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Match Preview: Brighton vs Palace
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As they do everyday Wale, Joe, Alex and Dan are discussing the latest goings on at the mighty Palace
In this Episode: Wale and Joe discuss this weekend's clash at the Amex
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Podcast Introduction
00:00:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Daily Palace podcast brought to you by the Global Sports Podcast Network. ah Here we, of course, discuss everything here at Crystal Palace. It is time to look forward to another weekend of Premier League action.
00:00:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm sure a lot of Palace fans are hoping that at the end of this weekend, we we'll be talking about another victory for Palace. There haven't been many units to talk about ah this season.
Crystal Palace vs Brighton Preview
00:00:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Brighton, it is ah that the Eagles will be facing this weekend. And um just fingers crossed as to what the result will be. Walebakar is my name, and I'm glad to be back on the pot tonight. Joe Lodge joins me tonight. Joe, great to see you. How are you doing, Paul?
00:00:58
Joe
Very well, thanks mate. Great to have you back. And yeah, as you say, I'm i'm looking forward to my first Derby as a plastic Crystal Palace supporter. So maybe we'll get some some plastic knuckle dusters and um have a Fiverr plastic doll some time of the weekend. and
00:01:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, you you mentioned that you know it's a Dabi and it's always a good one to get a result ah you know in a Dabi and I'm sure the game against Brighton will hold maybe you know a lot more significance or at least a little bit more significance for some of the Palace players that understand you know the yeah the the bragging rights involved, and of course, particularly with our results have been so far this season, ah this could, you know, this could be a result that could maybe lift the squad and um lift the atmosphere.
00:01:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah you know, at Palace. But the game, of course, is at the Amex this weekend. can ah Brighton, they've um they've they've they've had, you know, sort of the season that you expect. theyve They've been great. They've lost games that you expect them to win. They've dropped points when you expect them to. But I'm sure, you know, Palace would do anything to have the season Brighton is having at the moment ah instead of, you know, what we've got.
Challenges for Both Teams
00:02:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
when When you look at the game on the surface, Joe, what what do you expect ah in the Brighton Palace game this weekend?
00:02:19
Joe
Well, I think one of the main points with Brighton is, and I think Glastner was sort of driving this time earlier in his press conference, it's very difficult to know what to expect from them. They've got a lot of, they've got a big squad full of players with diverse skill sets, with sort of similar, probably, levels of ability.
00:02:48
Joe
a manager who's flexible i mean dont fully know what he's intending to do. yeah and stuff so that They are a little bit hard to pin down and how each team is going to play and how about bounce off each other is a bit hard to pin down as a consequence of that. One thing
00:03:09
Joe
Obviously, pal is the story of Palace this season has kind of been not conceding that many goals but really not scoring that many either. Whereas the story of Brighton this season has been scoring about two ah and conceding not far off to a game as well. So if the game's more palacy, it might end up quite low scoring underwhelming. If it's more brightening, it might be a laugh. I'm hoping it will be a laugh. I think both teams suffer from a bit of an inability to slow the ball down, control it in the midfield and stuff like that. um That's definitely something that's just left brightens game as soon as there's everyone.
00:03:51
Joe
So but I think it could be um it could be quite exciting, Slugfest. I mean both
Impact of Injuries on Crystal Palace
00:03:57
Joe
teams are in a run where they can afford her to risk a loss for the morale boost of a win. So I'm hoping it'll be exciting. I think it could be good.
00:04:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, and you you make a very interesting point when you talk about you know um how unpredictable Brighton are. I was talking with you know a friend of mine the the last time, and ah they had a player on the pitch. And um it's not very often that you get a team in the Premier League ah bring on a player or start a player where you're thinking, oh, who's that? How many games has he played? you know they They just seem to have you know sometimes I wonder whether it's about 20 something players in their squad you know they just need to have all those players and and for some reason ah because of the but ah kind of system that they run the kind of work that they put in you know everyone's always
00:04:41
Joe
Yeah, it's always
00:04:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
you know, referring to the Brighton model. They seem to have, you know, players who can slot in and still give the same level of performance, you know, that the player that they're replacing would give many given day and and and that works for them. um you You talk about, you know, the goals scoring and concessions starts for both sides. I thought Palace has been 14 goals scored and 20 conceded.
00:05:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
but That pretty much you know tells us why. you know as There's been a lot of draws and you know victories. They had to come by for Palace for Brighton. ah They've had 25 goals and 22 conceded. And they, at the moment, are 11 points so above ah Crystal Palace ah this season. But when when when we talk about you know a Brighton's ability to you know call up many players and bringing low players into their lineup. It's not the same for Palace at the moment. A number of injuries to contend with. um Adam Wharton, from what Glaston said, will not be featuring in the game. ah There's you know a couple of other players seem like they will not be a available. Joe Ward, another player who is unlikely to feature.
00:06:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah in the game. Mateus Franka, Glastner confirmed, is still in rehabilitation. And you know there's there's some other names, but but when you look at the Palace squad at the moment and on what brighton you know would Brighton have got, um but well, it's somewhat of of a cliche to ask, are you any hopeful of a good result this weekend?
00:06:37
Joe
i am actually I am actually. I think as you say it plays in to ah Brighton's favour that they know exactly how Crystal Palace are going to play. They don't have a luxury of of rotation or I would suggest probably From what we know of Glaston we've seen him not really the inclination to rotate as well. I think he prefers Stability and consistency and I think Palace have reaping the rewards of that in their improved offensive performances recently um That kind of gets me on to why I'm hopeful is Brighton just cannot control the game and
00:07:20
Joe
defense of the are suspect. um So I think they're going to be a handful for Palace. Palace is back for it will be a real big test for them. um But you know, they it's the Palace defense that's recently limited Newcastle to no shots, kind of it's a limited city to kind of free good chances or be it.
00:07:44
Joe
not the best city side right now. You might suggest with cities current crisis actually this Brighton team's bigger test still for them. um
Tactics and Playing Styles
00:07:54
Joe
But you know I think there's reasons about them if they can stand up to that challenge. And then what you saw particularly in that chaotic last four minutes against Leicester for Brighton is there are gaps in their back four. They've not, so I think their defence have started to not
00:08:12
Joe
horrific brightens but they're not good and also they kept like two clean sheets in their first four games and since then they've only kept one and they've only been able to play the same back four something like twice in a row they've been really unsettled because of defensive injuries and they've not quite found the chemistry and look at that Jamie Vardy goal in particular at the weekend when they drew 2-2 Leicester concealing twice in the last four minutes, whatever it was. like They're kind of inexplicable spaces for a Premier League defence to be to be leaving open. They also have a ah really high line with um not massively fast defenders, so if it's either Saar gets the nod, as I expect he will, and I think he should,
00:09:06
Joe
A player like him will really fancy that. I think there's um yeah great opportunities for him him to exploit. I think there are reasons to be optimistic for Palace. Brighton are a little bit out of sorts at the moment, and they do have vulnerabilities. The flip side is, as we say, they have got a lot of attacking quality. They're unpredictable. They rotate around a lot, so they're really hard to pick up. So I think there'll be goals in the game.
00:09:35
Joe
um quite in what distribution, who knows, but I don't think Palace should be looking at it as a as a write-off and they should go in more confident than they did say a year ago to a Brighton game definitely.
00:09:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, Bryson's last game, as ah Joel mentioned, was against Leicester. They were 2-0 up, lost a 2-goal lead towards the end of the game. ah Incidentally, Leicester were 2-0 up against Palace, lost a 2-0 lead, and Palace got a draw.
00:10:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't know whether that suggests anything, but we'll see how it goes. Sunday keep on time.
00:10:09
Joe
Okay.
00:10:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
how it goes i Remember, we're live across all social media media platforms at GSP and Palace, of course at GSP unofficial. That's where you link up with the broader network and we we'll be glad to hear from you. ah We are part by Zen Castle, because we'll take a break to get some words from Zen Castle. And when we return, ah we we'll talk more about some of the things that Olivier Glastner mentioned ah in his pre-March press conference, you know, talking about his evaluation of his Palace team. Don't go anywhere.
00:11:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Many thanks for staying with us as Wale and Joe here on the Daily Palace Podcast brought to you by the Global Sports Podcast Network. and We're looking at it of this weekend's clash between the Crystal Palace and a Brighton at the Amex.
00:11:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
and um we will get on to talk about some of the things Olivier Glastner said ah during his press conference. Joe, I first of all you know want to talk about, we we did mention ah Palaces not so great gold scoring record d season fourteen golds cor ah this season, season.
00:11:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Glastner was talking about the need to, ah you know, needless to say, that Pallas needed to score more goals. But, you know, mentioned decision-making in the final third, um applying the finishing torch. and um And that is something that, you know, a lot of lot people would agree with and has been missing for Pallas. But we we were quite, we were more hopeful at the start of the season as regards Pallas's offensive what expectations.
00:12:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah you know Mateta had a
Crystal Palace's Offensive Struggles
00:12:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
fantastic season. The last had a great Olympics. It like it was going to get into the season, hot and blazing. Then came the black from Arsenal, who joined as well, Eddy and Katia. Ismaila started joining. Although Eddy, I did leave on loan and Ayu left for Leicester, but yeah We were very hopeful as regards what to expect from Palace attacking wise, but 14 goals this season isn't you know a great output so far, you think.
00:12:56
Joe
I mean, it's not a great output. um I think there are a few reasons for it. what One is just collectively across the team, poor finishing. I mean, Palace have massively underperformed their expected goals. The upside lies maybe the teams in the lower part of the table always under point a little bit but this Palace team has got plenty of good finishes and we've spoken before about how Jim Philippe-Matteta has actually got one of the highest um shot conversion rates in league history. So it's I think basically something that will level out if they continue creating chances on that front as not something to sort of overly panic about.
00:13:43
Joe
I guess, I guess the other thing is, which was saying so start to remedy now what was a little bit of either lack of chemistry or a lack of clear understanding of how how to create chances in the post-Alicé-Eze Aeteta era. um Just losing that one vital piece in Alicé has made Palace much less dynamic. Loads kind of attacks, like we're talking about, the sort of attacks Brighton can execute, where they all kind of rotate, swap positions, interchange fluidly.
00:14:29
Joe
They're not, they don't really seem to be on the table right now for Palace, they can't quite find the rhythm with that. And I think the front three, whoever it may have been in each game, were sort of trying to play in that way and not succeeding now. A bit more reactive, a bit more counter-attacking.
00:14:49
Joe
making use of the pace of SAR has been a really revolutionised thing in the last few weeks um and also I think part of it was was just you say players being tired after the summer really they um and you see a few players are looking like they're starting to get back to their old selves. Munoz, two goals and two games, has been brilliant in recent weeks.
00:15:25
Joe
And Amiteta is another who's been a bit up and down, but in the first part of the season, you saw he just wasn't affecting games at all. And I think it was basically tiredness. It wasn't like he was even missing that many chances. He just wasn't getting into positions.
00:15:41
Joe
Now we're seeing him look a lot more lively, throw himself about all over the place against Citi, even if he wasn't the man who ultimately has the talent contributions and let go against Ipswich was superb as he said himself, Manifique. And so I think a lot of the issues are being remedied, but also I think it's worth bearing in mind Palace actually were creating plenty of chances and just not finishing them in the early Palace season, but it came with really high pressing that made them massively vulnerable on the um the counter when they got played through. Probably in recent weeks, some of that chance creation, that chance volume has gone down a bit, but
00:16:33
Joe
that's a reflection of a team taking less risks, being a bit more robust, being solid and when they have had a chance to move the ball into dangerous positions, they've done so quite quickly, they they've put their head up, found those runs as was epitomised by that.
00:16:51
Joe
curling Hugh's ball into a into Daniel Munoz against Citi the other day. So i think I think the issues are, these are starting to be resolved, but it might be that the good palace we're seeing now, iteration two of good palace on the glasner,
00:17:09
Joe
is is just a lower scoring one, a slightly more conservative, slightly more reactive one. And that's that's fine if they're keeping out, um if they're conceding less than their scoring, fine, that's not an issue.
00:17:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
gold. yeah
00:17:23
Joe
it's
00:17:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, ah but a glass knuckles, you know, talking about efficiency in front of gold, I was checking 35 big chances created by a palace, not the worst, so considering Liverpool with the IS of gold, 57.
00:17:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
But then what is more worrying is 25 of those chances have been missed, actually. So what what mean so so he tells you, you know, ah when Glaston talks about efficiency in front of goal and ah maybe gives you an idea ah you know of of ah what what has led to the ah the the poor situation for Palace.
00:17:44
Joe
so yeah
00:17:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
But, you know, Glaston also talks about stability of the side, saying, you know, the team's more stable than what it was at the start of the season. That, of course, is a very subjective statement.
00:18:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
And but you know but When you look at recent results, ah you know, draws against CT, ah the the the wind the other day ah was a bit at fault, wasn't entirely, you know, a very convincing wind, you know, so to say.
00:18:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah So ah um' I'm sure that a couple of people will look at it and say, yes, there's been a few good results, but there's also been, ah you know, a spell earlier in the season and after the first two, three games there about where there was two, three good results that came, you know, back to back and then, you know, ah there was that patch and form again. or Would you agree when Glaston talks about the team stability being better? You, you of course, mentioned, you know, ah being more reactive i trying to close up shop, ah reducing goals being conceded. But um
Defensive Improvements for Palace
00:19:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
when you look at what we've seen in the last couple of games, would you agree with the, you know, a better stability verdict by Olivier Glasner?
00:19:11
Joe
I think so. I think I would. um They don't necessarily read that the results of a stable team, any 2-2, sounds kind of chaotic, but actually, I think that's not really reflective of ah the school, of the actual, of the play and in that sense. They've just came up against a city side who have really clinical finishes, took their chances. They've conceded very few big opportunities in the past few weeks and crucially,
00:19:41
Joe
have just those was little baffling errors that we'd see at the start of um last season where one or two players are just completely insanely out of position or someone passed the ball into midfield area where no one is. They seem to have been cut out and ah quite what that is whether it's a move to again, a slightly more conservative style, maybe, pulls people about a bit less, takes a bit less risks. I kind of, a few fewer risks, but I sort of think, like, I don't know, it might just be, there was quite a lot of squad overhaul and they've played together enough now,
00:20:35
Joe
And that's why we're all kind of saying maybe should change the shape, maybe try this, try the other. So persevered with plan A and they kind of look like just it's clicked for the mentally where they're actually supposed to be any one point in time where their teammates are going to be. I think that leads to a lot less.
00:20:56
Joe
wastage of the ball and it means there aren't the same number of gaps defensively for other teams to exploit on the counter or just running straight at Palace and running through um yeah baffling gaps in the back three at times as they have been at start the start of the season. So yeah I mean I think that's that's That's the key to Palace's turnaround, basically. Long story short, is it's not really an uptick in the attacking performance. It is the defence solidifying, the midfield solidifying, and the team making less mistakes, really. I think that that's been ah's been the key turnaround in the last four games or so.
00:21:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Anyway, we will you know see what will happen in this game. or What we have ah is palette sides that are looking to reduce the number of goals that they concede and a bright insight that you know on their day you know can score as much as they want. and ah you know, maybe ah the Brighton with ah what comes with the game and the style of Fabian New Zealand side will be the good test for ah Olivia Glastner's more and more stable Crystal Palace side.
00:22:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Well, we'll take another pause and when we return we'll You know, just ah talk more about the gaming as Brighton. We'll get Joe's prediction. And of course, there's a wildcard.
00:22:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Just the one quiz question for Joe.
00:22:32
Joe
Ooh,
00:22:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
We'll see how well he does. ah We'll be back in a bit.
00:22:36
Joe
that's exciting.
00:22:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Please don't go anywhere, all right?
00:23:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
All right, thank you for staying with us. It's the Daily Palace podcast brought to you by the Global Sports Podcast Network. And just as we are wrap things up tonight, let's get on to, you know, ah talk about some of the guys that could cause palace damage ah in the game against Brighton on Sunday. ah Because Brighton's
Brighton Players to Watch
00:23:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
but you know, biggest stars are well known to, you know, a lot of Premier League teams, the likes of Miitoma, Simon and Tingra. Danny Welbeck, who, you know, has had a good season so far as well. But ah when when when you look at, you know, that that bright inside and, um you know, the kind of games that Palace, or kind of players that Palace have struggled to handle this season, what are the the were the players that you think will cause the biggest problems, you know, for Palace?
00:24:02
Joe
Well, as we say, ah I kind of anticipate I'm going to have Egg on my face. I'm going to highlight a lot of players then and then in the mad cap, Fabian hurts the Brighton rotation roundabout. I'm just not going to end up playing in the game at all.
00:24:17
Joe
but um I think Brighton fans are expecting Danny Welbeck to start this one. He's got one to highlight because at 34 he seems to have suddenly added goals to his game towards the stores a thing that was missing. He scored like six so far this season, which is roughly a goal everyone will start for him.
00:24:35
Joe
um Yeah, him adding goals to his game of 30 falls reminded me of that my granddad has first career 84 and I was like, it's just something you need to add to your repertoire now. I respect it.
00:24:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:24:47
Joe
Yeah, but he's he's genuinely, regardless of the goals, he's a here's a problem. He always has been brilliant at making sacrificial runs causing chaos, creating space for other people in that way, can tire this from very intelligent at that part of the game. And so that's something that paths have to think hard about how they deal with when they sort of treat us round as a decoy and let him go off into space and when they actually need to go with him, um because there are players, lots of players in that Brighton team, be it, I don't know, it ended up being Minthe, Adinkra, Giaopedro, anyone like that who could come and exploit it. and Another player I'd probably expect to start, as he has started more often than not this season, is Old Metoma on the wing.
00:25:40
Joe
I think he's an interesting one. He probably causes palace a problem whether they succeed in keeping him quiet or not. I think in We'll probably guess that Palace will be playing Caliber in that bright central defence role and he's the one I trust the least in a one-on-one defensive um situation, I would say. No, I don't trust him but I think he's he's not got that kind of sure-footedness and that um elegance of Gaeti and the koala, they trust him to sort of go with the attack and really go. And obviously Mattome has famously got his dissertation in dribbling, so I think his little bursts of pace and change direction could cause a problem if he's isolated. If he's not isolated with him,
00:26:32
Joe
that'll be reflective of Moonyaws being pegged back to dabble up on him. And Moonyaws has been such an important attacking outlet for Pallas in recent weeks that they'd lose a lot of their edge on the attack a if Moonyaws is dragged back constantly to Kypro Matoma.
00:26:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm.
00:26:53
Joe
So I think he will probably be a problem for Pallas even if he's quiet, if you see what I mean. um But yeah, otherwise, I mean, as you say with Brighton, there's just so many of them. There's so many of them, and it'll probably be some lad from Guyana who we've never heard of who's going to come on and like score 60 yards, scream, go from within his own half. So, you know, who knows?
00:27:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, um you you mentioned that, you know, the the the expected players there, Jaal Pedro is one who was, you know, back as well and, you know, looks like he's a good form as well. ah Welbeck is ah Brighton's highest goals scorer in the Premier League of this season, six goals. There's Pedro with four and now, of course, Mitoma.
00:27:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah with three goals. Brighton, by the way, Avon lost to Palace in the Premier League since 2021. The 22nd of February 2021 was their last loss. Incidentally, that was at the Amex. They lost 2-1 to Palace, so hopefully More of that on Sunday, ah the last results have been 1-1 at Telos, 1-1 Amex, 1-1 Telos, 1-0 at Amex, 1-1 at Telos, and then the 4-1 victory um at the Amex on the 3rd of February of this year. So it hasn't been ah you know a lot of victories you know between both sides, but ah maybe a palace will be able to replicate the
00:28:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
22nd February 2021 victory at the Amex. We'll see on Sunday. But just
Brighton's Home Record Discussion
00:28:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
before we wrap things up, um Brighton are also unbeaten at OMS so far this season. And there's just two other teams that are unbeaten at OMS in the Premier League. Who are they, Joe? That's your question.
00:28:48
Joe
Oh, um.
00:28:53
Joe
It's a great question, while I. I thought one of them is going to be weird. I'm going to say. I know Liverpool only lost once, and that was Horace.
00:29:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
I lost nothing on forest here and that was our own field.
00:29:04
Joe
Yeah, I can't remember the but I'm going to say.
00:29:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
No that was that was that Anfield so Liverpool's out there.
00:29:08
Joe
How was it? OK, well, Liverpool was not my guess then. Scratch that.
00:29:16
Joe
ah
00:29:19
Joe
don't
00:29:21
Joe
don't why my my head's gone here as a rogue shower i don't remember full of losing any at home this is a full one apple of course yeah course yeah course that almost all that points should come at home there yeah i should have got that you know some
00:29:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, no, no, not for them.
00:29:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Brentford surprisingly. Yeah, they they've had a great start, especially at home. Yeah, yeah, Brentford and um the other one is Arsenal.
00:29:48
Joe
Really?
00:29:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, um i want to i I was more surprised at the Arsenal part than Brentford.
00:29:49
Joe
I've asked if I've lost so many games this season.
00:29:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
I thought Arsenal lost a bond mode at home than I remembered. Oh, that might have been CT yet. So, yeah. Anyway, so it's Arsenal, Brighton, Brentford. Those are the three teams yet to lose a game at home this season.
00:30:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
But I really, really hope Brighton will be losing their first home game on Sunday. Anyway, that's as much as we'll take tonight. Thank you very much, Joel, for your thoughts on the part tonight. Thank you really for being a part of it, okay?
00:30:19
Joe
Thank
Conclusion and Audience Engagement
00:30:20
Joe
you for having me, Wally.
00:30:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
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