Quote from: PeterWithe on April 27, 2025, 10:15:49 AMI've got no intention of watching the whole game again but there at the time, I didn't think Mateta played particularly well, he wasn't the threat against Torres I'd feared, it was elsewhere we lost the game. He played a fucking blinder on the telly.
I've got no intention of watching the whole game again but there at the time, I didn't think Mateta played particularly well, he wasn't the threat against Torres I'd feared, it was elsewhere we lost the game.
Yep, Cardiff would be prefect. I went years ago for a Play Off final with Walsall. It's a cracking ground.
Emery's favoured tactics are just particularly weak against the way Palace set up. We find it difficult against physical sides that get men behind the ball and break at pace in numbers.
I don't like semi-finals at Wembley, on the flipside if they were held at club grounds there'd be a lot less tickets. Yesterday would have been at Spurs or Arsenal, that's 8-10k fewer tickets for us. Considering the scramble for them as it was, imagine that scenario. Personally i'd do the semis in Cardiff, still a big ground and keeps Wembley for the final.
Quote from: Sexual Ealing on April 27, 2025, 10:20:52 AMQuote from: PeterWithe on April 27, 2025, 10:15:49 AMI've got no intention of watching the whole game again but there at the time, I didn't think Mateta played particularly well, he wasn't the threat against Torres I'd feared, it was elsewhere we lost the game. He played a fucking blinder on the telly.He was an absolute handful all game. He's a bit of strange one in that he looks very ungainly and not like a striker but he's very effective at what he does. Yesterday surely must be his best game for them. That run down the touchline after he'd dispossessed on of ours for the 100th time, was brilliant and the cross was perfect and should of led to another goal. I don't think it was a foul on Konsa either so that should of stood. Then there was his tackle on one of our players about 12 yards out lining up a shot. He was a solid 9/10 for them. Anyone thinking he wasn't really a problem for us must of been watching a different game to me.
Quote from: SamTheMouse on April 27, 2025, 10:36:27 AMEmery's favoured tactics are just particularly weak against the way Palace set up. We find it difficult against physical sides that get men behind the ball and break at pace in numbers. However 4-1 thrashing of Newcastle a few days ago would suggest otherwise.