If he does play - he had better!

I think he will be and should be dropped for the next game.

A chance is a bit different to that pathetic effort he's repeated before and we knew was coming when he stood there.

COYP

lets be realistic about this, yes he missed the penalty and yes he shouldn't have gone against orders. to drop him from our next game is surely a case of "cutting our noses of to spite our face". He is our only FORWARD in our entire team at this precise moment in time. what happened on Sat afternoon happened...its Monday now and nothing can change that! he is still getting up to speed from his injuries and although he aint my cup of tea, he does seem to be getting fitter and better. a goal would be great for him and the team. we are Palace and we love the roller coasters, wouldn't be the same without it

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BIG BIG mistake on benteke’s part, by not apologising on social media platforms, to the fans firstly and all at the club, for bullying Luca into the penalty taking.
Has he made a very ‘grave error’ ??
Only a hat - trick will appease us all, I’m still angry now !!
So selfish, looking for the ‘glory’

Apols if any of this has been said already.

I am not normally one for defending the indefensible...but here goes.

Beneteke's all-round game was not terrible on Saturday.
Far from it. We were sat behind the goal at the Sainsbury's end. He won two huge headers from way beyond the back post, nodding them back into prime danger territory. They should both have been assists for goals, and he was clearly gutted that nobody had gambled on him winning the first balls.

For all our decent possession out wide, I don't recall anyone putting the ball on his head in the danger zone. Sako was more likely to hit the Arthur Wait from the members stand side of the pitch.

When it was played to his feet, CB generally kept it and laid off simple passes.

If a Palace player misses a penalty (and I am old enough to remember Bright, Wright and Pembo all missing in the same game*), I fail to see how booing them before the end of the game will achieve much. Some generous souls up our end were actually booing him as he came back to defend a corner; what utterly self-defeating prattery! I sensed they'd have been happy if he'd banged in an own-goal just to crown the moment.

Here's a thing...that we are a Premier club at all is in (small) part down to the efforts of Cameron Jerome in our first season back...the battering ram who barely scored two league goals all season. CB should never be allowed near a penalty kick ever again, but if he scores a few and others actually get on the end of his knock-downs, we might just stay up.