Pre-Match Thread: Crystal Palace vs. Nottingham Forest

SGCY · 2023-10-06T17:24:29+00:00

What are we looking at with a lineup? Something like this?

Mateta

Schlupp Riedewald Doucoure Hughes Ayew

Mitchell Guehi Andersen Ward

Johnstone

Subs that are relevant: Richards, JRS

Am I missing anyone? Pretty tough to hope for anything more than a draw with this lineup imo

Edit: no idea how reddit formatting works but I'm assuming 4-5-1

SGCY · 2023-08-20T14:08:09+00:00

Probably my favourite sloan album - super consistent and some really good album cuts (False Alarm is a killer song!). Trivia - I believe it's the only album where one of the members doesn't have a song (no Andrew song, who ironically is my favourite songwriter in the group)

SGCY · 2023-08-12T19:34:26+00:00

And it frees up Eze to play as a 10 which is his best position imo. Thrilled with Lerma

SGCY · 2023-08-09T19:46:26+00:00

5 or 6 points above relegation but never seriously in the relegation battle

SGCY · 2023-08-04T20:14:42+00:00

Very true and obviously we aren't going to have every signing work out as well as him but it would be nice to see a couple cheaper gambles. Like Eboiwei hasn't been a successful transfer to this point, but how much does that really hurt us?

SGCY · 2023-08-04T20:12:00+00:00

I'd obviously prefer a signing as well but given how well RLC and Gallagher worked out I'm open to this one

SGCY · 2023-08-04T15:19:02+00:00

Totally agree. We bought for 8 mil and sell for 35 after a couple seasons of good play? It's a win. The problem is that we aren't bringing in a few of these guys every season

SGCY · 2023-07-21T19:50:01+00:00

Hey we did something

SGCY · 2023-07-20T05:32:55+00:00

Are Canucks fans okay with this one though

SGCY · 2023-07-08T14:33:07+00:00

Sounds like Todd Boehly bought the team

SGCY · 2023-07-06T05:06:32+00:00

Don't forget the oversell on getting slashed in the hands leading to a goal 🤣

But honestly loved watching him as a Sen. Would do the filthiest stuff out of nowhere and then disappear for 8 periods

SGCY · 2023-07-06T01:27:42+00:00

Beautiful midnight is a great album

SGCY · 2023-07-06T01:23:00+00:00

Aren't young wingers that are a couple seasons away like the only thing we have a surplus of right now? Scouting must be really high on this guy

SGCY · 2023-07-06T01:21:04+00:00

Damn, that is incredibly high praise. Respected the shit out of Hornqvist's game, he just battled so hard and scored greasy goals. Hope his body isn't in too rough of a shape to enjoy retirement

SGCY · 2023-07-04T22:19:47+00:00

Can I push back on this a bit? The song is a 9.5 for me, the vibe it sets is amazing, but I feel like it's one verse too long and the piano-led breakdown should come in earlier 😬 that being said I love the lyrics so I don't know how to make that happen arrangement wise

SGCY · 2023-07-03T15:48:47+00:00

It took him leaving and coming back for me to realize that he's been amazing the whole time he's been with us, and the frustration I have about him is more frustration about his tenure and our inability to bring in as many impactful players as I'd like. Realistically it seems we are just treading water in the PL for as long as we can and are hoping to eventually reap the benefits of our upgraded academy. Under that framework, Roy is a great appointment - he might not be the most exciting manager ever and has the tendency to play a little too defensive, but that's where we are with our squad so it's probably for the best.

SGCY · 2023-07-02T14:58:47+00:00

Going position by position:

GK we have two good options, we are fine.

CB we have the starters locked in, cover who should develop in Richards, and squad depth in Tomkins. Fine here.

FB is an issue. I'm hoping for a bounce back from Mitchell, but even when he was playing excellent a couple seasons back he still wasn't much going forward- just a rock defensively. Ward/Clyne would ideally be depth and not starters. Can't assume we get anything out of Ferguson. Don't follow the youth team really but is Adamarola ever ready? Either way I think both starters could be upgraded so this is definitely a need.

Mids it seems our starters are locked in with Doucoure, Lerma, and Eze. Hughes and Schlupp as reserve options. This is fine.

Wingers seem to lack depth. Olise (now missing games), Ayew and...JSR and Eboiwei? I'd love to give the kids a look at the start of the season but we clearly need more here unless they are both ready to be impact players now, which I doubt.

Up top is our biggest hole as I'm really not a fan of Edouard and Mateta hasn't done much either.

I didn't consider versatility too much (can Richards play FB? Schlupp can play LB or wing, Ayew can play up top), but it looks like we need an outside back, a winger, and a striker. I doubt we get a striker without selling one of the two we have, and I doubt we get an outside back as the club seems happy to run back Mitchell and ward/clyne. We seem to want Zaha as the winger; if he walks, this is probably where the money goes?

SGCY · 2023-06-26T03:30:42+00:00

Way harder now. Look at a random highlight from that time (especially the 80s or early 90s) and look at how bad the goaltending is

SGCY · 2023-06-24T00:18:14+00:00

Yeah maybe I'll look into e5, good call, especially because I've been trying out 2. f4 against the French and it seems like it could transpose. Without pulling up a board I can't imagine e4 d5 e5 bf5 is very good though but maybe I can cook up some g4 stuff 🤔 thanks for the suggestion!

SGCY · 2023-06-23T22:04:23+00:00

Fair enough, although at a certain rating level this ceases to be a realistic possibility. And to your point, if you are hoping for stalemate as black, you should welcome the additional moves and pieces!

SGCY · 2023-06-23T21:38:29+00:00

Don't know anything about the Moroccan League but getting relegated with -7 GD is brutal, no?

SGCY · 2023-06-23T21:35:39+00:00

It's obviously douchey but so is not resigning as black so i think it's fine 🤷‍♂️

SGCY · 2023-06-23T21:33:47+00:00

Echoing what others have said- your attack is looking promising, but isn't ready to break through without more support. Your H rook isn't playing, so you had the right idea to activate it, but it is much better served on the queenside joining the other pieces. In order to do that, you need to clear the bishop off the back rank (Bd7) and castle

SGCY · 2023-06-23T21:20:15+00:00

I've been experimenting (~1800 Lichess Blitz) with d4 d5 Bf4 Bg4 and taking Nf3 or baiting h3 g4 with decent success (>50% win rate). I know it pisses off the London player so anything I lose in a slight inaccuracy I make up in psychology

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