Palace/Chelsea

[ElectroClaret]

1-0 Palace. (30 mins.)

[ClaretOfMancunia]

Chelsea look dreadful. Billion pound squad and no shots on target.

[claretdj]

I can't work Chelsea out this season, watched them @ villa in the cup & they were brilliant. Polar opposite tonight, absolutely awful so far.

[RVclaret]

I can't work Chelsea out this season, watched them @ villa in the cup & they were brilliant. Polar opposite tonight, absolutely awful so far.

When they face an organised team that sits deep they struggle. They struggled 1st half against us and got a very fortunate equaliser on the stroke of half time. On the other hand Villa’s high line and they enjoy it.

[beddie]

Can’t see Poch lasting long playing like this. They’re a team of talented individuals that just don’t gel at the moment.

[ElectroClaret]

Chelsea look dreadful. Billion pound squad and no shots on target.

Yep.
Yet more proof, should more proof be needed, that it's not how much you have to spend, its how you spend it.
(Including recruitment of the manager. )

[Tricky Trevor]

Can’t see Poch lasting long playing like this. They’re a team of talented individuals that just don’t gel at the moment.

They have some talented guys but Gusto & Disasi are nowhere near at the moment, could be first season settling in.
Thiagos best days are behind him and Caicedo was never worth £100m. They are desperate for Drogbas successor but they don’t fall from trees.

[ElectroClaret]

1-1
Making a fight of it.

[simonclaret]

I fancy us to beat Palace on this showing.

[Westleigh]

Wharton has just come on ,commentator asking Neville if there were any Rovers fans watching ,Neville said “just a couple “

[Funkydrummer]

Can’t see Poch lasting long playing like this. They’re a team of talented individuals that just don’t gel at the moment.

I heard it said somewhere, talksport possibly, that they can't sack Poch
because they would have to pay him out and the cost would take them into
the realms of breaching ffp regs.

If true, what a state to get into.

Makes me smirk anyway.

[ElectroClaret]

Chelsea win it (?)
Good for us.

1-2
Make that 1-3

[Westleigh]

Chelsea win it (?)
Good for us.

1-2
Make that 1-3

Can’t image us getting 4 wins whilst Palace lose 4 .

[ElectroClaret]

Me neither, but it's what some are hanging their hats on....

[jos]

Roys last game?

[jrgbfc]

Hodgson should have just enjoyed his retirement. Not sure why he's putting himself through the aggro at 75.

[Westleigh]

Hodgson should have just enjoyed his retirement. Not sure why he's putting himself through the aggro at 75.

Hes like some of us fans ,it’s in his blood.

[ElectroClaret]

Should have his feet up in Tenerife.

[Westleigh]

Should have his feet up in Tenerife.

16 days left

[Jamesy]

Chelsea win it (?)
Good for us.

1-2
Make that 1-3

Good for us? Crikey, you don’t seriously think we have a chance of staying up do you?

[ElectroClaret]

Good for us? Crikey, you don’t seriously think we have a chance of staying up do you?

Nope.
But a belief in a footballing miracle is all we have now mate.

[Goliath]

Hodgson should have just enjoyed his retirement. Not sure why he's putting himself through the aggro at 75.

Hes a smart and inquisitive chap by all accounts. I can imagine he gets absolutely bored stiff when he hasnt got a job.
Its a shame really that he's basically getting forced into retirement because of his age. His age gets mentioned in basically every interview, it's quite cruel.

[ecc]

Nope.
But a belief in a footballing miracle is all we have now mate.

Indeed.

[Lord_Bob]

Yeah. Squeak out a little 3-2 win against the Gooners this weekend, and who knows what will happen?

[Jakubclaret]

Hodgson should have just enjoyed his retirement. Not sure why he's putting himself through the aggro at 75.

He probably doesn't want to bow out on a bum note this way if he manages to keep them up he goes out on a high. Tough 1 for parish he only agreed to stop on to help them out as a kind of favour.

[jrgbfc]

He stepped in last season and kept them up. Could have walked away a hero then. Was a backwards step by Palace to give him the job but Hodgson should have had the sense to leave on a high and enjoy his retirement.

[Jakubclaret]

He stepped in last season and kept them up. Could have walked away a hero then. Was a backwards step by Palace to give him the job but Hodgson should have had the sense to leave on a high and enjoy his retirement.

I agree with you it went to far but because he's now committed to the cause in his mind he has to see the job through whether parish is aligned with that remains to be seen. Something has to change sooner or later because them 5 points can quickly evaporate if they aren't careful.

[jrgbfc]

Looks like Palace want McKenna from Ipswich. Will probably have to wait till summer though. Think they'll trust Hodgson to just do enough to keep them up, which he probably will.