I thought the post played a blinder ..

catford kid, caught up supporting "team of the 80s" in the 70s..
1st actual Match - PALACE 1-1 LEEDS (Sat 13 Nov 1982)

Thought pva was awful yestetday, but thd other 3 played well, especially tompkins.
What I don't like is thd way we play so narrow. Seems to be s tactic of ours. There wide players had so much space and got some really good crosses in. Don't really understand why we play like that.

If we let the other team have the ball for the entire match it’s not surprising that teams will make hay. That said our marking yesterday was very poor.

And I’ve no idea why Meyer isn’t playing. God knows it’s effing obvious we are lacking a ball playing midfielder. In Roy We Trust...

I mean that. He must be working it out and not throwing him in the deep end. 🙏🏿

We've already had three clean sheets this season.

Like others have said, the problem is with the midfield and not the back 4. As back 4s go we genuinely have as good of a combination as you could hope for as a club of our size.

Problem is, Lukas playing like a donkey this season. Jimmy Mac is a fantastic engine and so important in our squad, but he’s not much more than an engine. Kouyate, again, seems to be decent as a solid physical presence but his passing looks abysmal.

We do have the answers to this in our squad, but it will mean being bold in the sense that we sacrifice some of our destroyer type midfielders for more creative presences. Still not on board with the idea that Meyer is a like for like replacement for Cabaye because he’s not. But a mix of Riedewald (yes, Riedewald) and Meyer being introduced could really see us have a really nice balance in the squad.

I think that the Meyer situation is showing early signs of an all to familiar tale at Palace, which is just so disappointing. That’s just how it feels. “Not physical enough” or whatever the reason will be not to make him a key player in our team. And I’ll continue banging the Riedewald drum whilst he’s here as he can play but also has good defensive awareness.

We do have the solutions to the nonsense we’ve played in the last couple of weeks. Whether or not management is brave enough to switch it up is yet to be seen.

We're the Arthur over ere!

It's not unreasonable to say it's a clean sheet so what's the problem. Of course if we play Huddersfield every week AND they are as unlucky as they were yesterday then yes of course that logic is fine. In my opinion there are very few, if any teams in the prem who will score less goals than Huddersfield. The time to fix the hole in the roof is when the sun is shining, not when the rain is pouring through. What can do it though? They're all good players but the organisation seems woeful at times. If you can't successfully mark Huddersfield players in the box, then you sure as s*** can't do against all the better strikers in the prem.

A decent point about maybe Meyer is being eased in - after all he is young - but him and Zaha could be so destructive and really help our forwards get amongst the goals. The balance is is also crucial of course and I wonder if it has to be Luka or Kouyate. Some healthy competition for places would be excellent - I think we do have the players for a strong midfield, in fact I think we have the players to be a top ten team - but the discipline and organisation is vital and appears to be missing at the moment.

You'll be forever in my family's memories and it was an honor and privilege to play and lead in the red and blue
Yours sincerely
Mile Jedinak