Positives
We do have players yet to play this season who have the potential to make a difference
Cahill, Camarasa, Sahko, Tomkins.
Young players such as Woods.
Negatives
Depth and quality of squad simply not PL quality.
Hodgson is scarred from his England days (especially how it ended) and is now a "Safety first" manager
This safety first approach negates our main strengths in the playing squad and hinders some of our attacking potential through a team formation with too many defensive midfield players and asking players such as AT MM and WZ to take up defensive shape before they look to provide attacking options.
Lack of diversity in the playing abilities of our strikers
One of the most inept transfer windows in PL history.
The fact that the Club success in staying in the PL has been largely based on individual brilliance reliant on YB AT and WZ has papered over the cracks in the weaknesses elsewhere.
This reliance on individuals has also resulted in Palace becoming a team with no playing DNA. We have no recognisable style. Do we press high? Do we dominate possession? Do we sit back and counter attack? Do we attack with width with FB pushing high? Do we play percentage football hitting key areas with crosses?
Are we good enough to stay up? Yes are we better than 3 other teams? Probably
Do we have real problems? Definitely.
We do have players yet to play this season who have the potential to make a difference
Cahill, Camarasa, Sahko, Tomkins.
Young players such as Woods.
Negatives
Depth and quality of squad simply not PL quality.
Hodgson is scarred from his England days (especially how it ended) and is now a "Safety first" manager
This safety first approach negates our main strengths in the playing squad and hinders some of our attacking potential through a team formation with too many defensive midfield players and asking players such as AT MM and WZ to take up defensive shape before they look to provide attacking options.
Lack of diversity in the playing abilities of our strikers
One of the most inept transfer windows in PL history.
The fact that the Club success in staying in the PL has been largely based on individual brilliance reliant on YB AT and WZ has papered over the cracks in the weaknesses elsewhere.
This reliance on individuals has also resulted in Palace becoming a team with no playing DNA. We have no recognisable style. Do we press high? Do we dominate possession? Do we sit back and counter attack? Do we attack with width with FB pushing high? Do we play percentage football hitting key areas with crosses?
Are we good enough to stay up? Yes are we better than 3 other teams? Probably
Do we have real problems? Definitely.
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