I saw good. I saw bad. Not black and white. More good stuff in the first half, more bad in the second. Bolasie looked better on the left early on. We played a narrow, diamond formation, that had Palace on their toes. They adjusted the second half and found our weakness, defending high balls. We seemed to run out of ideas, no creativity, poor passing, lack of aggression. We need an Arteta type player with the bravado and passion of a Cahill. Gana could take on that role. I like his industry, but we need more from everyone.
There are positives, and every game we play will make it clearer as to what will need to be done in the next window to add to them - whether we do it or not is another question. In the meantime, we have to make do with what we have.
