Although there are those here that worship Zaha, I see him as a hindrance to the club moving on and others stepping up. He's wildly inconsistent and not as good as he or his agent thinks he is; why he takes penalties I have no idea, although capable of striking the ball cleanly he often scuffs it. He must have a fair amount of dressing room clout and the ear of the manager to end up playing up top, a role that his skill set and football brain doesn't warrant.
There's a serious lack of balance in this side and he is the main reason for it; other players have mentioned that they look to pass the ball to him, which is completely wrong - how about owning the responsibility and playing like a team?

I keep telling myself that but when you see the really poor performances like yesterday you have to think how close we are to going on a bad pointless run. I realise this type of see-saw football we play is very Palace but I find it irritating when fans can see we are only a few players away from a decent team and yet we never quite push on and fill the holes.

To me this is where Dougie needs to be scouring the lower leagues for nuggets to fill these gaps. They are almost certainly out there as decent players have to come from somewhere, they don’t always start off at a top 6 side.

Watching the match yesterday and thought it was off side, looks like a VAR blunder again . [Link]

He was without doubt offside, we did not see the red and blue lines and the only one that looked as though it might have been offside was a image that was taken from virtually behind the goal line and at an angle, all the ones taken along the line was clearly offside

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

1) Zaha is better on the wing. However, he won the penalty kick by being in the center of play. Can't fault PV too much.
2) Except for a dubious-to-shameful VAR overturn, we'd have earned a clean sheet.
3) Ayew played old today. He's the player who most needs to rest during the WC break, but no.
4) We need to find a midfielder with MacArthur's or Gallagher's energy. Quality isn't as important as non-stop, aggressive, pesky focus on the ball. We need a complement to the silky smooth quality of Eze and Olise – we need more caffeine in the heart of the pitch.
5) 80-85% of the time, Clyne is better than Ward. But while Ward's "mistakes" arise from lack of pace & finesse, Clyne's are those of focus. Both kinds of errors can be costly. Still, I'd start Clyne.
6) Love to see Mitchell rested and at his best for the remainder of the season.

These hairline decisions are supposed to even themselves out over the season, why is it I feel they never do? I can reel off endless ones that have gone against us, yet the Newcastle one is the only one I can think of that went our way. Time to scrap VAR and the cretins, I mean experts that make these decisions….