Hoping Zaha would have thrown his toys out of the Pram again.

[KeyffSmyff]

We had Palarse after the last window as well. Was hoping they would be as crap again. Can't believe they are where they are in the league after the last game, improved a lot, or did we just catch them on a bad day?

 

[Sheffsteel]

We had Palarse after the last window as well. Was hoping they would be as crap again. Can't believe they are where they are in the league after the last game, improved a lot, or did we just catch them on a bad day?

Their successful tactic is based on defending in numbers soaking up the pressure....then having quick counter attacks.
Hence why they are usually an excellent away side.

We reversed the tables on them at the Lane...we set up very cautious so it was us sitting back soaking up the pressure.
We didn’t push many men forward..so they couldn’t counter attack and we identified Zaha as the big threat.
We marked him tightly....sometimes 2 marking him and he had no space behind our defence....so we made him look poor.