Saint Fan CaM

Here we go, knocking it about at the back like we’ve got 30 minutes left.

Yes he is - he’s not a RWB though.

But that’s not how he’s playing and as a young inexperienced player it’s not going to be natural for him. Ralph risking another youngster to try to save his own scalp.

WTF? Edozie on at RB?!?! Not a freaking clue!

Another terrible miss from Adams - unforgivable.

JWP giving the ball away just after passing it backwards again. Just completely broke up the passage of play.

We all knew this would be the deal today. No cohesive or convincing game plan from our tactical genius Ralph.

Goal was coming - so much of our game relies on tippy-tappy crap football from our defence. They’ll be fawning over it on MOTD.

Where the f is Romeu when you need him? Oh yeah…

Can we just have a shot on goal please?!?

Midfield all over the place. Zaha looking for every little puff of wind to claim a foul and as usual the Ref is obliging. I’m doubtful we’ll get a shot off on goal this half the way things are going which is just appalling.

Bit of a dive from Zaha. We’ve already started to look too slow and ponderous in midfield.

See, if Walcott is as fast as he’s supposed to be, I would suggest he’d be a good option to hit them on the break? Perhaps he’s not got the legs fr a whole game, but I’d rather he tried affect the game early on, rather than later when the games gone.

True but the problem with this of course is not allowing them to dictate the game which sitting deep tends to encourage. If this is the tactic employed then pace to break quickly will be extremely important which is not really a strength our usual starters exhibit, which in turn tends to provide the opposing team more opportunities. If Ralph doesn’t set us up properly the midfield will be overrun and we’ll lose IMO.

Looking like 1-1 draw or if Palace step up in relation to the quality in their squad, perhaps a 2-1 loss. Need JWP and whoever partners him to improve significantly or Saha will dominate and cause our defence issues. Personally I’d like to see Lyanco given a sweeper type role man-marking Saha out of the game just for the entertainment factor when they clash.🤣

MOTM - Lyanco. Moi, Bazunu, DCC and Salisu all run a close second. Poor performance awards to JWP and Aribo…just passengers.

Amazing draw really with a depleted team. Took a moment of magic from Ely and Stu which thankfully earns us the point. Once though, I don’t think the result does anything to convince me Ralphball is the way forward.

Nows the time to make a change Ralph. Did you hear Ralph…NOW!

Brilliant move!

AA and Aribo are just f-Ing passengers…get them off FFS!

Utter rubbish attacking threat from Armstrong there…completely muffed the opportunity.

Only positive is that we’re just one behind. Ralph has to get more presence into midfield somehow - think get Edozie on for Aribo, put Larios in at RB and put Lyanco into CDM allowing JWP and Diallo a more forward role. I don’t know, its as likely to work as what’s happening out there so far. Otherwise we might as well hand them the three points now and have an early tea.

Brilliant save from Bazunu!

But that’s the point - they have apparently been practicing set pieces in training, so clearly that coaching is piss poor!

Lyanco is our best player. Let that sink in!