Leeds vs. Crystal Palace match thread

[highbury eagle]

Yeah, loads of positives. Not the finished article by any stretch but I think the fact Khalaili and our forwards were the issue today (when they have been otherwise decent and it has been our centre backs that were troubling) show it isn’t necessarily a system or manager issue. We had more good performances today than bad, which is a decent achievement after a game in Europe on Thursday.

BBC website
'Palace's Anan Khalaili has made the most tackles of any player in the Premier League this season (21), while he won possession more times than anyone else in today's match against Leeds (11).'

 

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no, i say what i see, before today it was a shower of s***, complete disorganisation, today wasn't, we were the better team, i hope it counties to improve, we have the players, maybe we have a manager, lets see how it develops.

 

[nettletoneagle]

You’re not a true palace fan until you’ve been to Newport in the League Cup on a Tuesday evening 😁😉

I'll raise you Swansea League cup 2018. 257 miles from my house by myself although I did stop there for the night.

 

[Phil H]

Been a Palace fan past 25 years. Have been to Leipzig, Wembley, Sunderland on a cold wet Tuesday evening- heart ripped out of our away fan base. Half the people around me didn't know the chants and felt we lost our mojo of what makes us Palace. Not a criticism. Maybe just me a romantic at heart who has failed to conform to the reality that is. Thoughts?

I went to Sunderland on a Tuesday evening too. As our Palace coach pulled up to the ground, a copper came on board and read the riot act about the list of offences which would get us ejected/arrested. He finished by saying "By the way I'm from Newcastle. I hope you thrash the w#nkers".

 

[Nicholas91]

Some interesting reading on here, some contrasting opinions!

I think we look very ‘European’ atm. We have a manager and several new players from the continent.

What I am inferring by that statement is that we look to have a system and some decent players with good quality, we’re just not quick enough to be fully effective in the PL. It’s a frequently expressed opinion - the ‘pace’ of the PL being far quicker than elsewhere.

That can go one of two ways for me:

1. Sage/the team fail to get enough points to steady the board’s nerves, so they decide to change things.
2. We start to adjust to the necessary pace and begin looking like one of the better teams in the PL, with results to match.

I think the clean sheet was huge today, that’ll boost confidence. We would have deserved a win IMHO, all round the performance was improved, even if still far from perfect.

Even if incrementally, I’m hoping we’re on an upward trajectory as a team.

COYP

 

[TheBigToePunt]

The way Nketiah didn’t take the shot was a shootable offence

I thought much the same in real time, but having seen it again I'm the ball held up a tad and was a bit behind Nketiah when he passed it. The defender was probably between Nketiah and the goal so I can understand why he passed it.

He played it behind Sarr, though.