Match Thread Crystal Palace 1-2 Everton . Sat Feb 15th. 5.30pm.

[MisterJ]

Don't think so mate 3pm KO so probably only on foreign tv
Edit: just see it's 5.30 so never mind. Should be on sky

I thought this was 5:30pm kick off?

 

[Vintage]

5.30pm

Ya just spotted that after posting

 

[maccavennie]

I dont see a favourite in this.

Palace have done ok of late, but they've been terrible in terms of consistency this season.

I'd actually make us slight favourites.

Our incentive should be to beat them by 2 clear goals and leapfrog them.

Their away form is top 6 but they're poor at home. 1 home win in last 7 games and 16th in form table at home.

I feel we just need to physically impose ourselves tomorrow and get in front and we'll be cooking from there imo

 

[Vintage]

I thought this was 5:30pm kick off?

Yip it is my mistake

 

[NorthernBlue]

I dont see a favourite in this.

Palace have done ok of late, but they've been terrible in terms of consistency this season.

I'd actually make us slight favourites.

Our incentive should be to beat them by 2 clear goals and leapfrog them.

It’s brilliant because you would never have made such a bold prediction with Dyche in charge.

 

[davek]

Their away form is top 6 but they're poor at home. 1 home win in last 7 games and 16th in form table at home.

I feel we just need to physically impose ourselves tomorrow and get in front and we'll be cooking from there imo

First goal will probably decide it.

 

[davek]

It’s brilliant because you would never have made such a bold prediction with Dyche in charge.

We have Garner back and creating and the defence is settled now.

 

[Charles Hawtrey]

We have Garner back and creating and the defence is settled now.

Fully agree our defensive choices seem stronger, our attacking choices are paper thin.

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

Would you drop Garner and bring Tim in on this one? tbf Garner might need a breather as he's played a lot after a long lay off.

Might have been a shout if Illy wasn't knackered, but Garner is the only one with a bit of vision in the lineup as it stands.

 

[COYB75]

It's a good shout. In an ideal world I'd give Gueye a breather too, but needs must.

The big one for me is what can Alcaraz bring to the table? Can he get up alongside Beto?

All I know is we'll need to be a couple of goals to the good by the hour mark as we literally have no one to come in to change the flow of a game in a positive way, only players who can do a job to help us hold onto a lead/point

We'll be relying on Young and.....erm.....Young to provide cover for alternative positions and hope he's morphed into the 23yo version of himself.

I'm struggling to think who would we have on the bench?

Virginia
Begovic
Young
Keane
Patterson and/or Coleman if fit?
Sherif
Tim or Garner depending who is rested

No midfield depth
No attacking depth

Definitely feel we need to get the first goal in this to have any chance of the three points. Saying that, if we do, I think we could have a comfortable win. It just feels like we have momentum now.

 

[maccavennie]

Definitely feel we need to get the first goal in this to have any chance of the three points. Saying that, if we do, I think we could have a comfortable win. It just feels like we have momentum now.

Confidence gives momentum, momentum breeds more confidence, Confidence breeds positive results.

There's no way Wednesday would have felt like a draw at the end, that'll have felt like a pure adrenalin wish of the kind you normally get with a win. They need to follow it up (even though we're threadbare there's enough physical presence and runners to cause issues) with another positive result

 

[Victus]

First game I've been looking forward to for ages.

 

[TheNinja]

Of course I'd be delighted with a win, but I'd snatch your hand off right now for 2 or 3 away draws before the end of the season. Those will make a big difference keeping the other teams away from us. Great to see we're actually in touch with the teams above us too... Really takes the pressure off mentally, seeing that closeness and means if we're still involved in the fight, then so are 3 or 4 other teams now.

 

[Vaughan]

be tough this after the derby exertions

imagine the players will be knackered especially garner, mykolenko, gana and beto - but they all need to start

harrison in for ndiaye makes sense

whether it’s tim or alcaraz in for doucoure i guess comes down to whoevers fitter to play 60-70 mins, or more if garner needs to come off early too

wouldnt be surprised to see young in for jasper either

 

[TheNinja]

This kicks off when my flight to Spain leaves, so I'll miss it all. 3hrs sat wondering what the score is, only to be disappointed when I find out it was 3-0 and a Charly Red Card.