Crystal Palace v Manchester United - Official Match Thread - 16/7/20 8:15pm

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Win tonight and we'll get top four.

Come on reds start on the front foot. 3 or 4 changes I’d play ighalo and Fred we can do it 0-2

I reckon Pogba will be rested for Fred and Williams or Dalot in at left back.

Possibly Mason out.

Cahill and benteke out for them

Bit worried about zaha and Townsend

1-1

Originally Posted by no fun

Cahill and benteke out for them

Bit worried about zaha and Townsend

1-1

Zaha is always a threat, but every team is gonna have someone.

They've lost four in a row and want their hols. No crowd to contend with. We have no excuse for not winning this.

Originally Posted by Dr Stranger

Zaha is always a threat, but every team is gonna have someone.

They've lost four in a row and want their hols. No crowd to contend with. We have no excuse for not winning this.

It’s v united

Game will be raised

Tight 2-1 win.

Rashford and James with the goals.

Originally Posted by no fun

It’s v united

Game will be raised

Villa were well up for it when the game kicked off too last week. They were in bits by the end. The opposition trying should be a prerequisite and we need to be above it.

Originally Posted by Dr Stranger

Villa were well up for it when the game kicked off too last week. They were in bits by the end. The opposition trying should be a prerequisite and we need to be above it.

Yep, and until Monday night we coped with that pretty well since the restart.

Time, hopefully, to show that was just a blip.

Originally Posted by red in cumbria

Yep, and until Monday night we coped with that pretty well since the restart.

Time, hopefully, to show that was just a blip.

We're comfortably the best of the 2 right now. The only thing stopping us is the chasing and the low margin for error.

If we can pick it straight back up and not dwell on Monday then there's no reason to not feel confident about winning all 3.

We have three winnable games left. If we don't amass the 9 points then the team simply don't deserve the CL. No it's or buts about it.

Not confident. Reeks of a draw.

I’m very often wrong though * - let it be so tonight.

But as Jethro said, if we don’t finish top 4, we don’t deserve to as it’s in our hands.

* only for football predictions

Originally Posted by Jethro

We have three winnable games left. If we don't amass the 9 points then the team simply don't deserve the CL. No it's or buts about it.

Pretty much.

We could afford one draw and we've used it up. If we're lucky we might be able to get away with a point at Leicester, but we can't think like that.

Let's have it right, we've barely been in touch with Chelsea and top four all season, so the very fact we have the proposal of 'win all three and we get CL' is a huge incentive.

And those three are Palace, West Ham and Leicester.

Before Monday there was talk of a title push next season. One last minute draw later and people suddenly worry about us winning at a Palace side who have lost four on the spin.

Originally Posted by Hyman_Roth

Not confident. Reeks of a draw.

I’m very often wrong though * - let it be so tonight.

But as Jethro said, if we don’t finish top 4, we don’t deserve to as it’s in our hands.

* only for football predictions

Yeah you're not wrong, stinks of dropped points at the best of times, never mind with so much riding on it.

Hopefully it's the strongest line-up we can put out and we just deal with Sunday as best we can.

Originally Posted by Patty_b

Yeah you're not wrong, stinks of dropped points at the best of times, never mind with so much riding on it.

Hopefully it's the strongest line-up we can put out and we just deal with Sunday as best we can.

I'd happily sacrifice Sunday for tonight and the West Ham game.

Originally Posted by Dr Stranger

I'd happily sacrifice Sunday for tonight and the West Ham game.

Agreed. The league and Europa are what we should be focusing on.

Leicester winning will put even more pressure on this match however regardless of that result we have to win this match

This is another test of the mentality of this side
They failed on Monday hopefully they bounce back tonight

Will be interesting if Palace take anything from Southampton’s approach on Monday and really put us under pressure

We will have far too much for Palace.

Good, fast start and this could be over by the first drinks break.

Originally Posted by armchair

Agreed. The league and Europa are what we should be focusing on.

In an ideal world, we'd play that best 11 right through, but something has got to give and it's got to be the FA Cup


Reckon Chelsea will rest a few too though.

Originally Posted by ZiggyStardust

Leicester winning will put even more pressure on this match however regardless of that result we have to win this match

This is another test of the mentality of this side
They failed on Monday hopefully they bounce back tonight

Will be interesting if Palace take anything from Southampton’s approach on Monday and really put us under pressure

Yep, Leicester's result doesn't change anything either way - we need to win tonight.

I don't think Monday was a mentality issue. We just didnt perform and didnt react to the way Southampton played.

Tonight will be more of a reflection of our mentality in terms of how we react to it.

If we've improved the way we all think we have, we should win.