Wish we had Palace's squad.
Yeah but you don't want their manager mate. They have a decent enough squad but he will knock them down into in or around the bottom 3.
Wish we had Palace's squad.
Yeah but you don't want their manager mate. They have a decent enough squad but he will knock them down into in or around the bottom 3.
Yeah but you don't want their manager mate. They have a decent enough squad but he will knock them down into in or around the bottom 3.
No I wouldn't want the manager, but I'd say the squad is more than decent. I think it's very good. Head and shoulder above both of us. It's the balance, it's superb, prefect blend of youth and experience, ball players and pace. Very good outfit. Different manager I think they could really push on from the mid table side they are now to knocking on a Europa placing door.
Apart from the fact that
- They have rubbish goalkeepers
- They're defence (in terms of individuals) is probably worse than both Nufc and Safc
- Midfield is good, too decent wingers, one good CM, probably could do with signing two or three more (injuries/suspensions)
- No striker that looks like he will defo get more than 10 goals, Bamford unteasted at this level, Dwight gayle's a good talent, Glen Murray is very inconstant and the less I say about Chamck the better.
- The manager is never quite sure how to tell the difference between his ass and his elbow!
Their defence and goal keeping could be better(but nobody is claiming they're perfect) but they outclassed yours last season. Undeniably. You're defence was so poor last season only QPR conceded more. Even in that department they're streets ahead of you. Key to remember there's plenty of window left to go so that can easily change.
Im defo hoping that changes, and I do expect changes in the way we defend with a new head coach and backroom staff. I cant help but feel that the solid C Palace defence was due to Tony Pullis, who always ensures his teams are tight at the back. The more pardew works with the players, i think its an area they will only deteriorate, especially if no new signings are made in that area.
If we are fortunate enough to bring in a couple of Cb's on top of Lacelles coming in, I can see it changing. Still theres plenty more of this window to be had, I'm just feeling optimistic and probably being a bit niavely biased towards my team.