Official Match Thread ****Crystal Palace -V- Brighton and Hove Albion****

[kevtherev]

barnes is so shit at championship level why Poyet picked him today christ knows why

But that's the point, the MANAGER keeps picking him. It's not Barnes's fault his crap....One chance in 45mins in a derby game. Ok, the Dunk red card has not helped but that's poor and it's always the same old story in the big games...Poyet is so scared of losing games that he does not pick the team to win a game. West Ham last season springs to mind...He will go for it in the last 20 mins and hopefully we can snatch a draw....It's the sort of game now where you need a big man up front, as an outball to relive some pressure. But we only play one way, the Poyet way.

 

[miffy6]

Crazier things have happened than us getting something out of this game, It's not impossible.

 

[fleet]

How can the BBC have us at 51% possession? We've hardly had the ball.

Did they mean 5.1?

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

come on you super seagulls , it ain't over 'til the fat bastard sings. 10 men and we still have a chance.

 

[Bladders]

This ref ain't giving us much.

 

[Driver8]

can only get better in the second half.

Wouldn't bet on that.

 

[Wilko]

Why do we wait till today to have the worst team selection, the only sending off, a player having to go off through an unchallenged injury, keeper injured in the lead up to a corner/goal and to cap it off Murray scoring. Oh, and today is the day we decide to have NO defenders on the bench. Could we be any more unlucky? What a fuckin time to have a stinker, any game but this game.

 

[Stoo82]

Having look again, I'm not sure that Dunks red card was even a foul.

 

[Sergei Gotsmanov]

Very frustrating to keep em out and then concede from a set piece.

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

Could anything else have gone wrong?

Brezovan.

It was a terrifying couple of minutes while Tommy K was down injured.

 

[W.C.]

But that's the point, the MANAGER keeps picking him. It's not Barnes's fault his crap....One chance in 45mins in a derby game. Ok, the Dunk red card has not helped but that's poor and it's always the same old story in the big games...Poyet is so scared of losing games that he does not pick the team to win a game. West Ham last season springs to mind...He will go for it in the last 20 mins and hopefully we can snatch a draw....It's the sort of game now where you need a big man up front, as an outball to relive some pressure. But we only play one way, the Poyet way.

how's the atmosphere there?

 

[perseus]

Murray 1 Barnes 0

Hopefully not a bad injury for Orlandi, as he has been playing really well of late.

Just when we had discovered a new left back in the Bale style.

Game going as expected when we had a full team out. But we now need to even the number of players up if we are going to make a push in the last 22 minutes. Ramage is looking dangerous for them at corners.

First red card of the season for the ref. Spoilt the game really.

 

[fleet]

Wouldn't bet on that.

That was me trying optimism

 

[Princes Bold]

The second half should bring Murrays hat trick, Moritz out for the lads and another to his tally. Is Bolasie on the left or the right ? Will Zaha show why he is the PFA player of last month ?

 

[bennibenj]

I guess we've kinda done well to keep it at only one nil.

agreed

would now ensure we have a back 4 out of what we have, leave CMS and buckley upfront to run onto things

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Dunk got the ball before he clipped the diver.

 

[Comedy Steve]

I didn't think I'd see much today more miserable than being 1 down to Palace with 10 men at half time, but a quick read of this thread has proven me wrong.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Brezovan.

It was a terrifying couple of minutes while Tommy K was down injured.

My thoughts exactly!

 

[Sergei Gotsmanov]

Having look again, I'm not sure that Dunks red card was even a foul.

I didn't think there was contact. Player bough it.

 

[W.C.]

Brezovan.

It was a terrifying couple of minutes while Tommy K was down injured.

wasn't it!