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All is not well at Alan Pardews Crystal Palace.The Eagles (3-2-8) are the most out-of-form side in the Premier League, heading into Saturdays game against Southampton at Selhurst Park on the back of six straight defeats, including an embarrassing 5-4 loss to Swansea City a week ago.Pardews side is 17th in the table but tied on points with Hull City, who top the relegation zone based on a worse goal differential between the two.Palace came from behind against Swansea to lead as stoppage time approached, only to concede two sloppy late goals and consign themselves to yet another loss.I have a good team, Pardew said. The goals weve conceded dont reflect well on us. But I will reflect on this game and try and correct it for the next one.Weve had six defeats and a couple of them -- at Burnley and now at Swansea -- we shouldnt have had. Thats what has put us in this mess, and we need to get ourselves out of it.The group understand that we have options -- we can change the team around. We need to get a victory quickly.The problem for Pardew is that this current run of results fits a concerning trend in his career. The coach has developed a reputation for overseeing dramatic dips in form after making an initial positive impression at a new club. And it appears as if his time at Palace also fits that mold.Pardew has never lost seven straight matches during his time as a Premier League manager.For it is not just the last six games in which Pardews side have been off the pace. Palace have averaged just 0.69 points per game in 2016 (5-7-20), lower than not just every team in the Premier League but less than any other club in the four professional tiers of English football.While Palace have yielded an alarming 26 goals, scoring hasnt been Palaces problem this season as their 21 goals are the most outside the Premier Leagues top four. However, they may have trouble unlocking a Southampton defence that has conceded just 12 -- a defensive record that only Chelsea and Tottenham can better.Claude Puels Southampton (4-5-4) go into this match buoyed by their midweek cup win over Arsenal at the Emirates, while the Saints record against Palace will also give them confidence.The south-coast club have lost just one of 14 Premier League meetings with the Eagles and have conceded just three times in the clubs last six matches.However, its not all good news for the Saints, who are without Matty Targett and long-term absentee Jeremy Pied. Alex McCarthy is a doubt. And Puel has also confirmed that Tadic will not feature Saturday due to the broken nose he suffered while on international duty.For this moment, Tadic is not available for this game, Puel said. I dont when he will come back with the squad to play.Its important he can do good work now to come back fit and we will see with him and the staff. We want him to come back at a good physical level to play a strong game with us. He will wear a mask, but its a beautiful mask!Palace are without forwards Connor Wickham and Loic Remy due to injury, but goalkeeper Steve Mandanda is back in training after a knee problem. Großhandel Nike Air Max . Team physician Dr. Steve Traina performed the surgery Friday. Robinson was injured in a spill underneath the Nuggets basket during the first quarter of Wednesday nights loss to the Charlotte Bobcats. Nike Air Max Günstig Kaufen . Miikka Kiprusoff had just announced his retirement after a decade-long run in Calgary and it would be up to Berra and Ramo to fill the void. http://www.airmaxschweiz.ch/ . -- Kyrie Irvings last-minute 3-pointer helped seal another victory for Cleveland -- and the Cavaliers longest winning streak since LeBron James left. Nike Air Max Outlet Schweiz . 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Theyre coming off a game in which they were called for five unsportsmanlike conduct penalties, leaving Fedora irked after an easy win that included the seasons best performance by first-year starting quarterback Mitch Trubisky.I talked to the entire team, Fedora said. Its unacceptable and were going to deal with it, and hopefully our guys will play smarter.UNC (2-1) ranks 115th nationally by averaging 85.7 penalty yards per game and 13th in the 14-team ACC ahead of only No. 13 Florida State. The Tar Heels started with 13 penalties for 101 yards in the opening loss to Georgia, a total that included an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Fedora while angrily reacting to a call. Two weeks later, UNC had another flag-heavy game with 10 penalties for 110 yards in a 56-28 win against James Madison of the Championship Subdivision.That included 75 yards in penalties for unsportsmanlike conduct penalties -- three after touchdowns by either team -- against the Dukes, with defensive tackle Jalen Dalton picking up two while cornerback Des Lawrence, receiver Austin Proehl and defensive end Tyler Powell each had one. Fedora quickly brought up the penalties during his postgame comments without being asked by reporters, saying he could unnderstand some penalties while trying to make a play but were not going to screw up after the whistle.ddddddddddddFedora promised the team would address it immediately, but he didnt get into specifics as to how. He said Monday that while there werent extra conditioning drills for the team, there was what he only described as positive reinforcement to deal with penalties caused by frustration and selfishness.Still, this isnt a new issue during Fedoras five-year tenure.The Tar Heels ranked last in the ACC with an average of about 64 penalty yards per game during each of his first two seasons in 2012 and 2013. They were 13th in 2014 and ranking among the nations worst in all three seasons.Things changed last year, when the Tar Heels did a better job of avoiding mistakes and rose to fifth in the ACC (36th nationally) by cutting that average to around 46 yards. Perhaps its no coincidence that they matched a program record with 11 wins last season, too.To do it again, the Tar Heels know they have to stop the 2016 backslide.As leaders of the team, were definitely focused on that, that we cant have that because its going to cost our team down the road, Trubisky said. Thats just not who we want to be.---Follow Aaron Beard on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/aaronbeardap and the APs college football site at http://collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '