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    Punch Metz
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    https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/feb/06/fear-loathing-selhurst-park-crystal-palace-sam-allardyce?CMP=share_btn_tw

    I really do despair. To me the sale of the captain, Bolaisie and the injury to Souare have made the difference as we could not play the same system without them. All in the past, we must become solid in defence and our midfield are not solid defenders. Speroni must go back in goal for the crowd if nothing else. Their feeling has now been made, they must now get behind the team. Also I have a feeling about their fitness, it must be for 90 minutes. Could put a little bit of blame on the new training team as there may be a misunderstanding however getting them in 7am on a Sunday morning is certainly a way of putting a point forward. Read the article.

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    Great article. Says it all really. The players must respond at Stoke . The other clubs around us have found form at just the right time. Sorry but i really see nothing else but relegation for us. Perhaps in the long term that will be a good thing. Parish has made massive mistakes imo that are now very hard to undo.

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    jabbiter66
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    What will be will be… However I have said we missed Jedi for some time.. This new guy I hope will fit the bill.. I do actually like the acquisitions, agree on Speroni… Adding to the left flank, defensive midfield, defense too, I think Sam made some great acquisitions in all the positions we were so weak through poor recruitment, sales and injuries.. I am just not throwing in the towel yet.. there are a lot of struggling teams this year, whilst Sunderland was a bad bad result, it might serve a better purpose.. no way will I ever expect that level of capitulation again this year… It’s like a doom cloud .. yet had we won it would have been such a different outlook… it was just three points, just one game… look how well we played against Bournemouth…. I believe there will be more bournemouth games than there will be sunderland ones…. With Schulpp back, the two new recruits to play etc, I do think that we can do this…. But I also think relegation is a possibility, in which case we have a wealth of young talent to make a new palace again… either way, it’s Palace… it’s always been this bloody way!!!!

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    PerthEagle
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    I hope so Jabbs and still find belief we can win against Stoke! My only comment is on Jedi for I recall he wasn’t playing that well with us when he left as Pardew froze him and Ledley out of the team and he only came back when we had injuries; he wasn’t the same though. Earlier on he was taking some great free kicks and scoring goals, stepped up as our penalty taker and to my recollection never missed. Yes he wasn’t the best disposer of the ball gave many free kicks away as well as penalties however it now is clear his leadership is something that was never mentioned until now. He is sorely missed from that point.

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    jabbiter66
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    I hope so too Perth… can’t remember where I read it, but an interesting stat was that Villa have not won a game when Jedi was not playing… Perhaps we all got a bit hung up on what he couldn’t do to see what he did do.. Even if still with us, I think the new recruit would be the right acquisition to push for his place… never liked a team where players were not challenged or covered… our big problem was pardew had 11 players then nothing much else … just team putty filler who were not good enough to push let alone replace or enhance the squad….

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    This must be our most unluckiest year or do you make your own luck. With the injuries we have had either someone has put a curse on us or its just a cycle thing? Souare, Remy, Wickham, Cabaye earlier on and now these 4 new signings Schlupp plays one game then gets injured, Sakho not match fit and Milivojveic hasn’t his visa.

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    jabbiter66
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    The entire point of a 25 man squad… something overlooked by AP in his desire to add a few high profile names… take out the first 11 and what did he have left… nothing… even with these new signings, I think we are 3-4 players short of a reasonably balanced squad…

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