[Football] cpfc vs BHAFC

portlock seagull said:

3 things: our away form is even worse.......

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portlock seagull said:

3 things: our away form is even worse, we have strikers who on average have 1 shot (not goals) every 3 games; secondly, in Zaha they have a truly gifted player, a match winner, marquee signing call it what you want whereas we don’t - in dour scruffy derby games these players especially can make the difference with a moment of sheer brilliance, not to mention Zaha habitually does this in fixtures against us; and lastly, I’m a born pessimist when it comes to the Albion and she rarely lets me down!

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Hugo Rune said:

If we beat them on Saturday, we’d have won the same number of away games that they have won at home.

You might be a pessimist but it’s been a stunningly miserable season to be a fan at Selhurst, they’ve seen very little to cheer their spirits. Let’s hope this continues.

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ThePaddy said:

We're an extremely effective counter attacking side, which is why we do so well away from home

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dazzer6666 said:

Except at the Amex Zaha was reduced to a dribbling, petulant wreck by CH’s tactics and Solly’s job on him.

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ThePaddy said:

Palace played really poorly in the reverse fixture, but I don't think Zaha had a terrible game. He was wiped out plenty of times (including for the penalty we scored from) and was clearly getting very frustrated with the treatment he was recieving, combined with the fact that his teammates had forgotten how to play football. Zaha was arguably fortunate not to have been sent off for a reckless challenge, but that challenge came minutes after being obviously fouled while on the break and having it waved away by the referee

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ThePaddy said:

Palace played really poorly in the reverse fixture, but I don't think Zaha had a terrible game. He was wiped out plenty of times (including for the penalty we scored from) and was clearly getting very frustrated with the treatment he was recieving, combined with the fact that his teammates had forgotten how to play football. Zaha was arguably fortunate not to have been sent off for a reckless challenge, but that challenge came minutes after being obviously fouled while on the break and having it waved away by the referee

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BrickTamland said:

So trying to break someone’s ankles okay if you’ve previously been fouled?

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ThePaddy said:

Palace played really poorly in the reverse fixture, but I don't think Zaha had a terrible game. He was wiped out plenty of times (including for the penalty we scored from) and was clearly getting very frustrated with the treatment he was recieving, combined with the fact that his teammates had forgotten how to play football. Zaha was arguably fortunate not to have been sent off for a reckless challenge, but that challenge came minutes after being obviously fouled while on the break and having it waved away by the referee

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Triggaaar said:

Didn't look like it when our 10 men were battering you.

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ThePaddy said:

It did when we beat City at the Etihad, though. The kind of result that your club could only dream of

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ThePaddy said:

It did when we beat City at the Etihad, though. The kind of result that your club could only dream of

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Birdie Boy said:

Just bought two. Woohoo.
Still 5 left.

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Hugo Rune said:

If we beat them on Saturday, we’d have won the same number of away games that they have won at home.

You might be a pessimist but it’s been a stunningly miserable season to be a fan at Selhurst, they’ve seen very little to cheer their spirits. Let’s hope this continues.

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dazzer6666 said:

Except at the Amex Zaha was reduced to a dribbling, petulant wreck by CH’s tactics and Solly’s job on him.

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ThePaddy said:

Palace played really poorly in the reverse fixture, but I don't think Zaha had a terrible game.

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Stato said:

A random selection of Zaha's ratings in that game:

4 - https://www.football.london/crystal...ighton-palace-player-ratings-tomkins-15506978
5- https://www.90min.com/posts/6239168...-reaction-as-10-men-seagulls-fight-to-victory
6 - https://www.skysports.com/football/brighton-vs-c-palace/390898
5 - https://www.brightonandhoveindepend...ion-v-crystal-palace-player-ratings-1-8728622

An average of 5/10 then. Given that he is supposed to be worth £50m+ and was playing against ten for a lot of the game, it sounds pretty terrible to me.

I will give you that he wasn't as terrible as some of the others, but he can't have been much worse in any other game this season.

What you have said about him being wiped out loads of times is also not my recollection. I seem to remember us keeping our shape and being quite happy to let him have the ball as he wasn't going anywhere with it. The penalty was a standard Zaha move of tempting Montoya into stretching to make an unncessary challenge. It's annoying when defenders get mugged off by this, but it wasn't a 'wiping out'.

I am sure that if he had been given particularly poor treatment, he wouldn't have been shy in running to the media to complain about it. I can't find any comment from him. It seems from the news reports that the only targetting of him was with a pie and happened before kick off.

This all kind of points to a bit of re-writing of history on your part or possibly a mis-recollection skewed by confirmation bias.

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Triggaaar said:

Actually, the kind of result I dreamed of was beating Palace even after we went down to 10 men, and then my dream came true in front of my eyes.

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lawros left foot said:

It was Balogun that fouled Mr Tumble for the peno

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