What a very condescending remark to make. Most of us know a considerable amount about the game, how it is played and what certain players are capable of. I have watched football since 1958 with my first Palace game being the following year. I was involved in the game from 1978 to 1987. There are thousands of others who have been going as long or longer then I.

Just because some of us actually see the good in players, Jedinak in particular, you take a supercillious attitude and suggest we are blinded by our love of the team.

Whilst your remark may, in some instances, be relevant in the main I think you will find, away from the arena, most people make sensible and balanced judgements.

If you cannot see the benefit in what Jedinak brings to us then it is perhaps you who are blinded; blinded by negativity.

We are Crystal Palace not Manchester City. We cannot go out and spend fifty million on a world class player. Jedinak cost us nothing, the man has been a rock the past two seasons and he is the likely captian of his country going in to the World Cup. He has been picked every game he has been available for by Freedman, Holloway and now TP. But, of course, you and others know better.

Yes, maybe one day as the club evolves and finances improve we will find a better player for the position. However, right now he is far and away our best option.

Stop believing we should have a wonder side with a player in Jedi's role able to win every header, come away with the ball from every tackle, make every pass with most of them setting up a goal and scoring thirty goals as season themselves.

Also WATCVH the games. See how Jedi falls back to protect the defence when a winger has the ball out wide and count the number of times he is the one who heads the cross out. Count the number of times he puts in a tackle stopping an opposition attack, actually look at the number of passes he makes and count those that go astray. Watch his positioning, watch how he organises those around him and stop bleeting on that he is not good enough!

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. Groucho Marx

A balnced view succinctly put.

He is always a rock and has had outstanding games. His strength in the air is important to us, even though his accuracy is often lacking.

He isn't a play maker and neither is KG and that is where the rub comes for me. They disrupt play but they don't have much ability to start new plays. And yes, he isn't at his best right now.

I still think have SOK or Bannan playing with him, letting him win the ball and then lay it off to a creative player, would work better. But that means the rest of the defence being bullet proof and not needing so much cover.

In the end, in football you have to be robust. You can watch Jedi dominating the opposition players, they don't like getting near him. That is what he is for.