playing Ince and Andrews this season has proven to be the slightly more defensive equivalent of Poyet playing both Hammond and Crofts last season; they both just completely nullify eachother as they are playing in eachother's space. Has to be one or the other for me.
Can only see JFC being...
Kuszczak 6 - Almost cost a goal, otherwise solid enough
Bruno 6 - Minimal attacking threat in comparison to Ward, but tidy as usual
Greer 6 - Passing limited as normal, says a lot that he the Scottish international remained on his favoured RCB position, as the younger Dunk went on his weaker...
Lualua seems to just play 'for the foul' nowadays, which isn't enough when our set pieces aren't the best. Gets fouled 4-5 times a game, would love to see the stats for how many times the full back he's up against HASNT been booked this season.
Turned into a bit of a one trick pony. Does a step...
Pulis is the difference, they would undoubtedly have finished bottom under Holloway. He has transformed the Palace team defensively, who'd have thought Delaney and Gabbidon would be able to keep clean sheets in the prem. Keeping clean sheets when you are near the bottom of the table is key.
As...
other than the impact sub of Lualua, feel we're short at LW. Conway opting for Blackburn a big loss.
feel we have good creative central midfielders already (Orlandi, Lopez, Agustien, Lingard), but they aren't utilized in that position or are injured...
we have the squad to compete for the top 6 no doubt. But troubles with injuries to key players (Ulloa, Crofts, Orlandi), inconsistent home form and overly negative squad selections have limited our chances. Personally think having a solid defense that are able to keep cleans sheets regularly has...
last season Lopez, Orlandi, Lualua and Buckley all scored 5+ goals, this season they have just 6 goals combined. Issue lies here IMO. Personally think that last year we played our best football with both Lopez and Orlandi (our two most technical/creative players) playing centrally in midfield...