Your opinion is as important as mine or anyone elses but the real difference is we only see the picture from a distance whereas he is up close and personal.Who knows what he said to the players behind closed doors,who knows what the conversation will be when its him and SP in a quiet room discussing last night and performance levels in terms of the club moving forward.You look at how much these fine margins are worth to any club in our position in the PL and why would any one of us believe that we should be entitled to 100 % honesty? In my opinion he had already made his mind up not to be negative in any way should we lose tonight having put out a team that showed where our priorities lie.Saturday is the game we need to win and negative just would not of helped the cause.

Honestly mate its getting out of hand now.Dann,McArthur or anyone else could train tomorrow and break a leg in 3 places what do you suggest hide the 1st 11 under the stairs and wheel them out on a Saturday only? Maybe AP could have rested him as well maybe Dann asked to play when told he wasn't going to we really don't know the circumstances do we.If Tomkins hadn't of been injured on Saturday then it was guaranteed Dann would have been rested but that's the joys of football at any level I'm afraid.One thing is concrete though no one from the supporters through to the manager and owners would of wanted to see Dann limp off so why turn it into a blame game FFS?

The reason, and I'm answering other posters in this sentence but the discussion is a follow up to several, Dann played and got injured and for that matter Delaney played and nearly got injured is that Tomkins is injured and we have have 3 centre halves. This is not a criticism but a fact. We also only have 6 defenders plus fryers so you can answer with that if Kelly or Ward got injured.

I'm sorry but we're paying for not backing up the squad enough already. I didn't expect us to be fully backed up with 2 players for every position, but when it was an obvious concern we paid for inadequate backup in midfield last 2nd half of the season it was also obvious this Summer there might be a problem in defence and also attack. Forwards can cost in the £15 mil bracket so if you don't get what you really want, Remy who is proven but not full primed I understand. Hopefully he'll be ready before Benteke maybe cannot play for what I hope will be very temporary.

But it is obvious, Souare car crash or not, because he could be injured himself so that isn't an excuse, 6 defenders isn't enough, and an unready or ready when he has to play at RB Flamini and makeshift LB in Ledley will both stretch things in a midfield that was a concern to begin with.

Edited by Rudi Hedman (22 Sep 2016 8.46am)

COYP

As a lot of posters seem to think it wasn't such an important Cup, why not play Speroni? - it would have been a record-breaking 389th appearance in goal for the Eagles - surpassing John Jackson's appearances in goal.
I still wish he had been used in goal a year ago when his injury had healed.
Speroni would have passed a record, as did Dann, making his 100th appearance.
I wonder why Jules stays.

Edited by Durban Road Eagle (22 Sep 2016 8.52am)

Kentish Maid, born Beckenham, Kent; lifelong Palace supporter.

that display last night made the first half vs Bournemouth look like a world cup winning 45 mins.

If anything, its shown Pardew just who we dont need anymore in the squad.

Wickham needs to buck his ideas up cos he was lazy at best

Fryers? sit him down in a locked room with campbell please.

Mutch?? dont even know what to say about that.

Sako - Sako Sh1te. looked clumsy at best, Cluelessly lumbering about.

SO sad that after Sundays performance, we have to watch such a spineless and effortless 'display'

For once, if it werent for the much maligned Hennessy, we could have gone in at 1/2 time 4 or 5 down.

Edited by paperhat (22 Sep 2016 9.07am)

Clinton is Clinton. I have known him for a long time, I know his mother... Simon Jordan

Because all our decent youngsters are out on loan. The only ones who could conceivably have been involved are Dreher, Wynter and Randall Williams. All very well for Pardew to praise Southampton's Academy and how they always have youngsters coming through - perhaps he should try playing ours occasionally.