IMO there wasn't much wrong with the line up. JPM and OE make themselves droppable, and Wilf does give us something different up top. It was just the performance.

When he scored a bet a lot of fans thought PV had picked right. But the issue is the same as we have with any of our strikers...we find it so hard to get them into the game that they are basically doing nothing for 90mins.

Ultimately, and hard to see it this way, it was a nothing game, neither team held any attacking theat. We had a marginal offside, Watkins should have scored for them.

We are at the point where we need a few lucky goals to go our way.

Thanks Peter and yourself hopefully we will see you next season

“This is a crisis, a large crisis.... in fact if you have a moment, it’s a 12 storey crisis, magnificent entrance hall, carpeting throughout, 24 hour portage , and an enormous sign on the roof saying “This , is a large crisis” - Edmund Blackadder

It was highlighted on Match of the Day how Mitchell was caught out with balls inside the full back ,one of which led to the cross for the own goal.
This is a recurrent theme, and although it may sound harsh, I do question whether he is quite good enough defensively as well as offensively.
As a minimum he needs proper competition for his place.

I'd say the team is predominantly of African descent. Not a lot of Caribbean going on.

If you are suggesting that the squad all smoke ganja and hang out at blues parties on a Friday night then I suspect that is unlikely for modern Premier League players.

I think there is perhaps a certain mentality in a squad which develops when you have too many players from abroad who do not understand the culture and history of a particular club or competition and have a different mindset based on their upbringing. Maybe the balance at Palace needs to be adjusted a little.

Fully agree Willo loses his position far too easily, can be easily passed and is like a chicken with his head cut off when balls come in the box. Very overrated!

I am a bit surprised by the reaction to this performance. Before the game it was 2 teams in mid to low table facing each other and it had a close game written all over it. In the first half there was not much in and Villa had the breaks with our disallowed goal and the own goal. In the second half Villa tried and were very successful in breaking up the game meaning we could not build up a head of steam. I think the stop start nature of the second half contributed to Doucoure's frustration and to his 2 yellow cards. Once we were down to 10 men we did actually stay in the game but it was always going to be difficult with a man less.
Agree with the set piece delivery from Olise needs to improve.
On positive side although i think we will struggle to get points against City and Arsenal we will have Doucoure rested for the Brighton game.