Post Match Crystal Palace 1 Leicester City 0

[LeeCovFox]

I got back half an hour ago. I spent the return coach journey reading and listening to other peoples’ conversations. Those things were the highlight of my day. The south London traffic was genuinely more enjoyable than the match.

We are terrible to watch. I don’t give a **** that we are in a comfortable league position. If we aren’t going to show the ambition as a club to challenge for European football then I’ll happily sacrifice a few league positions to feel as though I’m watching a side capable of entertaining me and, maybe, even scoring now and then.

Seriously. I’ve seen us be as successful as we will ever be. As much as seeing us winning the FA Cup remains a burning desire I know that’s a tough ask. I’ll compromise on that in return for not paying to be bored shitless. I spend quite enough of the working week feeling that way as it is. But at least they give me some money.

 

[camberwell fox]

We have a team where 4 or 5 of our players would fill the position in 75% of the other teams in this division.

The only logical conclusion for how we are currently playing is that our manager is sucking the creativeness out otlf them all.

 

[David Gwilliam]

Would somebody who was at the match please say whether we had a second striker alongside Vardy - was that how Albrighton or Gray was used? Also what substitutions were made?

 

[Zorro]

Fortunately I was at another football match, it was also a shitfest as well but at least "my team" won and the fans were behind the team (Granada 1 - Oviedo 0). When I go to a City match, I usually dread the thought of what is going to happen. I don't travel to matches because I expect City to win, but I expect them to at least try. This manager has lost the faith and respect of the players and many fans. As people are saying, if it carries on we will lose our best players to clubs with a plan. LCFC don't seem to have a plan. The well-quoted desire of regular European football seems to have been replaced by a "don't give a shit as long as we stay safely mid-table" attitude. Bye Claude, thanks for the nebulousness. Time for another beer....

 

[Lako42]

"If you are Crystal Palace you area certainly glad that it's Leicester City coming to town this weekend.

We'll help em out"


Told ya.

Soft touch ****ers

 

[consty]

We have a team where 4 or 5 of our players would fill the position in 75% of the other teams in this division.

The only logical conclusion for how we are currently playing is that our manager is sucking the creativeness out otlf them all.

Spot on. Some managers get the best out of players and others....

 

[big_mac4824]

he needs to go now before boxing day

 

[Lako42]

he needs to go now before boxing day

That won't make a difference.

We have such a shit atttitude towards the top teams these days.

Our title winning attitude and mentality is dead

 

[popillius]

That won't make a difference.

We have such a shit atttitude towards the top teams these days.

Our title winning attitude and mentality is dead

No it isn't. It's just gone into hibernation under Puel. We saw flashes of it under Shakespeare and at the beginning of Puel's tenure but players will often mirror the attitude of their coach. Get a coach in who is driven and strives for success and the players will follow. Its finding one of those that will be difficult.

I actually do think we should look to do it sooner rather than later because we can at least begin to build some momentum ready for next season- we have all seen what momentum can do.

 

[give_us_a_wave]

Mate he has said no signings the squad is good enough, he has had ample opportunity to buy in creative midfielders he needs and he has failed to do so. we have been playing an absolute space cadet upfront who has cost us a ****ing fortune !!!!

the manager has to go my only worry is who replaces him

I take **** all notice of what managers say regarding transfers. If you're in bad form heading towards a window (particularly January) there are always signings. In a way he's right about the squad being good enough. It's good enough to finish halfway in the Prem.

The problem we've got is we expect more than that now. To be brutally honest, if the great escape had been followed by what we all hoped for at the time (a solid, consolidating season) instead of a 24 carat, honest to god miracle, we'd all be pretty content with how we're doing now apart from having a good moan over performances in individual games. Sadly though we completely mismanaged the aftermath, spent an eye watering fortune on strikers who haven't been nearly good enough & find ourselves exactly where we were in 2015. Relying on a now ageing Vardy to be our main threat. Thats obviously going to be a case of diminishing returns over the next couple of years so we need to get lucky with one. Ian Acho has never given any impression that he's interested in being here. There's definitely talent there but not as much as you'd hope for.
I guess not everyone can be Kante. He never really wanted to be here either but it didn't stop him from being the most important player we've ever signed in the entire history of the club.

As far as managers go, well if we need a new one we'll have to go foreign again & take a punt. Toss of a coin really. Truth is there aren't any top of the line prospects that would be interested in us. There was hardly a queue even when we were champions! I don't think there will be any more success here until everyone involved in the last success is gone. The only chance Puel has is to do the unthinkable...try to win one of the ****ing cups.

I'm old enough to remember when that was a thing you did.

 

[Miles Away]

Is the interview on line somewhere?

video quality is shit. Production crew didn’t show up.

Also, I’m not Andreas.

 

[Lako42]

video quality is shit. Production crew didn’t show up.

Also, I’m not Andreas.

Absolute shambles

Or have you just not uploaded the one where you asked him about his favourite Monster Munch?

 

[Miles Away]

Absolute shambles

Or have you just not uploaded the one where you asked him about his favourite Monster Munch?

That’s for the personal collection if you catch my drift.