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Crystal Palace 1-0 Newcastle United - 22/02/20 - Postmatch disinterest from pg9


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You could see half an hour into Bentaleb’s debut that he offered nothing different to the drab shitness of all our other midfielders. Just yet another complete non entity to stink up and hide in our midfield.

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We miss Shelvey a lot.

 

You're right, but urgh.

 

We only miss him because Bruce can't get Schar and Lejeune playing in the same team though. Not like we missed him the back end of last season.

 

We just miss having a midfield with a semblance of quality and confidence. Bentaleb is nowhere the pace, or maybe he's just always this nonchalant, and Sean is just lost out there. Shelvey for all his pitfalls at least makes you feel confident of making something happen when he's on the ball.

 

The problem with all three of them is that they simply don't cover enough ground. All of them stroll around mostly in their own half and get overrun as a result.

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Bentaleb has been out for a long time, and clearly is not ready for this level. We cannot know if he has permanently dropped or if he will regain previous form, but it is idiocy and malpractice to just play him in every match. Other Longstaff and Hayden are both perfectly capable players who should be playing ahead of him.

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Joelinton deciding to sit and wave his arms rather than get up and contest the ball literally right next to him.

 

Yet those in our support that suck Bruce off reckon he's got the team fighting and playing for one another

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