I've been looking at our squad to try and make an objective analysis as to how good it really is.
We have 3 players in Guehi, Wharton and Eze who are potentially top 6 players and should not be in a relegation threatened team.
You could have made a case to add Doucoure after his first season, but time will tell if he can recover his form to that level.
We have three players in Chaloboah, Sarr and Nketiah who have hit their mid twenties and have never produced form over a sustained period at Premier League level.
Before joining Palace there have been flashes of what they could be, but no more than that.
Hence they could be considered something of a gamble.
We have a striker in Mateta who in a number of seasons with the club has had just one very good sustained spell which is still fresh in the mind.
In fact this time last year there were people on here offering to drive him out of the club.
The hope is that the good spell will continue, but nobody can say for sure.
We have players like Mitchell, Hughes , Lerma and Richards that have demonstrated that they can play at mid and lower table level, but no more than that.
Munoz looks capable, but possibly only in a specific role within the current formation.
Would he be good enough defensively as a right back in a conventional back 4 if we moved to that formation?
We then have Kamada and Franca who for a variety of reasons have made little or no impact, and solid professionals like Ward and Schlupp who are realistically not capable of playing at Premier League level anymore.
In conclusion our squad looks unbalanced and not as good as we may think.
It's still better that other clubs in the bottom 7, but not if it isn't functioning properly.