60m+ only Palmer and Foden scored more in the second half of the season, in the most difficult division in the world, and still only 26, younger than Watkins and Bowen

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

And I see that he was joint 9th in the list of top PL scorers for 23/24. Imagine if his first half had matched his second!

Palace since 19 August 1972. Palace 1 (Tony Taylor) Liverpool 1 (Emlyn Hughes)

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Palace since 19 August 1972. Palace 1 (Tony Taylor) Liverpool 1 (Emlyn Hughes)

Does anyone believe that he can score many goals without Eze or Olise? He is not that valuable.

His running off the ball has impressed me a lot lately. He does get caught offside occasionally but it is usually a tight decision. Obviously any striker would miss the likes of Olise and Eze but Wharton and Munoz have also been finding him well. The goal against Man U came by finding space for a pass from Richards

Edited by pssguy (23 May 2024 8.08pm)

That's because he's following Glasner's stated instructions, namely for his attackers to make runs behind the defence or on the shoulder of the last man on the basis that it's the best way to give yourself a chance of scoring.

Glasner expects that the attackers will be caught offside on occasions but like he said in one of his post-match press conferences - if you make 20 runs behind the defence it's unlikely you will offside on every occasion. In the Villa game Mateta showed just how well he has adjusted his timing with 3 goals (just onside) and only the one ball netted ruled out for a very marginal offside.