I don’t accept that Zaha and Eze can’t play in the same team, although I can see Roy could may reservations due to his conservatism.
Eze could play behind Zaha and Batshuayi/Ayew with three midfielders behind them e.g Mcarthur, Mcarthy, Jairo.
We would still have a solid look.
A 4-3-1-2 formation.
You play a system to suit your players in an ideal world.
Roy starts with a system and seeks to shoehorn players into that system.
Although not totally blameless, I’m sure this is part of the reason Benteke and Meyer have failed.
If Roy not careful Eze and Batshuayi could go the same way.

I'm amazed at how good Eze looks so far, which makes it even more infuriating that Roy is stubbornly refusing to play him.

Really, I could not be more sick of this. Does anyone seriously believe that Roy is going to get the best out of Eze? If so, what offensive player has he gotten the most out of? You could argue that every offensive player we have has regressed or not performed nearly as well as hoped: Zaha, Sorloth, Meyer, Camarasa, Benteke.

Eze will be completely wasted here until Roy is gone. There is no other possibility.

Edited by Wilbraham413 (31 Oct 2020 11.02pm)

2017 Feb. (Van Aanholt) Palace 1 - 0 Middlesboro
2018 Jan. (Sako) Palace 1 - 0 Burnley
2019 May (Batshuayi, Batshuayi, OG, Van Aanholt, Townsend) Palace 5 - 3 Bournemouth
2020 Feb. (Van Aanholt) Palace 1 - 0 Newcastle

I mean who could have predicted this scenario. He a central midfielder, who likes the no10 space. Roy doesn’t play a number10 nor does he like any attacking or creative minded players in central areas, or at all tbh. Qpr fans said do not play him out wide. Odd thing is Eze said after signing he had conversations with Roy about his position before signing. Shame that position is now seemingly the bench.

You’ve got to ask why we signed him on the first place. Roy will kill his confidence by making him Townsend mk11. We will not see the best of Eze until Roy’s moved on. Hope Eze has the patience.

At the moment Roy seems to make it a straight choice between Eze or Schlupp in the wide left position in a 4 man midfield.
In the methods employed by Roy , Schlupp is a better fit for what Roy wants from a wide midfielder.
This means Eze is likely to remain a bit part player unless the system is changed or Schlupp gets injured.
It's a shame as Eze looks very talented, but many on here foresaw this situation arising when he joined.

My feeling is he'll play his way into the team. He looks an unbelievable talent that and once he does hold down a position we'll all be better off for it.

Barring injury I reckon by the WBA game he'll be a key component in the lineup.

Have a look at the way Villa line up today. There is no reason why we can’t fit all our best attacking players into the team. Schlupp has some uses but we will never progress while he starts.