I think Vieira is getting a lot right but his insistence on mixing up the central Striker postion game to game is madness and stopping any chance of us getting a 10-15 goal a season Striker in form.

From what I’ve seen, I’m not going to be unrealistic and say there’s a 20 goal striker in our ranks but I definitely think Mateta or Edouard can score consistently once every 2-3 games to keep a steady stream of goals coming in if given the chance.

I’m of the opinion Mateta is our best out and out Striker but a lot think he’s useless and Edouard because he’s more skilful Is the way to go. Id be happy with either given a proper shot.

Strikers thrive on confidence and consistency more so than any other position. If we start one of them 2 games in a row you can see they are playing with the thought “if I don’t score by the 75th minute I’m getting swapped for the other or Benteke”.

It’s even more frustrating when we wasted about 3 seasons trying to play Benteke into form when it was clear he never would. I’m not asking for that but Vieira needs to tell whichever one he prefers ‘you have the rest of this season as main no.9.’ By the end of the season get rid if they’ve not done anything. But we will never know if we keep benching Strikers and giving Zaha a Striker position just to appease his ego.

There seems to be no logical explanation to team selection. Why would anyone put Schlupp in as a central midfielder? Who thought it a good idea to play Zaha as centre forward when 3 are sitting on the bench? Is Ayew a winger? Does Vieira know what he's doing? Recently I've started to doubt.
Choose the system you want to play and pick the players that fit that system, no square pegs in rounds holes. Some egos might be hurt, nevermind.

Agree. If we're going to play the ball on the ground, commit to Eduoard and back him. I'm sure he'll score.

If we're going to actually deliver crosses into the box, play Benteke. I'm sure he'll score.

Mateta isn't the answer.

I agree PV needs to pick a striker, any striker, and play him for at least 2-3 matches in a row.

What I don't understand is we've had Benteke for ages, who has never lived up to expectations. So PV goes out and spends big to get Edouard. Then he spends big to keep Mateta. Then he leaves all three strikers on the bench, and plays Wilf as the striker. I mean, WTF is up with that??

If he doesn't rate Benteke, Edouard, or Mateta, which I don't blame him, then please sell them all this summer, and try 3 new strikers.

Every other PL club, even Norwich, has a decent striker, and we haven't had one since Murray left 20 years ago. It's beyond ridiculous at this point.

2017 Feb. (Van Aanholt) Palace 1 - 0 Middlesboro
2018 Jan. (Sako) Palace 1 - 0 Burnley
2019 May (Batshuayi, Batshuayi, OG, Van Aanholt, Townsend) Palace 5 - 3 Bournemouth
2020 Feb. (Van Aanholt) Palace 1 - 0 Newcastle

Your right it is hard to understand, Edouard was a bit of a gamble never having played in any of the top leagues, but he has seen Mateta train everyday, and seen him play a lot of games, either 1. he rates him but doesn't think he is ready, 2, The deal wasn't what was said and we had to sign him, or 3, Parish/Freedman has gone over his head, Wilf and Olise will always be used as inverted wingers so what you say is right sell Edouard while he still has a value, give Benteke away on a free so someone may take him a buy someone else, maybe Plange is better than we know?

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