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HOW ‘MUTCH’ HAS HE OFFERED?
Jordon Mutch has had mixed reviews from Palace fans so far
this season.

Alex White has a look at what the midfielder has to offer.

Mon 2nd Match 2015

I have to say that I was pretty chuffed when Palace secured a deal to sign Jordan Mutch from QPR. Jordan is a player I have followed closely over the years in his spells at Birmingham and Cardiff.

Unfortunately he hasn’t hit the ground running and as of yet it doesn’t seem that Jordan has really been able to find his top form. In the games that he has featured in he looks to be off the pace, lethargic and quite frankly unfit. Mutch has played in a box to box central midfield role for us and I believe that is his natural position but he hasn’t looked comfortable at all.

Of course it is far too early to make a justified judgment on Mutch but so far the rest of the team seem to be carrying him through the match. When he has got on the ball he does look composed and comfortable but for me if he is playing in a central midfield role he needs to be on the ball so much more, he needs to be moving the ball from defence to attack and up to now we just haven’t seen that in him.

The decision to start Mutch over Ledley was very harsh and didn’t seem justified based on the last few performances. When Jordan came off injured against West Ham the game completely changed, it was like we had an extra man on the pitch and had gone from playing with 10 men to 11. Through the introduction of James McArthur we managed to get a foothold on the game and he showed the energy and hassle that we should expect to be seeing from Mutch.
The one strange view that I have found is that people who watch the game on television tend to say Mutch played better than the people who attended the game. When you watch a game you can player watch and are not forced to look at something specific by the camera. This theme has been running through every single appearance that Jordan has made, the argument that the attendees make is that he doesn’t get enough of the ball, he is lost in midfield, he is lazy and he is unfit and I can see how those things go unnoticed when watching on the television or computer.
One man who contradicts my theme is Mr Pardew, in this weeks press conference Pards did nothing but praised Mutch and said how his “fantastic performances” were the difference between him starting over McArthur on Saturday.
I think it would be harsh to write off Mutchy as he is a player with bags of potential and showed last season for Cardiff what he can do in the top flight. I think he will come good and will prove to be a shrewd bit of business but he is going to have to start showing it soon.

He was awful for us in the most part in the championship, he got better though and did well in patches in the prem. Problem is he goes missing for long periods. He needed to push on and improve this year but doesn't seem he has.

Send him on loan to us!

He would struggle more than Whitts in a 4-4-2

That article is absolutely spot on, for a young man he looks completly unfit and off the pace, its like playing with 10 men at the moment when he plays.

Very dissapointing so far

He was awful for us in the most part in the championship, he got better though and did well in patches in the prem. Problem is he goes missing for long periods. He needed to push on and improve this year but doesn't seem he has.

During our promotion season though after Xmas he and Kim formed a great partnership for a number of games while we dropped whitts. Bringing in a good run of results..

He was awful for us in the most part in the championship, he got better though and did well in patches in the prem. Problem is he goes missing for long periods. He needed to push on and improve this year but doesn't seem he has.

During our promotion season though after Xmas he and Kim formed a great partnership for a number of games while we dropped whitts. Bringing in a good run of results..

Yeah he did, I thought that was much later in the season but you maybe right.

I do remember how awful he was earlier in the season mind, the change of formation certainly helped him

He was awful for us in the most part in the championship, he got better though and did well in patches in the prem. Problem is he goes missing for long periods. He needed to push on and improve this year but doesn't seem he has.

During our promotion season though after Xmas he and Kim formed a great partnership for a number of games while we dropped whitts. Bringing in a good run of results..

Yeah he did, I thought that was much later in the season but you maybe right.

I do remember how awful he was earlier in the season mind, the change of formation certainly helped him

He def took time to settle.. And I agree was very laboured and slow.

After Xmas though he and Kim were class helping to bring in some good results..

He as quality we ave seen that, but he does look very lazy in is body language I agree.

im sure some people on here were asking who was better.... mutch or barkley

malky played with one player in the free role..... For three quarters of the season it was Whitts, we stole a good lead. When teams sussed "stop Whitts stop cardiff", Mutch got the free role but further up the pitch and did OK.

He is a good runner with the ball, a poor passer and tackler for the level, often blowing out his arse after 70 mins.

As a box to box midfielder give me Joe any day

malky played with one player in the free role..... For three quarters of the season it was Whitts, we stole a good lead. When teams sussed "stop Whitts stop cardiff", Mutch got the free role but further up the pitch and did OK.

He is a good runner with the ball, a poor passer and tackler for the level, often blowing out his arse after 70 mins.

As a box to box midfielder give me Joe any day

Sums it up.

He was awful for us in the most part in the championship, he got better though and did well in patches in the prem. Problem is he goes missing for long periods. He needed to push on and improve this year but doesn't seem he has.

During our promotion season though after Xmas he and Kim formed a great partnership for a number of games while we dropped whitts. Bringing in a good run of results..

Love to have him back he shouldn't have left I thought he was a good player chipped in with a few goals as well the one at Fulham that day in the pl was fantastic we all went mental what a day that was

With Medel in the holding role and a five in midfield he thrived in the Premiership. I thought he was one of our better players and scored some cracking goals. Agree he'd be lost in our 4 4 2.

That article is absolutely spot on, for a young man he looks completly unfit and off the pace, its like playing with 10 men at the moment when he plays.

Very dissapointing so far

His regular injuries haven't helped - it seems that whenever you think he is going to strike a decent run of form he gets injured. Also, as mentioned above, I can't remember him dominating a game for 90 minutes - 60 minutes at most. Nearly a very good player, but still has a little way to go. but he is young and may come good yet if he can get over his injury problems.

With Medel in the holding role and a five in midfield he thrived in the Premiership. I thought he was one of our better players and scored some cracking goals. Agree he'd be lost in our 4 4 2.

My thoughts exactly. He was like a more technically gifted attacking version of Olofinjana! Hahaha.