Both our full backs were absolutely shite compared to Palaces
Well, not so strange since none of them play there regularly. Jackson is a central defender and Nolan, let's be honest can't defend very well, so he has played further up the pitch in the last few games. I didn't expect much attacking from Jackson, but I didn't expect him to struggle quite as much defensively. Whereas Nolan didn't struggle quite as badly as Jackson / Williams (even if he didn't do enough for the Palace-goal) who gave away 4-5 freekicks in dangerous positions, but I did expect a bit more going forward from Nolan.
But to be honest, I didn't think they were helped much by especially Oyedele and Williams who frequently let players run past them. And I get it, the Palace-players were exceptionally fast and tricky to deal with, but both Oyadele and Williams have perhaps been out 2 best players over the last 4-5 games so I expected more from them. Williams really struggled last night with the exception of that superb pass to Norkett, that gave us 2-0 - and it was rather obvious that him and Jackson have not played together in those positions as the Palace-winger beat them both time and time again, which really should be impossible if they press the right way.
Gore was by far the best player in our 5-man midfield - Mather was strangely anonymous, even in Uniteds good spell - but then popped up with the goal of the game when he curled the ball into the top corner. Williams had a game to forget with the exception of that already mentioned pass to Norkett. Musa was good and was unlucky not to score with his headers but was one of several who vanished in the first 15 mins of the second half, and was substituted. Oyadele had his maybe worst game for United this season, and was at times overrun in midfield. Norkett up top did really well - especially with our 2 first goals where he more or less created the first and got the second.
Defensively Harrison was great, should perhaps have saved the goal, but more than made up for that with a few great saved and solid goalkeeping. I thought Fredricson and Aljofree did really well - despite all the times Palace ran at the United-defense and sent corners/freekicks into the box, the amount of chances they created really wasn't that many.
