Crystal Palace v Aston Villa Post Debacle Thread

[Drummond]

Not much to say.

[villadelph]

Someone had to do it..

McGinn, Digne and Konsa were 0/10 for me.

I can’t believe this is where we are with a full and decent preseason. I hope the owners can be as ruthless and driven as they claim to be. We will finish lower than last year going this route.

Leon, Buendia, Emi (barring some poor distribution) and Coutinho are the only ones to come away with any sort of credit.

This is pretty dire stuff and if we stick with this variant of a 4-3-3 we will continue to get thrashed. We couldn’t get the ball to Ollie or Leon for the majority of the game.

Sadly, I don’t see this ending well. I’m angry with myself already checking to see when we will get some relief with the World Cup break.

If you thought Gerrard was under pressure before, he’s up against it now. Lord knows what the table will look like after we play Citeh the first week of September.

[PeterWithesShin]

Positives
It was only 3

[Exeter 77]

Gerrard out. That is all.

[Keeno]

3 wins in 14. After the next three games it'll be 3 in 17.

[Chris_Jephcott]

It’s time. Already. Disappointed. Very angry at today’s performance. There’s a gulf developing between where we are and where our rivals are.

[four fornicholl]

Schooled by Crystal Palace!! Crystal Fucking Palace!!! Let that sink in.

[Brazilian Villain]

Disappointing.

[Steve67]

We either bring in another couple of quality players, sensible, winners, or we are going to struggle.  I don't know whether it's the Manager or the purchases as we seem as ordinary a fuck.  I used the term Frankenstein's monster in the match thread and will stick to that.

[Deano's Mullet]

Shambles since Boxing Day. Improvement? We are worse than we were when Dean was sacked. Lower half finish again this season unless someone who knows what they are doing comes.in. The squad is better than this.

[Axl Rose]

We need a better manager. Urgently.

[Nii Lamptey]

We either bring in another couple of quality players, sensible, winners, or we are going to struggle.  I don't know whether it's the Manager or the purchases as we seem as ordinary a fuck.  I used the term Frankenstein's monster in the match thread and will stick to that.

Adding further expensive signings to the mix is like using £50 notes as sticking plasters! We have a squad MORE THAN capable of competing in the top half of the table - The manager however, far from it!

[Brend'Watkins]

All the things Gerrard was good at as a player we don’t posses. Drive, attitude, fight, awareness. Where’s the coaching.

[villadelph]

All the things Gerrard was good at as a player we don’t posses. Drive, attitude, fight, awareness. Where’s the coaching.

I’m interested to hear Footy’s opinion on the matter.

[Vegas]

There were a lot of negatives today. Konsa is shot. Digne’s defensive positioning is awful. We’re woefully short in midfield. Our defensive tactics are genuinely inept. Could have been 5 quite easily. Ramsey needs a break. McGinn should not be captain.

About the only positive is we did actually create a bit. A good earlygoal, Bailey hit the crossbar, a good save from Buendia and Olly’s half chance header late on is not terrible for an attacking return.

This is not the time or the place but I’m quite impressed with how Palace have built a decent side. I think they could be top 8 this year. But the lessons are there in that they’ve bought genuine young talent.