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da dobrowin： [ad_pod ]Crystal Palace edged closer to Premier League survival with their 3-1 win over Burnley at the weekend despite Roy Hodgson having made five changes to the starting XI. The rotation provided some of the fringe players with a perfect opportunity to give the former England boss a difficult decision ahead of the Brighton clash this Saturday; Max Meyer couldn’t take it.
On the chalkboard
The congested run of fixtures often forces managers into making changes to their XI that they might not usually and this game was no exception as Andros Townsend, James McArthur and Vicente Guaita dropped to the bench.
Lining up in the 4-3-3 that has brought the Eagles plenty of success in recent weeks, Meyer was granted a rare start and an even rarer deployment as a central-midfielder – his natural position.
The German has largely been used as a wide-man since his arrival at Selhurst Park in the summer and was surely overjoyed to get the nod in his preferred role. Unfortunately for the former Schalke man, though, he was unable to take the chance to give Hodgson a headache going into the next round of fixtures.
Sad Max
Playing alongside the industrious Luka Milivojevic and Cheikhou Kouyate in the middle of the park, there should have been plenty of opportunities for Meyer to make an impact on the front foot – he couldn’t capitalise, though, and was largely a passenger as the front-three went to work.
The 23-year-old failed to take a shot on goal and completed 2 key passes, despite having let fly four times and threaded a crucial ball five times in his previous appearance against the Clarets, in which he played on the left of midfield.
The indoor football skills in the video below have to be seen to be believed…
Such is the competition in the midfield, chances in his natural role are extremely hard to come by for the divisive Meyer and, after a lacklustre showing in the middle of the park, he may find that he doesn’t play there again.
There have been shouts for Hodgson to start the number 7, particularly over Jeffrey Schlupp, but there will surely be more who feel that the boss has been right all along now.