Crystal Palace v Aston Villa Match Thread

[Dave]

Still no Helenius...

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

Weimann dropped is the best move PL has made today. Hope Albrighton gets on the pitch. Bacuna must be injured. But Westwood will be up for free kicks, and Bertrand and Lowton on each wing should be enough. 0-1 Come on Villa lets put this season to bed .........

[Stu]

Well. The set-up best bloody work otherwise it's going to go into meltdown on here.

Hope I'm posting about a win at five to five today.

[myf]

Not a lot of pace there. Miserable looking line up for me

[CJ]

Not looking good - the site which I never ever use but saw someone watching it once has been taken down & is under investigation by police. Looks like WM for me

[Toronto Villa]

Still no Helenius...

Didn't he just come back to training this week?

[beness]

And my live link is closed due to police investigation. GRRRRR

[pooligan]

Baker and Clark, oh my god, no clean sheet today then

[barrysleftfoot]

 Think Albrightons a bit unlucky not to be playing tbh.

 Just want PL gone tbh

[Yossarian]

Think Albrightons a bit unlucky not to be playing tbh.

 Just want PL gone tbh

I believe you.

[BILL DE VALL]

All matches kick off 7 mins late today -plus 1 mins silence

[VancouverLion]

Isn't it 4 at the back as Baker is playing? 

Feeling optimistic today and I don't quite know why.

Come on you Lions UTV

[Lamb_Stockmix]

Anyone hear about what Charlie Nicholas said on Soccer Saturday:

"I have it on very good authority from a mutual friend of ours, that Paul has been exceptionally close to deals for Barry, Lukaku, Sissoko, Holtby and Coutinho, only to have them fail at boardroom level. He knows what he needs to do, but I'm not sure the structure put in place there will ever allow him to do any better. He'd be the first to admit he's not doing great, but I'm told he's getting frustrated by the lack of ambition. It's a big summer because he's kept his part of the bargain now. I think he'll walk away if he's not given funds."

Interesting.

[ez]

Agbonlahor starting?

[Ger Regan]

Anyone here about what Charlie Nicholas said on Soccer Saturday:

"I have it on very good authority from a mutual friend of ours, that Paul has been exceptionally close to deals for Barry, Lukaku, Sissoko, Holtby and Coutinho, only to have them fail at boardroom level. He knows what he needs to do, but I'm not sure the structure put in place there will ever allow him to do any better. He'd be the first to admit he's not doing great, but I'm told he's getting frustrated by the lack of ambition. It's a big summer because he's kept his part of the bargain now. I think he'll walk away if he's not given funds."

Interesting.

Very worrying if true. Hard to know though, could well be a bit of self-preservation on Lambert's part to try and make himself look better.