It's amazing how many fans put wanted us to put all our eggs in one basket with him before seeing him play.

There's been plenty of comments about how we can get rid of Batshuayi and Benteke now we've got Mateta.

The problem with just saying, let's get rid of all our players and bring in better ones is that the only thing you can be sure of is that it will be very expensive with no guarantee of success.

Wasn't the best performance but he was hung out to dry a bit. Hopefully, he gets some more game time off the bench over our upcoming run. Then we'll see if he can become a premiership striker. Looking forward to seeing him again

I feel sorry for Mateta, as he is expected to be the messiah, in footballing terms, it would seem.
Palace , just do not play to a traditional striker. Look at Bamford, and the way Leeds , creat havoc around him, yet get the balls to him every time he is in striking distance.
Many have said it more than enough times here, our midfield, lacks creativity , and pace to make for sustained pressure on opponents .
The fact is Mateta, and all of our strikers, will be far to busy supporting the mid-field to ever get into good striking positions, other than in the few games we dominate the ball in, The Leeds game only showed how poor our mid field is at supporting any sort of concerted effort to get a striker receiving good ball in the oppositions penalty area.

Indeed, you don't just jettison a load of players and hope the new ones will be better. Look how long it's taking Chelsea's newbies to settle into the PL. Mateta needs time - time to adjust to the PL and to forge an understanding with his teammates.

sums him up very well based on his performance at Leeds albeit in a very poor team effort all over!

Needs a few games before we can really see what he's like. We've given Benteke enough chances, after all.

Red and Blue Army!

The new Tommy Langley.