With respect MrRobbo, we are not Citeh.

Tbf, I do see where you're coming from, tho personally, it would ruin CG.

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Let’s not forget that so far Edouard has only proved himself useful at pressing from the front so far.

2 goals in his opening minutes of a debut has made people dizzy which is fair enough but since then his first touch, hold-up play and even getting a chance to strike has been limited.

I personally think he is the answer to our Striker problems and will come good. However, if he doesn’t by Christmas, I think it’s time Crystal Palace started becoming ruthless and not gifting barren Strikers starting spots just because ‘they get about a bit’ or ‘hold up play well without scoring’ etc.

In that case, dare I say we could try and replicate a budget City with no actual Striker. Zaha starts up top and if he’s marked out of the game he rotates with Eze/Gallagher/Ollisse etc.

No I get that, but the principle remains. At present Connor is by far our most progressive centre midfielder. When Eze returns we have a nice problem.

Do we try and find space for him centrally at the detriment to Connors attacking game, or do what we've done with Ayew and play him out of position?

I suspect to start with he'll be used sparingly to ease him back in, but if he scores a couple of the bench Vieira will have to find a solution.

As a side issue touched on here.

It will be interesting under the new coaching regime if we suffer
as many injuries this season as in the past few.

A younger squad should help but if Eze can suffer a major injury then I guess anybody can - unless the training methods are better supervised than they were.

We do seem to be fitter now so that's a good sign.

What a strange thing to say. Eze's injury had nothing to do with training supervision.

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Sorry Lanzo but IMO Banks' only PL quality asset at present is his free kick. The rest of his game is lower league standard at best. He has poor awareness and positioning and still has much to learn.