I thought we outplayed Norwich in the middle, but we needed to get more balls and players into the box. While I love Wardy it is clear that opposing teams see him as the weak spot, overload the right side and put him under pressure. Sometimes he uses his guile and copes, other times he is left for for dead and we are completely exposed, plus going forward, he doesn't have the quality either.

Mitchell was outstanding as was Guehi, pure class. Olise and Mateta were better than Ayew and Eze, I don't think Ayew has the capacity to make a difference as a sub and Eze is peripheral as a sub as well it seems.

Its "work in progress"

Perhaps we should be affectionately know as 'Crystal Panic'?

I believe myself to be truly committed to this cause, every corner we concede worries me senseless.

Would say though, that is surely all the fun of the fair and unnecessarily panicking over everything is surely the hallmark of a true football fan.

Will take the point especially with an improved 2nd half, great goal from Wilf, good to see him back. Mitchell was brilliant again, Gallagher too anonymous for large parts but you can't complain, Joel Ward a fantastic servant to this club but has looked a liability for some time now.

Onward and upwards!

COYP!

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

Ratings from me:

Guiata: 7.
Didn't have much to do...might feel like he should've got a hand to the goal but a pretty standard performance.

Ward: 3.
Love him. Club legend. But was exposed badly today. Need an upgrade, stat.

Andersen: 7.
A few trademark nice balls driven to the wings. Not much else to do. Could done better and picked up Puuki for the goal.

Guehi: 9.
Looks absolute mustard. Calm, composed and knows when to step out of defence really well.

Mitchell: 9. MOM.
An awesome performance. Still looks wobbly going forward, but hopefully that will come. Decision making beyond his years today.

Schlupp: 6.
Hard to rate. Didn't affect the game much but equally didn't do much wrong.

Gallagher: 7.
Buzzed around keeping busy and was at the heart of most promising attacks. Underwhelming compared to his usual high standards, but that's hardly his fault.

Hughes: 7.
Kept things ticking along nicely too. Nothing flash...but every team needs one of these. Now a mainstay in the team.

Zaha: 5.
Gets a 5 and not a 3 purely because of his worldie goal. Other than that, abysmal. Gave the ball away. Passed backwards. Afraid to take his man on. Missed a pen trying to be too clever. Just smash it.

Olise: 6.
Not as effective as recent weeks. Always offered an outlet and gets fans off their seat...but little productivity today.

Mateta: 5.
Offered very little. Lumbered around...a couple of nice runs but don't think he's warranted a start against Brentford.

We just got two new strikers in. We've been trying for years to get a competent striker, and we can't do it. We get Sorloth, Batshuyahi, Edouard, Mateta, Plange, and I'm probably forgetting a couple. And we still need a good striker.

Edited by Wilbraham413 (10 Feb 2022 3.27am)

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

Wow, lots of pant wetting going on here. Those who think we can easily rollover teams like Norwich away really need to watch more premier league footy. Yes we can be naive at times, yes we are young and still learning. But we are a good team playing attractive football and our collective star is rising. We bossed that game and Norwich had to park the bus to keep us at bay. A bit like the way Roy used to when we had no possession but could stifle a game with everyone behind the ball.
Wilf Zaha is one of our best players and has been for several years. He is also one of our senior players now and while perhaps not as explosive as he was when younger he is still a force to be reckoned with. He found a way to get through that defence with a couple of skips to make space for a thunderbolt finish. How many times has he saved our bacon ? Pure class.
Could have/should have won? Maybe. Its easy to say he shouldn't have taken a penalty after the event, but at least he had the bottle to step up. I didnt like the way the ref took so long to let him take it. He was left thinking about it for too long and his face looked less confident the longer he waited. s*** happens... he lost his footing slightly.
I'm not liking the Wardy bashing that goes here too. He may not be the best RB on the planet but hes the f***ing best RB at CPFC by a country mile and if you think Clyne can cover the ground that he does and put in a shift week in week out then you are beyond help. Another draw that we could/should have won thats football, thats life. We are not going down.

Agree with most of this except Olise. He was excellent.