| Can this team beat Palace? 09:42 - Mar 4 with 2448 views | unstableblue |
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———-OShea—-Wolf—-Greaves
Johnson—-Morsy—Cajuste——-Davis
————-Philogene—Clarke
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Limited bench - Hirst, Broadhead, Luongo, Townsend
Away end must deliver its best performance in what has been a very good season for travelling blues support
Perhaps Omari and Encisco back? Phillips? |  |
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| Can this team beat Palace? on 10:01 - Mar 4 with 2322 views | _clive_baker_ |
Big ask of Johnson in that role after 120 yesterday but not sure what choice we’ve got.
And yes it can. |  | | |
| Can this team beat Palace? on 10:27 - Mar 4 with 2249 views | soupytwist |
Doubt it. I thought in the home game none of our central midfielders were better than Will Hughes and Jefferson Lerma (who I guess we will face at Selhurst Park).
While the 3-4-2-1 might give us a bit more defensive solidity, and Mateta probably won't be playing I still think that relative weakness in the middle of the park will be our undoing.
Edited to correct formation error. [Post edited 4 Mar 11:48]
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| Can this team beat Palace? on 10:35 - Mar 4 with 2174 views | Pinewoodblue |
| Can this team beat Palace? on 10:27 - Mar 4 by soupytwist |
Doubt it. I thought in the home game none of our central midfielders were better than Will Hughes and Jefferson Lerma (who I guess we will face at Selhurst Park).
While the 3-4-2-1 might give us a bit more defensive solidity, and Mateta probably won't be playing I still think that relative weakness in the middle of the park will be our undoing.
Edited to correct formation error. [Post edited 4 Mar 11:48]
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3-5-2 really? |  |
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| Can this team beat Palace? on 10:42 - Mar 4 with 2142 views | SaffronWaldenBlues |
We'll struggle with their pace and power, they have better raw athletes than we do and will be tough to play against, I don't see our game being able to break them down that effectively nor being able to catch break up top where Delap can actually do some damage, he's going to be run ragged. |  |
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| Can this team beat Palace? on 10:59 - Mar 4 with 2090 views | unstableblue |
| Can this team beat Palace? on 10:01 - Mar 4 by _clive_baker_ |
Big ask of Johnson in that role after 120 yesterday but not sure what choice we’ve got.
And yes it can. |
Monday night to Saturday 3pm is a good recovery period.
Plus Johnson has had limited game time this season.
He’s actually coming into a bit of form. And with Axel out and Wolf looking good, that for me has to be the starting back line | |
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| Can this team beat Palace? on 11:03 - Mar 4 with 2059 views | positivity |
we don't really have a choice, so let's hope so! |  |
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| Can this team beat Palace? on 11:16 - Mar 4 with 1973 views | Pinewoodblue |
| Can this team beat Palace? on 10:27 - Mar 4 by soupytwist |
Doubt it. I thought in the home game none of our central midfielders were better than Will Hughes and Jefferson Lerma (who I guess we will face at Selhurst Park).
While the 3-4-2-1 might give us a bit more defensive solidity, and Mateta probably won't be playing I still think that relative weakness in the middle of the park will be our undoing.
Edited to correct formation error. [Post edited 4 Mar 11:48]
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| Can this team beat Palace? on 11:18 - Mar 4 with 1953 views | E_I_E_I_E_I_O |
| Can this team beat Palace? on 10:59 - Mar 4 by unstableblue |
Monday night to Saturday 3pm is a good recovery period.
Plus Johnson has had limited game time this season.
He’s actually coming into a bit of form. And with Axel out and Wolf looking good, that for me has to be the starting back line |
He done okay but it seems to have gone totally un-noticed that he was playing Yates miles onside for their goal yesterday while everyone had pushed up perfectly. That seems to have gone under the radar. | | | |
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| Can this team beat Palace? on 11:19 - Mar 4 with 1950 views | NthQldITFC |
| Can this team beat Palace? on 10:42 - Mar 4 by SaffronWaldenBlues |
We'll struggle with their pace and power, they have better raw athletes than we do and will be tough to play against, I don't see our game being able to break them down that effectively nor being able to catch break up top where Delap can actually do some damage, he's going to be run ragged. |
You've said something I can't really disagree with. What's wrong? Just warming up? |  |
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| Can this team beat Palace? on 11:24 - Mar 4 with 1918 views | SaffronWaldenBlues |
| Can this team beat Palace? on 11:19 - Mar 4 by NthQldITFC |
You've said something I can't really disagree with. What's wrong? Just warming up? |
I can do you a favour and remind you that we'll likely not break 30 points this season and will probably finish 19th ;)
Is that what you are after? | |
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| Can this team beat Palace? on 11:41 - Mar 4 with 1846 views | gsoly |
Think we could do with McKenna pulling an injured rabbit out of the hat. One of Omari or Enciso would do wonders to that side. Perhaps even Phillips will be back. |  | | |
| Can this team beat Palace? on 11:43 - Mar 4 with 1836 views | _clive_baker_ |
Omari’s a big miss. Broadhead has good feet but in the transition the boy Hutchinson is dangerous. Doesn’t always come off for him but he’s a great outlet to get us up the pitch. In his absence we really need to see that from Philogene. Hopefully he’s not out too long, need him and Enciso back fit. | | | |
| Can this team beat Palace? on 11:50 - Mar 4 with 1778 views | soupytwist |
| Can this team beat Palace? on 11:16 - Mar 4 by Pinewoodblue |
3-5-2 really? |
Counting never was my strong point. | | | |
| Can this team beat Palace? on 12:27 - Mar 4 with 1659 views | itfcsuth |
Unlikely - but if any way would need to be a defensive masterclass with a clinical cutting edge going the other way - although suspect moments on the front foot will be few and far between.
Just simply isn't enough quality in Jaden & J.Clarke to hurt going the other way. |  | | |
| Can this team beat Palace? on 12:33 - Mar 4 with 1625 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
| Can this team beat Palace? on 11:41 - Mar 4 by gsoly |
Think we could do with McKenna pulling an injured rabbit out of the hat. One of Omari or Enciso would do wonders to that side. Perhaps even Phillips will be back. |
On the information that's been shared, Enciso & Hutch are unlikely to be back until after the International break, so the beginning of April. Philips is a possibility for Saturday, and he could make all the difference. | | | |
| Can this team beat Palace? on 12:39 - Mar 4 with 1562 views | gsoly |
| Can this team beat Palace? on 12:33 - Mar 4 by SuffolkPunchFC |
On the information that's been shared, Enciso & Hutch are unlikely to be back until after the International break, so the beginning of April. Philips is a possibility for Saturday, and he could make all the difference. |
Palace are missing plenty too. Two injury-ravaged sides going at it this weekend. | | | |
| Can this team beat Palace? on 12:59 - Mar 4 with 1464 views | Exiled2Surrey |
| Can this team beat Palace? on 11:18 - Mar 4 by E_I_E_I_E_I_O |
He done okay but it seems to have gone totally un-noticed that he was playing Yates miles onside for their goal yesterday while everyone had pushed up perfectly. That seems to have gone under the radar. |
Really? I agree that he was out of position, but even if he wasnt there I think Yates would still have been onside. | | | |
| Can this team beat Palace? on 13:07 - Mar 4 with 1436 views | EuanTown |
Looking sparse at the moment aren't we |  | | |
| Can this team beat Palace? on 13:18 - Mar 4 with 1381 views | jayessess |
Having not won at all in 2025 it is probably foolish to see us any other than distant second favourites in every game we play. 9/2 is the shortest odds on us with any bookie and we're up around 7/1 in some places.
Think discussion of Palace having an "injury crisis" really puts how ridiculous our current fitness issues into perspective. Palace have 3 players injured - Riad, Doucoure, Mateta. Will Hughes is suspended. Unless someone recovers between now and Saturday (and it sounds more likely that someone is added to the injury list), then we'll have TEN players unavailable.
Still, we put out a weakened team last night and ran Forest pretty close, so who knows. If we could somehow burgle 3 points from Palace (and in our favour they are better when the other team dominates possession, which I doubt we'll be able to do it), then that's a lot of pressure on a Cunha-less Wolves against an in-form Everton team. |  |
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| Can this team beat Palace? on 13:23 - Mar 4 with 1348 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
| Can this team beat Palace? on 12:39 - Mar 4 by gsoly |
Palace are missing plenty too. Two injury-ravaged sides going at it this weekend. |
I wouldn't say Palace are ravaged - they're lower-mid table for players out.
Chadi Riad Dnanou, 01/01/2026, Not Available, Ruled Out
Cheick Doucoure, 01/06/2025, Not Available, Ruled Out
Will Hughes, 02/04/2025, Not Available, Ruled Out
Joel Ward, No Return Date, Not Available, Ruled Out
Jean-Philippe Mateta, No Return Date, Ruled Out
They have far fewer key players out. Mateta looks unlikely to be back, as he's just out of hospital and still under observation. | | | |
| Can this team beat Palace? on 14:23 - Mar 4 with 1202 views | Smoresy |
I'm optimistic that Monday's squad was a cautious approach and we'll have at least two welcome additions for Saturday (plus Taylor for your current limited bench, unless he's also now 🤕). | | | |
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