Crystal Palace V Arsenal, KO Aug 5, 2000 BST

Top of the league :trophy:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football...r-league/table

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Originally Posted by mandela8

Agree with that.

Maybe Tierney comes in and Zinchenko goes into CM, but I've not seen him play there other than against Scotland when he was imperious, tbf, but it was against Scotland, tbf.

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We shouldn’t need to be playing a wing back system for a start. It’s fine if you’re going away to spurs, Liverpool, City or Chelsea but at Palace it shows a massive inferiority complex.

If we don’t sign Tielemans that Lego haired autistic can fuck off

We did win 2-0 you know, Palace away has been a very tricky tie for us in recent years

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Originally Posted by Mac76

We did win 2-0 you know, Palace away has been a very tricky tie for us in recent years

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And? The result is good…the performance was same old

Palace were undercooked, had difficult pre-season preparations because some of their players came down with Covid

We have yet again not done enough in the transfer market, the fact that we’ve come into the season without a central midfielder is criminal.

Being dominated for two thirds of the game by a mid table team is not something I enjoy sorry

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Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn

And? The result is good…the performance was same old

Palace were undercooked, had difficult pre-season preparations because some of their players came down with Covid

We have yet again not done enough in the transfer market, the fact that we’ve come into the season without a central midfielder is criminal.

Being dominated for two thirds of the game by a mid table team is not something I enjoy sorry

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We started the 92/93 season much better tbf. Much more enjoyable

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Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn

We have yet again not done enough in the transfer market, the fact that we’ve come into the season without a central midfielder is criminal.

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IKR, but hoping we've got something cooking, although Arteta's devotion to Xhaka doesn't seem to be waning sadly.

But i fully expected us to draw at best, so tbh i'll take it

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Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn

And? The result is good…the performance was same old

Palace were undercooked, had difficult pre-season preparations because some of their players came down with Covid

We have yet again not done enough in the transfer market, the fact that we’ve come into the season without a central midfielder is criminal.

Being dominated for two thirds of the game by a mid table team is not something I enjoy sorry

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First game of the season.

Good performances are pretty rare and not THAT important, man. 3 points sets arsenal up for a nice run of games

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Originally Posted by mandela8

First game of the season.

Good performances are pretty rare and not THAT important, man. 3 points sets arsenal up for a nice run of games

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I would agree IF this wasn’t the same kind of performance we saw constantly last season that saw us lose as many games as we won on the road

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Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn

I would agree IF this wasn’t the same kind of performance we saw constantly last season that saw us lose as many games as we won on the road

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I think we’ve been pretty consistent on the road this season so far

Saliba and White were huge positives. Xhaka as usual was useless but at least didnt get the second yellow and derail the entire game.