Brilliant today

Jairo was very good today .

Great performance and really pleased to see that he has grabbed his opportunity to impress after being written off by just about everyone.

The established view is that our squad is weak and yet we're picking up points each week with almost half the squad out injured. We have Kelly at RB, Riedewald at LB, we've had Kouyate at CB, Ayew on the wing, Wickham scoring up front (ok, I know that's his position...), Meyer all over midfield. Each of them have contributed.

Its almost as if our squad is actually quite strong and that we just need a bit more quality in the first 11. In fact if we hadn't sold AWB we'd only be looking at a forward and back up wide player.

Glad to see him having a run and playing better each game. One bonus arising from the current injury problems.

I like the way he runs and throws the ball. Like I would do.
Awkward and ungainly.

But the rest of his game , not so at all.

Really pleased for the lad, he was excellent today and has made it tough for Roy to drop him when PVA is fit

He was excellent today he’s best game for palace!

I've said the same before. It must raise questions about Riys use of the squad...especially during busy periods like xmas. Or when players are out of form. It also raises questions about his lack of use of subs. The excuse that there is no quality is not holding up to scrutiny. Was Sorloth as bad as Roy led us to believe?

Be interesting to see what Roy does when PVA is back.

Maybe Jairo will get the chance to provide some creativity from the Central Midfield area.

He could provide the blend between creativity and being a solid unit.

Agree. Hope we see more of him.

I never wrote him off. I remember the city game at selhurst where luka missed the penalty. He played well that day but we saw little of him thereafter. He's definitely taking his chance now. Glad for the lad. It's like a new signing.

Always looking to take a quick throw-in also (which he did a couple of times today) rather than the fuffing around we usually do at throw-ins.

VGlad you're eating a certain amount of humble pie..good to see...let's hope you have to do the same in due course about your other favourite..Sorloth !
I think you're also very picky about his one error.
Everyone makes at least one mistake per game.

Well done Jairo..great game.

Get him in midfield!! He can actually pass the ball. Hope he kicks on and continues in the side

There was a small documentary shown over here where they followed 3 young dutch players. I don't recall the other two, but Jairo was one of them, and it was made during his transfer to Palace.

It looked pretty grim for him from the off, and they showed him living either in a small hotel room of small very sterile flat and he was alone eating food out of cans on paper plates. Felt for him from the day I saw this - he cut a very isolated figure.

Very pleased for him, hope this run continues in the first team and his confidence keeps building.

It is relatively strong in a lot of areas. But not at right back and not in terms of attacking players. Of course Roy needs to tactical in terms of moaning about squad depth in order to put pressure on the owners for more investment.

Agree with this. I love Hodgson, but the question has to be asked about how Riedeweld became an afterthought.

Turning in to a decent tidy player