Crystal Palace vs. Nottingham Forest match thread

Painter said:
There was no difference, it was a draw? ÂŁ90m spent in the last week, but they still conceded a goal and only scored one.
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No difference? They were all over us last 15 and no surprise with fresh legs. I was very pleased to get out of that with a draw as our players looked knackered. That’s two games and we look knackered, god knows what it will look like halfway through the season if we don’t strengthen properly and we pick up an injury or two and a suspension.
 
If we have Eze we win that game.
If we have a proper bench we win that game.
We dominated the first half and should have been two up.

It was very noticeable how Mateta was out on his feet on 70 mins, that Wharton and Sarr were tiring.
Our game dropped off about 15%.
Our back 3 were excellent and just got caught our with a couple of through balls when the midfield was bypassed.

People around me got excited when Esse came on, and he did a few tricks but he didn't look like hurting them.

Hughes is a real warrior and we have some great competitors.
 
PalazioVecchio said:
the depth of that Forest squad was palpable. Unlike us.
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They virtually changed the whole line up, and not novices . No wonder they had the better of that second half. All considered it has to go down as a stand out performance as our legs got no rest. How much longer can this little squad keep turning up? It will have to go again in Norway with little or no change. We lost a bit of creativity once Wharton went off but Esse, did well , which is good to see because as things stand he needs to take his chance. Very pleasing result showed just how good we could be with just a bit of help from the boardroom.
 
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