Strasbourg vs. Crystal Palace match thread

[pssguy]

I can see the point you are making.

Nonetheless, Glasner has specifically asked for a player like Sarr in January, in his words 'someone who can run in behind. '
I think most fans would endorse this view.

It also indicates that Glasner does not see either Esse or Uche fitting the bill (or JRS or Franca before them).

Will the board satisfy his request?
It may be advisable for the board to check with Glasner whether he'll select the player first!!

Parish's ears prick up. Traore from Fulham. fast, heaps of experience and Fulham probably happy to let him go for free on 30 Jan. Just hope Glasner down't know he has only scored 33 goals in 432 first-team appearances

 

[Inquisitive Aquila]

The solution?
As Glasner said in his post match interview , ‘more goalscorers.’
The issue then becomes whether these can be found from the existing crop of players or from new players.

In my view it won’t be from the former.

For example Wharton is a great young talent but doesn’t have the attributes of a goalscorer.
Look at his effort towards the open goal yesterday.
Head up, the ball struck upwards as opposed to head down and knee over the ball as we were taught as youngsters when striking the ball towards goal.
Pino has the uncanny knack of finding the keeper rather than the back of the net when facing the keeper.
Row Z is in more danger than the opposing goal when Lerma shoots.
Hughes gets a nose bleed when in the opposing penalty area.
Kamada is the ‘nearly man’ always just missing the target.

They are all good players, but not goalscorers and their career records support this assessment.

Mateta and Sarr will chip in with a few goals and after that Munoz looks to be the most reasonable bet.
Nketiah doesn’t get enough game time to make a reasonable judgement.

We’ll be fine and are set to have a good season, but if we want to have a very good season we have to convert more chances.

Wharton`s was a strange one if he been in midfield passing to somebody further forward I doubt he would have over hit the pass. It was almost as if he lost concentration.

 

[Jim_Cannon]

I thought it was very nice stadium (from the home end) with an excellent atmosphere!

Even though we lost I really enjoyed the whole experience. These are uncharted times for palace and I want to enjoy every moment whether we win or not

 

[rikz]

Parish's ears prick up. Traore from Fulham. fast, heaps of experience and Fulham probably happy to let him go for free on 30 Jan. Just hope Glasner down't know he has only scored 33 goals in 432 first-team appearances

I dont think ive ever seen another player consistently beat his man and manage to be as ineffective as him.

 

[Goalpost1]

Thought we unlucky. Another day those two open goals would have gone in and we'd be home and hosed. But overall it was not our best day and we missed Guehi in the second half.

And credit due to Strasbourg for their second half performance in which they really took the game to us. They could go very deep in the competition.

Credit also to their manager Liam Rosenior for what he must've said at half time to raise their performance levels. Saw his post match interview as well where he came across really well too. Although I want Glasner to stay long term we have to be realistic in that he may well get poached or just leave at the end of the season. Rosenior may be one to keep an eye on.