Lyon away - Europa league

[Nicholas91]

We're in the league cup. 12th in the league, and 8th in the Europa league table. Objectively thats pretty good no?

Yeah it’s absolutely fine Robbo and nowhere near being under threat as of yet.

I’m more referencing the games where we look like we don’t have a defence, even Forest felt as though we could have conceded 8 first half, and the intense fixture list.

Can conjure up images of complete disaster for those of us more inclined toward bedwetting.

 

[Goal Machine]

Some of the comments on this thread…. We’ve just narrowly lost away to Lyon, an established European club.

Poor first half, but on balance we deserved a draw which we likely would have got had it not been for a refereeing howler against Kamada.

We have a new manager who has never managed in England. Give the bloke a chance. On the whole, we’ve had a decent start. Just need to get a settled back 3 and we’ll look decent.

 

[Dogburger]

It was tongue in cheek… anyways. ))
On to more important matters, does anyone genuinely believe that Sage can turn this defensive nightmare around? Because I don’t.

I'm glad you have found your sense of humour and yes I think he will find the balance of defence and attack .
He hasn't been helped with our dealings in the summer , Riad now unfortunately out and Canvot were supposed to be for the future not the present .Honest is an odd loan when you need experienced centre backs ,Tomiyasu cant stay fit and Richards form has always been in and out . Disasi hasn't impressed.

Not exactly the best deck to deal from is it ? For now just enjoy the ride and hopefully in January we can add a couple of aces .

 

[doombear]

I'm glad you have found your sense of humour and yes I think he will find the balance of defence and attack .
He hasn't been helped with our dealings in the summer , Riad now unfortunately out and Canvot were supposed to be for the future not the present .Honest is an odd loan when you need experienced centre backs ,Tomiyasu cant stay fit and Richards form has always been in and out . Disasi hasn't impressed.

Not exactly the best deck to deal from is it ? For now just enjoy the ride and hopefully in January we can add a couple of aces .

Agreed.

It will take time for Sage to get a settled back 3 for the PL and one for the Cups. It's a shame but not really a surprise that Tomiyasu is still fragile as, for me he's the best CB we have. He reads the game so well, and we really need him as the RCB to bolster up that side where IMO both the RWB options are weak defensively, although I think Khalaili will improve over the season.

Still early days and I can see more negative vibes on this forum with 2 tough away games coming up. Tonight wasn't a case of us being hammered as was happening for 40 minutes on Sunday. We showed we can compete with the stronger sides in this competition and I expect us to qualify, although it may require us to get through to the last 16 via the play-off round.

 

[whatton]

According to the weird BBC scoring system Kamada was Man of the Match and we had six players with higher scores than any of theirs.

The weird BBC scoring system is simply the average marks out of 10 given by those who vote on the website - anyone who has a BBC account can vote, and those that do are generally fans of the club whose players they are marking.

So generally the marks for Palace players are produced by Palace fans.

 

[Willo]

We were totally inept defensively against Nottm Forest and could have conceded 4 or more goals. Tonight we conceded 3 goals, such defensive frailties are not acceptable. Unless these issues are resolved in short order, not only will will we plummet down the table questions will be raised as to whether Pierre Sage is suitable for the job.

 

[CT Charlie]

Sage would be wise to take a page from the playbook of American football coaches and have a separate "defensive coordinator" to organize the chaos in the back.

My first step would be to move our superb 1-v-1 defender Tyrick Mitchell to the back line and put someone/anyone else at wingback. Yes, Tyrick has grown into the attack role, and, yes, his fitness is an asset as a wing back, but his defensive prowess is sorely needed at the back of the pitch.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

The weird BBC scoring system is simply the average marks out of 10 given by those who vote on the website - anyone who has a BBC account can vote, and those that do are generally fans of the club whose players they are marking.

So generally the marks for Palace players are produced by Palace fans.

Makes sense. Particularly in European games.