DanP2311 65 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 There are fans who knew Pulisic well, who said at the start of the season that when he gets minutes he will create goals for himself and others. Others will attribute that production to Frank’s “management.” None of us know which is right, but who cares? He is what he is now, regardless of when or how he became that. And it is GLORIOUS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,819 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 I have followed Pulisic from when he was identified by the national team as a kid with great potential. Then his move to Dortmund. Then his starting with the first team and his rise on the national team. One of my first posts here was how happy he will be with Frank and Jody. He needed to become more attack minded at goal, and how to work toward the goal without the ball. He has always been great at taking on defenders and then getting the assist by hitting a teammate. I am sure Frank could have been happy with just that. Thankfully Frank wasn't and he and Jody have been working with him to be more attack minded for himself. Pulisic is very generous talking to the press when he returns home. Since the beginning until now, he keeps saying that he trusts what Frank and Jody want for him, and how they are working toward that. Almost as important, Pulisic's father believes, he really has a lot of importance in his career and works with in training when Pulisic is in Pennsylvania. Frank and Jody deserve credit, and have earned trust with him. Tomo, killer1257 and Muzchap 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,324 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 21 hours ago, Jason said: Am tempted to say we should start Pulisic on the bench and bring him on if/when needed, especially after Kante's injury tonight. Only 5 games to go. We dont have much chance at Anfield and we need best possible starting position before last round. So in the next three games no point of resting players imo... 7 hours ago, killer1257 said: Giroud would also not have signed a new deal if Lampard would lie all the time and have a personal grudge towards him Did he signed or we just used option for one more year? But yeah, he is top professional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,324 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 4 hours ago, DanP2311 said: There are fans who knew Pulisic well, who said at the start of the season that when he gets minutes he will create goals for himself and others. Others will attribute that production to Frank’s “management.” None of us know which is right, but who cares? He is what he is now, regardless of when or how he became that. And it is GLORIOUS. Pretty sure I read some stats a year or two ago that he had better stats than Ronaldo and Messi at that age. Number of goals scored, assists, goals for NT... Dont know how much credit Frank deserves, I always expected Puli to explode at some point... Thesara and Vesper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted July 5, 2020 Author Share Posted July 5, 2020 51 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said: Dont know how much credit Frank deserves, I always expected Puli to explode at some point... Even if you had expected Pulisic to explode at some point, it is somewhat ignorant to dismiss Lampard's impact on him because like it or not, every young player especially will need some guidance to get better. Plus while this is maybe a small thing, playing Pulisic on the LW instead of the RW, where he used to play for Dortmund, has turned out to be inspired move. Pulisic looks far more threatening, decisive and capable of influencing games from that position. Also, there's this... Muzchap, killer1257, NikkiCFC and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,535 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 If Palace a team with nothing to play for other then where they finish..put a more fighting performance then us who have something to aim for...be so annoyed! Hopefully West Ham was another blip game plus they need survival. Not sure if worse playing first cause know if drop points be hoping others do which for the main one Man U looks unlikely. Just win.. Muzchap, Atomiswave and Johnnyeye 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kante 1,643 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Palace are exactly the type of team I hate us playing against. They will stick 10 men behind the ball in a low block in a well drilled manner at try and hit us on a counter with Benteke up front and Zaha and Ayew springing from the block. Further, they have a very good set piece taker in Milivojević and absolute tanks in Cahill (who knows everyone in the squad) Dann, Ward, Benteke and Zaha to aim at. For me, Palace will not even have to play well to get a win so long as the do not concede too early to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,324 Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Yes, after Salah, KDB, Lukaku, Bertrand, Romeu, Lampard, Etto, Borini, Sturridge, SWP, Cole, Sinclair, Johnson, Parker, Gallas, Zenden, Forssell, JFH, David Luiz, Remy, Van Aanholt, Mata I think it is time for Cahill to score against us Muzchap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,382 Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Mata scored against us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,324 Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Of course... Question is who didnt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 Lampard's presser at 1:30pm UK time today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,918 Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 I follow a couple of journalists who are Palace supporters and they both complained that the Palace players are already on the beach. They've apparently been dreadful since the restart. Nothing at all for them to play for. So, best performance of the season from them tomorrow then. Muzchap and killer1257 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jype 6,398 Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Pizy said: I follow a couple of journalists who are Palace supporters and they both complained that the Palace players are already on the beach. They've apparently been dreadful since the restart. Nothing at all for them to play for. So, best performance of the season from them tomorrow then. Yeah, they've lost the last three games without scoring a single goal and conceded 8. Looking at the statistics their xG figure for the games since the restart is 2,43 goals in four games so not much goal threat there. Should be an easy game but for some reason I'm not feeling confident at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Special Juan 28,141 Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Big miss Kante.... With those two now missing Kante and Kova, if Jorginho doesn't start there is a major issue going on Supermonkey92 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 FL didn't want to go into the Jorginho situation whether it be personal, tactical or what ever.... Said CHO needs to work hard daily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Imagine if Billy starts tomorrow instead of Jorginho....I think that will confirm everything we need to know regarding our number 5 Muzchap, Johnnyeye, Supermonkey92 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,382 Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 We will likely see this. Kepa James---Christensen---Zouma---Dave Billy Barkley---Mount Willian----------------------Pulisic Giroud ZAPHOD2319 and killer1257 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANILA 290 Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 With every game being a must-win, I don't think there's any chance gilmour starts tomorrow; put my money on Jorginho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,918 Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 I think this may be a game where Frank makes a bunch of changes to the starting XI again. May be tough for a player like Pulisic for example to play at such a level every couple of days so I wouldn't be surprised if he starts on the bench here. Muzchap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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