Administrator Stan 18,386 Posted February 12 Author Administrator Share Posted February 12 Gary Neville randomly mentioned Thierry Henry in a game where he played for neither club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,386 Posted February 12 Author Administrator Share Posted February 12 What a goal from Lerma! After failing at an audacious volley, he curls one in from outside the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewolf 7,161 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 24 minutes ago, Stan said: Chelsea are very average. We should do what you lot did, drop down a division and piss all over it so we can pocket another title.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,386 Posted February 12 Author Administrator Share Posted February 12 16 minutes ago, Bluewolf said: We should do what you lot did, drop down a division and piss all over it so we can pocket another title.. It's a lot more fun Been a great season! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,386 Posted February 12 Author Administrator Share Posted February 12 Chelsea equalise straight after half time. Had to be Gallagher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewolf 7,161 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 1 minute ago, Stan said: Had to be Gallagher. Just thinking that myself... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,386 Posted February 12 Author Administrator Share Posted February 12 Gallagher again, last minute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewolf 7,161 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 (edited) Fernandez must have had about half hour to decide where he was putting that... Edited February 12 by Bluewolf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero 5,267 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Palmer having a Lampard esq season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Palace Fan 3,402 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 I was more pleased with last night's game than I was with the win against Sheffield United. We let Chelsea have posession but they weren't able to quickly transition past us and we kept our shape well. Everytime they played more than three passes together I was confident we had them. It was good example of controlling the game whilst not having possession. I did however say at half time that if they do get a shot within ten yards they'll score and low and behold as soon as they got it in to that area it had to be Conor Gallagher who doesn't seem to score anywhere else. After that we went back to holding the game well but the difference in the quality of substitutions was quite telling and broke us down. Once the likes of Raheem Sterling were on the pitch Chelsea just began to stretch the game, pockets of space opened, and we just couldn't hang on for another three minutes. I'm not sure if that performance will get us anything against Everton, but it does give me the confidence that we will get the 12 points from somewhere to stay up this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,386 Posted February 13 Author Administrator Share Posted February 13 3 minutes ago, The Palace Fan said: I was more pleased with last night's game than I was with the win against Sheffield United. We let Chelsea have posession but they weren't able to quickly transition past us and we kept our shape well. Everytime they played more than three passes together I was confident we had them. It was good example of controlling the game whilst not having possession. I did however say at half time that if they do get a shot within ten yards they'll score and low and behold as soon as they got it in to that area it had to be Conor Gallagher who doesn't seem to score anywhere else. After that we went back to holding the game well but the difference in the quality of substitutions was quite telling and broke us down. Once the likes of Raheem Sterling were on the pitch Chelsea just began to stretch the game, pockets of space opened, and we just couldn't hang on for another three minutes. I'm not sure if that performance will get us anything against Everton, but it does give me the confidence that we will get the 12 points from somewhere to stay up this season. What do you make of Matheus Franca? First time watching him yesterday. Seemed to do a lot more good defensive work and was stifled a lot going forward. Had that one shot which tested Petrovic but struggled to get past Gusto (who did have a quality game to be fair). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Palace Fan 3,402 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 14 minutes ago, Stan said: What do you make of Matheus Franca? First time watching him yesterday. Seemed to do a lot more good defensive work and was stifled a lot going forward. Had that one shot which tested Petrovic but struggled to get past Gusto (who did have a quality game to be fair). I think we need him to have a run of about six games in the starting xi before we can pass judgement. He definitely grew in to the game and hopefully the defensive cover, beating a man more regularly etc should improve the more he plays. Mateta's a good example of that. I wrote him off after last season but after a run in the first team to build confidence he's shown against Man City, Chelsea and Brighton good hold up play, ability to win the ball, hassle defenders and link play. You can see why he's linked to bigger clubs than us in Germany despite not setting the world on fire as with his size and better attributes he's probably scoring high in the data charts for what those clubs are looking for in a modern forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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