Maybe blinded by Benteke's amazing headers or Townsend's excellent start or man-of-the-match performances by the likes of Jimmy Mac but I'd not really focused on how well Puncheon has played this season. Seems like the stats say he's our best player right now.

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My gut -- and it is only that -- tells me he does indeed do better without YC in the team. I just can't figure out why that should be the case. Could YC be asking him to receive the ball in difficult positions? Could he just need to feel like more of the 'main man'? Or could it just be he was average at the start of last year and then nobody shone when Jimmy Mac went out of the side?

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His massive swings in form are probably the reason it's taken him so long to establish himself as a Premiership footballer, but when he's on it, he's a cracking player.

If he can sustain anywhere near his current performance levels for a whole season, we're in for a good year.

Our developing style of play seems to suit Punch. Andros, Punch & Wilf work well together behind CB. Tbh I prefer Punch in the ACM role than Cabaye. But the 2 are imo interchangeable. So we have cover. Can't be bad.

Punch is having a brilliant run. Personally I was hoping that we would pick up an alternative but actually now we have the successful Ledley/McArthur combo we now have Cabaye competing with Punch for the CAM role. I also suspect Townsend can play there too.

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The season before last Puncheon was our dead ball man, and he was very good at it. For some reason Cabaye comes in and is given the job of taking all the free kicks. Why, who knows, maybe he insisted upon it when he signed? All I know is that Puncheon is a lot better at it than Cabaye is and in my opinion we are a better team when Cabaye isn't playing.