Thought the result was fair as tough as it was As I say let’s hope we buck our ideas up Not dropping points - pressure always builds that’s now gone and we will still have a lead Chelsea game now massive again
Wirtz needs to be dropped to the bench until he’s got the speed of the league sorted - tidy player but seems lightweight and is trying a little too hard now. We look far more balanced when we have last years three in the middle and Gapko on the left. We do miss Diaz imo. not getting Guehi looks like a massive miss too but not much we could do about that. well played Palace - they look very good and thoroughly deserved the win.
Just watching the highlights on YouTube. Wirtz has no excuse for not scoring from his chance. I’m not sure why Salah has his hand in the air for the Chiesa goal either
Sounds like we were a bit **** and deserved to lose. Palace seem to have our number at the moment, much like they had Man Citys a few years ago.
As I said to mito, you can argue all day about who, why and when someone should have scored (for either side) but it comes down to the goals that were actually scored. Palace got the luck today with the goals scored because one came from a corner that was a goal kick and the other came after the game should have been over. Whatever other arguments there are for who 'deserved" it, from my perspective, it comes down to the goals actually scored because they're the only ones that count. It works both ways, of course, we've had luck on our side too for some of our goals.
Longest unbeaten stretch in top 5 leagues. Was always a tough game. 1-1 would have been a decent result. Makes next two even more important now though, away to Chelsea who been down to 10 in last 2 games and might be short of CBs now but aLeah’s tricky game and then United after internationals
I still say slot should have left konate on, put chiesa for isak earlier and having seen the state of Jones put on.endo. We lost all shape once we had jones and szoboszlai at cm. Both isak and wirtz shot when they should habe passed. Thry were trying to hard
Salah again pulled down blatantly in the penalty area. Any other team, that's given. No matter how poor you play, you should still be refereed fairly. A scored penalty then, changes the game.
A bit like Forest last year - a team everyone expected us to beat and it seemed surprising when we lost, but it turned out they were actually decent.
If anyone is completely surprised at how decent palace were or how disjointed we looked at times needs to take off their rose tinted specs I’m afraid. No excuses. No ‘they got lucky’. No we should have had a penalty, No the referee was poor……we lost and the best team won. There is no other commentary required…this (dropping points) has been coming. Slot needs to look at the balance of the team because it is wrong…..and some big names need to be given time to bed in….it was inevitable that they would. Now let’s hope that Arsenal drop points - so that they can rejoice in Palace’s winner that took them above Arsenal Let’s never be like them.
Konate was horrendous, might have helped for the long throw at the end but he was absolutely bullied all game and looked nervous as ****
Palace corner kick that resulted in the first goal was a goalkiick. Nevertheless,we must not take away anything away from Palace because we're very poor.
B Begs the question, having spent all that money in the Summer and given last year’s performance, where do we go from here? Konate has been all over the place this season, Gomez had a nightmare against Southampton, Frimpong and Wirtz are really struggling to get to grips with the Premier League and Isak is still short of fitness. One big positive is Chiesa. The set up is not working and we are vulnerable . We have seen this in most of the games so far. Chelsea is massive now
My rankings; Ally; 8 Would have been 4, or 5-0 by half-time without him. Bradders; 5 Defensively woeful, better going forward. Konate: 2 Just a fat mess. Virgil: 5 Our best defender - and he was pants. Kerkez: 4 The lad takes one step forward - then takes two steps back. As much to blame for their 2nd as anyone, as he refused a simple clearance on his right foot so he could spin onto his left and hoy it into touch 20 metres outside our box. As cool as a cucumber that's been in the microwave for an hour and then roasted in the air fryer. Gravy: 5 Worst game for a year. That header that led to their first says everything needed to be said about him deputising at CB. Macca: 4 ****e Szobbo: 6 Easily our best outfield player. Mo: 4 Airy-fairy Isak: 5 Missed a sitter, looked like Ekitike's understudy who wasn't ready for his chance. Wirtz: 3 Non-existent in the first half. More involved in the 2nd, but should be benched for Chiesa now. Subs; Gakpo: 5 Efffort, but no quality. Frimpong: 4 Everywhere losing the ball. Jones: 5 As mediocre as mediocre gets. Chiesa: 6 One close effort before getting his goal. A quantum leap of threat compared to Wirtz. Rio: 5 Never got much of a chance, in fairness, and Gakpo was in his space. Team: 4 Bubble has burst. We knew this would be difficult - our most difficult game of the season. The defence was abysmal, the midfield was dire, and the attack was lamentable. Yet it probably wasn't our worst performance this season - it's just that we've gotten away with it so far.
