After winning the away
game at Palace last October (on exactly the same weekend as this season) by three goals to one, with goals from Jenkinson, Lanzini, and Payet, we looked well set to repeat the feat when we met them at Upton Park in the return fixture in April.
This is a big chance for them to get more pressure on Spurs, who face a tricky
game at Palace on Wednesday.
It was rumoured that the new Arsenal Number One was injured after the weekend's
game at Palace, but Arsene Wenger has made it clear that he is ready to lay.
It is just as well that they have 35 points in the bag, as I doubt that they will get many more in their six remaining fixtures, two games at home to Tottenham and Manchester United, and four away
games at Palace, Burnley, Manchester City and Liverpool.
Away from home they have won three
games at Palace, Leicester and Southampton.
Not exact matches
Later, sitting around ornate
game tables (which Kallos acquired from the Imperial
Palace after that casino got a makeover and a new name), they learn things like paying out bets, pacing
games, and offering insurance when the dealer turns up an ace
at blackjack.
We have lost three away
games recently that we should not have lost,
at West Brom just before the international break, and after
at Crystal
Palace.
Now we have another London derby coming up on Monday which certainly won't be as easy as the Hammers
game, considering that
Palace did the unthinkable last week and beat Chelsea
at the Bridge.
Next up is struggling Crystal
Palace and with the
game being played
at the Emirates stadium on new years day and looking
at Palace's league position and recent form you might think it is another three points in the bag, except for the fact that they have a new manager in the shape of Sam Allardyce and according to a Sky Sports report the
Palace defender Martin Kelly reckons that the Big Sam effect is already making itself felt
at Selhurst Park.
A lovely move, involving Cesc Fabregas, Diego Costa and goalscorer Oscar saw the Blues take the lead in Sunday's Premier League
game at Crystal
Palace inside 29 minutes.
AFC Bournemouth have, however, had an extra day to recover since their last match, with Arsenal in action on Sunday afternoon — finishing their
game with
Palace barely 48 hours before things get under way
at Vitality.
Remember the pre-match press conference before the
palace game at home this season?
United do look to be finding form
at the right time, having beaten Chelsea and Crystal
Palace in impressive fashion in their last two league
games.
Visiting teams
at venues like Emirates, Anfield and Etihad will ensure that they don't go out of the contest early on in the
game, and
Palace will be no different in this regard.
City are big -400 favorites in that match, but we saw Arsenal struggle to a 3 - 2 win
at Crystal
Palace on Thursday, so it could be a tougher road
game than the big odds suggest.
«They were 2 - 0 up against West Ham and could have lost, and they drew against a Crystal
Palace team that played a very good counter-attacking
game just as we did
at Norwich.
true, I'm even scared for Crystal
Palace game, after watching everyone take their 3 points, all pressure will on us and
at the 5th place, 1 point just above Man U
When we play on» Gopher Lovenests» like
at Palace etc. it throws our passing
game out of wack... LOL
I can't see Wenger risking any of our star players on that surface, Which makes this
game more likely to be a giant killing with the reserves that he will put out for this
game and the Sutton management know this too, which is why they stuck to playing this tie
at their ground instead of moving it elsewhere (Crystal
palace) that must tell you something?
Above all talking the talk is one thing but walking the walk is something else entirely and we face a more difficult
game vs
Palace at a raucous Selhurst Park.
Before Saturday's
game against Manchester United, we looked
at Palace's appalling start in the context of their goals scored (before: nil; after: zero), their points gained (before: none; after: nada), and their hope for the future (you get the idea).
Contrary to beliefs, this
game, in my perspective, will be a tough one for the Gunners, even though they are
at home to
Palace.
However, if
Palace set out to be defensively robust, and ensure Arsenal don't enjoy space and clear chances
at goal, this could be a very intriguing
game to witness.
Stinger vs city, set up the
game winner vs
palace... Care to wager on whether he'll score away
at Beskitas?
Then beat other teams
at the bottom half... I know some
games will be tough (Everton,
Palace, westham and the likes) but if we play our cards right with my prediction.
I would think that the manager wants his star striker to play in that but after it we have two weeks until the new year and just two
games, both
at home, against West Brom and Crystal
Palace.
Perhaps Arsene will not look back on the
Palace game at all?
And so there must be a few of them whose places in the starting line up are
at risk for our next
game, which is an away day clash with the Crystal
Palace side rejuvenated under Alan Pardew.
They played some wonderful stuff
at Crystal
Palace, had a good goal disallowed against Liverpool, and I admit it was an incredibly frustrating
game to watch against Toon but I don't agree we just scraped past.
Wenger needs to do something, 3
games and we could be on 1 or 2 points, with Alan Pardew in charge away
at Crystal
Palace I'm not sure whether we can get a win and after that it's Liverpool, we will be playing catch up again.
Even if we do manage to win the next two Premier League
games,
at home to West Brom on Boxing Day and then Crystal
Palace on new years day, I do not expect us to make up any ground on the league leaders, as Chelsea also have two very winnable home
games against Bournemouth and Stoke City.
It happened
at QPR this week and the
game should have been out of sight and that was not a rare occurence; remember Brighton in the cup, Leicester,
Palace, QPR
at home and many more.
True it's a needed bit of confidence but we did thump Everton 5:1 and
Palace 4:1, but when we go away it's just shocking and our record against the top 6 sees just one win, and with an away
game at Old Trafford I don't see a second one coming.
Final 11
games: Bournemouth (H), Leicester (A), Sunderland (H), Norwich (A), Southampton (A), Swansea City (H), Liverpool (A), Crystal
Palace (H), Aston Villa (A), Tottenham (H), and Manchester City (H)
at some point
The team practices
at the Lake Vue Ice
Palace, accent on the Ice, a facility more suited for hanging meat than working out for a Major Indoor Soccer League
game.
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard will wear special editions boots for his final
game against
at Anfield against Crystal
Palace this weekend, as Adidas have announced they have designed a pair of boots that represents his bond with the Merseyside outfit.
With Liverpool losing 1:2
at home against
Palace this is a fine weekend for us, but we need to keep our heads cool and just focus on the next
game.
Before the international break, Jurgen Klopp's side lost their first
game 2 - 1
at the hands of Crystal
Palace — their first defeat since the German coach replaced Brendan Rodgers in October — and will have been desperate to return to winning ways against City.
Because of the skill of Campbell to scheme & wriggle past defenders, I am starting him on the bench to come on
at a stage in the
game and I'm giving Welbeck a complete rest from the match till the
Palace game when he could be in my match day squad.
Any small margin we did have as Arsene Wenger and the players prepare for the away
game at Crystal
Palace on Monday night has now evaporated, though, as both Man City and Liverpool won their matches to stretch the gap between them and us.
Southampton, Swansea and
Palace at home in the League were all
games that we really, really should have won — if only one of our strikers had shown even the slightest bit of form — but they didn't and 8 points were frittered away in these
games.
Arsenal were second best all through last night's
game at Crystal
Palace, despite all our possession.
Ooooooooo Haaaaaaahaaaaah!!!!!! i m really really happy guys because all the premier league big boys lost their
games at their own stadium few minutes earlier in fa cup against small teams... it has really made my day and m very happy... chelsea lost 4 - 2 vs bradford
at bridge man city lost 2 - 0 vs middlesborough
at etihad southampton lost 3 - 2 vs our sanogo's crystal
palace at saint mary's and lastly tottenham also losf
at white hart lane vs leicester 2 - 0... I hope liverpool also lose today vs bolton
at their own turf anfield in later match that would be something amazing guys all top teams gonna be out with our team hopefully tomorrow we will see off brighton and win the fa cup again and retain the cup and I think we r now favourites to win fa cup INSHAA ALLAH tis season again..
Man City also have an away
game, against Crystal
Palace, and Alan Pardew has moulded them into a team that could upset anyone, especially
at Selhurst Park.
Spurs embark on their final nineteen Premier League home
games at White Hart Lane with the forthcoming visit of Crystal
Palace.
A week later we have
Palace again back
at the Emirates, and there are no more League
games until the 30th of Jan when we visit lowly Swansea and then a 5 - day rest before Everton come to our home.
The Dutchman missed Southampton's first four league
games of the season as he recovered from a ligament injury he suffered in January but came on as a substitute in the side's 1 - 0 win away
at Crystal
Palace to make his first appearance of the new campaign.
The Spanish playmaker, who missed the 1 - 0 victory over Crystal
Palace last weekend with an ankle problem, was initially named in the starting XI for the
game at the Etihad Stadium and was set to forge an exciting midfield trio alongside Raheem Sterling and Kevin De Bruyne.
He said before the Crystal
Palace game, «I would say he is
at least three weeks from today.»
After the shock of Arsenal losing to West Ham in the first Premier League
game, the Gunners did well to bounce back with an away win over a determined and well drilled Crystal
Palace side
at the weekend.