4th bottom last 15 games in the form guide. Awful record
Felt it showed a weakness in the defensive midfield. Palace squeezed us physically and we got bullied. Watkins didn't hold the ball up at all and we stopped working the channel.We need a stopper in there of high quality who can anchor and stop us leaking possession and consequently territory. It also points again to the point that when we're without all our best players, we are lacking. No Mings and Cash and we suffered, with 50%, of an excellent defence missing.No real alchemy to today, they're a big, ugly, physical side that put us under and we wilted. McGinn's booking stymied him, Ramsey was a little boy lost all game with some really poor decisions making. He doesn't look up to this level yet at all when he starts.It mirrored Burnley away to be honest. A very poor workmanlike side being able to bully us.