It pisses me off how quick people are to jump on the man who has probably saved our season, we are like Stoke in many ways a side with no real quality but the longer we stay in the division the more chance our football will improve. Anybody who watched Stoke would realise that they improved in footballing terms each year, rather then going on the media image of them. The Stoke I saw was not dire at all. They were full of grit, determination, blood, sweat and tears, would show big teams up regularly by being in there face defending for there lives and attacking with purpose, pace and power. A manager who would still stand in the pissing rain and bark orders if there 4 0 down. A manager who returns to a game early even though it was his own mothers funeral. This is what Palace are about, not no flash big time Charlie with a flash name from Spain. The football will improve under Pulis, but in order for it to improve we have to contain the sides and hope we get the lucky break each game. We cannot technically compete with any side in this league, that is the long and short of it. In Pulis We Trust.

Ibrahimovich would look like a donkey in this dreadful system.

Glenn is our one chance of scoring goals from the unexpected. No one else has his potential for magic. Trouble is, he is not only struggling to regain his fitness and form. Remember that he had lost his magic even before his injury last season and his goals had dried up. We need him to get back where he was in the first part of last season. But I still believe that he is the player who can score us the 3-4 goals we need to stay up. I also think his partnership with Cham was beginning to work so let's hope that gets into gear again when Cham is back.

The right place at the right time

We are fortunate to have him playing at all. He's not match fit and clearly been rushed back ahead of schedule due to our needs.

Anybody seriously suggesting the solution is Jerome is crazier than as a bag of frogs.

Edited by BelfastEagle (17 Mar 2014 10.13am)

My issue is with the lack of an apostrophe in the title "FANS VIEW". It should be "FAN'S VIEW" because it's the view of one fan, not of the fans as a whole.

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And replace him with that goal scoring machine Camerone Jerome?

I can see an arguement for bringing Gayle in, to play off of Murray (maybe putting Murray into the Chamakh position), but anyone who thinks we could play Gayle as a lone striker is lacking any reasoning. We could maybe swap out Ince for Gayle.

We know that Murray a) can score goals at every level he's been asked to b) can play as a lone target man c) has just returned from being injured for the best part of a year d) is more likely to score than Jerome.

Maybe we should focus on getting the ball to him in the box, rather than 10-15 yards out with has back to goal. To score, you have to have service.

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