A task for the next head coach: get midfielders scoring. When playing there, Wharton, Will Hughes, Jefferson Lerma, Daichi Kamada and Justin Devenny have one goal between them in two years. More than anything, Palace are crying out for squad depth, and it is this which should have been addressed when in their pomp last summer. Right wing-back cover is needed for Daniel Muñoz, and though signing another Guéhi is nearly impossible, bringing in a promising centre-back is not.

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