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Old 06-12-2014, 16:49
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all over. 0-0.

good overall performance but same old story up front.
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Old 06-12-2014, 16:54
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Two games this week where we've been the better side, two games where we should have won. But it's one point and no goals instead. All our problems right there in a nutshell.
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Old 06-12-2014, 17:37
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Before the game I would have taken a point.

Just a shame as we were the better side, even a spurs fan said (my other half, and we watched it together) said we should have won. They were lucky to have Loris in goal. However, we need to convert those good chances into goals.

We are good at getting the ball, running up the pitch. Then it's as if we panic when we see the goal and fluff it. Come Jan we need a finisher like oh, I don't know. Gayle. Still don't understand why he isn't first name down. What happened to Doyle?

Sorry mini rant. We just need to convert the chances.
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Old 06-12-2014, 18:14
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I wouldn't have started Gayle today personally. The midfield 3 works really well and I wouldn't rely on Gayle upfront on his own like Chamakh.

Thought we played great today. Frustrating not to get the win, but much better than I was expecting.
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Old 06-12-2014, 18:29
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Gayle's not the type of striker to run the line by himself, he needs to play up front with a partner which would mean dropping one of McJedLey.

what we need is a striker that can play up front by himself and be a goalscorer to boot. so good luck with finding one of them Warnock!
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Old 07-12-2014, 01:04
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Yannick Bolasie. He's just so good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwbT4uEYh_4
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Old 07-12-2014, 16:28
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^ class

if we had a top drawer striker we would have won comfortably yesterday... so many opportunities to win the match and none taken... can't remember when we had so many corners away from home, too...
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Old 08-12-2014, 19:28
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Dover Athletic away in the FA Cup 3rd Round!

Great draw but a gigantic banana skin if ever there was one!
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Old 08-12-2014, 19:48
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Love it, a proper Cup tie! Just hope there's enough away tickets to get one.
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Old 09-12-2014, 18:15
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that was really surreal watching the Dover fans cheer when they drew us. I don't think I've ever seen opposition fans cheer like that after getting us in a cup! exciting tie.
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Old 10-12-2014, 18:42
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love the cup draw... probably won't be able to get a ticket so hopefully it's on the box...
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Old 10-12-2014, 23:23
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that was really surreal watching the Dover fans cheer when they drew us. I don't think I've ever seen opposition fans cheer like that after getting us in a cup! exciting tie.
Yeah, I never thought anyone would ever be that excited about us.

love the cup draw... probably won't be able to get a ticket so hopefully it's on the box...
Hopefully it will be. Seems like a perfect cup match for TV.
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Old 12-12-2014, 11:22
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Dover v Palace confirmed for live TV coverage.

Sunday 4 January 2015, 1pm on BT Sport 1.
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Old 13-12-2014, 14:50
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today's line-up:

Speroni, Kelly, Hangeland, Dann, Ward, Jedi, McArthur, Ledley, Bolasie, Zaha, Chamakh

Subs : Hennessey, Delaney, Bannan, Thomas, Puncheon, Campbell, Gayle
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Old 13-12-2014, 15:49
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1-1 half-time. took the lead and kept it all for 90 seconds.

even game for the most part.
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Old 13-12-2014, 16:55
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1-1 full time. terrible second half. looked clueless going forward for long periods again.
and our home form continues to suck overall.

one win in ten now. that's awful no matter how you look at it.
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Old 13-12-2014, 18:50
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Bolasie was the only exciting player in the game. Other than that is was two teams playing pretty crappy football.

A couple of quality attacking signings are a must in January.
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Old 13-12-2014, 19:26
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A bright opening soon descended in to a yawn fest. Too many points at home dropped this season. It's worrying.

I keep reading that we need a striker in January, but it's more than that, we need a goalscorer. Plus, someone creative, someone who can actually deliver a final ball. Too often Bolasie, Puncheon, Zaha & others get themselves in great positions and their final ball or cross is atrocious.
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Old 14-12-2014, 09:10
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A bright opening soon descended in to a yawn fest. Too many points at home dropped this season. It's worrying.

I keep reading that we need a striker in January, but it's more than that, we need a goalscorer. Plus, someone creative, someone who can actually deliver a final ball. Too often Bolasie, Puncheon, Zaha & others get themselves in great positions and their final ball or cross is atrocious.
I do agree. I've been a massive fan of Gayle. When Chamakh went off, he looked slightly out of his depth.

I think it's Warnocks tactics. Yesterday just before half time Zaha was almost shouting at him in frustration as if "what do you want me to do" obviously couldn't hear what was being said. If he's told all the players to get up to the box and then cross it, then what we need a fast goal hanger, which I'm not fond of. Few of them seem to take chances, that needs to be addressed.
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Old 14-12-2014, 09:57
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I like Gayle, too. To me he is one of these strikers that operates best in the 18 yard box. He shouldn't be expected to come deep all the time or run himself in to the ground or be the lone striker. He should be a goal-hanger playing off another front man. But as we've all touched upon it becomes irrelevant when he (or anyone else) is not getting the ammunition to begin with.

That said, and this may be a long shot, I'm hoping we might try and get someone like Robbie Keane in on loan. Jermain Defoe is more than likely heading for QPR so Keane might be a good option from the temporary point of view if we cannot find a permanent goalscorer in January.
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Old 14-12-2014, 17:42
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I was never sure why Glenn Murray went out on loan. I see that he has been scoring goals for Reading and that they hope to sign him. Presumably he wouldn't be able to score goals for Palace if he came back?
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Old 15-12-2014, 17:22
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That said, and this may be a long shot, I'm hoping we might try and get someone like Robbie Keane in on loan. Jermain Defoe is more than likely heading for QPR so Keane might be a good option from the temporary point of view if we cannot find a permanent goalscorer in January.
it will probably end up being some gamble on a lower league striker or some foreign striker... but i do agree with those that say murray needs to come back in to the squad in the new year...

saturday was dire for the most part... that 1 win in 10 statistic is deeply concerning, more so when you consider it's man city & southampton up next...
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Old 16-12-2014, 23:29
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Ashley Cole coming home? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...Cole-loan.html

Rumours on twatter that the takeover is done and will be announced in Jan...
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Old 17-12-2014, 10:18
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Well he did say a while back that we would like to finish his career at Palace! I still remember the year he had with us when he first started out and no one had ever heard of him, he was top class even then.

We need a left back but surely wages will be the stumbling block, plus there must be other clubs queueing up?
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Old 17-12-2014, 18:01
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I remember seeing him in the last game of the season when he was on loan with us. Head and shoulders above everyone else and he was only a kid.
Coppell asked arsenal to name their price and the answer came back as "don't be so silly" or words to that effect.
Even at his age a signing like that would give the place a lift.
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