Their defeat on Monday night was their fourth of the season at Selhurst Park, something that Palace will have to rectify if they have serious European ambitions. If they drag their feet on this one like they did with Carver, we’re in big, big trouble.
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“We have to get to February to see if we’ve got a chance of Europe”. It is back to work tomorrow morning.
Steve McClaren will haul his embattled Newcastle squad in for an extra training session on Sunday following their humiliating defeat at Crystal Palace.
“It’s not right. We need to sort it out”. Newcastle don’t expect that and the players know that as well. “We have good spells and bad and then we can not recover”. “I’m pleased he got man of the match, he deserved it even though [James] McArthur and Bolasie ran him close”. We can’t defend. We can’t get back in a match when we go down (which we do every week because we can’t defend).
A number of clubs have now made Palace aware of their interest in the 21-year old, and the Premier League side are now considering the clubs interested to see which would be better for his development. The key people who have to be patient are the people like us who are working with the players. “This is not good enough and we know it”.
“We’re fine”, said Pardew, when asked if his forward line resources had taken a hit.
Newcastle, so often guilty of conceding possession cheaply, were punished again just before the break when Zaha extended Palace’s lead with a right-footed volley into the ground which looped over Elliot and dropped under the crossbar. Palace recovered all too easily from going behind to an early goal by Papiss Cisse, to rack up their first home victory since beating West Brom eight weeks ago. Palace capitalised on them and after that we never looked like getting back into the game.
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But goals from James McArthur and Yannick Bolasie had given the Eagles the lead within seven minutes of going behind. It’s a tough situation they find themselves in.
