Palace v Liverpool FA Cup R5 5.30pm k.o. Sat 14 Feb

[Conrad]

So, bring it on. We are on a roll. Palace play tonight so we'll have 24 hours extra rest time. Let's go and win this in 90 minutes. We really don't need a replay with the number of games coming up.

 

Mignolet

Lovren-Skertl-Sahko

Ibe-Henderson ©-Can-Moreno

Sterling-Sturridge-Lallana

 

 

 

I thought about Balotelli for Sturridge, but the latter needs game time

 

Rest Coutinho, Gerrard

[forde]

Ibe is cuptied unfortunately.

[RP]

Someone should really have mentoned that before.

[Conrad]

Good point, well made.

 

Markovic starts then.

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

gonna be tough this - only lost 1 game since the start of the year, H to Everton, won away at Southampton too.

 

Admittedly in that time they've played Villa, Dover, Spurs (H), Burnley, Everton, Southampton (A) & Leicester so not the toughest run of games. But their morale is probably high & it's away.

 

A replay wouldn't be the worst thing in the world

[psl]

We bloody owe them.

[Dan]

We'll beat these.

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

We bloody owe them.

9-0 will do

[Red Yoda]

------------------Mignolet

 

-------Lovren Skrtel Sakho

 

Lallana Henderson Can Markovic

 

------------------Sterling

 

-------------Balotelli Sturridge

 

Bench

 

Ward Manquillo Johnson Moreno Allen Coutinho Borini

 

Attack, attack attack :-)

[David Hodgson]

Great team.

 

Only switches could be :

 

Lallana for a not quite fit enough Sterling up top, and then Johnson or Moreno in as the extra wing back.

[Cheesecake]

Sturridge on the bench for this I reckon, Lallana, Allen, and Balotelli will all start.

 

------------------Mignolet
-------Lovren Skrtel Sakho
Johnson Henderson Allen Moreno
------------------Lallana
-------------Balotelli Lambert

[Begbie]

Play Lovren and pick Johnson and Manquillo as full backs

 

Don't put Coutinho in the squad

[Conrad]

Lallana isn't wing back material

[psl]

Bolasie back for them.

[yellow jumper]

go sturridge, balotelli, lallana as the 3.

[Red Yoda]

Lallana isn't wing back material

BR has used him in that role already when he came on as sub in at least one game.

[Lark]

--------------ming-----

---Lovren-Skrtel-Sakho----

markovic-allen-can-moreno

------------lallana-------

------Balotelli - Sturridge-----

 

Subs, sterling, coutinho, sg, johnson, lambert, borini

[slimbo]

go sturridge, balotelli, lallana as the 3.

 

I think so. I would leave Sterling out and Coutinho on the bench. Sterling clearly carrying a knock and Coutinho looks jaded.

[DJS]

No qualms with keeping Coutinho & Sterling on the bench. But I'd keep the system the same, rather than revert to 2 strikers.

 

So Sturridge up front with Lallana & Markovic behind.

 

Mignolet

Can Skrtel Sakho

Ibe Allen Henderson Moreno

Markovic Sturridge Lallana

 

Could be tempted to switch Ibe & Markovic. Ibe's pace, power & directness could be more threatening than Markovic's more subtle style.

 

 

A bench containing Balotelli, Sterling & Coutinho would have plenty of quality & threat if we needed to call upon it.

[slimbo]

Could be tempted to switch Ibe & Markovic. Ibe's pace, power & directness could be more threatening than Markovic's more subtle style.

 

 

IBE IS CUP TIED

[Will]

Double Agents

 

In advance of our FA Cup Fifth Round encounter on Saturday evening, YNWA looks at the careers of some of those who have represented both Crystal Palace and the reds over the years.

 

Most recent double agent

Midfielder Tom Ince signed on as a youth player in 2008, being handed a squad number for the 2010/11 season. He made just one senior reds appearance, as a substitute in our humiliating Carling Cup defeat by Northampton Town, and moved on to Blackpool in August 2011. He joined Palace on loan from the Tangerines last January, scoring once in eight games.

 

At the back

Neil Ruddock wound his career down with Palace, arriving on a free transfer from West Ham United in July 2000, notching twice in 26 appearances in his one season there, before joining Roy Evans at Swindon Town in August 2001. He had played 152 times for the reds following his £2.5m capture from Tottenham Hotspur in July 1993, helping us to claim the Coca-Cola Cup in 1995 before moving on to Upton Park for £100,000 in July 1998.

 

Steve Staunton joined Palace on loan in November 2000 as his second spell at Anfield was drawing to a close, and so was there alongside Ruddock although the two never played together there. He made six appearances, scoring a 45-yard screamer in their home defeat of Tranmere Rovers, his final game, and was then released back to Aston Villa on a free transfer shortly afterwards. Stan arrived from Dundalk for £20,000 in September 1986, striking seven times in 148 reds appearances across two spells, helping us to our last League title in 1990, and the FA Cup a year earlier.

 

Left-back Peter Wall failed to score in 42 first-team appearances after signing from Wrexham in a deal that cost us £35,000 for him and full-back Stuart Mason in October 1966, but ‘Max’ had greater success with his next club, Crystal Palace, whom he joined in May 1970 for £30,000. He spent eight seasons at Selhurst Park, playing over 200 times for them with one of his rare goals coming at Anfield in January 1972, although we still won 4-1.

 

In the middle

Ray Houghton signed for Crystal Palace from Aston Villa for £300,000 on transfer deadline day in March 1995, bagging eight goals in 87 games for the Eagles, captaining them to the play-off final, and later returning as coach. He had arrived at Anfield from Oxford United for £825,000 in October 1987, and went on to strike 38 times in 202 reds games, helping us to two League titles, two FA Cups and the FA Charity Shield before moving to Aston Villa for £900,000 in July 1992.

 

Paul Stewart signed from Tottenham Hotspur for £2.3m in July 1992. His time at Anfield was a failure, scoring just three times in 42 appearances in nearly four seasons. He left for Sunderland on a free transfer in March 1996, having already spent a spell on loan with Crystal Palace two years earlier. He bagged three goals in eighteen games while at Selhurst Park as they won the First Division title.

 

Not often on the wings

Victor Moses started out with Palace’s Academy, breaking through to the first team in November 2007. He scored eleven goals in 69 games before being sold to Wigan Athletic for £2.5m in January 2010 after the Eagles went into administration. He moved on to Chelsea in August 2012, spending last season on loan in L4. He netted on his debut at Swansea City in September 2013, scoring twice in total in 22 reds games.

 

Winger Jimmy Carter signed as a professional for Crystal Palace in November 1983. He never made the first team, a fate that also befell him at Queens Park Rangers, his next club. He later spent just nine months at Anfield after signing from Millwall for £800,000 in January 1991, making only eight appearances before leaving for Arsenal at a loss of £300,000. Australian winger Nicky Rizzo never made a senior reds appearance, and joined the Eagles on a free transfer in July 1998. Unfortunately, he suffered a knee ligament injury and was restricted to 41 games in his two years there, netting four times, before moving into lower League football in Italy.

 

Up front

Stan Collymore moved to Selhurst Park from Stafford Rangers for £100,000 in January 1991. He only struck twice in 25 games before joining Southend United in November 1992 for £150,000. He netted 35 times in 81 reds games after signing from Nottingham Forest for £8.5m in July 1995. He was offloaded to Aston Villa in February 2000 for £7m, where he again failed to fulfil his potential.

 

Vic Wright bagged 33 goals in 85 reds games after signing from Rotherham United in March 1934. He moved on to Plymouth Argyle in June 1937 and later guested for Palace during the war. Charlie Hewitt struck six times in sixteen reds matches after arriving in August 1907 from Tottenham Hotspur for £75. He moved on to West Bromwich Albion for the same fee in April 1908, and then to Spennymoor United, and Crystal Palace in May 1910. He bagged 41 goals in 162 games for Palace, including one on his debut in a 6-1 thumping of Plymouth Argyle.

 

Other double agents

England international left-half Tom Bromilow made 375 reds appearances after signing professional terms in 1919, having asked for a trial straight from the army. He scored eleven times while helping us to claim two League titles in successive seasons in the 1920’s. He went on to manage the Eagles in the 1935/36 season, as they finished sixth in the Third Division South before resigning over transfer issues. He returned as boss in January 1937, leading them to the runners-up spot before moving to Leicester City in the summer of 1939.

 

Outside-left Michael Griffin joined the reds from Darlington St Augustine’s in 1906, but only made four appearances before joining Palace in May 1909. He only stayed in South London for one season, playing 35 times. Bootle-born half-back Jimmy Hughes signed from Hertford Albion in 1904, moving to Palace along with Griffin after fourteen reds games. He was with the Eagles a lot longer, turning out 209 times for them, during which time they missed out on the Southern League Division One title on goal average in 1913/14.

 

Winger Mark Kennedy joined Crystal Palace on a free transfer from Wolverhampton Wanderers in July 2006. He turned out 48 times for the Eagles, grabbing just one goal before being released in May 2008. He had moved to Anfield from Millwall for £1.5m in March 1995. He only ever made 21 senior reds appearances, without getting on the scoresheet. He was sold to Wimbledon for £1.75m after three years at Anfield.

 

Besian Idrizaj signed from Linzer ASK for an initial £190,000 in August 2005, and made his first senior appearance in our friendly at Crewe Alexandra back in July 2006, netting a treble at Wrexham a year later, but failed to make the first-team squad, sadly dying aged just 22 in May 2010. He had spent the first half of the 2007/08 season on loan at Selhurst Park, only playing seven times without scoring.

 

Roy Hodgson was a moderately successful youth player with Crystal Palace, but was never able to break into their first team, moving into non-League football before launching his management career. Mike Kelly had been Roy Hodgson’s assistant at Fulham, following him to Anfield for his unsuccessful spell as reds boss. He had previously spent time as Assistant Manager to Dario Gradi at Selhurst Park in the early 1980’s, returning as goalkeeping coach in February 2004.

[Will]

Down Memory Lane

 

As we prepare to visit Crystal Palace on Saturday evening in the Fifth Round, YNWA takes a look back at our previous FA Cup encounters. This is the fifth occasion on which the two sides have been drawn together in this competition, with each side so far emerging victorious twice.

 

Most recently

Keeper Chris Kirkland suffered a posterior knee ligament injury in our goalless Fourth Round draw in south London in January 2003, keeping him out of the side for nine months. Worse was to follow, as we lost the Anfield replay 2-0. We failed to convert any of the many chances we created before the side from a division below eventually triumphed, despite having Dougie Freedman dismissed during the second half. Julian Gray scored for the Eagles before Stéphane Henchoz put through his own net.

 

First meeting

Our first ever meeting with the Eagles came in the Third Round in January 1938, as we shared a goalless draw at Selhurst Park, before winning the replay 3-1 after extra time. Outside-left Alf Hanson missed a penalty in the first half with Ernie Waldron giving the Third Division South side the lead, before John Shafto sent the tie into extra time. The visitors’ Nick Collins scored an own goal, before Willie Fagan converted a late penalty. Unfortunately, the reds were later forced to apologise by the FA after making some disparaging comments about Palace in the programme. We only made it as far as the Fifth Round that season, being knocked out by Huddersfield Town at Anfield, who went all the way to the Final.

 

Falling at the last hurdle

We went down 4-3 in the Semi-final in April 1990 at Villa Park. This is the furthest we have ever gone as holders, although that is scant consolation for missing out at that stage. We went in 1-0 up at half-time, thanks to an Ian Rush strike, and in total control, although our goalscorer had gone off injured after half an hour. However, the Eagles came out fighting in the second half. The game ended 3-3 after ninety minutes, with Steve McMahon also on target, and John Barnes scoring from spot. Current Palace boss Alan Pardew grabbed the dramatic winner in extra time, with Mark Bright, Gary O’Reilly and Andy Gray all also on target for Palace.

 

Heading to the Final

We were held to a goalless draw in the Third Round in L4 in January 1977 when Ray Clemence made his 400th appearance for the reds. Ian Callaghan then made his 800th reds appearance as we won 3-2 at Selhurst Park, on our way to Wembley that season. Paul Hinshelwood gave the visitors the lead from distance before Kevin Keegan equalised, with Steve Heighway then bagging a brace, and George Graham adding a late second for Palace, the final one of his four strikes past us. Cally played a club record 857 games in total.

[fred milne]

We don't play again until Thursday evening so I'd go with a strong side:

Mignolet
Can Skrtel Sakho
Markovic Henderson Allen Moreno
Lallana Coutinho
Sturridge

 

If Sterling is fit then he plays instead of Lallana.

[rednotdead]

Jedinak out for them which is good news.

[DJS]

IBE IS CUP TIED

ah sh*t, so he is...