Palace vs Leicester - Pre match thread (14th September 3pm)

[adejo92]

I'm not too mad at Ayew starting, on the basis that we'll bring Fatawu on but the risk is, we could well be out of the game before it's even time to bring him on.

 

My biggest frustration would be Ndidi starting. He's absolute dross now and does nothing but give away fouls and hinder our own attacks.

 

I want to like Cooper, but he's making it harder and harder to do so with such negative selections.

Edited 14 September 2024 by adejo92

[whetstonefox]

Today feels like an important day in his management of LCFC. 

[st albans fox]

I assume he wants ndidi in to help defend set pieces 

but then don’t start skipp 

 

If he hadn’t started that three home to villa then he’d probably get away with it away

 

[Nick]

13 minutes ago, adam said:

If he plays that midfield 3 he should be sacked before kick off. That fella from Brighton has looked good when he has played and needs to be starting.

I can’t be arsed to look up how to spell his name either.

[whoareyaaa]

6 minutes ago, adejo92 said:

I'm not too mad at Ayew starting, on the basis that we'll bring Fatawu on but the risk is, we could well be out of the game before it's even time to bring him on.

 

My biggest frustration would be Ndidi starting. He's absolute dross now and does nothing but give away fouls and hinder our own attacks.

 

I want to like Cooper, but he's making it harder and harder to do so with such negative selections.

He should be starting Bilal or Facundo in Ndidi's place, and then bring him on later in the game for Winks or Skipp

[moore_94]

At least anyone watching from home now knows to not bother turning it on until at least 60 minutes has been played / until he makes some subs

 

I could maybe understand using Wilf there against the big 6 (and I still wouldn’t be happy about it) but Palace away? ffs

[CrispinLA in Texas]

4 minutes ago, adejo92 said:

I'm not too mad at Ayew starting, on the basis that we'll bring Fatawu on but the risk is, we could well be out of the game before it's even time to bring him on.

 

My biggest frustration would be Ndidi starting. He's absolute dross now and does nothing but give away fouls and hinder our own attacks.

 

I want to like Cooper, but he's making it harder and harder to do so with such negative selections.

I want Ndidi gone, he seems to be in cruise control, just can't be asked to do anything proactive on the pitch. He waits for a goal scoring opportunity to come...that's about it really 

[Edingleyfox]

Totally agree about the lack of flair in midfield and even in defence with no Ricardo and JV who can progress with the ball. Total opposite approach to Enzo. Got a feeling of keeping the score down until half time and then pushing on. I hope for the managers sake that this works. The other thought is that if Ayew starts who do you bring on later? Continues to feel like Cooper has his favourites that he trusts and he won't take any risks with players that can open the game up

[justfoxes]

COME ON YOU MARVELLOUS FOXES !!

I feel a 1-3 win coming on 😉

[EnderbyFox]

43 minutes ago, Marmite said:

I have been told the team is 

 

Hermansen,

Justin, Faes, Okoli, Kristiansen,

Skipp, Winks, Ndidi,

Mavididi, Vardy, Ayew.

 

2-1 win for us 🤞

Come on Steve, sack Mavididi off for Bobby Reid and let’s go total turgid 

[Ric Flair]

You can't pick 3 DCMs and an extremely defensive winger and then moan that we aren't doing enough to win football matches.

 

[ronnup]

Ndidi attacking mid

 

Nididi attacking = mid

 

Cooper out

[ronnup]

Just now, Ric Flair said:

You can't pick 3 DCMs and an extremely defensive winger and then moan that we aren't doing enough to win football matches.

 

 

He ****ing can, and he ruddy well will 

[wardyfox86]

4 hours ago, sylofox said:

WHOOOOOOSSSSSSHHHHHHH.

It's a prem rule he can't play. Nothing to do with Palace or contracts.

 

I was taking the piss.

 fair enough. As difficult as sarcasm is to detect in text form, I'm usually pretty adept.

 

This one slipped through.

[Pliskin]

Another honking team selection. He's got to go, blokes not got a ****ing clue. 
 

Palace to take a 2-0 lead and we score in the second half, and run out of time and go on to lose 2-1 with a spirited performance. 
 

I’ve seen enough, Spaghetti out. 

[adejo92]

10 minutes ago, CrispinLA in Texas said:

I want Ndidi gone, he seems to be in cruise control, just can't be asked to do anything proactive on the pitch. He waits for a goal scoring opportunity to come...that's about it really 

Totally agree.  I feel like his new contract and wages might be some form of pressure for him to play.

 

Either that or the nostalgia of him being good.

 

There's been no evidence in months to suggest he should be starting over other options. 

[Nick]

15 minutes ago, adejo92 said:

I'm not too mad at Ayew starting, on the basis that we'll bring Fatawu on but the risk is, we could well be out of the game before it's even time to bring him on.

 

My biggest frustration would be Ndidi starting. He's absolute dross now and does nothing but give away fouls and hinder our own attacks.

 

I want to like Cooper, but he's making it harder and harder to do so with such negative selections.

Yeah it’s frustrating if that is the team. Like you I can absorb Ayew starting but for the love of the baby Jesus drop one of the three central DCM’s for Buonanotte.

[Mickyblueeyes]

Next two games should be quite massive for Cooper. I hope the club feel the same. 

[Chelmofox]

Cooper’s selection getting a bit silly now. The strategy seems to be to hold out for a draw and then play for 25 minutes. There are 90 mins to win a game. If you create a mentality of not playing for 2/3rds of the game, then you deserve everything you get. 

[Mickyblueeyes]

Just seen the alleged team, he can’t be that stupid again, surely ?

 

 

[CosbehFox]

Bloke is more about height at corners than our attacking ability. 
 

Every game we’ve allowed the opposition to run the game and pattern of it, he’s a fool 

[Tuna]

He picks that shocking team and it goes wrong again, I'm firmly in the Cooper Out camp.

[Lesterlad]

Think this team would be hard to beat 
Ward
Ricardo
Justin
Vestergaard
Faes
Coady
Okolie
Kristiansen
Thomas
Choudary
And
Ndidi

[Haywood_6]

Cooper just won't ever drop Ndidi will he? I get he just wants to keep the game tight, but this midfield 3 isn't capable of creating anything. 

 

We're going to be relying on keeping it 0-0 and hoping the likes of BEK and Buonanotte can do something off the bench.

 

Three defensive midfielders is maybe ok against the top teams. But against Palace? It's too negative.

[Lesterlad]

53 minutes ago, Marmite said:

I have been told the team is 

 

Hermansen,

Justin, Faes, Okoli, Kristiansen,

Skipp, Winks, Ndidi,

Mavididi, Vardy, Ayew.

 

2-1 win for us 🤞

At least I would catch up on my sleep