Match Thread Crystal Palace v Everton - Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll

[Shibbywiggles]

Hey, which expert pundits shall we have for Palace Everton? Well Pardew used to manage Palace right? Yeah sound. And then f it Souness for the bants

 

[Azza]

Pardew in.


Completely shredded Benitez ball right there.

 

[R.Reddington]

I would be angry, but I'm not convinced we're any better than Palace really.

I said to my dad before the game this is a coin flip match. We’re about even to these. We should be way ahead of them, but our recruitment has been shocking.

 

[Cool_Blue]

Turning it off, not watching any more of this cack. Only one team came to play football.

Feel insulted and disrespected watching it.

Yes but we have had 3 shots on goal iirc, there’s many games we don’t see that in 90 minutes
Richarlison and Townsend anonymous.

 

[Blue Roo]

They've got to move the ball before they crowd it, like 4 players doing nothing out wide except for resetting

 

[ForeverBlue92]

This is why I hate c@nts like @Theoneandonly and @ForeverBlue92

Telling us things are changing? The only thing worse than Rafael's management is these [Poor language removed] clowns.

Struggled for the last 6 years but yeah all on the manager...

 

[lungo]

Hey 4-3-3 lovers – who'd have thought that no matter which formation we play, these players are still rubbish?

Rubbish they are thats true but effort should be expected. I have seen nothing!

 

[johnjoeefc]

It's so difficult to see any different in the 2nd half. The team are just awful. It's painful watching. Rondon should have started and richarlison on the wing to get him involved more. Townsend has been crap for months now

 

[Amw79]

Because if he'd had set up two we'd have been drubbed the same.


The truth is obvious - the squad is just abysmal.

Why even mention the set up then, if shape or formation has no impact on the outcome.

Don’t think it’s an either / or.

The squad is abysmal and the manager has no idea how to get the team playing.

 

[Dublin blue 75]

Souness being charitable to Everton. It’s that bad.

 

[Frenk]

 

[optatom154]

Must have had below 30% possession here against a side which has lost 3 on the bounce and are below us. Fully winds me up when pundits mention Benitez’s Liverpool connections as the reason he will be under pressure, when it’s this absolutely abysmal set up week in week out which has us looking lost.

Worst football I’ve ever seen us play this season, mistakes galore in the goal but we play like this away every week. No closing down, no in their faces, no man marking and can’t string 3 passes together without looking lost

 

[Blueclouds]

Let's be honest, we can blame Rafael but most of the players are bottom tier players

Coleman
Holgate
Keane
Gomes
Delph
Townsend

Not good ebough

 

[matty1878]

so one win in 9? woooop let’s get on the benitez train……. NOT

 

[Bluewolf]

I genuinely can't wait till players like Delph are gone from our club poison the lot of them.

Teams set up wrong, Duke is too far back and gomes is to far forward. Need to swap them around so we can utilise Doucoures attacking threat and gomes ability to travel with the ball.