Match Thread Crystal Palace v. Sheffield United - 2nd January 2021

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EPL Week 17 - Saturday 2nd January 2021 - Selhurst Park​

Please keep all discussion related to the match within this thread.

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Officials:

Referee: Stuart Attwell
Assistant Referee: Marc Perry
Assistant Referee: Peter Kirkup
Fourth Official: Keith Stroud
Video Assistant Referee: Andre Marriner
Additional Video Assistant Referee: Richard West

Coverage:

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Live TV Coverage:

 

[Swinton Blade]

Does any player throw himself to the ground more than Zaha ?

Grealish

 

[Revolution]

He starts many an opposition attack with sloppy passing

Ampadu is garbage

 

[United Aren't Back.]

Have we had a shot yet?

Not made three consecutive passes yet.

 

[Lawrence]

God we are bad! So slow

 

[lazyfecklessblade]

Some embarrassing mistakes in possession. This is awful

 

[FredZeppelin]

I know you're trying to stay positive, but "started OK"? What, we didn't concede till the third minute...

I do like the look of Bogle so far. At least he's getting involved.

I meant in terms of passing and possession, obviously.
We are having our best game so far with regard to % possession.
I do acknowledge, though, we are shite and don't look like getting into position to score.

 

[Dutch Blade]

Bogle...

 

[silver blade]

15:18

'Blades offering little'​

Crystal Palace 1-0 Sheffield United

Micah Richards
Former Man City defender on BBC Final Score
We all know Crystal Palace are a good side defensively but Sheffield United aren't offering much.
Last season they would be flying forward. When you concede that early it will always have an effect, but I want to see more.

 

[FredZeppelin]

Zaha is just a fucking cheat! The ref is abysmal, and falling for his shit.

 

[A Storm of Blades]

We’re so so shit

 

[essyoueffsee]

Fair play to Zaha, if the ref blows whenever you drop to the floor, why not?

 

[toledo]

There is absolutely NO urgency in our play today... where the heck are we doing on that field?

 

[A Storm of Blades]

I don’t even know what we’re trying to do most of the time

 

[Lawrence]

People keep using the word ‘embarrassing’ think these people are correct.

 

[essexblade73]

Zaha is just a fucking cheat! The ref is abysmal, and falling for his shit.

Spot on. He needs fking shoeing properly

 

[SUFCinks]

I meant in terms of passing and possession, obviously.
We are having our best game so far with regard to % possession.
I do acknowledge, though, we are shite and don't look like getting into position to score.

agree, theres not much purpose to it but we aren't just lumping it and losing it.

 

[Sudley]

If we played with 15 players we still wouldn’t score.

 

[YES Blade]

Zaha is just a fucking cheat! The ref is abysmal, and falling for his shit.

Football has been like this for the last 25 years! What's the point in moaning about it?

 

[United Aren't Back.]

Spot on. He needs fking shoeing properly

Clear foul by Stevens.

 

[Drunk blade]

Walking football again

 

[Geordie Blade]

There is absolutely NO urgency in our play today...

Just today?

 

[essyoueffsee]

Just 5 chances to cross it to 4 players in the box then. That HAS to be Wilders choice.

 

[drblade]

So slow in the final third

 

[essexblade73]

Football has been like this for the last 25 years! What's the point in moaning about it?

Cos its like watching football for pussies

 

[SUFCinks]

We arent getting enough bodies up the pitch quick enough. Didzy was isolated then and had to wait far too long for support.

 

[Iceybabey]

That Basham touch sums it up

 

[Nah den]

Piss poor. They look threatening everytime they go near our box. We look completely devoid of any ideas on the rare occasion we have possession in the final third.

Case in point. We break with McG, then fanny about with it ultimately resulting in floating it to the back post where Basham miscontrols it out of play. Just crap.

 

[Arcott]

No urgency and midfield so slow they can't forward fast enough to support the attack. I've seen asthmatic snails move faster than Norwood.

 

[YES Blade]

Cos its like watching football for pussies

That's the game now, it's not going to change.

 

[FredZeppelin]

We lost 2-1 to Burnley as well this morning on 'The Big Match Revisited' from 1975.

Just thought I'd throw that in just to add to everyone's enjoyment of the day.

UTB