Crystal Palace vs. Stockport match thread

[CT Charlie]

Watching the highlights again and the number of straightforward chances we missed was just painful to watch. One of those goes in and we’re talking about a comfortable win from basically the same performance. Year on year our finishing is woeful, Mateta aside. We were asking the question under PV and Roy what exactly are they doing in training to practice finishing. At least find the target. I’d ask the same question now.

Heavens! These athletes have been playing football for 10-15 years, probably putting in 3-5 hours a day for the past 5 years. I'm not confident that a little more practice in training will turn them into Haaland, Salah, or Kane.

 

[RubinsCube]

He looks good on the ball and technically gifted for a centre half. Young as well so lots of room for improvement. As you say he probably needs to get a bit physically stronger and adapt to the pace of the EPL. Certainly not ready yet to replace any of our starting back three but could be a good long term investment

Agreed. Although it will be interesting to see where Riad now is in the pecking order given Chelsea's recall of Trevoh Chalobah.