Crystal Palace (H) Pre-match Thread | Saturday 15th October 12:30PM

[moore_94]

30 minutes ago, Lako42 said:

So our owners haven't even set him or the team a target for this season....

They definitely will have - and I doubt it was the 40 points Rodgers said

 

“Last year we finished eighth, and last year we had players with injuries and were hit by coronavirus,” Top said. “We hope that this year we won't get hurt again. We have made changes to the medical team to develop the potential of the players to be fit and ready to compete. If we have 100 per cent of our players, I hope to finish higher than last year.”

Edited 14 October 2022 by moore_94

[Sampson]

11 minutes ago, filbertway said:

I mean, Top clearly has blind faith.

 

I just want us to lose to spite Rodgers this point. I want him finished.

Which is just a plain weird attitude.

 

Firstly, it won’t finish him at all, he’ll get another PL job after here no problem regardless, even if we finish bottom with him.

 

Secondly, hoping we go down so it will end the manager’s career? That’s just obviously warped and bitter beyond belief. Why would it really matter to you that much? The club is far more important than any individual player, manager or chairman.

Edited 14 October 2022 by Sampson

[filbertway]

Just now, Sampson said:

Which is just a plain weird attitude.

 

Firstly, it won’t finish him at all, he’ll get another PL job after here no problem regardless, even if we finish bottom with him.

 

Secondly, hoping we go down so it will end the manager’s career? That’s just obviously warped and bitter beyond belief.

The guy's a right slime ball. Unfortunately, youre right. failure is rewarded in management. Steve Bruce is testament to that. He'll get another gig.

 

Most dislakeable Leicester player or manager since Dennis Wise. Cant wait to see the back of him and his chapped lips.

 

Im gonna be cheering every Palace goal tomorrow

[Ric Flair]

2 hours ago, alanf0x said:

If Amartey comes in for Evans, I honestly give up. We deserve to go down 

To be fair though, a Soyuncu and Faes pairing could be nuclear grade devastation. I'm intrigued though I must say.

[CosbehFox]

Just now, Ric Flair said:

To be fair though, a Soyuncu and Faes pairing could be nuclear grade devastation. I'm intrigued though I must say.

Would answer quite a few ills of society either via nuclear destruction or laughter from the rest of planet earth watching 

[Sampson]

3 minutes ago, filbertway said:

The guy's a right slime ball. Unfortunately, youre right. failure is rewarded in management. Steve Bruce is testament to that. He'll get another gig.

 

Most dislakeable Leicester player or manager since Dennis Wise. Cant wait to see the back of him and his chapped lips.

 

Im gonna be cheering every Palace goal tomorrow

Again, why though? It’s quite clear a defeat to Palace isn’t getting him sacked. People have been saying this every game since about February. If you felt that way a few months ago fine but its just a pointless postering attitude at this point. 

Edited 14 October 2022 by Sampson

[Manley Farrington-Brown]

16 minutes ago, filbertway said:

I just want us to lose to spite Rodgers this point. I want him finished.

Wow. Diehard fan. I admire your unstinting support.

 

I don't want us to lose. Ever. No fan can ever want their club to lose. Part of being a fan is not wanting your club to lose.

[Sharpe's Fox]

1 minute ago, Ric Flair said:

To be fair though, a Soyuncu and Faes pairing could be nuclear grade devastation. I'm intrigued though I must say.

This would either be total football trascended or Sunday League horror show. No inbetween.

[adam]

What we need is a good pumping tomorrow. A nice 4  1 defeat should hopefully see the back of him. Then we can hopefully get our season going. 

Come on you eagles. 😆 

[StanSP]

4 minutes ago, filbertway said:

Im gonna be cheering every Palace goal tomorrow

So weird. 

[Sharpe's Fox]

Palace fans visiting this thread

 

[Unabomber]

Wow so you can’t even want your team to lose nowadays 

[Ric Flair]

1 minute ago, Sampson said:

Again, why though? It’s quite clear a defeat to Palace isn’t getting him sacked. People have been saying this every game since about February. It’s just a pointless postering attitude at this point. 

What we definitely know is any form of a result and the pressure seems to ease on him and buys him far more games than another defeat. It's a horrendous situation to be in, for us to stoop so low and for so long thst they are forced to act but it be still possible for a new manager to come in and save us this season.

 

If 3 defeats on the spin and being on 4 points with nearly a 3rd of the season gone and 7 points adrift of the pack is the threshold then I'd take that right now rather than him scab another win and a couple of defeats and he gets another few games as we breach any opportunity of survival. I don't like the World Cup break either for our situation, I think we needed a new man in way before that and it scares the hell out of me the apathy that will grow and grow during that break for many. 

[EnderbyFox]

[Mike1983]

My Ward shirt just arrived. I'll stand out in the crowd I reckon.

[Supergray22]

4 minutes ago, Sharpe's Fox said:

This would either be total football trascended or Sunday League horror show. No inbetween.

The main attribute Cags would bring to a pairing with Waot compared to jonny is a bit more pace and youthful exuberance. We would lose a bit in communication and togetherness at the back. We have seen over the years that Evans seems to bring out the best in his fellow defenders. Jonny has great experience obviously and his anticipation and concentration is still admirable. He also still shows great aggression and is still strong in the air.

 

We are all intrigued to see how this pairing works out. Jonny is sadly going to continue picking up injuries and can’t go on forever. How good Wout and Soyuncu turns out to be depends on whether Cags plays like the player who initially burst into the team and on how well the chemistry works between them. Sadly we are are much more likely to see how Waot gets on with big Dan if Evans is out or a continuation of the current pairing until Jonny can’t walk or Waot has a bad hair day. 

[Stuntman_Mike]

I'm only going because it's already paid for and so I can see my mates.

 

It's been a chore for a while, but it's genuinely like going to the dentist these days.

[filbertway]

16 minutes ago, StanSP said:

So weird. 

Weirder than backing a man that's trying to send us back to the dark ages?

 

I want what's best for my club. Seeing as we have an absolute set of clowns above the main man himself, it clearly needs to be made very obvious how poor he is.

 

Go, clap and cheer and sing and pretend everything is fine. At least it'll be cheaper next season.

[Vazman]

15 minutes ago, Sampson said:

Which is just a plain weird attitude.

 

Firstly, it won’t finish him at all, he’ll get another PL job after here no problem regardless, even if we finish bottom with him.

 

Secondly, hoping we go down so it will end the manager’s career? That’s just obviously warped and bitter beyond belief. Why would it really matter to you that much? The club is far more important than any individual player, manager or chairman.

Yes we all want to win every game, we wont of course, but at the minute many forecast us losing, before kicking a ball, to say he wont go if this continues is negligible by the owner, and wont happen, what's the point in attendance, fans, dreams, etc, if we are just turning up to get beaten every week, under a manager who many see as the route cause. 

 

 

 

 

[Happy Fox]

It doesn’t matter if we wish for a win it isn’t happening under this manager. It’s the players that will pull something out of the bag if we do win, this manager is sheer incompetence. Get him gone Top asap.

[Le Renard]

Like the running joke throughout the original Star Wars  "I have a bad feeling about this".   I can't see us getting anything from this game, although I hope I'm wrong, but I just see Palace bullying us.

[Matt]

1 hour ago, Lako42 said:

So our owners haven't even set him or the team a target for this season....

Said numerous times before I’ll say it again we wrote the season off before it even started.

 

Every day that passes, every comment made via the club or the clubs employees confirm that just a little bit more.

 

And I don’t care if “it’s getting boring” in reply to my comments, it got boring a long, long time before I started making comments.

[Manley Farrington-Brown]

41 minutes ago, Mike1983 said:

My Ward shirt just arrived. I'll stand out in the crowd I reckon.

To be honest, people will just assume you must mean Gavin.

[Guest Lako42]

21 minutes ago, Matt said:

Said numerous times before I’ll say it again we wrote the season off before it even started.

 

Every day that passes, every comment made via the club or the clubs employees confirm that just a little bit more.

 

And I don’t care if “it’s getting boring” in reply to my comments, it got boring a long, long time before I started making comments.

Didn't stop them increasing ticket prices.....

[Ric Flair]

51 minutes ago, Mike1983 said:

My Ward shirt just arrived. I'll stand out in the crowd I reckon.

Be careful mate, I wore my 1993/94 purple keeper shirt with (Gavin) Ward 1 on the back and got egged.