Crystal Palace's starting lineup;
Kolinko
Smith
Symons
Mullins
Edwards
Gray
Rodger
Kirovski
Riihilahti
Freedman
Morrison

 

1-0 Dougie Freedman!!!!!!!! YES

It was a messy goal, but it was not entirely undeserved, as Palace has had at least as many good chances as City. Especially Gray has been fantastic on the wing, making lots of good crosses and dribbles.

Now Palace is defending heavily when City is attacking, yet they produce more chances than City, which probably means that the team will get very tired soon...I fear the worst, but hope for the best

 

2-0 !!! INCREDIBLE!!! In a tight match, it is Palace that has been the lucky team. The second goal was scored by Kirovski. He fell/got tackled in front of goal at 5 meters at the same time as a long cross was coming in towards him. Just as he hit the ground he hit the ball, and by luck or by pure skill(unknown) the ball was impossible to save, and Palace got a great lead in front of the second half

 

2-1 :sob: the best goal of the game. Phillips got a nice pass...from the edge of the box and in towards the right side of the goal, in speed he turned around and shot...a really good shot, but it was saved by Kolinko who let the ball slip, and Shaun Goater was there to put the ball into the net.

 

Palace won 2-1 after being pushed backwards the last 15 minutes of the game. This gave them a few counter attacks, but mostly it was Darren Huckerby and City that was running the show. It wasn't enough though :tongue:

With the win Palace is just two points behind City, and have every chance of staying in the top.

Kit Symons was good, but not brilliant today, I hope he will show even better playing in the future.

Palace to the Premiership!!

 

Yeah great result for CP!

Man City are a joke defensively sometimes and I doubt they will get promoted automatically....but Crystal Palace genuinely look like promotion material but theres a long way to go...will they last the distance ?

Tomorrow its Coventry v Watford...live on ITV in the London region for those of you in the UK

 

Nice idea Orange, how about making this a Crystal Palace season thread ?

As for the game, crap...i was hoping City can start winning away again, but they didn't. i saw the highlights of the game and City's defence was a joke indeed. but at least Berkovic had a nice game, and was involved in City's goal too.

 

I have been a Palace fan since 1985 and this is about the 5th-6th time I write a match review from a Palace match here at Xtratime. The problem is that even if I do follow them through thick and thin, I hardly ever see a match with them right now, and I also doubt that there are any other Palace fans here. But maybe it could work. Write some transfer news, match previews, thoughts about what I heard about the matches etc. At least one other Palace fan would be nice though

 

The Crystal Palace thread

I thought I could make this thread for my favourite English club. I don't know how much I will update it, and since there are no other Palace fans here, it might be just a small thread. However since I sort of miss writing about them, and I will watch two matches with Palace this coming week, I though this was a good idea. The last time I saw Palace on tv was at home against Manchester City when they won(I wrote a thread about the match), now Crystal Palace vs Watford(TV4) just started on Swedish tv, and next weekend I will see Manchester City vs Crystal Palace(again) on Norwegian tv(NRK1).

I won't write anything else now, since the match has started, but will try and write something after the match.

Crystal Palace Squad 2001/2002:

Number Name Position
1 Alexsandrs Kolinko Goalkeeper
2 Jamie Smith Defender
3 Craig Harrison Midfielder
4 Dean Austin Defender
5 Christian Edwards Defender
6 David Hopkin Midfielder
7 Hayden Mullins Midfielder
8 Simon Rodger Midfielder
9 Dougie Freedman Forward
10 Clinton Morrison Forward
11 Tommy Black Midfielder
12 Gregg Berhalter Defender
14 Stephen Thomson Midfielder
15 Aki Riihilahti Midfielder
16 Andrew Frampton Midfielder
17 Andrejs Rubins Forward
19 David Woozley Defender
20 Richard Harris Forward
21 Cedric Carasso Goalkeeper
22 Andrew Martin Forward
23 Stephen Evans Midfielder
24 Julian Gray Defender
25 Jovan Kirovski Forward
26 Trevor Benjamin Forward
27 Steven Kabba Forward
28 Tony Popovic Defender
29 Jonathan Boardman Defender
30 Danny Granville Defender
31 Matt Clarke Goalkeeper
33 Scott Gooding Defender
36 Kit Symons Defender
38 Curtis Fleming Defender
40 Wayne Routledge Forward
55 Ade Akinbiyi Forward

 

Palace 0-2 Watford

I think Palace are now too far down the table to make the play-offs, the top six are well clear, IMO only Preston have a chance of bridging the gap, solid win for them today at home to Rotheram.

I have to say im at a loss as to why Akinbyi was brought to the club, Palace had no problem scoring goals with Freedman and Morrison, your problem area is the back four, only now with Ade playing have you stopped scoring...strange.....

 

Palace vs Watford

After continuous pressure from the home side, the first big chance came after 18 minutes. A cross from the left side, found Morrison on the 5 meter line, and all he had to do was put it into the goal. His somewhat poor shot was still deflected off the keeper and at 8 meters Dougie Freedman was prepared to put Palace ahead. He the shot past the keeper, only to hit a defender standing on the line, which resulted in a corner, that was a waste of time. After a few stumbling minutes from both sides, Palace again took charge, and in the 29th minute, the Watford keeper managed to pick up a backpass from his own defender, and an indirect freekick was correctly given to Palace at the 5 meter line. In the following freekick, the Watford defenders were already on the ball when Freedman made his shot, it looked wrong to me, but the ref did nothing. Once again it was all Palace, and the Swedish commentators was giving praise to the Palace players as much as they could, especially Hayden Mullins and Tommy Black seemed strong. It was then, just as my Liverpool supporting brother came in the door(I am visiting my parents this weekend) that Watford out of nowhere scored the leader on their first chance of the half....I couldn't believe it!! Marcus Gayle did some dribbling on the left side on the box, gave it to Glass who crossed the ball infront of the keeper, where Nielsen stood ready to execute it, 0-1. The first half was over second later, as Watford took the most undeserved lead I could think of at the time.

The 2nd half started with Watford shooting forward, and scoring on their 2nd chance of the match, this time through Gayle, who made it 0-2. The rest of the half was dull, with Watford having trhe slight edge. Akinbyi came in, and acted like a clown in attack. Once Morrison and Akinbyi was alone with one defender and the keeper, Ade had no little to no control, and the defender was between him and the keeper, but far from Morrison, the perfect chance to pass the ball, instead he shot 15 meters over the goal, as all Watford fans smiled. After that nothing happened, and we lost.

Akinbyi could be a good buy for the future mutu1875, but I understand what you mean, I still think we have a really good chance of making the playoffs, but then we need to up our game, and perform to the limit. Hopefull next weekend against City will be the change we need.

 

FRANCIS WANTS TO SEE STRIKERS TAKE CHANCES

Saturday March 09 2002

Crystal Palace boss Trevor Francis wants to see his strikers take their chances after the 2-0 defeat at home to Watford.

Allan Nielsen and Marcus Gayle scored the goals for Watford.

But Francis was more bothered by his own side, who have now failed to score in their last four at home.

He said: "I'm bewildered by our inability to put the ball in the back of the net.

"We played some very good football in a swirling wind but failed to score and when you have players of the calibre of Clinton Morrison and Dougie Freedman you expect one or two goals from so many chances.

"But I don't think it's a question of confidence - their goalkeeper was the best player on the park, and the pitch didn't help."

 

If anything, this season's seen a BIG improvement for Palace. Don't know if they're ready to get back up yet, but still that isn't shabby at all. Rodger and Freedman are the only players from Palace's previous Premiership adventures still at the club I see...

 

Last saturday i went to Blundell park to watch Grimsby V Chrystal palace, the result was 5-2 Grimsby completely out-played them..which is unusual

 

That is very unusual.

 

That is very unusual.

Yes Grimsby are sh1t. Last saturday i went to blundell park and they were 2-0 up half time against warsall...second half they played ok'ish 8 mins to go Grimsby gave up and warsall equalised.....If they get religated they loose the deal with ITV which would give them 2.5million and a new stadium. And religation looks enevitable now :dazed:

i hate Grimsby!!!.

 

Palace lost 1-0 to man city and Grimsby won 1-0 away at wolves....why cant we have a division one message board? :depress:

 

Akinbiyi was such a lame buy... I mean, the guy proved at Leicester that he is utter crap... Why on earth did Palace spend so much money on him?

With moves for players like Akinbiyi Palace wont be in the PL anytime soon.

 

I agree Amo, especially when they had two very good strikers already - Freedman and Morrison. I really dont get the logic behind buying Akinbiyi

 

I think it's a bit too soon to be so certain about the Akinbiyi transfer, perhaps one of the other strikers will get sold this summer, and either way having too many good players can't be a bad thing, I just hope they make some more transfers.

As for yesterdays game, I was too busy to be here writing anything, but I did see the game. In the first half it was all City, and Palace was a poor sight at that time. City took the lead, and it was all rather depressing, since no Palace players really played that good. In the second half, especially towards the end, Palace came much much stronger, and for a while there I thought Palace might even get the equaliser. Some decent chances and constant pressure was not enough however, and City won it 1-0.

However, there is still a chance to get a playoff place, and we need some good wins now.

 

I think it's a bit too soon to be so certain about the Akinbiyi transfer, perhaps one of the other strikers will get sold this summer, and either way having too many good players can't be a bad thing, I just hope they make some more transfers.

This is the difference, Akinbiyi is not good, he is useless. A waste of time and space. And in Palace's case, a waste of money as well.

 

This is the difference, Akinbiyi is not good, he is useless. A waste of time and space. And in Palace's case, a waste of money as well.

Yup, agree completly, Leicester will be laughing all the way to the bank.

In fairness, Palace did well to keep the game at 1-0, you would have thought once city broke the dead-lock they would score 3 or 4. Full credit to Palace

 

Current table:

ENGLAND DIVISION ONE
P W D L F A Pt GD
Portsmouth... 13 10 2 1 29 11 32 18
Norwich C.... 14 8 5 1 25 9 29 16
Leicester C.. 13 8 3 2 19 11 27 8
Sheff. Utd... 14 8 3 3 24 17 27 7
Nottm Forest. 13 7 3 3 24 13 24 11
Watford...... 14 7 3 4 20 21 24 -1
Coventry C... 14 6 5 3 19 17 23 2
Burnley...... 14 6 4 4 18 20 22 -2
Rotherham U.. 14 5 5 4 23 18 20 5
Reading...... 13 6 2 5 17 13 20 4
Gillingham... 14 5 4 5 17 19 19 -2
Derby Co..... 14 5 3 6 15 17 18 -2
Wolves....... 12 5 2 5 23 16 17 7
Ipswich T.... 13 4 4 5 18 17 16 1
Bradford C... 14 3 7 4 14 19 16 -5
Walsall...... 14 4 3 7 19 23 15 -4
Crystal P.... 13 2 8 3 17 17 14 0
Preston NE... 13 2 8 3 18 21 14 -3
Stoke C...... 14 3 5 6 16 21 14 -5
Millwall..... 14 3 4 7 13 25 13 -12
Sheff. Wed... 14 2 6 6 13 20 12 -7
Wimbledon.... 14 3 3 8 13 21 12 -8
Grimsby T.... 14 2 3 9 9 23 9 -14
Brighton &HA. 13 1 1 11 11 25 4 -14

 

2002/03 squad for Crystal Palace FC
Squad # Name Position
1 Matt Clarke Goalkeeper
2 Curtis Fleming Defender
3 Danny Granville Midfielder
4 Danny Butterfield Midfielder
5 Kit Symons Defender
6 Tony Popovic Defender
7 Hayden Mullins Midfielder
8 Andy Johnson Forward
9 Dougie Freedman Forward
10 Shaun Derry Midfielder
11 Julian Gray Midfielder
12 Jamie Smith Defender
13 Alex Kolinko Goalkeeper
14 Stephen Thomson Midfielder
15 Aki Riihilahti Midfielder
16 Tommy Black Forward
17 Andrejs Rubins Forward
18 Dean Austin Defender
19 Craig Harrison Defender
20 Steve Kabba Forward
21 Andrew Frampton Midfielder
22 Wayne Routledge Forward
23 Gareth Williams Forward
24 Will Antwi Defender
25 Gregg Berhalter Defender
26 Ben Surey Midfielder
27 David Hunt Midfielder
28 Robert Smith Midfielder
29 Gavin Heeroo Midfielder
30 Lance Cronin Goalkeeper
32 Darren Powell Defender
55 Ade Akinbiyi Forward

Transfers (post 2001/02 season)

To Palace:

Name From Fee
Danny Butterfield Grimsby Town Free
Andy Johnson Birmingham City £750,000
Shaun Derry Portsmouth £600,000
Darren Powell Brentford £400,000

From Palace:
Name To Fee
Clinton Morrison Birmingham City £4,250,000
Simon Rodger Released Free
David Hopkin Released Free
Richard Harris Wycombe Wanderers Free
Jovan Kirovski Released Free

 

What about the boxer Trevor Francis?