vectraman

As a possession based team, what do we do against the really good possession based teams when we don’t have the ball? Eg half the prem teams…

Personally a good rubbing isn’t a bad outcome 😉

We had 7 games last season where we conceded 3 or more. Against top flight opposition defo 8 or more games we concede 3 or more.

Who tf is o’Neil??!!

God I hope not.

The reason we looked tighter in the play offs was McCarthy in goal. We stopped pissing about at the back playing tippy tappy crap and cleared the ball forwards because he’s not comfortable with the ball at his feet as Baz is. But he is better at stopping shots which is pretty critical as a keeper compared to Baz. If we revert to type and play tippy tappy ball out from the back we will get destroyed very often. If we play a more pragmatic style as we did in the play offs, we have a chance (albeit slim). It’ll be down to the manager how we go. As 4th best team in the championship we have an awful lot to do to be slightly competitive in the top flight. Burnley pissed the champ and were crap in the prem. trying to play pass it out football. If we try the pretty football route we will get absolutely destroyed. No question. Solid, resolute, quick break style is our only chance against probably 15 of the sides. Fingers crossed we have a pragmatic RM not an obstinate non flexible one…

Ryan Fraser was a proven premier league performer. This young Palace lad has played 120 mins in his entire career in the premier league over 6 appearances. Ryan Fraser also won’t cost the estimated £12 million being mentioned, far from it. We don’t need potential, we need starters, and he clearly isn’t. Yet. Assuming we really do have a tight budget, ~£12 million just doesn’t seem sensible. We must get a striker in who will cost big cash. That’s the priority to me.

Cole Palmer you beauty 👍

Saka, ffs take on the left back, you’ll beat him 😱

Let’s get Walking Kane off, Toney on and give the Swiss some Hassle. Kane has walked the entire match, won nothing in the air because he hasn’t jumped, and isn’t getting in scoring positions. Off you go Kane.

Sideways, sideways, backwards, sideways. Just for God’s sake be a bit daring and take them on down the wing. Saka should be roasting their left back. He’s got him beat every time. Just chooses not to take him on.

I agree, less sometimes is more. Sometimes it isn’t. For Clyne, Cuco Martinez. For Rodriguez, Juanmi. Cheap also isn’t necessarily a bargain. I’d be happy if we signed Elijah Adabayo from Luton to replace Che. 10 goals in 27 games last season. Will we? Who knows! Probably not. But that’s the type of player I’d be hoping to sign. For every Lavia we had Gunn, Bazunu, Charles, Larios…..(City can keep their crap keepers!)

Well if we are (allegedly) playing 3 centre backs, and two are Benarek and THB, which of stephens or the other two would be your 3rd cb then? In my nipper’s words, Stephens is a try hard, but not good enough, and the other 2? If our aim is to be a yoyo club, that’s fine. I get that. Financially it’s sensible. To get safe in the prem, you’d need to spend North of £100 million. Which we can’t allegedly afford. I don’t pretend to understand ffp, I’m interested in football not politics. Charlie Taylor I believe is a decent, sensible signing, assuming we have signed him. We need more, similar to him. Prem experienced and half decent. Not league 1 with potential, or championship knows the manager but crap last year. Cheap yes. Squad fillers? Yep. Better than we have? Probably not. Hence not improving the squad. We need to recruit first team starters, not squad fillers. They won’t keep us up. That’s recruitments job to select the right players. I genuinely can’t name anyone - I don’t play football manager, nor do I study obscure players in Norwegian/ Swedish/South American leagues. But I sure hope the club does…

There is no problem. We are assembling a squad ready to push for promotion in the 2025/26 season. Because we will be in the championship next season if that is our ambition and standard of signing. Two cbs with not a moment of prem experience between them, one from a crap Swansea team, who was also crap himself, and one from a league 1 side. They may be cheap, but buy cheap buy twice…..we never learn really. If we seriously think we will be playing out from the back and staying up I give you Burnley. Look at the Forest and Brentford squads. They are who we need to finish above. We won’t * yes I know we are in early July, and could sign some great players, but I get a cheap and cheerful vibe. Martin will be sacked after 10 games and 5 points. Then what with his team all signed? Yep, shoot me down for not believing, but I’m not seeing a prem team forming (yet).

If we do sign McCarthy on a deal, it may just keep us up. Not because he’s an amazing stopper, but because he isn’t a twinkle toes with the ball at his feet. Once Bazunu got injured we changed our style, stopped so many suicidal playing out from the back moves and became more variable, mixed up some long balls, less predictable. Playing tippy tippy pass out from the back every match in the top flight would see us get some huge beatings. Mixing it up might help our cause - we aren’t good enough playing Man City style with bottom 6 players. Burnley proved it doesn’t work last year. 🤞 we do sign a proper keeper rather than the same old same old, but I rather fear we are going cheap and not so cheerful. But better than Baz anyway. Bar obviously set very low here…

We have TH-B, and need another 4 first team starters (not squad fillers) as a minimum. Flynn Downes could be one (hopefully🤞), another CDM who is a physical presence and a ball winner/strong tackler, a GK, and at least one striker. I would also hope we can secure Ryan Fraser as he will be low cost and is a decent impact sub, if not a guaranteed starter. Also need to be ruthless with the ones who just aren’t good enough - Mara, Sulemana, Charles, Manning, possibly Edozie (he never quite delivers). The currently out on loan players Perraud and Bella-Kotchap could do a job if they are up for it. Not Lyanco. Possibly tall Paul? He never really got a chance or a regular start in the side, could he do a job? Lots of ins and outs, but we have got to get it right, quality not quantity. Starters not fillers or potential ones for the future.

Bazunu is taller than Jordan Pickford and Hugo Lloris. Both of whom are/have been brilliant keepers! Height helps but certainly is not the be all and end all. Talent most definitely comes first Sadly Baz isn’t blessed with as much as he needs.

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Great half Saints. Gave Leeds very few chances, no clear cut ones. Very measured and sensible approach. Repeat second half please 🤞. 🎶🎶 We’re halfway there…ohhhh living on a prayer 🎶🎶🎶🎶. Go Saints 😇

Shit happens - but thank you for the kind thoughts 👍

With 36seconds left until I’m served….sold out 😡🤬🤬🤬

Terrible tippy tappy total toss.

Possession is nothing without purpose…😉

Bree’s cross - omg that’s woeful. changes at half time please. Get AA and Che on, get that useless lazy twat Mara off. What a waste of money he is 😱

Che 😬 Mister sitter again.