Crystal Palace FC Thread + Championship Chat

[anthonyl]

Jesus. Should have beaten Bolton by 7 today.

Hit bar FOUR (3 times in a 5-6 minute spell) times, and missed a pen. Freedman said on bbc interview 'that was one of the best performances i have ever seen in this division'.

Should really have 7-8 more points than we do - someone will get hit for SEVEN soon.

Shame murray is suspended for hull and not the game V us!

Ha, hilarious that you were on the ball to know he was suspended at all with the 5 yellows but fair play, shows you are quaking in your boots.

Always said Murray is quality. Fits our system perfectly.

Hoskins should be in the first 11 by next weekend though who looks v.v.good. Drop CMS and Barnes, for Hoskins and Dobbie, we will destroy teams at home.

[Ant040689]

Leeds and Hull away and then you next at home. Testing times.

Us at home though have been equally if not more excellent. I am tempted to put a bet on for us not to lose at home all season for like a fiver if there were odds available. Not as a wild because that is what I think will happen bet, more as I think whatever odds get proposed are going to be a little bit of value.

Do I just ring a bookies up and ask for a special request in this instance?

[The Camel]

Leeds and Hull away and then you next at home. Testing times.

Us at home though have been equally if not more excellent. I am tempted to put a bet on for us not to lose at home all season for like a fiver if there were odds available. Not as a wild because that is what I think will happen bet, more as I think whatever odds get proposed are going to be a little bit of value.

Do I just ring a bookies up and ask for a special request in this instance?

What price are you looking for?

[Ant040689]

What should I expect, if you were to price it up? I was thinking it would be about 80/1.

[tikay]

What should I expect, if you were to price it up? I was thinking it would be about 80/1.

I am sure plenty of people would accommodate you at 80/1.

[The Camel]

What should I expect, if you were to price it up? I was thinking it would be about 80/1.

You might have got 80/1 at the start of the season, but we are nearly half way through.

I was thinking maybe 16/1

[anthonyl]

80/1 would be about right for rest of the season home and away!

[Ant040689]

Yeh I got it completely wrong. Worked it out now by calculating our odds to not lose at home in one game and put that to the power of 14 for the rest of our home league games and get about 16/1

I would probably take that on for £20

[aaron1867]

"Paul ‏@paulv1986

Well done to Leicester best side I've seen at hillsborough, totally outclassed us. Your going up. #lcfc #swfc "


chirp, I don't know if we'll get top two but it was a decent set of results today


Leeds away on Tuesday at the wrong time....

Comfortably best side at Hillsborough all season, but again we wasn't out of it, although I thought we could get something.

If it wasn't for us somehow getting second last season, then Dave Jones would be at the job centre.

[Horneris]

Its fair to say Palace dominated the game in the first half and would have deserved to go in 1 up.

But in the 2nd half we grew more and more into it and the fans got more and more behind the side. Our first goal was a bit of a bolt from the blue, cross then a scramble. But after that we had a nice spell of our own for 10 mins and wasn't a huge shock when we got our 2nd. Then I felt Palace should probably have a penalty when Zaha went wrong side of Byram and was tugged slightly but it wasn't stonewall as there wasn't much contact.

Palace came back though with Holloway being Holloway sending 3 strikers on and it was horrible viewing right at the end with Palace absolutely piling on the pressure for the equalizer. Tonge cleared one of the line with seconds left.

Really enjoyed the match, good atmosphere, competitive game with the referee allowing the tackles to fly in from both sides. Would expect to see Palace win lots of games and lose some games and finish maybe in the playoff positions.

Gotta give a special mention to young Sam Byram who probably won't survive many transfer windows with us, he had Zaha in his pocket almost all the game.

[aaron1867]

Blackpool 23/20 to beat Birmingham in the week. Decent price.

[Ant040689]

Its fair to say Palace dominated the game in the first half and would have deserved to go in 1 up.

But in the 2nd half we grew more and more into it and the fans got more and more behind the side. Our first goal was a bit of a bolt from the blue, cross then a scramble. But after that we had a nice spell of our own for 10 mins and wasn't a huge shock when we got our 2nd. Then I felt Palace should probably have a penalty when Zaha went wrong side of Byram and was tugged slightly but it wasn't stonewall as there wasn't much contact.

Palace came back though with Holloway being Holloway sending 3 strikers on and it was horrible viewing right at the end with Palace absolutely piling on the pressure for the equalizer. Tonge cleared one of the line with seconds left.

Really enjoyed the match, good atmosphere, competitive game with the referee allowing the tackles to fly in from both sides. Would expect to see Palace win lots of games and lose some games and finish maybe in the playoff positions.

Gotta give a special mention to young Sam Byram who probably won't survive many transfer windows with us, he had Zaha in his pocket almost all the game.

Thanks for the report.

Yeh Zaha has been off his usual game since the England debut. I think he has been way more irritable too and he hasn't got used to the extra attention he is getting from opposing players verbally yet. Always flailing his arms, posturing, annoyed by something that has been said and never being able to settle. I think opposing teams are starting to latch onto this and Zaha will need to mature. At home though, with the rally of the home support behind him he deals with this better.

I saw the Murray chance and thought he was unlucky. Small edges in this game can change the course of the result and if that goes in I think we can go on to punish you.

It looked like you deserved the win and a draw wouldn't have been an outrageous result either. I do disagree with you though that you think we will settle in the playoffs, and I think Brighton is the game that we definitely will be looking to get back into winning ways and get the show back on the road. If we get anything from Hull in midweek it is an added bonus, which will be tough without Murray.

I just think that Palace will be too strong for most teams at home, and that if we get just a tad more luck away from home, by getting the early goal we can go on to control games. I am only so confident in Palace this season as I have seen the opposition teams and no one is better than us, currently. So just have to hope we don't get injuries to Murray, Jedinek or Zaha, as then we could well then look mediocre.

[DungBeetle]

"Hoskins should be in the first 11 by next weekend though who looks v.v.good. "

I hope it's not Will Hoskins you are talking about or you will likely find youself let down I'm afraid.  Looked great for us for the odd game and then will vanish for the next 10 games.

[anthonyl]

Like what Watford fans said about will Buckley? (He is better than zaha).

[Ant040689]

Like what Watford fans said about will Buckley? (He is better than zaha).

You manager is a lunatic.