Hughes is a fantastic midfield enforcer with a very defensive mindset which is why he is always selected. However, he can't pass to save his life which is why he is normally on the bench.

Note, when Anderson gets the ball, our players spray off in all directions leaving defences to work out which effective pass he is going to make. When Hughes gets the ball, another player has to come close so Hughes can make the simple pass to them and let them do the passing. In attacking terms, he is a passenger and this is why players like Eze don't pass to him.

I've always admired Roy and what he has achieved for this club, but that was an incredibly turgid game to watch. Scarcely able to string 4 to 5 passes together and so predictable. However, I look at the bench and there is no one I fancied coming on who would change it.

Is some of the fault Roy's. Yes. I still more with SP and the board though. Last 3 windows have not addressed major squad gaps and have just made the situation worse. We have bought players like Franca, Ahamada, Ebiowei and Plange on the grounds that they are young, have potential and we can sell them on for profit. The reality is we also need players for now, and we haven't bought them. Franca looks like he has raw ability, but I have no confidence whether the rest will ever make it as Premier League footballers.

Can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. And overall our squad is a sow's ear. A sprinkling of 6-7 good players doesn't make a good squad, especially when you factor in injuries.

I very much expect I did sit through a plethora of turgid games and perhaps I have been inflicted with "Good old days" syndrome.

I recall the days in the lower divisions when I got soaked to the skin whilst on the Holmesdale Terrace and witnessing games at an empty Selhurst Park.All in the dim and distant past and I was not so ripe in years.As for the present I do not expect dazzling displays of excitement each and every game but our abject home form and displays this and previous seasons has tried my patience.

Game on game we witness bland performances, some could be described as dire, and in all honesty my time could be better spent just following proceedings from the warmth of my abode and not having to endure a 4 hour round-trip.
Maybe if I take leave of my senses and travel up to Selhurst Park I will ensure I do not leave home without a white handkerchief and might be winded to wave it in the hair in total disgust as they do in Spain.

Whilst I think it’s fine to acknowledge there are glaring holes in our squad, I think Roy’s rigidity is what leads us to not rate so many of our squad players - they look crap under Roy because he has no idea how to get anything out of them if they don’t slot perfectly into his low block.

Players can look completely different under different managers and systems, and my view is many of our squad players are good enough to contribute, but we don’t allow any room for them to do so.

When I compare our squad to teams like Everton and Bournemouth there’s just no way we should be as inferior as we are.

Sadly as many have already said we have 6/7 quality EPL players who would make any EPL squad but as for the rest, they are championship or lower at best, then there are a bunch of youngsters who warm the bench but can't make any real contribution, they should be out on loan getting game time and improving their match skills rather than bench sitting just because Parish & his fellow Directors do not want to spend any money putting together a EPL standard quality squad of players and as a result our good players are overworked and as a consequence prone to injury!

Agree 100% - a few hours of my life that I will not get back.
We support our club through thick and thin but this dreadful game between two poor teams was a test of support. .
We looked out of it after 30 mins but at least started to show some intent after that.
Our midfield is toothless, Clyne (love him) cannot pass wind, Eze has moments of genius but is generally poor and not much good to a struggling team.
Our defence on the whole is excellent as is Henderson - he is better than Pickford at least.
Mateta looks to be getting better and is a handful and Franca needs a run of games because he will be excellent.
Please let us get at least a good midfield General in over the next few weeks.

Worst possible result!! Replay and then Arsenal a few days later. Just pray no one gets injured.
I want Palace to be an ambitious club but to be honest I have no interest in the cup given our current dire league situation.
Do we really want a crack at Europe? On our current performances we wouldn't last 5 minutes. And the thought of some of those maniac violent mobs coming to Selhurst doesn't bear thinking about.
Sorry if that sounds negative.

Passing stats should not be viewed in isolation as most CBs have a high accuracy % as they usually just pass to each other or the keeper and rarely try a creative pass.

Most of our midfield have little or no creativity so rarely try the killer pass or even a diagonal one to the opposite winger.
When Hughes was asked to play at the head of the 3 CMs when Eze was injured his limitations were there for all to see. Too slow to join the attacks and not good enough on the ball to contribute creatively