Crystal Palace v Aston Villa Match Thread

[PaulWinch again]

We just can’t work out bloody Palace.

[andyh]

Half time.

Hopefully that was our shit half.
We look more concerned about keeping hold of the ball and stopping them from playing, than having a go ourselves.

[villadelph]

While we didn't do much.. Palace didn't do anything.

[PeterWithesShin]

On the plus side i'm about to do a sausage, last time I did one at HT was the Chelsea game.

[andyh]

We just can’t work out bloody Palace.

Neither can Unai ??

[The Edge]

Something very gravelly almost dirty old manish about this commentator!

His pronunciation of Camera and Dinya is boiling my piss. It's Kamara and Dean you absolute fucking tit.

His pronunciation is pretty much correct. He maybe overdoes the "e" on the end of Digne just very slightly, but that's typical of a southern French accent.

When he signed from Everton they did a piece with him at Bodymoor Heath and asked him to clear up the debate about the pronunciation of his name. In perfect English he said:  it's simple "Luca Dean" as in Dean Smith.

[N'ZMAV]

at least we competed well that half - we don't usually against these

[murgsy]

I'm still stunned at the transformation of this team. Not many months ago we could not get that ball out - passing from the back and couldn't do more than 3 passes. Almost the same players, passing with confidence and building from the back is such an accolade for Unai.

[Nev]

Sancho not in it, Morgs not always on it, Ollie heavy touch and one touch too many.

Suffocating.

[kippaxvilla2]

At least we’ve walked a lot more.

50.33
Distance covered (Km)
48.86
WalkingCrystal Palace 29.24 %Aston Villa 32.13 %
29.24
Walking %
32.13
JoggingCrystal Palace 62.45 %Aston Villa 60.26 %
62.45
Jogging %
60.26
SprintingCrystal Palace 8.31 %Aston Villa 7.61 %
8.31
Sprinting %
7.61

[andyh]

I'm still stunned at the transformation of this team. Not many months ago we could not get that ball out - passing from the back and couldn't do more than 3 passes. Almost the same players, passing with confidence and building from the back is such an accolade for Unai.

Eh ?
It’s the way we have played for 3 years.

[Beard82]

The second one to me looked like a handballl. 

[Flamingo Lane]

We're doing nothing different in this game þhan in previous games v them. It's only going to end up one way.

[curiousorange]

I rate Glasner as a coach but there is no way a team as limited as Palace should be able to go toe-to-toe with us.

[Proposition Joe]

We just can’t work out bloody Palace.

Neither can Unai ??

Patience. Other than Johnson they haven't, for once, looked like they'll score with every attack. I trust Emery to tweak our attacking patterns in the second half to make us more dangerous. Sancho has been fine, btw.