Palace v Villa Post Match Hiding Place

[Dave P]

Is it not a bit unlucky to concede from the opposition's first shot on target so many times?

Twice is unlucky.  About 15 times is criminal.

[JUAN PABLO]

bet Malen is wondering what he has done wrong?  He has looked good when he has played , where Baileys whole season has been meh.

[AV82EC]

Well I’ve just watched the “highlights”. I assume the media team showed all of our chances which seemed to consist of two offside goals, the goal, hitting the bar and having one saved on the line whilst Palace scored 4.

On any other night that’s a 5-4 win so I really don’t see what you’re all moaning about.

[darren woolley]

We were bad last night really awful.

[murgsy]

The available squad is imbalanced. Injuries to key players have messed us up. We don’t have an experienced CM available to play.

Ollie misses too much as the main striker for an aspiring top 5 team and it’s costing us.

Konsa is in very poor form, too soft and not a leader at the back. I think we looked better with Disassi and Mings.

I’m not defending the selection but I think Unai was trying to find solutions to the problems.

Friday’s performance as well as next week’s  CL may tell us if he’s banking on winning a cup - otherwise it could be a sorry season.

I’m not bitter to losing to Palace. They are a good side, well coached, and brilliant on their day. We’re not entitled to an automatic win there

[Brazilian Villain]

The substitutions we baffling too.  Bailey for Garcia at RWB? Playing Rogers as a centre forward when Malen was on the Bench?  Rashbord and Asensio getting just 20 mins?  All very bizarre. 

Yeah, I wasn't keen on the subs last night. Didn't make much sense to me.

[Brazilian Villain]

We were bad last night really awful.

I've never seen you this angry, it must have been really bad.

[The Edge]

The disallowed Rogers goal in the first half was a really bad call in my opinion. Once again the clowns at Stockley Park decided to draw their stupid lines on the screen when it's impossible to tell which frame is the right one to use because every freeze frame just shows a blurry image of foot and ball so who knows for sure which one is correct? The frames are about 100th of a second. Go forward a frame and he's off, go back a frame and he's on. It's a joke. Why can't they just go with the attacker if it's too tight to call? Simple. They did exactly that for their third goal when the player who crossed the ball looked very close to offside but they took a millisecond to decide to give the goal without even trying to draw those stupid lines. Going in level at half time may or may not have made a difference but it all just seems so arbitrary. There's just no consistency with these VAR numptys.

[Nev]

Last night was a horrible watch post half time but having slept on it, and considering the way this season has gone it wasn't totally unpredictable.
And hallmark of Emery's reign is that when we're bad, we're awful. Not helped by the bizarre Bailey introduction.

It was also at Selhurst, VAR continues to infuriate, our injuries continue, as does the ridiculous calendar of matches.

It all helps to make a bit of a mad season where it's magic one minute and terrible the next.

I'm philosophical but still wish I didn't have to sit through that.

[brontebilly]

bet Malen is wondering what he has done wrong?  He has looked good when he has played , where Baileys whole season has been meh.

Put Malen at RWB and he would have struggled too. That was just a ridiculous change from Emery.

We ended up with Bailey at RWB, Rogers up front, not really sure where Asensio was meant to be and Rashford and Maatsen on top of each other on left. It was a complete shambles of Emery's making.

Half time sub should have been Bailey for Bogarde. 4 at back, Rogers in middle next to Watkins. There was no need to take off Ramsey or Watkins last night.

[LeeS]

At the 38 minute mark they put up a picture of a man and his son. The man must have recently died. The whole stadium applauded for a minute. I’m assuming the chap was 38 years old. His son looked about the same age as my eldest, maybe 7 or 8. It brought a tear to my eye and certainly provides a sense of perspective.

[tomd2103]

bet Malen is wondering what he has done wrong?  He has looked good when he has played , where Baileys whole season has been meh.

Guessing he might have been carrying or knock or not feeling great as it was otherwise pretty inexplicable why he didn't come on last night.

[Billy Walker]

That was our fourth game in ten days, I think, so it's little wonder Unai decided to rotate and rest players.  As others have said, it was a perfect storm of things working against us: scheduling, marginal VAR calls, injuries etc.  It happens - dust ourselves down and move on quickly.  UTV.

[tomd2103]

Last night was a horrible watch post half time but having slept on it, and considering the way this season has gone it wasn't totally unpredictable.

It always ooked a tough fixture given the run of games it was sandwiched in between.  Similar to the Wolves game, it was just not the kind of fixture I'd fancy our lot to be up for. 

Oh well, roll on Friday night and next Tuesday!

[Drummond]

We tried something different to counter their fast paced, strong front line and it didn't work out unfortunately. Their first shot on target was after a third of the game, that shows that it was working until that point.

Our first offside was annoying because the timing of the run v pass was out. The second one was so marginal it was about stride pattern. We could easily have been 3-1 up after an hour, instead found ourselves 2-1 down and then we lost all control and went to shit, whilst they stuck to their plan.

Kamara, Barkley and Onana would have made a difference last night, and a settled back 4 would too. But it wasn't to be.

Given the two games previously, and the run of games we're having, making such a big change in shape with a lack of preparation time on the pitch felt like a huge gamble to me.

Wghen I saw the lineup, I expected our formation to be more like

                     Martinez
Garcia       Konsa    Disasi     Digne
             Bogarde     McGinn
Rogers           Tielemans    Ramsey
                     Watkins

And I think it would have done better.