Crystal Palace FC Thread + Premiership Palaver

[Ant040689]

How did he determine his pace from looking at his record?

Press would be having a field day if a Di Canio said something similar

He's dropped the ball here? I don't know what more can be said really. Terrible situation all of Holloway's making. He just needs to make sure this doesn't create any knock on effect to our team morale. But I don't know how it couldn't. Real sloppiness here.

[Ant040689]

This is alright.

[anthonyl]

Crystal Palace: Speroni, Mariappa, Gabbidon, Delaney, Moxey, Dikgacoi, Jedinak, Campana, Puncheon, Chamakh, Gayle. Subs: Phillips, O'Keefe, Kebe, Alexander, Jerome, Bannan, Guedioura.

This team actually looks OK if you ignore the back 4 which is in no doubt the worst ever in the prem. Thinking about it, the Newcastle back four looks very good compared to this...!

[pleno1]

Newcastle back four has 2 clean sheets. The Argentinian national team centre half and one of the best goalkeepers behind them

[anthonyl]

Newcastle back four has 2 clean sheets. The Argentinian national team centre half and one of the best goalkeepers behind them

Yeah, but Argentinas defence isn't the greatest

[Ant040689]

Unfortunate way to lose. Would say we were going to go down to 10 men regardless of if it was a penalty or not, so with a whole half to go and 10 men, we were huge favourites to lose. However, on what I saw of the second half, perhaps Palace could have held on to the 0-0.

Gayle was close and if that went in, it would have been hilarious.

I think Speroni was at fault for the Rooney free kick, got to his right way too slowly.

[Ant040689]

Can anyone give me an update on the game if they are watching it please? I know we are 2-0 down but have we been in it at all?

[TightEnd]

the BBC MOTD Commentator on twitter

"Swansea could have had six. Palace never recovered from a slow start."

[anthonyl]

di canio sacked.

Di matteo or poyet for the job?

[Chompy]

1/3 Di Matteo, 8 Poyet.

[Ant040689]

Palace performance marred by the absence of Dikagcoi. He and Jedinak would have been far more alert in the system that they know well, not to allow Michu the space he got for his first goal. We had Guediora in there instead who I don't rate from what I have seen. Seems flimsy and unreliable.

We're missing the style of play that we had last year and that is hitting either wing with two skillful players on either side and having someone lethal in the middle.

As it stands it looks like we are playing two centre forwards with one slightly deeper, and only a right winger with the left wing completely bare.

I think Holloway has noticed the lack of cohesion and is going to love the fact that Bolasie should be back in the side shortly as that is a genuine pacy attacking flair on one wing, annoying though that by being out he may be some way off of fitness, but will have to be patient here.

We were missing a centre back for the whole second half too when Delaney went off injured and Jedinak had to play there.

So I think this game is a little bit of a match we will just have to forget about and hopefully something will click in the next coming games.

Two attacking wingers and one up front with two defensive midfielders is what I think the policy should be. The old 4-2-3-1 that we used, in a lot of cases last season, to devastating effect.

[DungBeetle]

Absurd to sack Di Canio this early.  He's just bought an entire squad and needed time to work.  What if new bloke wants a different 1st XI.

If a player doesn't like being critisized for the bad start then the chairman should remind him that he is a highly paid employee and works for the manager.

Spineless.

[Acidmouse]

Absurd to sack Di Canio this early.  He's just bought an entire squad and needed time to work.  What if new bloke wants a different 1st XI.

If a player doesn't like being critisized for the bad start then the chairman should remind him that he is a highly paid employee and works for the manager.

Spineless.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2429468/Paolo-Di-Canio-sacked-Sunderland-ANOTHER-bust-players.html

pretty much no choice...total looney

[DungBeetle]

Only in football are the employees allowed to shirk all responsibility for complete failure to carry out their jobs correctly.  "Just give me my 50k a week, and if I play badly then it's the manager's fault."

The board knew what they were getting with Di Canio.  If the tattooed pansies don't like being held to account by their boss, then stick them in the reserves and fine them 2 weeks wages.  And if they keep grizzling them sack them for gross misconduct with no payoff.

If the Sunderland board didn't want discipline then they should have hired a manager who likes to be all pally with the players like Steve McLaren.

[Acidmouse]

calling them out in public is a no no..simples...

questioning O'sheas commitment and passion for the game in public is a no no..

You cannot do old school on Prem players these days, they have to be treated a certain way. Discipline is fine but ridiculing them and not allowing them to speak to so called "normal" staff is absurd.

The boards fault, they should have hired him for the season and got rid when he kept them up.