Football Thread 2018/19

[ckny]

Why is it taking so long to confirm who was on board?

[JohnC]

Maybe families haven't yet notified everyone they want to notify before going public. And they probably want to be absolutely sure of the identities of all who were on board before announcing the death of someone who wasn't on it but could have been.

[skadupuk]

Palace beating Arsenal, I expect we'll fuck up the second half and gift them 3 easy goals but for now I'm pretending we aren't a team that predictably throws points away.

 

Big plus this game is Zaha showing a wider audience what we Palace see every week, which is that he's 90% class and 10% whinging tart (as oppose to the opposite, which seems to be the consensus from a lot of other fans)

[Plissken]

Chelsea get two bookings for diving in the opening 45 minutes.

[Mr Do 71]

9 minutes ago, skadupuk said:

Palace beating Arsenal, I expect we'll fuck up the second half and gift them 3 easy goals but for now I'm pretending we aren't a team that predictably throws points away.

 

Big plus this game is Zaha showing a wider audience what we Palace see every week, which is that he's 90% class and 10% whinging tart (as oppose to the opposite, which seems to be the consensus from a lot of other fans)

 

Here we go. 

[skadupuk]

To be fair, you couldn't call that an easy goal or a gift.

[Silent Runner]

5 minutes ago, Plissken said:

Chelsea get two bookings for diving in the opening 45 minutes.

 

What was Morata booked for at the end of the half? Looked like him and Tarkoski had a go at each other and they were both booked. 

[skadupuk]

Should've stuck a tenner on it, for fucks sake,

 

[dr_manhattan^]

Went to Brighton v Wolves yesterday.  Wolves were by far the better team but never looked like scoring.

 

Dunk, Ryan, and the other centre back were outstanding for Brighton who scored the only shot they had on target.

 

Wolves have now scored one goal in their last three games which were against Palace, Watford, and Brighton, which is no where near good enough.

 

Our next two games are against Spurs and Arsenal so we could very easily be looking at four defeats on the bounce.

 

Plz can I haz goal scorer.

[Plissken]

3 minutes ago, Silent Runner said:

 

What was Morata booked for at the end of the half? Looked like him and Tarkoski had a go at each other and they were both booked. 

 

Pretending Tarkowski had hit him.

[Mr Do 71]

8 minutes ago, skadupuk said:

Should've stuck a tenner on it, for fucks sake,

 

 

Useless officials missing a clear handball.

[Plissken]

Dyche’s insistence when chasing the game on substituting A Big Man Up Front for A Big Man Up Front is really beginning to get to me.

 

Especially when we have £15m of Nippy Poacher sitting on the bench.

[Dude Ranch]

5 minutes ago, Mr Do 71 said:

 

Useless officials missing a clear handball.

True. Missed the blatant penalty too.

[Adrock]

Palace should have had two penalties today and Arsenal a goal disallowed due to a handball in the build up. That's got to grate.

 

Wan Bissaka looks very limited in his footballing ability but is an excellent athlete. Why does Zaha insist on rolling around in faux agony from a trip?

[skadupuk]

Commmmmeeee onnnnnnnn!

[Adrock]

And they get another penalty. Xhaka definitely caught Zaha's foot,I think it was a definite penalty.

[Mr Do 71]

2 minutes ago, Adrock said:

Palace should have had two penalties today and Arsenal a goal disallowed due to a handball in the build up. That's got to grate.

 

Wan Bissaka looks very limited in his footballing ability but is an excellent athlete. Why does Zaha insist on rolling around in faux agony from a trip?

 

They've got their second penalty, although it looked soft. Zaha made it looked good.

[skadupuk]

Wan Bissaka is getting better and better, his tackling is incredible but his positioning and overstretching himself (ex winger) are both traits of his inexperience.

[Gotters]

Zaha is just a cheat - all this polite talk of ‘buying one’ or ‘being clever’ on commentary.

 

 

[Adrock]

Yeah Wan Bissaka is still young so has plenty of time on his side @skadupuk

 

@Mr Do 71 they should have had 3 penalties so far, the third probably needs a few more viewings but my initial reaction is it was a penalty.

[skadupuk]

8 minutes ago, Gotters said:

Zaha is just a cheat - all this polite talk of ‘buying one’ or ‘being clever’ on commentary.

 

 

 

In what way was that not a penalty?

 

 

 

[skadupuk]

I'll gladly take the point, we've been shite and now have a challenging (to put it mildly) run until December so anything we get from this and the next 3 are welcome.

 

Big concern is that I can't see us scoring from open play at the moment, 16 shots vs Arsenal's 6 towards the end yet nothing.

 

Also have no idea why Meyer isn't starting every week.

[Adrock]

Meyer isn't a Hodgson style player, surprised they bought him. I'll be interested to see how they utilise him throughout the season.

[Rain Birds]

2 hours ago, ckny said:

Why is it taking so long to confirm who was on board?

 

The Twitter rumour mill has brought up the name of Gareth Southgate, because he was at the game & has previously travelled back to London in the owner’s helicopter.

 

There’s nothing at all on any news sites or whatever, but the only thing close to confirmation that he is okay is courtesy of a reporter from the West Midlands Express & Star, who claims to have been told by the FA that he wasn’t on board. 

[hmm]

He wasn't onboard. Numerous other reporters saying it now. 

 

Bad enough day for football without people on Twitter making stuff up, but I suppose that goes for everything these days.

[Rain Birds]

4 minutes ago, hmm said:

He wasn't onboard. Numerous other reporters saying it now. 

 

Bad enough day for football without people on Twitter making stuff up, but I suppose that goes for everything these days.

 

Which other reporters? 

 

I’m not sure it was people spreading rumours in bad faith, more just the question being asked given that he’d returned from Leicester matches with Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha in the past. Same with Claude Puel. 

 

It almost goes without saying that it is a dreadful tragedy regardless of the identity of the victims.

[Loik V credern]

That's one of the best headers I've ever seen by Suarez.

 

way to hype up a goal i know.

[Loik V credern]

4-1 Suarez hat trick + pained face on Ramos.

[Loik V credern]

5-1 is worse than the Benitez classico score line wasn't it i think.

[Silent Runner]

33 minutes ago, Loik V credern said:

That's one of the best headers I've ever seen by Suarez.

 

way to hype up a goal i know.

 

Everything about that goal was superb. I thought the ball in from Roberto was poor at first viewing but watching the replays showed how good it was.