Disagree, the problem is only 18 goals scored, not 26 conceded, all the players you mentioned are defensive players, not going to help the goals for column, Lerma, Richards, Hughes, Ozoh, jairo are ok for the two DMs we should be playing, yet the four attacking players comprise of Olise, Ayew, Eze, Franca, Edouard and Mateta for 4 positions, not enough

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Chalobah on loan from Chelsea would provide cover for defence and holding midfield. I would then try and get a striker and left winger. A right back can wait until the summer.

I don't think we will get relegated this season.
Mind you, I said the same about Leicester last season.
They also had good players including Castagne. Ndidi, Teulemans, Maddison and Vardy plus a well regarded manager in Rodgers.
Their players encountered a drop off in form which Rodgers wasn't able to arrest.

Now look at Palace.
I don't think there's any standout Player of Season to date.
Guehi and Anderson both started he season well but their standards have dropped in my view.
Doucoure is out for the season, but in truth when he played he was a shadow of last season's player of the season.
Mitchell and Ward have been inconsistent.
Lerma has looked ok in spells, but has missed games through injury.
Schlupp has also struggled and Eze and Olise have been dogged with injuries.
Edouard and Mateta have shown flashes of form, but too often go absent.
Ayew has been his usual solid self.

Leaving aside what me may or not may do in the January window, we need to see an upturn in the players' form to be like that at the end of the season as opposed to that preceding Vieira's departure.

A relegation battle adds a bit of interest to the season, people are fed up with mid table safety and we arent going to challenge for Europe.

The reality of our situation is we have no home form to rely on for points, and after this past weekend it is Forest and us in the sights of the team below us. Assuming Nuno has a positive impact, we have no serious squad improvement in January and Royball is the order of the day, then we will absolutely be in a relegation battle.

we are only 4 points away from 10th & 6 points from 3rd bottom, so not really pant wetting time yet.

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