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I have to say, I was not the only that wasn’t really up for
this game. This competition has been so diluted from the competition I loved.
It just is not the same anymore but that doesn’t stop the feelings at kick off.
All of that goes to the back of your mind when the game begins especially
against Premiership opposition. It doesn’t matter who they are, you just want
your team to beat them, to prove a point even and take the scalp. This was no
different.
The away sides game plan was clear from the start. With
former England internationals Crouch and Owen up front it was a boot up field.
And a boot to every player in red and blue as well it seemed. How they get away
with it is beyond me, but hey, Palace were accused of the very same in the 90s
so who am I to argue.
Rather surprisingly the reserve strike force for Stoke did
not really trouble a Palace defence that included the return of Damien Delaney
after suspension. In saying that, we rested a few players and had a bench made
up of mostly former academy players which is something we should be very proud
of. On the pitch, it was not much to write home about. Both teams had their chances but it was
Palace who looked the more threatening. But in the end a draw was probably the
fair result and it’s off to Stoke we go for a replay that neither team probably
wanted. But the carrot that is now dangling since the draw for the next round
is Manchester City at home. Perhaps the replay won’t be such a dour affair
after all.
View from
TheEaglesBeak; Proud of the performance against an established Premiership team
even if it wasn’t their first eleven. A good guage as to how far we have come
in a very short time, a very long way ...
34 Price
21 Moxey
28 Ramage
27 Delaney
04 Parr
07 Bolasie (Banton 68’ - booked)
15 Jedinak
22 O’Keefe - booked
30 Moritz
16 Zaha (Williams 56’)
19 Easter (Appiah 66’)
Unused substitutes; 40 Fitzsimmons, 26 Parsons, 36 Wynter,
41 Taylor
Referee; Swarbrick
Attendence; 13,693
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