Blue Armour

We had a 2 match preseason in addition to the club world cup. If anything, I think the team needed a little bit of rest before jumping straight into the pace of the Premier league. Disappointing tactically against an organized Palace side. They're going to face more of the same against West Ham, but at least they are not as well organized as Palace. So hopefully our attackers can open their account there.

Enzo was off it, but not sure what was up with Palmer. Came alive only during the last 10 mins of the game. Guess Delap helped draw some attention from the defenders away from him

Positive is the fact we kept a clean sheet. With all the talk of injured CBs Josh and co did a solid job. We were just outplayed tactically. Should won it at the end with Santos though.

Santos. Damn.

Gusto has low game IQ. All the time in the world and the guy decides to blast a shot.

Good. Was worried about him up against Gusto.

Andrey Santos and Gusto

Delap on

Argh..Estavao in a position to score

Hazard looking unimpressed on the stands lol. Bet Estevao spiked his interest though.

Instant impact Estavao!!

Estevao coming on

Estevao to come on and try something unorthodox to unlock Palace?

On an unrelated note to the game. What's up with the lack of shirt sponsor? For a club thats trying not to fall foul of UEFA FFP rules, it doesn't seem in a rush to get that sponsor money. Is there really a more 'perfect' deal that these guys are still waiting on?

Again a soft foul on James. This ref has it in for him.

Yes, Josh has looked great so far.

Dang. Chalobah nearly scored.

Soft yellow on James.

Corners have looked good so far.

First real attempt. Palmer.

Good. Should wipe the smirk of all the Eze fans in other clubs trying to get him

Yassz!

Var to help?

At least its early on. Plenty of time to equalize in the 1st half. Wicked free kick from Eze

And there we go. Exactly the problem I mentioned. We are screwed if either one of Chalobah or Tosin are out. Fofana hasn't played for months. It's unfortunate, but the club should save face and either hand Veiga a lifeline or forgo the Garnacho transfer and focus on a defensive reinforcement.