Crystal Palace vs. Nottingham Forest match thread

[dreamwaverider]

I thought we played very well considering. We contained Forest comfortably for 95% of the game and had enough chances to win in the second half. They got a bit lucky with their goal and should have been down to 10 men. The ref was awful again. He even missed the blatant penalty.

The only exception to a committed team performance was Mateta who seemed to be saving himself. I don't blame him. I want him flying in the final.

Must be rough with that ear muff on

 

[CrazyBadger]

The advantage should be with the penalty taker so he should be able to do any kind of run, feint, pause he wants.

disagree. the Penalty taker already has enough of an advantage. I think it's a 70-80% chance that they'll score already.
I'm of the opinion that Eze's penalty style should be outlawed. It should be one fluid, non-stop motion from start of run up to striking the ball.

 

[Palace Old Geezer]

disagree. the Penalty taker already has enough of an advantage. I think it's a 70-80% chance that they'll score already.
I'm of the opinion that Eze's penalty style should be outlawed. It should be one fluid, non-stop motion from start of run up to striking the ball.

I'm certain it would be more successful too. Fast run up and thwack it, that's my idea of how to take a penalty.
Eze was fortunate last night because the keeper went the same way as his kick. Nearly a replica of his previous effort.

 

[Hannes]

I thought Eze's penalty last night was terrible. His run up if you could call it that was all over the place I was waiting for him to trip up and fall over.

Fortunately for us he scored but if he does that again it's an accident waiting to happen. I just prefer players to hit the ball cleanly from a simple run up.

His jumping around during the run up always reminds of the Lippizzaners, Austria’s famous white horses.

 

[Uphill]

I realise the Villa semi-final set a high bar but thought we were mediocre last night.

I accept Forest were aggressive (8 bookings) and obviously we were cautious but the quality of passing was not up to standard. If you are playing a one-touch passing game it needs to be very accurate and the quality was lacking here. Wharton has obvious ability but even he is reluctant to take the ball forward. Mateta was not at the races with no service and I didn't think much of Kamada or Munoz.

I doubt if the Final will go to penalties (we should be so lucky) but if it does I hope we have more reliable takers. Eze gives me the heebie-jeebies and his antics didn't fool their keeper - a little less hard and he would have got it. I can forgive JPM's miss as he didn't faff about like Eze.

We should beat our record points total if the upcoming final doesn't faze us.

 

[thenoj]

Strange stat for on target though because I think they consider blocked shots off target.

and shots off the crossbar too?

 

[thenoj]

The referee might not have had a good view of the incident with players in his line of vision.
In terms of the monitor check, we don't know what communication occurred between him and the VAR.
It is feasible that having reviewed the incident he was making a decision as to whether BOTH the defender and goalkeeper were worthy of a Yellow card.
Other consideration might have come into play.
This incident will of course be highlighted in the forensic assessment of the referee's performance.

If Dominguez was guilty should it have been a red? Last man

 

[ASCPFC]

Anybody see what happened between Morato and Nketiah, both booked after the final whistle.

Nketiah said "moron says what?". And Morato said "what?". That was my lip reading.

 

[ASCPFC]

and shots off the crossbar too?

Not on target

 

[Jim_Cannon]

disagree. the Penalty taker already has enough of an advantage. I think it's a 70-80% chance that they'll score already.
I'm of the opinion that Eze's penalty style should be outlawed. It should be one fluid, non-stop motion from start of run up to striking the ball.

Does that mean the goal keeper can’t move then? The bigger issue i have is good goalies will wise up to that approach quickly and we will see more saves. Doesn’t convince me.

 

[ex hibitionist]

I watched it without sound and thought it was a decent game, quite compelling. I was impressed with Forest's very swift and accurate counter attacking, I thought Eze really influenced the game rather than decorating it, and agree Mateta wa off it. They resorted to fouling more in the last 15 bcos were were on top and should have won it. Kamada was OK but needs to look to go forward more, he did tbf 2nd half, and there were one or two slide rule passes from him that opened them up. Be interesting what midfield we play at Wembley bcos Mateta was snuffed at the Etihaad too and we ended up getting over-run in midfield and Ollie intimated to Pep at the end that it would be different at Wembley. I think Sarr's pace could be the key - he can go at pace on the wing or through the centre and if we can find an effective way to mix that up we can definitely hurt them.

 

[MrRobbo]

I realise the Villa semi-final set a high bar but thought we were mediocre last night.

I accept Forest were aggressive (8 bookings) and obviously we were cautious but the quality of passing was not up to standard. If you are playing a one-touch passing game it needs to be very accurate and the quality was lacking here. Wharton has obvious ability but even he is reluctant to take the ball forward. Mateta was not at the races with no service and I didn't think much of Kamada or Munoz.

I doubt if the Final will go to penalties (we should be so lucky) but if it does I hope we have more reliable takers. Eze gives me the heebie-jeebies and his antics didn't fool their keeper - a little less hard and he would have got it. I can forgive JPM's miss as he didn't faff about like Eze.

We should beat our record points total if the upcoming final doesn't faze us.

Only thing I'd say is that if they had won they would have been joint 4th. So stiff opposition.

They realised about 30 mins in that the way to stifle us was to sit in a low block, and it worked, we couldn't figure it out.

Parts weren't great on the eye, but a interesting tactical battle.

 

[mileend]

Could be tricky after that. Can't see any record of Lerma, Hughes, Wharton or Munoz ever taking one.
Might come down to Eddie N. who's scored 6 from 10.

Not only has Wharton scored a penalty, he did it at Wembley

Admittedly he was only 11 years old

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