I can see us 12 - 14. Unfortunately I just can't see us replacing Gallagher effectively. His goals, assists and general work rate/pressing will be a huge loss. Where are those other goal contributions going to come from? Probably not Doucoure, Plante or Ebowei, with respect. We already look much better defensively with Guehi and Andersen - it's the other end of the field that needed addressing and so far, we haven't done it.

I'm going to say 13th!

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I tend to agree, it’s going to be second season syndrome for Vieira, we surprised a few team last year. Teams know what expect and will set up accordingly, we have a very tough start, they could go either way, catch some of the big teams before they get going or we could have no points after 4 games.

A 5-10 goal pressing midfielder: 8th
A 0-5 goal pressing midfielder 12th
No pressing midfielder 15th

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I am somewhat wary. The midfield for me is the key area. Last season a loanee rather embarrassed the other midfielders through ability, effort, and determination. Now he has gone and it all depends on how Doucoure fits into the picture. McArthur will most likely through age and accumulated injuries play only 50% of the time; Hughes really needs to step up to the plate but I feel there's not much about him.
Getting the midfield to click is the most important thing, the defence and forward line picks itself.

Well, the fixture list hasn't been kind to us with the start we have.

How many points we gain from the opening 5/6 games could inform our season.

For a club like Palace it's easy to lose 2/3 in a row but much harder to win 2/3 in a row.

I think too much emphasis is being placed on the loss of Gallagher. Ebs has had a pre season and if Decoure proves to be as good as some of the hype, then although different types of player than CG, PV has the resources to have a decent midfield in place.

I think we look like a club moving forwards. I don't see the same in the likes of Wolves, Leicester and even Brighton. The challenge is for us to improve on last season while hopefully taking advantage of those types of clubs and finishing above them.

As the worlds worst tipster, I'm predicting that we fail to do so.

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