jackyboy

My brother went to the Villa v Wigan game in midweek and said Wigan were horrendous and the Wigan fans were really pissed off. Played with 5/6 players strung across the back. No doubt they will have to set up different at home.

Where are these 'Highly charged players' in the SPL. I lived up there for 15 years and saw quite a lot of games which were marginally better than pub football. Let's face it if any of us on this forum took over Celtic or Rangers we'd finish first or second. Ridiculous that they only have 10 teams in the division which means the top two get to play the crap teams below 4 times. It's like having 12 points start. Good luck to Cathro, hopefully he's learned a lot with Rafa and seen what not to do with McLaren, hopefully Hearts is just a stepping stone for him

He reminds me a lot of Ameobi, lots of promise but never quite getting there. Also the way he shoots with just a lazy swinging leg with no oomph to it is also what Shola did

Really impressed with his performance last night. Much more flare than Dummett

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At least we can stream it

Bad news is Pards is winning..............depressed now

If we go up we'll be linked with every player on the planet.

A decent championship player. Maybe Pards will buy him next season when Palace are relegated

Monk said the penalty was a critical moment. He said the word critical in nearly every sentence. Choked him to give any praise to a far superior side who always seem to me to have plenty in hand if they need to step up a gear

I'm a bundle of nerves already

Penalty incident spoiled a great night. I think Mitro normally takes the penalty when he's playing but I wasn't impressed with the attitude of Ritchie. Grear player but I could imagine him being a nasty little git and could become a bad apple in the dressing room if allowed to. I wonder if that's why Bournemouth let him go?

Google him and see all of the problems and issues and lack of commitment etc., that he has had in the past and you can't believe he is the same player. Complete Rafamation

He looked like a really good player when he first came and scored a few goals...................then Pardew got him and he went downhill. Rafa is now getting the best out of him and he looks like a different player

Both would do

We aren't going to win every game we play and neither will anybody else. It amazes me how people are so quick to blame the players, Rafas team selection etc . Unfortunately sport isn't like that, we could have put out the same team as against QPR and still lost. Some days things just don't work no matter what you do, just ask Rory McIllroy or any other top sportsman. Unbeatable one day then just an also ran the next with the same amount of effort or even greater effort.

I see the Ipswich v Aston Villa match is being streamed today but not us

Having Rafa is like playing with 12 men. I think he will become more famous at our club than any of his previous successes

Shelvey worked his socks off, lost count of the amount of times he got back to cover or intercept. Always looking to receive the ball

He's done a massive amount of work already, dismantling all the previous years and years of disease and it will take time to get it right again. McLaren said 'Judge me after 10 games' and people accepted that but 2 poor results under Rafa and they are up in arms. Get behind the man and show your belief and support

Recent transfers were done without all the hype and rumors surrounding them. That's the way Rafa and Charnley like to do business. We will hear nothing until someone arrives for a medical and I think it will happen soon

Pardew said in the week that he was going to give Palace fans a new brand of football 'Barcelona style' The mans deluded

Two biggest teams in the world, Real Madrid and NUFC and he has been a total failure

I was at the game at Crystal Palace with my dear old dad when Tony Green went down and there was nobody near him, just turned and went down. He was probably the best midfielder I have ever seen at this club

If he got it wrong then he'll know he got it wrong and he'll put it right. We are moving into a new way of playing with half the team being new, it will take a little time