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Match Crystal Palace v. Tottenham Hotspur - Sunday, December 13, 2:15 PM GMT
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And today we stopped trying and invited them on. Our players looked shot of any energy and that's understandable given the work rate in recent weeks. So had change tactics a bit and play on the front foot. This was palace not city or Chelsea.
Probably a special exception to toughen Dele up - I expect the rest have them!
I don't think peeps are genuinely blaming the result on it as much as offering up a fairer reflection upon the play.... Complaints about sitting back aside, we had all the best chances.
The irony of all this is we have some peeps saying shit like "the XG factor was always gonna catch up with us eventually"...... I haven't seen any stats, but SURELY we smashed CP on that front?
To me it looks like Jose will never deviate from the Sissoko/PEH duo unless the following happens:
- We are losing a game with 20 mins to go
- Injuries
I think he prioritises not losing to such an extent that it's difficult for him to go gung-ho unless absolutely necessary.
Again, over the course of a season this could work but I think there is a fine balance to be found between avoiding losses and taking on a bit more risk to try to find two extra points.
Obviously man for man we have more talented players than Palace so why was it they who controlled the game?
I fully back the approach against the big teams and we have seen the results but I don't think it makes sense against lesser teams.
Jose is known for adapting his team to counter opposition strengths so I am surprised to see him apparently adopt this blanket approach.
At some point he has to find a way for us to consistently put lesser teams to the sword, though as Fulham are showing nothing is guaranteed in this league.
- We are losing a game with 20 mins to go
- Injuries
I think he prioritises not losing to such an extent that it's difficult for him to go gung-ho unless absolutely necessary.
Again, over the course of a season this could work but I think there is a fine balance to be found between avoiding losses and taking on a bit more risk to try to find two extra points.
Obviously man for man we have more talented players than Palace so why was it they who controlled the game?
I fully back the approach against the big teams and we have seen the results but I don't think it makes sense against lesser teams.
Jose is known for adapting his team to counter opposition strengths so I am surprised to see him apparently adopt this blanket approach.
At some point he has to find a way for us to consistently put lesser teams to the sword, though as Fulham are showing nothing is guaranteed in this league.
Sigh...usual run of good results against top teams and then this...
We played open in the first half and they were battering us
Back to the drawing board for you
Shall I PM you my address.... We can see how that shit pans out, tough guy?
He does take good free kicks. Maybe Harry should let him have those more often
By the way, they are currently winning 1-0.
I just think you want this !
If that's what you cal battering then they were absolutely destroying us for most of the second half. You saw what happened when we went for it late on, they never got near us. Pinned them back and kept it there, won free kicks top half of the pitch.
There seems to be a recurring problem with our 2nd half performances. The quality of the passing, the movement, the incisiveness etc all seem to fade in the 2nd.
Even the Chelsea game in which neither side was great, we looked dangerous in the first and non-existent in our goal threat in the 2nd. Same with the Arse game in which they had the better of the 2nd half, although i guess some would say that was part of the plan.
These 2nd half performances were gonna come back to haunt us and today we suffered for it. If we go into the Pool game still top, we've got away with it.
It seems like a mentality thing, as soon as Palace scored we suddenly looked threatening and urgent again
Even the Chelsea game in which neither side was great, we looked dangerous in the first and non-existent in our goal threat in the 2nd. Same with the Arse game in which they had the better of the 2nd half, although i guess some would say that was part of the plan.
These 2nd half performances were gonna come back to haunt us and today we suffered for it. If we go into the Pool game still top, we've got away with it.
It seems like a mentality thing, as soon as Palace scored we suddenly looked threatening and urgent again
Assuming you have have an allergy to old nuts then lol hopefully Scotty helps us out.
Don´t forget we were only joint leaders!
They didn’t have a shot on target all second half and lloris gave them a goal
If that was your take-away from that clip; you weren't listening.
Well doesn't that say it wasn't a size issue afterall then?