Should we lose to Leicester,after suffering losses to Brighton and Arsenal,God forbid, I will form this viewpoint.

Edited by Willo (12 Mar 2023 9.48pm)

Brighton have their fullbacks moving into midfield akin to those at Man C and this will prove a particular tactical challenge.

An abject defeat will herald a chorus of execration aimed at the players and Vieira.Supporters will be in a state of apoplexy, coils of smoke rising from heads.

I appreciate that I have been an ancient Elijah of doom, however this season I have been a tad more positive. Alas it would appear that my positivity has been mis-placed and been replaced by genuine concern.
My needle has not fallen on 'Serious trouble' as yet but the direction of travel is taking it towards that destination.

I see a lot of posts mentioning we are ok defensively. I think the context needs to be put in place in that if we play with most of our team in our own half we don't look like conceding many goals. Problem is if we win the ball there is no one to pass to in a forward position or we chip it up to Wilf who is easily out muscled. The problem is that our better acting players - the likes of Olise and Eze are not good when they are called on to do the defensive side of the game. Olise as well as conceding the penalty did not always track the runs of Ake. Eze has had similar issues when he has played meaning the manager is reluctant to play both in the same team. I also think our full back's are collectively 2 of the weaker ones compared to the other team's in the premier league. Again in the last few games we don't see them support the front players meaning our front players are isolated. Again part of the reason is the front players are not able to hold on to the ball meaning if we the ball is lost and our full backs are up the field we are vulnerable to a counter attack. Lakonga looks a good addition and if we play the ball out from the back through the middle he can help find our forward players.
I do question the selection of Milivojevic - 2 or 3 of his early challenges were so late he not only missed the ball but also missed the player. If he had collected the player it would have been a straight red on at least 2 occasions and this was in the first 15 minutes.

Managers get sacked when the owners think there is someone else who can and should do better. So unless they are going to replace him with a magician he is going nowhere.
The owners haven’t invested. They’ve tried to bring in players from inferior leagues and it shows. Never replaced Cabaye with a similar player and we haven’t had anyone who can score since they prematurely ditched Glenn Murray.
Relegation is staring us in the face.

Following Palace since 25 Feb 1978

I think that’s a fair assessment and as much as we moan about Matteta and Edouard the service to them is abysmal. There will be no excuses after our next two matches if we don’t change our style of play and push forward to support our front players. This will leave us vulnerable defensively but we have to go for it or the championship beckons. And yes, Luka has gone and Reidewald should have started rather than him. Sadly PV doesn’t rate him?