Palace Post Match Disappointment Thread

[shanks69]

i am still numb from last night and i have not looked at a paper just couldn't face them,but we have to look at the positives.our aim for the season was to get cl footie which we have done,we have played some of the best footie in country,we have have battled for the title which no one said we would and not only have we battled for the title but we are going into the last day of the season with the chance of still winning it(although we won't).we have also got the double footballer of the year,at the end of the day we can still hold are heads high and remember we are liverpool.

[Sarb]

Still in shock at the result

[TheElephantMan]

Fair play to Palace and to their supporters.

Ball ache of a result. ****.

We need to sort ourselves out and get three points on the final day. It's first or second, we win and they are the only two possible outcomes. It's a lottery, but with much better odds.

[Shaggy]

Still in shock at the result

Tried to put the awards on LFCTV last night but as usual what they'd advertised wasn't actually on. It was the Palace match instead. Saw the end, Suarez etc. Felt like crying FFS, but it brought it home having felt surreal all day.

[Shaggy]

[Gibbo]

****s sake Shaggy

[G]

He's ****ing worse than useless that fella. We should stay clear of loans, we're **** at them.

[Liverpool]

When it fell to him, I wasnt even excited but ****ing hell would good would it have been if he knocked it in.

[Sarb]

Still in shock at this

[BobTheCharmer]

Its taken me until now to even get close to posting. The last time watching football I felt that low was 1989, i could have smashed the place up. Instead before the third even hit the net I stormed off out the house and got back in at two. Walked the streets. No phone wallet or coat. Wife has barely spoken since. I'm not going to blame any one person, but we ****ing choked. The two at the back are hopeless under pressure. As for whichever player didn't take that cunt out for the second, its unreal. I just feel numb. Second, third, forth place, all the same. Winning is the thing that matters. This last month has been agony, not sure I need it anymore. Perhaps for my health and wellbeing I need to knock football on the head. It shouldn't matter this much.

[Vermilion]

Cheers.

[Norbs]

Its taken me until now to even get close to posting. The last time watching football I felt that low was 1989, i could have smashed the place up. Instead before the third even hit the net I stormed off out the house and got back in at two. Walked the streets. No phone wallet or coat. Wife has barely spoken since. I'm not going to blame any one person, but we ****ing choked. The two at the back are hopeless under pressure. As for whichever player didn't take that cunt out for the second, its unreal. I just feel numb. Second, third, forth place, all the same. Winning is the thing that matters. This last month has been agony, not sure I need it anymore. Perhaps for my health and wellbeing I need to knock football on the head. It shouldn't matter this much.

It matters

[Marina]

Its taken me until now to even get close to posting. The last time watching football I felt that low was 1989, i could have smashed the place up. Instead before the third even hit the net I stormed off out the house and got back in at two. Walked the streets. No phone wallet or coat. Wife has barely spoken since. I'm not going to blame any one person, but we ****ing choked. The two at the back are hopeless under pressure. As for whichever player didn't take that cunt out for the second, its unreal. I just feel numb. Second, third, forth place, all the same. Winning is the thing that matters. This last month has been agony, not sure I need it anymore. Perhaps for my health and wellbeing I need to knock football on the head. It shouldn't matter this much.

It's tough. Felt much like this after the Chelsea result. It's very strange. Get too invested and you feel horrible when things are going badly. You ask yourself what's the point. Don't get invested enough and it doesn't mean much after awhile. Again, you wonder what the point of it all is. There isn't much of a happy medium. And after supporting a team all your life, you can't just quit--it feels like a part of you is missing! I know if I tried to let it go, it would just cause me more grief. Following football has brought a lot of joy into my life. It has allowed me to connect with people I have nothing else in common with. It has created a basis for some of my closest relationships with my relatives. I have felt immense pride. There are lots of good things to think about.

Hang in there. Sport like much other things in life is cyclical. I am sure our day will come again, whether it's this season or later on.

[Big-Red-Ed]

Stayed off of the internet after that, but need to just type something today. Apologies for the public, therapeutic need...

At the 60th minute, Sterling, Johnson and Lucas were exhausted. Completely obvious.

If you go back and watch the tape, and why would you, there were dozens, plural, of times when Sterling received the ball in acres of space, tucked into the middle, and he refused to run at the defense. He played a negative pass backward; maybe this was to allow the wingers to push forward, etc, but all of our advantage as a team comes from putting defenders on the back foot and running to get in behind. Sterling began picking and choosing his moments and he was effective when he ran, but he looked exhausted by the 60th, hands on knees, doubled over; I am not sure why this match more than others, but he was spent.

Somehow, Lucas was second best to balls played into his feet in space. I don't know how that is possible, but it was true. He looked like he was running in sand at 60', by 80' he wasn't closing down or able to get near the ball or other players. I actually felt terrible for him watching him struggle. Again, go back and watch if you can bear it. It was like watching a dying horse struggling to gather his feet. A tragedy.

Johnson- I can't blame him because he had made about 80 runs up and down the wing, with the typical lack of real impact, but giving us our required attacking shape, dragging players out of space, etc. By 70th minute, he was still going. By 75', he was done. Closing down, fouling, running with players, etc- his legs were gone, his brain was gone, he couldn't believe it, etc. Done.

Having seen all of this, there were some obvious things to do.

If you are Tony Pulis, that is to bring on pace, and he did. He saw what we all saw, and he threw on fliers and unleashed Bolasie, who hadn't made more than one or two big runs all match and tracked back for ****.

Rodgers saw this and, somehow, blinked. The right thing: Pull Lucas and Johnson, slide Joe Allen back next to Gerrard, STOP Gerrard from pressing forward and have him sit deep, stop pushing up CBs on corners, bring on Agger, pull Flannigan back. Coutinho would have been fine to launch counters in place of Lucas, keep Sturridge and Luis up top to track down balls over the top or on the counter, but close down the ball, defend in numbers and protect the points.

We have no one to blame but ourselves; the answer was glaring. What is the point of putting Gerrard and Lucas in front of the back four if Gerrard is stupidly going to be sucked forward up 3-1 and Lucas can't run?

The midfield was an arid landscape of nothing but opportunity for Palace. Wingers were pushed up. I just cannot understand it.

Great teams close out games, great teams don't ship garbage goals with big leads. We have done this all season. As much as I wanted the title, and it's still possible (go Villa!), this team needs to be tactically sound on both ends of the pitch. Genius without discipline never ends well; a perfect recipe for self-sabotage. We have obliged our weaknesses, and it cost us.

I hope BR can develop the right mentality to fix this issue. Smart investment in depth is a glaring need, but so is tactical discipline.

This is exactly how I saw it. Rodgers is a quick learner and I am sure next year we will be cooler and more conservative in these circumstances. We all love the attacking flair but at times, especially in Europe we will need to be more street smart.

[Leyton388]

Victor Mose is one of the worst players I have ever seen in a red shirt. Aspas would have scored there FFS.

I'm still gutted about this game but in all reality the title was lost against Chelsea which softened the blow a little bit BUT if City were to draw tonight I will cry knowing we let ****ing Palace of all team score 3 goals against us when the hardly score more than 1 in a game.