The Lower League Thread

You think Scannell is better than Zaha? You think Holloway is a wanker? Your argument is invalid.

So.
I mean.
Have you ever watch Zaha play a league game? Palace have been getting carried by Murray. Don't get me wrong, Zaha is a tidy player and he has room to improve, but there are a bunch of other players in the Championship who are of a similar talent and age. £15 million is a ridiculous price tag. That's £5 million more than Bale or Walcott were when they moved and they were both more talented and younger than Zaha.

And Bolasie, who's a tidy player in the same mould as Zaha. Were I a Premier League side I'd look at him more - in no small part because he's French and several orders of magnitude cheaper. That front three aside, the rest of the Palace line-up is very average.

And on last night's evidence, I'd rather have Sean Scannell. In his 20 minutes he had the Palace defence on the run - every time he gets the ball there's a buzz. If I were Northern Ireland manager I'd pick him now, because they don't have any other players who would give them that unpredictability and pace. On the other hand, Zaha spent the whole game losing the ball to Jack Hunt then fouling Hunt in an attempt to win it back. Hunt also carried far more of an attacking threat than Zaha, and he's a right-back (albeit probably the best outside the Premier League).

I believe he's decided to play for the Republic, seeing as he played for the youth teams and was in the prelim 28-man squad for the Euro's

Derby deserved the win - used our narrow midfield against us and got quality crosses into the box. In fairness, we just had one of those days in front of goal - hit the woodwork three times and two or three last-ditch challenges denied us a goal. 3-0 is harsh, but Derby were the better side. More worried about Peter Clarke, who was taken to hospital with a head injury, James Vaughan, who got knocked cold in the last minute, and Lee Novak, who's got a suspected fractured metatarsal. With Beckford already out for 6 weeks, we're a bit buggered up front.

So.
I mean.
Have you ever watch Zaha play a league game? Palace have been getting carried by Murray. Don't get me wrong, Zaha is a tidy player and he has room to improve, but there are a bunch of other players in the Championship who are of a similar talent and age. £15 million is a ridiculous price tag. That's £5 million more than Bale or Walcott were when they moved and they were both more talented and younger than Zaha.