Holmes_and_Watson

Palace players struggling with gravity today. Lots of falling over.

Tella definitely struggling now.

Broja already looking a bit isolated, as Ralph decided to take Adams off. >sigh<

Surely a booking for Gallagher?

Less moaning on the ground, Adams, and more getting up and back.

Forster will be disapointed. But a lot of players just taking up positions, rather than forcing Palace into making decisions, before it.

sod. They made that look easy.

Zaha coming on. So they should be down to 10 men in 10 mins. C'Mon JWP!

Long

That was sneaky, revealing next year's kit not on the kit thread.

I thought they'd be arranging a friendly or two in the interim, just to keep things ticking over. While you don't want injuries, you don't want to have lost too much sharpeness

Benefit

Scoreline depends on how quickly JWP gets Saha sent off. If early enough, we should be fine. Wouldn't mind seeing Tella again with Stu. Adams with Broja up top. Ralph will have to play balanced full backs, which is a plus.

1. Baird. Versatile, consistent and unsung. Key stats for player of the season. 2. JWP. Capable of digging us out with set pieces, and key passes. 3. KWP. Attacking flair that's galvanised the rest of the team. 4. Romeu. We generally fall apart when he's not there/ not 100% 5. Forster. Recaptured early form,saving us from dodgy defending.

Booth

Job has been done, but it's a point against a team who weren't that far away. Although I imagine they're now aware of the performance levels they'll need to bring to the play off. No taking the foot off there.

I am also a big fan of Kylie.

The other contenders ... Kelvin Davis 38 Alexander Östlund 17 (3) Pelé 34 (3) Marcelo Sarmiento * 0 Marek Saganowski * 11 (2) Claus Lundekvam 33 Darren Powell 8 Rudi Skácel 32 (5) Bradley Wright-Phillips 15 (24) Grzegorz Rasiak 32 (7) Jermaine Wright 41 (1) Mario Lička 7 (8) Ricardo Fuller 1 Iñigo Idiakez 12 (2) Kenwyne Jones 25 (9) Martin Cranie 0 (1) Djamel Belmadi 9 (5) Nathan Dyer 10 (8) Chris Makin 19 (3) David Prutton 1 (2) Chris Baird 44 Gareth Bale 38 Jhon Viáfara 29 (7) Danny Guthrie * 8 (2) Michael Poke 0 Kevin Miller 0 Leon Best 6 (3) Bartosz Białkowski 8 Andrew Surman 26 (11) David McGoldrick 1 (8 Adam Lallana 1

I agree. No point signing a long term deal, just to spend most of it frustrated or on various loan deals. If he backs himself and wants to play, then off he goes. Perhaps a clause in his development plan/ contract, could have have a release/ sale clause based on incoming pathway blockers.

I don't feel snubbed by Forster's departure. My feeling is that he was awarded a lucrative deal not long after we'd sold key players, and we're looking to secure the long term future of remaining ones. As much to maximise a sale price as anything. Forster was a key player at that time. Since then he's had injuries, loss in form and confidence. My take is that, looking at the wage bill, the club tried as hard as possible to get him off the books, including being dropped for long periods and then sent out on loan. Not the nicest of situations. He's not publically criticised us, or thrown toys around. That said, he's on that big contract. He's stuck it out, as he's entitled to do. We presumably offered significantly less for his new contract, and he feels he can do better elsewhere. I don't think snub applies. I don't think McCarthy is altogether terrible either. They were much of a muchness, when Forster was struggling with form. Forster, to my mind, is just a lot better when he's anywhere near form. His level of performance since his most recent return to the team, is the minimum of what we should be recruiting for. Since the last guy, Caballero aside, was Gunn, it's easier said than done to get.

Tape

Band

The prints at the scene of the crime were wearing goaly gloves? 🙂

That's Camden, Pointe-à-Pitre.

More chance of signing Pope Francis.