Palace v Villa Post Match Hiding Place

[Hampshire Villa]

I’m dreading the visit of Southampton.

[andyh]

Compare defences.
Palace had a set of players who relished defending. Attacking every ball.
Trying to be first to everything. Being aggressive and dominant.

Our lot are so timid in comparison. I know we have injuries but they approach each game the same regardless of who is playing.
Jockeying rather than attacking, jogging rather than running and overplaying to the max.

Palaces first goal was a prime example. The ball goes out wide. Palace players race to be first to it, our defenders jog out behind them, allowing Palace to collect the free ball, with us making no attempt to be first to the the ball.

The one thing they are all incredibly good at though, with Konsa being king, is fucking pointing.

[Somniloquism]

Minging team selection. Minging performance.

Team selection could have worked better in a formation most of the players knew. But to try them in a once in a blue-moon formation which inevitably lets in goals the few times it has been tried was an awful decision. To then compound that with the subs into the same formation at half time was just asking for disaster. What was wrong with Bogarde in CDM with Konsa left centre and Disasi right, or even the same forward line that ended the last game?

[Olneythelonely]

From the manager to our subs, not a single wage earned today. Emery needs a week between games, otherwise it all seems panicked.

3 at the back. Rogers being flogged to death. Bailey coming on as a wingback. All had a touch of desperation to it.

Another pathetic showing away from home. Another terrible defensive performance. Not too good going forward either.

[Demitri_C]

Embarrassing  performance

In my eyes a totally unacceptable  defensive  display

The way we collapse at times is utterly pathetic 3 fucking 1 against palace?

We dont deserve  chanpions league based on league form. Just not good enough

4-1

I wanted to make myself feel better 😔

[enigma]

I'll be  surprised if Konsa is in Tuchel's first squad. he's been out of sorts for a while now.

[aj2k77]

Konsa and Bailey are massive weak links in the side. Application and performance.

[BoVillan esq]

We got well and truly squeezed out of that.

Its a bit like:

The Indians send signals from the rocks above the pass
The cowboys take position in the bushes and the grass
The squaw is with the corporal, she is tied against the tree
She doesn't mind the language, it's the beating she don't need
She lets loose all the horses when the corporal is asleep
And he wakes to find the fire's dead and arrows in his hats
And Davy Crockett rides around and says it's cool for cats
It's cool for cats (cool for cats)

[London Villan]

I'd love an insight into Unai's logic tonight.

He had a very adequate back 4 at his disposal, Garcia, Konsa, Desasi, Digne, and could have then used Bogarde as a defensive midfielder and still had McGinn and Tielemans in midfield.

Odd not to start at least one of the loanees up front after Saturday too.

[bilsim]

Usually fairly level headed after a loss but that one hurt. I genuinely cannot see us qualifying for any form of European football next season and with that, many of our starting xi will be off.

[martyn ellis]

Yes but ... OK we were poor but looked good at the beginning. Watkins' 'equaliser' was not offside (can't understand how they worked that one out), For the VAR check on their goal they didn't even seem to check the pass to Wharton before the cross. Clutching at straws maybe but a big difference if those decisions had gone for us.

[ChicagoLion]

3 at the back worked great until a  Palace attack.
You are at an immediate disadvantage if you change your system to match the opposition who are used to playing that system. It just compounds the problem of continually having to change the defence.
At least we know that CL qualification is over and can concentrate on the cups.

[LukeJames]

Bailey as RWB. Sometimes these managers try to be too clever.

[PaulWinch again]

From the manager to our subs, not a single wage earned today. Emery needs a week between games, otherwise it all seems panicked.

3 at the back. Rogers being flogged to death. Bailey coming on as a wingback. All had a touch of desperation to it.

Another pathetic showing away from home. Another terrible defensive performance. Not too good going forward either.

That’s the thing our away form is crushingly repetitive, albeit this was the nadir (I hope!). It’s the same stuff all the time.

Also the goal we got was from being more direct - any sense we should adapt and go more direct in this game as a result? Not stick to the plan, ignore the warnings of McGinn nearly losing it in front of goal, persist, then he does give it away which leads to the second and it collapses.

[London Villan]

I'm not one to criticise Watkins either but the difference in the finish of Matteta's chance and Oli's was a bit embarrassing.