Crystal Palace 0:0 Manchester United

marktan · Mar 3, 2021

Rossa said:
Unfortunately, that will be the case for the rest of your life.

Patchbeard · Mar 3, 2021

Jev said:
We're playing well. The tempo dropped a bit in the last 15 minutes. We need to up it again but we were passing crisply and purposefully for most of the half.

Moaners gonna moan.

Our passing was purposeful but garbage unfortunately. Good intentions and all that.

yumtum · Mar 3, 2021

I wonder if Ole tells these players that they have to touch the ball 5+ times before they're allowed to move it on?

Most exciting thing that's happened in that half is me going for a piss.

MattofManchester · Mar 3, 2021

PeteManic said:
Put your life savings on a 0-0.

Would put it at a 0-1 to us or them and everything calling it a masterclass or unlucky.
Truth is, it's just shit.

Isotope · Mar 3, 2021

Bruno served the ball on plate to Maguire, but "he's not expecting it". Wow..

elmo · Mar 3, 2021

paulscholes18 said:
Must have really loved LVG, that half was dull as dishwater

We're second in the league while scoring the most goals which means we're playing attractive football. :houllier:

They just ignore the 2 outlier games where we scored about 15 goals. Take that 2 games out and we're around the middle of the table in terms of goals scored.

Chairman Steve · Mar 3, 2021

You could tell me that this was a Jose or LVG managed match and I would believe you. No idea why some people are saying OGS is playing good football

mitchmouse · Mar 3, 2021

IrishMcD said:
People do not want to hear it, but we are so poorly coached. Greenwood and Rashford constantly making the same errors every single game. Ole keep talking about when are forwards click, they won't click without coaching. They aren't trying anything in terms of link play, it is all individual stuff that keeps breaking down and destroying confidence. Nothing, absolutely nothing coming from the sideline. These performances keep happening every single time we play a team we should be beating easily. We are so far off competing as a club, in every aspect. If liverpool didnt have the injuries they have had, we would be miles behind them too.
Chelsea under Tuchel will overtake us too. I am at a lost as to how people can defend this set up. I love Ole the player, but we are going nowhere.

have to agree - mainly because I've been saying the same for at least a year

Tom Cato · Mar 3, 2021

Bruno needs to play better, he's nowhere near the quality he's been lauded for this season.

In fact, everyone just needs to play better football.

Sultan · Mar 3, 2021

Missing Pogba! Could just have turned a few draws into wins.

Baneofthegame · Mar 3, 2021

We played well for 10 minutes, then back to the garbage.

arnie_ni · Mar 3, 2021

ivaldo said:
What do you expect him to do up against 3 players?

Has to be tactical that because matic drops into left cb every game he plays.

If it isn't, shame on ole for letting it continue

Josep Dowling · Mar 3, 2021

It’s games like this I cannot understand why Ole sticks with two holding midfielders. Palace have sat back all game. Surely Van De Beek would be a better option in this game? I don’t understand why he’s been ousts as an option. Give the guy some minutes. After all we decided to blow €40m on the guy.

Rustyspider13 · Mar 3, 2021

Stop-start football. But should be leading still. Need to keep using our fullbacks as Palace have crowded the middle area on the edge of the box. One of the crosses from wide will eventually find a target.

talking robot · Mar 3, 2021

We look ok but miss Pogba through the middle.

laughtersassassin · Mar 3, 2021

ivaldo said:
What do you expect him to do up against 3 players?

I just dilikke how he plays. Doesn't excel at anything for me apart from workrate.

Eratic is the perfect word for him.

His passing and shooting are so so poor

MZX7 · Mar 3, 2021

Jev said:
We're playing well. The tempo dropped a bit in the last 15 minutes. We need to up it again but we were passing crisply and purposefully for most of the half.

Moaners gonna moan.

This one's probably watching the highlights from last season's game against Palace. :rolleyes:

croadyman · Mar 3, 2021

IrishMcD said:
People do not want to hear it, but we are so poorly coached. Greenwood and Rashford constantly making the same errors every single game. Ole keep talking about when are forwards click, they won't click without coaching. They aren't trying anything in terms of link play, it is all individual stuff that keeps breaking down and destroying confidence. Nothing, absolutely nothing coming from the sideline. These performances keep happening every single time we play a team we should be beating easily. We are so far off competing as a club, in every aspect. If liverpool didnt have the injuries they have had, we would be miles behind them too.
Chelsea under Tuchel will overtake us too. I am at a lost as to how people can defend this set up. I love Ole the player, but we are going nowhere.

Yeah there is no doubt this team needs to be coached better but Ole is just too stubborn to appoint some coaches with the required level of experience that Carrick & McKenna just don't have at all

el3mel · Mar 3, 2021

elmo said:
We're second in the league while scoring the most goals which means we're playing attractive football.

They just ignore the 2 outlier games where we scored about 15 goals. Take that 2 games out and we're around the middle of the table in terms of goals scored.

I hate to break it to you but City are now the team with most goals scored in the league.

arnie_ni · Mar 3, 2021

Hes not even on the bench tonight

Josep Dowling said:
It’s games like this I cannot understand why Ole sticks with two holding midfielders. Palace have sat back all game. Surely Van De Beek would be a better option in this game? I don’t understand why he’s been ousts as an option. Give the guy some minutes. After all we decided to blow €40m on the guy.

BusbyMalone · Mar 3, 2021

Jev said:
We're playing well. The tempo dropped a bit in the last 15 minutes. We need to up it again but we were passing crisply and purposefully for most of the half.

Moaners gonna moan.

Christ, what's the score in the game your watching mate? Sounds a cracker

Still ill · Mar 3, 2021

Jev said:
We're playing well. The tempo dropped a bit in the last 15 minutes. We need to up it again but we were passing crisply and purposefully for most of the half.

Moaners gonna moan.

You're kidding. We had 10 minutes of looking lively up the left, the rest has been brutal.

mitchmouse · Mar 3, 2021

Sorry but Ole is clueless about how to change how games are going and seems to no nothing abut tempo: it is so obviously hard to up the pace once you start slowly: it's Selhurst Park not Nou Camp 2006!

Hugh Jass · Mar 3, 2021

acnumber9 said:
Even the one Wan Bissaka put in, there should two or three players trying to get on the end of it. Our midfielders are sitting on the halfway line.

That is the one good thing about Guardiola. Once the winger goes down the flank and crosses it in, there is always players waiting in the box to score directly or indirectly. There is no one better than Guardiola than passing the ball essentially into the net.

We instead have to rely on individual brilliance to score.

Bobade · Mar 3, 2021

IrishMcD said:
People do not want to hear it, but we are so poorly coached. Greenwood and Rashford constantly making the same errors every single game. Ole keep talking about when are forwards click, they won't click without coaching. They aren't trying anything in terms of link play, it is all individual stuff that keeps breaking down and destroying confidence. Nothing, absolutely nothing coming from the sideline. These performances keep happening every single time we play a team we should be beating easily. We are so far off competing as a club, in every aspect. If liverpool didnt have the injuries they have had, we would be miles behind them too.
Chelsea under Tuchel will overtake us too. I am at a lost as to how people can defend this set up. I love Ole the player, but we are going nowhere.

Bit of a knee jerk on Tuchel. Chelsea were awful at the weekend, even worse than us. I know he has only just arrived but they spent a fortune in the summer also. Cant see him even being there long.

bosnian_red · Mar 3, 2021

Another game that screams Greenwood isn't a right winger for me...
Also lacking creativity and sustained control in the middle.

VivaRonaldo85 · Mar 3, 2021

This team would benefit from being able to play with one DM rather than two and having Pogba back in the team in the same form he was when he got injured. There is literally no interchange between the holding midfielders and Bruno who has to keep picking the ball up in a deep left back position.

simplyared · Mar 3, 2021

No tempo it's far too slow. Movement needs to be much quicker. Can't have everything happening down the left flank. Need to get Greenwood into the game more. Obvious sub is James. On 60 mins if we dont speed it up more.

Dinghy · Mar 3, 2021

Played well for about 10 minutes, then it went back to shit again. Our right side is not working at all, Greenwood's had a stinker. All our forward players have the same problem, sloppy as feck on the ball.

Annihilate Now! · Mar 3, 2021

If this ends 0-0 we'll have had as many goal-less draws in the league this season as the previous 3 seasons combined

Roosney · Mar 3, 2021

City. Are. Scared

mitchmouse · Mar 3, 2021

Bobade said:
You shouldn't need good coaching for a team of top footballers to pass better than this to be honest.

clearly you do

SadlerMUFC · Mar 3, 2021

One of our biggest problems is that when our wingers get the ball the first thought on their mind is to try and score. They want to cut in to their strong foot and it slows everything down. A wingers first thought should be to try and assist. If Greenwood has the ball Cavani should be making the near post run and Rashford the far post and vice versa...

RashyForPM · Mar 3, 2021

Jev said:
We're playing well. The tempo dropped a bit in the last 15 minutes. We need to up it again but we were passing crisply and purposefully for most of the half.

Moaners gonna moan.

Get off this site and do your team talk Ole. Embarrassing that the first thing you think of at half-time in a game and performance like this is to defend yourself here.

ivaldo · Mar 3, 2021

arnie_ni said:
Has to be tactical that because matic drops into left cb every game he plays.

If it isn't, shame on ole for letting it continue

It must be. It's a fine tactic against teams that press, but as we only ever play him against poor opposition, then it because a futile exercise.

Devil may care · Mar 3, 2021

Lackluster for the most part, 2 or 3 decent crosses in but we need up the tempo and apply more sustained pressure.

RedDevilRoshi · Mar 3, 2021

Tom Cato said:
Bruno needs to play better, he's nowhere near the quality he's been lauded for this season.

In fact, everyone just needs to play better football.

He certainly isn’t on form but same time, he looks absolutely shattered.

Judas · Mar 3, 2021

We'll probably be better in the second half, but this could so easily be another terrible result and its simply not good enough how many games this season have been like this.

KennyBurner · Mar 3, 2021

I just hope we dont go into next season with greenwood as our RW. He doesnt offer enough of a threat. I wont even consider James a starter down there.

Pexbo · Mar 3, 2021

Bring on Amad and Shoretire for Maguire and Bailly and overload the attack.

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