shakey jake Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Can't see them going unbeaten without KDB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Puncheon is a lucky boy. A baller if ever I seen one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Fans whistling after their cunt of a player just wasted most of injury time with a horrendous challenge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Any justice Puncheon will be out forever and De Bruyne will be ok. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Still impressive for City to get 4 points from 2 tricky away games. No way are Palace going down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BergenMagpie Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Any justice Puncheon will be out forever and De Bruyne will be ok. Probably just faked an injury in hope of not getting sent off Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Any justice Puncheon will be out forever and De Bruyne will be ok. Probably just faked an injury in hope of not getting sent off Quite possibly tbf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieDazzler Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Can't see them going unbeaten without KDB They'll obviously win the league but if it's bad it fucks them as far as the CL is concerned Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 2 and a half hour wait until the next game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 2 and a half hour wait until the next game Strange one, probably because one is BT and the other is sky. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 palace should comfortably be top 8 with that squad. seriously underachieving. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlito Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 palace should comfortably be top 8 with that squad. seriously underachieving. Yet Woy would do a better job than Rafa with our squad apparently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 They've been brilliant since Woy arrived though, De Boer is why they're down the bottom. Although not for long. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 palace should comfortably be top 8 with that squad. seriously underachieving. Yet Woy would do a better job than Rafa with our squad apparently. Their record since he came in is comfortably mid table mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 They've been brilliant since Woy arrived though, De Boer is why they're down the bottom. Although not for long. Indifferent, only 4 wins. Certainly not brilliant, but comfortable mid table record. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlito Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 They have some pace and attack-minded players though. The most attack-minded player we have is probably Aarons or Atsu. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 palace should comfortably be top 8 with that squad. seriously underachieving. Yet Woy would do a better job than Rafa with our squad apparently. go figure! serously though - rafa would have those clowns a lot higher. a couple of decent defenders and he would be pushing top 6 with them. (WARNING!!! in my opinion only). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
astraguy Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Look at the game stats for city's last two games Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlito Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Look at the game stats for city's last two games Exactly the point I was trying to make a page or two back. Palace will be praised by the media I'm assuming, whereas we were absolutely slated. - City had 74% possession against Palace in comparison to 78% against us - We had one more shot on target than Palace, whereas they had one more shot off target - We had 228 passes in comparison to Palace's 208 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Give Rafa Zaha, Townsend, and a bang average striker (someone like Shane Long) and we’d be very comfortable. Zaha alone would transform us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ElCid Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Look at the game stats for city's last two games Exactly the point I was trying to make a page or two back. Palace will be praised by the media I'm assuming, whereas we were absolutely slated. - City had 74% possession against Palace in comparison to 78% against us - We had one more shot on target than Palace, whereas they had one more shot off target - We had 228 passes in comparison to Palace's 208 You conveniently missed one stat though the number of shots city had on our goal compared to Palace if you’re going to try and make a comparison then do it properly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1964 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Just remember this same palace team lost the first 7 games without scoring, the same players look a much better team now, this blind notion that the way we are playing is purely down to the players is ridiculous. I like Benitez to suggest it’s nothing to do with him is just blind abdication. Also to suggest anyone that disagrees is ‘thick’ is positively Maoist, we are allowed to have different opinions. Massive difference is that Palace's side is full of proven quality players compared to ours. They were clearly playing worse than their abilities and have now improved. That proves that a manager can have significant influence on the players, if you think that Benitez has us playing near their maximum I disagree. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
astraguy Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Look at the game stats for city's last two games Exactly the point I was trying to make a page or two back. Palace will be praised by the media I'm assuming, whereas we were absolutely slated. - City had 74% possession against Palace in comparison to 78% against us - We had one more shot on target than Palace, whereas they had one more shot off target - We had 228 passes in comparison to Palace's 208 You conveniently missed one stat though the number of shots city had on our goal compared to Palace if you’re going to try and make a comparison then do it properly Two more shots on target and 6 off target with a better team Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 They've been brilliant since Woy arrived though, De Boer is why they're down the bottom. Although not for long. Indifferent, only 4 wins. Certainly not brilliant, but comfortable mid table record. Ok, not brilliant. But two missed injury-time penalties from brilliant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlito Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Look at the game stats for city's last two games Exactly the point I was trying to make a page or two back. Palace will be praised by the media I'm assuming, whereas we were absolutely slated. - City had 74% possession against Palace in comparison to 78% against us - We had one more shot on target than Palace, whereas they had one more shot off target - We had 228 passes in comparison to Palace's 208 You conveniently missed one stat though the number of shots city had on our goal compared to Palace if you’re going to try and make a comparison then do it properly Two more shots on target and 6 off target with a better team Exactly. City goal attempts vs. Newcastle = 21 City shots on target vs. Newcastle = 6 City goal attempts vs. Palace = 15 City shots on target vs. Palace = 4 Given the fact that our squad is easily worse than theirs, I think that sits about right on paper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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