Well that wasn’t quite the start to the season we were anticipating aye? ☹
Today’s/ Yesterday’s Admin-
Title Countdown:
0 wins down/ 30 to go.
2 points down/ 93 to go.
Current Unbeaten League Run-
21 games: W 16 D 5 F 47 A 13 CS: 11
Funny game that. Much better than Fulham but it left differing views when our crew is normally pretty much on the same page.
I personally didn’t think we started to play until we went down to 10 the last half hour and suddenly started finding all sorts of space. Which was mad with a man less. But then the general consensus, from both other mates after, and the lads who sit around me, was we were sound first half. I personally thought our passing was way too slow and made it easy for Palace to defend. The urgency on which we pride ourselves just wasn’t there. But we certainly should have been out of sight at the half. That we could all agree on. (And no, for the reactionary nincompoops across the net/ SM, that has little to do with our midfield and ALL to do with profligacy of the front men.).
Instead of frustratingly being a goal behind at half-way. Side note- As much as I was fuming (to great hilarity) in the boozer before the game at Nat starting, I thought he had a really solid game and wasn’t the one at fault for the goal. Yeah, he got done for pace. Which you expect against Zaha as he’s slower then mud with the turning circle of the Titanic. But that should never have got to that point if THREE lads hadn’t been caught and had their pants pulled down by a superb move inside from Eze. (Who is a PROPER player BTW. Terrific little footballer him.). If that’s stopped at source, as it should have been, it never even gets to Nat. Like Fulham’s opener last week, when Trent was ridiculously slammed for a shocking team-goal to concede with massive mistakes from at least 4 other players; to blame Nat for Palaces goal last night is amateur hour analysis. Great cameo by JMG BTW second-half.
Darwin was a divvy and a half to get goaded into that by the #16, who was an absolute shithouse all game long. Helped by the absolutely abysmal Tierney letting him get away with all sorts of petty ****. Harsh learning curve on the English game for him, but it ironically spurred us into life the last half-hour, when the intensity and tempo FINALLY arrived for the first time this season to at least leave you with positive vibes among the frustration. Side note- At least it spares his song next Monday at OT which I’m telling yer sounds like ‘
Munich! Munich! Munich!’ when sung en masse. Which wouldn’t have been good!
Superb goal from Diaz. Which he badly needed as he was proper poor again for the second straight game. And both Mo and Carvalho couldn’t of connected much sweeter with their late chances. But sadly luck just wasn’t running in our favour.
So a poor first hour, albeit one we should have been well clear through. A boneheaded rush of blood from Nunez. And then our best half-hour of the league season to date. And another frustrating result. Albeit a draw that extends our unbeaten league run to 21 games with no defeats this Calendar year. Harsh to go in too hard on them when that context is added.
(Now a little rant
…..)
What isn’t harsh is asking the absolute gobshite I was listening to walking away from the ground to please stay the F away from our club and find something else to do with your money! Ta in advance ….. Proper F wool behaviour, and F cringe embarrassing at that, to hear the humongous bellends sacking off the league.
TWO games into the season with
108 points left on the board. With THIS historical gang of Reds to boot. Thankfully they were all wool voices and not locals. (Which begs the perennial question just how the F they are getting tickets?
.). But no less F embarrassing to listen to all the same. Take that defeatist **** to whatever F team represents the hovel you are from. For you’ll
NEVER get this City and what makes us tick. And just why the football club that represents us is so successful, with P poor attitudes like that!
The prohie going up to £ 4! What’s all that about?!!!!!
And just what the **** was being played the Glenbuck before the game heck only knows but can we please NOT have it again. Throw that DVD into the sea! Ta in advance from our collective eardrums. As cringe funny as some of the songs were.
*Nark over.
Frustrating start to the league season. But nothing a win at Utd next Monday night can’t put right.
Up the slow starting, but up for this title fight Reds!
FTT!!!!!