Semi Final Match Thread

[silvertop]

And the BBC did not lay the blame for the Villa defeat on the Rushford illness !

 

[eaglesdare]

I'm just over the moon. I haven't been to as many games as I normally would have this and last season. The usual life commitments of getting older getting in the way😅 Blimey what a game to go too.

Even if we don't win the final that game is up there as one of if not the best I have ever been too. I almost don't want to ruin it by going to the final now 🙊

 

[Teddy Eagle]

I was like is the goal disallowed or something why there was no celebration so I didn't celebrate for those seconds 😅

It took me a moment but mainly because I thought I was having a heart attack.

 

[Ex Dubai Eagle]

Still surprised that JMPs goal wasn't allowed. Surely there wasn't enough in that contact

I think Konsa knew he had been out muscled & was no longer in any position to stop JP (who had brought far more energy & forward motion to the party) so he felt the minimal contact & went down hoping for the referee / officials to get him out of what would have been an embarrassing situation for him.

 

[esox lucius]

What a fantastic day, got to say the Palace fans were out of this world, we wanted a performance yesterday so badly you could feel the energy radiating from everyone. When the 3rd goal when in it was an explosion of joy, oh if you could only bottle that feeling.

Bloody marvellous everyone, give yourself a pat on the back.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

What a fantastic day, got to say the Palace fans were out of this world, we wanted a performance yesterday so badly you could feel the energy radiating from everyone. When the 3rd goal when in it was an explosion of joy, oh if you could only bottle that feeling.

Bloody marvellous everyone, give yourself a pat on the back.

You can but it requires two people and somewhere comfortable.

 

[PatrickA]

I think Konsa knew he had been out muscled & was no longer in any position to stop JP (who had brought far more energy & forward motion to the party) so he felt the minimal contact & went down hoping for the referee / officials to get him out of what would have been an embarrassing situation for him.

In all the justified euphoria of yesterday would you believe I’ve still found grounds for a quibble - VAR!

Whatever the intention, it seems to partly justify it’s existence by trying to find reasons to cancel goals.

If anything Konsa fouled JPM, rather than the other way around, for the JPM disallowed goal.
I also thought that they were going to maybe disallow the Eze goal for a supposed handball by Sarr when it was obvious that the defender just kicked the ball against Sarr.

Ok in the end it didn’t matter, but that doesn’t make it right.

Swings and roundabouts, some may say, but these decisions are magnified in the major games and it wouldn’t surprise me if today’s Forest v City game is determined by a controversial VAR call.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

In all the justified euphoria of yesterday would you believe I’ve still found grounds for a quibble - VAR!

Whatever the intention, it seems to partly justify it’s existence by trying to find reasons to cancel goals.

If anything Konsa fouled JPM, rather than the other way around, for the JPM disallowed goal.
I also thought that they were going to maybe disallow the Eze goal for a supposed handball by Sarr when it was obvious that the defender just kicked the ball against Sarr.

Ok in the end it didn’t matter, but that doesn’t make it right.

Swings and roundabouts, some may say, but these decisions are magnified in the major games and it wouldn’t surprise me if today’s Forest v City game is determined by a controversial VAR call.

True, but...just imagine if we'd lost after that decision.

 

[eaglesdare]

Still surprised that JMPs goal wasn't allowed. Surely there wasn't enough in that contact

Prob one of those where they have to stick to the refs decision. 😬

A disallowed goal and a penalty miss. Blimey it could have been 5 nil 😅🙊

 

[Spindle]

Ethan. Current owner of Townsend's Man City wonderstrike match shirt.

Sad but lovely story, an interesting choice for the tifo, very #cpfcfamily 🙂

Cheers

 

[Spindle]

You really are a incredulous so and so.

Trust our manager.

Accept that there are facets of the game that you just dont see/understand, given the fact that you have (I presume) zero coaching badges/qualifications

But above all, just try and support

Believe the propaganda. I haven't ever noticed supported Kamada and wanted him to do well, but he's not done so well as Hughes, and you don't need a f***ing coaching badge for that.

Hughes has been much better for longer, can't believe you aren't supporting the guy, shocking

 

[Spindle]

Sarr was immense, he has been improving for us all season as he settles into the club and his understanding with the other players develops (Muñoz, JP & Wharton in particular).

He is proving to be a good ‘finisher’ and now has eleven goals for us this season and is scoring some extremely well taken and self made goals. He also has six assists for us and his set up for Eze today was superb. I watched his first goal on MOTD and it looked even better on tele than in real life - it was further out than I had thought and was struck so precisely and so well that Martinez stood no chance. Coming so soon after the missed penalty I think that really settled us down and was the pivotal factor in our win.

MotM for me today (although they were all superb!) with two goals and an assist.

I thought it was funny that when Ebs was interviewed for motm he said at the end "I'm going to give this to Ismaila now" 😀. He knew what a game the lad had.

 

[Spindle]

Still surprised that JMPs goal wasn't allowed. Surely there wasn't enough in that contact

Craig "cheat" Pawson on VAR. It was easy to see that actually JP reached for the ball and got ahead, and Konsa booted him in the calf before falling down theatrically. It was very poor reffing.

JP could've gone down on that contact and it would've been a red for Konsa

 

[doombear]

I was wondering why there was no VAR on it. Why was that?

VAR did look at it according to the big screen at Wembley but presumably decided to stick with the on field decision. I think the VAR chaps tend to struggle to suggest the likes of Taylor and Oliver might have got it wrong.

 

[n wales eagles]

Up Wembley way pre-game, I’m guessing 16-18 year old Palace fans were causing trouble, trying to start fights and got manhandled by the police. The height of embarrassment.

On train on way back and some Palace fans, between 18-25 y/o on our train, acting like complete cvnts.

Maybe I’m becoming a bit of a moany old man but I’ve never, ever, wanted to see Palace fans get laid out until today.

The lot of them looked as though they couldn’t fight a cold but a few cracks would have been deserved if they came.

I can’t remember being as angry as I was for a very long time. Soured an otherwise incredible day as a Palace fan.

We haven’t just made it through to the Cup Final, we’ve smashed our way there.

COYP

Same little kn**s you see being billy big boll***s at some of the smaller club away games eg Burnley Use to see a fair number hanging around a huge 50 plus bloke as if he was fagan Absolutely pathetic and embarrassment on such a fantastic day

 

[n wales eagles]

Never see them at bigger London clubs or at Liverpool/Manchester or Leeds

 

[Willo]

What a magnificent day out and my word, what a stupendous and fully deserved victory.
I was glowing with happiness, faced wreathed in sheer merriment.
I did a fleeting 'Soft Shoe Shuffle' and a Wilson,Keppel and Betty 'Sand Dance' in celebration.
Sobriety was NOT on the agenda last night.
👍 👍 😍

 

[VinceHilaire]

For those of you that couldn’t be there, this guy Tristan has an excellent YouTube channel and has done an amazing job of capturing the spirit of the day

 

[Teddy Eagle]

What a magnificent day out and my word, what a stupendous and fully deserved victory.
I was glowing with happiness, faced wreathed in sheer merriment.
I did a fleeting 'Soft Shoe Shuffle' and a Wilson,Keppel and Betty'Sand Dance' in celebration.
Sobriety was NOT on the agenda last night.
👍 👍 😍

Willo, Coppell and Betty?

 

[Willo]

Willo, Coppell and Betty?

Raucous chortles in 'Chez Willo'
🤣🤣🤣

Later in a Public House I performed a 'Pardew',my hips were gyrating and not creaking like a Tudor Door's hinges !