Team for Palace

If you were Malky what side would you field? For me:

Marshall
Super Kev Hudson Turner Taylor


Gunnarsson Whitts Cowie Mason Conway

Miller

If you were Malky what side would you field? For me:

Marshall
Super Kev Hudson Turner Taylor


Gunnarsson Whitts Cowie Mason Conway

Miller

Kiss in for Mason for me

Yeah I would consider that too, I just feel we haven't seen Kiss in a while and I would feel more comfortable bringing him in for a slightly less important game. I'd deffo have him and Ralls on the bench tho

I personally wouldnt start Mason. Whether that be starting with Kiss/Macphail and pushing Whitts on or starting Rudy/Earnie.
Heaton will start, Malky has him as his league cup keeper.
Manaughton or Blake would be a big call, Is Super Kev ready ? Waste of a sub if he isnt and Darcy did okay yesterday.
Conway has to start surely infront of Ralls

I personally wouldnt start Mason. Whether that be starting with Kiss/Macphail and pushing Whitts on or starting Rudy/Earnie.
Heaton will start, Malky has him as his league cup keeper.
Manaughton or Blake would be a big call, Is Super Kev ready ? Waste of a sub if he isnt and Darcy did okay yesterday.
Conway has to start surely infront of Ralls

I'd risk starting kev even if it costs a sub.

_____________________Marshall_______________________

Kev________ Hudson____________ Turner_________ Taylor
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______________________Kiss__________________________
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Cowie_______________Whitts__________________Conway
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_____________________Gunnar_________________________
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_____________________Miller____________________________

Mason looked absolutely fucked yesterday, so it would be best to use him as a sub with his extra energy in the 2nd half.
IMO we need Kiss to contain Ambrose and stop him threading the ball through to Zaha.
Not sure about RB, I thought i'd stick Kev down because he is overall a better RB than Blake, although he has done well recently.
I'd also like to see Earnie get on as well. He still has a lot to offer and does like to score at crucial times

My team would be:

Marshall

Kev if fit, if not Quinn
Hudson
Turner
Taylor

Cowie
Gunnarsson
Whittingham
McPhail
Conway

Miller

Blake has been poor recently, he will never have the distribution to be a good right back and I would start Quinn who although doesn't have Kev's or Blake's pace, he is always solid defensively and will give his all as usual and not let us down.

My reason for including McPhail is we are a goal behind and Palace will line up with their 2 holding midfielders to keep it tight. I think we need McPhail's class passing to help keep possession, control the midfield and open them up.

HEATON

KEV
HUDSON
TURNER
TAYLOR

GUNNAR
COWIE
KISS
CONWAY
WHITTS

MILLER

SUBS: PARISH, BLAKE, GERRARD, MCPHAIL, MASON, EARNSHAW, RALLS

_____________________Marshall_______________________

Kev________ Hudson____________ Turner_________ Taylor
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______________________Kiss__________________________
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Cowie_______________Whitts__________________Conway
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_____________________Gunnar_________________________
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_____________________Miller____________________________

Mason looked absolutely fucked yesterday, so it would be best to use him as a sub with his extra energy in the 2nd half.
IMO we need Kiss to contain Ambrose and stop him threading the ball through to Zaha.
Not sure about RB, I thought i'd stick Kev down because he is overall a better RB than Blake, although he has done well recently.
I'd also like to see Earnie get on as well. He still has a lot to offer and does like to score at crucial times

I think this is possibly the best side to field but Heaton is more likely to be used as he needs game time. I think putting Gunnarsson in a more attacking area is good because not only do we need to break down Ambrose and Saha with a DM e.g. Kiss but we need to break down their defence which looked pretty solid at there place.

01 Marshall
02 McNaughton
03 Taylor
05 Hudson
25 Turner
04 Kiss
07 Whittingham
08 Cowie
11 Conway
17 Gunnarsson
09 Miller