He's still very rusty so I'm hoping his attacking sharpness will improve. It's a relief to see a striker actually closing down, putting some effort in and contributing defensively, but I must say I was confused to see him defending a throw-in level with our six-yard box in the second half when we'd prefer him up with Zaha ready to pounce on the break.

6 games, 4 goals. 3 from Zaha, 1 from Schlupp. And only one of those games was against a top team.

Basically, when Zaha doesn't have the ball, we have no chance to score.

Ayew has done nothing so far. Invisible today.
Townsend has lost a step, and speed was his only skill. He passes like he's blindfolded.
Kouyate has done nothing. No idea what he brings.
JMac and Luka have done nothing. I'm ready to bench one of them.

Offensively, we're hopeless. Nice that we have 7 points, but it's excruciating to watch.

Sorry but we need a decent striker more than Loftus-Cheek. Obv I’ll take him but if it’s between him and some top Spanish striker we could possibly get that we can somehow afford, then that should be our guy

Send benteke to Siberia

Palace buying strikers just never works out! Seems to only be successes when cheap/free/exchange. I currently can't think of many strikers that would be a good fit and affordable/availablr over RLC joining who we know at least will definitely boost our attacking play.

I’m concerned about the lack of goals in the team.There were plenty of chances created against Newcastle but no finisher.
For all his bad form and terrible record over the last year Benteke still looks the best option which is a worry.
Townsend never looks like scoring and there is too much reliance on Zaha.
It’s a shame Sako didn’t rejoin because he does offer something different, can go past people and score goals.
If we go back to the loan market in January I hope it’s more inspiring than the recent list - Sanogo,Bamford,Adebayor,Doyle,Remy,Ameobi