The negative comments about him do not surprise me.

Over the past ten years Palace have not nurtured what skilful talent they've had. Think of Michael Hughes, Ben Watson, Owen Garvan, Barry Bannon, etc. We don't play in a style that encourages creativity and the fans show no understanding or patience either.

Consider, why have we only scored 20 goals in 22?

The uninitiated will say incompetent strikers but the reality is lack of service. With a 'destructive midfield' of the likes of Milivojevic, Kouayate, etc it will always be so.
What passes they manage to provide are usually of the 'suicide' variety to a marked man who has no option but to offload immediately.

I feel sorry for Tosun, he will probably go the way of Gayle, Murray - frustratingly chasing after bits and scraps.

In short Meyer should be encouraged and played in his correct position.

Man and boy Palace since my first game in 1948 sitting on my dad's shoulders

Spot on. He's the right player in the wrong team. I agree he needs to toughen up a little, but he's probably our most technically proficient player. He's being played out of position, in a position that isolates him and allows for heavy challenges to take place.

it's no coincidence that when he plays inside of Wilf, the latter comes alive. it's hard for him to make an impact as a result esp when he gets the ball and the options in front of him are limited due to the tactics we employ of sitting the majority of the team in the middle to lower third of the pitch.

He'd slot straight into Arsenal, Leicester or Man Citys side without a fuss and then people would be complaining why he didnt play like that for us!

The Voice of Reason In An Otherwise Mediocre World

Owen Garvan. Really?

Hughes was brilliant for Palace. As was Watson.

Garvan and Bannan. Average. Actually in fairness Barry did pretty well, considering.

However, I'd struggle to put any of those in the category of 'creative talent'.

Bostock, Zaha, Moses, Bolasie, yes. Fully nurtured (with the exception of bostock, prat). So not sure what the point is here.

If Meyer was a foot taller and more physical he'd be a regular. As it is, there's a reason we got him in on a free without any competition.

Edited by SW19 CPFC (14 Jan 2020 4.52pm)

Did you know? 98.0000001% of people are morons.

A look at his stats suggests that he was fairly prolific in his late teens but after appearing in the Olympics in 2016 this dried up and his form in the two years before joining us was very scratchy with no goals or assists.
ie pretty much what we've seen.

Was mentioned before, Messi and his compatriots at Barcelona is not that "bulked up" so what is the point? Play Meyer where he should be played - not put him out on the wing.
With him and Riedewald we now have two clever ball-players in our squad - use them and use them in their proper positions.