Crystal Palace 1-0 Man City please log in to view this image Neil Johnston BBC Sport at Wembley Oliver Glasner cannot believe what he has just seen. A first meaningful attack by his team and - bang! Eberechi Eze has been waiting for that moment all his career. Let go by Arsenal. Released by Fulham and Reading. Trials at Bristol City and Sunderland that came to nothing. Told by Millwall: "thanks, but no thanks." All before the age of 18. And now he's just scored in the FA Cup final. On the BBC, NO mention of QPR typical!!
Could you imagine us being 1-0 up here and they announce ten mins added on (rightly)? I’d probably throw up.
*On further reflection, not sure how the FA are responsible for the ref adding 10 minutes. Just another example of how everything goes against the 'smaller' teams.
Thought City was poor, too negative & slow in build up bit like us at times & crossing was poor, Henderson MoM but should he had been sent off I reckon so
Congratulations Eze and great to see Palace lift the cup. Always prefer the underdogs over the giants of the game especially as they are all guilty of buying success.
Pleased Palace won as continue to dislike City for what they represent. However, I would feel very aggrieved over 'handling outside the area gate' if that happened against QPR. I thought it was a red and the verbal manipulations required to make it not so are suspicious.
Makes you feel so proud about Ebs..... delighted for him..... So funny about Qatar City....Haarland is a flat track bully......
Try this: BBC News - Eberechi Eze: Crystal Palace forward on tears of rejection ahead of FA Cup final - BBC Sport https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cy0k9p4l08lo
We Well. What comes around goes around. Not sure about the verbal manipulations. Having regard to all the relevant factors it was a decision that was open to the ref or whoever decided it. So nice not to hear Guardiola's victory speech how brilliant they would have been against ten men. And how fantastic they are against all the odds and the hatred they have to endure. At a cost of several billion they bloody well should be.
Pleased for Palace and Eze, but the VAR non-interventions were bizarre. It's 100% a red card for handling outside the box and the fella definitely got a touch on the ball for the penalty that was given. Stupid challenge, though.
Will be interesting to see if Palace cash in on one or 2 of their high value assets and use the cash to bolster their squad with up and coming starlets. They will need to add to the squad now that they have European commitments. What a great position to be in and here’s hoping they cash in on Eze (for our sakes)
On the way to Bwood for the Conference South final. A match that is sure to be talked about for minutes if not hours to come.
As a neutral (for Palace), I would hate to see their team broken up and the club cash in. Clubs ambitions should be to progress on the field, unfortunately sometimes success is just seen as a shop window.
The problem for any team that is successful is they will always be picked off by bigger teams that can offer higher wages or higher level of football. Palace will be cornered by FFP which will limit their scope in recruiting as well so it will be sell to buy cheaper. They should enjoy their success as in the modern game it will be fleeting, look at Leicester now less than ten years after being champions they've had two relegations, Portsmouth and Wigan didn't fare too well after their successes...
