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Gives Ralph his get out of jail card....can hear it now, 'If Che scores maybe it's a different result'.

Assuming Ralph will be straight down the tunnel at the end of this shit show. Let's hope it's the Channel Tunnel.

Still no pace then, Nothing will change. It aint rocket science.

No, it's nothing to do with Ralph this. I mean, what do we expect for 6.5 million a fricking year - you pay peanuts you get monkeys.

Ralph needed to spot which way the game was going and the time to make changes was after 15 minutes. He's too cowardly to admit he got it wrong yet again. These players are not hopeless footballers, it's the tactics and team selection that's badly wrong again today.

Only a rugby team.

Said before the start we'd no pace in the line up. You can't play decent football at this level with a team of plodders. Get Edozie and AA on plus AMN at right back and at least give them something to think about. Palace are not the best defensively unless you choose not to lay a glove on them. Ralph continues to show he learns nothing. Feel gutted for those who made the trip to watch a display so inept.

It's called Ralphball and he's written a playbook on it. Charlatan.

Get this fraud out of our club.

This is on Ralph again and his total inaction.

Why wait half time?

A decent manager would have made two changes by now.

Agree. We shouldn't be totally outplayed by Crystal Fecking Palace!

Is Ralph watching what you guys are watching or is he seeing something completely different?

Poor tactical set up leading to much panic would be my guess'

Sounds like Diallo is playing well. Ralph should be making an early tactical change here.

So what is really happening? Are we ripping them apart with silky football or are our backs against the wall?

Not watching but comments indicate we are just waiting for them to score.. Early tactical switch might be needed rather than waiting for the inevitable.

This was my exact thought. A team with no pace rarely does well at this level. Think I'd have left AA in and put AMN at right back but let's see how it pans out. We'll need to pass and move very well without any pace up front if we are to trouble them.

Still prefer the ABK and Salisu partnership in a pair.

Agree, he's not the greatest full back but he does always put a shift in. Maybe we could identify him as a weakness and exploit that to our advantage.

We don't seem to be winning free kicks around the opposition box so JWP is not getting the chance to score goals. I think we need the likes of Stu Armstrong, Aribo and Edozie and others getting into these areas where they might draw fouls. So far we are not really working as much in these potential danger areas and, as a result, we are being deprived of opportunities for JWP to work his magic. I hope we can redress this somehow because we need his goals from set plays.

Not sure we have much of a pressing system these days or, if we do, it's much less high up the pitch so causes less problems for our opponents. I miss the high press but accept it was hard to maintain although with 5 subs maybe we could cope better.

Seems the Palace fans have a completely opposite view to Ralph. According to them they were unable to compete against Everton's low block in their last game. Their fans will probably fancy their chances if Ralph opts to press. Let's see who turns out to be right.

Still not convinced we'll see him until after the World Cup.