We asked for your thoughts after Sunday's Premier League game between Crystal Palace and Newcastle.
Here are some of your comments:
Crystal Palace fans
Peter: Thought Jean-Philippe Mateta was back to his best, so heartiest congrats to him. Oliver Glasner made the right changes on the hour mark, and it was most definitely a change to get a result after a European game previously. COYP.
Lee: After a great start to the season, I began to wonder how we could stretch those good results out. But like every team in this league, you have your purple patches and your lean spells. It feels a bit like last season again – that belief is back. So I’m just going to celebrate and dance to my Glitch Disco remix!
Rich: Previously been critical of Glasner’s substitutions, but against Newcastle he got them spot on. Mateta, Adam Wharton, Daichi Kamada and Ismaila Sarr gave the side renewed energy and impetus and made it look like Newcastle were the team that had just played on Thursday evening. Fully deserved three points in front of a raucous crowd at the end.
Steve: Credit to Palace for a battling performance. So encouraging to see the team fight back from a losing position. The substitutions made such a big difference, and Mateta was like the Mateta of old. The run-in to the end of the season is looking so much brighter now.
Newcastle fans
Ritchie: Three weeks, no game, no change. The team is not a happy, harmonious team, they’re not playing for Howe. Howe out, sorry. The game was insipid, pathetic, boring. We spent too much time passing backwards and sideways with zero intent. Another weekend spoiled. Feel sorry for the fans travelling to watch such dross.
- Would you stick with Howe? Tell us
Chris: Same old, same old this season. Can’t blame fixture congestion for this one, and Howe has been given time on the training ground. Palace, on the other hand, played Thursday night. Poor in-game management to blame. With no mid-week fixture to consider, there is no excuse not to make subs early in the second half to take the game by the scruff of the neck. Management appear incapable of making proactive changes. Howe should have been replacing his assistants the past couple of years to keep things fresh, his loyalty will be his downfall. Such a shame if a club legend’s time will end this way.
Adie: That game was just a tale of our season. Take the lead, concede and then go on to lose. Rinse and repeat. Big summer coming.
Lee: That game our season in a nutshell – take the lead and then meekly give up. Sad to say but Eddie’s time has come – excuse after excuse all season and we’re going to do well to end up in the top half, never mind Europe. He’ll go down as a legend but his goose is cooked.
