Rick 2,276 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Dropping a 2-0 lead at home to Brighton is very poor. Good to see City dropping all points, but it means Chelsea are the winners this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reluctant Striker 134 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 It's almost like Man City need a striker.. Man City at Villa Park December 1st. I predict rousing renditions of '#$%# all... you're gonna win #$%# all..' like those rare times mid to late 90's Man United didn't win a trophy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo 8,185 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Shit to get a draw, but Potter deserves credit for this Brighton side. They can play attractive stuff and they can scrap it out. We were good in the first half, not so much in the second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 2,204 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Good to see the other top teams in the league have had a bad day as we have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewolf 7,161 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Arsenal only 3 points behind City... would never have seen that given how Arsenal started this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ 7,661 Posted October 30, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted October 30, 2021 Chelsea looking good for the title, even though you can never write off City and Liverpool look the most convincing most weeks, Chelsea just look like they have that knack of boringly delivering three points week in, week out whilst Liverpool and Man City throw in those occasional mad performances. Also now resigning myself to all of the Everton Twitter accounts who haven't mentioned Graham Potter for three months playing I told you so and claiming that they're the fountain of knowledge because they did a tweet about him in July, we've just had two bad games and he's got a point from Anfield the next weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNORTHODOX 179 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Should have taken 3 points here but its not the end of the world. Can’t get complacent against a decent side like Brighton who know how to get results. Chelsea firmly in the driving seat now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFCMike 3,009 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Didn't deserve more than a point. I said Brighton are a good side. Won't play any better than them outside the top six or seven this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewolf 7,161 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Good weekend for us... It's important that we don't drop silly points against teams we should be beating, Palace and Brighton doing us a solid today.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Blue 1,899 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 City 0-2 Palace, absolutely useless in front of goal today, back to back defeats ..credit to Palace, 3 shots on target and 2 went in ..we only hit the traget 3 times too hope we get a striker in Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reluctant Striker 134 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Brighton must be absolutely buzzing right now. To be top 6 rather than bottom 6 must feel good. Burnley getting a win they'd probably targeted as a must win. Vieria is looking a decent manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey 3,767 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 No wins in six for Brighton, relegation form that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Blue 1,899 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 14 minutes ago, Bluewolf said: Arsenal only 3 points behind City... would never have seen that given how Arsenal started this season We have more points at this point then last season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Palace Fan 3,402 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 When you think of the spectacular efforts we went to ensuring we drew against Leicester, Brighton, Arsenal and Newcastle you have to say we have well deserved that. To beat Manchester City of all teams convincingly. Brilliant. Patrick Vieira got his tactics spot on today. Edouard and Ayew are happy to contribute far back whilst having the energy to support Wilfried Zaha on the counter attack whilst McArthur and Gallagher refused to allow Man City to have any rhythm. His substitutes were perfectly timed too. The lack of fear Michael Olise plays with is going to be tantalising when Ebere Eze joins him. I don't think it's an overreaction to suggest that we have gone from being one of the most boring teams in the league to one of the most exciting. I cannot think of a team outside the big three successfully disrupting Man City the way we did today. It was brilliant. It's a shame Conor Gallagher will not be here next season as I think in 18 months this group would be a top eight team. Our youthful exuberance we will be a blessing but a hindrance at certain moments this season. Hopefully this win will be a catalyst moment for the development of this side like that second half against West Ham was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Palace Fan 3,402 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Oh, and the narrative that Man City "Need a Striker" isn't why they lost today. We disrupted them to the point where they couldn't create anything in midfield. It was the blueprint of how you need to play against them.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero 5,267 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Mad we still only conceded 3 goals all season. 2 of which were penalties and the other from a corner. None open play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Palace Fan 3,402 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 1 minute ago, Cicero said: Mad we still only conceded 3 goals all season. 2 of which were penalties and the other from a corner. None open play. Gallagher was ineligible to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero 5,267 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, The Palace Fan said: Gallagher was ineligible to play. 70 million he’s yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander 166 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Close match against Newcastle Chelsea scored. Chelsea also made several tactical fouls to stay in this match. Nice to see Reece James get a brace and thought Havertz did ok up front. Also good to see both Barkley and Reuben Loftus-Cheek on in the 2nd half. Still top of the table and a shout out to both the Eagles and Seagulls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey 3,767 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Dan+ 1,918 Posted October 30, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted October 30, 2021 I was so wrong about Palace this season. Probably my poorest call. This isn't a reaction to one win (seriously impressive though it is) but I've been impressed with them nearly every time I've seen them this season. Given the squad turnaround I thought they'd struggle a bit but they've recruited well. I'd have taken both Olise & Gallagher here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,380 Posted October 31, 2021 Author Administrator Share Posted October 31, 2021 @Danny do you reckon your bubble has burst slightly? 3 losses in a row despite the encouraging performances (barring yesterday). Seem to have missed Raya judging by the highlights - your 2nd keeper looked a bit all over the shop and indecisive (Lowton's goal especially). Maybe get back to form against Norwich next week. If you play like you did against Chelsea & us, against a shite Norwich side, can see it being a very big win to get back on track... @Dr. Gonzo you'll enjoy Ghoddos' finish if you've not seen it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 2,204 Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 19 minutes ago, Stan said: @Danny do you reckon your bubble has burst slightly? 3 losses in a row despite the encouraging performances (barring yesterday). Seem to have missed Raya judging by the highlights - your 2nd keeper looked a bit all over the shop and indecisive (Lowton's goal especially). Maybe get back to form against Norwich next week. If you play like you did against Chelsea & us, against a shite Norwich side, can see it being a very big win to get back on track... @Dr. Gonzo you'll enjoy Ghoddos' finish if you've not seen it yet. I think Thomas Frank was spot on in his assessment, we’ve played 20 halves of football in the league this season and 2 of them have been bad. The first half yesterday being one of them. Second half wasn’t terrible but wasn’t great. I think the general consensus is that a mixture of playing midweek and being without 5 key players yesterday hit our performance hard and on top of that Burnley have been threatening to put a performance in like that for a while and it just turned into a perfect storm. I wouldn’t say our bubble is burst though, we lost to Fulham in the play-off final and a year later went on to win the next one in the toughest Championship season ever. One bad half of football won’t break our season and I think we’ll bounce back fine against Norwich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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