Match Thread Crystal Palace vs Everton, 18/11/2017. KO @ 3pm GMT.

[Wat Tyler]

2-0 Palace.

 

[Ivo]

I think they'll be well up for this and we'll find it hard to contain them. Zaha and townsend to cause us major problems. Is benteke back for them?

 

[Eggs]

I think they'll be well up for this and we'll find it hard to contain them. Zaha and townsend to cause us major problems. Is benteke back for them?

..yep, according to reports he’s back.

 

[Tubey]

In attacking areas, they have the personnel to beat us handily at the moment.

But as a team they're as big a mess as we are. So I think it depends on us - if we come out on the front foot and get a stranglehold on the game, they'll drop deep and be a pushover. If we start slow and give them some encouragement, it's a long game for us.

So yeah, for me it depends on what we do rather than what they do. With that in mind, 2-0 Palace.

 

[People75]

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[Alatar]

Disagree mate. This is the exactly the defensive crap we were served under Koeman. Three CDs with 2DMs in front.

The 3 CB allows for a 2 striker setup mate, a necessity because none of the strikers are good enough to be a lone striker. It's actually a very attacking formation, thus the 2 DM are essential in that system.

 

[Jeff Jones]

I can't work out why I'm worried about a match against a team with only 4 points when they're playing Christmas
carols in the supermarket.

 

[Alatar]

W

what is it you see in Williams mate?

It's not what I see in him mate, but what I see in the alternative that scares me more. A 63 kg 21 year old marking 83 kg Benteke.

 

[mightymoyes]

I think they'll be well up for this and we'll find it hard to contain them. Zaha and townsend to cause us major problems. Is benteke back for them?

He's back and been absolutely abysmal for them this season so perfect game for him to get back to form

 

[anton66]

It's not what I see in him mate, but what I see in the alternative that scares me more. A 63 kg 21 year old marking 83 kg Benteke.

So you would prefer a cart horse weighing a ton trying to mark Benteke.

 

[billyblue80]

Any thoughts of playing Holgate in a back three or is it too negative?I just wonder if Holgate's pace could be useful against Zaha who worries me today.

 

[billyblue80]

I can't work out why I'm worried about a match against a team with only 4 points when they're playing Christmas
carols in the supermarket.

Because Everton

 

[davies1878]

WEll I’m
Bladdered it’s just past 12 I’m in Brixton and don’t I stand out ha

Lovely Bowie mural there by the way

COYB what else would i be do By with my weekend

Remember Better dead than red

 

[billyblue80]

The 3 CB allows for a 2 striker setup mate, a necessity because none of the strikers are good enough to be a lone striker. It's actually a very attacking formation, thus the 2 DM are essential in that system.

Agree also our central defenders aren't good enough in a two. Only issue is Baines he doesn't get up and down to be a wingback anymore.

 

[TheHumbleEgg]

It's on lads, it's deffo on today...

*for BENTEKE

Pfffft...