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Tbf, he'll probably fancy his chances of replacing Hojlund or Jackson far more than Isak.

There are usually pretty hefty loan fees as well, that is why most clubs avoid loan deals these days.

More interested in what them losing out on the CL positions would do given they have gambled quite a lot on expensive loan signings in the hope of qualifying again.

We've lost to them twice this season, but they have hardly been great otherwise. We should be looking at how other teams are having success against them and tweak our game plan to that. Especially if Joelinton is out.

That might be taking it a touch too far I think.

I don't mind him being sold, I don't think it's worked out for him here, and his injuries have worked against him. But right now I'm happy he's still here as I don't really see the other options to replace Joelinton unless we change our formation.

Yeah I like Delap tbf, but I do think Osula is capable of rattling defences if you are chasing a goal.

Joelinton being fit might still have a big bearing on where we finish. I don't really like any of the options we have to replace him.

Read something today about him being loaned to Ipswich next season to give us first shot at Delap. I can see how that might work tbh, I hadn't really thought Delap would come here before that. Not sure how I would feel about losing Osula next season though.

Agree, but we don't really know what the result of his assessment is yet. It could be he is ruled out for the rest of the season if it's felt it needs to be fixed immediately. Hopefully not obviously, but the last I heard he was seeing a specialist and we take it from there.

Not really the ideal game for him to be fair, they were camped in their own half, and he is best when he's got space to run into. That's why I think criticism today is a bit harsh, he put in a decent shift for me.

Yeah we know he can put in a decent cross, and strike the ball well, but today I thought he played some nice interchanges, some genuinely good touches which almost got us in a few times.

Makes himself available for return balls as well. Must be horrific playing against him, he seems to be everywhere.

Fair play to Palace, they nullified them with a great game plan.

Get in.

Isak was generally very tightly marked, there wasn't any space for him... or anyone else for that matter. They dropped very deep, he's generally better when he's got some space to run into.

Let's hope it's neither then. We need him for the last 4 games.

Thought he was ok tbh. Bruno was the best midfielder by a long way today, but Willock did a job. Maybe I'd have been harsher if we hadn't won.

Chaos merchant is a pretty good description tbf.

They've been so shit over the last couple of months I'd almost forgot they could still go up via the play offs.

Think it's at that stage where the games are all hard so no point looking past the next one.

Thank God we won because it felt like this ref should have had the cards out long before he did. If anything the booking for the dive was probably the least cynical of the Ipswich challenges.

He should be, pretty sure that was going in otherwise. He hit that pretty sweetly.

Didn't feel like that until we got the pen tbh. They might not have offered much threat, but we were having real difficulty finding any space in their box with the bus parked.

Yeah from that point of view it is definitely more important, but like Villa, it's one of those that if we can't win, it's just as important that we don't lose.