Crystal Palace 3-2 Utterly inept Aston Villa

[SoccerHQ]

Pretty much carbon copy of Burnley away.

Were excellent first half and well on top and should've been more than 1-2 up.

Second half they get the ball forward quicker and we really struggle. If it wasn't Hause heading crosses away no one else did and it eventually cost us the winner.

Rubbish game to lose, we are useless season in season out at Selhurst, hate us playing there.

[mrfuse]

I have no idea what formation or shape we ended that game. A desperate attempt to get as many attackers on the pitch as possible with no plan how too get the ball to them. It was very Lambert Bradford.

I cant say I'm a big fan of just throwing on every striker we have, especially since none of them are very good.

[KevinGage]

Promising start, but the balance is all wrong in midfield even without Barkley treading water.

I'm not going to slag a young player like Ramsey, but he doesn't look ready yet. Lets his man wander, not especially creative with the ball and doesn't get his shots away quick enough. He can still come good and this season may be invaluable for his development.

But today (and for other games this season) we've needed a physical presence in there alongside Luiz to do the dirty work and take the pressure off him.

McGinn can put a foot in, don't get me wrong.  But let him do that higher up the pitch. So we're defending from the front when we need to.

Better wide options required as well.

[Damo70]

A mostly decent first half and then we got worse the longer the second half went on.

[CT]

That second half is as bad as it gets for me.

Traore should be docked his wages for that pitiful effort. Ramsey was clearly having no influence on the game but managed to stay on almost until the end.

To lead the game, twice, and still lose so badly is just not good enough. A lot of players and staff need to have a good look at themselves tonight.

[fredm]

Got what we deserved  --  nothing.
Played as if it was a testimonial and we were the fancy dans people had come to watch.

[Villan82]

I hope he rips into them. Unacceptable and happening too often.

Not enough bottle out there today.

[AlexAlexCropley]

And I thought we were worse without Traore

[N'ZMAV]

Smith just throwing strikers on baffles me - especially as we generally lose games in the midfield area. Throwing strikers on who have about 6 goals in probably 100 games between them.....

[Legion]

Not great at all.

[Aldridge Villa]

Where do you start picking the bones out of that carcass? Probably midfield, as a unit very iffy since January.

[Smirker]

Deserved to lose. Very shit. Oh well.

[Axl Rose]

I feel kind of used to such performances nowadays. Players and management don't seem to improve week upon week, poor tactics and craply timed, pointless substitutions. This has been us since January.

We were lovely to watch for about 20 minutes of that game, and played like a league 2 team for the majority of the second half. God only knows what they do in training. Not really a fan of 5 or 6 of today's starters, and although it's nice to not worry about relegation, the style of football we largely play is bland, inept and ineffective.

[DB]

We were good 1st half until we scored. Ramsey, young but does not like he is up to it. 2nd half was just pathetic.

[OzVilla]

Good in the 1st half, moved it well and should have lead by more. Absolute car crash 2nd half. I’m nervous if I’m Smith as that performance must have impatient Billionaires mumbling.

Grealish, if he ain’t ready for Villa forget England. He’s way off.

Ramsey, no idea what he is.

Elmo, thanks but that’s your lot.