

[doombear]

This is the big concern, the average statically speaking says EPL teams competing in Europa League lose -2.6 EPL placings due to the extra games, this means that last years 15 place finish places us far too close to 18 position this season if these statistics prove correct and with our weak squad it could be far worse. Lets hope its not but a loss tomorrow at Leeds as this will not help us in the battle that is to come!

Our squad is stronger than last year's and I fully expect us to finish higher than 15th.

 

[Pete53]

Memories of Horace Batchelor's infra draw method as advertised on Radio Luxembourg.

Do the Pools still exist?

Keynsham near Bristol, spelt K-E-Y-N-S-H-AM . I think they do still exist, although I doubt if the same could be said for Horace.