Crystal Palace today- absolutely useless

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19-12-2020, 04:04 PM
malwayne

Crystal Palace today- absolutely useless

No doubt the media ( especially MOTD tonight) will be lavishing praise on the shell suited wonders’ team after their performance in South London at lunchtime. The truth is Palace were really poor. They would have been in their element on Townley Park or closer to home, Hackney Marshes. Poor old Roy must be wondering how his side didn’t turn up.As for Liverpool, they did score some quality goals , but couldn’t have expected it to be this easy. The media keep reminding viewers that the PL is the best around. Bear that comment in mind when you see that the team that tops the league this Christmas , has also conceded 7 goals in a game , just off the M6 little more than 2 months ago.
19-12-2020, 05:10 PM
Supersub6

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Originally Posted by malwayne

No doubt the media ( especially MOTD tonight) will be lavishing praise on the shell suited wonders’ team after their performance in South London at lunchtime. The truth is Palace were really poor. They would have been in their element on Townley Park or closer to home, Hackney Marshes. Poor old Roy must be wondering how his side didn’t turn up.As for Liverpool, they did score some quality goals , but couldn’t have expected it to be this easy. The media keep reminding viewers that the PL is the best around. Bear that comment in mind when you see that the team that tops the league this Christmas , has also conceded 7 goals in a game , just off the M6 little more than 2 months ago.

Your last sentence actually goes more towards proving that the league is a good league because you have a team at the top of the league who can score 7 against an opponent, however, because the league is so competitive, the same team can also concede 7 goals against a team much lower in the league.
The reality will all come out later in the season because there are still 24/25 games to play and it will be the same contenders who will fill the top places, thus proving that the league is not as good as the media say it is.

This is not a surprise to me because football these days is nowhere as good as it used to be and is obsessed with how many passes a team can make, how much possession they can have, how many passes they have in the last third of the pitch etc., etc. ad nauseam----like the statistic the other night that the Leeds goalkeeper made more passes than any Newcastle player in that match---so what?
20-12-2020, 04:54 AM
outwoodclaret

I don’t like Klopp. Not one little bit.
20-12-2020, 06:05 AM
The Bedlington Terrier

I was surprised at how big the gap is they are opening up at the top of the table though. :blue:
20-12-2020, 12:37 PM
outwoodclaret

Roy has gone on a season too long.
20-12-2020, 01:30 PM
oldcolner

They said the same about them losing at Villa and us losing to City cos we were!
20-12-2020, 02:05 PM
oldcolner

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Originally Posted by malwayne

No doubt the media ( especially MOTD tonight) will be lavishing praise on the shell suited wonders’ team after their performance in South London at lunchtime. The truth is Palace were really poor. They would have been in their element on Townley Park or closer to home, Hackney Marshes. Poor old Roy must be wondering how his side didn’t turn up.As for Liverpool, they did score some quality goals , but couldn’t have expected it to be this easy. The media keep reminding viewers that the PL is the best around. Bear that comment in mind when you see that the team that tops the league this Christmas , has also conceded 7 goals in a game , just off the M6 little more than 2 months ago.

Careful, they were wanting Sean to replace him last spring, and probably still are!
20-12-2020, 08:10 PM
sinkov

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Originally Posted by oldcolner

Careful, they were wanting Sean to replace him last spring, and probably still are!

That's what I heard OC, from a reliable source, it was virtually a done deal, then Roy changed his mind and decided to give it another year. Of course I have no idea if it was true or not, but that's what I was told.
20-12-2020, 08:31 PM
oldcolner

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Originally Posted by sinkov

That's what I heard OC, from a reliable source, it was virtually a done deal, then Roy changed his mind and decided to give it another year. Of course I have no idea if it was true or not, but that's what I was told.

Heard something like that too, Sounds like Sunderland and Dick Advocaat changing his mind. Maybe ALK will keep him here.
:O
21-12-2020, 08:30 AM
army88

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Originally Posted by malwayne

No doubt the media ( especially MOTD tonight) will be lavishing praise on the shell suited wonders’ team after their performance in South London at lunchtime. The truth is Palace were really poor. They would have been in their element on Townley Park or closer to home, Hackney Marshes. Poor old Roy must be wondering how his side didn’t turn up.As for Liverpool, they did score some quality goals , but couldn’t have expected it to be this easy. The media keep reminding viewers that the PL is the best around. Bear that comment in mind when you see that the team that tops the league this Christmas , has also conceded 7 goals in a game , just off the M6 little more than 2 months ago.

The thing for me malwayne is that quietly away Liverpool are a very efficient football team , injuries galore and yet they are still getting the job done .

They aren't fluent fancy Dan football , just very efficient at what they do , can't see past them for The title.

As for klopp , well hes like marmite isn't he ----- you love him or hate him but like his team he just gets the job done.