"You look at the way they defend and its not just the centre-backs - it's the whole team that isn't defending well. It's before it gets to them that it's a problem as well.

"Sage talks about the best way to defend being winning the ball, keeping the ball, and playing high - but Palace are 17th in the Premier League for the amount of possession they've had. They are not keeping the ball.

"They are also not playing in a low block which he has talked about, so his way of playing isn't working at the moment. He has had a lot to deal with, but I just don't see what is going on with their defence - and that isn't just because they have lost Marc Guehi and Maxence Lacroix."