A few thoughts now I've calmed down a bit (I'm normally very quiet at games, but last night for the first time ever I yelled out an expletive at the ref).
Pritchard is not a right winger, and in any case is too lightweight for this league.
Jackson did nothing, and he cannot be considered undroppable.
Kermorgant had by far his worst game for us - Palace didn't let him win anything in the air, and his link-up play on the floor didn't come off at all.
Wilson looked a little unsure defensively, but getting forward did ok.
Green looked very bright when he came on, he should come in for Pritchard next time out.
Stephens was our best player, kept us ticking over nicely.
Ditto Fuller, though that shot late on was stupid, given that Green was in acres of space out wide.
All in all, there are serious grounds for concern. Palace, Zaha aside, are not a good team, and we could not break them down. The defence is fine, and now we have Fuller I'm not that worried about our attack, but the midfield just doesn't work. They are good individual players but aren't strong enough (in every game this season I've noticed how much bigger the opposition players are). In addition, we rely on the long ball to Kermorgant far too often, when we have players like Stephens who have the quality to play the ball on the floor towards the strikers.
We need to learn quickly from this, otherwise we're in for a relegation fight.
