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We’ll be hosed by half time 0-3. They’ll be comfortable in the second half. Wenger brings on their kids and they give us the run around. 0-5 and they’ll wonder what away do hoodoo? 

Puel will say we played without energeee, vitalateee and we failed to pass to Jaimeeee, it is more like kamakazeeeee with Okazakeeeee  

I have a feeling we are going to get well and truly mullered. We’ll put up a token fight for 10 mins; then they’ll score.  note we have failed to take the lead at home for over 3 months now and the usual happens, heads drop, woeful defending, half-assed chasing and tackling. they’ll be 2 moves ahead of us and Puel will be upset because we  only have 20% ball possession mainly when picking it out of the back of our own net. 5-0 to them and I’m being positive here boys.

Onward then to Spuds and Wembley where we’ll get another pummelling as we end up in the bottom half of the table. 

Case closed

In reply what’s Albrighton charged with? wrongfully impersonating a right back maybe ? 

He is ruining our football club now with every game. He should go and KP should call him to say so this weekend. Get Appleton to see the last two games out then go for Howe or Wagner or Brighton’s boss. Give em a few quid and then we’ll be ok.?

great goal from noble. why us? 

3 minutes ago, Captain... said:

The team that won the league was legendary, that doesn’t mean every player in it was a legend. 

 

Kante is unquestionably one of the best midfielders we’ve ever had, but ability alone doesn’t make you a legend.

 

No Leicester legend would leave for a club that finished 10 places below us. No legend would break up the best team in the league for their own personal reasons. Legends put the club first. I’m not saying Kante owed us anything but he didn’t complete the journey with us. He was a big part in creating that team, but he was the biggest factor in it being destroyed.

 

Ranieri wouldn’t have needed to replace him and find a way to play without him, we could have evolved our style at our own pace not having it forced upon us. If he had given us one more season who knows where we would have been but I like to think Ranieri would still be in charge and Kante would have had a heroes send off last summer.

 

Great player: Yes

Key part of legendary team: Yes

Legend: No

totally agree. He was a very good player for us no doubt. If he stuck around for 3 years as he should have done then maybe he could have that honour. Vardy is heading in the legend direction along with the club captain in my view. But both are a fair way behind Walsh and Elliot 

This will be a repeat of our relegation from Championship season. We'll lose 1-3; West Ham won't believe there luck as we cough up some ridiculous early goals to give them confidence. That said my mate is a Hammers fan and he is furious with them - there's massive discontent there and if anything more so than us.  

We know that Puel will not play the side we want.  Personally I would drop Mahrez to the bench and play Diabete who at least puts in some effort, also his pace alongside Vardy/Gray/Nacho could be an asset against their slowish defence. Sadly I fear an Anotivic goal or two though. 

1 hour ago, David Guiza said:

I'd pretty much accepted relegation after the Sheffield Wednesday home game (probably the worst performance I've ever seen us produce) but still went to the game thinking we'd somehow turn it around. 

 

My lasting memory of the game is the referee blowing up early due to Stoke fans practically being on the pitch and then Stearman and a few others sprinting down the tunnel the moment the final whistle went. 

That day I daren't listen to radio or anything - I was down in Somerset with friends; they were celebrating Bristol City getting into the playoffs and I cowered in the corner hoping we had bettered Southampton's result - no one talked about us. At 6pm I finally called my son back home and he told me what happened. I slumped not quite believing it. I was also at that Sheff Wed last home game - if I'm right in thinking Sheffield were below us at the time on a great escape themselves ; that was a double blow and the performance yes I agree I can't remember a worse one though there have been a few ;-)

On 02/05/2018 at 22:58, Weller Wing said:

Did Martin Keown score an own goal that night or was it Sticks?

Keown played but it was Ormondroyd and David Lowe who scored for us and Ian Wright penalty for them ;-)

The good feeling started to crumble pretty quickly when we failed to win any of the Summer games v PSG, Celtic, Barca, made  a clots of transfer signings and then got beat in the opening game against newly promoted Hull who had a couple of parking attendants on their subs bench ?

1 minute ago, Matt said:

 

Recruitment, again.

 

we’ve been flying a kite with no replacement right back for 3 seasons now. eventually Simpson was going to get injured or lose form at some stage; the club is to blame for the mess that most forum members have highlighted for ages. Knock on effect is we’ve lost one of our few hardworking players for season now.

1 hour ago, Mehrez said:

What if Appleton already has a job lined up (Sunderland) - which would explain perhaps why they weren’t sitting next to each other Palace.

That would certainly complicate matters when it comes to sacking Puel. Who takes over?

Sunderland is a poisoned chalice why would he go there ? there’s a chance he could take over as interim manager here when we lose Saturday’s match v West Ham and he sees us to our inaugural win v Arsenal in the Prem. ?. 

just like Alan Evans v Arsenal in 94-95 season before he joined Brian Little at Villa. Think stick Ormondroyd scores that night. 

Let’s start making plans for Nigel.

third time lucky eh!

It's been on the slide since the Watford win 2-0 at home. We got done by Everton and then we have progressively got worse and now - as can bee seen on Saturday v Palace the players collectively don't believe in him or the method. That was embarrassing. 

I think the Vichai and co. see this and will be preparing a change in the next couple of days. 

I feel for Puel and ideally he would be in for the length of his contract given premiership survival ; however the owners have bigger ambitions. Winning the league has raised their and our expectations, and the pathetic attempt to achieve 7th and FA Cup ambitions has left a bad taste. but worse is the current disarray and relegation form performances. not since Swansea have we led in a home league match. 

I believe the barrels are loaded and a managerial change will happen this week. 

2 hours ago, southfox66 said:

Sack Puel now, put Appleton in charge for last 3 games, appoint Benitez once the season is over, a manager whos record is far more superior to Puel, it's a good move for him and the club, a mass clear out in the summer both players and backroom, we need to truly start a new era. 

Although I agree with your sentiments right now this isn’t going to happen. Why would Benitez come here? A mass clear out in a short summer window would leave us threadbare or at least with a bunch of new boys looking around for leadership that we don’t currently have. 

Wr need fairly minor surgery and two or three very influential players ideally with Prem experience e.g Rondon, Shaqiri and the 17yo Sessignon junior from Fulham if we can! I think the latter could cut it given a chance. 

You are correct it is a vital month. looking at the last fixtures all our opponents have something to play for. West Ham are not yet safe, Arsenal playing for sixth and Spurs for the Champions League. The team is in danger of losing all these matches and if that happens and we finish 12th or so Puel will be gone. 

You cant rebuild in the middle of a season. Taking that liberty has cost us massively. 

Last night my mate who’s a Palace fan said despite our fans who he felt for! we were the worst team they’d seen in 4 seasons and that includes their Pardew days and a couple of lower league teams in the Cup. They thought we would be solid relegation candidates next season. 

says it all really ☹️

coco the clown or mi’ gran in her pinnie; either could do a better job then Puel

4 minutes ago, nettle said:

Lose the dressing room and you are ****ed and that has happened, same happened with Ranieri, Shakespeare was just a sh*t manager and only a number 2.

interesting that Shakespeare’s points record is now better than Puels! and he had that tough fixture list at the start. not saying Craig was the long term choice but it kind of says we haven’t moved forward results wise. players do not appear to believe in the plan either. well it’s either that or they’re not understanding it. football isn’t rocket science so the players are partly to blame here. Drago  is the one I feel sorry for. 

I thought playing with no pressure is supposed to allow them to play their game with freedom intensitee   and qualitiee . We’re playing like prisoned souls, lackadaisicalee and inferioritee. 

Time for the taxiee in dans matinee.  

Kante aside the team is more or less the same as the Premier winning team if he were to play fuchs and co. it’s togetherness that’s missing and at the moment we’re not believing and we’re not together. 

Surprised the fans didn’t stay behind and sing “We’re going down the league, we’re going down the league....”

it’s not as if we were playing Man City and if we were there are questions to answer. palace are a bang average prem team. reminded me of jimmy bloomfields last days and a 5-0

hammering by west brom 

Claude Pierre Taylor-Puel