I would like to thank everyone to their honesty and foresight for the lovely comments,

Everything I post in Palace Talk is based on a deep understanding of football tactics and vast experience with sporting failures.

We certainly cannot afford to drop him with Guehi being unavailable for a while.
Should Andersen/Richards/Ward become injured, then either Tomkins is introduced (God forbid) or there might be a consideration to revert back to a traditional back four with full-backs.

Edited by Willo (03 Mar 2024 12.13pm)

How about a monk….ey?

Fitness is the answer. I was reading an article about how OG wants to press press press. In his interviews he is saying that the levels are only there for 70 minutes.

It is clear that this is the issue. The players clearly have the tools for much of the game it is the fitness they don’t have. Look where we would be if we could carry our first hours level into the final stages, we would be top half of the table.

I also read this week that OG has the players in on Sundays now, he wants intense training up to Thursdays with the ability to play 120 minutes at high intensity.

Once the Luton game is out of the way and with 3 weeks break to train I really think we will see a sharper fitter team against Forest and Bournemouth.