Crystal Palace v Liverpool | Premier League Match Preview

Steve Hood (0:00)

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It's fair to say that this season hasn't gone as they would have liked. They obviously have to change their manager. They lose a couple of defenders, which obviously has hurt them as well.

But going into this game, it looks like Pierre Sarge is under big pressure. Obviously, Olly Glasner goes, Sarge comes in. And while they're doing okay in the Cups, Palace have been a good Cup team recently, their league form, they're 17, just the two wins.

It hasn't gone exactly according to plan for Palace so far.

Jon (2:18)

No, I think they were hoping it would be a much more seamless transition. Sarge plays a very similar, well, similar system to Glasner so, you know, hoping that it would just kind of map across. But I think possibly maybe more so than they thought. It was probably the end of the row for that team a little bit. Obviously, you mentioned the defenders who've left. Obviously, a lot of stuff around Mateta in the summer around Mateta looking to move on. Obviously, loads of stories around Waton and us and a few other teams maybe looking at them as well.

And I think it's all just come, you know, it's a bit of an end of a cycle thing for them really. They've had, you know, I only know two Palace supporters and they've had the best two or three years kind of thing that they've ever had, you know, and literally like living memory for most of them. So I just think it's the end of a bit of a cycle for them. And I feel for them in a way as well, because it's a good ground to go to. The support there is always amazing. And in my interactions with them, they've always been a good set of fans.

So you feel for them a little bit. And I can say it, I think it's just probably that one season too far where it's not quite apples and apples kind of thing. There's an analogy, but it makes me think of Southampton about just 10 years ago when every year they would sell somebody and they'd come back and still be as strong. And then they sort of went that season too far in terms of selling the key players and just sort of fell off a lot. But they've still got some good players in the team. They can still hurt us.