Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa Match Thread

[ozzjim]

Bailey is driving me bonkers

[ez]

We're looking like different gravy so far.

[Rudy65]

Bailey is driving me bonkers

Agreed but I like him. Real potential. Tricky looking winger. Just needs minutes

[Skerra]

I’ve got a treble on…Arsenal have already won, Liverpool 3-0 up. Have us down for a draw.. would happily take the loss on my treble if Villa can win.

[Keeno]

Bailey doesn't quite look match fit but is still showing a lot of creativity and promise. Which is significantly different to what we've seen thus far from Buendia

[Rudy Can't Fail]

The biggest change so far is we're hunting in packs, pressing them all over the pitch and when we get the ball out wide instead of hitting it down the line we're playing it inside which then gives us countless options. A great 45 minutes, we just need to keep focused and keep working the ball. A second will obviously kill the game, we're that good right now.

Struggling to think who we'd bring on from the bench as everybody is performing.

[andyh]

I think it’s noticeable how many first time passes we are making. That’s as a result of good movement around the player in possession

[KevinGage]

I think Marv has done quite nicely in that half.  He's still a bit limited with the ball, but three of four times he's won the ball when he had no right to, which is ultimately his job in this team.

Yes, and played the simple ball well.

Bailey still seems better coming off the bench.  But the only way to really build up his match fitness is give him minutes in this scenario.

[Demitri_C]

Bailey is driving me bonkers

He is but still showing more than buendia.

He just needs to pick the right pass quicker.

So far i like this style of football. More intense pressing and more possession with improved passing

Seems to be suiting our players bettertoo

[Chris_Jephcott]

Need to weather the early palace pressure this half

[jwarry]

Don’t sit back Villa!

[martyn ellis]

Reagan and Brian Little giving good and informed commentary - much better. BL's analysis is spot on.

[SamTheMouse]

Jesus how many fouls have they committed?

[jwarry]

Come on ref you can’t let get away with this you twat

[Toronto Villa]

We’re playing too deep to start the half. I know they’ve done little with it but we have to keep possession better. And Bailey needs to release the ball faster and move into space. This is the PL where a player like him won’t get time and he will be targeted to get him off his game.