Parish for his insistence on keeping Palace old boys around and Freedman for catastrophically failing time and time again in his job of recruitement. He manages to pull the wool over many peoples eyes with the odd wonder find (Bolasie, Jedinak, Olise) but never manages to find someone at a pivotal moment. Below is a list of crucial midfield players that either departed or got too old to play their role, and the replacement Freedman lined up for them;
Cabaye - None
Kouyate - None
Jedinak - None
Milivojevic - None
RLC - None
McArthur - None
Gallagher - None

Our strikers aren't getting any shots on target because the recruiter of talent isn't recruiting. Not because of managerial issues, not because "they couldn't score in a brothel". Because the DoF isn't doing his job.