Palace away 24/08 k/o 15:00pm UK
The James Tom(p)kins derby.
Simply put, Niclas Füllkrug must start 🍺
Over to you’s..
Simply put, Niclas Füllkrug must start 🍺
Over to you’s..
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My 4-2-3-1 starting line-up wish would be
Areola
Wan-Bissaka - Todibo - Kilman - Emerson
Soucek - Rodríguez
Kudus - Paqueta - Summerville
Bowen
At least there are possibilities.
Wan-Bissaka - Todibo - Kilman - Emerson
Alvarez - Rodríguez
Bowen - Kudus - Paqueta -
Füllkrug
Edit: moves might be in the pipeline then or maybe even gone through.
I think we'll see these players, whether it's a 4-3-3 like:
Areola
AWB-Todibo-Kilman-Emerson
Soucek-Rodríguez-Paqueta
Bowen-Füllkrug-Kudus
or a 4-2-3-1 like:
Areola
AWB-Todibo-Kilman-Emerson
Soucek-Rodríguez
Bowen-Paqueta-Kudus
Füllkrug
Although, given Soucek's miss-placed pass that led to the corner that Villa scored their early goal from, maybe JWP starts ahead of him, especially with potentially stronger defenders in AWB and Todibo coming in?
So it could be more of a:
Areola
AWB-Todibo-Kilman-Emerson
Rodríguez
JWP Paqueta
Bowen-Füllkrug-Kudus
Tbh, with who we'll likely have available, that's the side I want to see put out.
Six players gone of which the notables are Joao Palhinha to Bayern, Tosin Adarabioyo to Chelsea, Bobby De Cordova-Reid to Leicester and Willian, currently without a club
Only three players in so far, Emile Smith-Rowe (Arsenal £27m + £7m add ons), 24yo CB Jorge Cuenca (Villarreal £5.4m) and Ryan Sessengon (Spurs, free).
Smith-Rowe slotted straight into the starting XI and Cuenca was on the bench although Sessegnon was missing from the squad.
Rumours about CB Sander Berge from Burnley and CB Joachim Andersen from Palace
Starting XI v Man Utd
Leno
Tete Diop Bassey Robinson
Pereira Lukic
Traore Smith-Rowe Iwobi
Muniz
Copy n Paste for 14th Jan
Just got back from a long weekend in Broadstairs with the future Mrs shrugged, had a 7:30am start and got it into my head we were playing Fulham
Areola
Wan-Bissaka - Mavropanos - Kilman - Emerson
Ward-Prowse - Rodríguez - Paquetá
Kudus - Summerville
Bowen
Fabiański, Aguerd, Todibo, Coufal, Cresswell, Souček, Guilherme, Antonio, Füllkrug
I’d hold off Todibo another week just to ensure we don’t change 50% of the backline from Saturday, but Wan-Bissaka & Summerville/Füllkrug should come in for me. Ward-Prowse is going to be better equipped to play a passing/pressing style than Souček.
This is a tough game. With City next we could really do with 3 points but it is important we don’t lose. I’d go with Bowen up top, Kudus & Summerville either side & three in midfield.
Anyway...
Palace have had a quiet summer with just two changes to the starting XI last weekend from when we were at Selhurst Park in April
28yo Japanese AM Daichi Kamada (Lazio, free) stepped into the vacancy left by Michael Olise (£45m Bayern Munich) while Nathaniel Cylne was replaced by Marc Guehi who was injured last time we were at Selhurst.
There could be more changes this weekend as Newcastle are rumoured to be close to signing Guehi and as someone mentioned earlier Andersen could be off to Fulham, supposed to be having his medical today
Palace are looking to bring in 24yo French CB Maxence Lacroix who joined Wolfsburg while Glasner was manager. He was subbed at half time in Wolfsburg's cup win over 5th tier Koblenz on Monday.
Against Brentford
Henderson
Richards Andersen Guehi
Munoz Wharton Hughes Mitchell
Kamada Mateta Eze
Palace's two other new signings were on the bench, Ismaïla Sarr (£12.5m Marseille) got 6 minutes while 21yo CB Chadi Riad (£15m Real Betis) was unused
Options for the back three are Nathaniel Clyne and/or Rob Holding who joined from Arsenal last summer but has been plagued with injuries and has only made one appearance for Palace (EFL Cup v Man Utd 26 Sept 2023)
On midfielder Edson Alvarez: "He has been out for a while and he is progressing well, but let's see. Until tomorrow we're not going to have a clear view of how our squad looks."
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