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Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Hotspur - Match Thread

RichieS

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Dec 23, 2004
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Fuck me that should have been 4 at least.
Which is why the absolute bollocks "lucky to win" narrative needs to fuck off. We missed several sitters and gave them nothing - in my book that is a deserved win but because we didn't hand out the beating that some had decided we were going to, there's a huge amount of whinging going on.
 

tiger666

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Jan 4, 2005
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Fuck that was lucky. Ref should have added an extra minute then too. Corners, fouls and throw ins and he blew right on 4 minutes. Oh well, a win is a win.

Nothing "Lucky" about it. Apart from the penalties we should have had, we completely dominated. We kept trying and got the break through. That isn't luck.
 

yiddopaul

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Dec 28, 2005
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Fuck that was lucky. Ref should have added an extra minute then too. Corners, fouls and throw ins and he blew right on 4 minutes. Oh well, a win is a win.
Does the clock stop for free kicks, throw-ins and corners? Maybe I’m having a brain fart, but this isn’t American football where the clock stops for everything. I’ll feel pretty embarrassed if I didn’t know this!
 

GutBucket

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When Eriksen doesn't play well whole team usually suffers and when it's both Eriksen and Kane then we get games like this. Luckily they turned it around somewhat in second half and we got 3 points. Alli having bad reputation with diving doesn't help either. Job done in the end.
 

rossdapep

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Getting a bit sick of coming in here and seeing certain players getting completely hammered.

Regarding Serge, he clearly isn't completely confident yet. Somebody who has worked with him told me that after the juventus game. I bet he's a much better player after a Poch preseason and run of games
 

Saoirse

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Even Aurier seemed to provide more attacking threat than normal which is a good sign, had some decent balls in too. He's certainly rough but could be a diamond for us.
 

spursfan77

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Aug 13, 2005
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I thought we were excellent last ten minutes. Created so many chances;didn't drop heads. Just kept on going until we got the goal.

Another day and we could have had 6. Kane should have had 5.

thats us all over though isn't it. We never give up
 

MyNameIsNicolaBerti

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Jan 28, 2013
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We had enough chances to win. But that was a poor, poor side we were playing. We've got to manufacture better chances than we did.

Quick passing to get round the back of them and put more cutbacks in for Kane and the rest.
Poor side, but that stats speak for themselves, Their strength has been defending and stopping oppositions scoring, hence all their draws this year.
 

elDiablo

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Feb 2, 2005
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Liverpool fans will no doubt be salty and claiming we are a 1 man team *cough* chicken tikka mo salah *cough*
 

Dov67

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3 observations

  1. Airier - enough said !!
  2. had Kane not scored at the end it would have been a blood bath on this thread but really could have been 3 or 4 up
  3. nice game management at the end to run down the clock, something we haven't done very well even under Poch.
only thing else to say is......PHEW!!

COYS!!
 

RichieS

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Dec 23, 2004
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We had enough chances to win. But that was a poor, poor side we were playing. We've got to manufacture better chances than we did.

Quick passing to get round the back of them and put more cutbacks in for Kane and the rest.
Kane and Aurier both missed from inside the 6 yard box with just the 'keeper to beat. Chances don't come much better.
 

spursfan77

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Which is why the absolute bollocks "lucky to win" narrative needs to fuck off. We missed several sitters and gave them nothing - in my book that is a deserved win but because we didn't hand out the beating that some had decided we were going to, there's a huge amount of whinging going on.

Yep. I said during the game, we always have tough games against Palace. Even with all their injuries today was always going to be tough.
 

Hazelton

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Jul 11, 2011
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Love it when we beat teams like that. Playing for a draw at home? They made Rochdale look like Manchester City. Embarrassing.
 

nightgoat

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Sep 12, 2005
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Don't disagree. Just have a soft spot for them and don't want them going down

Yeah, I don't dislike Crystal Phallus as a team. There's other teams I'd much rather go down. But still, they deserve nothing from that game.
 
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