Topic: Crystal Palace v Liverpool preview

[SamLad]

last season this game was 0-0.  one of a few piss-poor results that cost us top 4. absolutely need to get 3 points today.

[RyanBabel19]

Did it rain overnight though? Pitch might still be heavy going. But if it's drying out then that favours us.

It was raining a lot in London this morning but seems to have eased up significantly since then

[classycarra]

Am i missing something about the weather chat? It's a bog standard drizzly day, where's the concern come from? Did I miss a met office warning or something

[disgraced cake]

We already knew Konate picked up injuries at Leipzig. Better hope Matip's replacement whenever we get him is indestructible given IK/JG are very injury prone and VVD is getting on in years. Quansah remains to be seen.

[Redknight60]

last season this game was 0-0.  one of a few piss-poor results that cost us top 4. absolutely need to get 3 points today.

Can see it being a slog again. No Olise suggests Roy would welcome that. An early goal would be great.

[tubby]

Happy with that line up, think Nunez will have his shooting boots on today.

[rocco]

Am i missing something about the weather chat? It's a bog standard drizzly day, where's the concern come from? Did I miss a met office warning or something

A cow just flew by my upstairs Window with a Liverpool scarf on

[RyanBabel19]

Am i missing something about the weather chat? It's a bog standard drizzly day, where's the concern come from? Did I miss a met office warning or something

There was a met office warning earlier about a Storm Elin and 70mph winds but no idea where that’s due to effect and where

[JackWard33]

Would love to know what the story with Konate is this season

[Chris~]

Would love to know what the story with Konate is this season

Can't trust him to play many minutes because he keeps breaking down would be a reasonable guess

[RyanBabel19]

Would love to know what the story with Konate is this season

Reckon a combination of him having some lapses in concentration in games making his position not as secure and the management looking to manage his minutes so he’s not in and out of the treatment room so much.

[jillcwhomever]

Would love to know what the story with Konate is this season

He's had injuries and they are obviously mixing the defence as much as possible especially when it's games on the bounce like these three have been. That's just being sensible.

[SamLad]

Can see it being a slog again. No Olise suggests Roy would welcome that. An early goal would be great.

absolutely, but we seem incapable of starting any early game at anything other than half-speed.  even at MC we were dozy until they scored, then woke up.

[tubby]

Can see it being a slog again. No Olise suggests Roy would welcome that. An early goal would be great.

We should be battering this Palace team, no excuses.

[classycarra]

We should be battering this Palace team, no excuses.

it's close to a second string. got to put them to the sword

There was a met office warning earlier about a Storm Elin and 70mph winds but no idea where that’s due to effect and where

that explains it. ta. definitely not hitting south london at the minute it seems

[SamLad]

We should be battering this Palace team, no excuses.

there's a lot of teams we should batter.  doesn't always work that way.
we didn't batter Luton.  or SU.  or Toulouse.

better team of course, but not much battering went on.

no easy games in the Prem.

[Shankly!Shankly!]

Thats not how it works though is it? We have played a lot of football already, the minutes are in the legs and thus there is a risk of injury right now possibly. Its not like we can say dont get injured today because we will have a rest after this.

I agree with what your saying. Just feels like it's a big opportunity today . Konate has not played loads either but it looks like the club need to be a bit cautious with him.

I'll be supporting whatever 11 on the pitch regardless.

Up the reds

[RobbieRedman]

Am i missing something about the weather chat? It's a bog standard drizzly day, where's the concern come from? Did I miss a met office warning or something

it was pissing down earlier, well 10 miles away it was not sure about there

expecting a soft pitch, good to soft in places and comfy 3-0 win for the reds

[tubby]

there's a lot of teams we should batter.  doesn't always work that way.
we didn't batter Luton.  or SU.  or Toulouse.

better team of course, but not much battering went on.

no easy games in the Prem.

Yeah but they're down right now, missing their best players and not used to this many games in a week.

[killer-heels]

Yeah but they're down right now, missing their best players and not used to this many games in a week.

Yep. A draw isnt a disaster but a combination of poor form and their absences means we should be winning this.

[SamLad]

Yeah but they're down right now, missing their best players and not used to this many games in a week.

I agree but who TF knows what will happen.

a lot of the HT thread meltdowns are in part down to pre-game "we'll smash these twats ... I'm going for 6-0" kind of mentality, setting up expectations that rarely get met.

[Cruiser]

Always seen this game as a potential banana skin, but with that team we should walk away with 3 points.

Get it done early and give the lads a rest before next week.

[DelTrotter]

Yep. A draw isnt a disaster but a combination of poor form and their absences means we should be winning this.

Defo is against Palace reserves, cant afford any more of these after Luton. We had our one fuck up, no more.

[StL-Dono]

Expecting another match like Wednesday's.  We should batter them; doubt we do batter them.  Would be overjoyed with 0-2 again. 

[Pistolero]

no easy games in the Prem.

 Villa at home this season was very surprisingly akin to a gentle and victorious bank holiday stroll on a sunny, leafy promenade...... today on the other hand will probably be like yomping up a sticky muddy hill in a gale and pissing down rain...

[disgraced cake]

Bournemouth 9-0 was quite easy, although I reckon their 1-0 victory against us later in the season was pretty easy for them 

[Agent99]

Henry Jackson
@HenryJackson87

Arsenal haven't had a single Saturday 12.30pm kickoff in their last 30 Premier League games.

Liverpool will have had FOUR this season alone after Saturday's match.

That seems incredibly fair to me, and Jurgen Klopp really has no right to lose his shit at all!
12:58 PM · Dec 7, 2023

Lol. This can't be true?

[Mighty_Red]

Surprised to see Quansah start ahead of both Konate and Gomez. If Konate has an issue I'd rather see him out of the squad and rest than do more damage.

Palace are down in the dumps at the moment, need to make sure we don't give them anything to give themselves a lift.

COMON U REDMEN!!!

[TheMissionary]

The Owl setting expectations extremely low in his prematch interview, let's hope he's doing the same in the dressing room.

[jillcwhomever]

The Owl setting expectations extremely low in his prematch interview, let's hope he's doing the same in the dressing room.

I'm not sure how much the Palace players listen to him anyway. 

[lucid-tentacles]

Personally I'd like to see Quansah given a chance at cb especially as Palace have scored less goals than Sheffield utd

Good to see Klopp is listening to me 😬😎. It's the perfect league match for him.

[rob1966]

Lol. This can't be true?

Yep - Mancs been picked for 4 too, but surprise surprise, two were after CL games so got switched.

[The Final Third]

Into these Reds. Also, no injuries please, Ta.

[TheMissionary]

Isn't the Palace goalie the one who conceded to Ali at West Brom?  Same again would be funny.