Would be a backwards step. As a progressive club wanting to establish ourselves not only in the top league but in the top half we want to be moving to the model that Pardew is going for.

I do believe he has went about it too quickly given the injuries and has also been unlucky at times. We need to just apply ourselves better in the current model and be a bit smarter at times.

I do not like losing but I prefer the open, expansive game when we get it right.

It's quite likely that there's a lesson to be learnt there.

Bexley Dave

Can you hear the Brighton sing? I can't hear a ******* thing!

"The most arrogant, obnoxious bunch of deluded little sun tanned, loafer wearing mummy's boys I've ever had the misfortune of having to listen to" (Burnley forum)

Whatever the style of play is that we are trying to play,the Team is now worse than it was at the end of Pardews first Season.

I agree we did not have the striker last year because of injuries to Wickham.

I would have preferred Bolasie and Zaha on the wings crossing to Murray/Gayle.

But it never happened.

Palace 13th 2017/18.

I think with the players we have the old style was bette.most people were saying all we needed was a decentre centre forward. However we never had a 'plan b' for when this wasn't working. In my opinion all we needed was a decent no.10 to allow us to play through the midele would give us that. If we could break quickly through the middle as well as the wings, (much like Leicester ) we'd be quite a handful..

I think pardews problem is that he wants to change to a more attacking style, but he wants to go toe to toe with every team and we're not good enough for that. He needs to pick the games to do that (a sort of plan b) He's changed that for the last two games and I'm hoping he's had a change of heart. But I'm not convinced that he won't consider Watford an easier game and go for them again.....defining game for Pardew I feel.

I like the way we wait for the oppo to all get behind the ball before we pass it across the back 4 to massage the possession stats.

Expansive? At Home no. Away we leak like a sieve. 2 goals conceded from our own corner in one game, goals conceded minutes after going ahead or getting level in others. 1 player from a dross team walking through 4 players or hopping past a right back (yes right back as well as left back). Yes we all wanted that for ages and super al delivered.

A gradual shift should never have taken us from 2-1 outcomes to 3-2, 4-3, 5-3 every week until a poor on the day Southampton and another c0ck up of a sub v Man Utd that shows how Pardew's mind works yet again.

I hope Parish has been talking to someone and our potential signings are listed with his whilst he's been watching this naive, amateur and desperate gamble for points every week because he doubts his ability to earn any like we doubt him and deservedly so.

COYP