With the worst record this calendar year, are Crystal Palace underperforming or have they been unlucky?
Crystal Palace have now lost six in a row and Alan Pardew is certainly feeling the pressure.
Swansea earned their first win of the season, and Craig Burley feels Alan Pardew may be sacked come Monday.
If there's an overriding lesson to be learned from Crystal Palace's defeat to Swansea, it's that even a team with quality players can be affected by a loss of confidence, and that reduced confidence can have a viciously recurring theme. As defeats have piled up, so has the pressure on the players tasked with turning that form around.
Palace's players repeatedly lost their focus last week, especially defensively but also in terms of doing the basics. While Wilfried Zaha put Palace in the lead...
With the worst record this calendar year, are Crystal Palace underperforming or have they been unlucky?
Crystal Palace have now lost six in a row and Alan Pardew is certainly feeling the pressure.
Swansea earned their first win of the season, and Craig Burley feels Alan Pardew may be sacked come Monday.
If there's an overriding lesson to be learned from Crystal Palace's defeat to Swansea, it's that even a team with quality players can be affected by a loss of confidence, and that reduced confidence can have a viciously recurring theme. As defeats have piled up, so has the pressure on the players tasked with turning that form around.
Palace's players repeatedly lost their focus last week, especially defensively but also in terms of doing the basics. While Wilfried Zaha put Palace in the lead...