striker

Lets not forget that people *****ed about Koeman's style of play, and wanted a "more open" and appealing style. I believe this was behind the hiring of Puel, and now MP. Be careful what you ask for.

Austin for Long

Davis and Boufal have made a difference, more of an attacking mindset

15 minutes to win this

Wow penalty

Is Long still out there?

Davis for Romeu

Long seems invisible

What Redmond off? Wow

You've got to be kidding me

Wow, someone took a shot. MP probably wanted him to pass it back

Redmond is made of Teflon. No matter what he does (or doesn't) he stays in the line up.

Fact is MoPe is Puel light. Same philosophy about possession being more important than anything else. Same crap. If we don't score we can't win, its as simple as that.

Tadic is better, but he is still woeful around the goal. Never a good shot on goal. The same can be said for all the players out there. Great at passing it around and running around, but when its time to attack and put some shots on goal, nothing.

frustration now setting in

Its the philosophy. Possession over attacking, passing it around between the mids and defenders way away from goal. Why do the strikers even bother making runs? It makes it very easy on the D.

What was that from Redmond?

All we need is to get more time of possession at midfield and we will be fine

and there we go

That was a really poor header

He's mobile enough to lead the team in scoring last season, and put in 18 a few years ago. Besides, where has all this great "pace" gotten us? We sure are flashy passing the ball quickly around midfield.

Palace about to go on a 28 match unbeaten streak.

Getting a little nervous now, I haven't seen the pictures of us doing "finishing practice" yet this week. That always helps us.

We need goals. It doesn't matter how much possession or pace we have if we end up with 0 goals. Forster Hoedt VVD Yoshida Bertrand Romeu Lemina Tadic Cedric Austin Gabbi

I'd play Long, Gabbi, and Austin together. Either 3 upfront, or Gabbi and Austin with Long tucked in for Redmond. We need to score goals, passing the ball with pace around midfield doesn't do us any good, and frankly we just make it very easy for the other team to defend.