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Online eamonn

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Re: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa pre match soul searching
« Reply #15 on: January 04, 2026, 02:51:26 AM »
They looked spent at home to Fulham the other night and should have lost. They also have one less day to recover than us. It's now or never for Emery to show he can beat Glasner. If not, I'd lose faith and hope we have Ollie at the wheel when his contract at Palace expires at the end of the season.

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Re: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa pre match soul searching
« Reply #16 on: January 04, 2026, 05:40:24 AM »
It’s about time.

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Re: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa pre match soul searching
« Reply #17 on: January 04, 2026, 07:34:47 AM »
Newbie Brennan Johnson will give them some new legs and perhaps a little inspiration: logic says we should win this, but ... can we lift the hex they have on us?

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Re: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa pre match soul searching
« Reply #18 on: January 04, 2026, 08:58:58 AM »
If we beat Palace, AT Palace, I will believe anything is possible this season...

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Re: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa pre match soul searching
« Reply #19 on: January 04, 2026, 09:07:34 AM »
It's the karma from that outrageous (but slightly undeserved) Duran winner at VP a few years back.

Equaliser I think. DL then scored an injury-time penalty and Bailey finished them off.

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Re: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa pre match soul searching
« Reply #20 on: January 04, 2026, 09:31:22 AM »
It's the karma from that outrageous (but slightly undeserved) Duran winner at VP a few years back.

Equaliser I think. DL then scored an injury-time penalty and Bailey finished them off.
That's right. A mad remontada. It was like all our birthdays and Christmases coming at once.

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Re: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa pre match soul searching
« Reply #21 on: January 04, 2026, 10:19:28 AM »
Do we have to!
Be good to have Onana back.
Feck it
1-3 us (Watkins, Rogers, Malen from the bench)

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Re: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa pre match soul searching
« Reply #22 on: January 04, 2026, 10:20:41 AM »
Do we have to!
Be good to have Onana back.

Wasn't the talk that he was going to be out longer than Mings and Pau, and that we won't be seeing them until mid-January?

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Re: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa pre match soul searching
« Reply #23 on: January 04, 2026, 10:37:36 AM »
Do we have to!
Be good to have Onana back.

Wasn't the talk that he was going to be out longer than Mings and Pau, and that we won't be seeing them until mid-January?
Ah ok, I hadn’t heard that! Same team as yesterday then potentially. Might be tempted to start Bogarde instead of Beundia

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Re: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa pre match soul searching
« Reply #24 on: January 04, 2026, 10:52:51 AM »
1-1

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Re: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa pre match soul searching
« Reply #25 on: January 04, 2026, 11:04:45 AM »
This will see the Palace curse laid to rest.  1 (because we don't keep clean sheets) - 3

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Re: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa pre match soul searching
« Reply #26 on: January 04, 2026, 11:24:19 AM »
I’m strangely confident about this game.  A low scoring defeat it is. 

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Re: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa pre match soul searching
« Reply #27 on: January 04, 2026, 11:39:58 AM »
Do we have to!
Be good to have Onana back.

Wasn't the talk that he was going to be out longer than Mings and Pau, and that we won't be seeing them until mid-January?
Think it was something like a week to 10 days for Mings and Pau. Onana was just "longer".

On the post match tunnel clips yesterday, Onana didn't seem to be carrying an    obvious injury, so let's hope it isn't much "longer".

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Re: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa pre match soul searching
« Reply #28 on: January 04, 2026, 12:24:13 PM »
This is the day when Wr Fuck Them Over. 2 fewer games than then in last 3 weeks and extra day rest.

Ollie at the double. Malen to bag a late un

1.3

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Re: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa pre match soul searching
« Reply #29 on: January 04, 2026, 02:17:02 PM »
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