[Alemar]

His job is to score goals and he's done that, twice. Anything else is a bonus and barring a red card or own goal he gets a good score, even if the rest of his play was underwhelming.

If he makes assists it also counts towards good score. He must contribute to goals scored - and if he does, no complaints.

 

[DSG]

What this table also tells us is we've drawn against two inform teams in Liverpool and Burnley, which isn't that bad..

It also shows that perhaps the most impressive part of the Ole revival is our defence is best in the Prem. A lot of media ink about the goal scoring, but Phelan has done a phenomenal job in tightening up the back four and midfield defensive positioning.

 

[joseph5227]

Crystal Palace VS Manchester United

54 Number of attacks 64

38 Dangerous attack 44

17 Number of shots 13

2 Positive number of shots 4

9 Free kick 9

5 Corner kick 6

2 Offside 0

8 foul 9

2 Yellow card 3

0 Red card 0

46.0% Ball control rate 55.0%

Finally found more detailed information.

 

[CherryBoy]

Lukaku is defo an enigma. General play ability is pretty poor for a pro and then scores two good goals. He’s huge, dwarfed their centre backs but doesn’t use his presence to bully people. He’s like a skinny boy gone big, and his mind hasn’t adjusted. He has bursts of energy and then looks seriously exhausted. He can make great passes but the ball pings off him to start opponents counter-attacks. Indeed oppos play off him, he doesn’t play on them. Against sides like Palace he is simply lethal but against better sides he looks unsettled. I guess he’s a bit of a manger’s, nightmare certainly is for me.

Sanchez tried hard again but he looks spent. In over a year he’s done nothing to justify his salary or even show glimpses of what he was, looks like Arsenal turned off the light when he left. There was no surprise he was subbed for Rashford who has recovered from an injury that ruined his game but 3 days before. That reflects badly on Sanchez. Fred is a mystery. At one point Shaw was telling him where to be positionally, very strange.

I would restore Young as a winger while he can still kill defenders for speed. McT was excellent yesterday, even bullying our overrated reject into getting a card. Young had a good game except for his lapse, but then every member of the defence had one lapse in that game. The defence made mistakes but Palace could not exploit them. Even with the passengers our sense of superiority was only ruffled once. Hodgson and his assistant were visibly distraught at how to counter us. This was perhaps a more telling victory of Ole-Phelan’s ability than any game thus far. They dealt with the injuries, deployed youth but without unbalancing the squad, and they shifted tactics almost like changing gears through the game.

Outstanding performance.

Yeah, I caught that too, he seems naive in the basics of football.

 

[RedTillI'mDead]

I was joking. Totally agree.

It's a strategy that has worked for some teams! Either not playing in Europe or playing just youngsters does free up the pressure on squad and increase chances of winning the league, but not sure it works when you need to sign quality players like we do.

Our squad still needs a fair few changes to challenge next year. I'm not convinced we'll maintain this same points to game ratio or even close next year. The high tempo game needs a good squad and regulat rotation so our reserves need to be of similar quality.

That's one advantage of an injury crisis. A lot of our reserves haven't had the chance to prove themselves, especially since fortunes have changed and our game looks very different. Some of our players have looked like new signings under Ole, with massive performance increases.

 

[032Devil]

Good considering our injuries and Palace are decent.

Sanchez is so frustrating and just poor overall.
Dalot done well.
Lukaku 2 brilliant finishes but poor at most other things.
Lindelof the boss.
McSauce good.
Fred offered absolutely nothing.

So, a typical striker then?

You've got to hand it to him though, he does try. Certain helps out with corners and such.

 

[032Devil]

Shaw is quality
Young plays for the shirt, he was pressing their left back in the 93rd minute.
When everyone else's fuel tank is empty, Paul still has 10% more
Lukaku can do class stuff at times and can't hit a 2m pass at times.

I love that he seems to give a team talk during celebrations, after we've scored a goal.

 

[steakpie]

So, a typical striker then?

You've got to hand it to him though, he does try. Certain helps out with corners and such.

A world class striker will have alot more than his game than just goals.