I can only guess he is still not 100% as the last few outings he's been rock solid.

"They got his own song 'He's just too good for you', it's quite unbelievable but when you see it and he's facing up someone - I actually feel sorry for them, 'Cos he actually is" - Ian Holloway

For your knowledge Puncheon played on the wing for us at the age of 27 and started playing number 10 at 29. But your knowledge on palace is so limited I would question whether or not you actually support us.

We're the Arthur over ere!

FOR MY KNOWLEDGE WHAT??? HOW IS ANY OF WHAT YOU WROTE THERE SUPPOSED TO CONTRADICT WHAT I SAID OR IMPROVE MY KNOWLEDGE?

WHY ARE YOU BEING A JACKASS AND TELLING ME THAT I DON'T SUPPORT THIS TEAM?

So were Thierry Henry & David Trezeguet but if you think you can compare them to Punch then you are deluded.

You do actually understand that Football Manager is not 'real' don't you?

Quoting stats does not prove knowledge of the game, just knowledge of the numbers. Take yesterday's Hull V Liverpool: the scousers had:

72% possession
22 shots v 7
15 corners v 1

but, guess what, they lost 2-0.

PS: no need to SHOUT we can read in lower case too.

Will this be five? It's gonna be five! It IS five!

Take those statistics into consideration, SMART PANTS, and realize that Liverpool is 4th and Hull is f******ing 18th and it was just 90 minutes that nobody could control.

But at the end of the championship, Liverpool will be at least 10 positions higher BECAUSE of those statistics

The idea is that when Pirlo got slow and couldn't run anymore as a winger, he became a central midfielder.
Not that Puncheon is as good as him. Proportions must be kept, we're talking about Juventus and Palace here. But Benteke is still the type of Mandzukic striker and Mandanda is still a goalkeeper like Buffon.

The point is that Pirlo played first man in front of the defence when Juventus won their first title under Conte. 3 at the back: Bonucci, Barzagli, Chiellini. Pirlo in front of the defence, with Vidal and Pogba as box-to-box. 2 strikers: Tevez and Morata.

In Allegri's first season, they even ditched Barzagli and played Marchisio as a third box-to-box midfielder and still won the league by a great margin.
Now, they go between 3-5-2 and 4-4-2. But they still have a playmaker in front of the defence: Pjanic.

And many low level teams have one too, to distribute the balls: Huddlestone for Hull, Shelvey for Newcastle, Charlie Adam for Stoke, Wilshire plays there many times, Jurado for Espanyol, Huszti for Eintracht.....

All of those players were a lot faster when younger, but got slower and more intelligent with the passage of time. I don't see why Puncheon can't play like this as long as he has Cabaye and McArthur to sweep in front of him. Do you think Milivojevic is that much different from Puncheon? Good technique, slow feet. This is exactly what you'll get from him