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Author Topic: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa pre match soul searching  (Read 6322 times)

Offline RamboandBruno

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Re: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa pre match soul searching
« Reply #45 on: January 05, 2026, 09:52:19 AM »
For this think I’d go with

Martinez
Cash
Konsa
Lindelof
Digne
Kamara
Bogarde
McGinn
Watkins
Rogers
Tielemans

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Re: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa pre match soul searching
« Reply #46 on: January 05, 2026, 09:54:51 AM »
For this think I’d go with

Martinez
Cash
Konsa
Lindelof
Digne
Kamara
Bogarde
McGinn
Watkins
Rogers
Tielemans
So would I.

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Re: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa pre match soul searching
« Reply #47 on: January 05, 2026, 09:59:33 AM »
For this think I’d go with

Martinez
Cash
Konsa
Lindelof
Digne
Kamara
Bogarde
McGinn
Watkins
Rogers
Tielemans
So would I.

Me too, their poor form and thin squad makes them ripe for a 'keep it tight for an hour then blow them away' approach with Buendia and Malen offering the fresh impetus.

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Re: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa pre match soul searching
« Reply #48 on: January 05, 2026, 10:00:22 AM »
Hadn't realised how poor their form was, seven matches without a win now.

Dropped from fifth to fourteenth and from a quick glance of one of their forums, they all seem pretty keen to bin Glasner off now rather than waiting until the end of the season.

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Re: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa pre match soul searching
« Reply #49 on: January 05, 2026, 10:09:39 AM »
Hadn't realised how poor their form was, seven matches without a win now.

Dropped from fifth to fourteenth and from a quick glance of one of their forums, they all seem pretty keen to bin Glasner off now rather than waiting until the end of the season.

He gives off big 'I'm doing you a favour being here' vibes, which in fairness is probably true. They're well overdue a spell renewing their rivalry with other nothing London club neighbours Charlton and Millwall.

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Re: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa pre match soul searching
« Reply #50 on: January 05, 2026, 10:10:33 AM »
Hadn't realised how poor their form was, seven matches without a win now.

Dropped from fifth to fourteenth and from a quick glance of one of their forums, they all seem pretty keen to bin Glasner off now rather than waiting until the end of the season.

He gives off big 'I'm doing you a favour being here' vibes, which in fairness is probably true. They're well overdue a spell renewing their rivalry with other nothing London club neighbours Charlton and Millwall.

Brighton

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Re: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa pre match soul searching
« Reply #51 on: January 05, 2026, 10:12:19 AM »
Well he'll probably piss off to Man Utd now anyway.

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Re: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa pre match soul searching
« Reply #52 on: January 05, 2026, 01:51:31 PM »
Ah, here we are again. The land of many memories and all of them horrible. Easter Monday '87, Gary Thompson and The Firm 1990, losing on penalties in the fog and journeys, oh those endless journeys. What about Dalian in '92? Yes, I conspired to miss that one bright spot, the only game I missed in that entire season.

I haven't been for years, and let's face it don't intend to ever go back at my age - so good fortune and fortitude to those that are.

Everything, in our little world on here at least, points to a loss whereas the outside world will see us as favourites and rightly they should.

We will have too much, the joy on here will be unconfined until we realise the next fixture is in THE Cup, and we revert to type of course.

0-2

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Re: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa pre match soul searching
« Reply #53 on: January 05, 2026, 01:54:17 PM »
It's almost a scandal that they get away with that away stand in this day and age. They deserve relegation for that alone.

Offline aj2k77

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Re: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa pre match soul searching
« Reply #54 on: January 05, 2026, 02:38:48 PM »
I remember losing to these muppets back in 92 going for the title. The bloke who scored never scored a single goal before or after for Palace. It was also his only ever goal in the top flight.

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Re: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa pre match soul searching
« Reply #55 on: January 05, 2026, 02:57:13 PM »
It's almost a scandal that they get away with that away stand in this day and age. They deserve relegation for that alone.

I'd have thought Ted would have convinced her to sort it.

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Re: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa pre match soul searching
« Reply #56 on: January 05, 2026, 03:07:52 PM »
It's almost a scandal that they get away with that away stand in this day and age. They deserve relegation for that alone.
Yes, excluding any criteria around stadium capacity, I think the ground is the worst in the Premier League (and most Championship grounds are better) , and looks more like a prison in parts. They have done little to improve it, despite all the Premier League money.

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Re: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa pre match soul searching
« Reply #57 on: January 05, 2026, 03:10:59 PM »
They're intending to build a new stand taking capacity to 34k.

Offline LeeB

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Re: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa pre match soul searching
« Reply #58 on: January 05, 2026, 03:11:36 PM »
They're intending to build a new stand taking capacity to 34k.

Isn't the new stand on the other side?

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Re: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa pre match soul searching
« Reply #59 on: January 05, 2026, 03:13:09 PM »
I think so but it was a reply to rouge saying they're doing nothing.

 


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