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dannyboy1978 05 Mar 18 10.25pm
Did anyone see benteke put a half hearted attempt to get the ball near the end before it ran out of play. That to me was enough to say no more.
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05 Mar 18 10.25pm

Did anyone see benteke put a half hearted attempt to get the ball near the end before it ran out of play. That to me was enough to say no more.

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Mstrobez 05 Mar 18 10.30pm
Originally posted by Harry Beever Think that’s harsh on Sörloth. He doesn’t have too much pace but he’s strong and large. He’s been thrown in at the deep end. Looked dead on his feet at the end of the game as most of them did. They gave their all. Couldn’t have asked for much more. Think he’ll improve and looking forward to seeing him develop. I appreciate that completely and hope he goes on to make me eat my words and becomes a great player for us. But if tonight’s showing is anything to go on, he is nowhere good enough to lead the line for a Premier league club. We're the Arthur over ere!
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05 Mar 18 10.30pm

Originally posted by Harry Beever

Think that’s harsh on Sörloth. He doesn’t have too much pace but he’s strong and large. He’s been thrown in at the deep end. Looked dead on his feet at the end of the game as most of them did. They gave their all. Couldn’t have asked for much more. Think he’ll improve and looking forward to seeing him develop.

I appreciate that completely and hope he goes on to make me eat my words and becomes a great player for us. But if tonight’s showing is anything to go on, he is nowhere good enough to lead the line for a Premier league club.

We're the Arthur over ere!

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Booted Eagle Bristol 05 Mar 18 10.30pm
Originally posted by Harry Beever Think that’s harsh on Sörloth. He doesn’t have too much pace but he’s strong and large. He’s been thrown in at the deep end. Looked dead on his feet at the end of the game as most of them did. They gave their all. Couldn’t have asked for much more. Think he’ll improve and looking forward to seeing him develop. Gonna take time for him to get used to the physical side of the PL. Bet he has never had to put in shifts like he has done recently, in the Danish league. Edited by Booted Eagle (05 Mar 2018 10.31pm) “ [T]here are known knowns; there are things we know that we know.There are known unknowns; that is to say there are things that, we now know we don't know.But there are also unknown unknowns – there are things we do not know we don't know. ” —United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld
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Bristol 05 Mar 18 10.30pm

Originally posted by Harry Beever

Think that’s harsh on Sörloth. He doesn’t have too much pace but he’s strong and large. He’s been thrown in at the deep end. Looked dead on his feet at the end of the game as most of them did. They gave their all. Couldn’t have asked for much more. Think he’ll improve and looking forward to seeing him develop.

Gonna take time for him to get used to the physical side of the PL. Bet he has never had to put in shifts like he has done recently, in the Danish league.

Edited by Booted Eagle (05 Mar 2018 10.31pm)

“ [T]here are known knowns; there are things we know that we know.There are known unknowns; that is to say there are things that, we now know we don't know.But there are also unknown unknowns – there are things we do not know we don't know. ”
—United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld

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Uphill Bedford 05 Mar 18 10.31pm
It really not sensible to have two tall No.9's playing together. Benteke was strong defending but did little else. In fairness to Sorloth at least he tried to hold the ball up, not always successfuly, and this ability may have looked as if he was slow. Let's face it, until we find a constructive midfield any striker we field will struggle.
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Bedford 05 Mar 18 10.31pm

It really not sensible to have two tall No.9's playing together.
Benteke was strong defending but did little else.
In fairness to Sorloth at least he tried to hold the ball up, not always successfuly, and this ability may have looked as if he was slow.
Let's face it, until we find a constructive midfield any striker we field will struggle.

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Brentmiester_General Front line in the battle against t... 05 Mar 18 10.50pm
Originally posted by dannyboy1978 Did anyone see benteke put a half hearted attempt to get the ball near the end before it ran out of play. That to me was enough to say no more. That’s what allowed them to go up the other end and eventually score. "We love you Palace, we f@cking hate Man U, We love you Palace, we hate the brighton too, We love you Palace we play in red 'n' blue, so f@ck you, and you ...
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Front line in the battle against t... 05 Mar 18 10.50pm

Originally posted by dannyboy1978

Did anyone see benteke put a half hearted attempt to get the ball near the end before it ran out of play. That to me was enough to say no more.

That’s what allowed them to go up the other end and eventually score.

"We love you Palace, we f@cking hate Man U, We love you Palace, we hate the brighton too, We love you Palace we play in red 'n' blue, so f@ck you, and you ...

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Brentmiester_General Front line in the battle against t... 05 Mar 18 10.51pm
Originally posted by Mstrobez I appreciate that completely and hope he goes on to make me eat my words and becomes a great player for us. But if tonight’s showing is anything to go on, he is nowhere good enough to lead the line for a Premier league club. Far too early to be making any assumptions about whether he is good enough. Needs time to get up to speed with the PL and from what I have seen he will do just fine. "We love you Palace, we f@cking hate Man U, We love you Palace, we hate the brighton too, We love you Palace we play in red 'n' blue, so f@ck you, and you ...
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Front line in the battle against t... 05 Mar 18 10.51pm

Originally posted by Mstrobez

Far too early to be making any assumptions about whether he is good enough. Needs time to get up to speed with the PL and from what I have seen he will do just fine.

"We love you Palace, we f@cking hate Man U, We love you Palace, we hate the brighton too, We love you Palace we play in red 'n' blue, so f@ck you, and you ...

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MikeCrete Crete 05 Mar 18 10.54pm
Originally posted by dannyboy1978 Did anyone see benteke put a half hearted attempt to get the ball near the end before it ran out of play. That to me was enough to say no more. That’s why we lost. Enough of him. Let Sorloth play there; can’t do worse the goals scored & we actually might hold the Gallup a bit..
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Crete 05 Mar 18 10.54pm

Originally posted by dannyboy1978

Did anyone see benteke put a half hearted attempt to get the ball near the end before it ran out of play. That to me was enough to say no more.

That’s why we lost. Enough of him. Let Sorloth play there; can’t do worse the goals scored & we actually might hold the Gallup a bit..

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Matlock matlock Derbyshire 05 Mar 18 11.01pm
Alll is not bad with the championship we my win a lot more games and benteke will be gone
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matlock Derbyshire 05 Mar 18 11.01pm

Alll is not bad with the championship we my win a lot more games and benteke will be gone

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Matlock matlock Derbyshire 05 Mar 18 11.12pm
Palace passion I think you are thinking of laurel and hardy
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matlock Derbyshire 05 Mar 18 11.12pm

Palace passion I think you are thinking of laurel and hardy

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steven_t92 Orpington 05 Mar 18 11.20pm
Haven't much from Sorloth to suggest he's any good yet. Seems to be terrible at shooting.
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Orpington 05 Mar 18 11.20pm

Haven't much from Sorloth to suggest he's any good yet. Seems to be terrible at shooting.

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Pete53 Hassocks 06 Mar 18 12.20am
I'd give Sorloth some time. He is strong and confident on the ball, and when nobody is supporting him he holds up the ball well and looks up to assess his options. He was only dispossessed a couple of times tonight. Yes we will need him to score goals and perhaps he will when he can play in a more central position.
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Hassocks 06 Mar 18 12.20am

I'd give Sorloth some time. He is strong and confident on the ball, and when nobody is supporting him he holds up the ball well and looks up to assess his options. He was only dispossessed a couple of times tonight.

Yes we will need him to score goals and perhaps he will when he can play in a more central position.

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Wilbraham413 06 Mar 18 12.31am
Originally posted by Pete53 I'd give Sorloth some time. He is strong and confident on the ball, and when nobody is supporting him he holds up the ball well and looks up to assess his options. He was only dispossessed a couple of times tonight. Yes we will need him to score goals and perhaps he will when he can play in a more central position. I agree with your assessment of Sorloth. I think the problem is he is pretty much the exact same type of player as Benteke, so having both on at the same time doesn't make sense to me. Of course we have no bench, so they have to be on at the same time. Once we went up 2-0, Benteke/Sorloth were useless at helping maintain possession and taking pressure off our defense. That isn't their game. We needed Zaha most in the second half of this match, to run the ball down field and take some time off the clock. He's great at that. 2017 Feb. (Van Aanholt) Palace 1 - 0 Middlesboro 2018 Jan. (Sako) Palace 1 - 0 Burnley 2019 May (Batshuayi, Batshuayi, OG, Van Aanholt, Townsend) Palace 5 - 3 Bournemouth 2020 Feb. (Van Aanholt) Palace 1 - 0 Newcastle
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Wilbraham413

06 Mar 18 12.31am

Originally posted by Pete53

Yes we will need him to score goals and perhaps he will when he can play in a more central position.

I agree with your assessment of Sorloth.

I think the problem is he is pretty much the exact same type of player as Benteke, so having both on at the same time doesn't make sense to me. Of course we have no bench, so they have to be on at the same time.

Once we went up 2-0, Benteke/Sorloth were useless at helping maintain possession and taking pressure off our defense. That isn't their game.

We needed Zaha most in the second half of this match, to run the ball down field and take some time off the clock. He's great at that.

2017 Feb. (Van Aanholt) Palace 1 - 0 Middlesboro
2018 Jan. (Sako) Palace 1 - 0 Burnley
2019 May (Batshuayi, Batshuayi, OG, Van Aanholt, Townsend) Palace 5 - 3 Bournemouth
2020 Feb. (Van Aanholt) Palace 1 - 0 Newcastle

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