Crystal Palace Predictions & Lineup

[Friendsoffulham]

We move on from our 1-0 away win at Coventry, and now focus on our EFL Cup game v Crystal Palace, Wednesday night, 7:45 kick off at the Cottage.

Gives us the chance to progress into the quarterfinals, but we all know how much of a bogey team Palace are, especially at home.

Like us, Crystal Palace are not enjoying the best of starts, sit 17th in the Premier League, lost 2-0 at home to Newcastle on Saturday, with pressure on Pierre Sage.

We expect changes for this one, especially with Aston Villa coming up on Saturday, so what do you think the lineup will be, along with the score.

Let us know below.

[Fulham Tup North]

For some strange reason, we seem to struggle against Palace?
I can see them resting quite a few so hopefully Muniz will get a start.
3-1 .... and a decent quarter final draw please....
COYW

[bog]

I would like to see Macauley Zep involved in the squad. Muniz to get a start as well. 

[ffcthereligion]

         Lecomte

Tete affengruber cuenca robinson

      Larsson cairney

    Bobb king palacios
   
          Muniz

[Yamus]

Palaceos for King

[Colton F.C.]

Lecomte
Tete
Anderson
Cuenca
Robinson
Larsson
ESR (remember him!)
Palacios
Kevin
Muniz
Garcia

[v]

Good opportunity to see what Muniz can do (from the start)
And yes, why not Zepa?

[I Ronic]

I'd start the game with the same starting line up as Coventy. Understanding and sharpness is something gained in matches and difficult to replicate on the training ground.
If we were half way through a season I'd consider resting players. A good cup run would excite the players as well as fans.

[Woolly Mammoth]

I'd start the game with the same starting line up as Coventy. Understanding and sharpness is something gained in matches and difficult to replicate on the training ground.
If we were half way through a season I'd consider resting players. A good cup run would excite the players as well as fans.

There is a quarter final waiting for us and all that is standing between Fulham and the next round is Palace, pick your strongest team.

[Count Flapula]

A real opportunity here as this is not the Palace team of Glasner. Our results against them at home though are shocking, even though we dominate a lot of those games!

I expect several changes and I wouldn't mind seeing TC start for this but for me, our recovery has been built around Affengruber coming in and the Shea/Berge partnership in CM so would be reluctant to drop any of those 3 at the moment as it risks halting our momentum.

For me I wouldn't mind seeing:

             Lecomte

Tete    Affengruber   Cuenca   Jedi

        Charles   Berge

Gonzalo    TC/Palacios       Kevin

              Muniz

Muniz has to start for me - he's looking much fitter and sharper after a full pre season in his limited minutes so far and scored 2 in his 2 starts. Giving him game time is crucial to keep his sharpness and confidence up. Would also like to see how Gonzalo does on the right as he has played a lot of games there early in his career and his goal vs Wimbledon came from cutting in from the right hand side. Would be interesting to see him and Muniz play together with Muniz as more of a no.9 presence and Gonzalo not being the focal point but capable of grabbing a goal - plus IMO we don't have any natural players who like to play as a right forward if Bobb is out (Iwobi can do it mind you).

Saying all of that, I get a funny feeling though AA is dying to start Angel.

After a terrible couple of first involvements he eventually had a good cameo against Wet Spam but we collapsed after he was brought on vs Ipswich (not entirely his fault but Berge and Charles need to be on the pitch in that midfield together as much as possible for me atm while our recovery is still in a delicate early phase). He's clearly got good technical ability and a good footballing brain but he's just too lightweight for a CM against physical PL sides IMO so hard to see how he fits in.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Andersen come in and 2 of Angel, Larsson or TC in CM. Hopefully not the first 2 CMs together as starting such an inexperienced pairing is a huge dice roll.

[JimmyConway]

         Lecomte

Tete Andersen Cuenca Robinson

      Larsson Angel

   Kevin   ESR    Palacios
   
          Muniz

Would prefer Kevin to play on the left but balance of team might dictate?
       

[Yamus]

How about giving Kusi Asare a game

[Snibbo]

How about giving Kusi Asare a game

Yes, at least minutes off the bench

[demeant0r]

Jka came off injured on Friday? No idea what the injury is.

[Whitestone]

How about giving Kusi Asare a game

Yes, at least minutes off the bench

There's a place in the quarter-finals at stake. We should be playing the best possible team available with half an eye on the Villa game, so I'd expect some rotation and maybe not the full 90 minutes for a few regular starters.

[Bronaldinho]

Would love to see JKA involved, but he limped off in the last U21's game. I'm a huge fan of him, and think his ability is above the U21 level. His goal against Walsall was brilliant too if you see the full move. He also does something that I really like, which he stays central out of possession. 6'5 and still pretty quick at full speed.

I asked Jack Kelly to get Arbeloa's take on Jonah, but it looks like he's out of the picture for now:

11. AA on JKA's first team chances?: "Right now, I think we have a very good squad with very good players and I am focused to get the best out of them. So, I am really, really focused on the game and to try to use all my players and we will see in the future."

https://x.com/jackellyffc/status/2111125184681832898

[WindyCity]

To be honest, I really can't get overly excited about this Cup game, as I'm much more concerned about FFC staying up this season in the Prem.

Methinks in this Cup game the following should get plenty of play time, assuming healthy:
Muniz
JKA
ESR
Kevin
Andersen
Cuenca
Palacios
Reed
Tete
Cairney
Angel
Lecomte

Plenty there to field a competitive team without reaching into the list of current starters.  JMHO

[Grassy Noel]

I lean towards giving 60 minutes to Garcia with a view to playing Muniz at Villa. Of course if Gonzalo scores a hat-trick then everything changes...

[Fulham 1879]

Lecomte
Tete
Anderson
Cuenca
Robinson
Larsson
ESR (remember him!)
Palacios
Kevin
Muniz
Garcia

I'll be surprised if this isn't the team bar I think Reed will start not ESR.

[Milo]

I would go full strength here. Need to take it seriously from now on.