Palace v Spurs 11th Sept 12:30 - Selhurst Park

[Yid_1984]

Playing effectively with 9 players with Dele and Winks starting

Gil should be a starter from now along with Ndombele

 

[Igula]

No pretending involved. It is my belief that that play doesn't exist for us at the present because Kane carries no threat in behind.

He was manhandled by Guehi today and 19yo Fofana last season. It's gonna hit you like a ton of bricks when you realize/admit it.

There were no other players that high or stationary where the CBs could find shade. #EnglishOak

You said we as a team had 0 threat today...yet Kane was the tip of our very flaccid spear. Surely he is at least partially responsible for our lack of threat.

He didn’t get handled by Guehi today as he had no opportunity to handle him or not. Do not know when he got handled Fofana either.

There was no threat because we had no midfield or wingers worth a damn. Kane was the only option.

 

[Trimpler]

No-one is saying that but he massively changes that god awful midfield three

Fair comment.

 

[Trimpler]

Remember the good times under Jose!

 

[False 9]

Unbelievably ENIC we’re under huge pressure to get this summer right and they fucked it massively again. How long can they continue to fuck this up.

 

[1882]

I've said this all season, but our results and performances have been worryingly close to those of AVBs infamous second season.
Narrow, barely interesting 1-0 wins and then out of nowhere, get utterly trashed by a supposedly 2nd rate team. That season it was West Ham, this season it's obviously Palace.
The twatting came a little earlier than that season.
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We also got one of our bi-annual "everything that could go wrong, did go wrong derby" games out of the way!!!!

 

[Steve007]

Just watched us on MoTD, was hoping we'd look better on a second run, but it really was as bad as I remembered.

 

[Shadydan]

Not trying to be knee jerk but that was up there as one of the worst performances since pre Redknapp days. I don’t actually remember the last time we played 90 minutes without even creating a half chance. Holy fook that was as bad as I’ve ever seen.

Brighton away last season, Chelsea at home.

But yes it was dire.

 

[Shades]

Same, just watched MOTD, it really did look Bad. Was made worse by following the UTD game and seeing their embarrassment of riches that they can put on the pitch - We are miles away from them (and others).

 

[Spanish Spur]

Same, just watched MOTD, it really did look Bad. Was made worse by following the UTD game and seeing their embarrassment of riches that they can put on the pitch - We are miles away from them (and others).

It looks like our recruitment team consider this season a write off as they rebuild the squad over a few transfer windows. If that’s the case, why did we keep Kane?

 

[Kid Chameleon]

Yep huge indictment. There is containment and there is context. To be as blunt when Palace are the opponent is pretty damn poor.

To be fair to Palace, they have been due a win for a little while now and, from what I've seen, they've generally played better than their results suggested and Connor Gallagher looks like a very promising talent.

They won the match fair and square and capitalised on our poor performance. Good luck to them.

 

[Nutter-Naylor]

 

[Bill Madrid]

It's easy to blame Winks but I think he was the best of the Dynamic Three in the first half (which I admit isn't saying a great deal).

There, I've said it.

Skipp for me was the poorest of the bunch. Jenas said he didn't look 100% fit, I reckon he was right.

 

[Yiddy]

There has been a lack of creative players in this side for 2 years now. We've finally got one in gil and after today there is no excuse for not playing him. Get him in the side for dele or bergwijn I dont care who but we need someone with a bit of guile like eriksen used to have.

 

[docomospur]

Just watched us on MoTD, was hoping we'd look better on a second run, but it really was as bad as I remembered.

Salute, sir, for even attempting to rewatch that horror show

 

[SpurFromOz]

It's easy to blame Winks but I think he was the best of the Dynamic Three in the first half (which I admit isn't saying a great deal).

There, I've said it.

Skipp for me was the poorest of the bunch. Jenas said he didn't look 100% fit, I reckon he was right.

There were plenty of poor performances, but yes Skipp didn't look right to me.

I am honestly struggling to recall a game were we created less. And we know there have been some rippers to chose from recently.

 

[Maureen]

The negative tactics to start I can forgive, given the absentees in the squad. To not change it at half time is the unacceptable part.

There are lots of managers who play 10 man situations that way, the idea being keeping the door locked, even at 1-0 down, offers the best chance to nick something from the game.

There's an argument for it.

But you need better forward player than dele to try to nick. Gil May have come on and beaten a couple of players on the counter and created a chance. Dele just fumbles. There was one moment in the 2nd half where we countered he had the ball around half way line and just kept hold of the ball instead of realising the ball to reg on the overlapp. He left it too late and by the time he passed it pushed reg out towards corner flag and momentum was lost.

 

[Jackcock]

Worst game ever since I got Spurs fan.....wasted my time

 

[Zomb]

It looks like our recruitment team consider this season a write off as they rebuild the squad over a few transfer windows. If that’s the case, why did we keep Kane?

And why not push players like Devine etc into the first team

 

[Don Corleone]

Just watched us on MoTD, was hoping we'd look better on a second run, but it really was as bad as I remembered.

It’s hard too take and watch isn’t it. We were literally on the cusp of something massive a few years back and the club completely fucked it. No chance we get there again for at least the next 10 years in my opinion. Chelsea, City, Liverpool and United are literally on another planet too us. I’m really jealous of just how good Chelsea are and also United now with Ronaldo. Clubs that strive to achieve success by purchasing the right players at the right time. No way we are pushing them or the others out the top 4 in the near future.