It’s December 16th and we are in the middle of an intense period. Welcome to the latest edition of our show. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz and Justin. We’ll talk about Palace, USG, and we will look ahead to Man United at home and maybe touch on West Ham and the EFL cup.
Part One - let’s start with Palace and Union St Gilloise:
Reds escaped with a 2-1 from South London and are now top of the league - xG 1.77 vs. 1.11 - that includes the 0.75 for the penalty).
Reflections? 76 minutes of not very good then we showed an ability to stretch the play with the subs.
Use of subs - Harvey Elliott, Curtis and Gakpo, Gomez and Konate
Salah 200 goals
The press continues to be underwhelmed in contrast to Arsenal (‘who are playing wonderful football’).
USG - didn’t feel like we had a plan to score, and playing 2 at the back is very risky without Ali and VVD. Much easier to be the one young lad in an experienced team. 6 were 20 and under, Jones, Kelleher, Konate and Gakpo bringing the experience.
Part Two - we play United tomorrow:
This is too good to be true isn’t it? Their fans appear to be afraid. I used to hate these games (with John O’Shea or some less than stellar player stealing it in the 90th minute)
How much does the 7-0 from last season help them? Are they wounded? Who are they - literally what line up?
Bournemouth and FC Bayern;) They are going to sit deep aren’t they?
57000 crowd
We score early, this is over isn’t it?
Formation, predictions
Part Three - any other business:
EFL cup
City, Villa and Arsenal
Chelsea and Man Utd
We will be back after the United game. Thanks to Justin and Daz. And thank you dear listener for joining us.
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