Si Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Palace should never have been where they were. A few of their squad would improve us ridiculously. Seen the managers the squad has had coaching them in recent years? Nah not noticed. Assuming they were canny like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Good result for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Phew. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Good game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Overall a decent few days in terms of results, just need to make sure we get 3 points on Saturday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Palace have far too much quality to get relegated imo. Keep Zaha fit and they'll be fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Good watch that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Plucky underdogs with their £55m strike force. Exactly. You know that if they get anything from this game, it'll all be "ooh little Palace gave Arsenal a game, Newcastle didn't even try last night" Arsenal's strike force is probably worth thrice the amount. 55m gets you Lacazette only. Don't let the fact we don't even want to compete blind you from what is still a significant gap between the top 6 and the rest of the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Their front 3 and Loftus-Cheek would improve us, not sure about the rest other than Sakho when he's back. Would still take Cabaye. Don't know where he's been but i'd take Paddy Van Aanholt too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Must add Wilshere has been great in the last 2 games going forward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OoOGazOoO Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Must add Wilshere has been great in the last 2 games going forward. Massive fan of his, best English midfielder around. Been good to see him back in the last month or so! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paullow Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Plucky underdogs with their £55m strike force. Exactly. You know that if they get anything from this game, it'll all be "ooh little Palace gave Arsenal a game, Newcastle didn't even try last night" Arsenal's strike force is probably worth thrice the amount. 55m gets you Lacazette only. Don't let the fact we don't even want to compete blind you from what is still a significant gap between the top 6 and the rest of the league. There is a massive gap obviously from the top 6 and the rest, but (on paper at least) there is a sizeable gap between the likes of Everton, Leicester and Crystal Palace and possibly West Ham to the rest. Obviously Burnley are currently sitting in 7th but you have to ask yourself how many of our players would get into Palace's side? 2 of their players are arguably the best that we've had in the Ashley era and then Benteke and Sakho cost more than £50m between them - our first team is primarily dotted around with £4m or £5m players (Yedlin, Manquillo, Lascelles, Elliot/Darlow, Diame, Joselu, Atsu, Clark, Hayden) - figures we were paying more for 15 years ago signing the likes of Titus Bramble and Carl Cort well before the current vast inflation. Even Warren Barton cost £4m 22 years ago for some perspective. Palace have 2 left backs that they paid more than £25m for. They are definitely operating on a different financial level to the likes of Newcastle, Swansea etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 That stat just makes the job that Rafa is doing ever more remarkable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Plucky underdogs with their £55m strike force. Exactly. You know that if they get anything from this game, it'll all be "ooh little Palace gave Arsenal a game, Newcastle didn't even try last night" Arsenal's strike force is probably worth thrice the amount. 55m gets you Lacazette only. Don't let the fact we don't even want to compete blind you from what is still a significant gap between the top 6 and the rest of the league. There is a massive gap obviously from the top 6 and the rest, but (on paper at least) there is a sizeable gap between the likes of Everton, Leicester and Crystal Palace and possibly West Ham to the rest. Obviously Burnley are currently sitting in 7th but you have to ask yourself how many of our players would get into Palace's side? 2 of their players are arguably the best that we've had in the Ashley era and then Benteke and Sakho cost more than £50m between them - our first team is primarily dotted around with £4m or £5m players (Yedlin, Manquillo, Lascelles, Elliot/Darlow, Diame, Joselu, Atsu, Clark, Hayden) - figures we were paying more for 15 years ago signing the likes of Titus Bramble and Carl Cort well before the current vast inflation. Even Warren Barton cost £4m 22 years ago for some perspective. Palace have 2 left backs that they paid more than £25m for. They are definitely operating on a different financial level to the likes of Newcastle, Swansea etc. Huddersfield & Brighton both spent 40m net in the transfer market. Crystal Palace are the norm for a fairly established PL club. Watford 20m on CM's. 30m on attackers. Bournemouth 30m on a defender and a GK. There's us and Swansea - everybody else has tried to invest (Burnley are an anamoly). That's why you look at the league table and apart from Swansea, every other team has some proper quality. West Ham, Palace & Stoke probably have too much to go down with any decent management. Then you look at Bournemouth, defensive signings not been brilliant so far. Don't score many either. WBA big signings have barely scored in the league. Then you're hoping Brighton and Huddersfield go on a terrible run or Stoke, Palace or Wham suffer from terrible management. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Embarrassing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Only had Celtic v Rangers on for five minutes, but fuck me the quality is appalling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Only had Celtic v Rangers on for five minutes, but fuck me the quality is appalling. It is, entertaining game though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
U2 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 That Dembele will crash and burn at a higher level I reckon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Celtic have missed some chances this half. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Sinclair Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Sinclair looks like a pint of Guinness. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Rangers are dominating this at the moment. That dembele isn't worth £20m, nowhere near. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 This is garbage like. Have just hoyed a fiver on Rangers at 8/1 as it could go either way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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