Crystal Palace 21/22 Season: Vieira in the Area

[surreybrowncap]

Bit quiet on this thread innit?

I loved the victory over Everton and have got my ticket for Wembley. Couldn't make the Arsenal game due to a prior commitment. I am so excited about the way we're playing at the moment.

Good luck - my nephews are Palace fans..

 

[Ted Striker]

Not sure this day will ever be beaten amirite?

(speaking as a Spurs fan, but then resident in S London)

 

[Ted Striker]

I could name more players out of that team than I can the current Spurs one Salako, McGoldrick, Wright, Bright, Geoff Thomas, Andy Gray(?), wasn't Curbishley in there?

 

[Maggot]

I could name more players out of that team than I can the current Spurs one Salako, McGoldrick, Wright, Bright, Geoff Thomas, Andy Gray(?), wasn't Curbishley in there?

No Curbs, you could be thinking of Alan Pardew.

 

[hash tag]

Not sure this day will ever be beaten amirite?

(speaking as a Spurs fan, but then resident in S London)

That was one emotional day. If I remember rightly it came on the back of that 9-0 by Liverpool and Palace's first trip to a final

 

[Ted Striker]

No Curbs, you could be thinking of Alan Pardew.

Of course!

 

[bromley]

Who gets Curbs and Pardew mixed up? That's like confusing Gandhi with Mao!

 

[mx wcfc]

"Imagine the shittest derby in football. Double it. Now imagine the teams aren't in the same city, postcode or county. Now imagine it's named after a motorway. Imagine that motorway doesn't even connect them. Double it again. Congratulations, you just imagined Palace v Brighton
6:11 PM · Sep 27, 2021"

Swindon v Oxford - the "A420 derby"
https://twitter.com/intent/like?ref...con^s1_&ref_url=&tweet_id=1442537376996155395

 

[Maggot]

It's a rivalry, not a derby. No Palace fan calls it a derby.

 

[bromley]

"Imagine the shittest derby in football. Double it. Now imagine the teams aren't in the same city, postcode or county. Now imagine it's named after a motorway. Imagine that motorway doesn't even connect them. Double it again. Congratulations, you just imagined Palace v Brighton
6:11 PM · Sep 27, 2021"

Swindon v Oxford - the "A420 derby"
https://twitter.com/intent/like?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1442537376996155395|twgr^|twcon^s1_&ref_url=&tweet_id=1442537376996155395

The A420 actually links the two places.

That area of the country doesn't have many teams, similar to Surrey and Sussex i guess. Guess that's what makes a shit derby.

 

[hash tag]

Ah well

 

[BigMoaner]

 

[BigMoaner]

 

[alsoknownas]

Pat is an imaginative and brave manager setting us up like that (3 backs + wingbacks essentially) for the first time as far as I can recall in the biggest game of the season!
Showed a lot of faith in our players and I thought it worked really well for 45 mins. Got to have the grit to do it for 90 though.

Shame about the Chelsea fan ban thing in a way as I thought it spoiled the atmosphere a bit only having one set of supporters in the stadium.

 

[mx wcfc]

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Looks more like a seagull to me......

 

[mx wcfc]

But sorry Palace lost.

 

[BCBlues]

Pat is an imaginative and brave manager setting us up like that (3 backs + wingbacks essentially) for the first time as far as I can recall in the biggest game of the season!
Showed a lot of faith in our players and I thought it worked really well for 45 mins. Got to have the grit to do it for 90 though.

Shame about the Chelsea fan ban thing in a way as I thought it spoiled the atmosphere a bit only having one set of supporters in the stadium.

Shame about the Gallagher ban thing as it spoiled the game a bit only having one team in the stadium today

 

[tommers]

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Do you reckon that pissed off kid is his?

"fuck's sake dad."

 

[alsoknownas]

Shame about the Gallagher ban thing as it spoiled the game a bit only having one team in the stadium today

Touché

 

[planetgeli]

From February but LOL

 

[bromley]

 

[BCBlues]

Some of the comments under that are hilarious. " I don't think we can accept that coin under the current sanctions"

 

[bromley]

I like how he checks to see it's not a large denomination before throwing it. Clever doing that to someone filming you.

 

[Maggot]

Our fans were amazing on Sunday, what an atmostphere! Totally outclassed the Chelsea supporters.

 

[Maggot]

This was after the final whistle. You'd think Chelsea had lost.

 

[alsoknownas]

Very good analysis here, which basically underlines what I thought at the time - that Vieira set us up very well first half, but was left playing catch-up once Tuchel had time to work it all out.
We ended up with Eze as part of a two-man midfield. That's always going to be a tough ask against a top side.

Chelsea 2–0 Crystal Palace: Vieira’s Tactical Surprises and Tuchel’s In-Game Adjustments

 

[tommers]

This was after the final whistle. You'd think Chelsea had lost.

They got the result they expected. They do this stuff all the time. It's an occasion for Palace, its business as usual for them.

 

[bromley]

They got the result they expected. They do this stuff all the time. It's an occasion for Palace, its business as usual for them.

It wasn't their biggest game that week.

Also the reality is palace fans like to bring attention to themselves. Who else would pay to get a west end road closed for an instagram opportunity and not go to the pub? In fairness it's only happened since the ultras started that sister act number but it's beyond weird.

Crystal Palace fans march through Piccadilly ahead of Chelsea match

Fans of Crystal Palace marched through Piccadilly ahead of their side's match against Chelsea on Sunday. The footage shows a colourful large crowd of fans, singing and holding up banners, on the way to Wembley on April 17.

uk.news.yahoo.com

 

[Maggot]

Also the reality is palace fans like to bring attention to themselves. Who else would pay to get a west end road closed for an instagram opportunity and not go to the pub? In fairness it's only happened since the ultras started that sister act number but it's beyond weird.

Crystal Palace fans march through Piccadilly ahead of Chelsea match

Fans of Crystal Palace marched through Piccadilly ahead of their side's match against Chelsea on Sunday. The footage shows a colourful large crowd of fans, singing and holding up banners, on the way to Wembley on April 17.

uk.news.yahoo.com

Being obsessed with our fans instead of concentrating on your 3rd division team is beyond weird.

 

[bromley]

I'm sure if I didn't laugh at other fans Charlton would be European champions.

The thing is, it's always you. No one else does these weird things.