winteriscoming 1,100 Posted 28 December 2020 Report Share Posted 28 December 2020 2 points dropped. Barnes played well again. Amartey looked good considering the lack games he’s played. Nacho clearly not good enough. A better second choice forward is what we need in January or the summer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fightforever 861 Posted 28 December 2020 Report Share Posted 28 December 2020 1 minute ago, SydenhamFox said: Imagine if they’d both come good. We can only dream. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TeamRocket 237 Posted 28 December 2020 Report Share Posted 28 December 2020 Is it worth trying gray as a striker? 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stephen Hughes 136 Posted 28 December 2020 Report Share Posted 28 December 2020 1 minute ago, Blanchflower78 said: Villa make no changes to their side. Keep the momentum.... Rodgers fully upstaged today. Villa haven’t played Europa. But either way we don’t work for the medical team and people could be carrying knocks etc. BR plays Vardy and aggregates a groin strain he gets it in the neck so without being in the club who knows whether we should have rested so many. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cadno'r Cymoedd 1,693 Posted 28 December 2020 Report Share Posted 28 December 2020 (edited) Very disappointing result but probably fair on the balance of play overall. Had the penalty gone in, think we'd have won easily as their confidence was low. Kelechi has to do much better. Second half they played with more zip. A collection of mistakes from several players led to the goal but Kasper had to save that at the near post. Mendy, Barnes and Evans were very good especially first half. Amaryey being composed at CB was a bonus. JJ looked good before the break but tired after it unsurprisingly - has he had a break? Think making 7 changes was a mistake but done now. Edited 28 December 2020 by Cadno'r Cymoedd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
foxes_rule1978 3,458 Posted 28 December 2020 Report Share Posted 28 December 2020 Just now, Beechey said: Gotta be demanding a very good performance against Newcastle now, since we rested pretty much everyone I didn’t see the point of resting so many when we don’t play them till Sunday... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post foxfanazer 13,261 Posted 28 December 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted 28 December 2020 Avoiding Foxestalk for the rest of the night. Can't keep reading the same old rubbish about BR being completely blameless. 4 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fightforever 861 Posted 28 December 2020 Report Share Posted 28 December 2020 On a positive Amartey looks great at center back. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sishades 1,008 Posted 28 December 2020 Report Share Posted 28 December 2020 1 minute ago, Lambert09 said: Edouard for me would be the one to go for, seeing as his value is dropping That would be a red flag. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Le Renard 183 Posted 28 December 2020 Report Share Posted 28 December 2020 Watching RMC Sport France and Emmanuel Petit can't understand why Leicester left their best players out! He did say that we are better than Everton and we should get top 6 or 4! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lcfc_forever 114 Posted 28 December 2020 Report Share Posted 28 December 2020 (edited) Palace were much improved in the 2nd half, they worked so much harder and defended our left side better where so much of our threat had come from. Taking Choudhury off for Tielemans backfired. Tielemans doesn’t track back well enough and loses concentration, however brilliant he is from an attacking perspective. I remember in a similar game vs. Burnley away the previous season where he was at fault for the Burnley winner as he didn’t follow the runner. We created more than enough chances to win the game but our poor finishing gave Palace hope and something to build on in the 2nd half. Overall, disappointed but glad he salvaged something which further shows our resiliency. And good performances from Amartey, Evans and Mendy. Edited 28 December 2020 by lcfc_forever 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
don_danbury 760 Posted 28 December 2020 Report Share Posted 28 December 2020 Just now, TeamRocket said: Is it worth trying gray as a striker? only if we're mental Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eskay 189 Posted 28 December 2020 Report Share Posted 28 December 2020 Love: I always felt we would score. Like the MoN days when we loved late goals..... Hate: when we have a corner I don't even bother watching.....we must be the worst at offensive corners in the top 2 leagues. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bfox 396 Posted 28 December 2020 Report Share Posted 28 December 2020 Can’t blame BR for that. Thought he did as much as he could. Players let him down today. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
deejdeej 880 Posted 28 December 2020 Report Share Posted 28 December 2020 Palace can be tricky opponents against the better sides, yes I know they got spanked by Liverpool but it's not the worst point. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheUltimateWinner 6,633 Posted 28 December 2020 Report Share Posted 28 December 2020 Just now, TeamRocket said: Is it worth trying gray as a striker? Yes - if you’re a league one side! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
coolhandfox 3,009 Posted 28 December 2020 Report Share Posted 28 December 2020 1 minute ago, Blanchflower78 said: Villa make no changes to their side. Keep the momentum.... Rodgers fully upstaged today. Villa haven't been competing in the Europa League to be fair. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Farrington fox 860 Posted 28 December 2020 Report Share Posted 28 December 2020 Pleased I stuck with it. Great goal from Barnes who really has found his scoring boots and looks some player. A first choice 11 and we’d have cruised that. Thomas and Amartey impressed, Evans was class. At the end of the day, 2 individual mistakes cost us, sadly, Kasper and never let nacho take another pen. HNY. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fox92 11,700 Posted 28 December 2020 Report Share Posted 28 December 2020 4 minutes ago, coolhandfox said: Really, I forgot he was playing second half. Doesn’t mean much. Second half they were all shit apart from Evans/Amartey/Mendy. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Earle 1,136 Posted 28 December 2020 Report Share Posted 28 December 2020 Agree with @StanSP Iheanacho cost us the game no question, should have been 2,3 up at half time. He was dreadful today. And I can’t recall a worse cameo than that from Gray - offered nothing, no desire, no quality, rarely moved to offer himself. Hopefully that’s the last we’ll see of him. Thought Choudhury and Praet were poor, and Perez disappeared after a good first half. Pluses? Amartey superb, Barnes flying, Mendy doing the bits and pieces. 5 points from 3 is ok, but we must win at Newcastle now 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post kingfox 4,899 Posted 28 December 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted 28 December 2020 1 minute ago, Col city fan said: Amartey and the whole defence went completely missing for their goal Continue to play this defence at your peril Only you would partly blame Amartey for the goal. 4 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pliskin 2,739 Posted 28 December 2020 Report Share Posted 28 December 2020 (edited) A point gained but really should have been 3. First half I can’t help but think Palace were hoping not to go in behind, because they did **** all. Our right hand side was cause havoc all first half, but Kalechi unfortunately proved once again he isn’t up to it, if we can cut a deal in January to move him on and bring someone in we should do it. He scores that penalty and Palace’s half time team talk is a different one, instead, they knew that the second half was there for them to get stuck into and that’s what they did. They weren’t good, their goal as is usually the case with us at the moment a gift, we have the ball away in a poor area of the pitch and then allowed them to break, Zaha somehow evades four men..... then the worst cross known to mankind finds And-dross, who plays a ball into the box for an unmarked Zaha so lash home.... what is infuriating is it is probably the most avoidable goal we’ve conceded recently. Naturally that gave palace a bit of a lift and we lost our composure a bit, so we were not on it for most of that second half, luckily Barnaldino steps up to save the day. Games like this just highlight how desperate we are for more attacking players. If we can get a striker in, even on loan and that chap from Reading we should be set. Onwards and upwards, had we lost it could have been a very different conversation tonight........ Edited 28 December 2020 by Pliskin 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gubbins 342 Posted 28 December 2020 Report Share Posted 28 December 2020 Game all hinged on that penalty. We score that I think we win comfortably seeing how bad palace were first half. Unfortunately it was taken by a complete donkey who needs kicking out to a league more suitable to his talents like the Greek, Belgian or Scottish (second tiers). Missing the chance to equalise or take the lead is about as bad as conceding a goal. Cant remember to many games where weve gone on to win after it happens. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Guvnor 1,139 Posted 28 December 2020 Report Share Posted 28 December 2020 A wasted opportunity to get 3 points from truly woeful opposition. Every time Nacho gets a start you really hope he might unlock the talent that he must have but he never seems to achieve. His pen was atrocious and he took his eye off a sitter of a headed goal opportunity. Also when he chases a fifty fifty ball he never seems to have the belief to win it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dahnsouff 5,678 Posted 28 December 2020 Report Share Posted 28 December 2020 Just now, foxfanazer said: Avoiding Foxestalk for the rest of the night. Can't keep reading the same old rubbish about BR being completely blameless. Alternatively, make a tight case why he is too blame. Bit left field, but... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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