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Bury head in sand and hope it somehow comes good...

Well, that didn't take long. Usual lack of backbone shown.

Due to other commitments I only saw the first 30 mins. I signed off fearing the worst but am glad to see we didn't capitulate. JWP back on the free kick scoring form. Broja with another goal. Ok, we failed to win again but a point away from home is fine?

We've played a bit of neat football. But every Palace attack looks like ending in a goal. Someone needs to take charge at the back.

I don't think so. Zaha was allowed to absoloutly leather it unchallenged from very close. No chance.

Going to be a thrashing isn't it .. Somethings for to change.

Already?! 😉

I don't get why Perraud is left out by Ralph. I've not seen a lot of him, but he certainly looks competent at LB from what I have seen.

Bit wierd that all 3 title contenders won with a penalty today. As for our game; decent training match or Arsenal.

We may well lose. But Ralph is going nowhere. Not even under threat I don't think from the board's perspective.

Looking at the bench, who is there to throw on anyway? Nothing will change the game now.

They bring on Pepe, their £72m signing... It's out of our league.

Nobody at the club with their hand on the wheel. Who would even sack him anyway?

If we can't get Adams, Armstrong or Broja fit for those two games then it's hard to see where a goal is going to come from. What's up with Stuart Armstrong? We've really missed him this season too.

Broja injured. It is all a bit like last season. No fit strikers, no goalkeepers, and Romeu out

Good save. Could have been 4-0. Looking at the clock still ages to go. I'm going to predict 6-0 FT. We are all over the place.

He came too late. Made a right mess of it.

Keeper error.

Fortunately not a goal. But it's coming.

Needed someone to follow it up but nobody else was forward.

Surely must be part of Ralph that thinks "i've done all I can here". But I guess you don't resign from a £6m a year or so job.

I don't think AA has been a poor signing. He's still adapting and deserves time. But he's clearly not up the Ings standard. But we knew that already. We've got more players to cover things than last year but overall the quality is still lower I think.

Well, might as well forfeit the rest of the season 🙂

That's true. It'll be refreshing not to have the usual hanging on waiting for the inevitable. We'll be out of sight by HT unless Ralph changes things at the back. Nobody seems to know what they should be doing.

He had something extra last season. Quality, confidence. Whatever it was, it has gone now and he's back to normal sadly.