Crystal Palace 1-1 LCFC - Post Match Thread

[Hales 1,037]

I understand he wants to rest players but go out kill the game off quickly then take them off? 🤷‍♀️ They have a longer rest now until the next game. Momentum is important. Choudhary and Kelechi should not be starting any premier league games!

[Mickyblueeyes 2,572]

1 minute ago, StanSP said:

Because the shape of the game worked in our favour in first half. Palace changed their shape and approach and it contained us, restricted us so we didn't have as much freedom on the ball. Compare their pressure in first half and second half and you'd see why. 

 

Now there could be a fair argument that our players and Rodgers would need to react accordingly but it's easier said than done. Some players need to step up hugely, both senior regulars and those who don't play as often. I agree we need to take our chances. For months, maybe longer, I've said that when Kelechi plays - as sub or starter - he needs to take his chance. He didn't and he had a couple of good opportunities, the best being the penalty obviously. 

 

 

This exactly. Palace changed their style very slightly second half. Came forward a bit more. In those situations you need players to just be a bit cute not wholesale, three sub changes. You want your out of form centre forward to just hold the ball up. Get some passes together. Instead, ball bounces off him or, even worse, he doesn’t challenge for it. 

[bfox 396]

Competition for Kasper please!!!!!

[foxfanazer 13,304]

Just now, Hoopla10 said:

The better players who played two days ago? Like I asked in the match thread, what if they don't "get the job done"?  0-0 at 65 minutes would you be fine BR taking off vardy etc? 

Well if our good players couldn't beat that Palace side we saw in the first half they'd quite rightly get dragged off. They were terrible

[Mike Oxlong 7,895]

 

Tactics board for Nacho and Gray 

Edited 28 December 2020 by Mike Oxlong

[coolhandfox 3,071]

1 minute ago, Blanchflower78 said:

Still, great news now that all those dropped get 6 days to save their legs from falling off? Do we honestly think the United line up would have fallen to their knees after 20 mins in tiredness?

 

 

So what would you have said if we had gone full strength and lost Ndidi and Castange to injury again. 

 

It not about being tired, it about avoiding picking up injuries due to muscle fatigue. 

[SydenhamFox 613]

Nacho and BR taking flak, but Kaspar covers his near post and we’d have come away with all the points. 

[TeamRocket 239]

7 minutes ago, TheUltimateWinner said:

Yes - if you’re a league one side!

Just saying cos nacho is rubbish 

[Shamomoa 309]

Fair result apparently 🤣🤣 should have been over first half if we had our shooting boots on, definitely missed out on 3 points there! Ihneacho,perez, not up to it, gray... no words needed... vardy didn't have alot of service when he came on, barnes was deffo our best player! 👏👏 very disappointed not to win but better not to lose the game! Its an up and down season for everyone, On to the next!! Come on you foxes!! 🦊🦊🦊

[RowlattsFox 2,497]

Until we are able to create more chances we are going to have games like this. You cant keep scoring from minimal chances. 

[Spudulike 3,480]

Kasper 

[Fox92 11,757]

1 minute ago, NaijaFox said:

But he wasn't.

Started off well and then went AWOL, but all would've been forgiven if he'd buried that last-gasp chance. 

Yeah, I just edited. He was good first half. Second half most of them were poor but I think Perez/Barnes were our best attackers. Perez holds the ball well.

[Guest Hansifüx]

it is a shame that perez subbed him out of the game so early 

[TK95 2,291]

I thought Perez was our third choice penalty taker anyway

[adam 759]

Villa make one change. Chelsea make 6. Lets hope they survive the day. As usual we have gone overboard and put too much faith in piss poor squad players. 

[Jaspa 2,204]

Would like to add too, what an unbelievably dirty ba**ard their captain is. Should be getting a retrospective ban for the elbow on Choudhury

[Sunbury Fox 1,595]

14 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said:

Iheanacho on penalties and Gray on free kicks.

 

LOL. 

Not to mention Perez on corners!!

[coolhandfox 3,071]

I would have bitten your hand off for 5 points from Spurs, Man U and Palace away after the Everton game.

Edited 28 December 2020 by coolhandfox

[Line-X 2,911]

5 minutes ago, Col city fan said:

Amartey and the whole defence went completely missing for their goal

Why couldn't you just have said "the whole defence"? . It really is no surprise that you and your continual insufferable illusory superiority is the source of so much amusement on this forum. To your credit you do at least take it well. 

 

7 minutes ago, Col city fan said:

Continue to play this defence at your peril 

Fofana and Castagne were being rested, Söyüncü was on the bench and Ricardo is still not ready. What on earth are you talking about?

[kingfox 4,902]

1 minute ago, Col city fan said:

It was going to come. I’m sure I mentioned our positioning (and certainly Amartey’s) after the missed Zaha chance 

If you want to continue with that defence be my guest

But we’ll lose more than we win 

We’ve just thrown away a game we should have bossed

He produced more good defending than bad.

 

But if you want to continue weirdly hating on him and blaming everything on him, be my guest.

[daddylonglegs 937]

Not sure Rodgers can take any blame today - we were set up really well for 45 mins and we should’ve been comfortably in the lead.

 

 

[foxes_rule1978 3,471]

didnt really see their goal until now, but if you are Kasper you have got to be disappointed, beaten at the near post. Frustrating all round really but a win at Newcastle and it isn’t a bad four games over Christmas 

Edited 28 December 2020 by foxes_rule1978

[chapero82 1,727]

10 minutes ago, Nod.E said:

The only tinker that let us down was Kelechi in for Vardy. We've known for a while that we struggle without Jamie.

 

You simply have to rotate in circumstances like these.

 

If Kelechi so much as turned up it would have been 2-0 at half time and we'd have been home and dry.

 

That first half performance was very, very good. Don't let emotion get in the way of recognising that.

 

In other news that was an awful cameo from Tielemans. Came on, just about misplaced every pass and left his man for their goal.

Why not just put Perez upfront on his own and use someone else on the right? 

[Elvis hammond 114]

My name is nacho I haven't had much game time and my confidence is low. Here is my chance to get sum confidence I'll take the penalty, I'll do a stutter to look cool and dink it in that will get me noticed hahaha

[StevieLynex 416]

13 minutes ago, M0901 said:

Not trying to be daft here, could we mould Barnes into a number 9?

 I agree - Vardy's successor