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Saturday lunchtime kick-off after a midweek European game is par for the course with us. Selhurst Park is one of those grounds that makes for difficult television viewing when there's an early kick-off or when the sun's out, because the relatively low camera angle in a stand that is positioned north east puts the afternoon sun directly into the camera. This fixture was an early kick-off last year too, and that one was settled by Harvey deep into stoppage time. The game represents a chance for us to cement top spot in the table going into the international break, and up to now we've been getting results even though we have had spells where things are not quite clicking. Palace got a new manager bounce last season whe Oliver Glassner came in, and were one of the league's in-form sides in the run-in. The very first game of that run-in was the one at Anfield. Eze, Wharton and Mateta in particular have thrived under the new manager even though Palace currently find themselves in the bottom 3. They lost key players Michael Olise and Joachim Andersen to Bayern and Fulham respectively in the summer, and even Jordan Ayew finally left, moving to Leicester. It seemed as though he'd been playing every game for them for the last decade, regardless of form. Marseille winger Ismaila Sarr has joined them (he'd been linked with us in the past but has always been inconsistent), as has defender Maxence Lacroix from Wolfsburg, another player previously linked with us. Eddie Nketiah was signed off Arsenal's bench for big money, and Trevoh (I always wonder if that was a typo on his birth certificate) Chalobah has arrived on loan from Chelsea. I mentioned Ayew before, but Palace's squad in general seemed to give off an air of staleness as it barely seemed to change for years under Hodgson. Maybe the air of staleness was coming off the old boss himself. Anyway, they've freshened up the squad and maybe Glassner is yet to find cohesion as a result. He can wait even longer to find it. For us, we need to continue being a tough nut to crack and coming away with wins. We've been very consistent with results but performances have occasionally wavered, so I guess Slot's process is still one not yet fully established. Harvey is definitely still out, and Fede missed the Bologna game so is maybe another doubt. Other than that, I've not heard of any other potential absentees for this game. Slot hasn't really wavered in his team selections to date so you would think it would be more of the same, even though a couple of players look like they need a breather. Sharpening up in all facets is most welcome. How have our previous managers got on in their first away fixture against Palace? Souness...23/03/1993...Palace 1-1 Liverpool (Rush) Evans...20/08/1994...Palace 1-6 Liverpool (Molby pen, McManaman 2, Fowler, Rush 2) Houllier...N/A Benitez...23/04/2005...Palace 1-0 Liverpool Hodgson...N/A Dalglish...N/A Rodgers...05/05/2014...Palace 3-3 Liverpool (Allen, Delaney og, Suarez) Klopp...06/03/2016...Palace 1-2 Liverpool (Firmino, Benteke pen) I don't ask for much. Maximum motivation, control, application, attitude and concentration from minute one. 3 points please. Get it done!
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Savage talking about Lee Croft ha ha. That hes seen the 8th wonder of the world thats a fly frozen in mid air in the Antarctic, a horse in the back of a Range Rover, a monkey in a tree in Wigan and last but not least he said that if your stranded in the 20th floor of a building just jump out the window on a table and just before you hit the floor jump off and you'll be fine.
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- dumbest poster on tlw
- hows the pieman?
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