I stated on the match thread that a lot was poor. Luka was dreadful. What particular with Delaney is he keep peeling off, call for the ball and his distribution was dreadful. 2 big players missing in Sakho and cabaye. I guess his your favourite player but the way your defending. Today performances was shocking mcarthur, luka and Delaney in particular.

Another Damien Diagonal - Total Football

I watched the whole game from homesdale. Granted there was a lot of poor performances.

Another Damien Diagonal - Total Football

No, I don't particularly have a 'favourite' player but I acknowledge that, in ordinary circumstances (and losing three centre backs in successive matches could hardly be called 'ordinary'), Delaney wouldn't even have had a sniff of the subs bench. Had we not had Delaney, we'd have had to recall one of the kids from loan, someone with zero Premiership experience who would almost certainly have performed worse.

The central defence is, perforce, a threadbare affair now and I don't think it's particularly fair digging out a player of great strength and character for not displaying the attributes of injured players who were brought in to replace him in the first place, especially when much of the rest of the team were similarly all at sea.

That's all.

Well said sir. And the best shot on target by a palace player was by Damo.

Been to Anfield twice seen 14 goals and my team haven't scored any

Of course. The back four has been filleted. In just a couple of weeks, we've gone from having possibly the most miserly defence to the most porous. Instead of hoping for a tenth or so finish, we will probably just about limp over the line. It's a big worry.

That could end up with a draw for each team providing safety but a defeat for either one leaving that team in some bother on the last day. Serve the powers that be right if their much vaunted TV crunch six-pointer were a nailed on bore draw. Not that we would resort to such skullduggery, of course...

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