We'll never know how good he is until he leaves Palace for a better team that is regularly in contention for cups and Europe. That's that sad truth.

I have always believed that given the right manager/club he can become one of the best players in Europe. I can see him playing for a Liverpool or Spurs and really flourishing. Truth is it's up to Wilf how good he wants to be.

Best player to ever play for Palace and it'll be a very sad day when he leaves.

The ups and downs of Palace have left me older than my years

VicMo is a workhorse though and he has more bowser on how to make that breakthrough ball. Better at crosses imho.

Wilf is better being a large fish in a small pond than a small pond in a large fish

Part of me hopes we’ll never know how good he’ll be for another team, but VKR is right in suggesting he’d have more time on the ball at a bigger club. You can’t surround one player when the whole team are a threat. Adversely he’d have more competition for his place.

A good example is Jesus Navas whilst a Citeh. Imho He looked pony by comparison to others in their team and he didn’t score much, but when Wilf does the same I still think he the Golden Bullocks!

So I manage a Workshop which provides a safe learning environment for blokes struggling with PTSD and other mental health issues. Being a Palace fan isn't listed yet.

Moses left us to go to Wigan, Chelsea then bought him, but couldn’t find a place for him, sending him out on loan, until Conti converted him to a wingback.
Zaha never seems to play well against the top 6 on a regular basis, because they have better players. That indicates he isn’t as good as being touted about.
Top player for us, but not a top 6 team, he would be just a squad player for them.

He'll never get at City or Spurs or the bin dippers and certainly not at the likes of Real Madrid what he gets here which is a) play your own game b) play every week c) the fans worship you and d) agricultural clods in Premier League defences run in terror to the water closet when they see you coming at them with the ball.

He wouldn't be happy sitting on the bench at a team of whatever size and a Champions' League runners-up medal won't mean much if he's played for 20 minutes in a couple of matches and been told to keep the ball near the corner flag and track back when they lose it.

And I think he knows this.

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he'd definitely start on most top 6 sides. would be a perfect with with klopp. not mourinho - he'd never play him. he's much better than sterling, in every way. ponch would get a lot out of him but spurs will never pay the fee. doesn't fit with the arsenal.

wz is definitely one of the best players in the league. top 6 including. BUT, he requires a freedom that the top 6 don't usually provide.