PBP: Crystal Palace vs Manchester United - Feb 22, 2014 [R]

Why you not give Kagawa a chance?

 

The saddest thing about the team's this season is that were our upper management not cowardly and stupid, this horrible season would actually be pretty good news.

In the wake of signing Kagawa, we pick up Mata, Januzaj is coming through, Welbeck is showing potential. We have a stable of attackers with which to do many lovely things. We need to fix CM but with bad performances, there'd be money to throw at the right players.

But nooooooooooooooooooooo.

We'll have to go through this again next season and probably lose Kagawa and Van Persie as a result of our shit.

 

No Europe next year -- we won't need nearly as big a team. Won't need those 'fancy' players either.

 

Yes. Of course we do. It is a matter of will.

 

We will probably lose Kagawa, Nani, Rafael and RvP in the summer.

Replace them by Baines, Coleman and Song.

 

Good to see Rooney, RvP, Mata and Januzaj all starting, hopefully Adnan & Mata not asked to play too wide - best we can hope for given unlikely to interchange under Moyes.

I guess Valencia sub if defender injured and Carrick dropping back if two injured. Is a risk, but an understandable one considering.

 

All of the madness aside, the best possible deployment for Fellaini (aside from on another team) is in a team where Rooney can drop back and help out and he can be part of a more active midfield allowing him to get forward on occasion.

The better we keep the ball the better for him and of course Mata and RvP.

 

Palace have 2 pts less than United in the time since Pulis took over Palace...

 

How does someone as big as Smalling get manhandled so often?

 

paging @benni...

 

Buildup is soooooo slow.

 

Lol why me?

I never rated smelling.

 

Fellaini is like a centre midfield version of Valencia, there for the show

 

Fellaini has been surprisingly lively so far.

 

That's why. You are the first on the not-rating Smalling bandwagon.


I literally lol-ed at that Failaini "pass".

 

Tons of possession and zero chances. This feels all too familiar under Moyes.

 

zzzzzzzz

10 passes with no tempo in the middle of the pitch; lose ball; concede on counter. Following the same script so far.