Interested to hear your thoughts, my view is they won’t until we start losing or players performance drops.

I was thinking Roy could drop Benteke and use the system we had at the end of last season, with Wilf and Andros up front and Meyer coming in in the Cabaye role.

Why don't we get it, that it is a squad system.

Places are not lost there is no entitlement to them.

The manager chooses from the squad who will win him the game.

Despite Palace plonkers wanting to get rid of Riedewald the manager wanted him on the bench for a specific task.

Competition for places means each player must be PL match fit and ready to make his mark at any time.

Palace have a good looking squad let's keep it that way.

I thought he would just take over the Cabaye role. We seemed to miss that for the first half hour against Fulham before we asserted ourselves, but we will need it more against the bin dippers. Which said of course he won't quite be ready.

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I love Macca and his work rate is fantastic. However, his passing can let him down and, IMO, he would be the first place under threat. Luka is a brick wall and won't be moved.

But as someone said earlier, it's a squad game and this doesn' mean that Macca never starts. I just expect Meyer to get more

Now here's Wright, his first chance to see what he can do, and he's through, it's Wright, ohhhh what an impact by the substitute. And it's Ian Wright who's sent the Palace fans into ecstasy!

I think Schlupp is most likely player to be on bench on occasion depending on opposition.

Ayew, Wilf and Meyer can all play that position.

Against other opposition I think Ayew/Mayer will alternate with Wilf as second striker. I am not suggesting Wilf will be dropped but he will be moved to wing.

I think that against a side like Liverpool we may play with 2 defensive midfielders Kouyate and Luka. Macca may be on bench or play instead of Schlupp thus giving us a defensive midfield 3 when required with Macca playing higher up when we are on offensive. Wilf and Andros may both play as Wingers with a single Target man knocking balls off to Andros Wilf and Macca.Meyer when fit may alternate with Macca in this formation

Edited by Palace in the Blood (14 Aug 2018 11.14am)