Wilf being injured has happened before and Edouard did ok out on the left. It’s not a great situation however. Ayew apparently played great on the left wing in the World Cup and there may be some mileage in playing a midfield of Doucoure Hughes Olise (right) Ayew (left) with Edouard up top and Eze given a free role.

it's a hamstring injury - he has no history of hamstring issues so it appears very much a one off, so not sure what your point is.

However, as a runner the hamstring, once damaged, cannot be run off etc and immediate rest and ice is required. I was disappointed the Palace medical team allowed him back onto the pitch.
A minor strain can take 3 to 4 weeks, so allowing him back on would only make it worse and lengthen the recovery time.
Palace do own an oxygen chamber which speeds up injury recover times though so hopefully he'll be back mid Feb.

A commendable and entirely plausible scientific analysis. has to be.

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We now have 2 energetic midfielders along with the pace we already had in the team. Dare I say it but with Wilf out we might see a more pressing attacking team.I love Wilf but he does have a habit of slowing the game down this will be an opportunity for PV to see what a Palace team post Zaha will look like. I still want Wilf to stay but it's about time others stepped up.

Hope Manchester United have the same opportunity as PV - a Palace win at Old Trafford will be very welcome.

I’m kind of hoping (in vain perhaps) that he makes the bench for Brighton. To be honest you get so many subs these days that you might as well name him to keep them guessing. It’s the kind of game where conventional wisdom goes out the window.

To be honest , either way we won’t know until Sunday , they will keep it quiet as would give Leeds a boost if it came out he was out and vice versa they might be expecting him to be out and then we play him , will be mind games

“This is a crisis, a large crisis.... in fact if you have a moment, it’s a 12 storey crisis, magnificent entrance hall, carpeting throughout, 24 hour portage , and an enormous sign on the roof saying “This , is a large crisis” - Edmund Blackadder