Darcy Blake - Crystal Palace

[Red'n'Blue]

Should help keep the goals out.

 

[Titus]

Wrong board sir.

 

[Surrey_Albion]

Darcy Blake, isnt she a ballet dancer

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Should help keep the goals out.

Is he going to play in goal then?

Bolstering the defence is futile, all the time the 'best keeper in the Championship' is playing the way he is.

 

[bhafc99]

But surely no-one would dare attack a team that, in Zaha, has the world's first billion pound player in it?

 

[theonesmith]

Should help keep the goals out.

Sorry, who?

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Sorry, who?

Defender from Cardiff City's reserves.

 

[gripper stebson]

Unused Cardiff sub on Tuesday.

Top, top signing.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Is he from the 1800's and does he ride a horse?

 

[fosters headband]

Hey I like this new ticket move by your club.
Palace must be one of the few clubs in the Championship that can guarantee 20 or more seats sitting together to able to run this scheme.
Even comes with a free signed football, wow!
Group Ticket Discount - CPFC BBS

 

[Postman Pat]

100 appearances in 7 years at Cardiff and injury prone..... sounds ideal!!!

Blake missed Cardiff's 2011-12 pre-season through injury but returned in a 1-1 draw with Burnley coming on for Joe Mason on 20 August. His first start of the season was the following game against Huddersfield Town. He made his 100th appearance against Portsmouth on 27 August, which was also his first league start of the season. His impressive form for Wales, didn't help his chances in cementing a first-team place in the Cardiff squad. This led to former Wales striker Iwan Roberts questioning his future at Cardiff City Stadium. Cardiff boss, Malky Mackay, replied to this saying Blake was "in his plans" but his injuries and fitness were a problem. Despite Wales' winning ways with Blake in the side the newly partnership of Mark Hudson and Ben Turner kept him at reserve level at club level, His 100th appearance came in a 1-0 win over Nottingham Forest on the final day of the 2011. However it took him 4 months into the new year to make his first appearance of the year, which eventually came against Middlesbrough.

 

[Surrey_Albion]

Oh no the dancer was Darcy Bussell Ive just look it up which begs the question who is Darcy Blake

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Hang on, are Palace confident they've actually signed him? We wouldn't want another McCormack moment.

 

[gripper stebson]

From BBS "Big Cardiff fan - my boss at work - says he is really liked at Cardiff and their most consistent player and is very adaptable and can play in midfield as well as centre back. Sounds good to me."

...but why would Cardiff release their best player and more importantly why does he never play for them? Quite a coup for Palace!!!!

 

[hans kraay fan club]

To be fair, IF he stays fit Darcy Blake is about a MILLION times better than that carthorse Paddy McCarthy, so he should improve their defence a bit.

 

[leigull]

Thought he was a right back? Has Joel Ward been condemned already after Palace conceding 7 (SEVEN) in their opening two league games?

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Thought he was a right back? Has Joel Ward been condemned already after Palace conceding 7 (SEVEN) in their opening two league games?

To the worst teams in the league playing defensive football.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Thought he was a right back?

Either. He's certainly been playing CB for Wales.

 

[StonehamPark]

Who?

 

[imissworthing2]

Quite a good signing really, always though he was a FB tho, but as already mentioned versatile enough to play CB too.

Would of quite liked to have him as a back up defender here now that Tommy has gone.