before i start...i agree hes has been dissapointing since joining.

but...

there are obvious reasons for this as hes played almost every minute for us on wrong side of the pitch...whenever he has played well in his career he has played on the right hand side of the pitch and been effective cutting in. all of a sudden hes been asked to play out of position and he cant do it well, some players can easily adapt but he cant.

also i would point out if you watch our games this season it almost seems to me that we are making more space for wilf to play in on the right hand side of the pitch and whenever andros gets the ball it seems to be very congested on the left hand side and its harder to operate in.

he needs to perform better thats probably the only thing every fan on this site 100% agree on at the mo, but also he needs more minutes on the pitch, and maybe him & wilf swap sides for the watford game and lets see what he can do.

he is a very very good player, and it will work at palace given time.

‘Football isn’t instant coffee. You have to work at it. You must grow the bean, grind it.’ Ian Holloway

i agree with you but then pardews between a rock & a hard place on this one. both wingers are more potent on the right hand side, and i think (tho its a close call) if both are on top form then wilf is just about the better player.

so hes sacrificing townsend to get the best out of wilf.

i bet if wilf goes to the afcon, and townsend is afforded the space & amount or the ball wilf is then i bet the real andros townsend will be back abd firing on all cylinders.

‘Football isn’t instant coffee. You have to work at it. You must grow the bean, grind it.’ Ian Holloway

My Spurs mate calls him "Sir Blastalot".

That free kick and some of his other shots from outside the box in other matches have been embarrassing.

He reminded me that all three subs yesterday were ex Spurs unwanted stock, better suited to the championship and Townsend certainly not deserving to be on the fringe of England squad!

..for a player that was so close to being in the England set up and our first squad to one that looks sunday league is all down to him and him alone, why would Pardew put more pressure on himself by upsetting Townsend and destroying a player that could very easily be getting him out of jail, doesn't help either of them this situation.

..I bet it has more to do with his defending.

Hazard and Costa two class players who were very poor then in comes a new manager and boom they are class again. AT had a good start with us something has changed to make him so poor, I can only see a new manager getting him back to the good player he is.