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If he's that good then he'll be on the move next summer tbh. This is where we are.

“And with all due respect to those guys I don’t think they are good enough for us.” Aye, positively dripping with respect there Alan. Fucking cockend.

Miss of the millennium.

Typical petulant kick? Got late to a challenge and brought the guy down as he got passed him. Just so unnecessary, was in the oppositions half... Sounds most unlike him.

Wonder how long Tan has been sitting on that? He binned him in December and he's only played his card the day before Mackay took the job, talk about the ace up the sleeve.

Very talented player but more bother than he's worth imo. Don't think he'll ever 'settle' at a club as the next controversy is never far away.

No the wonder Palace dropped him like a bad habit. What a fucking wanker.

This.

Had Arsenal been sniffing around 2 years ago then I'd have understood it. The season we finished 5th I thought he was very, very good but, like Krul and Coloccini, he's regressed and got progressively worse. Can't see how he'd improve Arsenal in any way shape or form, they don't need him and I don't think Wenger's that daft to even go for him in the first place tbh.

SSN reporting that Mackay won't be the new Palace boss. Currently in talks with other candidates.

A dull as fuck 1-0 defeat.

Nice tribute for Di Stefano.

Grew up listening to him read the results followed by Bruce Hornsby and the Range whilst Des Lynam went through the league tables.

You're a harmless and nice enough lad KaKa, but what on earth possesses you to write worthless fucking shit like this? Stealing this line for work. Imagine that written in red pen. Kallum, what the fuck are you doing? You've got the Opposite and the Adjacent - why the fuck are you using Cosine? Eh? Daft cunt. Fuck off man.

You're a harmless and nice enough lad KaKa, but what on earth possesses you to write worthless fucking shit like this? Stealing this line for work.

That's superb.

He's a very good CB, would be perfect for us. Wouldn't be confident of getting him as I think he'd be looking for a bigger/better club but he's a player we should be making the effort to try and sign. At least ask the question to him and City. We won't though.

He's been a regular member in the back 4 that's shipped nearly 130 goals in the last 2 seasons. He's not been culpable for all of them obviously but he's not exactly bullet-proof. He's the captain and is supposed to be the leader out there so he's fair game for (constructive) criticism. He's been bang average for the last 2 seasons and can't see him getting better unfortunately. Being the best CB we have (debatable) doesn't mean that much tbh.

Few times that's happened now.

I'd be expecting both CB's to deal with that between them tbh. Yeah they could have tracked back a bit more but the error was behind them. One goes, one sits - it's basic stuff.

It's Williamson's man IMO. Coloccini rushing off and creating that huge gap is so painful to watch on the replay. One goes, one sits in the space. It's not rocket science. Can't see how it can be pinned on Janmaat in any way tbh.

Both CB's chasing Dzeko (who's heading away from goal) was the major problem for the first. Lack of communication/IQ was the issue imo.

Becoming more of a liability with every passing game. He's been phenomenal and I quite like the bloke but he's not beyond criticism, he's been responsible for loads of goals over the last 2 seasons. Needs phasing out but it won't happen due to his standing in the club, the lack of quality in his position and the unwillingness to invest in the most important area of the team imo.

Without doing so you don't score goals and that's what wins games. Many of the best (missed) goal scoring chances are shots off target. Obviously, a shot on target is required to win with the exception of a own goal, but the statistic does not really tell you about the amount of threat a team carried in a match. It's a pretty good rule of thumb though tbh.

There were definitely some positives that we'll take from the game but ultimately we lost and didn't manage a shot on target. The effort was there and certain players had good games but playing well and losing gets you fuck all. Tough fixture to start with admittedly but we still lost. Again.