So that's 230 millions Everton spend against illustrious Eagles 10 millions?

For 2/3 places better and no Europe or top 4?

I know where I would rather be !!

What gets me about Everton, like Arsenal, they are so condescending, so entitled, but their end results simply don't match up.

There should be a 'whine-ometer' for Burnham and Ancellotti.

Watching the match highlights again we were fortunate not to get tonked, the ease with which they cut through our slow defence was embarassing. Two young and fit centre halves should be urgent requirements for next season.

Guaita once again kept us in the game. To think that there has been some criticism of him on this board is baffling, he's pretty much indispensable.

Edited by southnorwoodhill (08 Apr 2021 7.16am)

Well they certainly didn't win the ZDS in 1991!

Palace since 19 August 1972. Palace 1 (Tony Taylor) Liverpool 1 (Emlyn Hughes)

A few years ago Parish stated he wanted us to get to about the same level as Everton, as he thinks that is the achievable long term target.

There player expenditure has been a lot more than us, but two important factors are missed from that simple comparison.

1) Everton's billionaire owners haven't got a targeted transfer strategy. They have a patchwork quilt of big money signing. Our signs over the last 10 years seem to have been more carefully considered as we are not in a situation where we can take fast and lose approach to spending money. £30m on Iwobi!

2) Many of their players hold value, just like with Bournemouth. Where our entire squad would be fortunate to raise £100m in transfer fees, there squad could still make millions in player sales. Using a car analogy. We are buying old bangers which will do a job for a few years before being scrapped. They are taking a punt on new cars, many of which turn out lose a lot of value as soon as they drive off the forecourt - but one or two might become a classic.

Either way, decent performance by Palace. We seemed to be a bit more confident at taking the ball into close proximity to the opposition. Went wrong a few times, but there was an extra threat with the addition risks we took.

I like Reidewald and Luka in midfield, its the best combination we have. Only issue is all our combinations are very slow and can eventually be split. Please play an attacking player with them in midfield.

Also, if we are to play Benteke, don't pass the ball out of the defence every time. Try and mix it up with launching it to the man every now and then and get Zaha, Ayew, Eze in close proximity to latch onto anything he knocks down. It's just to slow and obvious.

With Benteke in mind. Here's a summary of his skills to help decide tactics when he's on the pitch:

Excellent @ Heading.
s*** @ Everything else.

Indeedy!