The clearance happened because he played Vardy onside. He was the one at fault and he made amends.

Good game from him but he isn’t good enough for the first 11 and I maintain that.

Thought MotD showed Vardy was offside, ref's assistant got it wrong.
Ward was professional to keep going and clear.

That young lad due to his attacking instinct wouldn't hae played him onside perhaps. Each have their strengths, right now Wards main strength over AWB is his experience.

In fairness when he is on song he's brilliant and it's promising he still has those performances in him while AWB develops.

The First 90 Minutes Are The Most Important!

Cruciate damage today? That looked very close to one to me the way he jarred his knee.

20/20 hindsight is a wonderful thing, however you missed my point which wasn't a criticism of Ward it was a genuine concern that in Gray and Vardy it was a case of 2 of the quickest players in the prem up against one of our slowest defenders when we had our quickest defender on the bench.

As it happened, Ward had a great game as did the whole Palace team so things went our way, but on another day he might have been found out.

I am not a Ward hater, in fact he has been a solid performer for many years, its just that his lack of pace is now beginning to show.

Hopefully not the last time. Against Leicester last week, Ward was certainly getting back to his old self and justifiably keeping others out the team. He is a good pro, would not cost the earth to keep,him and Palace through and through.