Dan I've said in the past these formations are fluid as a game progresses.

From what I saw the other day we went on the back foot early.

So it was 451.

Frank needs to set us up to use Zaha and Townsend more.

And the team need to improve on Ball retention.

Palace 13th 2017/18.

Same thing every summer. Those raising concerns we haven't done enough or anything in the transfer market get shouted down. Gradually as time goes on we get more people rightly concerned until we sign a couple or so, but never close to what we need. Everyone else deludes themselves we've had a great window because one particular player is the answer to everything (Benteke) but we sit on £30 mil unspent net transfer money.

I understand getting the best deal by leaving it late, or not replacing released players at all, but there are needs to sign players before we've dropped points in the first few games and end up again as a bottom 4 struggler. Last summer I gave a 7/10 while others couldn't accept this claimed it was an amazing window. Well it didn't take long to find out it wasn't, with 9 points vs the worst teams at the time and Ledley in the team in between. Just shows how sh1t they were and how badly prepared in enough areas we were. Hopefully there's no repeat of that.

COYP

Right forward, where Anderson played Wednesday

Another Damien Diagonal - Total Football

I agree, but we need a natural in that position, would love someone like redmond or demari gray but that's unlikely

Another Damien Diagonal - Total Football

Dream on, we ain't going to be signing 4-7 players. We have employed a manager to improve the current players and maybe 2 signings.
Why is everyone so hung up up about getting new signings, unless they are significantly better than we have, what's the point. Satisfying supporters that believe the crap about players coming is not the plan. Many people are buying all this transfer frenzy stoked up by dodgy websites, it's laughable.

That is exactly it, in a nutshell.

Bexley Dave

Can you hear the Brighton sing? I can't hear a ******* thing!

"The most arrogant, obnoxious bunch of deluded little sun tanned, loafer wearing mummy's boys I've ever had the misfortune of having to listen to" (Burnley forum)