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title: "Crystal Palace: Fans react to pre-season update"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Charlie Smith"
section: "Crystal Palace"
published: "2021-07-14T17:15:40Z"
modified: "2021-07-14T17:15:40Z"
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# Crystal Palace: Fans react to pre-season update

**Crystal Palace [confirmed](https://twitter.com/CPFC/status/1414874282887458836) on Tuesday that they have cancelled their pre-season friendly with Portsmouth.**

And, as to be expected, a number of Palace fans have been reacting to the update on social media.

The Eagles, who are [currently at St George’s Park for a week-long training camp](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/pre-season/palace-pre-season-fixture-v-portsmouth-cancelled/2021-07-13/), were set to face the League One side in their first friendly on Friday.

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However, that is now off, with Palace [not revealing the reason](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/pre-season/palace-pre-season-fixture-v-portsmouth-cancelled/2021-07-13/) why the behind closed doors fixture had to be postponed.

New manager Patrick Vieira won’t have to wait too much longer to see his Palace side in action, though.

A meeting with [Walsall this Saturday](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/pre-season/palace-pre-season-fixture-v-portsmouth-cancelled/2021-07-13/) is now the club’s first pre-season fixture, with a 1 pm kick-off in the West Midlands.

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### Palace fans react

[Palace shared the news regarding the Portsmouth fixture on their official Twitter page](https://twitter.com/CPFC/status/1414874282887458836). This is what these Eagles supporters had to say in reply, with one describing it as ’embarrassing’ and others believing it could be due to a lack of first-team players.

**“Out of curiosity, when do we have to submit the 25 man squad list to the PL? I think we’re end up signing 6 but some of the youngsters are going to have to be fast tracked to up their age groups/to the first team because of our situation. Not seen anything like it”**

[Credit: @CPFCMOORE](https://twitter.com/CPFCMOORE/status/1414880468026241027)

**“embarrassing and disappointing not only wasting our time but other clubs why not tweet when we can actually field a squad”**

[Credit: @guitarman\_180](https://twitter.com/guitarman_180/status/1414875115410665474)

**“This is Embarrassing.”**

[Credit: @dansmudger](https://twitter.com/dansmudger/status/1414874419953029120)

**“one month to go and we still can’t field an 11”**

[Credit: @LlLFishy](https://twitter.com/LlLFishy/status/1414909407067090946)

**“Gonna confirm why?”**

[Credit: @palace\_tommy](https://twitter.com/palace_tommy/status/1414874840583053314)

**“do you reckon it’s actually because we don’t have any players”**

[Credit: @aaroncpfc](https://twitter.com/aaroncpfc/status/1414875110247477248)

***In other news: ‘Kidding me?’ – Many Palace fans fume as transfer talks emerge, find out more [here](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/crystal-palace-transfer-rumours/crystal-palace-fans-react-to-andre-ayew-talks/).***