While I agree Benteke hasn't done anything.. I'm not sure I could expect him to do anything. We've had barely any possession and the formation isn't working well.

Townsend is hugging the touchline but has a man marking him all the time so he has no space. There should be plenty of space in the middle to be taken advantage of as a result but Schlupp and Zaha are basically hanging out in the same space, too high and wide to be helpful. And Luka is too deep. So we don't have any options at all to just link up and make short passes get us up the pitch.

Long balls and tight passes on the wings are the only options we are providing which are low percentage and aren't working. Really need someone to sit in the middle.. if Zaha wants to play so wide, tell Jeff to sit in the middle and Jairo can cover over the the left side.

Keep the bloody ball Palace stop giving it away! Passing ability zilch. Really difficult and frustrating watching them right now.

So it looks like once again the game plan is “try not to get beaten by too many”!
We’ve got used to this tho - haven’t we!

and a striker because Benteke is certainly not any use and with him on pitch like playing with 10 men!

I still cannot believe this has not been mentioned by anyone. The Palace players closest were screaming for handball.

Roy is loving it because we havent conceded