The Chaplain Posted March 9, 2010 Report Share Posted March 9, 2010 A genuinely convincing team effort, especially defensively, much more so that against Boro or Ipswich. We won our battles all over the pitch and, although not creating lots, thoroughly deserved the win. Hartley added valuable cover for the back four. Johnson looked better, and more creative than Carle, and was definitely helped by playing in a 3. JCR never really got the beating of his full back but , like Maynard and Iwelumo chased and harried from the front. The defence, and Skuse in the middle, looked pretty solid throughout. Good support as well, for the team and the manager from the off. Rewarded with a good display that would've been worthy of praise even if it had remained 0-0. Iwelumo's little bit of class and opportunism put the icing on the cake! Palace, always a big game for me, closest ground to home and son's school full of local fans. But genuine signs of encouragement too. I reckon we'll finish upper/mid table, probably what we deserve. And with stability and support from top to bottom, we've got the best chance of pushing forward from there. Happy days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldRed Posted March 9, 2010 Report Share Posted March 9, 2010 Just reading the BBC report which states - "The striker, on loan from Wolves, struck a stunning volley on the turn from inside the area 17 minutes from time to settle a dour encounter." From what you've already said, perhaps that isn't a fair description of the overall game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riddlesdown red Posted March 9, 2010 Report Share Posted March 9, 2010 A genuinely convincing team effort, especially defensively, much more so that against Boro or Ipswich. We won our battles all over the pitch and, although not creating lots, thoroughly deserved the win. Hartley added valuable cover for the back four. Johnson looked better, and more creative than Carle, and was definitely helped by playing in a 3. JCR never really got the beating of his full back but , like Maynard and Iwelumo chased and harried from the front. The defence, and Skuse in the middle, looked pretty solid throughout. Good support as well, for the team and the manager from the off. Rewarded with a good display that would've been worthy of praise even if it had remained 0-0. Iwelumo's little bit of class and opportunism put the icing on the cake! Palace, always a big game for me, closest ground to home and son's school full of local fans. But genuine signs of encouragement too. I reckon we'll finish upper/mid table, probably what we deserve. And with stability and support from top to bottom, we've got the best chance of pushing forward from there. Happy days I would aggree with that I thought defensive back line were strong in what at times was a wrestling match especially with Alan Lee. Although we created nothing in the first half I never felt palace would score. Orr should be singled out for the amount of work he got through but the whole team gave a determined performance. The goal was a peach would like to see it again, it is alway a pleasure beating palace as I live in the Borough of Croydon and know shed loads of palace fans. I will take great pleasure in gloating in silence without rubbing it in with text messages ect. Again great performance and who was the bloke that fontaine was hugging at the front of the stand after the match? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the frampton balti Posted March 9, 2010 Report Share Posted March 9, 2010 A genuinely convincing team effort, especially defensively, much more so that against Boro or Ipswich. We won our battles all over the pitch and, although not creating lots, thoroughly deserved the win. Hartley added valuable cover for the back four. Johnson looked better, and more creative than Carle, and was definitely helped by playing in a 3. JCR never really got the beating of his full back but , like Maynard and Iwelumo chased and harried from the front. The defence, and Skuse in the middle, looked pretty solid throughout. Good support as well, for the team and the manager from the off. Rewarded with a good display that would've been worthy of praise even if it had remained 0-0. Iwelumo's little bit of class and opportunism put the icing on the cake! Palace, always a big game for me, closest ground to home and son's school full of local fans. But genuine signs of encouragement too. I reckon we'll finish upper/mid table, probably what we deserve. And with stability and support from top to bottom, we've got the best chance of pushing forward from there. Happy days very optimistic spin on what i thought was a truly dire game up until half time. now a great goal it has to be said. Atmosphere was good. Palace were awful .......we were a bit better. A tad extra confidence might see us in good boots for reading. Nice to see akinde stretch his legs for a few mins great defender for the cause! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Ferret Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 Just got back from the game Orr was fantastic. MoM for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economou Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 Just got back from the game Orr was fantastic. MoM for me Sounds like he made a few vital interception plus getting forward a la Doncaster. Also Skusey was going forward quite a lot and getting a few strikes in. Did LJ really take out Ambrose ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy082005 Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 Yeah went to the game myself, and City thoroughly deserved the win. Dont let this win cloud your judgement though, because we certainly wernt that great! We defended well, Palace never looked like scoring, but we very rarely won the "second ball". Every time the ball dropped in the midfield or up front, you would bet your house on it being a Palace player coming away with it. Also, our quality in the final third...well, no real comment. An immense goal by Iwelumo, but it was always going to take something like that for City to win the game. The amount of times a City player scuffed shots wide, or over the bar, or scuffed it into the keepers hands....was unreal. A "dour game".....great way to describe it. On a bright side though, the lads looked like a real unit last night, and they did give everything for the cause. Chased everything down and got in Palaces faces. I thought Iwelumo, Orr and Campbell-Ryce all had excellent games. It sends us to Reading on a high, and if we can some how manage to grab a point up there, then onwards and upwards....and safety is in sight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcliffe 78 Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 Yeah went to the game myself, and City thoroughly deserved the win. Dont let this win cloud your judgement though, because we certainly wernt that great! We defended well, Palace never looked like scoring, but we very rarely won the "second ball". Every time the ball dropped in the midfield or up front, you would bet your house on it being a Palace player coming away with it. Also, our quality in the final third...well, no real comment. An immense goal by Iwelumo, but it was always going to take something like that for City to win the game. The amount of times a City player scuffed shots wide, or over the bar, or scuffed it into the keepers hands....was unreal. A "dour game".....great way to describe it. On a bright side though, the lads looked like a real unit last night, and they did give everything for the cause. Chased everything down and got in Palaces faces. I thought Iwelumo, Orr and Campbell-Ryce all had excellent games. It sends us to Reading on a high, and if we can some how manage to grab a point up there, then onwards and upwards....and safety is in sight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_BCFC Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 It was a a soild away performance. They only had one decent chance with a header that went wide. We had a few but it needed something good to win it. We should have added a 2nd on the break but nevermind. Taking away the Doncaster result, we have been on a sort of mini-revival. Hopefully it can continue at Reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfkerton Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 i found it quite funny that as we scored, the radio commentator took about 2 mins explaining what a brilliant volley it was, but in all that time never mentioned it was a goal. Me and a friend were wondering if it had actually gone in, although in the end he said it did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon atyeo is my dad Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 A friend of mine has just had a phone call from his palarse mate who went last night. In his terms both teams were awful it was a dull game with one amazing goal which he still can't work out how he scored as his back was away from goal ( not seen goal yet) and all the city defence did was as soon as the ball was back in are half we hoofed it up into there's didn't matter where it went. So who's right gj with his " very dominating performance" or palarse fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy082005 Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 A friend of mine has just had a phone call from his palarse mate who went last night. In his terms both teams were awful it was a dull game with one amazing goal which he still can't work out how he scored as his back was away from goal ( not seen goal yet) and all the city defence did was as soon as the ball was back in are half we hoofed it up into there's didn't matter where it went. So who's right gj with his " very dominating performance" or palarse fan. they were dreadful, and we were average at best. Typical away performance. We deserved the win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcliffe 78 Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 A friend of mine has just had a phone call from his palarse mate who went last night. In his terms both teams were awful it was a dull game with one amazing goal which he still can't work out how he scored as his back was away from goal ( not seen goal yet) and all the city defence did was as soon as the ball was back in are half we hoofed it up into there's didn't matter where it went. So who's right gj with his " very dominating performance" or palarse fan. I said yesterday a horrible 0-0 would do me, to get a 1-0 win with abit of class was the hope and thats what happend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WellRedPhil Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 I thought last night was a very good battling performance, exactly what we need atm! Although from a neutral perspective it was a very poor game, I was pleased with our mentality, and we were clearly trying to be positive whilst not being suicidal at the back! The defence were excellent and as others have said Orr was fantastic! I thought we deserved the win, and I really am chuffed with the way we bounced back, but that doesn't overlook the fact that Palace were very poor. Hopefully we can pick up a couple more points from the next 2 away games, and then try and build from there, it'd be nice to string together an unbeaten run of 4 or 5 matches. Onwards and upwards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW9 Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 This is my first post on OTIB. Having gone to the palace game last night I was very pleased with an improved performance. It appeared to have 0-0 written all over the game, but thanks to a wonderful goal we got the points. The team fought hard and the second half was very promising. We also limited Palace to very few chances which given Saturday's perfromance was very encouraging. The whole team did well. Best performers in my opinion were Orr, Johnson and Iwelumo. Akinde was great when he came on and chased all over the pitch, though getting booked after about 6 seconds was a little comical! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Ferret Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 A very good defensive performance away from home After conceding 5 at home the week before you can't ask for much more, even if Palace are a poor team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatcham red Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 I think we would have seen a more determined Palace side had Colin still been there and a very different game. As it was, we were able to assert ourselves early on without having to face the inevitable onslaught that would have been driven with the words "get one back on those cheating ba......" ringing in the Palace players' ears. Poor game for a neutral, great last 15 mins for City fans. Akinde (What's his name?) Akinde (What's his name?) Akinde (What's his name?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiceRed Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 Agree with most of the others who went last night. City looked a very solid unit and defended well. We never really looked like conceding. We didn't create any clear cut chances ourselves, though had a fair few half chances. The goal wasn't even a half chance though, that's how good the finish was. Palace were sh1te. I was expecting much better from them. We looked up for every challenge, which they certainly didn't. I can see them going down after that, whereas before I thought they'd have too much quality. On a more general point about the game, most people have said it was poor. I guess from a neutral point of view, it probably was, though given I wasn't exactly expecting a classic with slick passing football, I wasn't too disappointed. I've seen all of our games v Palace since promotion (I live a few miles away from Selhurst) and this wasn't much worse than any of the others. Yes, we played a fair few long aimless balls, but also some decent long passes straight into Iwelumo, who controlled them well, for the most part. We also played some short stuff at times, so mixed it up. What made the game great though for me was the atmosphere. Non-stop loud support throughout the game. I guess the players had a role in this, as their 100% commitment made sure everyone got behind them. Was a million miles better than my previous away game at Watford (the atmosphere and performance). To be fair, the Palace fans got well behind their team too, even though their players didn't give them much to go on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 The big difference was Hartley. A class act, he drove the team on, made some terrific tackles and pinpoint 40 yard passes. He should be first name on the team sheet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatcham red Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 The Palace fans seemed to be singing a song straight out of Sisters Act at one point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 Akinde was great when he came on and chased all over the pitch, though getting booked after about 6 seconds was a little comical! I'd put it down to youthful excuberance! He is a bit clumbsy in the tackle but the booking was harsh and not helped by that evil little tosser Derry getting in the ref's face, demanding a card be shown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WellRedPhil Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 The Palace fans seemed to be singing a song straight out of Sisters Act at one point I know, what was all that about?! "That's the way we like it, like it, like it!" - I'm not sure if I've ever heard a more pathetic chant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Roper Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 I know, what was all that about?! "That's the way we like it, like it, like it!" - I'm not sure if I've ever heard a more pathetic chant! Was that the one where it eneded with "the palace the palace the palace " it was a rubbish chant but they sung it so much I cant getting it out of my head now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grifty Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 What songs did we sing to mock them after the phantom not goal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskay Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 Was that the one where it eneded with "the palace the palace the palace " it was a rubbish chant but they sung it so much I cant getting it out of my head now Me too, was humming it all last night - bloody annoying! Should have been "We've only got one, one song, one song, but we really like it, like it, like it" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WellRedPhil Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 Was that the one where it eneded with "the palace the palace the palace " it was a rubbish chant but they sung it so much I cant getting it out of my head now It's not left my head since! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Roper Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 Me too, was humming it all last night - bloody annoying! Should have been "We've only got one, one song, one song, but we really like it, like it, like it" Thank **** for that thought it was just me . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donkeeebles Posted March 12, 2010 Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 What songs did we sing to mock them after the phantom not goal? 1-1 and we got 3 points! 1-1 and we got 3 points! 1-1 and we got 3 points! 1-1 and we got 3 points! To the same tune as 2-0 and you ****** it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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